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Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
URBAN LEAGUE
BECOMES MEMBER
Community Chest

It was announced Thursday as
officials of the Phoenix Commu-
nifty Chest made it known that the
Phoenix Urban League become an
affiliated agency of the chest or
ganization as the result of action
taken Wednesday afternoon by the
executive board.
By this action, the people of
Phoenix are assured of one less
financial campaign not only this
year but in the years to come, Mrs.
Marge McKemy, executive secre-
tary of the chest organization,
pointed out.
The Phoenix Urban League, al
though operating on the modest
budget of approximately $1,000 a
year, has during the more than
three years of it's existence, been
forced to put on its own campaign
to raise the necessary operating
funds.
Acceptance of the new agency
will not mean any increase in the
$302, 400 goal of the current chest
campaign, which passed the one
third mark in the first progress
report meeting held by volunteer
workers Wednesday. A total of
$126,512 was reported subscribed
to date.
However, it does not eliminate
the planned campaign to raise the
needed $1,000 which was to have
been held in December. The new
agency's 1947 budget will be sub
jett to review and final decision
along with the budgets of the
other 18 chest agencies after the
current chest campaign, Mrs. Nc
Kenny said.
The Importance of the Phoenix
Urban League in the community
is very evident, since it now is the
only community agency concerned
with the health, family welfare
and recreationaI needs of the city's
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15

IA bell boy emerges from the hotel
to pick up guests bag, two
armed men accompany him. 1t is
reported that on Sunday two non
union bell boys, accompanied by
their two gunner, grabbed pick
ct captain and endeavored to drag
him into the lobby of the hotel.
One woman guest at the hotel
asked Secretary Don Baldwin
what all the armed guards were
doing in the hotel lobby: ''You
people are not going to bomb the
hotel, are you?" Such tactics not
only angers the pickets who resent
the guards, but also frighten the
guests, but undoubtedly it is the
intention of the hotel management
to cause trouble if possible.
The strike was called at the ho-
tel after weeks of negotiating, and
after agreements had been reached
with other hotels in the city. The
management never at any time
showed any inclination to meet the
conditions submitted by the union.
AS a mater of fact, indications
were given that the management
preferred to dump the union en-
tirely and staff the hotel with low
wage workers from other states,
where the company operates a
hotel chain.
After negotiating with the union,
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
DUNBAR STUDENTS
PRESENT EXHIBIT
AT State FAIR

A very excellent piece of art
work, done by the sixth grade stu
dents of Dunbar School, is on dis
ply at the State Fair Exhibit. A
project in ancient history, tracing
the customs and practices of civ
ilization, the drawing gives the
methods of living, obtaining fod,
shelter, etc., showing the evolu-
ton of culture, from the caveman
era to tn period of the Lake Dwell
ers. The study is combined with
history and social science. Although
all the sixth grade students con-
tributed to the drawing, the spe-
cial art work was done mainly by
four students: Robert Johnson, Da-
vid Hicks, Doyle Foreman and
Fletcher Jones.
The work was done under the
direction of Walter Venerable, in
structor of art at Dunbar and
Booker T. Washington Schools.
Mrs. VEsser McReynolds is the
teacher in charge of the sixth
grade.
When visiting the State Fair, the
public is extended a special invi-
tation, by the students to view
their exhibit.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15


representing nearly two-thirds of
the entire bond issue, will not cost
the taxpayers one cent since the
water bonds are general revenue
bonds which must be retired out
of earnings from the system.
The sewer expansion program
must be undertaken if Phoenix is
to maintain normal health stand
ards. Because of increased popula-
ton, some 10000 people should be
connected to sewers. Until these
people are connected, Phoenix re-
mains in constant danger of wide
spread disease and epidemics. The
program calls for replacement of
concrete sewers which have been
destroyed by sewer gases during the
past 20 to 30 years, installation of
lateral sewers, extension of sewer
mains and expansion of the sew
erage treatment plant which at
present is capable of giving only
partial chemical treatment to sew
erage. This is the only portion of
the program which will be COM
pletely met by taxes, and for that
tax money Phoenix will get sani-
tation and health protection.
The expansion and re-develop-
ment of the present Sky Harbor
site into a new municipal airport
will make Phoenix one of the most
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15

! important air centers in the ma
ton. Lengthening of three run
ways to 1000 feet will enable the
new types of large aircraft to use
the airport, thus increasing airline
traffic through Phoenix. Already
one of the three busiest airports
in the world, Sky Harbor would,
under the new plan, become the
nations first transit station of air.
borne perishable food products. The
erection of cold storage plant of
a 50-freight-carload capacity, to-
gether with complete facilities for
washing, processing and direct
loading to air-conditioned cargo
planes, would enable the new air.
port to give one-day field-to-mar-
ket service on fruits and vege-
tables.
A shopping and recreational CEN
ter to be built out of private capi-
tai will make the new airport one
of the sightseeing spots of the
Salt River Valley area. Besides
| airplane Showrooms, parts and re-
pair shops, weather bureau, radio
stations and other allied enter
prises, a shopping and recreational
center of non-aviation activities
will cover paved-street area two
city blocks wide and six blocks
long. Requests to build a hotel, bar
bershop, hairdressing unit, valet
service, automotive storage garage,
automotive filling station, bowling
alley, miniature golf course, flow
er shop, dress shop and curio shop
are already on file.
Leases and rentals from these
enterprises, plus greatly increased
incomes from the sale of aviation
gasoline and oil, operation con-
tracts and concessions, will not only
help to pay off Phoenix $1,100,0O0
share of i, the ultimate $10,O00,000
project but will place the new air.
port on a sound financial basis in
the years that follow the bond re-
tirement. Even with its present
inadequate facilities, Sky Harbor
operated last year, at "a profit of
$4,000.
Experts predict that the new
airport will have the effect of
bringing to Phoenix new industry
building, continued municipal popu-
and business enterprise, a boom in
lation growth and millions of dol
lars annually in the form of trade
and capital investment.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
Hotels and Roominu
Houses Must File

All landlords now operating un-
der the hotel and romoing house
rent regulation will be required to
file supplemental registration
statement for their Establishments
bfore December 81, 1916, the Of
flee of Price Administration an
nounced today.
The registration is necessary to
comply with a provision of the
Price Control Extension Act of
1916 which directs OPA to classify
separately transient hotels, resi-
Dental or apartment hotels, room
ing houses and tourist courts.
Landlords must register all ho-
tells, rooming houses, boarding
houses, tourist homes, motor courts,
auto camps and trailer camps in
rent control areas However, land
lords renting houses and apart
mentS under tn housing regula-
ton need not file this additional
registration statement and are not
affected, OPA said.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
Restaurant Association
Begins Intensive Compoign
To Organize All Operators

Read, and If you can. eat without
heaving, visit a non-union cafe:
"The purpose of this letter is
solely constructive promote
the COLLECTIVE welfare of the
RESTAURANT OWNERS through
out the state by MANY and SUN
DRY MEANS.
"You have undoubtedly been
harrassd by confusing OPA regu-
lations or dictatorial UNION de-
mands, by some VeNatiouS decisions
of the HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
or UNCONSCIONABLE action of
your EMPLOYEES. Yes, it may
have been sufficient to Illustrate
your ambition or dull your sense
of fairness and equity. Probably it
was none of the above. Perhaps
your repeated requests for infor-
nation, for explanations, or even
cooperation with some organiza-
tion, agency, or bureau have fallen
on deaf ears. You feel that the
DOG EAT DOG is the only prac-
tical axiom applicable in your busi-
ness today.
"Well, sir, groups of such folks
have joined in HONEST, friendly
cooperation. The result is the or
ganization of a SCORE of LOCAL
and STATE RESTAURANT ASSO-
CATIONS properly ADVISED
and ASSISTED by the National
Restaurant Association.
after years of INDIVIDUALS
TIC effort, the BUSINESS MEN of
the country have recognized wis
dom in acknowledging their CON-
MON BONDS. Restaurant men
Continued on Page 81
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
Municipal Improvement Plan Will Be
Submitted To Phoenix Property Owners
AT Special City Bond Election Nov. 10

A three-point plan of municipal
improvements will be set before
the real property owners of Phoe-
nix on November I9 at which time
a special city bond election will be
held.
Approval of the 89,6OO,OOO bond
issue will mean that the people of
Phoenix will get better water SER
vice, an expanded sewer system
and one of the nations finest air.
ports.
The need for this triple-action
program stems directly from the
tremendous growth of Phoenix
during the past ten years. The ex-
isting water and sewer systems are
wholly inadequate to met the con-
stantly increasing demands upon
these necessary community facili-
ties.
Heavy summer demands made by
an increased population on city
water supplies force the pressures
down as low as twenty pounds.
This means that at times Phoe-
nicians get only fifty per cent of
the service they should get. In resi-
Dental areas forty pounds, and in
downtown areas fifty pounds are
considered necessary for fire safe
ty, and these pressures will be
maintained by the new water sys-
tenn.
Moreover, under the present sys-
tenn, some Phoenicians are at
times served by an inferior quality
of water. This happens when stor-
age supplies run so low that ad-
ditional water must be pumped out
emergency wells. This emergency
water is harder and has higher
salt content than the additional
supplies that would be brought into
the city from he Verde River flow
under the $6,O00,000 water expan-
sion program. This $6,OO0,000,
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
City Employees Ask
Assistance in Bond
Drive This Month

All organized city employees are
pledged to support the City OF
Phoenix Bond election on Tuesday
November 10Th because this matter
is directly related to matters per-
tanning to their own welfare as
well as the welfare of the city.
The organized public employees
make herewith a special appeal to
their fellow union members in the
various crafts to come to their as
sistance in this matter by going
to the polls, taking their families
and their friends, with them to
vote eyes" on the bond issue.
Your cooperation to this extent
will not only benefit the union, but
you to will benefit by the progress
and achievement the bond issue
stands for.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
CALL MEETING TO
PROTECT PROPERTY

The group of property owners
of the Negro residential area on
Madison and Jefferson between
18th and 18th Streets, who wish to
retain the area for homes will
hold a meeting at the Wheatley
Center at 8 p. m. Thursday, No
vember 81, to plan how to save the
area from the encroachment of
undesirable industry.
An interesting situation is de-
veloping among the property own
ers in this residential section. AL
though this is one of the few we'll
developed Negro residential Sec
tions of Phoenix containing a large
r elementary school, the Wheatley
Communiyt Center, and the one
park for Negro citizens, there is a
group of property owners who wish
to sell out the section to industry
and business.
At meeting last Tuesday at the
Wheatley Center, representative
of the Planning Board told a group
of residents of the area that zon-
ing for industry would leave the
area open to become blighted as a
residential area by having undesir-
able industries come in gradually
where people were willing to sell
their property. It became evident
that few property owners in the
section are willing to blight the
entire area for residence by try
ing to get slightly highr price
for their own property thereby de-
pressing the values of all the other
residential property in the aera.
Thse people, who say they are will
ing to move outside of the city
limits, seem to have no desire to
protect either the beautiful Booker
T. Washington School or the re-
Gently improved East Lake Park
from the blight of industrial de-
velopment of the area. One real
estate man at the meeting admit
ted that he would like to have the
opportunity of listing all the prop
erty in the area and selling the
Negroes out and moving them to
a new development somewhere"
which he would like to promote.
All property owners interested in
preserving the area for homes are
invited to the meeting.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15

The Phoenix Restaurant Associ-
alton has put on an all-out drive
to organize all operators in the
state in "a UNION of their own.
The letter which we reproduce
herewith shows Just what the op-
orators have done and what they
expect to do.
They admit that they have killed
the OPA ceiling prices and have
eliminated the unions. NOW, by
proper organizing, which they have
denied their workers, they expect
to BRIBE THE CITY, STATE
AND COUNTY HEALTH DE-
PARTMENTS so that they can en-
ploy all the sick and diseased tran
sients who flock to Phoenix dur
ing the winter.
They believe that if they can
use this class of workers during
the coming winter, the union will
be so disrupted their old employees
will be begging for work by next
summer, when the tourists" will
return to their eastern homes.
If they can possibly do so, the
people these operators will employ
will not only be "scabs" in the
sense of a unionists' expression, as
defined by the dictionary, but will
in reality be afflicted with scabs
on their bodies and lungs.
These are the employers who
supported the fright" to work bill.
These are the men who invite you
to their eating houses and be
served by free" workers, who are
not compelled to join union. But
the letter will give you ALL the
facts. The capital letters are ours.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15

SENTENCE
OF DEATH
REVERSED

Florence, Nov. 12-Fifteen crisp,
cracking sheets of legal foolscap
-an opinion of the Arizona Su-
preme Court reversing the murder
conviction and death sntence of
Irene Moore of Phoenix-were re-
duced in the shadow of the states
lethal gas chamber to a single
sentence:
"It makes you feel there is JUS
tice."
The court didn't put it just that
way, and in tn neatly typed sheets
embodying the courts reasoning
there was only calm, dispassionate
study.
Here in the office of Lon Wal
ters, warden of the, states prison,
there was only the effect of the
study-a tall, black-haired, out
wardly quiet woman stepping out
of the shadow of death.
Only her slender, tightly clasped
hands betrayed the intense emo
tion seething through her as she
said earnestly to this reporter:
II never lost hope. I felt God
was near me all the time, and I
never stopped praying"
She didn't even know the words
of the supreme courts opinion
then. She only knew that March
% as a date of doom was fading
fast from her mind. =
("The testimony in this case"
wrote r. c. Stanford, chief justice,
"does not support the conviction
of the defendant of the crime of
murder of the first degree. No
sufficient showing has been made
to make this killing one of delib-
Grafton and premeditation which
called for the conviction of the
defendant of murder in the first
degree and the fixing of the death
penalty.w
Willie Moore was dead. He died
with bullet through the face that
smashed against the back of his
skull. That was on the morning
of August "a, 1915. There was a
gun in his right hand, gun from
which shot had been fired. Irene
Moore had shot another. Hers
killed Willie, her husband of 25
years.
That led to the courtroom of
Maricopa Superior Judge M. T.
Phelps, a jury of II women and a
man, first degree verdict without
recommendation for mercy, and
this declaration from Judge Phelps
ON January 21 last:
"I do not hesitate to say that
had I been a member of the jury,
I would not have fixed the penalty
as this jury fixed it."
And a moment later:
'.I'm sorry for you, but must
pass judgment"
After almost 10 months in the
pail of the austere death house at
the state prison here, Mrs. Moore
could let a fleeting smile slip
across her face, as she considered
the high courts agreement with
Judge Phelps, and say:
'You can imagine how you would
feel"
i. H. Rodgers, assistant superin-
tendent of the prison, sat nearby
continued on Page Sd
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
| BIa(ksmifh's
Representative
Visits in Phoenix

George w. Kuykendall, repre-
senting the International Brother
hod of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers
and Helpers, with headquarters in
Los Angeles, has been in Phoenix
for several days on a routine trip
for his international.
Brother Kuykendall is an "old-
timer" in the labor movement and
makes regular trips to Arizona in
the interests of his members.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15
Local Councils
Endorse City
Bond Issue

Both the Phoenix Central
Trades Council and the Phoe-
nix Building Trades Council
have gone officially on record
as endorsing the proposed city
bond issue. There was not a dis
senting vote in either body
when the matter was discussed
and action taken.
Organized labor in Phoenix
is of the opinion that the prof.
ects proposed to be done under
the bond issue are needed, and
and that the work created will
benefit all the workers of the
city, good proportion of whom
are city taxpayers.
Arizona sun., 1946-11-15

Veterans who have been denied
Veterans Administration benefits
for which they have filed claims
may appeal to the Administrator
of Veterans Affairs for final de-
cisions by the Board of Veterans
Appeals.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
Atomic Bomb Test Legislation Sent
 To 5enate Floor

WASHINGTON. April 18.-Legis- lation authorizing the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll was sent to the Senate floor today by the Naval Committee. The committee set a ceiling of B on the number of U. s. combatant vessels that may be used.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
SHADOW CABINET 0FC0NSERvATivE5
 IN BRITAIN ACTS
Nations Press Joins in Censureship Industry
 Naturalization

LONDON, April 18.-The Labor governments decision to nationize large part of Britair's iron and steel industry provoked the threat today of a Conservative party mo- tion of censure and brought sharp criticism from sections of the na- tion's press.
 Wartime Prime Minister Wins ton Churchill, reasserting his lead ership of the Conservative party. presided at a special meeting of the Conservative shadow cabinet" last night, at which a possible mo- ticn of censure was discussed
 Earlier. at a stormy session of the House of Commons during which Supply Minister John Will mot announced the naturalization plan, Churchill denounced the gov- ernment plan as political ramp swindlc"
 The shadow cabinet" reportedly decided to present the censure mo- tion unless full opportunity was granted to debate the nationaliza- ton measure in the House of Com mons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
19 BeIgians Are To Die; Conyitfed
 Of 329 BeirayaIs

BRUSSELS. April 18-Nineteen Belgians charged with betraying 329 patriots to the Germans during the occupation were condemned to death today by a Belgian court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
HOW TO PREPARE SOIL FEATURED AT GARDEN
 CLUB MEET YESTERDAY

J. w. Leivers and Ed Sweeney were guest speakers at Garden club meeting yesterday held at the home of Mrs. E. l. Keithahn. Other guests were Harold Rice and Miss Imogene Ward of the U. of Alaska Extension service.
 It was decided the Landscape Gardening group headed by Mrs Earl McGinty and Mrs. Ernest Gruening will study the club land scape books which will be kept at the Public Library.
 A vote of thanks was extended to Mrs. Glen Oakes and Mrs. Jose phine Boyd who completed artistic programs for the use of club mem befs, showing the standing com- mittees, hostesses and programs for the year and membership roll.
 Mrs. Elton Engstrom, publicity chairman, was named to complete the club scrapbook for the year Mrs. J. V. Cole and Mrs. H. Mur- phy were elected to membership. Mrs. A. F. Zimmerman, program chairman, introduced the speakers for the afternoon. Mrs. Keithahn and Mrs. Maxcine Williams served tea at the conclusion of the after ncon's activities.
 Sweeney explained the import ance of soil composition and em- phasized the value of peat in this connection. He praised the good results of using quantities of sea- weed and shell from the beach. Good drainage is essential in plan ming for garden, he said
 Sweeney recommended the usual spreading of fertilizer on the gar den in the spring; followed by weekly applications of liquid fer tilizer, including B-1 which pro- notes root growth; and is import ant in transplanting
 MT. Leivers gave each member mimeographed sheet explaining soil testing and analyzing commercial fertilizer. Tn testing soil he said, it should be dry and taken before the application of either lime or fertilizer. He read an article en- titled, Which shall it be--manures CT chemicals?v
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
ARMY sElLSR. R.
 LOCOMOTIVES AT
 BARGAIN pRICES

SEATTLE, April 18.-Fifteen Army narrow guage railroad locomotives used in Southeast Alaska during the war and costing originally Ee- tween s170000 and S300,000 have been sold by the War Assets Cor poration for $7,695, the Seattle Times said today. They have been standing idle at the Army Service Forces Supply Depot at Auburn, south of here, the past six months. One buyer, who took three of them, said he hoped to find customer in South Africa. The other buyer plans to junk tfam. ;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18
EXPENSE
 ATOM BOMB
 TEST GIVEN
Vice Adm. BIandy Says Some Estimates Gross
 Exdggerdtions

WASHINGTON, Apri! Is. = The atom bomb task force believes the cost of the Bikini experiments will be no greater than that for "one large new ship'-which would bt about s1l0,9oo,0o0, the current price of a superb battleship.
 Vice Adm. w. H. P. Blandy commander of the joint Army Navy operation, said "the uninform- ed' had estimated the tests would cost $425, 100000 for target ships and another S100,000 for other ex- penses.
 Such figures are gross exagger aticns," the Admiral asserted in 8 statement.
 Observations MaGe
 Blandy also made these other observations:
 1. The tests are no threat to other nations and no martial ges- ture' They are a defensive mea- sure of caution and economy, not aggression Information obtained will help us to be what the world expects our great-non-a aggressive and peaoe-loving country to be: The leader of those nations which seek nothing but just and last ing peace
 2. The postwar armed forces will be definitely and markedly affected by tke implications of the atomic bomb. For the next several years study, experiment. invention, development and training should point the way toward the best kind of armed forces. to build in case atomic weapons are not outlawed.' v The Bikini test is "one step" in this program.
 Test Tn Deep Water
 3. Although the projected third test, where tEe bomb is to be ex- ploded several thousand feet down in the cren sea, lis commonly be- lieved to be the most important, it Is by no means certain that 1t will prove so.' The second test, with the bomb exploded in the shallow waters of Bikini Lagoon or just at the surface, may readily turn out to be more lethal in it's combined effects upon ship and crew-especially since this attack can Le made either at sea or in port, and the bomb can be quick ly brought to the desired explod- ing position, that is on the surface or slightly below it."
 4 Prompt information is nec- eSsary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-18

Eating with forks was not known in England until the reign of James I.