County Collects 552879 In Back Taxes
Mari copa County treasurer announced back taxes totaling 552 879 26 were collected in July and August. Since June 15 the office has mailed about 15 000 delinquent statements to property owners to avoid premature advertising. First half 1949 real property taxes are due Monday and delinquent November 7. Statements for 1949 taxes will go out late September. Delinquent taxes incur 10 percent annual interest and property may be sold six months after becoming delinquent.
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Maricopa County
Jewel Jordan
Emergency Hose Found In Suspected Arson Area Near Six Points
Sheriff deputies continued search for an arsonist after two fires along Grand Avenue. A 2% inch hose was severed and a nozzle missing in Comer Produce shed near Six Points. Watchmen Joe Smith and Claude Goliman alerted deputies Totten and Moore. Fires earlier damaged a Grand Avenue building, Monte Vista Road, and a nearby rail trestle. A new fire damaged a frame house at 2121 East Jefferson Street and destroyed a trailer at 1810 South 19th Avenue. residents reported losses around 3000 dollars.
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Six Points
Grand Avenue
Comer Produce Company
West McDowell Road
Joe Smith
South Fifth Street
Claude Goliman
Area Drive
C. H. Totten
Bill Moore
Monte Vista Road
East Jefferson Street
South 19Th Avenue
Jessie Young
Bill Turner
Wasson Renamed To Welfare Board
William J. Wasson of 1603 West Adams Street was reappointed for a three year term on the Maricopa County Board of Social Security and Welfare by the County Board of Supervisors. The board includes citizen member Joe C. Haldiman and Supervisor D P Kimball.
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William J. Wasson
West Adams Street
Maricopa County
Cahill Plans European Tours From Phoenix Expedition
Ben Cahill, manager of the Republic and Gazette World Travel Service, will depart Phoenix Tuesday for a multi city European flying tour to map ground itineraries for at least three tours next summer. The trip covers Shannon Dublin London Stockholm Copenhagen Amsterdam Frankfurt Paris Geneva Rome Madrid Lisbon and returns October 4. His prior Mexico City tour drew demand for monthly Mexican trips next year along with a Honolulu journey and the three Europe tours.
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Ben Cahill
Republic and Gazette World Travel Service
Arizona
Europe
Phoenix
Geneva
Rome
Madrid
Lisbon
Cahill
Mexico City
Honolulu
Former Labor Mediator Moers Dies in Phoenix
Walter N. Moers aged 46, former labor relations mediator for Michigan and later for Phoenix Newspapers, died in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 11:30 a.m. at Memory Chapel A. L. Moore and Sons with Elks Lodge No. 335 presiding. interment Greenwood Memorial Park. He resided at 1807 East Roosevelt Street. survived by wife Kathleen, daughters Mrs. Robert Griffin and Angela, son Nicholas Peter, and father N. J. Moers.
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Walter N. Moers
Lansing State Journal
Phoenix
East Roosevelt Street
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc
Moers
Kathleen
Robert Griffin
Lansing
Angela Moers
Nicholas Peter Moers
N. J. Moers
Annexation Adds Voters In Murphy Precinct For Phoenix Primary
Annexation on July 30 enlarged Phoenix area to include Murphy precinct boosting eligible voters to 465 due to cancellations for nonvoting in previous election. Deputy County Recorder Elmo Maize noted final registration date is October 8 for the municipal primary. Annexation also added 560 Isaac precinct and 99 Christy precinct voters.
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Murphy Precinct
Phoenix City
West Phoenix
Elmo Maize
Maricopa County
33Rd Avenue
Harrison
Roosevelt Streets
19Th Avenue
Roosevelt
Spruce Streets
Isaac Precinct
Christy
Guaymas Battles Record Heat Wave in Sonora Port
Residents of Guaymas endure the worst heat wave in years with temperatures reaching 114 degrees and high humidity. Many flee to cooler mountain areas in Southern Sonora as Mexican weather observers predict no relief until next week.
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Guaymas
Sonora
Sonora Gulf
Mexico
IVA Survey of GI Training Institutions Closes Some Schools
State officials said VA inspectors will decide which GI training institutions can continue after a new VA rule. Payton said many schools may close within weeks as benefits halt for programs inactive over a year and serving fewer than 25 students. About 75 percent of GI schools in the state could close, impacting over 1,000 veterans. higher education and on the job trainees are exempt.
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Veterans Administration
Benjamin F. Payton
Governor’s Council For Veterans
Payton
Desert Gardens Opening for Winter Season at Papago Park
Desert Botanical Gardens at Papago Park will open for winter at 10 a.m. tomorrow and stay open until 5 p.m., with Monday hours 1 to 5 p.m. Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society sponsors plan an aluminum lath house to shelter orchid cacti and seeds. The project follows last winter’s freeze that destroyed a collection of African and Asiatic desert plants, with 201 new plants added from several states.
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Desert Botanical Gardens
Papago Park
W. Taylor Marshall
Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society
California
Holland
New Jersey
Texas
Colorado
Oregon
Oklahoma
Arizona
Ohio
Missing Ranch Youth Sought Near Payson
Payson Utah area sheriff deputies and a posse scoured rugged star valley and Kohl s ranch Vaughn before dawn Monday since Jack Vaughn 18 disappeared after an argument with his father A T Vaughn at Star Valley Ranch six miles east of Payson Deputy Sheriff Howard Childers said the youth who knows the country well may have headed toward Vaughn s wrangler ranch.
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Payson
Kohl
Vaughn
Jack Vaughn
Star Valley Ranch
Here
A. T. Vaughn
Howard Childers
Young Vaughn
Childers
Star Valley
Deeds Reveal Realty Decline in August Filings
Real estate activity shown in August deed filings lagged the prior year per Roger G. Laveen, Maricopa County recorder. August saw 1,558 deeds filed versus 1,666 a year earlier, with mortgages 679, agreements 194, plats 13. Total instruments 5,282 down from 5,362. receipts $9,858.20 against $10,236.40.
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Roger G. Laveen
Maricopa County
Border Crossings Climb At Nogales
Nogales Arizona August border traffic rose to 650,159 persons entering or leaving the United States at the Nogales port, up from 622,598 in August 1948. Air activity showed 76 planes landing at Nogales International Airport from Mexico with 828 passengers reported.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States
United States Immigration Service
Nogales International
Mexico
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Deberge & Babcock Electric Co
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Welfare Board
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Thomas Bros
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Raskins
Central Ave
Adams
IVA
N. Central
N. 32Nd St
Pea
McDowell Pharmacy
McDowell Rd
Highway Furniture CO
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