Hermosillo trip excites Valley youths TGA plans weekend visit
Thirty five members of TGA depart Phoenix for a three day weekend in Hermosillo Sonora Mexico to promote social cultural and educational activities. The group will stay at Hotel Laval with dances bowling swimming and meetings scheduled around planned excursions and events. The trip marks ongoing youth outreach and leadership development through regular meetings and a fall program.
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Hermosillo
TGA
Sonora
Mexico
Grand Canyon
Dot O’rourke
Phoenix
St. Mary’s Smooth
O’rourke
Army Veteran Held For Trial As Volunteer Helper Of Japan
A California Army veteran Sgt John David Provoo age 33 of San Francisco is charged as a worse traitor than Tokyo Rose for aiding the Japanese during World War II Prosecutors say he studied Buddhism in Japan in 1941 later enlisted in the Army and worked with Japanese forces including broadcasting defeatist scripts and assisting troops on Corregidor He was arrested at Governors Island and held without bail pending a hearing next Friday
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Justice Department
California
Tokyo Rose
U. S
John F. X. MecGahey
John David Provoo
San Francisco
FBI
Governor’s Island
Tokyo
McGahey
Corregidor
Provoo
Johnny
McGohey
Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
Philippines
Powerhouse Mike Defies Youths At Encanto Lagoon
A colorful local tale centers on Powerhouse Mike a 16 to 50 pound fish moved to Encanto Lagoon from Roosevelt Lake. He allegedly pulls anglers in breaks poles and capses canoes during the Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce Fishing Derby. Registration begins 7 to 8 am with fishing 8 to 10 am giving many hooks and prizes.
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Encanto
Len Welch
Laddie Boy
Phoenix
Powerhouse Mike
Roosevelt Lake
Encanto Lagoon
F. H
Pop) Phillips
Baldwin Thiel
Phoenix Gazette
Boys Blamed For Starting House Fires
Fire marshal says several young boys chased from a vacant house at 420 North 19th Street as a fire destroyed a frame structure and damaged two nearby homes. The unoccupied house owned by Franklin D. Newhall at 2548 East Villetta Street is linked to the blaze. Damage also hit E. M. Ramirez at 424 North 19th Street and Kathryn Hunsaker at 422 North 19th Street. Two cabins at Grand Avenue and Lateral 19% were burned after spreading from a kerosene stove. occupied by Joe White with the other vacant, leased by Joe Reed, loss about $1,000.
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North 19Th Street
L. B. Graves
Franklin D. Newhall
East Villetta Street
E. M. Ramirez
Kathryn Hunsaker
Grand Avenue
Joe White
Joe Reed
City Firm Aids Gland Output
Phoenix firm Cudahy Packing Company will provide pituitary glands from hogs to aid ACTH production used in arthritis and rheumatic fever treatment. General manager L. W. Stringer notes up to 25 000 hogs are needed for one ounce of the drug, a major production challenge while ACTH undergoes clinical testing in 40 hospitals and medical schools.
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Phoenix
L. W. Stringer
Cudahy Packing Company
American Meat Institute
Stringer
ACTH
Skunk Located and Removed by Patrolman Pointer
Spokane police officer Homer Pointer tracked down a dead skunk causing a neighborhood nuisance in Spokane Washington and removed it, ending residents annoyance and potential odor health concerns.
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Spokane
Wash
Homer Pointer
Five Hurt in Phoenix Traffic Accidents
Five people were injured in Metropolitan Phoenix crashes yesterday. Fireman Herman P. Smith, 2237 East Garfield Street, fractured jaw after motorcycle crash at 12th Avenue and Monroe Street and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. Louise Windgate, 18, and Lula Squire, 34, from Lateral 16 Lower Buckeye Road, hurt when Lula’s pickup plunged into irrigation ditch at Sev enth and Southern avenues. Chonita Hernandez, 23, and her daughter Cora Linda, 19 months, were examined after a collision at Seventh Avenue and Washington Street involving Rudy Hernandez, 22, and John W. Nisbett Jr., 27.
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Phoenix
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Herman P. Smith
East Garfield Street
12Th Avenue
Monroe Street
St. Monica’s Hospital
Louise Windgate
Lula Squire
Lower Buckeye Road
Chonita Hernandez
East
Madison Street
Cora
Linda
Seventh Avenue
Washington Street
Miss Arizona boards plane for Miss America pageant
Jacque Mercer Miss Arizona of 1949 flies from Sky Harbor with police escort to compete in the Atah City pageant on September 10 for a $25,000 prize. JC sponsors and Genetsford accompany the 18 year old as she wears Westward themed wardrobe and plans her own gown for Jersey shore competition.
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Arizona
Sky Harbor
Atah City
Jacque Mercer
Phoenix Junior Chamber of Commerce
Genetsford
Jaycee
Jacque
Brown
John
Gene Autry
Litchfield Park
Jersey
Bank Debits Drop 97 Million In Year
Phoenix bank debits total in 1948 to date show a drop of 97 million dollars year over year, with eight month totals at 1.498 billion versus 1.596 billion last year. August debits stand at 162.17 million, down 7.03 million from 169.20 million previously, while demand and time deposits fall to 176.15 million from 190.23 million a year ago.
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Phoenix Bank
Earle F.arrows
Phoenix Clearing House Association
Sonora Editor Jose Montijo Dies at 78 in Hermosillo
Funeral services were held in Sonora yesterday for Jose E. Montijo aged 78 a longtime editor of El Noroeste and former treasurer of the Sonora Newspaper Bloc He died early Thursday in Hermosillo Survivors include Mrs Montijo and two sons.
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Sonora
Jose E. Montijo
Montijo
Hermosillo
el Noroeste
Bloc
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