Union backs national labor party at Nogales convention
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers approved forming a national party in Nogales. President John Clark pushed a pro Communist program including Korea peace and Red China in a Big Five, while noting he cannot be a Communist due to an oath. The piece criticizes leadership and predicts more secessions as members resist Soviet alignment.
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Mine-Mill Workers National
Nogales
American Communist Party
John Clark
Communist Party
Korea
Red China
South Korea
Clark
United States
Magma Copper Co
Arizona
Mr. Clark
CIO
Iummsw
Phoenix
William Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Zapotocky
McFarland Opposes Further Probe Into Gambling Proposals
Senator McFarland argues against more investigations into gambling saying they stall needed legislation. He favors three bills to curb bookmaking including a wire service bill licensing gambling information, banning interstate betting transmissions, and prohibiting stealthy transmissions to choke vice funding. He urges action to stop the Brooklyn numbers racketeer and limit crime.
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Congress
Kids Will Win Charity Softball Night in Phoenix
The civil service league featuring police and fire department teams hosts a charity game at Phoenix Softball Park on September 20 to benefit the Maricopa Chapter Arizona Society for Crippled Children. Local residents are invited to donate 50 cents, with profits supporting crippled children.
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Maricopa
Arizona Society For Crippled Children
Phoenix
CourtsAdvancement Aimed At Phoenix Desegregation
The NAACP plans to take the desegregation issue in Phoenix schools to court, viewing it as the fairest route to a solution. Courts generally rule against segregation, and Tucson’s gradual desegregation this fall offers a model to assess. Over time, progress toward eliminating racial discrimination continues, with legal avenues seen as essential.
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Phoenix
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
Tucson
Arizona
Arizona House of Representatives
H. B. Daniels
Carl Sims
Maricopa
House
Daniels
Sims
Senate
Pyle
No surplus in cotton says Safford Guardian
The article argues current cotton supplies are needed for national defense and civilian needs. It notes 1951 crop prospects to exceed 16 million bales to support military, civilian, and export needs. It advocates orderly marketing and CCC cotton loans to stretch marketing and stabilize prices.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Editorial on cotton loan program yields gains for farmers
The piece urges careful consideration of the cotton loan program emphasizing 1948 results. It notes over one third of crop placed in loan, market rise, loan repayments on 28 bales per 100, and CCC pooling selling later to producers. About 67 million dollars, roughly 17.50 per bale, was distributed to producers beyond initial cash received.
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CCC
Six states pay over half of federal taxes
A Bureau of Internal Revenue comparison shows California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, with about 40 percent of the population, paid more than half of last fiscal year's federal taxes. Tax load reflects wealth location and income, easing some burdens while highlighting disparities.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
California
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Public Opinion Letters Policy Notes on Publication
Letters to the editor should be written on one side of the paper. Name and street address of the writer with signature must be furnished but may be published anonymously upon request. Only letters of unusual interest may exceed 300 words.
Stevenson PTA recreation chief praised for softball program
To the Editor The Gazette commends Mr M Wilson recreation chairman for Stevenson School PTA. In cooperation with the parks department he implemented a strong softball program. After school reopening, observers noted reduced vandalism during the summer, crediting the program.
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Gazette
M. Wilson
Stevenson School
PTA
Parks Department
Postal Pay To the Editor of The Gazette
Nicholas J Saemenes argues that postal workers pay taxes and deserve higher wages. He cites the 1939 cost of living and laments Congress delays, noting postal staff face proposed raises around 7 percent while living standards demand 20 percent.
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Jack Lait
Congress
Nicholas J. Saemenes
Resident laments city burn pile smoke in Phoenix section
William J. Bierach writes to The Gazette agreeing with Mr Teat on burning rubbish and grass clippings but calls it highly annoying. He notes heat and humidity force windows open and smoke fills rooms. He asks if an ordinance exists to fine offenders and urges neighborly behavior.
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Phoenix
Teat
the Gazette
Boll Weevil Rumors Stir Arizona Cotton Fear
A reader disputes a report on crop dusting planes and boll weevil in Arizona cotton. The letter warns that infestation could devastate state crops, arguing for stronger border inspections and eradication efforts while noting the insect has not been found in Arizona.
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the Gazette
Arizona
U.S
Dixon
Jesus in Creation Sparks Biblical Sign on Rock
Pastor Jack D. Sexton of Lone Baptist Church argues that divine names and message should be inscribed on natural features. He cites Colossians 1 15 16 and Belshazzar’s writings to support placing Jesus name within creation as a Christian witness.
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Jesus
Belshazzar
Christ
Jack D. Sexton
Lone Baptist Church
Move to two party system stirs Phoenix politics
Democratic leaders cheer a potential two party shift in Phoenix city politics, seeing a route to control city hall under Governor Pyle’s administration, while Republicans weigh legality and strategy. The plan could redraw mayoral and council seats, with party lines affecting the 1952 race and McFarland’s campaign leverage.
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Phoenix
Howard Pyle
Pyle
Barry Goldwater
Nicholas Udall
Goldwater
Margaret Kober
GOP
Democratic Party
Trith
U.S. Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
Discovery May Change Farming and War Roles
Washington reports a National Institute of Health team claims a solar energy breakthrough by Dr. Dean Burk Martin Schwartz and Jerome Cornfield. They propose growing food by artificial sunlight, producing hydrogen from water, and converting sunlight to electricity, potentially reshaping settlements and industry across the Southwest as well as global food supply dynamics.
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Washington
National Institute of Health
James Conant
Harvard
Uture
Dean Burk
Martin Schwartz
Jerome Cornfield
Emil Warburg
Germany
Japan
England
India
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
California
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Truman
Hiroshima
Imperial expansion and postwar occupation dynamics
The text argues that empires expand to fill political vacuums and must divert attention from real failures to apparent victories to prevent revolts and nationalism on the periphery. It cites Napoleon, Korea, Indochina, and the San Francisco treaty framework, noting Japan’s occupied status under Potsdam and Moscow. A Far Eastern commission and an Allied council for Japan are described.
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Napoleon
Moscow
Russia
San Francisco
Korea
French Indochina
China
Gromyko
Soviet Russia
Potsdam
Japan
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
United States
France
Netherlands
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
Philippine Commonwealth
Geopolitical Watch on Allied Japan and Soviet Mission
By George E. Sokolsky discusses the Allied council in Japan under MacArthur, U. S. enforcement in Tokyo, and a nonbinding Potsdam framework. It argues Russia must withdraw its mission, notes Japan’s sovereignty, and warns of potential casus belli if Moscow ignores the San Francisco treaty.
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United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
India
Allied Council For Japan
Japan
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
United States
San Francisco
Russia
Potsdam
Moscow
Great Britain
Siberia
Soviet Russia
Allied Council For
The Goodness We Disperse Through Daily Life
A reflective piece on goodness as a state and action. It cites biblical and literary ideas, notes that being good is static while doing good advances, and argues that virtue radiates from individuals like a halo of influence, shaping others without conscious effort.
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Oliver Cromwell
Thoreau
Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Lavery Portraits and a Saloon Card Duel
Sir John Lavery recalls a tea party confrontation over a 5000 pound portrait as Oswald Jacoby recounts a Wild West barroom bridge tale of a prospector with 13 spades attempting a grand slam, a gunfire ending a doomed hand.
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Oswald Jacoby
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