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Newspaper
Arizona Daily Sun
Location
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
1
Veteran Washington columnist analyzes the Soviet Communist Party and peacetime leadership. It details the Central Committee and Politburo dynamics, purges, and Molotov Malenkov jockeying, noting Stalin's grip and the uncertain future after a party conference and potential realignment.
Entered as second class matter August 5, 1946, at the post office at Flagstaff, Arizona, under the Act of March 9, 1879.
Phoenix July 12 AP The Arizona State Tax Commission head says total state property valuation for 1949 will run between 700 000 000 and 726 000 008 or about 58 000 000 more than 1948 The rise includes 20 000 000 gains already shown for mines railroads and telephone and telegraph properties Cochise County may be the only one to show a loss due to copper price declines Officials expect no 1949 tax rate forecast yet and note a possible four million one hundred thousand dollar impact from the general fund adjustment
About 26 colleges participate in a Reserve Officers Training Corps camp at Fort Hood, Texas. 107 Col. Robert W. Strong of New Mexico commands the event while Col. Edgar H. Keltier of North Texas Agricultural College serves as deputy commander.
Grand Canyon Council hosted 131 boys at summer camp on White Horse Lake near Williams Arizona. Leaders guided growth through leadership, woods skills, water safety and service to the forest and community. Citizens are urged to support Scouting with donations and active participation.
Article discusses tin as a key factor in canning costs, noting US price at about $1.03 per pound amid a world surplus. It covers government controls on tin imports, stockpiling plans with Britain and Bolivia, and the impact of inventories, weather, and drought on the upcoming packing season. It cites leadership and policy measures to stabilize supplies and prices.
A delegation of western state congressmen including Rep. Marold Potter of Arizona met with President Truman to discuss the ferrous metals crisis. They urged government action to support newly mined strategic minerals to bolster the nation's stockpile as metal prices remain low, while the president expressed sympathy but offered no definite plan.
London reports a government move cutting copper and lead prices. The Beilish and Supply Ministry will curb nonferrous metal sales to British manufacturers, aiming to aid industry but risking treasury losses. The policy tightens control on resales and procurement.
WILLCOX July 12 AP A 16 year old farm worker died from burns after a cigarette set fire to the bed where he slept. The incident occurred while he rested in a farm dwelling and authorities investigated the cause as a careless smoking mishap.
The text argues that policy changes are wishful thinking and that no situation warrants altering U S. stance on the Marshall Plan or the North Atlantic Pact. It contends conditions remain unchanged and U S. policy should not be recalibrated.
A sifted page notes: Mr and Mrs Kent Rucker bought the W G Conley home at Mogollan and Cherry and plan to move in this weekend. Charlebois elected president of All about Wool Growers at 68th convention. Flagstaff Dairy rebuilt its milk house after a buried incident. Various updates include visits to Fare i Cole, Willigans Hindfieish, and a Santa Fe baggageman trip to Ohio. Granddaughter Charlotte Mills and Ann Mills visited Kingman. Dr BE Miller named to the Navajo county dental board.
A passerby saw smoke from a window in a home trailer. Ellis was found unresponsive on the bed and died before hospital arrival. The cause of death is listed as suffocation. The victim had recently arrived from Coulidge.
Tucson student Kath Pender, a spring graduate of Elle University of Arizona, has been awarded a teaching fellowship at Melun University in France. Melun lies about 24 miles southeast of Paris, officials announced.
Prescott July 12 A Webb Construction employee Donald Higley 85 of T'reneath was burned when a live wire struck him while helping move a house in Chino Valley. He was taken to Community Hospital in serious condition with burns described as aggravating.
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