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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1950
Page
9
The publication announces a new price of $1 per month for its readers. Details on access and subscription options are provided, aiming to broaden its audience while maintaining the paper's local reporting focus.
Tourism in the Valley of the Sun gains momentum as new motels and a large hotel addition boost winter rentals. Vacant apartments and trailer parks expand, while promotions and rail and air travel stimulation draw national attention. Competition grows. sustained effort needed year round.
The $88 million Navajo Hopi rehabilitation bill may clear a final hurdle within a week and go to the President for signature. It lays out a 10 year program including soil conservation crop loans and shifting families from marginal grazing lands with immediate needs in health education and transportation. The plan will generate substantial spending in Arizona and was pushed through by the state delegation after President Truman vetoed an earlier version.
In a Washington crime conference address President Truman urges a nationwide effort to defeat the hoodlum empire, favoring moral reform, exposure of protected racketeers, and federal laws to localize crime including outlawing interstate slot machine shipments and breaking up racing wire services.
The Tucson mayor and council vote unanimously to drop a federally funded low cost housing and slum clearance project after hearing both sides and reviewing a committee report. They assert Tucson lacks land monopoly and can privately build homes, contrasting with New York City.
An editorial urges restraint on federal projects in Tucson and supports Joe Martin’s cost-conscious stance. It questions the need for a veterans hospital near Fall River Massachusetts and notes VA beds already exist or are under construction to serve about 131,000 patients at peak, arguing taxpayers should not bear unnecessary costs.
Letters to the editor must be single sided with the writer’s name and street address and signature. Anonymous publication is allowed upon request. Only letters of unusual interest may exceed 300 words.
A Phoenix resident complains that a flood lake in West Fillmore Ave fronting his property has persisted for six days. He accuses City Hall and Councilman Barry Goldwater of neglecting local residents, noting taxes paid and lack of action despite multiple complaints. He questions city officials’ interest in regular residents versus election time.
The author argues communism is a secular faith, a spiritual wasteland that functions like a church with its own creed and discipline. It attracts sensitive, high-minded individuals who justify espionage as holy duty, yet some spies doubt the faith and see dialectic as superstition and black magic.
Behind the scenes pressure mounts to legalize gambling in Arizona with focus on slot machines. Eastern manufacturers visiting the state and California style bills are cited as possible models, while Nevada eyes any expansion with alarm. Also covered are welfare budget scrutiny, hospital board praise, and a pending replacement on the Hospital Board of Control with talk of Charles Martin returning.
The piece argues that Republican and Democratic promisers today are alike in seeking votes from diverse communities and favoring centralized federal power over local rights. It recalls 1860 Republican courage with Lincoln, saying the party once stood for a bold platform based on the Declaration of Independence and constitutional principles.
By George E. Sokolsky argues that Republicans once defended equality and union, decrying disunion and urging affirmative, positive guidance for young people. He laments today’s hedging of party leaders and notes youth seek clear commitments, not vague rhetoric.
Washington observers note the McCarthy and Jonkman charges archive a loop of accusations about Communists in the State Department. Four named figures face scrutiny while two resigned long ago. In private Capitol Hill dining rooms, senators privately weigh Ingrid Bergman’s romance and public policy diverges from personal lives.
A reflective piece discusses Stephen Leacock and other writers leaving behind memories, books, art, and fragments of their lives. It muses on the enduring value of what we leave behind, and contrasts literary legacies with the ruin wars cause, ending with a mention of Erin and Dr. Drennan.
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