City Auditors Blast City Accounting System
Independent auditors James A. Smith and Merle W. Moore urge drastic changes in city accounting and operating procedures for the year ending June 30 1949. They fault treasurer and assessor offices and several departments for weak internal controls and outdated bookkeeping. They call for larger auditing staff, improved purchasing controls, and centralized oversight to prevent post invoice purchases and incomplete records. They note duplication of tax collection, inefficiencies in the Water Department, and failures to keep series balance sheets for special assessment bonds as required by state law.
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James A. Smith
Merle W. Moore
Certified Public Accountants
Phoenix
Water Department
Bus Employes Are Laid Off In Phoenix Transit Cuts
Phoenicians abandon public transit as city buses lose about 15 percent of riders. J A Hardy, head of city transportation, notes national trends 12 to 18 percent. Several layoffs follow, including four drivers, a supervisor, a mechanic and a laborer as schedule cuts hit city service.
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J. A. Hardy
Oday
Hardy
New Phoenix City Manager Was Kansas City Adviser Since 1940
Ray W. Wilson, 57, named to be Phoenix city manager next week, previously served as assistant city manager in Kansas City. His career spans budget drafting, finance reform, and council liaison, with wartime governance in Sicily and Italy. Salary set at 12500 dollars annually.
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Phoenix
Hoden Foster
Frank G. Murphy
Margaret B. Kober
Nicholas Udall
Ray W. Wilson
Kansas City
L. P. Cookingham
Missouri City
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Rocky Bluffs
Greater
Phoenix Post
Sicily
Italy
Princeton
The
University of Illinois
Theft Suspect Arrested in Santa Cruz Case
A 22 year old man was arrested in Santa Cruz on charges of robbing three Washington State post offices. Identified as Noah Morgan, he was seized after an anonymous tip pinpointed his location.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
United States
Washington State
Noah Morgan
Water Supply In California Ties To Colorado River
Senator Harry R. Sheppard of California warned that 5 million Southern Californians depend on Colorado River water for future needs and opposed the Central Arizona Reclamation Project. He cited Secretary Sawyer’s report showing Colorado River water as vital to California’s economy and growth, noting a large Pacific Coast population surge since 1940. Arizona backers argue river water belongs to Arizona. California seeks Supreme Court adjudication.
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Washington
Harry R. Sheppard
California
Colorado
Sheppard
House
Charles Sawyer
Arizona
Colorado River
Sawyer
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Woman Dies From Bathrobe Fire In San Francisco
In San Francisco an 88 year old woman, Mrs Lovina Nolan, died from burns after her bathrobe caught fire while she attempted to light a gas heater. Her daughter was severely burned while tearing the robe away.
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San Francisco
Lovina Nolan
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Charles N. Walters
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Dr. Hawkins
United States Public Health Service
Arizona Creamery Dairy
Associated Dairy Products Company
Borden
Central Avenue
Dairy
Dairy and
Consumer
Co-op Home Dairy
Kraft’s
Westward Ho Dairy
City of Phoenix Health Department Co
H. Bugbee
Farmers Insurance Exchange
Farmers Insurance Exchange Protection
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Avondale
E. T. W. Coulter
Litchfield
Benson
Hubert L. Hotchkin
Bisbee
Clyde Dalton
Locklin Avenue
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C. K. Roberts
Chandler
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Second Street
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First Street
North Coolidge
Paul W. Loucks
Main Street
Etoy—Loucks Insurance Agency
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G. A. White
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Globe
J. C. Smith
E. Cedar St
Mayden
Robert M. Peed
Molbrook—Charies
A. Jarvis Kingman
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Kingman
F. R. Dunton
Front Street
Nogales
Joe Tena
Ford
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Title and Trust Bidg
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W. Jefferson St
North Central
Prescott—District
So. Montezuma St
St. Johns
Dewey Farr
Scottsdale
Glenn E. Peterson
Selingman
Lois Nard
Showlow
Charles A. Jarvis
Snowflake
John A. Miller
Sunnyslope
Walter I. Evans
Linda Vista Road
Suannyslope
John J. Besemer
Vogel Street
Tempe
Albert L. Quihuis
East Suh Street
Tucson
North Stone Avenue
Wickenburg
Walter I. Evans Winstow
C. L. Cesar
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Yuma
4Th Avenue
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Arizona Northern District Office
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Prescott
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A. Robert Lawrence
W. M. McMillon
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West Jefferson
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Eloy
North Stone Ave
D. H. Higginbotham
Arizona State
Mesa
Gene Ellsworth
R. E. Pruitt, SR
Springerville
McNary
Mesa District
South Macdonald Ph
Hayden
Safford
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