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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1949
Page
3
Miss Lola Eriksen, a June graduate of the University of California, assumed duties yesterday as field director of the Maricopa Council of Girl Scouts. She succeeds Mrs. Edward Cummings, now executive director. Miss Eriksen’s home is Santa Barbara, California.
Chandler residents announce the completion of the Chandler air marker atop the O S Stapley Company warehouse and Foxworth and Galbraith Lumber building on South Washington Street. Jaycees contributed 250 hours of volunteer work and provided portions of materials. New Chandler Junior Service Club officers were installed at St Marys Church social hall for the Knights of Columbus chapter.
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Miami Florida September 3 military re burial services for Calvin Craig 23 killed February 6 1945 in Germany will be held tomorrow at Pinal Cemetery Rev Walter Sadler Miami First Baptist Church will officiate with American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge Craig US Air Force born January 20 1924 Claypool attended Miami High School joined Army April 1944 survivors include mother Myrtle Miller Galveston Texas father Elmer Craig San Diego brother Robert Claypool sister Marjorie Tabor Galveston and four nieces.
Geneva Sept 3 AP The International Refugee Organization plans to relocate 18,133 displaced persons to the United States and 12,230 to Australia during September. An additional 1,200 refugees will be moved to Canada on Sept 22.
Bob Finch Post VFW opens new clubroom at 833 East 13th Street with Commander Richard Thompson inviting all veterans to attend. Sunday services feature Dr Leland Heywood and Howard Roberts of Mesa at the Latter day Saints Church, genealogical society program on individual responsibility in research, and music by Miss Neva Bentley. Wesley Foundation meets at 6:30 p.m. at 126 East 14th Street for a picnic supper. Everett Lee Taylor leads folk games and attends Mount Lemmon institute. Norma Erickson leads Sunday worship. Cecil Prior Jr returns from Pilgrim Fellowship leaders meeting and is elected VP of the conference Pilgrim Fellowship and state president of the Congregational youths. Reverend Max Wilkins to attend Baptist Pastors Conference at Prescott. Harold Lowry returns from Germany and is stationed at Springfield, Mass.
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Moore an 86 year old Globe resident were held at Globe Memorial Chapel conducted by Rev. William Fulton. A native of Grant County Wisconsin she had lived in Globe six years and was a member of the Eastern Star and Globe Women's Club. Surviving are two brothers two sisters and a niece.
Funeral services for Arthur Howell Harrell 92 who died in Mesa were held at Carr Mortuary Chapel Tempe. Rev Cecil L Prior officiated with burial at Double Butte Cemetery. A native of Cleves Ohio Harrell came to Arizona in 1898 worked as cement contractor for Santa Fe Railroad and helped cement Grand Canyon work. He lived in Needles since 1915 and had been in Tempe visiting a granddaughter. He is survived by a daughter Maude Shackelford and granddaughter Lynn Fitzgerald plus four great grandchildren.
Four Americans and three Mexicans rescued after floating almost 24 hours in the Pacific said their fishing yacht sank 15 miles off Mazatlan following a mysterious explosion aboard. The four Americans named Mr and Mrs Herbert R White Johnny Regan and Warren Palmer said they had time to don life preservers before the boat sank.
President Truman selected Carlton Skinner of Milford Connecticut as Guam's first civilian governor. The 36 year old ex Washington newspaperman and current Interior Department aide will take office soon, reporting to the Navy until July 1 1950 when civil governance passes to Interior. Navy and Interior will coordinate a civilian transition in the interim.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Decker 74 of 250 South LeSeur Street died yesterday in a local rest home were held this afternoon at the Mesa Fifth Ward Chapel with Bishop M L Flake officiating. Interment at Taylor. Survivors include husband Z N Decker four sons Edwin A Jesse N Joseph S John F three daughters Eunice Howard Ruth Abbott Eva Hartman and 33 grandchildren two great grandchildren plus four brothers and three sisters.
San Francisco September 3. Warren Olney III head counsel for the California Crime Commission charges that Attorney General Fred N Howser sought to intervene personally on behalf of an alleged Los Angeles racehorse gambling syndicate.
In Des Moines Iowa Amvet and AVC debate a merger as a key issue at their convention. The AVC Executive Committee sent the merger proposal to a subcommittee for study while President Truman is slated to speak on farm policy after Labor Day in Pittsburgh. More than 5000 AVC delegates attend the gathering.
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Peters 81 who died Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital will be conducted at 3 p m tomorrow in Palms Chapel Grimshaw Mortuary Pastor H C Lindsay of Grace Lutheran Church will officiate Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park She was born in Germany in 1868 and moved to Philadelphia at 15 She lived in Florence 19 years with two sons Howard and Erwin Peters Also surviving are two daughters Mrs Alfred D Roberts Phoenix and Mrs Harry Weaver Philadelphia and two brothers William and Karl Klemmer Philadelphia
An urgent distress signal from the Chinese vessel Yuchuan was intercepted today by RCA Marine Station Manila. The message asked for a salvage tug and gave the ship's position about 700 miles southwest of Tokyo, in an area where typhoon winds have been reported.
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