Valley Trade and Manufacture Prospects Up
Valley business shows improvement as Reynolds Metals in Phoenix recalls about 140 workers, lifting total employed to around 945 from a low of 805. Other manufacturers plan winter production, while forecasters expect retail volume to be down from last year though unit sales may hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Today Show
R. W. Pickens
Reynolds Metals Company
Phoenix
Pickens
Reynolds
International Metal Products Company
Frank Hill
Credit Bureau
Dun and Bradstreet
Compensation Law Hearing Postponed
The Arizona Industrial Commission postponed a meeting to draft recommendations for changes in the State Workmen s Compensation Law to an unspecified date due to the absence of two commission attorneys Robert Yount and Donald Morgan. The delay follows a directive from Special Legislative Committee on State Government Operations after a Thursday hearing to furnish suggestions to prevent further drain on funds, noting a $152000 loss in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Industrial Commission
Commission
J. J. O'Neill
Robert Yount
Donald Morgan
O’neill
Fred J. Fritz
Arizona Senate
Alva T. Jones Dies After Brief Illness
Alva Thomas Jones aged 42 of 3806 South Ninth Street died early today at Good Samaritan Hospital after a five day illness. A Phoenix labor foreman born January 6, 1907 in Little Rock, Ark he had lived in Phoenix 27 years after moving from Oklahoma. He is survived by wife Lucy a daughter Vester Louise three sons Raymond Edmund David Verlin and Tom his mother Mrs Vester Simes two sisters Mrs Lee Wells and Mrs Julius Hogan and three brothers L Jones Carl Jones and Marvin Simes all of Phoenix. Funeral arrangements are pending with A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Thomas Jones
South Ninth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Phoenix
Oklahoma
Mr. Jones
Little Rock
Ark
Lucy
Vester Louise Jones
Raymond Edmund
David Verlin
Tom
Vester Simes
Lee Wells
Julius Hogan
Carl Jones
Marvin Simes
A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary
Garvey Plans Two Week Vacation From Office
Governor Dan E Garvey will quit his office Monday for a two week vacation and stay in Phoenix for the first days. He will then go to San Diego for a brief visit around next Wednesday or Thursday to catch up on official work from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona
Phoenix
San Diego
U S urged to enter Russian arms race
A Special Senate committee urged approval of a 1.314 billion military aid program to arm free nations against a deliberate Soviet arms race. The Foreign Relations Armed Services Committee backed the plan 22 to 3 as essential to Western security, noting Soviet force levels and budgets rising while U S demobilizes. Senate debate slated to begin Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Combined Foreign Relations Armed Services Committee
Western
Europe
35 Drivers To Exhibit Skill In State Truck Roadeo Here
Arizona drivers compete in the State Truck Roadeo in Phoenix hosted by the Arizona Motor Transport Association. Tests at Central and McDowell Road include backing, parking, alley driving, space lanes, and timed runs. A parade runs Washington Street from 24th to 17th Avenue. Winners advance to the National Truck Rodeo in Boston in October, amid a Western states national title race. Local roadeo organizers include R. R. Thomas and H. M. Suter with Cushman Motor Scooter Sales staging a coffee-weighted tow demo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Phoenix
Arizona Motor Transport Association
Central
McDowell Road
24Th Street
17Th Avenue
Washington Street
Bos
Roadeo
R. R. Thomas
Clyde Roberts
H. M. Suter
Charles Williams
N. E. Thompson
A. C. Revels
Elmer L. Rhode Taken By Death
Elmer L. Rhode aged 62 of 357 North Fifth Avenue died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital after moving to Phoenix seven years ago from Pine Valley Indiana where he was a farmer. He wintered here since 1929 and made Phoenix his permanent home after retirement. Survivors include his wife Alva, a brother Everett Watkins of Perrysville Indiana and a sister Mrs Roy Melson of Boswell Indiana. The body will be taken to Attica Indiana for funeral services and interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer L. Rhode
North
Fifth Avenue
Good Samaritan
Phoenix to Install 500 Alarm Boxes
Phoenix will install more than 500 new fire alarm boxes as the first phase toward a Class A fire protection rating. City Manager James T. Deppe announced the program, funded by a $1.5 million bond approved in November for Fire Department improvements. Construction phases and plans for two new buildings will be ready within 30 days after architectural plans are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
James T. Deppe
Firm Foy Shimel Dies At Hospital
Foy Shimel, 60, of 2232 East Belleview Street, died yesterday at the Veteran's Hospital in Papago Park after a lengthy illness. A World War I veteran and Masonic Order member, he came to Arizona in 1936 from Pennsylvania. He worked 10 years at Central Arizona Light and Power before founding Shimel Electrical Company and retired earlier this year. Survived by wife Lily, two sons Firm C. and Robert C., and one granddaughter. Services at Arizona Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy Shimel
Belleview Street
Veteran’s Hospital
Papago Park
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Shimel Electrical Company
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Colliers Hollow
Lily
St. Joseph's Hospital
Firm C
Robert C
Phoenix
Arizona Funeral Home
Atlantic Pact Powers Plan Defense Body
The 12 nation Atlantic Council ordered a top level Military Committee to develop unified defense measures for North Atlantic. A Defense Committee of defense ministers was set up, with U S Britain and France as a standing group guiding Western defense under the Atlantic Treaty. Secretary Acheson chairs the council, Washington to host the headquarters. The accord was completed in one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Council
North Atlantic
Council of the Foreign Ministers
Louis Johnson
United States
U. S
Britain
France
Europe
Dean Acheson
Atlantic Alliance
Trailer Made Gas Chamber For Death By Own Action
A 62 year old Tempe woman, Lutie Talley, turned her trailer into a death chamber by closing doors and inhaling gas from cyanide crystals in water. Her body was found at 11 am by neighbor Mrs. J L Chenault. coroner says no inquest. Talley had lived in Tempe 30 years, ill health, employed as domestic. two daughters survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempe
Lutie Talley
East Eighth Street
J. L. Chenault
J S McPherson Dies Here In Phoenix
Isaac Samuel McPherson aged 85 of 1442 Brill Street died at Good Samaritan Hospital after a three week confinement. A retired Parkersburg WV clothing and shoe merchant he moved to Phoenix in 1933 and was IOOF member. Survived by wife Fannie L son E H McPherson two daughters, a sister and a brother, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 9 am Monday at Memory Chapel A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with Rev Charles S Kendall and IOOF funeral committee. Interment Mesa Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Samuel McPherson
Brill Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
McPherson
Phoenix
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fannie L
E. H. .McPherson
Cecil Wooster
Tomaris Beats Another Rap in Grand Theft Case
Phoenix man Tomaris, known for frequent arrests in three years, escapes grand theft after Justice of the Peace Harry F. Westfall dismisses charges when the witness failed to appear. Victim Cecil E. De Vaney owned shoe stores in Phoenix and Flagstaff. ring later reportedly found on Tomaris' foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tomaris
Phoenix
Justice of the Peace
Harry F. Westfall
Tomaris
West Osborn Road
Rex Stidham
West Jefferson Street
Windsor
Cecil E. de Vaney
Flagstaff
DeVaney
North Central Avenue
West Adams Street
Jasper E Forkum Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Jasper E. Forkum aged 37 were held at Merryman Funeral Home. A Perry, Texas native and former Phoenix Union High School attendee, he died yesterday. Survived by two sisters Catherine Monroe and Christine Ryan of Bell Gardens California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper E. Forgum
South 18Th Street
Merryman Funeral Home
Forkum
Perry
Tex
Phoenix Union High School
Catherine Monroe
Christine Ryan
Bell Gardens
Calif
Hungary Brankov Testifies Of Anglo American Aid Promise
Lazar Brankov former Yugoslav liaison in Budapest testifies that the United States and Great Britain promised military support to Marshal Tito if he fought Russia. He pleads partially guilty, saying he learned of the Anglo American pledge from Rankovic but offers no date or location. Lt. Gen. Palffy also testifies that Tito runs a Yugoslav spy ring in Soviet satellites and Moscow. he pleads guilty to sedition and subversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Lazar Brankov
United States
Great Britain
Marshal Tito
Russia
Brankov
People’s Court
Alexander) Rankovic
Tito
Soviet Union
Gyorgy Palffy
Moscow
Palffy
Garvey hints at abolishing many state boards
Governor Dan E Garvey indicated the Arizona Legislature may be asked to abolish numerous boards and commissions. He cited a special committee request for detailed agency analyses and noted Griffenhagen and Associates will assist. The committee aims to consider consolidation of state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Fred J. Fritz
Clifton
Arizona Senate
Griffenhagen and Associates
Chicago
Garvey
Legislative Committee
Arizona State Department of Public Welfare
Griffenhagen
Rail hearing set Oct 20 on 8 percent intra state rise
The Arizona Corporation Commission schedules October 20 to hear four Arizona railroads Santa Fe Southern Pacific Magma Arizona and Apache request an 8 percent increase in intra state freight rates. A 20 percent boost for fat cattle shipments is also sought. If approved, state freight rates would be 56 percent above prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Magma-Arizona
Apache
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commission
Kaner Acquitted On Vice Charge
A Maricopa County jury acquitted Sid Kaner 22 vice president of the Southside Athletic and Shuffleboard Club of placing a 22 year old woman in a house of prostitution. Florence Greenwood testified that Tartakow known as Jerry North suggested prostitution. Tartakow faces separate trial on raid related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maricopa County
Sid Kaner
Southside Athletic and Shuffleboard Club
Charles C. Bernstein
Florence
Toni) Greenwood
Kaner
Jerome Eugene Tartakow
West
McKinley Street
Jerry North
Greenwood
North
Tartakow
19Th Avenue
South Mountain Road
Deposits Rise in Arizona Banks in 1949 Report
Arizona banking institutions show deposits of 4.32 million dollars more on June 30 than the prior year. D. O. Saunders, state superintendent of banks, details totals in his annual report to Governor Dan E. Garvey. Combined state and national deposits reach 414,406,299 with state banks at 115,309,950 and national banks at 299,096,279. Total resources total 440,039,416 versus 437,036,563 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
D. O. Saunders
Saunder
Dan E. Garvey
Saunders
Mountain States Telephone audit ordered by Arizona commission
An Arizona Corporation Commission ordered a Phoenix CPA James A. Smith and chief assistant Richard Burgess to audit Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Denver as part of preparing for a rehearing of the utility rate increase. A hearing, tentatively set for Sept 27, may move to October. Smith, in Phoenix for 19 years, and Burgess will work under Attorney General Fred O. Wilson. The utility seeks a roughly $1.4 million annual rate increase after an initial denial in June for insufficient justification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Phoenix Certified Public Accountant
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
William T. Brooks
James A. Smith
Richard Burgess
Denver
Brooks
Smith
Phoenix
Arizona
Thirteen Phoenicians Enlist in Army and Air Force
Thirteen residents of Phoenix and other Arizona towns join the U S Army and Air Force in the past five days. Enlistees named include John C. Yates, Delton B. Wentworth, George C. Gonzales, and Charles W. Diggs Jr., among others from Phoenix and cities such as Flagstaff, Douglas, Morenci, Nogales, and Goodyear. Additional enlistees come from Peoria, Safford, Clifton, Winslow, Tuba City, Sunnyslope, and Pirtleville, with several listed from Illinois Texas Florida Minnesota and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Air Force
Jack B. Price
John C. Yates
North
23Rd Avenue
Bryan E. Heflin
Carol Street
Joan E. Pustorff
Fillmore Street
Donald E. Kleck
Lincoln Street
Karl A. Zellar
South
Seventh Avenue
James E. Hess
Hess Avenue
Delton B. Wentworth
West Holly
George C. Gonzales
West
Lincoln
Lewis A. Geedey
Buckeye Road
Everett M. Bass
Charles H. McGaw
Georgia
Fredrick E. Knight
North 10Th Avenue
John Quincy Adams
Granada
Charles W. Diggs, Jr
East Mulberry
Arizona
Bob Ray Towery
Peoria
Pasqual L. Fajardo
Flagstaff
James L. Williams
Douglas
Juan G. Gomez
Morenci
Adelino A. Medina
Clifton
William S. Ferguson
Florence
Louis E. Urban
Goodyear
Clarence S. Jones
Humbolt
Luis C. Castro
Nogales
Marion C. Smith
Safford
Hardy L. Warlick
Warren
Ricardo O. Arvizu
Pirtleville
Joe Manson
Tuba City
James A. Burlingame
Sunnyslope
Antonio Bios
Gleeson
John T. Sanche
David H. Bunch
Winslow
Robert O. Keele
Glendale
Jose H. Granados
Carl E. Blackwell
Billy D. Jackson
Coolidge
Ralph Wayne Gidcomb
Mesa
Kenneth L. Underwood
Tucson
Rosario Valenzuela
Jose L. Suarez
Jimmie L
Mr America Is Selected By Students At Phoenix College
Phoenix College students named Mr America in a campus contest echoing Miss America. John Milton Raht won over Ralph Ferguson Neal Roberts Charles Linder and Joe Bell, all sopho mores, with parlor jokes parodying Jacque Mercer’s Miss America Romeo and Juliet number. Over 600 attended the picnic and dance, raising about 50 for the polio emergency drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix College
Jacque Mercer
John Milton Raht
van Buren Street
Ralph Ferguson
Neal Roberts
Charles Linder
Joe Bell
Raht
Miss Mercer
Institute Opens With 250 Students from 38 States Abroad
About 250 students from 38 states the District of Columbia Turkey and Sweden started classes yesterday at the American Institute for Foreign Trade acting president Dr William L Schurz says the school enters its fourth year with a new course Economics of Latin America taught by Merwin L Bohan. Frank R Jackle will teach business communications and language courses will add new techniques under department head Dr Howard Tessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Turkey
Sweden
American Institute For Foreign Trade
William L. Schurz
Latin America
Merwin L. Bohan
State Department
Frank R. Jackle
Howard Tessen
Airman Acquitted In Woman's Death
Lawrence Shaver, an airman from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, was acquitted by a superior court jury of contributing to the delinquency of a minor who died after a drinking party when she, 17 year old Marjorie Cody Lippincott, was struck by a train near Tucson. The jury reached its verdict after 45 minutes of deliberation yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Lawrence Shaver
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Shaver
Marjorie Cody Lippincott
Parks Film Series Opens At Encanto Park Band Shell
The Parks Department will show four feature films and a comedy at Encanto Park Band Shell at 8 p m today under Parks and Recreation. The Summer film series at the park runs through next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encanto Park
Welder Becomes Independent Candidate for City Clerk Seat
Charles H. Munn, 27, a welder and former U. S. Air Force flier, filed for nominating petitions to run for City Clerk and thus seek a seat as an independent city council candidate in the November 8 municipal elections. He lives at 132 North 10th Avenue, has two children, is employed by Western Consolidated Steel, and first came to Phoenix in 1941 with a four-year Air Force stint in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Joe Thurman
Charles H. Munn
North 10Th Avenue
Phoenix
Western Consolidated Steel Company
Munn
Air Force
South Pacific
30 Aboard Grounded Ship Urgently Needs Help
A Norwegian freighter the Brabant with about 25 to 30 crew members is aground off Cuba’s southern coast near the Caribbean islands between Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. Coast Guard and McKay Radio in Seattle report SOS signals, a Jamaican tug is en route, and aerial surveys are planned. the ship’s status remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fila
Cuba
Chicago
Seattle
Caribbean
Isle of Pines
Brabant
Lloyds of London
Ganger Roll Company
Oslo
New Orleans
Antwerp
Belgium
Coast Guard
Jamaica
Futures In Grain Firm Soybeans Climb
Wheat futures were firm with scattered buying after a weak start and soybeans advanced more than a cent a bushel. The market reflected government activity and commission house buying, with mixed gains across corn, oats, rye, and lard as prices moved within narrow ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Livestock Market Reports From Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City cattle and hog prices mixed as demand shifts across classes. Fed steers, heifers and grass cattle varied up to 1.50 higher or lower with widespread shifts in weights and grades. Chicago hogs eased after midweek highs while sow prices rose, and sheep trading showed mixed results across lambs, yearlings, and ewes with selective solid demand for prime cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
Texas
Chicago
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Alva T. Jones
Mons
Ane
North 7Th Street
Mer
Ryan
U.S
Germany
Free Nations
Salto Oe
E. T. Houston
Greece
Ae Beverage’ Dealers
Phoenix Gazette
J.S. McPherson
Jasper E. Forkum
Army
Parks Department
McKay
Cuban
Havana
Iti F. Vnal
New York
Novadel-Agene Corporation
Continental Motors
Safeway
Flax
Minneapolis
Flan
Dr. Hawkins
East
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