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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1951
Page
2
An American tourist Benjamin M. Lee is jailed in Nogales Sonora after a 3-year-old boy Juventino M. Nevarez was killed when he darted into the path of Lee’s Oldsmobile with South Carolina plates just before a major Independence Day parade.
Mrs Linden V Brady 75 a Valley resident 50 years died yesterday at her summer home in Flagstaff The Rev David Jones will conduct funeral services at 2 p m tomorrow in St Mark's Episcopal Church Mesa Private burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park Phoenix Mrs Brady a native of Chicago is survived by her husband L S Brady prominent Scottsdale teacher Friends may call at M L Gibbons Mortuary Mesa tomorrow until 1 p m
Los Angeles September 17 A mouse un American activities subcommittee opens its first on the spot investigation into Communist Party organizations in Hollywood. At least 50 witnesses were subpoenaed for hearings expected to last a week or two. Chairman Rep Don ald L Jackson refused to disclose who would be called. Only a half dozen witnesses were expected today with many to testify later while some could appear to state their case if named in testimony.
Birmingham officers and a 100-man statewide cordon chased two escapees from Draper Prison through a dark amusement area near the state fairgrounds. Conflicting reports said they wounded one and fled after wrecking a stolen car. A large Walker County search near Jasper yielded nothing.
The AEC is pursuing a broad range of atomic weapons including light air craft delivery warheads. Commission Chairman Gordon Dean confirms missile warheads. Sen. Brien McMahon notes progress in tactical weapons. Test models reportedly evolved into production designs with Nevada tests planned soon. If successful, mass production could start quickly ahead of Cocoa Florida deployment.
Florence special services for Maurice Giddings Mann former past patron of the Florence chapter and former grand patron of the Arizona Order of Eastern Star will be held at Masonic Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. W. A. Mohr and R. L. Swearengin will preside with Chandler Chapter guests invited. Mr. Mann of Florence for 45 years died in Whittier California in August after about 30 years with Florence Chapter.
The speaker warns that modern communications and propaganda empower the state beyond stagecoach times. Tyrants can uproot whole classes and nations, as Hitler and Siberia show. The President asserts that the only safeguard against a fearsome regime is government not above the law.
President Truman condemned attacks on government workers loyalty as a contemptible tactic to gain votes. He criticized major magazine publishers for subsidies via mail rate discounts and urged Congress to raise second and third class mail rates. He spoke at Constitution Hall before the National Association of Postmasters.
Mrs. Jack Cunningham will host the Sew and So Club at her Coolidge home at 2 p.m. tomorrow due to conflicts. The Poetry Reading group meets at 8 p.m. tomorrow at 722 West Pinkley Avenue to study dialect poetry with inquiries via 3589 or 7772. U S Cobb Friday learns his 11 year old son is hospitalized in Reno Nevada with polio. The Coolidge BPWC hosts clubs from Casa Grande Eloy and Florence at 7 p.m. tomorrow for a potluck at Mrs Raymond Sroaf home.
Florence September 17 Fourteen new members were initiated at the annual gathering of Pinal Lodge of Arizona Police in the American Legion Hall. John Kimmis Phoenix grand president of the Grand Lodge of Arizona Police presided. Guests included Capt J W Wilson Phoenix grand trustee and captain of Phoenix police. John Higgins Florence lodge president led the business session. next meeting set for October 11 at 7 30 pm with Pete Van Haren Florence city marshal as supper chairman.
William Lindsey George 87, Arizona resident 67 years, died Saturday in Prescott. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Ruffner Funeral Home chapel. He was an Elks member 46 years and resided at the Arizona Pioneers' Home since 1949. Survived by wife Alice May of Prescott and daughter Mrs. R. B. Kary of Mayer. He earlier ran a Phoenix business, then a Mayer meat market and cattle venture.
Robert A. Lovett became the nation s fourth secretary of defense in a 30 second swearing in ceremony. The oath was administered by Ralph N Stohl in a swift ceremony Lovett requested with Gen George C Marshall who retired last week standing at his side.
Three people died in Arizona over the weekend in auto and railroad accidents. Bert Stone a 15 year old Santan Indian was found beside Southern Pacific tracks near Chandler after a possible train strike. J J Baca 81 Holbrook was killed by a Santa Fe train in Holbrook yards while walking to church. Eddie Manuel 38 Scottsdale was struck by an automobile on Salt River Indian Reservation near Day School. Manuel’s death pushed 1951 traffic fatalities to 268. Driver William Hayes 24 of Phoenix area said he did not see Manuel.
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