President Truman Plans Ocean Dip During Florida Holiday
President Truman arrives at Key West for a three week Navy base holiday. He plans a relaxing sleep and a first ocean dip with family, as calm weather returns after a cold spell. White House briefings continue via direct wires as officials note the pressures of office.
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Cecil Adell
United States Naval Base
Key West
Fla
President Truman
Mrs. Truman
Trumans
Margaret
Truman
Naval Base
White House
Naval Headquarters
Florida
Navy
Mr. Truman
Izaak Walton
Municipal Leaders Receive tax Warning
Governor Dan E. Garvey urged Arizona municipal leaders to economize at the 22nd annual Arizona Municipal League convention. House Speaker Raymond Langham called for a tax structure overhaul and noted municipal budgets rose by 1.447 million dollars. Langham urged limiting federal matching funds and improving legislative cooperation for economy. An afternoon session discussed self service gasoline stations with Western States Petroleum Association officials declining to state group positions.
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GLOBE
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona Municipal League
Raymond G. Langham
Arizona House of Representatives
Langham
Boy 9 Pulls Father Free In River Crash
In Tulsa Oklahoma a 9 year old boy dragged his unconscious father from a light plane that dived into the Arkansas River four miles west of Tulsa. William S Burdette 28 a Tulsa World War II Air Force pilot was treated for lacerations and shock after rescue. His son Danny escaped with only a black eye. The Aeronca ripped through telephone wires spanning the river then flipped into the water.
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Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas River
Here
William S. Burdette
Danny
Aeronca
Goodson labeled in fair condition after Florence crash
J M Goodson executive secretary of the Arizona Highway Commission was listed as only fair by Good Samaritan Hospital attendants. He suffered fractured ribs fractures of the left leg and arms and cuts after a collision near Florence on Saturday night.
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J. Melvin Goodson
Arizona Highway Commission
Good Samaritan Hospital
Goodson
North 15Th Avenue
Florence
Shelby M. Heck
East Willetta Street
Don Woolf
North Richland Street
John Odhuis
Eleanor Odhuis
East Mae-Dowell Road
Nel Smith
Garvey Demands Eloy Order Or State Takeover
Governor Dan E. Garvey demanded Eloy law and order from Pinal County officials and warned the state will assume control if violence continues. He pressed for removal of Eloy Justice of the Peace H. V. Kerrick over a $3,108 funds shortfall and cited a tavern brawl last week as the latest violence.
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Dan E. Garvey
Pinal
Eloy
Eloy Justice of the Peace
H. V. Kerrick
Missing Wife Sought Here in Amnesia Case
Arizona law officers joined the search for Cecile Harmon Boggess, 51, of Los Angeles believed an amnesia victim who vanished from her daughter's El Paso home on November 6. She is the wife of H L Boggess a Santa Fe Railroad officer and mother of Mrs W N Williamson of El Paso. Descrip tion notes a 5 foot 3 inch slender woman with green eyes and short dark brown hair lightly streaked with gray. She wore a tan camel hair coat brown bib dress and black low heel oxfords.
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Arizona
Cecile Harmon Boggess
Los Angeles
el Paso
Tex
Bridges Said Active Red In Perjury Trial
In San Francisco on November 29 the government presented its Sunday punch in the longshoreman perjury case against Harry Bridges. John H Schumaker testified that he delivered a Communist Party membership card to Bridges in January 1936 and that Bridges paid party dues on many occasions.
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San Francisco
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
John H
Big John) Schumaker
Bridges’ International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union
Red Party
Bridges
Adopt Family Faces Hard Christmas Poverty in Phoenix
A Phoenix mother, deserted by her husband and ill, struggles to feed and clothe her three children and unborn baby. With a hospital-bound father and three young boys aged 8 and 6, she lacks shoes, rent funds, and basic goods. A single $8 remembrance could aid the newborn’s care.
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Phoenix
Nurses Discuss Venereal Disease Control Institute at Good Samaritan
The three day seminar at Good Samaritan Hospital entered its second day with nurses from Arizona counties hearing national and local officials on venereal disease control. Speakers included Ralph B. Hogan and Dr. C. E. Reddick yesterday, with Hazel Shortel and Dr. Gilbert Crecelius presenting today and Vincent Larson and Frank Williams scheduled for tomorrow.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Arizona
Ralph B. Hogan
Division of
United States Public Health Service
C. E. Reddick
Bureau of Local Health Services
Arizona State Health Department
Hazel Shortel
The
Public Health Service
Gilbert Crecelius
State Health Department
Miss Shorter
Vincent V. Larson
Frank Williams
Search Pushed For Missing 4 Place Plane
A county wide search is on today for a four place Beechcraft Bonanza missing after being prevented from landing at Los Angeles International Airport by heavy traffic. The single engine plane radioed for an approach at 10 15 p m last night was turned away when told big ships would land. An approach at 10 42 was set but the pilot may try Long Beach Airport as dense fog closed that field. He did not contact L A X. A single engine plane hovered above Central Airport Compton at 10 45 but did not land. The search began at midnight as fuel was due to run out.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles International Airport
Long Beach
Central Airport
Compton
Airliner crashes at Love Field and bursts into flames
A passenger plane crash near Love Field in Dallas caused a large fire after one engine failed. Fred L. Sheaf, a nearby resident, described a series of explosions, flames, and flying debris as rescue crews and witnesses rushed to help the injured, including a man who emerged from the wreckage with a broken arm and German accent seeking a doctor.
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American Airlines
Fred L. Sheaf
Dallas Aviation School
Righ
Airways Cafe
Injured Occupants Of Plane Are Listed
Dallas AP report lists injured in the Love Field crash. Names include William Forsythe of Stamford, Conn. Dr. Lewis De Lirosa of Mexico City. pilot Laurence Claude of Fort Worth. William Forbes of Dallas. Benjamin Burillo and Pilar Sagardoy of Mexico City. copilot Robert Lewis of Fort Worth. and others. Ernest O Neill and a man named Copeland were missing. Baker Hotel confirms reservations for two missing persons. Carrots and parsley noted as members of the same plant family.
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Dallas
American Airlines
Love Field
William B. Forsythe
Stamford
Traffic Toll Near Record High in 1948 Year
Arizona records show 251 traffic fatalities since January 1, just 14 fewer than the 1948 peak. Harold D. Rose of Boulder City died from injuries after a car overturned near Seligman. Teen Jesse Smith Jr. and others injured in incidents on Tolleson streets. Police reported multiple collisions and a child run over in suburban Phoenix area.
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Arizona
Harold D. Rose
Boulder City
Nev
Flagstaff
Seligman
Rose
Motor Hotel Group Elects 5 Directors
The Arizona Motor Hotel Association elected five directors yesterday from its 65 members at the fifth annual convention. Kelley Rogers of 1814 West Van Buren Street joined Earle H. Bailey, Jack Satterthwaite of Tucson, G. T. Nowlin of Wickenburg, and L. E. Lambert of Kingman on the board, with incumbent C. L. Hammond named chairman. Additional directors will be chosen later, and Tucson Phoenix Prescott Wickenburg Kingman Williams may add more under a recent constitutional amendment.
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Kelley Rogers
West van Buren Street
Arizona Motor Hotel
Earle H. Bailey
Jack Satterthwaite
Tucson
G. T. Nowlin
Wickenburg
L. E. Lambert
Kingman
C. L. Hammond
East van Buren Street
Harry Bennett
Montgomery visits Eisenhower with weather quip
In New York on November 29 AP reports Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery met with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University. After a 45 minute visit Montgomery quipped about weather saying when the weather is bad you want an umbrella a military umbrella. Eisenhower declined to comment.
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New York
Viscount Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Fire Damages Seventh Day Adventist Academy Dormitory
Fire Marshal probes possible arson after a blaze damaged the roof and attic of a three story dormitory at the Arizona Academy on North 14th Street. The 2:30 p.m. fire prompted relocation of 20 third floor residents. 18 year old Barbara Durkson reported the alarm. The investigation follows the discovery by a student and the fire chief noted unknown cause and $6000 damage.
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L. B. Graves
Seventh-Day Adventist
Arizona Academy
North 14Th Street
Barbara Durkson
George E. Smith
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Second Ave
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Rizona
J.m.goodson
Garvey
Kerrick
Jesse Smith, Jr
Tolleson
Maricopa County Hospital
S. K. Patterson
Buckeye Road
van Buren Street
Ina Heck
Willetta Street
10Th
Willetta
Motor Hotel Group
Jewel Bulova
Snake Band
Parker
Jewel Elgin
DutaPower
Man
WM. Rogers & Sons Silverplate
Jewel Elgin DuraPower
Schick “Super” Shaver
Zeggue
Academy
Asia
the Borden Gh
Ry Borden
Bortles
Madison Avenue
Calvert Distillers Corp
N.Y. C
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