Truman weighs repeal of wartime excises and tax reform
President Truman disclosed plans to study a complete revision of the tax structure and repeal of wartime excises to balance the budget. He indicated a Budget Message to Congress early next month and said no decisions on new taxes have been made. He defended Navy list decisions concerning Capt. Arleigh Burke and promotion controversy, noting only one list exists and it remains on his desk.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Navy
Arleigh A. Burke
Burke
Gas fumes kill seven in 24 hours across Arizona vents
A gas-filled cesspool at a government migratory workers camp near Somerton killed three, raising Arizona deaths from gas in 24 hours to seven. Earlier four died from carbon monoxide in an Eloy motor court restroom. The Somerton victims were Hans Amlie manager of the camp and Max Magday with his wife, all overcome during sewage line repairs. Firemen in masks recovered the bodies after about three hours. The Eloy victims Hobart Martin Lloyd Scearce Ed Redman and John Leon Hickman were 45 year old workers asphyxiated by a gas heater. Joseph Will Rogers was expected to recover.
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Government Migratory Workers
Somerton
Arizona
Eloy
Yuma
Joseph Will Rogers
Barstow
Okla
Twelve or More Burn To Death in Texas Farm Fire
Twelve or thirteen Latin American transient farm workers burned to death in a four room rental house on the C. A. Douthit farm eight miles northeast of Rotan Texas. The blaze occurred today as AP reports a devastating farm labor tragedy with authorities investigating the cause and the victims identified.
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Rotan
Tex
Here
C. A
Arizona's Miss America wins first license plate A-1
Jacque Mercer Miss America from Arizona receives Maricopa County's first car license plate A-1. Plate affixed by License Department chief G C Norris as Sanford County assessor Stanford notes a new yearly sale precedent. Plates for 1950 go on sale Monday with past holders A-2 and B B Moeur among early retainers.
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Dennis Farrell
Jacque Mercer
Arizona
Maricopa County
William E. Stanford
Miss Mercer
G. C
Bill) Norris
Stanford
Phoenix Advertising Club
Inez O'Connell
Thomas O
Jacque
Arizonan's Guest Killed In Car Crash
A one car crash near Chandler killed Ed ward Curnan a 21 year old Army veteran from Hyde Park New York and injured John Ehle 21 of Chandler Heights. Ehle said Curnan was driving. the car went off the road overturned twice and struck a tree stump. An inquest decision was pending as coroner Jesse Cheek investigated the scene.
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Chandler
John Ehie
Chandler Heights
Edward Curnan
Hyde Park
N. Y
Japan
Ehle
Curnan
Mesa
Southside District Hospital
Andrew Morgan
Coy Beasley
Jesse Cheek
Television sets indoors urged to hide antennas
London officials urged television set owners to move antennas inside because they are unsightly. The London County Council announced the action today amid complaints about outdoor aerials' appearance and safety.
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London
London County Council
Packing Plant Blast Kills 16 at Swift and Company
In Sioux City Iowa a packing plant explosion killed 16 and left about 90 injured with three still missing. Fire officials blamed leaking natural gas. searchers worked by floodlight as debris and shattered girders surrounded the bombed like scene.
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Swift and Company
Sioux City
Charles Kuhl
New Tracks Follows Hunt For Missing Girl In Washington
Fifty experienced woodsmen and a trained German shepherd joined the day’s search in Junction Washington for Ruth Aberle a 15 year old Girl Scout lost in the woods last Sunday A white yarn clue near the footprints and a sweater material match from Ruth’s father spurred the effort projecting a determined hunt ahead.
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Ostrander
Junction
Wash
Ruth Aberle
Cowlitz
Bud Reynolds
William Aberle
Ruth
Jaycees Hike Gazette Price For St Nick
The Phoenix Gazette raises price tomorrow as Jaycees lead a one day news sale under Tom Williams to fund a Christmas party for Phoenix children. More than 3,000 youngsters are planned to be entertained in front of the Federal Building with a tree gifts and stockings. The affair will cost over $2,000, funded solely by the Gazette sale.
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Phoenix Gazzette
Chamber of Commerce
Newshawks
Tom Williams
Jaycees
Phoenicians
Federal Building
Monroe and
van Buren Streets
First Avenue
First National Bank
Santa
Phoenix
Santa Claus
Temperatures Today Reported Within Early Morning Range
The notice lists temperature readings at 6:30 am and 3:00 am with a maximum humidity of 28.30 percent. Specific values are incomplete, but indicate early morning low temperatures and a humidity reading.
Sheriff’s Car Struck by Gunfire in Eloy
Special to The Phoenix Gazette reports three shots hit Deputy A V Queen’s sheriff’s car in Eloy as occupants of a mystery sedan, possibly two men and a woman, fled after the 3 36 a m incident. Queen saw a Texas plate FC72 and described multiple sightings near a grocery, cafe, and Joe Louis Heights. Chief Deputy Newsome said leads are being pursued.
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Phoenix
Gazette
ELOY
A.V. Queen
Queen
Dan E. Garvey
Texas
Charles Newsome
Joe Louis Heights
Southern Pacific Company
Gas Blasts Injure Six In Detroit
Gas explosions shattered five stores in northwest Detroit near Wyoming and Schoolcraft last night injuring six people including four firemen a policeman and a store employee. Fire crews fought gas fed flames for over an hour as multiple blasts rocked the block shortly after eight p m with smoke and flames pouring from the Greater Wyoming Market.
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Detroit
Wyoming
Schoolcraft Avenues
Greater
Adopt-A-Family Christmas Appeal for Phoenix Family No 66
A Phoenix mother and family living in dire conditions are highlighted as needing help for Christmas. The appeal urges donations to the Adopt-A-Family-for-Christmas Fund run by the Phoenix Community Council and The Phoenix Gazette, with checks payable to the council and mailed to Miss Lucy Krug. The article notes no administrative costs and mentions a second family to be profiled on page 2.
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Phoenix Community Council
Lucy Krug
The
Phoenix Gazette
Council
Gazette
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Max Magday
Delano
Calif
Amlie
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Bulletin
Bob Hunsick
Arizona Biltmore
James Minotto
B. B. Moeur
Tempe
By Kenneth Arline
St. Nick
Madison Square Garden
Ringside
Republic & Gazette Travel Bureau
Phoenix Gazette and
Phoenix Optimist Club
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