Senators Seek to Halt Phoenix Critical Defense Area Tag
John B. Mills asks Senators Carl Hayden and Ernest W. MacFarland to press Ray mond Foley to drop plans to designate Phoenix as a critical defense area. Organizations opposing the tag cite unemployment and housing surplus, urging Phoenix to attract new industry and tourism instead.
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Carl Hayden
Ernest W. MacFarland
John B. Mills
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Phoenix
Arizona
Associated General Contractors of America
Arizona Retail Lumber Dealers and Builders Supply Association
Phoenix Real Estate Board
Arizona Motor Hotel Association
Mills
Arizona Senators
Miami
Fla
Ralph R. Kaul
James A. Rork
Arizona State Employment Service
Defense Manpower Administration
Employment Service
Real Estate Board
Foley
Taft Urges U S to Let Chiang Army Fight Reds
Senator Taft proposed in Washington that the United States unleash Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist troops on Formosa against Communist China. He urged Republican lawmakers to back MacArthur's plan to use Nationalist forces, while Truman neutralized Formosa and avoided a broader war.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
United States
Formosa
Korea
China
Senate
Douglas Mac-Arthur
Mac-Arthur
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cain
Wash
Ouster Inquiry Committee
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Chiang Kaishek
MacArthur
Red China
Chiang
Norton To Speak At Tempe College
Dr. William W. Norton outlines civic affairs coordination in an illustrated lecture at 7 30 p m today at Arizona State College. Norton founded the Flint Michigan Community Project and is known for leadership in music education and civic festivals. The passage on the eagle eye closes the note with an unrelated fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Norton
Arizona State College
Flint, Mich
Norton
Michigan State Music Educators Association
New York
Minneapolis
Three Bills Assigned Chapter Numbers by Secretary
Secretary of State Wesley Bolin designated chapter numbers for three bills passed in the last week’s special session. Chapter 1 appropriates 40 million dollars for state government operations for 1951 52. Chapter 2 transfers 24000 dollars from the prison knitting mill fund to the cannery account. Chapter 3 amends the contractors code to prevent loss of federal road funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bolin
Newspaper boys take Prescott trip for rodeo reward
More than 400 Arizona Republic newspaper boys left Phoenix by chartered bus for an all day trip to Prescott to witness the Frontier Days rodeo. The outing rewards their sales in a contest that ended Saturday and the Frontier Days committee will host them. They expect to return to Phoenix around 9 p.m.
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Arizona Republic
Phoenix
Prescott
Frontier Days
Music Box Plays Tune Of Death
In Branchville South Carolina a 22 year old Negro, Carroll Gantt, opened fire in a cafe after a jukebox failed to play his chosen record. Police Chief J W Etheridge and a bystander were killed, five others wounded including a 5 year old boy. Gantt is held on suspicion of the shootings as investigators review the chaotic cafe scene and the jukebox dispute.
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Branchville
S. C
George L. Reed
Carroll Gantt
Reed
J. W. Etheridge
Robert Barnes
Orangeburg
South Carolina
Etheridge
Gantt
Flagg Heads Mineral Show At Arizona State Fair
A. L. Flagg will again supervise mineral exhibits at the Arizona State Fair for the sixth year. The veteran fair executive promises a bigger, more complete show including uranium ores and fluorescent specimens. Flagg, a consulting mining engineer, has been in Arizona since 1906 except six years in Mexico. The last call for 1951 premium book copy goes to George Blake with all copy due by July 15.
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A. L. Flagg
Holly
Flagg
Arizona
Mexico
George Blake
The Whippoorwill Seen by Few in Daytime
A note on the whippoorwill known to many by its song yet rarely seen when the sun shines. The bird’s habit of nocturnal activity limits daytime sightings and collets interest among naturalists and readers of local nature notes.
Pyle Office Receives New Green Carpeting
Gov Howard Pyle's office gets new green carpeting replacing the worn rug that had served at least three chief executives. The new flooring was bought on bid.
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Howard Pyle
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Luke Air Force Base
U.S
Vodka Collins
Maimoff Vodka
Lao
Bao Co
Tempe College
Lloyds
Guaranty Insurance Agency
W. Monroe
Burke Payne, Pres
A. Brygger
Les Jones
Bill Griffith
Music Box
Flagg Heads
Pyle
Flintridge
Sacred Heart Academy
Pasadena
California
Sycamore
North 1St Street
Monroe
WARDS
Blades
ASPEN
Montgomery Ward
East Adams
Phoenix Dept. IA
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