Baptist Union Opens Annual Convention in Phoenix
The Baptist General Convention of Arizona begins its 21st annual session in Phoenix with over 500 delegates expected at the First Southern Baptist Church. Rev. Frank W. Sutton will deliver the main address, as women’s groups and Young People’s Auxiliaries host programs and pageants. Conference leaders include Dr. Duke McCall and Mrs. Minnie L. Guyton with plans for Foreign Mission Night and reports on missions. The Grand Canyon College group from Prescott attends, led by Dr. Willis J. Ray who also serves as executive secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist General Convention of Arizona
Phoenix
Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union of Arizona
First Southern Baptist Church
North Third Street
Frank W. Sutton
Eastside Baptist Church
Woman’s Missionary Union
John Casey
Glendale
Lord
Duke McCall
Nashville
Southern Baptist Convention
Arizona
Minnie L. Guyton
H. J. Ehle
Casa Grande
R. J. Bourland
Tucson
Harold Hensley
Troy Brooks
Prescott
Wiley Henton
Globe
Guyton
Eunice Louise May
Eugene Slone
Emmanuel Church
Slone
Miss May
Lester L. Knight
Portsmouth
George R. Martin
Richmond
McCall
Orpheus Club of
General Convention
Grand Canyon College
Willis J. Ray
Baptist General Convention
Czech government orders arrest of 50,000 foreigners
Western diplomatic sources in Vienna report that the Czech government has ordered the arrest of 50,000 persons as unreliable and hostile elements. The move marks a broad crackdown amid tense relations and raises questions about civil liberties and political repression in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
INS
Accidents Conclude From Page One In Eight-Story Canyon
A string of wrecks reported near Bagdad and across the valley left multiple injured including Manuel Medina 16 of Bagdad. Others hurt were Allen M. Larson 32 of Agua Caliente and Dale Daniel 30 of Williams AFB in a Baseline Road crash. A head on collision near Marana injured E W Brooks 32 Red Rock H C Vandervoort Jr 24 and Hazel Vandervoort 19 of Fort Worth. Dianna Reyes 14 months was in critical condition after a hit and run in an alley. A bridge wreck snarled Agua Fria traffic injuring Lewis Bumpious 47. Pedestrian injuries and other car crashes followed at 20th and Washington and at North Central Avenue among several injured and treated. Police jailed a motorist identified by witnesses as the hit run driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Manuel Medina
J. A. Gibson
Yavapai County
Medina
Allen M. Larson
Agua Caliente
Dale Daniel
Williams Air Force Base
Norton's Corner
Baseline Road
Larson
Marana
E. W. Brooks
Red Rock
H. C. Vandervoort, Jr
Hazel
Fort Worth
Tex
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tucson
Dianna Reyes
Adolph Reyes
South Fourth Avenue
St. Monica’s Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Jefferson Street
Agua Fria
Highway 89
Peoria
Lewis Bumpious
South Seventh Avenue
Eunice E. Austin
J. H. Austin
East Washington Street
20Th
Washington Streets
William F. Abutia
East van Buren Street
Doris Giyan
North 13Th Avenue
Raymond Giyan
North Central Avenue
Rosa McClay
Dale Drive
Good Samaritan Hospital
15Th Avenue
Encanto Boulevard
W.S. Murphy
West Palm Lane
Dave Winnick
Bernard L. Whinery
East Fillmore Street
Seventh
Monroe Streets
Whinery
T. S. Moody
Need For Federal School Aid Told At Congressional Hearing
A congressional subcommittee hearing in Phoenix heard Arizona and New Mexico officials describe the strain federal activity places on local schools. Representatives Bailey Sneed and Hayden heard that wartime and postwar federal installations swell enrollments, tax bases shrink, and bonded debt limits constrain new facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Bill Turnbow
Arizona
New Mexico
House Education and Labor Committee
United States
Cleveland M. Bailey
West Virginia
Tom Sneed
Oklahoma
Leonard Irvings
Missouri
Thurston Morton
Kentucky
Richard Nixon
California
Pailey and Steed
Carl Hayden
John R. Murdock
B. Alden Lillywhite
Wash
Ington
D. C
General Service Administration
Henry Alves
Washington
U. S. Department of Education
Hale Power
U. S. Department of Interior
Frank E. Boyer
Bailey
Isaac
Parker
Madison
Sunnyside
Tucson
Amphitheater
Williams Field
Dona Ana
Chavez
State Department of Education
Rokossovsky Named Poland Defense Minister Amid Soviet Tie
Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky of Russia is appointed defense minister of Poland as Moscow asserts control over Warsaw. The move sparks British opposition and questions of Soviet influence over Polish forces and Warsaw uprising history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Russia
Poland
Moscow
Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Boleslaw Beirut
Foreign Office
Ex School Official Margaret Randell Dies at 78
Margaret Randell, 78, former Pinal County school superintendent, died after a monthlong illness at Good Samaritan Hospital. Born June 21, 1871 in Indiana, she moved to Arizona 38 years ago settling in Florence then Phoenix with her son Philip Randell. Survived by daughter Mrs. D. W. Elston and two sisters, the funeral is 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at A. L. Moore and Sons Memorial Chapel, with Rev. S. B. Hannah officiating. burial in Greenwood Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Toms Randell
Pinal County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Wallace G. Randell
Florence
Randell
Indiana
Arizona
Phoenix
Phillip A. Randell
South Fourth
D. W. Elston
Colorado Springs
Colo
Eva L. Toms
Richmond
Ind
W. A. Layman
Evanston
A. L. Moore and Sons
Salt River Valley Water Users Board OKs 1950 Budget
The Salt River Valley Water Users Association approved a 10.973 million dollar budget for 1950 with a 7.50 per acre assessment. The board noted a 3.4 million dollar drop from the current year and set rates for excess and special pump water. Richard D. Searles, president, mentioned awaiting notification on a 350 thousand dollar federal allocation for a canal lining project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Governors
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Richard D. Searles
Water Users
United States Bureau of Reclamation
Associated Press
Washington
Walter White Talk Tonight at First Presbyterian Church
Walter White, NAACP executive secretary and author of many books, will speak at 8 p m today at the First Presbyterian Church at Fourth Avenue and Monroe Street. The Omega Psi Phi fraternity sponsors the appearance. White has long been active in the NAACP since 1918 and has received honorary degrees and merit medals from Haiti and Michigan Governor Frank Murphy in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
First Presbyterian Church
Fourth Avenue
Monroe Street
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
White
NAACP
Republic of Haiti
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Arizona Bankers Convention Opens At Camelback Inn
The 45th annual Arizona Bankers Convention begins tomorrow at Camelback Inn with about 250 bankers attending. F Raymond Peterson president of the ABA will speak on Bank Credits for the Coming Year. Joseph Stagg Lawrence of New York City and Leroy Lewis of the American Institute of Banking are among speakers. The first day includes luncheon poolside a desert steak fry and an informal dance with further talks by Robert E. Stripling of the House on American Activities Committee, as officers are elected at adjournment Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camelback Inn
F. Raymond Peterson
American Bankers Association
San Francisco
Peterson
First National Bank and Trust Company
N. J
Joseph Stagg Lawrence
Empire Trust Company
New York City
Leroy Lewis
National Education
American Institute of Banking
Robert E. Stripling
Scientists reach near absolute zero with Westinghouse push button lab
Scientists operate a Westinghouse push button laboratory able to achieve temperatures as low as 459.6 degrees below zero Fahrenheit within one tenth of a degree of absolute zero, enabling extreme low temperature research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Union
Yvonne Nichols
Shellie
American Medical Association
C. W. Caywood
Indian and Soil Conservation Service
Soviet Union
SRVWU
House On American Activities Committee
Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
Dad
Penney’s
Sister
N. Central
W. Washington
Atpenney
Your
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!