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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1949
Page
2
Roosevelt's growth since 1911 includes a 12,000 plus population, 2,490 elementary enrollments, 36,000 irrigation acres, 300 small businesses, and 40 small industries. The Roosevelt Central Council guides civic projects from Neighborhood House to a large swimming pool opened July 4.
Scouts distribute 1500 posters across 24 Roose rt Council troops to promote Christmas Seals for TB relief in Phoenix. Posters placed in cafes, offices, and businesses as George F. Miller cites planned leaders. Volunteers, including Girl Scouts and Phoenix High School classes, push 27 600 letters and seal sheets. stamps sold at Goldwaters Hotel Adams lobby First National Bank of Arizona Valley National Bank and booths on Central Avenue opening Monday.
New York Mayor William O'Dwyer and model Sloan Simpson halted departure from Saratoga Springs due to severe weather. O'Dwyer explained the trip was a vacation with reporters in pursuit of matrimonial sleuthing. He denied marriage or engagement plans, pending possible flight when weather clears.
The piece notes how metropolitan TV test patterns from KPHO reach villages, sparking a scramble for sets. It offers humorous survival tips for hosting guests during early television adoption, including seating, meals, scent, and climate tricks to preserve privacy.
The Phoenix DeMolay convention features a banquet with Judge William R. McKay as main speaker, installation of officers, sports events at University Park and local venues, a grand ball with Joel Aronson orchestra, and a Sunday breakfast and church services. Delegates hail from Phoenix and several Arizona towns.
Arizona Farm Bureau members chose officers during closing sessions of a two day meeting at Hotel Westward Ho. Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke on living standards tied to production and the need to keep prices flexible with supports. Governor Dan E Garvey urged a rural research and marketing bureau for data on supply and price prospects, and Senator Carl Hayden affirmed continued government support and aids to agriculture.
London November 19 AP Princess Elizabeth flight to Malta for her wedding anniversary was postponed 24 hours due to fog. The eight and a half hour trip included a lunch stop at Nice and Countess Mountbatten accompanies the princess while the Duke of Edinburgh remains aboard the Mediterranean Fleet.
The California Wool Growers Association urged restoring a tariff high enough to encourage expansion of wool production in the United States. They said no plan for supporting wool prices is as simple or cheap to administer as a wool tariff and that it would protect American wool prices. they favored continuing the 90 percent parity support if tariff protection is lacking. They also supported selling additional public domain lands in California to develop ranch and adjoining lands for greater productive use.
Civic leaders from across Arizona will join John Murdock Day events in Cavecreek on Tuesday. Representative Murdock will be escorted on a scenic drive to the Tonto Forest Recreational Area. Plans discuss preserving and developing wooded lands near Bartlett Dam and road improvements promised by the Maricopa County Board.
South Mountain Lions Club under W E Kantz will sell wrapped citrus gift boxes in Phoenix on three Saturdays starting Nov 26 with city approval. Proceeds aid the Lions sight conservation fund and park development at Fifth and Tamarack avenues. boxes ship nationwide.
In Moscow on November 19 Soviet officials signaled backing for the Chinese Communist People’s Republic’s bid for full representation at the United Nations. Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En Lai’s telegram protesting the Kuomintang’s U.N. presence was widely publicized in the Soviet Union.
In Roosevelt District Arizona, residents recall floods that once cut the Salt River off from the Valley. The Central Avenue Bridge, opened in 1911 at 110000 cost, spurred district development and education progress including Roosevelt School 1912 and Neighborhood House. Notables attending the dedication include Mrs. T. Wirt Standring and Mrs. Dwight B. Heard.
In Farmington Kentucky two gunmen robbed the Bank of Farmington taking 6700 dollars from the teller cage and vault. The president Clinton Jones was alone in the building when the holdup occurred and was locked inside the vault before the robbers fled. Police and sheriff's deputies pursued the suspects.
The U S Weather Bureau says unseasonably warm weather continues in Phoenix with no break through Tuesday. A high pressure system west of the Rockies should linger until Monday and cooler, cloudier days are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday's high hit 86 degrees, surpassing the 55 year record of 84 set in 1943 1904 and 1897.
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