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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1951
Page
2
At Lake Air Force Base May 15 a board of officers investigates whether the fatal gunshot wound to Corporal Douglas R. Splan 19 of Detroit Michigan was accidental or deliberate. Splan of the 1171st Fighter Squadron served with the Michigan Air National Guard and was engaged to be married.
General Bradley testified on MacArthur dismissal and tied blockading Red China and Manchurian bombing to broader war risk. He argued the Joint Chiefs favor global caution, warning such measures could draw Russia into Korea and spark world war, while MacArthur warned Russia’s moves would occur anyway. Bradley stressed U S strategic aims to prevent communism’s global reach and avoid broad escalation.
Wilson urged munitions firms not to hoard steel, copper, or aluminum and to avoid overstocking. He warned that idle stocks could cripple a rearmament program and slow production into the next year. The day long conference included leaders from QM, American Ordnance, and other defense groups to align plans with Armed Forces spokesmen.
Washington May 15 AP Co. B Lister 52 executive director of the National Rifle Association and editor of The American Rifleman for 20 years died last night after several months of illness.
A brief note advises that out of season streamliner shoes should not be wrapped in tissue to avoid loosening snaps. instead, shake out any gathered dust to protect hardware and maintain fit.
In Tucson on May 15 AP reports a light early turnout in the special election on granting the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Company a 25 year franchise. Fewer than 400 of 17 297 registered voters cast ballots in the first two hours. The issue looms as a major local dispute with tax implications for yes or no votes.
Three Solomon Islands natives and a missionary have completed translation of the Bible into Marovo, bringing the number of translated languages to 191. The team spent years refining the text to ensure accurate rendering for Marovo speakers.
Baccalaureate services for Coolidge High School seniors will be held in the high school auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Sunday. The sermon will be by the Rev. George Kearney, with several church clergy participating in the invocation scripture reading prayer and benediction. Poppy Day activities planned Saturday include American Legion Auxiliary volunteers with Cub Scouts house to house canvassing in all city sections and street sales in the business district. E. Richard Turpin of Phoenix will speak to the Coolidge Rotary Club at Wah-Ki Inn on Wednesday noon.
Miss Aryal Carlstedt, 25, of 2618 East McDowell Road, a registered nurse, died at Memorial Hospital after treatment for a bronchial ailment. She worked at Arizona State and Maricopa County hospitals, survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Carlstedt of Phoenix. a Minnesota native. Funeral services set at Leonard-Lundberg Mortuary in Glendale.
A jail trusty fled the City-County Building after dumping trash in the rain. Jack Floyd Pitts, 31, of Buckeye, disappeared for several minutes and remained missing today while serving a sentence for driving a car without the owner's consent. Thallium sulfate is noted as a poison to eliminate ants.
Coolidge hosts the sixth annual Arizona Junior Chamber of Commerce convention at Wah-Ki Inn from Friday through Sunday with 175 delegates expected. Ben Simmons chairs the event, opening registrations at 1 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday, featuring bowling, dinners, a luncheon, a radio quiz, a banquet with speaker William S. Shateman, and a Sunday morning business program including officer elections.
Paul G Fields, 75, of Tampa, died this morning at Memorial Hospital after a period in coma from pneumonia. He had been hospitalized since May 4 and was brought from Luhrs Hotel two days earlier. A son Paul G Fields Jr of Edgewater Md arrived after the illness. Body taken to A L Moore and Sons.
Lt Col Thomas D. Robertson of St Paul, returning from a strafing mission, struggled with a hydraulic landing system during five aborted landings. On the sixth attempt he touched down safely, having radioed AP photographer Jim Pringle to film a crash that never happened.
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