Scorpion defense costs urged for Tucson area
The Citizen reports on a Tucson scorpion sting defense plan stressing a $3,000 initial grant and $1,500 annual operating cost for antivenin research led by Dr. Herbert L. Stahnke at Arizona State College Tempe. A $4,500 fundraising target is proposed to provide affordable protection for about 130,000 residents at three cents per person.
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Tucson
Herbert L. Stahnke
Poisonous Animals Research Laboratory
Arizona State College, Tempe
Stahnke
Inflation Fight Hinges on Budget Surplus Outlook
The 1951 fiscal year is seen ending with a surplus near 3.5 billion dollars, the second largest on record, with overall revenues around 52 billion. Analysts note the surplus is largely paper, as defense spending lags appropriations, while taxes rise over the coming year.
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Congress
Arizona Album Chinese Laundry in Early Tucson
In the 1880s and 1890s Tucson relied on Chinese laundries like Quong’s at Tenth Street and Southern Avenue, where washers delivered large wicker baskets carried on shoulders. Operators often slept in the laundry, beds being ironing boards, with sleeping quarters above.
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Tucson
Quong
Tenth Street
Southern Avenue
Acme Printing Co
Harry Arizona Drachman
Americanism At Its Best By Senator Smith
Senator Margaret Chase Smith extols disciplined patriotism from groups like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. She faulted hotheaded political smear and urged constructive policy, praising Resolution No. 11 as a model for US foreign policy.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Washington
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cocke
Legion
State Department
National Executive Committee of the
United States
The
Les Few
America
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Vicious Public Enemies By Westbrook Pegler
James King and Ralph Alsup, a Clark County union boss and his ally, are accused of violent racketeering influencing Las Vegas labor groups. The column links their crimes to a broader AFL CIO union crime pattern, noting King’s past offenses and alleged control over Clark County.
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James King
Ralph Howard Alsup
Las Vegas Union Hall
Alsup
Clark County
Nevada
Las Vegas
Washington
New York
Central Labor Council
AFL
the Metal Trades
Plumbers’ Union
Texas
King
Painters’ Union
Ray Folsom
Folsom
The
Painters
Tom Hanley
Sheet Metal Workers
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Hanley
Necktie Swapping Goes Off in Washington Senate
In a comic tale set in Washington June, Prime Mover Senator Wayne Morse trades a cheap tie with Senator Joe McCarthy for a silk cravat, exposing how he boasted of quick profits. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover also falls prey to a Park Avenue window cravat, illustrating the odd capital pastime.
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Washington
East
United States Senate
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Morse
McCarthy
de Morse
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
District of Columbia
New York
Park Avenue
America
FBI Chief Surrenders $15 Tie in Club Swindle
George Dixon clerk quoted $15 for a tie but FBI Chieftains tried to trade with a breezy con artist at the Stork club. The swindler swapped a worn gravy-stained 50 cent necktie, leaving Hoover with no legal remedy as he left disappointed.
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FBI
Stork Club
Sharp
King Features
Cruel acts against pets prompt letter to editor
The Tucson Daily Citizen prints a readers letter lamenting cruelty to pets. A child mourns the loss of a dog shot by a rifle, calling for volunteers to help track and punish animal abusers. The author urges action by animal lovers against cruel perpetrators.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Guan
Cher Ever Altonershed
Luciano and his exile return to Naples in crime tale
Boisterous reflection by Bob Ruark on Lucky Luciano at a Naples cinema with his new wife. The column notes Luciano’s past criminal notoriety, exile, and odd comfort in returning to the scene of his crimes, concluding crime does not pay.
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New York
Genoa
Naples
Lucky Luciano
Luciano
Albergo Mediterraneo
Rome
Cuba
States
Lonesome Lucky
California
Revival of John L Lewis Sparks New Labor Crusade
John L Lewis plans a major speech to spark a renewed labor movement across the nation after years of quiet. The Ford local CIO, marking its decade, invited Lewis to Detroit on June 23 while vetoing CIO chief Philip Murray amid factional tensions and a clash with Walter Reuther of the Auto Workers.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Ford River Rouge
Lewis
Detroit
Philip Murray
John
Ford
Carl SteUato
Murray
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Phil Murray
Ford Union
Reuther
Ford union chief urges unity with Phil Murray
Victor Riesel reports a Ford union leader’s push for labor unity through a merger of unions into a 16 million member coalition. He invites Phil Murray and John L. Lewis to join, with Lewis accepting a hospitality offer and signaling renewed organizing drives to unite all labor under one platform.
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Walter
Ford
Phil Murray
Urray
Ford Union
Washington
John L
AFL
Reuther
Carl Stellato
Stellato
Lewis
John Lewis
John L. Lewis
Post-Hall Syndicate
Beware Of This Jealousy Sketch by Ben Burroughs
The writer argues jealousy is an ancient, destructive emotion that spreads quickly and ruins relationships. He warns it breeds distrust and discontent, leaves hate behind, and harms those who nurture it, urging readers to let it wither.
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State Department
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Thomas Giles
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Greencastle
Pendleton, Ind
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James Bailey
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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