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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1951
Page
2
The Yuma City Council studies petitions seeking repeal of the new sales tax law, signed by 575 voters. If repealed, council may take 25 days to call a special election. the tax would have collected 1 to 3 cents depending on purchase amount, and the repeal movement was led by Joe Farkas Ellsworth Long and A G Bennett.
Frankfurt May 2 AP report says the Czechoslovak government refused United States Vice Consul Richard Johnson access to imprisoned AP bureau chief William N. Oatis “for the time being.” The denial comes during Oatis’s confinement in Prague.
RANDOM RAMBLINGS reflects on the concept of infinity and the humorous image on cereal boxes. It riffs on Child Health Day, National Baby Week, and the notion of problem people, ending with a note on a Golden Wedding anniversary and Phoenix rain as nature’s joke.
Tombstone High School mourns two students Jackie Messinger 15 and Viola Kellar 17 who died within hours of each other. Messinger died in Tombstone General Hospital from a diabetic coma after falling ill Monday. Kellar, in poor health, suffered a heart attack at a theater and collapsed, with physicians confirming the cause. Both girls were well liked. Viola had competed in the American Legion oratorical contest.
Funeral services will be held in Miami for Mrs. Katherine Weeks 79 who lived in the area about 40 years. She was found dead in her home Monday and will be buried in the Masonic Plot at Pinal Cemetery. Survivors include daughter-in-law Mrs. Marguerite Weeks and two grandchildren in Tucson. Services at 2 p.m. at Community Presbyterian Church.
A nine day Communist offensive stalled as Allied artillery planes and infantry repelled probing attempts along the Chungchon Hongchon axis and near Hwachon Dam. Red casualties climbed past 75 with 1,205 killed in Tuesday fighting. Allies held lines north of Seoul and near Kansong while casualties mounted.
Funeral services were held for 3 year old Roderick D Jordon at 2:30 p m in Ray. Parents Mr and Mrs George Jordon and grandparents Mr and Mrs Freeman Jordon and Mrs Belle Thompson, all of Coolidge, survive. In London Zoo last year 4265 visitors were treated for minor injuries including monkey bites and a mouse bite.
War envoy Ren R. Austin declared United Nations victories in Korea beyond battlefield gains. He cited stopping Russia’s conquest timetable, halting Communist and Chinese puppets, and exposing Russia’s designs, while urging a policy of peace without appeasement and outlining UN goals for a unified, independent Korea and regional security.
The government classifies tungsten as a critical metal and will fund up to 75 percent of development costs for this mineral while loans for other critical metals stay at 50 percent. A floor price of 65 dollars per ton applies to ore with 1 percent tungsten or more, requiring concentration to 60 percent before purchase. Dunning notes that commercial value for Pinal Mountains ore likely needs a local concentrator, and Piggott plans a dam for mining operations though timing remains undisclosed.
Funeral services for Grover C. Dobbins, 70, Chandler resident who died Monday in a Phoenix hospital, will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in M L Gibbons Mortuary. The Rev. R Felder Code of Chandler Baptist Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in Mesa Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters Hazel Jones of Chandler and Edith Barto of Canyon Texas, a son Buford Dobbins of Chandler, four sisters, three brothers, and five grandchildren.
Strikes reached a standstill as negotiations continued with several carriers including Alabama Freight Lines Braswell Motor Truck Lines Consolidated Copper State Lines Denver-Chicago Trucking Company Incorporated Hopper Truck Lines Pacific Freight Lines Pacific Motor Trucking Southwestern Freight Line Texas-Arizona Motor Freight Incorporated Utah-Arizona Freight Lines Watson Brothers Wells Truckways Limited and Western Truck Lines Limited Drivers and helpers rejected a wage increase offer from 15 to 17 percent per hour in the freight dispute.
Robert S Patterson 83 former Rough Riders member will have funeral services at Ruffner Funeral Home Prescott at 2 p.m. tomorrow with Rev Charles Franklin Parker and a Masonic committee presiding. Burial follows at Whipple Veterans Cemetery. He died in Los Angeles Saturday after years as Crown King postmaster and mining investor. Survived by son Robert Jr a Los Angeles attorney.
YUMA May 2 AP Investigation of liquor sales in Yuma County continued. County Attorney F. Lewis Ingraham said two State Liquor Department agents who conducted raids last week have returned to aid the probe. Three people were arrested and fined during the raids. Two Yuma waitresses fined $100 each after guilty pleas have appealed to Superior Court. Following the raids a delegation urged Gov. Pyle to impose stiffer penalties for selling liquor to minors and sought liquor license revocation instead of fines.
The National Geographic Society notes that cabbage was widely consumed long before the era of Christ, indicating ancient appreciation for the vegetable across early civilizations.
Funeral services for Nieves Mejia 58 a Phoenix resident for 34 years who died April 19 were held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Rosary was said at his home 25 South Ninth Street and burial followed at St Francis Cemetery. Survivors include wife Hermanejulda a daughter Domitla and two sons John and Henry all of Phoenix with son Albert to join from Japan. the group noted his army service.
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