Tax Commission Seeks Equalized Property Assessments
State tax commission proposes legislation to pull all taxable property onto the rolls and standardize assessment and taxation. The plan, identical to a 1948 Kimball Merryweather measure, aims to end tax escapism and create equity, earning broad taxpayer support if implemented.
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State Tax Commission
Sens
Kimball
Pima
Merryweather
Santa Cruz
Tax Commission
Commission
Kimball-Merryweather
Arizona
Death in the Street A Summer Toll of Child Accidents
A county note laments multiple child injuries on a single street in recent days. Tommy Ross and Patricia Murphy were hospitalized after auto collisions, Fernando Rodriguez, five, was hurt by a pickup. The writer urges drivers and parents to take decisive, ongoing precautions.
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Tommy Ross
Patricia Murphy
Tommy
Fernando Rodriguez
Tucson Culture Outlook Promotes Film and Books
The Fox Tucson Theatre screens Broken Arrow from Blood Brother author Elliott Arnold while local bookstores prepare a Kenneth Bilby study of the new state of Israel. The piece praises Tucson’s budding cultural scene and the hope for a lasting arts center status akin to Taos and Santa Fe.
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Fox Tucson
Taos and
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Information Handbook Misleads Drivers in Outdated Code
A state highway department unit issues an information handbook for driver applicants, then administers a written test based on a traffic code that became obsolete last June. The exam was recently modified, prompting questions about the fairness and relevance of the licensing process.
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Motor Vehicle Division
State Highway Department
Book Review Monopoly and Partisan Critics
George E. Sokolsky argues that New York Times and Herald Tribune book supplements dominate reviews, urging objective scholarship. He cites Owen Lattimore’s Ordeal by Slander and critic John Fairbank as example of partisan review practices and questions reliability amid Cold War debates.
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George E. Sokolsky
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Oppenheimer
Einstein
Far East
Times
Herald Tribune
Institute of Pacific Relations
Alger Hiss
State Department
Owen Lattimore
John K. Fairbank
Harvard
Lattimore
Fairbank
Joe McCarthy
John Fairbank
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
China
Korea
Editorial warns against witch-hunt over Communists in Randolph Center
Westbrook Peeler discusses a White River Valley Herald editorial condemning anti Communist witch hunts while criticizing selective indulgence toward known Communists. The piece notes past abuses against minorities and urges vigilance against fear driven accusations.
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Westbrook Peeler
NEW York
White River
FBI
Herald
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Ivory Tower
Hades
Ku Klux
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Indiana
Colorado
Alabama
Walker
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
King Features
Robeson passport denial cited by Milwaukee Journal
The Milwaukee Journal notes Paul Robeson has refused a State Department order to surrender his passport and says his travels undermine U S interests, praising moves to close his travel hole. The piece accuses Robeson of Soviet propaganda and anti American rhetoric at international Communist meetings.
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Paul Robeson
Volga
Russia
United States
State Department
Robeson
Milwaukee Journal
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
Bennett Cerf recounts a White House press gathering with Bob Hope humor about President Truman taxes and government spending. A Reuben’s deli joke illustrates misheard whispers and a student football player links to a university mystery as light anecdotes.
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Bennett Cert
Bob Hope
White House
Washington
Truman
Palm Springs
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Two-man Jamesburg officer to patrol on call all night
In Jamesburg New York the town’s two man police force chief said he faced 24 hour on call duties plus jail upkeep fingerprinting and equipment needs while handling robberies and calls. The council voted to discipline him as he also noted the town hall cleanups and siren duties.
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Jamesburg
N. Y
Council
Christian Science Monitor
Bridges Robeson Decisions Reflected in Roark Critique
New York view by Robert C Ruark attacks government moves to revoke Paul Robeson passport while condemning Harry Bridges for perjury in a citizenship case. He argues wartime controls curb civil liberties and warns of broader suppression of dissent amid Cold War tensions.
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Bridges-Robeson
Robert C. Ruark
New York
Aug
Paul Robeson
Harry Bridges
Robeson
United States
Bridges
CIO Longshore Union
Hawaii
Vito Marcantonio
Harlem
Henry Wallace
Russia
State Department
Washington Scene: War News Drowns Capitol Ironies
Washington dispatch notes humor and upheaval in August 15 coverage. Townsend Plan debate and Ewing security talk mix with congressional gaffes and a Wherry Chavez clash over gallery access. A senator’s grandson disrupts a speech, prompting debate on free speech and decorum. The Navy announces a mothballed fleet as a closing wry reflection.
Echo Of An Accent: Roosevelts, States, and Political Echoes
The piece riffs on political campaigning in California Florida and Texas with references to Jaime Velto and Franklin Junior. It critiques echo chamber tactics and the appeal oferegarded campaigns, noting tensions between states and parties and recalling Truman Eisenhower histories and 1948 context.
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Bugs’ Baer
California
Warren
Florida
Texas
Jaime Ruiz Velto
Franklin, Junior
New York
Harry Truman
Echo
Franklin
Junior
Manhattan
Jimmie
Will
Don Jaime
Grey
Jaime
Mr. Truman
Senor Jimpson
Eisenhower
Harry
King Features
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Tydings
Harold Ware
Charles A. Beard
Reuben
Berlin
Johnny Jones
Holy Land
George Dixon
George
Queen Elizabeth
Baldy Brannon
Washington Front
Townsend
Doc Townsend
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security
Ewing
House Agriculture Committee
Eugene Daniel O’sullivan
Omaha
Nebraska
O'Sullivan
Senate
Ken Wherry
Dennis Chavez
Family
Wherry
Veep
Chavez
Gloria
Jorge Tristani
Puerto Rico
Jorge Jr
Public Works Committee
Senator Chaves
Navy
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