Garvey Eyes Abolition Of Many State Boards
Arizona Governor Dan E. Garvey says a special committee seeks analyses of functions, powers and setups from all agencies with possible consolidation. The committee, led by Fred J. Fritz, has sent letters requesting details. Griffenhagen and Associates is assisting. Garvey hopes many boards and commissions are discarded as reports are reviewed.
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Arizona
Dan E. Garvey
Fred J. Fritz
Clifton
Arizona Senate
Griffenhagen and Associates
Chicago
Garvey
Legislative Committee
Arizona State Department of Public Welfare
Griffenhagen
S. McPherson Dies Here in Phoenix at 85
Isaac Samuel McPherson 85 of 1442 Brill Street died early Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital after a three week confinement. A retired Parkersburg W V clothing and shoe merchant, he came to Phoenix in 1933 and belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Survivors include his wife Fannie L., one son E H McPherson of Parkersburg, two daughters Mrs Cecil Wooster Mesa and Mrs Eugenia Payne Prescott, a sister and a brother both of Parkersburg, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at Memory Chapel of A L Moore and Sons Mortuary. Interment Mesa Cemetery.
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Brill Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
McPherson
Phoenix
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Fannie L
E. H. McPherson
Cecil Wooster
Mesa
Eugenia Payne
Prescott
Alonzo Bailey
H. S. McPherson
A. L. Moore and Sons
Charles S. Kendall
IOOF
Mesa Cemetery
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 who were away on commission business. The move follows a special legislative committee's order to provide suggestions to curb excessive fund drain after the commission reported a $152,000 loss in 1948.
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Arizona Industrial Commission
Commission
J. J. O'Neill
Robert Yount
Donald Morgan
O’neill
Fred J. Fritz
Arizona Senate
Mr America Winners Chosen By Arizona Phoenix College
Phoenix College students held a Mr America contest as a playful parody of Miss America. John Milton Raht won over Ralph Ferguson Neal Roberts Charles Linder and Joe Bell, with jokes riffing on Romeo and Juliet. Over 600 attended the picnic and dance and raised about 50 for a polio emergency drive.
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Phoenix College
Jacque Mercer
John Milton Raht
van Buren Street
Ralph Ferguson
Neal Roberts
Charles Linder
Joe Bell
Raht
Miss Mercer
Tomaris Beats Another Rap in Phoenix Theft Case
Phoenix defendant Tomaris 36 and Rex Windsor 50 faced grand theft charges after Cecil DeVaney reported a brutal robbery of a $3000 diamond ring. The charge was dismissed when the witness failed to appear at a preliminary hearing. Police noted Tomaris has 26 prior arrests in three years. DeVaney owns shoe stores in Phoenix and Flagstaff.
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Tom Tomaris
Phoenix
Justice of the Peace
Harry F. Westfall
Tomaris
West Osborn Road
Rex Stidham Windon
West
Jefferson Street
Windsor
Cecil E. DeVaney
Flagstaff
DeVaney
North Central Avenue
West Adams Street
Elmer L Rhode Taken By Death
Elmer L Rhode 62 of 357 North Fifth Avenue died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital. A Pine Valley Indiana native and farmer, he came to Phoenix seven years ago and had wintered here since 1929 before making Phoenix his permanent home on retirement. Survivors include wife Alva brother Everett Watkins Perrysville Indiana and sister Mrs Roy Melson Boswell Indiana. Body to be taken to Attica Indiana for funeral services and interment.
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Elmer L. Rhode
North
Fifth Avenue
Good Samaritan
Audit Ordered of Mountain States Telephone Books
Arizona Corporation Commission orders a Utah Phoenix CPA to audit Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company books in Denver. James A. Smith and Richard Burgess to assist. re hearing of the carrier's rate increase, tentatively Sept 27, may move to October. The utility seeks about 1.4 million dollars yearly.
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Phoenix Certified Public Accountant
Arizona Corporation Commission
Commission
William T. Brooks
State Agency
James A. Smith
Richard Burgess
Denver
Brooks
Smith
Phoenix
Arizona
Coast Traffic Kills Five in Northern California
Five people were killed and 13 injured in separate traffic accidents across Northern California over the weekend, as reported by INS from San Francisco dated September 19.
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San Francisco
INS
California
Rail Hearing Set Oct 20 for Arizona Rail Rates
The Arizona Corporation Commission will hear Oct 20 on four Arizona railroads Santa Fe Southern Pacific Magma Arizona and Apache seeking an 8 percent intra state freight rate increase. They also seek a 20 percent boost on fat cattle shipments. The request mirrors a recent Interstate Commerce Commission decision granting an 8 percent interstate rate rise. If approved state rates would rise 56 percent above prewar levels.
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Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Magma-Arizona
Apache
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Airman Acquitted In Woman's Death
Lawrence Shaver of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was acquitted by a superior court jury of contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old girl who died after a drinking party near a train. The verdict followed 45 minutes of deliberation.
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Lawrence Shaver
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Shaver
Marjorie Cody Lippincott
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