Change In Law Taxing Stores New Proposal
PHOENIX Aug 8 The state tax commission as a board of equalization advocates legislation to make income tax reports on merchandise inventories available to tax assessors for valuation. Merchants protest a previous 60 percent assessment and argue for 80 percent. A merchant cites a stock listed at 34 000 but valued at 6700 for tax relief.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Charles Kerrick
Maricopa
Kerrick
D. C
Ryan School to Expand At Hemet Training Center
Earl D. Prudden of Ryan Aeronautical announced a major expansion of the Ryan School of Aeronautics at Hemet. The program will raise cadet intake from 120 to 160 200 per five week term, with average enrollment projected at 350 375 student pilots under the Army 10 weeks primary program.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Earl D. Prudden
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan School of Aeronautics
U. S. Army Corps Aviation
Hemet
Prudden
Army
Supervisors Adopt Cochise County Budget
Cochise county board of supervisors adopted the 1941-42 budget totaling 516 842 dollars with 345 042 in general and 171 800 in road funds. Receipts are forecast at 260 880 in general and 121 500 in roads, requiring 84 162 and 50 300 in direct taxation respectively. The board will meet next Friday to set the tax rate.
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Cochise
Arizona Boosts Share Of Boulder Dam Visitors
During July 103,760 people visited the Boulder Dam recreational area. Arizona accounted for 37,339 entrants, Nevada saw the rest, and California contributed 39.28 percent of tourists. Arizona ranked fifth among states, pushing the travel year total to 621,395 since October 1.
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Boulder Dam
Arizona
Nevada
California
Cannon Ball Unearthed in Monterey From 1818 Sacking
An ancient brass cannon ball likely fired by French privateer Hypolyte Bouchard during Monterey’s 1818 sack was found several feet underground at Casa Munias near the old Spanish Presidio site.
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Monterey
Calif
U.2
Hypolyte Bouchard
Casa Munias
Radio Highlights Schedule Listing Local Air Time
A dense listing of radio programs across stations KTUC KVOA KTAR KECA KNX KGO KFI and others for morning noon and evening blocks. Programs include news broadcasts talk shows dramas music features and sports with multiple segments and announcers throughout the day.
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KVOA
KTUC
Country Journal
Var
Meadowbrook
Dolly Dawn
Orch
Press & Sports
Tommy Tucker
Elmer Davis
World Today
Israel
CBS Orchestra
Dance Orchestras Late Night Radio Schedule
Radio program listings show nightly dance orchestras and musicians across stations KFRC KGO KRLD KPO KOA KFI KECA KTUC KFRC KVOA and others. Notable acts include Reynolds Bar ron Dunham Ravazza Noble Kenton Dorsey Malneck and Marshall with multiple time blocks starting at 8 P M through 12 30 A M.
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Phoenix
Nbc-Opt
KTUC
Tucson
CBS
Sveemewencomm
WRAA
Dallas
KOA
Denver
NBC Red
KHJ
I. Angeles
Albuque
NBC- Opt
Hollywood
KRLD
Salt Lake City
Antonio
KVOA
Wee
Kpo Francisco
Keca
L. Angeles
Nbc-Blue
WBAP
Ft. Kgo
S. Francisco
Francisco
KFRC
Mutual
Reynolds
Barron
KGO
Dunham
Ravazza
KPO
Logan
T. Powell
Strong
Herman
KFI
L. Noble
Hill
Clifford
Petit
el- Hott
Saunders
Mojico
Marshall
Strand
KNX
Davis
Forecasts of Rocky Legislative Road Ahead
Draft continues from Page One detailing expected hurdles and political dynamics shaping upcoming state measures. Analysts caution on partisan divides, committee delays, and potential redrafting across education and budget bills.
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Rocky Legislative Road
Fish accuses service extension of looming world wars agenda
House anti interventionist leader Hamilton Fish charges the administration's military service extension as a plan to draw the United States into European Asian and African wars without Congress or public consent. He warns the army of 1.5 million is ample for defense and critiques expansion for expeditionary goals.
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House
Hamilton Fish
America
Congress
Fish
Senate
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
England
Germany
Russia
North
South America
Levy set to reach historic high in city power payments
Rates sources indicate that likely no more than 900000 dollars will be received for the fiscal year ending next June 30. Regardless, the levy will be the highest in history, surpassing the 1939 peak of 1.25 million dollars.
Germans claim Wesenberg fall and Estonian encirclement
Captured Wesenberg 68 miles southeast of Tallinn as German and Finnish troops press advances near Tallinn. Reports say fighting within 25 miles of the Estonian capital and capture of Tapa severing rail links to the Soviet hinterland, indicating northwest Estonia encircled by hostile forces.
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Gulf of Finland
Wesenberg
Tallinn
Estonia
Tapa
Morgenthau on joint returns and tax equity
Secretary Morgenthau argues against higher taxes for low income groups unless excess profits tax applies to exempt profits of corporations. He contends joint husband wife returns reduce taxes for families with split income versus single earners, calling it a discrimination favoring wealthy use of income gifts.
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Morgenthau
Strike action sustains 10 percent raise amid wage stabilizing efforts
Strike continued from Page One with a blanket 10 per cent raise beside the minimum. Douglas, Vultee, and Northrop hold a backlog of 1.25 billion dollars and, with North American, produce about 65 percent of the nation s planes. Minimum wages have been stabilized at these firms, leaving Lockheed, Consolidated, and Ryan as the remaining outliers.
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Douglas
Vultee
Northrop
North American
Lockheed
Consolidated
Ryan Aircraft
Budlong Hills Burial Plans and Family Ties
Budlong Hills will be buried in Providence Rhode Island beside his father who died last month in Roxbury Connecticut. He is survived by his mother and a sister Frances. His widow Verne Rogers of Richmond Virginia is expecting a child and they were married last September.
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Providence
R. I
Roxbury
Conn
Budlong
Frances
Verne Rogers
Richmond
Pension funding gaps in Tucson fire department pensions
Taxpayers and firemen funded the pension on a matching basis, but shortfalls remain. Firemen contributed 2,866.17 in 1940 41, taxpayers matched it, and 4,897.51 was raised from 2 percent of fire insurance premiums in Tucson and surrounding Pima county areas.
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Tucson
Pima County
Il Duce Sends Body Of Son To Home Town
Mussolini bears sorrow as his son Bruno is buried in Predappio after a funeral procession through Pisa. The bereaved widow Donna Rachele and Countess Edda Ciano were present, while Foreign Minister Ciano was indisposed.
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Pisa
Italy
Mussolini
Bruno
Predappio
Il Duce
Galeazzo Ciano
Duce
Rome
Donna Rachele
Countess Edda Ciano
Air Force
Followel Duce
Verde route gains unanimous support for highway plan
The Verde route from near Mesa along U S highways 80 89 60 and 70 wins unanimous backing with backing from Pine Payson Winslow Holbrook and figures from Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Paradise Valley Sunny Slope Cottonwood Progressive Club Camp Verde and others. J M Procter Tucson chairs the commission and promises a special meeting if federal funds become available.
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Mesa
Pine
Payson
Winslow
Holbrook
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
International Highway Association
Paradise Valley
Sunny Slope
Cottonwood Progressive Club
Phoenix Realty Board
Camp Verde
Verde
J. M. Procter
Tucson
The
Assembly
Highway Commission
Enlisted Men Receive Cadet Orders at Tucson Air Base
The first two enlisted men at the Tucson air base to be accepted as flying cadets received orders. Staff Sergeant Louis M. Schulstad Jr., attached to the sixth reconnaissance squadron, has served two and a half years in the Army and will report to Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics on Aug. 20. Private John L. Barber, attached to the detach ment quartermaster corps, will reenlist Aug. 20 at Hemet California after being drafted four and a half months ago.
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Tucson
Louis M. Schulstad, Jr
Army
University of North Dakota
Allan Hancock College of Aeronautics
John L. Barber
Detachment Quartermaster Corps
Hemet
Calif
Barber
Mormon Leader Joseph E. Robinson Dies at 73
Joseph E. Robinson, 73, a Mormon church pioneer and authority on Mormon history, died at his Los Angeles home after months of illness. He led the California mission for 18 years and later managed California state institutions until 1936. Born in Pinto Utah he moved to California 40 years ago after service in Utah politics and the constitutional convention. He authored The Road to Zion. Surviving are his wife and several children.
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Los Angeles
Joseph E. Robinson
Robinson
California
Pinto
Utah
China’s three year afforestation and farming push plan
A three year plan in China aims to boost afforestation and agricultural promotion. It outlines steps to expand forests, improve crop yields, and bolster rural development through coordinated government actions and sustainability targets.
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China
Lost Horizon chapter scene at Beachings Over and Cyclist Inn
James Hilton narrates a quiet, tense visit to Beachings Over where a possessive landlady Mrs Deventer welcomes Smithy and a companion. The couple shares cider, food, and a plan for future marriage as Smithy confronts lingering trauma and questions about registry, memory, and a hopeful future together.
The London Plan and a Flight From Polesby
Paula and Smithy decide to seek work and a few weeks away, planning to tell Margesson of their holiday. A newspaper paragraph about an assault under a Viaduct brings Smithy’s fear of his past into focus as they travel toward London with Paula's support.
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Polesby
Margesson
Brighton Road
Smith
Brown
Alcock
Fulverton
London
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