City to seek $800000 for Sky Harbor airport improvements
Phoenix officials prepare a Civil Aeronautics Administration application for about 800000 to expand the Sky Harbor development program as part of a 1120000 construction plan including an administration building, control tower, lighting upgrades, drainage, and new entrance from 24th Street. The city had already received 400000 and risks losing 100000 in federal grants if not pursued.
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Sky Harbor
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Phoenix
CAA
City Aeronautics Commission
J. E. Redmond
Aviola
Redmond
24Th Street
Coulson Funeral Planned Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Coulson age 49 of 3019 West Granada Road who died Saturday in a local hospital will be held at 3 30 p m tomorrow at Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with the Rev L A Brumbaugh officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. She was a native of Salem Arkansas and came to Phoenix 14 years ago from Ada Oklahoma. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Clark H Briggs and Mrs James A Strand both of Phoenix and Mrs Walter D Altman of Tempe a son William E Coulson of Phoenix her mother Mrs L C Thomason of Marshall Texas three brothers Curtis M Robins Phoenix George D Robins Marshall and Ben W Thomason Marshall and seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Clark H. Briggs
James A. Strand
Phoenix
Walter D. Altman
Tempe
William E. Coulson
L. C. Thomason
Marshall
Tex
Curtis M. Robins
George D. Robins
Ben W. Thomason
Mission Meet Ser E F Clark to Speak at First Church
Mission Meet Ser E. F. Clark will speak at the first annual meeting of the Men's Missionary Society tomorrow at 6 45 p.m. in the banquet hall of the First Church of Christ, 801 North Central Avenue. Men of the church and any men interested were invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Clark
Men’s Missionary Society
First Church of Christ
North Central Avenue
Necia Kohl Dies Here on Heart Attack at 76
Necia M. Kohl 76, wife of Louis Kohl owner of Kohl ranch northeast of Payson on Tonto Creek, died in Phoenix after a heart attack. She survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs. J. F. Clark in Blythe, Calif., a son Glenn in Phoenix, six sisters, five grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary.
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Necia M. Kohl
Louis Kohl
Kohl
Payson
Tonto Creek
Phoenix
West
Almeria Road
J. F. Clark
Blythe
Calif
Glenn
Minnie Burns
Mollie Allen
Lena Dowell
Anna Potter
Glendale
Nora Epperson
Denver
Colo
Shielda Young
Chillicothe
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Firefighters Host Birthday Style Observance for Crippled Children's Home
City of Phoenix Fire Department marked National Fire Prevention Week with a party at the Arizona Crippled Children's Home on East Garfield Street. Three fire trucks and a clown staged a vaudeville and music show for patients before the team built and fought a bonfire on an adjacent lot. A nurse noted a boy moved for the first time since admission during the clown’s act. Special guest was Edith Mathews named Miss Phoenix Fire Department of 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Phoenix Fire Department
Arizona Crippled Children’s Home
East Garfield Street
Edith Mathews
Phoenix
Prominent Globe Resident Dies
GLOBE Oct. 10 AP J. T. Lewis Sr., 87, longtime Gila County representative in the State Legislature from 1929 to 1933, died here yesterday. Survived by wife Mary Ann, three daughters Mabel Ostler, Mrs. George Knox of Miami, Beulah Bennett of Concho, and two sons J. T. Lewis Jr. of Globe and Dr. D Oliver Lewis of Norfolk Va.
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GLOBE
J. T. Lewis, Sr
Gila County
Mary Ann
Mabel Ostler
George Knox
Miami
Beulah Bennett
Concho
J. T. Lewis, Jr
D. Oliver Lewis
Norfolk
Swanky Club Slot Machines Seized In Raid
Deputies raided Westerner's Recreation Association Club at 7777 South Seventh Avenue seizing seven slot machines. They plan charges for selling liquor without a license and gambling equipment possession. Three men, two club officers and a bartender, were placed under technical arrest and summoned to appear at the sheriff's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerner’s Recreation Association
South Seventh Avenue
Vern LaMore
Maricopa County
First Federal Purchases HOLC Arizona Mortgages
The First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Phoenix and Yuma completed the purchase of about 700 HOLC mortgages in Arizona valued at $700,000. The HOLC is being dissolved by the Home Loan Bank Board. Interest rate remains 4.42 percent. payments switch to First Federal with passbooks.
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Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Phoenix
Yuma
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Arizona
Joseph G. Rice
HOLC
Home Loan Bank Board
Loan Association
Tempe Student Veteran Dies at Papago Park Hospital
Jack T. Trimble a 27 year old senior at Arizona State College Tempe died early today at Papago Park Veterans Hospital after weeks as patient He was a Tempe native World War II veteran son of the late Walker Trimble Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday at the Arizona Funeral Home Chapel burial date not yet decided
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Jack T. Trimble
Arizona State College
Tempe
North 25Th Street
Papago Park Veterans Hospital
Trimble
Walker Trimble
Arizona Funeral Home Chapel
Taxpayers Urged to Retrieve Missing Statements in Maricopa County
Mrs. Jewel W. Jordan, county treasurer, urged taxpayers who did not receive statements to visit her office. Thousands were returned for wrong addresses. hundreds more unresolved. Deadline for the first half year is November 7 with 10 percent interest for late payments. She noted more taxpayers have paid so far than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel W. Jordan
Maricopa County
Mystery Veils Death Of Star Mesa Student
Police pursue a possible cyanide poisoning in the death of 16 year old Jerry Wood, a Mesa High junior. Found unconscious on her porch Saturday evening, she died after a four hour hospital effort. Authorities analyze stomach contents. no foul play suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
Mesa
Marion W. Trowbridge
Mesa High School
Jerry Wood
Trowbridge
Southside District Hospital
Mesa Fire Department
Vannie Wood
Murphy Group To Meet At Murphy School PTA Session
Murphy group members will assemble at Murphy School auditorium tomorrow at 8 p m to hear talks by Mrs Edward Gentry magazine committee chair and Mrs Earl Gaddis membership committee chair Mrs R W Alexander is president
Temporary Truck Permit Held Invalid in Arizona
Attorney General Fred O. Wilson ruled that the Arizona Corporation Commission cannot issue temporary trucking permits. The ruling ends a dispute sparked by Chairman William T. Brooks and A. P. Buzard, who charged the chairman with issuing vest pocket permits lacking legal status. Wilson said no law grants the commission authority for such permits and they would be illegal even with all members’ signatures. Brooks admitted issuing about three permits after consulting other commissioners. none are now in effect.
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Fred O. Wilson
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
William T. Brooks
A. P. Buzard
Commission Motor Vehicle Division
Buzard
Brooks
Wilson T. Wright
Mit Simms
Wilson
Corporation Commission
McCarthy plans transcript study in Arizona road-a-scope case
County Attorney Warren L. McCarthy said he will study the hearing transcript from the Arizona Road-a-Scope matter once reports reach his office. He noted the review aims to prosecute company officers if criminal conduct is found. William T. Brooks, chairman of the corporation commission, accused flagrant legal violations in the hearings but said no action had been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren L. McCarthy
Arizona Corporation Commission
William T. Brooks
The
Corporation Commission
Need For Mine Development Told Clinic
Ore reserves in Cochise County are not fully developed, said Joe Wilcox of Shattuck Dean Mining in Bisbee. He cited estimates of up to 50 million dollars in ore and highlighted copper and other metals. The talk covered government aid for small miners amid low copper prices, with other speakers from Edison, agriculture, cattle, dairy, commerce, climatology, and local hotel payroll growth. William H. Johnson of the Tucson Daily Citizen will give the principal talk at the banquet.
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Bisbee
Cochise County
Joe Wilcox
Shattuck- Dean Mining Corporation
Greater Arizona, Inc
Wilcox
State Department of Mineral Resources
H. H. Idle
Arizona Edison, Inc
Carmy Page
James L. Finley
Willcox
Public Lands
Arizona Cattle Growers Association
Gilbert Thompson
William H. Johnson
Tucson Daily Citizen
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Necia Kohl
Paul L. Sale Co
TARA
West Main
Basic
Kelly
Wool Jersey
Eregart
Star Mesa
Murphy
M'Carthy
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