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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1949
Page
8
Chief Earl O'Clair reissued a warning to Phoenix merchants to stop handling football pool cards after a downtown smoke shop reportedly displayed outlawed tickets. A vice detail found no tickets on inspection though enforcement continues. The chief reaffirmed earlier threats of prosecution if lottery cards are found in businesses.
Philip A. McLaughlin, 68, former Associated Press correspondent and newspaper editor, died in Tucson. He had run a furniture business since 1917 and was active in charitable groups. Born February 22, 1881 in Glasgow, Scotland, he lived in the United States since age two and worked in San Antonio and Tulsa before editing Parral Miner. He leaves a widow, a son, a daughter, two brothers, a sister, and four grandchildren.
Dr. L. A. J. LaMotte 65 year old retired Los Angeles eye surgeon died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a heart attack two weeks prior. He was born February 14, 1884 in Finksburg Maryland and practiced in California for 30 years. Survivors include his wife Maude two daughters two sons and seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary.
Nogales coroner's jury ruled the Harshaw fatalities were due to a dynamite explosion of unknown cause. Gregorio Echevarria, 40, and Pedro Acevedo, 27, were killed at the 510 foot level of the American Smelting and Refining Company mine in Tucson on Wednesday. It was believed a falling rock struck a dynamite cap, triggering a box of 160 sticks to explode.
A turkey shoot to aid Boy Scout Troops 12 126 and 132 will start at 10 30 a m Sunday November 20 on the Isaac School Athletic Field at 35th Avenue and West McDowell Road. Isaac Men's Club sponsors. only shotguns 12 16 20 or 410 gauge allowed. shells furnished by the club. Winners may choose frozen or live turkeys.
A purse snatcher netted 101 at Third and Jefferson as Ella Rita Silva, 1746 West Fillmore Street, reported the theft. Vandal damage estimated at 400 to an unoccupied Oak Street house owned by George Mutschler, with all windows and doors broken. J B Perchang, 4632 North Ninth Street, announced a Madison School square dance club meeting at North 16th Street school at 8:30 p m Tuesday. Colorado Club plans a 1 p m Sunday Nov 20 picnic at Encanto Park Band Shell with coffee and lunches to attendees. Roxey Jones, 22, 1245 South 13th Avenue, is under treatment for a gunshot wound to the left shoulder at Elite Cafe on Buckeye Road. deputies reported no suspect. The Irrigation Drowning Prevention Association set Nov 22 for a meeting to discuss covering open ditches. Arizona Illinois Society to hold a picnic at Las Ramadas South Mountain Park on Sun Nov 20. Elks Charity Ball planning continues with a committee meeting Mon at 7:30 p m at Elks Lodge Hall. Gus Arnheim's orchestra to play.
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved transferring Trans World Airline's Phoenix to Las Vegas route to Bonanza Airlines. A contract provision restricting sales to a feeder was disapproved, with expectant acceptance by both sides and possible early next week certification. Bonanza plans feeder stops at Prescott Kingman and Boulder City and aims to extend service to Casa Grande Tucson Nogales Bisbee and Douglas once certified.
The Phoenix Ministerial Association schedules city-wide union Thanksgiving services at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning. One church per city area hosts worship, with ministers coordinating the plan. A special offering will support the Arizona Council of Churches interdenominational work statewide. Churches listed include First Church of Christ, First Baptist, St. Paul’s Methodist, Phoenix Christian Church, Garfield Methodist, and Broadway Methodist.
The Phoenix Dachshund Club hosts its first Dachshund Show under the American Kennel Club at Cudin City resort on East Camelback Road tomorrow. Forty dogs from Arizona and the West Coast enter public viewing at 1 p.m. with judging from 2 p.m. to about 6 p.m. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
Funeral services for John William Billy Thomas 72 a pioneer Phoenix resident who died Thursday will be held at 3 pm Monday in Merryman Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev Stephen O Redacre of First Church of Christ will officiate burial is in Greenwood Memorial Park He came to Phoenix from Texas in 1896 and was a retired farmer and resident of 3800 East Buchanan Street He is survived by a brother Seymour Thomas of Phoenix.
Tom Stowe, courthouse watchman, was lauded after killing two men who tried to flee the county jail on October 22. He had requested tickets to Arizona State College football games and received two 50 yard line tickets from the USC Phoenix Alumni Chapter. Stowe will bring Norma Moseley of the County Auditing Department as his guest.
The Shah of Persia will tour the Salt River Valley December 1 to 3, arriving at 5 30 p m December 1 by Air Force plane. He will inspect the Salt River Project and Col Dale Bumstead’s ranch near Litchfield Park under the supervision of Charles A Pickrell, director of the University of Arizona Extension Service.
William A. Ellis a bailiff in Division 2 of Maricopa County Superior Court was treated today for pneumonia at the U S Veterans Hospital Papago Park. He has played a leading role in American Legion and Order of the Purple Heart activities.
Funeral services for Joseph Thompson Cooper a 95 year old Arizona pioneer who died yesterday were set for 4 p m at Meldrum Mortuary Chapel in Mesa. Bishop Walter W Merrill to officiate with burial in Snowflake. He leaves 4 daughters 30 grandchildren 79 great grandchildren 21 great great grandchildren and a brother and two sisters.
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