Tucson Scientist Cowboy Author Godfrey Sykes Dies at 87
Godfrey Sykes, 87, famed Tucson figure and author of human interest books, died Wednesday at his home. A former cowboy and engineer, he helped develop the gas mask in World War I and studied Salton Sea salinity with D. T. MacDougal. He authored The Colorado Delta and A Westerly Trend and reportedly wore a wooden leg after losing his own. Rites Friday at Reilly's chapel with Rev. Jerry Wallace officiating.
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Godfrey Sykes
Silverbell Road
Lone Star
Wyoming
Arizona
West Coast
Flagstaff
Mr. Sykes
England
Empire
British Society of Mechanical Engineers
Yorkshire
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Reilly’s Chapel
Jerry Wallace
Grace Episcopal Church
Reilly's
D. T. McDougal
A. E. Douglas
Robert Forbes
Byron Cummings
Fred Stewart
Fred M. Welch
Fred Roberts
F. Shreve
Fred Ronstadt
Roy Place
James McMillan
Col. Gilham
Mead Clyne
A. N. Shoun
Henry F. Ashurst
A. V. Curl
James B. Button
W. J. Holliday
Carnegie Laboratory
Salton Sea
MacDougal
Sykes
Bahama
Libyan Desert
Royal Geographical Society of England
American Geographical Society
Colorado River
Colorado
Colorado Delta
Camino del Diablo
Isles
California
Fraternity of the
Arizona Health News Shows Drop in Death Rate in 1947
Dr J P Ward attributes healthier outlook for 1948 to a declining state death rate with tuberculosis, maternal deaths, and infant mortality all improving. Officials urge continued health efforts amid remaining high death rates in several categories.
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Arizona
Ward
J. P. Ward
Believe Former Tucsonian Was Tojo's Executioner
Lt. Charles C. Rexford, once a Tucson resident, was reportedly the chief executioner of Hideki Tojo and six other warlords. He played on a west coast volleyball tour circa 1933 with H. C. Torren, Edward Darnall, William Price, Thomas Gibbings, and John Morris. Rexford was a Menlo Park Methodist minister and YMCA assistant. Tokyo dispatches call him a quiet, friendly man with many friends.
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Charles C. Rexford
Hideki Tojo
Tucson
Rexford
West Coast
San Diego
Los Angeles
Long Beach
H. C. Torren
Edward Darnall
William Price
Thomas Gibbings
John Morris
Rexroad
Menlo Park Methodist Church
YMCA
Tokyo
Fig Tree Figures In Mystery In Tucson Drug Case
Betty White of 1220 East 35th Street is bound over to superior court on illegal possession of narcotics charges. Deputies testified they traced her trip from Nogales on December 14 and found opium derivative in her purse. She said friends asked her to deliver the package to a Tucson nightclub and hide it near a fig tree behind the club if delivery failed.
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Washington
Tucson
Betty White
East 35Th Street
Superior Court
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Nogales
Miss White
Justice Court
Christmas Confusion Hits City Hall Mail
The morning mail at city hall yielded three holiday mix ups. Capt. Frank Keefe received a card reading To my husband signed by a man. Edward Faustman was mailed to The Cop or the Corner of Stone and Congress Tucson with no address. Phil J. Martin Jr was sent a package addressed to The City Water Superintendent.
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City Hall
Frank Keefe
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Martin
Optimists Back Scout Drive In Tucson Club
The Tucson Optimist Club decides to sponsor an explorer Boy Scout troop to combat juvenile delinquency outside the city. Plans for the troop and recruitment start in the Ft Lowell district with a three member governing committee. Inducted members were Robert W. Granville and Dr. Emmett P. Waddell.
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Tucson
Robert W. Granville
North Fair Oaks Avenue
Emmett P. Waddell
North Stone Avenue
Driver Pays $50 For Downtown Accident
Jerald D. Franklin a Davis-Monthan air base soldier was found guilty of leaving the scene of an automobile accident. He was sentenced to pay $50 or spend 30 days in Pima county jail. Franklin allegedly drove a jeep west on East Pennington street at 4 am colliding with Carroll B. Lemon whose address is 2010 Spring street. No serious injuries occurred.
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Jerald D. Franklin
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Pima County
Franklin
East Pennington Street
Carroll B. Lemon
Spring Street
Timothy J Bailey Dies at 69 in Local Hospital
Timothy J Bailey 69 died Thursday in a local hospital. The Southern Pacific investigator will be sent by Reilly funeral home to San Francisco for services and burial. He was born in County Cork Ireland and survived by wife Mary E and son Thomas F.
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Timothy J. Bailey
Reilly Funeral Home
San Fran
Cisco
Bailey
Southern Pacific Co
County Cork
Ireland
Mary E., l
Thomas F
No Snow Seen for Christmas in Tucson Weather Forecast
The Tucson area expects clear skies for Christmas 1948 as the U S weather bureau predicts snow at Mt Lemmon summit but not over the city. Rain totals drop city December balanced by a heavy Salt River valley storm with up to two inches in 24 hours and a foot of snow at Grand Canyon.
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Tucson
Salt River
Weather Bureau
Harvey O. Lyman Dies at 69 in Tucson Home
Harvey Orlando Lyman a cabinet maker aged 69 and longtime Tucson resident for 14 years died Thursday morning at 3902 South Mission Road. Services set for 3 p.m. Friday at South Lawn Memorial Park chapel with Rev. Wesley P. Ford officiating and burial to follow. Survived by wife Gertrude two daughters Zelda Dartt Phoenix and Geneva Martin Riverside Calif and three sons R J Denver Clarence San Diego and Vernon Phoenix.
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Harvey Orlando Lyman
Tucson
South Mission Road
Lyman
Arizona
Williams Mortuary
South Lawn Memorial Park Chapel
Wesley P. Ford
First Christian Church
Gertrude
Zelda Dartt
Phoenix
Geneva Martin
Riverside
Calif
R. J
Denver
Clarence
San Diego
Vernon
Tucson Knights hear Glenn Ginn discuss China and Communists
City briefs note Glenn Ginn a Tucson attorney and Tucson Rotary president will speak on the China situation and its links to Communists and Russia at the Knights of Columbus council clubhouse 240 South Stone avenue. Friday 11 30 p m Reverend Dennis O Conor to lead Christmas Eve midnight mass at Blessed Martin de Porres chapel 297 Penn place. Christmas Day masses set for 745 and 945 a m.
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Tucson
Rotary Club
China
Russia
Knights of Columbus Council
South
Stone Avenue
Dennis O'Connor
Blessed Martin de Porres Chapel
Penn Place
Eisler Receives Leipzig Professorship Despite U S Conviction
Berlin dispatch reports Gerhart Eisler, labeled by the House Un-American Activities Committee as the top U S Communist, was named to a Leipzig university chair in political and social questions. The post comes while he is jailed in the United States on contempt charges. The ADN notes the university is under Russian control.
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Gerhart Eisler
House
An- American Activities Committee
U. S
Leipzig
ADN
Eisler
United States
un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Congress
Paul Wandel
People's
Local Serviceman Alfred Borquez Serves Overseas
Pfc. Alfred F. Borquez son of Mr and Mrs Govino Borquez 502 West 17th street serves with the Eighth Army at Camp Haugen Honshu Japan honors duty overseas and represents the community abroad.
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Alfred F. Borquez
Govino Borquez
West 17Th Street
Eighth Army
Camp Haugen
Honshu
Japan
Trial Ordered After Death Of Little Girl
Mrs. Nancy K. Gunter faces manslaughter charges after her car struck 11 year old Lynne Marlene Allen on Grant road December 12. Lynne died from multiple brain contusions with 132 foot skid marks cited by deputies. Witnesses saw the girl tossed into the air but speeds could not be estimated.
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Nancy K. Gunter
East
Navajo Street
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Kenneth Massie
Gunter
Massie
Lynne
Louis Hirsch
Game refuge at Fort Huachuca planned with wildlife
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission will convert 40 000 acres of Ft Huachuca into a game refuge. Antelope, buffalo and wild turkey will be stocked. About 100 antelope from Anderson Mesa will be moved to the fort, with buffalo removal planned later and turkey trapping set for January. The area was acquired from the War Assets Administration.
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Phoenix
State Game and Fish Commission
Ft. Huachuca
Tom Kimball
Game and Fish Department
O. N
Arrington
Anderson Mesa
Flagstaff
House Rock Valley
Department
War Assets Administration
Television To Bring School Into Homes
Television ventures aim to carry the schoolroom into homes with NBC NEA and city boards of education announcing early 1949 programs. Subjects include geography history government science literature and music with emphasis on entertainment.
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National Broadcasting Co
National Education Association
Boards of Education
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Two Liquor License Applications Filed at Board Office
Two license applications were on file Thursday with the board of supervisors. The board will post notices and, after 10 days, make recommendations to the state liquor department. A. S. Middleton seeks a person to person transfer of a joint license at 2230 North Oracle Road. John Edward Van Ashlan seeks a beer and wine license for 2453 East Grant Road.
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Board of Supervisors
State Liquor Department
A. S. Middleton
Clubs & Taverns
Arizona
Gus A. Leman
North Oracle Road
John Edward van Ashlan
East Grant Road
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Prelln
Oh Village Drug Store
Ntry Club
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Cream OF
Kentucky
Hill & Hill Four Roses
Hunter
Schenley
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Belmont “Pooron
Vax
Saylor
Gabardine
Coats
Park Ave
Feesee Gulege Shop
E. Pennington
New York
Pi— Television
N. Grand Ave
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