Williams Rodeo Honors Williams Contenders
Vernon Mounce of Globe and Red Holman of Blythe California split all around cowboy honors at the ninth Williams rodeo during Labor Day weekend, with Walter Pruitt of Williams named best local. Minor injuries affected Charles Miller of Altadena and Neil Abraham. Winners included Holman in bareback, Logue Morris in saddle bronc, Hank Aldrich calf roping, Fred Cook bulldogging, Joe Bassett team tying, and John Rhoades in the bull.
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Pruitt
Williams
Charles Miller
Altadena
Calif
Neil Abraham
Holman
Logue Morris
Tucson
Hank Aldrich
Phoenix
Fred Cook
Flagstaff
Joe Bassett
Globe
John Rhoades
Oracle
Roberts Funeral Set At Glendale
Special to The Phoenix Gazette Glendale Sept 6 Funeral services for Mrs Polly Roberts 73 year old Arizona gold star mother who died Sunday in the Peoria home of her daughter Mrs E C Belshe will be conducted at 3 30 p m tomorrow at the Leonard Funeral Home here The Rev C Vaughan Rock pastor of the Phoenix First Southern Baptist Church will officiate Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park Phoenix Born in Clay County Ky Mrs Roberts came to Arizona 25 years ago from Walsenburg Colo Survivors are two other daughters Mrs Frank Chambers and Mrs Jack Harkey both of Phoenix one son Morgan Roberts Sedalia Colo 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Gazette
Glendale
Polly Roberts
Arizona Gold-Star
Peoria
E. C. Belshe
Leonard Funeral Home
C. Vaughan Rock
Phoenix First Southern Baptist Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Phoenix
Clay County
Admiral Toyoda Acquitted in Class A War Crimes Trial
United States tribunal acquits former Japanese admiral Soemu Toyoda of command responsibility for Pacific war atrocities after a 10 month Tokyo trial. He expresses regret and vows to redress wrongs while defense counsel calls the verdict proof the war is over. A few Class B cases remain as MacArthur's staff hunts nine suspects.
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Tokyo
INS
Admi
Soemu Toyoda
Navy General Staff
Toyoda
George Furness
Boston
Mass
General MacArthur
Alva C. Carpenter
Rotary Convention to Convene in Safford Next Spring
Safford is named the convention city for Rotary International District 166 comprising Arizona clubs and Needles California. About 600 to 700 rotarians are expected. Bids for a 49 mile Thatcher to Duncan transmission line and substation open Sept. 14. Reynolds Electric and Engineering built 88 miles for Duncan Valley Electric Co op started in May. R L Smith attends advance sanitation training in Columbus Georgia on recommendation of Dr J P Ward and the Graham County board.
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Thatcher
Duncan
Robert S. Harris
Thatcher Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Duncan Valley
Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company
Duncan Valley Electric Co-op
R. L. Smith
Graham County
Columbus, Ga
Cortaro Farm Land Sold to Cortaro Plantations Inc
About 2,600 acres of Cortaro Farms were sold to Cortaro Plantations Inc including the original homestead. Roughly 700 acres are under cultivation. Mrs. Marjorie H. Raskob serves as president of the new company.
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Cortaro
Tucson
Cortaro Farms
Cortaro Plantations, Inc
Marjorie H. Raskob
Guaymas Deep Sea Rodeo Set For October Dates
The Guaymas Deep Sea Rodeo will be held October 3 4 and 5 with prizes donated by local merchants for the largest fish caught over the three day event in the gulf port city.
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Guaymas
Sonora
Mex
Gulf
Graham County Gins First Bale of Cotton This Year
G. E. Bennett, a cotton grower in the Cactus District south of Safford, inspects Graham County's first bale of the season weighing 525 pounds. The bale previews an expected 20,000 to 25,000 bales from 24,200 acres of long and short staple cotton this year. In Casa Grande, Sept. 6, Rev. Paul Jakes of Calvary Baptist Church announces tentative plans for a kindergarten and day nursery. Opening is Sept. 19 with 9 to 11:30 a. m. sessions, nine months. The Rev. Jakes will be superintendent, Mrs. Ralph Allison head teacher, with a registered nurse on duty. Tuition runs 4 dollars for kindergarten and 5 dollars per month for nursery. no registration fee. The school will be housed in the church educational area with staff supervision by church women.
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G. E. Bennett
Cactus District
Safford
Graham County
Phoenix
CASA_ GRANDE
Paul Jakes
Calvary Baptist Church
Jakes
Ralph Allison
Kyrene Farm Bureau to Meet at Kyrene School
First fall session set for 7 30 p m tomorrow with Wendell Weller and E E Mitchell discussing Mutual Services. Covered-dish dinner beforehand. Robert Birchett, president, announced. Also Tempe Masonic Lodge resumes at 8 p m in Masonic Hall Elwood Sanders, master. Alpha Kappa Chapter Epsilon Sigma Alpha to meet 7 45 p m tomorrow at president Mrs Bertelsen’s home. Doris Lowthian announced box supper Friday 7 p m in church hall to raise funds for a motion picture projector.
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Tempe
Kyrene Farm Bureau
Kyrene School
Wendell Weller
E. E. Mitchell
State Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Robert Birchett
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Elwood Sanders
Alpha Kappa Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Robert Bertelsen
Bertelsen
Margaret Bouse
Anthony Boetto
Congregational Pilgrim Fellowship
Doris Lowthian
Europe Newsmen To Arrive In San Francisco Today
Fifty European newsroom representatives from 14 countries were due in San Francisco for the first leg of a 12,000 mile American discovery flight. They traveled from London aboard a Stratocruiser of American Overseas Airlines and will visit Chicago New York and Washington after the stop.
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San Francisco
INS
London
American Overseas Airlines
Chicago
New York
Washington
Tucson gambling raid targets Mexican Social Club
Tucson sheriff Jerome Martin led a raid on the Mexican Social Club at 3750 South Sixth Avenue. Four slot machines were confiscated and County Attorney Bryce Wilson is expected to file gaming charges against the club.
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Tucson
Jerome Martin
South Sixth Avenue
Bryce Wilson
PIED PIPER CALLED AS RATS RUN WILD IN SPRAGUE
Residents of Sprague Washington appealed for exterminators as thousands of rats swarmed through stores theaters homes banks and the police station after the town dump burned. Cars ran over many rats while gardens were overrun and the town faced an emergency sanitation crisis.
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Sprague
Wash
Glendale Voters Open Bonds For Water Parks Armory
Glendale polls opened at 6 am for registered property owners to approve two bonds totaling 50000 dollars. One 40000 dollar issue funds water development and system upgrades, the other 10000 dollars buys park sites and development and an armory site for the Arizona National Guard unit to prevent removal and preserve about 40000 dollars yearly federal funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Arizona National Guard
Freshmen Week Opens at Gila Junior College
Thatcher Arizona September 6 Gila Junior College opened Freshman Week with entrance examinations for new students running through Thursday. All new students will register today and tomorrow while former students begin registration Saturday. Regular classes start Monday.
AFL May Support Arizona River Claim
TUCSON Sept 6 AP Arizona's Colorado River water claim may win AFL support when the case is presented to the labor organization. AFL representative Lewis G. Hines of Washington said the state’s case could earn backing. The AFL has endorsed California's Supreme Court river settlement request. Hines, after visiting Arizona, expressed understanding of the water need.
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Tucson
Arizona
Colorado
American Federation of Labor
Lewis G. Hines
AFL
Washington
California
United States Supreme Court
Hines
Society Picks Leaders in Graham County Chapter Election
At a Graham County Chapter meeting of the Arizona Society of Crippled Children in Safford on September 6 Mrs Thelma Daringer was elected chairman succeeding Mrs J B Poer who served as chairman last year Mrs Poer was named vice chairman for the coming year and Joseph Wells was reelected secretary treasurer.
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Safford
Graham County
The
Arizona Society of Crippled Children
Thelma Daringer
Daringer
J. B. Poer
Poer
Joseph Wells
Concert Given at Glendale Park Labor Day Event
Residents of Glendale packed Glendale City Park for a Labor Day free band concert led by J Allen Sed berry. The 35 member band, sponsored by the Glendale Carpenters Union and American Federation of Musicians Local 586, drew about 1000 attendees and was funded by royalties paid to the union on recordings and related music work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
D. A. Bennett
Glendale Carpenters Union
American Federation of Musicians
J. Allen Sedberry
Musicians’ Federation
Pima Realty Sales Fall in County Market Slump
Pima County real estate sales last month fell 54 percent from August 1948, dropping by 2 072 050 dollars. Analysts cite lower prices and reduced sales of expensive properties as the cause of the decline.
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Tucson
Pima County
Coaster Injures Banker in Bisbee Race
Bisbee hosts postwar inaugural coaster event with banker C C Thompson injured when a coaster veered into spectators. He was taken to Phelps Dodge Hospital under observation. injuries not believed serious. Barney Bowden and Edward Reynolds won the men’s race in 2 43, while Joey Holmes and Jimmy Linn won the youths’ event in 2 40.
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Bisbee
Cc. S. Thompson
Phelps Dodge
Barney Bowden
Edward Reynolds
Joey Holmes
Jimmy Linn
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Lamson Business College
Valley National Bank
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Graham County Gins First Bale
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