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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1949
Page
2
Harry E. Polk publisher of the Williston Daily Herald arrived in Rochester after weather delays. Airport staff said his plane diverted to Omaha overnight and resumed the trip this morning. Polk, president of the National Reclamation Association, commented he was surprised a search had been conducted.
The St Michael mission centennial celebration featured 1000 Navajo arrivals and wind gust mishap during a screen viewing of films. Pope Pius XII blessed Rev Elmer Von Hagel OFM. The Navajo Saga and 1899 mission chain highlighted the 50 year milestone with Franciscan founders and a widespread, staffed mission network across desert and rural Navajo lands.
Prairie Du Chien Wisconsin October twelve AP a half block business building housing the Metro Theater tavern candy shop and lodge hall burned after midnight its flames spreading through the two story structure within twenty minutes threatening downtown Prairie Du Chien a 5000 population town Fire Chief Claire Mellinger reported the blaze confined to the destroyed building and no injuries were reported
In a wry reflection the author mocks the universal fixation on the date 1492 and Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He argues modern life prizes trivia over useful knowledge and notes the redundancy of schooling that dwells on a single historical milestone.
Imler highlights accomplishments of the administration including parks expansion, water customers added through private company purchases, Sky Harbor airport expansion, annexation programs, public parking lease, slum clearance funding, extensive street paving and lighting, sanitary improvements, and centralized economies. He claims a campaign against the city manager is partisan and vows continued progress. Imler lists his long Phoenix tenure and civic affiliations while noting council members Tate Welnick Caywood West Ford and O’Hara with their backgrounds and roles.
The custom of chewing cloves to sweeten breath dates back over 4000 years with the earliest records found in ancient China, indicating a long historical use of the spice across cultures.
Garfield County sheriff planned to use dogs in a hunt for Dr. Charles M. Scholl a 61 year old Denver dentist who vanished during a fishing trip with two companions in the White River National Forest near Crater Lake between Buford and New Castle. He walked six miles with his black cocker spaniel and did not return as scheduled prompting a search.
Funeral services for Jack T. Trimble 27 year old senior student at Arizona State College Tempe who died Monday at Papago Park Veterans Hospital were held this morning at Arizona Funeral Home Chapel Rev C Vaughan Rock pastor of First Southern Baptist Church officiated Burial was in Mesa City Cemetery Trimble lived at 1014 North 25th Street and had been a hospital patient for several weeks He was a Tempe native Survivors include wife W June Trimble two sons Richard and Douglas a daughter Marilyn his mother Rosa Trimble all of Phoenix two sisters Mrs Russell Talbot of Phoenix and Mrs Charles Gilpin of Yuma and two brothers I W Happy Trimble of Ashfork and David O Trimble of Sheridan Wyoming
Mrs. Pearl Chambers of 53 Roanoke Avenue died at St. Monica's Hospital after being found unconscious in her home on Saturday. Justice of the Peace Harry Westfall said no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will not be ordered unless requested by a relative. Her mother, Mrs. Verne Hetrick of Lemont, Illinois, was to arrive by plane.
A burglar entered through a mail slot at the Corral lunch stand on 516 East Taylor Street, pushing a stick to break the latch and steal notebooks, pens, and pencils valued about six dollars. Proprietor J. W. Lance reported the theft today.
Rock phosphate applied to University of Illinois farmland that had prior liming and potash treatment increased hay yield by 60 percent. The finding highlights soil amendment effects on forage productivity in established fields.
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