Home Rule In Washington Is Widely Backed
Washington DC residents favor home rule with a voting majority per American Institute of Public Opinion polls. A district home rule bill is pending in Congress as residents remain unable to vote for city officials. The current government runs by a three member commission with one military appointee, despite long urging for self rule.
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D. C
America
American Institute of Public Opinion
Congress
National Capital
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House
Institute
Washington, D. C
United States
Corps of Engineers
Army
Home Rule Plebiscite Shows District Voters Favor Change
The article reports that 176000 Washington residents participated in an unofficial plebiscite on home rule, with 70 percent voting for it. It notes earlier 1938 results, Truman backing, and a nationwide education-related survey showing higher approval among educated groups.
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Board of Trade
Quirino Plans US Visit to Express Gratitude
President Quirino announced he would travel by plane to Washington to meet President Truman. He told a 50,000 strong crowd at Manila airport he would go in honor and dignity as spokesman for Filipinos to thank the United States. Observers expect talks on increased military and economic aid against communism.
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Elpidio Quirino
Truman
United States
Washington
The
Philippines
Hollywood Script Writers Do Well Producing Movies
HAL BOYLE reports on writers rising to producer and director roles in Hollywood. Sidney Buchman notes many producers are or were writers and argues writers can judge sets, costumes, and cuts. Buchman plans music drama and a Beethoven biopic, aiming to elevate classical works on screen.
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Hollywood
Sidney Buchman
Buchman
Ezio Pinza
John Barry
Beethoven
Macy letter accuses Dewey of undermining own senate bid
New York GOP leader W Kingsland Macy wrote Gov Thomas E Dewey urging him to run for the Senate this fall. Macy accused Dewey of shaping events to favor his own candidacy and to impeach the choice of his appointee John Foster Dulles. The letter, dated July 26, also criticized Dewey for not backing a fall candidate.
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W. Kingsland Macy
Thomas E. Dewey
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U. S. Senate
New York State
New York Herald Tribune
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Dewey
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Herald Tribune
GOP
Suffolk County
Long Island
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Robert F. Wagner
Paul Lockwood
Lockwood
Albany
IGOP
Sen. Wagner
Herbert H. Lehman
U. S
Negro Ku Klux Klan group members sentenced in Alabama
In Ozark Alabama two self styled Negro Ku Klux Klan members Tommy Johnson and Robert E Lee Miller were jailed after pleading guilty to violating a new anti masking law. Raymond McClendon 20 faces trial Saturday for similar alleged acts tied to the same case.
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Ala
Alabama
Raymond McClendon
Tommie Johnson
Robert E. Lee Miller
McClendon
Douglas Brown
Legal notices and bid call for Tucson area contracts in 1949
Pima County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids for Ft. Lowell School additions and alterations in Tucson to be opened Sept 12. Documents, bid forms, and wage scales available from Emerson C. Scholer Architect. Also notices of bulk sales sale for A W Root Beer Drive In and bid call for hospital anesthesia equipment and county gear.
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Tucson
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Emerson C. Scholer
Richard E. Kolb
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Tucson Daily Citizen
Broadway
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Neosho B. Alexander
Knapp, Boyle, Bilby & Thompson
Valley Building
Board of Supervisors
Pima County Hospital
Ima County Highway Department
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Pima Wa
Burdened Tucson Classifieds Offer Jobs Real Estate and Loans
A dense page of 1920s Tucson classified ads details opportunities in sales auto supply and real estate. Listings seek two first class auto salesmen, a real estate and insurance sales executive, stenographers, and a trailer salesman while offering mortgage expansion and financing services from Paul E. Greer Mortgage Co. and Freeman Motor Co. plus various employment openings in sewing machines, clerical work, and domestic help.
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Star-Cit
Charles W. Simon
City and Suburban Realty Co
N. Main St
Austad Steel
W. Congress St
Richter
Walker Trailer
Tucson
West Coast University
E. Justin
M.&f
Gadsden Builders
Emale
el Estrada
Broadway Village
Star-Citizen
Redferns
Stone & 3Rd Pharmacy
Sun Brite Laundry
E. Miltenberg
Golden West
Los Angeles
Eugene D._vert
W. Prince
Kkeeper & Parts
Paul E. Greer Mortgage Co
Drachmanrant
Insurance Co
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6Th Ave
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Byron Jackson
Reda
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Geo Ree
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KANT
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S. Oregon St
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Jack Weaver
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Yankovic
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Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Speedway
Hussman Com
Frank Samuels
Gibson Nich- Campbell
Mitchell Furn
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Benson
Prince
Neil Appliance CO
S. 4Th Ave
Forsyth Drilling CO
Mabel Dial
Versonals
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Edwards
S. 4Th
W. Sherman
Phoenix
Ariz
Beth Bullock
Babyland Nursery
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Eacey Scioe
Mountain Ave
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Cenver
Employment Agency Service Unlimited
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Btar-cit
Arizona Radio-Television Institute
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Stone Ave
Grady
Loan & Investment Service
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First Mortgage
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Murphey Realty & Mortgage CO
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Christoper Oil Co
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FORD
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