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Phoenix Gazette

Location

Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1949

Page

2

Little Idaho Girl Kidnapped in Burley Police Search

Burley Idaho November 17 AP Officers fear a five year old girl may have been kidnapped after vanishing yesterday at 5 30 pm Glenday Joyce Brisbough daughter of a transport driver entered a car A posse of 200 searched alleys parks canal banks and hiding places as authorities from city state and county police join the hunt The child’s parents are Charles and Mrs Brisbough.

Burley Ida Glenday Joyce Brisbough Idaho Bill Williams Saul H. Clark Charles Brisbough

Civilian federal payroll shows four month decline

Senator Harry F. Byrd reported September civilian employment in the federal government fell for the fourth straight month, with 2,057,064 people on the payroll. The drop of 33,045 from August and 62,955 from May followed a 64,520 decline in armed services civilian payrolls, though Byrd noted civilian agencies actually increased employment.

Washington Harry F. Byrd Virginia Byrd Joint Congressional Committee On Armed Services

Charter Ticket Lists 17904 Expenditures

The Charter Government Committee ticket led by Mayor Nicholas Udall spent 17904.22 in the city primary on November 8. Treasurers and candidates reported minor personal expenses with O. Leo Carraro listing 93.40 and Anthony O Connor 12.00, while others reported none.

Charter Government Committee Nicholas Udall Laurence H. Whitlow Phoenix O. Leo Carraro F. A. Ford Anthony O’connor Council

Leopold Return Split Threatens Belgian Coalition

Belgium's coalition government faces a major split over a plan to refer Leopold's return to a national vote. The Liberal Party shifted support to the opposition Socialists, calling for the bill's legality to be tested by the Council of State, delaying the referendum. The Senate has approved, with the chamber of deputies to act by month’s end.

Brussels Belgium Leopold Liberal Party Social Christian Party Council of State Supreme Court Senate Chamber of Deputies

Dog Family Includes Wolves and Foxes Among Dogs

A dog family spans many members from domestic dogs to wolves jackals and foxes reflecting a broad classification. The text notes the diversity within the canine lineage highlighting variations in size behavior and habitat.

Snow and Smog Dominate News Across Nation

Residents faced slushy commutes as Buffalo recorded a 19.1 inch snowfall and California saw heavy fog hiding B 29s. Floods threatened New Orleans with peat fires blanketing the city while a meteor lit the Dixie sky at 11 34 p m.

California Buffalo N. Y Great Lakes New Orleans Dixie Weather Bureau Chattanooga Tenn

Desert Mission Elects Directors

Desert Mission, Incorporated, elected a new board at its annual meeting led by E Ray Cowden as president. New officers include H H Wasser as vice president, Evert W Williams as treasurer, T C Basham as assistant treasurer, Mrs H H Wasser as corresponding secretary, and Mrs Effie Spires as recording secretary. Three year terms awarded to Cowden, Mr and Mrs H H Wasser, R H Payne, Mrs J C Lincoln, and Floyd Smith.

The Desert Mission; Incorporated E Ray. Cowden H. H. Wasser Evert W. Williams T. C. Basham Effie Spires Cowden R. H. Payne J. C. Lincoln Floyd Smith

Plenty Of Turkey Four Pound Helpings For All

CHICAGO November 17 The turkeys crop totals 41,107,000 birds enough for a 4.1 pound serving per person for Thanksgiving. The Poultry and Egg National Board says the crop is 29 percent larger than last year and prices should be lower. There will be 82,214,000 drumsticks.

Chicago Poultry and Egg National Board

Border Jumping Alien Leaps From Hotel Window

Teodoro Meza Luna, 21, a Mexican national, leaped from a second story window at the New York Hotel in Manhattan to evade arrest by U S Naturalization and Immigration Service officers. He landed on his head after being chased and tried to scale a fence. A U S commissioner said he had been returned across the border less than a week ago for illegal entry and he is held on $500 bail for federal court action.

Teodoro Meza-Luna Meza-Luna New York Third Madison Streets U. S. Naturalization and Immigration B. Wilson U. S Golly

Breakaway Bulgarian Fugitives Predict Slow Moscow Split

Four condemned former Bulgarian officials claiming exile in Turkey describe a growing rift with Moscow akin to Yugoslavia’s split. They say Bulgarian nationalists push nationalism while Russian Communists hold power, and they urge American help to arm anti-Moscow guerrillas ready to rise when possible.

Istanbul BNS Russia Marshal Tito Yugoslavia Bulgaria Turkey Stratie Skerleff Panayot Popoff Yordan Stoyanoff Pinalaski Nikola Y. Boyadjieff Secret Service

Doubled Home Building Predicted In 10 Years

Boston November 17 195? Leon H Keyserling acting chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers forecast doubling the nations housing construction in the next decade He called for an average of 1750000 new homes yearly and 2000000 by 1959 with private enterprise furnishing the bulk of future activity He urged a practical objective of a decent home for every American family within 10 years and noted the need for more moderate priced homes for larger families while stressing larger small economy houses above $8000 as the norm

Boston Leon H. Keyserling Raymond M. Foley Housing and Home Finance Agency National Association of Home Builders Miami Beach Fla

Bomber Crashes After Navigational Failure in Bad Weather

A bomber diverted from its course in deteriorating weather as its radio compass malfunctioned. The crew searched for Bermuda for four hours before the aircraft went down, ending the mission.

Bermuda

Air Force Lists 20 Aboard Missing Plane

March Field California lists twenty airmen aboard the missing B 29 bomber. Names include Lt Col John R Grable pilot and squadron commander from March Field and others from Abilene Providence Riverside Beverly Hills Brockton and several California cities.

Air Force March Field Califf INS John R. Grable March Field Base Ernest W. Oliver Abilene Tex Leonard D. Culberson San Francisco Calif Joseph J. Petrosino Charles L. Cox Riverside Lyle I. Pound William W. Johnson Beverly Hills Wilford B. Jones Roy H. Coulter William H. Pratt Brock

Workers Give Reports Today On Fund Drive

The first progress report of the Boys' Clubs of Phoenix fund-raising was due at a meeting of advance gifts workers in the East Side Boys' Club at 926 East Van Buren. The goal is 29,919 with 19,500 sought from advance gifts, under general campaign chairman Earle F. Barrows. The clubs serve 1,500 members at East Side and West Side locations, while Coolidge Dam in Arizona stands as the largest multiple-arch dam in the world.

Boys’ Clubs of Phoenix Advance Gifts East Side Boys’Club East van Buren Earle F. Barrows Phoenix Banker East Side West Side South Seventh Avenue

U Magazine Accused By Chaplain At University

The Arizona Kitty Kat humor magazine at the University of Arizona is charged with an improper attitude toward morals. Rev. Edward C. Corscallen, Newman Club chaplain, says the home-coming issue depicts indecency in college life and alleges editors cater to depravity for laughs. The Newman Club may seek administrative action.

Tucson Arizona Kitty Kat University of Arizona Edward C. Corscallen Newman Club Kitty Kat Publicaon

Delicate Operation Cuts Prison Term

A 32-year-old laborer in Los Angeles was sentenced to one year in jail instead of five years to life after undergoing a delicate brain operation. August B. Des Martes faced five to life for grand theft and burglary due to a prior felony, but his lawyer argued an injury at birth may have influenced behavior. The judge, after learning of the operation and recovery, issued the lighter sentence.

Los Angeles B. Des Martes Clement D. Nye Des Martes

Bomb Damage Report Warns Agencies Must Disperse

Navy officials confirmed an Atomic Energy Commission report urging dispersal of government agencies to prevent crippling losses from a single atomic bomb over a metropolitan area like Washington. The National Security Resources Board backed the plan to spread critical offices to preserve national operations.

Washington Navy INS Atomic Energy Commission National Security Resources Board

4000 Turn Out For Union High Open House

Approximately four thousand visitors crowded Phoenix Union High School for its annual open house last night. Principal James Carter announced a map of the nine buildings and a PTA invitation. The auditorium overflowed for a musical program by the school orchestra, glee club, choir and Ora torio Society, plus a one act play Freshman Nightmare by Lois Selby Halladay.

Phoenix Union High School James Carter Dramatics Lois Selby Halladay C. L. Ford Tom Sawyer

Riddled Vessel Comes Into Port

PUSAN Korea Nov. 17 AP The American freighter Flying Cloud riddled Tuesday at the Yangtze mouth by a Chinese Nationalist warship’s guns is due here tomorrow. No details on the ship’s present condition were available.

Pusan Korea Flying Cloud Yangtze

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Eerste U.S Charter Ticket Bellows Partners Choice Bellows A Colorado Springs Chicago Bellows Partners Choice Desert Mission Reliable Union Union Abby Furniture Compa Borden Borden Co Madison Avenue Chiuhs Second Ave West van Buren Coolidge Dam Arizona U' Magazine Harvey Zorn Parent Douglas H. Driggs R. C. Tanner Adams Eugene Burrus Junius E. Driggs C.O.D
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