Bilbo aide hunted as death threats delay testimony
FBI agents joined the Senate war investigating committee in pursuing Edward P. Terry, Bilbo's former secretary, who cited death threats to himself, his wife, and daughter to avoid testifying about alleged cash gifts and a $26 million Mississippi construction contract. Terry had left Bilbo's employ last January and sought to skip appearance. nine witnesses were listed for questioning as the probe centers on Bilbo's alleged favors.
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Washington
Bilbo
FBI
Mississippi
Edward P. Terry
Terry
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Senate Committee
Mead
D-Ny
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Subcommittee
Senate
New York City
Meridian
Miss
Forrest B. Jackson
Jackson
J. Marion Quinn
Jackson State Bank
Quinn
George Meader
War Investigating Committee
Lakeland
Fla
Edwin Jones
E. J. Kraft
Charlotte
N. C
Keesler Field
Biloxi
F. T. Newton
Hattiesburg
B. L. Knost
A. B. Friend
William M. Mounger
Tempe Hosts Fall Sports Day For Regional Coeds
Coeds from the University of Arizona Flagstaff Tempe Phoenix junior colleges will meet at Tempe Saturday for a fall sports day. About 65 University of Arizona women and seven PE staff will compete in golf hockey volleyball tennis archery and badminton with volleyball as the main event. Final rounds occur late afternoon at Tempe with golf at Encanto Park Phoenix.
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University of Arizona
Flagstaff
Tempe
Phoenix Junior College
Gila Junior College
State College
Encanto Park
Phoenix
Mississippi contractors push for contracts in Bilbo inquiry
The first day of hearings focuses on Army engineers and the Bilbo probe into contract awards. Officers testify Bilbo actively learned details, promoted Mississippi contractors, and sent telegrams to ensure prompt payments.
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Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Company
Jackson
Michael T. Morrissey
Vicksburg
Miss
John A. Bellan
Robert Gandy
Army
Bilbo
Mississippi
Bridge jumper wins bride in Cincinnati
Billy Paul Allen aged 18 and Ella Lindley aged about 16 or 18 wed after Allen jumped from a railroad bridge into the Ohio River. His persistence and Me or Me year old partner led to grandparents granting permission.
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Cincinnati
Billy Paul Allen
Billy
Ella Lindley
Ohio River
Tucsonan’s Son Killed in Japan Airplane Crash
Lt. (JG) Lester Edwin Katz USNR, 23, of Tucson and New York, was killed in a plane crash two miles southwest of Itami airfield Honshu Japan on December 10 while on a routine flight from Itami to Itozuki. He was a dentist and left behind his wife Muriel Katz and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Katz.
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Samuel Katz
East Fourth Street
Navy
Lester Edwin Katz
USNR
Japan
Katz
Tucson
New York
Louis Denfield
Naval Personnel
Lt. Katz
Itami Airfield
Honshu
Itozuki Airfield
Itami
Muriel Katz
William B. Pinson
Washington, D. C
Ray Katz
Solomon L. Katz
Men of Baptist Church organize lay brothers club
The men of the First Baptist church formed a lay men’s brotherhood and held their first meeting at 6 30 p m Thursday. Elected officers for the coming year were J C Mertin president Fred Worden vice president Roger Plumstead secretary and Ernest McEachren treasurer. Lynn Sharpe of Mesa was the guest speaker who spoke on promoting boys work.
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The
First Baptist Church
J. C. Mertin
Fred Worden
Roger Plumstead
Ernest McEachren
Lynn Sharpe
Mesa
Tuc son Baptists raise funds for dormitory at boys camp
Personal evangelism and a boys camp on the Arizona Baptist estates near Prescott were discussed. At the meeting it was reported that $1,200 had been raised by the Tucson Baptist churches sponsoring the camp for a dormitory building on the camp property.
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Arizona Baptist
Prescott
Tucson Baptist Churches
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By Edwin B. Harkinson
Sen. Bilbo
James Mead
D-Miss
Senate War Investigation Committee
Eversharp & Parker
Peas
E. Congress Coa Sas
Hite
Leeds
Tucsonian
Seagondollar Music Store
W. Congress
Aliways
Rand Canyon
Men of Baptist Church Organize
Cash & Carry
Priser’s
East Congress
Subway Cleaning Service
Fourth Ave
Joseph G. Lee, M. D
N. Park Avenue
Arizona
Arizona Steel Buildings Supply CO
4Th Ave
Rita
Schick
Bulova
Swank
Niels
Ewelers
E. Congress
Inettien
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