Reorganization Referendums Gain Backing In Arizona Politics
Rep West Timmerman promotes statewide referendums by distributing 4000 pamphlets as part of efforts to modernize archaic laws. Governor candidates Ann Frohmiller tours Florence Bisbee Douglas and Sulphur Springs Valley while facing shadows from incumbents seeking re election. Welfare figures show June relief totals and per case payments amid ongoing legislative scrutiny.
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West Timmerman
Phoenix
Timmerman
Ann Frohmilier
Florence
Arizona
State Welfare Department
Robert Wallace
Robert Bohanon
Mortgages Rise Sharply in Tucson Area
In July in Pima county total mortgages rose over 50 percent from July 1949. July 1950 mortgages totaled 2,400,306.70 versus 1,554,066.61 in 1949. Deeds and instruments recording reached 3,370 in July 1950 against 3,160 in 1949. Deed related sales value stood at 2,418,022 for July 1950, up from 2,131,038 in 1949.
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Pima County
Tucson Title Insurance Company
Japanese Line Offers Ships For War Effort
Five ocean going freighters are offered free of charge by Nippon Yusen Kaisha to the United Nations for use in the Korean war. The ships, idle in Japanese ports, were announced from New York with Insuke Asao in Tokyo cabled to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. U.N. officials seek details on ship type and condition. backing reportedly comes from Japanese nongovernmental agencies.
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New York
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
United Nations
Insuke Asao
Tokyo
U.N
Trygve Lie
Japan
Two Of Four County Attorney Candidates Miss Tucson Meeting
Two of four candidates for county attorney spoke at the Young Democrats of Greater Tucson meeting. Robert Morrison blamed opponents Bryce Wilson and John O Mara for office criticism and alleged negligent releases of guilty men. Edward Rucker introduced himself as a Republican. Morrison pledged to hire an investigator and to act against red light districts without waiting for sheriff’s complaints.
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Greater
Tucson
Robert Morrison
Edward Rucker
Morrison
Bryce Wilson
John O’mara
O’mara
Williamson car crash jury awards Williamson kin nine thousand six hundred seventy five
A Superior Court jury awarded Clardig and Peter Williamson nine thousand six hundred seventy five dollars in a lawsuit arising from a three vehicle crash on Houghton Road. Bradley Houghton and Florence A. Houghton faced the suit. The Abrams family, involved in the crash, received thirty three thousand five hundred fifty dollars.
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Houghton
Superior Court
Clardig
Peter Williamson
Williamsons
Bradley Houghton
Houghton Road
Melville E. Abrams
E. Ft. Lowell Rd
Clardis Williamson
Florence A. Houghton
J. Mercer Johnson
Tea Time Refusal Triggers NZ Waterfront Strike
The Waterside Workers union in New Zealand calls a nationwide port strike after an employer refuses two Auckland dockers permission to take their morning tea together. It marks the first general waterfront strike since 1913.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Waterside Workers Union
Nation Shows Polio Increase Amid Varied State Totals
The Public Health Service reports 964 polio cases nationwide last week, up from 827, with Texas leading state totals at 107 new cases. For the calendar year, 6,067 cases are recorded, below 1949 levels, while the disease-year total 4,947 trails 7,289 from 1949. Respirators and hospital equipment were shipped nationwide, including 13 respirators to Roanoke, Virginia.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Colorado
Texas
California
New York
Virginia
Iowa
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Michigan
South Carolina
Kentucky
Illinois
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Georgia
Kansas
Indiana
National Foundation For
Roanoke
Wythe County
43 Candidates Enter Field for Arizona Races
In Pima County the battle for sheriff and county attorney plus an expanded state house slate has 43 candidates for 14 districts. With deadlines at 5 p.m. today, most petitions await filing. District No. 8 has no contest. Richard S. Bennet is unopposed in the Democratic race, while W. S. Hostetter seeks the Republican general election challenge. Incumbents and nominees span governor, U.S. Senate, state offices, and judiciary, with several races pending final nominations and party designations.
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Pima County
House of Representatives
Speedway
Maple Boulevard
Broadway
Campbell Avenue
Richard S. Bennet
W. S. Hostetter
Dan E. Garvey
Ann Frohmiller
Richard F. Harless
James Smith
Howard Sprouse
Howard Pyle
U.S
William Duffen
Harold A. Patten
US. Senate
Carl Hayden
Robert E. Miller
Miller
Kent Lockwood
A. L. Means
Jewel Jordan
Corporation Commission
Wilson T. Wright
J. W. Kelly
William E. Stanford
William E. Frye
Tax Commission
Warren Peterson
John H. Wilson
Supreme Court
Arthur T. LaPrade
Marshall W. Haislip
Edward Williams
Bernard Brown
Fred O. Wilson
Wesley Bolin
Clifford J. Murdock
Superintendent of Public Instruction
M. L. Brooks
Superior Court
J. Mercer Johnson
Lee Garrett
Justice Court
James M. Howsare
Tobby LaVetter
Clark M. Johnson
Alfred Edwards
Ajo
Ed F. Echols
A. L. Latham
J. Homer Boyd
Robert Kercher
Lambert Kautenburger
Sam Sloan
Arizona Girls Nation picks two state delegates for Washington
Mary Louise Gump of Tucson elected justice of the supreme court of Girls Nation in Washington D C. Cherry Tsutsmida of Glendale named secretary of the interior. Gump was named outstanding citizen at Arizona Girls State and both delegates were announced by Mrs J B McQuown of the American Legion auxiliary department of Arizona.
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Mary Louise Gump
Tucson
Arizona
Girls’ Nation
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of Girls’ Nation
Miss Cherry Tsutsmida
Glendale
Miss Gump
J. B. McQuown
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of Arizona
Government employee discharge drags on for seven months study says
It It Doesn t Seem Possible But Red tape and rights of appeal make it extremely difficult to discharge an incompetent or unneeded employee. Of 25 cases studied the average length of time to get rid of an employee was seven months. One incompetent stenographer held on for 17 months. If you think government should be more efficient and less costly tell it to your congressmen Carl Hayden Ernest McFarland Harold Patten and John Murdock.
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Carl Hayden
Ernest McFarland
Harold Patten
John Murdock
Unclear Ballot Outlook for District No 3 and 14 Seats
The document lists Democratic and Republican candidates across 14 districts with incumbents in several posts including sheriff, school superintendent, assessor, treasurer, recorder, clerk of courts, county attorney, and state senate. Several districts show incumbents unopposed or expected filings from multiple Democrats and Republicans, noting an increase of representatives from 12 to 14 districts.
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G. T. Alley
Dave Wi
Leonard C. McCulloch
Emmett Newland
Carl Frey
Joseph R. Meadows
Frank Snodgrass
Jerome P. Martin
Frank Eyman
Marvin Clemens
Curtis Rice
Florence Reece
Leo J. Finch
W. I. Dunlap
John Christens
Anna Sullinger
Belle D. Hall
Bryce Wilson
Robert Morrison
John
O'Mara
Edward F. Rucker
Senate
Tom Collins
William F. Kimball
Edwin R. Troutman
Richard Chalmers
Ed Holderness
Calvin Webster
Ajo
Oscar Cole
E. M. Furrey
Nestor O. Parala
Enos Shaffer
Mary Wiggens
Iley C. Allen
Robert H. Frick
Paul J. Riley
David Lindsay
Oliver O. Heflin
Charles Kennedy
John S. Hardwicke
Shirley Portnoy
John W. Johnson
Robert H
More Canadian Planes Join Tokyo Transport
Ottawa reports six North Star aircraft from 426 squadron flew from McChord Field near Tacoma to bolster the trans Pacific shuttle to Tokyo. Time of take off withheld for security. Four of the planes had already completed the flight, contributing Canada’s air effort in Korea.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Star
McChordfield
Tacoma
Wash
Tokyo
Canada
Korea
Alleged Red Freed Pending Hearing
Ernest Otto Fuchs or Fox, arrested on charges of communism, was released on $5,000 bail today and awaits a deportation hearing. Immigration officials say he entered as an alien seaman in Seattle in 1940. He says he has lived legally in the United States since 1909 and has used the name Fox. he asserts he is an anti fascist and law abiding.
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San Francisco
Ernest Otto Fuchs
Fox
United States
Immigration Service
Seattle
Fuchs
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