Downtown Tax Boost Narrowed by County Board
The county board of supervisors cut downtown business property assessments on Friday after protests that higher valuations were unequal. The cuts apply only to this year and date from July 1 reassessments aim to align with similar properties countywide, excluding non downtown properties.
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County Board of Supervisors
Doara
Roy Drachman
Mike Hodges
Tucson Real Estate Board
Board of Supervisors
J. Homer Boyd
G. T. Alley
Maricopa
Tucson
Truman Flies to Arkansas for WWII reunion with Battery D
President Truman flies to Little Rock to reunite with his World War I Battery D, 129th field artillery, attend a ball, and dine with old cronies. He plans a Saturday breakfast with mates and to deliver an address highlighting the observance. He travels aboard the Independence DC4, with top aides and officials joining him.
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Washington
Truman
Little Rock
129Th Field Artillery
France
Acheson
Paris
Senate
White House
Arkansas
Charlies G. Ross
Matthew J. Connelly
John R. Steelman
Frankie
Arkansan
Harry H. Vaughan
Army
Pirates Rally Past Giants In Narrow NL Thriller
Pittsburgh scores six runs with a late barrage to defeat New York 6 to 3. Werle and McCullough lead the mound effort, while Jansen Webb and Cooper secure the save as the Giants fall behind early and rally briefly in the final frame.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Werle
McCullough
Jansen
Webb
Cooper
Ickes Called As Witness In Coplon Trial
Former secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes testified briefly as a defense witness in Judith Coplon's espionage trial and was excused until later. He said he would testify about one of the data slips found in Coplon's purse.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Judith Coplon
Ickes
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Palmer
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Ursula Wasserman
Ruth Gruber
Gruber
F. A. Garanin
Harold Ickes
Miss Gruber
Interior
Albert L. Reeves
Chicago
Reeves
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Coplén
Deserter Fire-Eater Known as Donna Delbert Held in UK
Burtonwood England June 10 An air force court martial found Delbert E Hill guilty of desertion after four years away from the service. The Philadelphia native, who performed as Donna Delbert a Newcastle theater fire eater, received two years hard labor and a bad conduct discharge. Hill claimed he intended to return to service and spoke with reporters during a court recess.
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Burtonwood
Eng
Air Force
Delbert E. Hill
Donna Delbert
Hill
Janan
Weree
Lee
George F. Koontz
Koontz
Newcastle
McKellar Refutes Hoffman Pressure Over Marshall Plan Funds
Washington June 10 Chairman Kenneth McKellar accused Paul G Hoffman of pressuring the senate appropriations committee to approve a larger Marshall plan budget. Hoffman warned he would resign if funds were not adequate to run the program. Other lawmakers characterized Hoffman's stance as a threat while vowing to continue proposed cuts. The House okayed 3.57 billion dollars for 1950 104 months though a full year extension could trim about 15 percent.
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Washington
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
Foreign Aid
Paul G. Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
Congress
McKellar
GOP
Kenneth S. Wherry
ECA
Burnet R. Maybank
D-S.c
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Phoenix Council Puts Off Annexation Plans
Phoenix voters learned the city council postponed formal annexation action until July 2 for a 617 acre western area. Mayor Udall requested more time to zone the area and evaluate industrial taxes following a Tuesday ordinance and Thursday executive session. Palmer Manufacturing owner Oscar Palmer warned of possible relocation to Texas if tax burdens rise.
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Phoenix
Nicholas Udall
Oscar Palmer
Palmer Manufacturing Corp
Lubbock, Tex
Hoover And Truman On Radio Saturday
New York reports both President Truman and former President Hoover will broadcast Saturday. Hoover appears at 4 15 p m from Delaware Ohio for the induction of Dr Arthur Flemming as president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Truman speaks at 4 30 p m from Little Rock Arkansas for the War Memorial park dedication tied to the 35th division reunion. CBS will record and rebroadcast at 5 p.m.
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New York
Truman
Hoover
the Times
CBS
Arthur Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
NBC
ABC
MBS
War Memorial Park
Little Rock
Ark
Full Valuation Tax Urged By Peterson
C Warren Peterson, chairman of the Arizona state tax commission, urged at a July conference adoption of full cash value valuation for all property. He noted current practice uses a percentage of value, complicating legal enforcement and creating inequities across counties. Peterson said counties fear higher state tax loads if full valuation is used and acknowledged the current tax system is out of gear.
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C. Warren Peterson
Arizona State Tax Commission
Peterson
U. S. Near End Of Hiss Trial
The government nears completion of its case against Alger Hiss as it calls witnesses to bolster the perjury charge. Chambers testified about prior trips and the play She Stoops to Conquer, while Hiss’s vacation records and a 1948 FBI statement are entered as evidence.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Edith Lawrence Stearns
Stearns
Peterborough
N. H
Priscilla
Joseph Sagona
FBI
Baltimore
Daniel F. X. Callahan
George Crosley
AMA Drives Against Health Plan Formed in AMA
Atlantic City June 10 The American Medical Association outlined a program to expand law sponsored medical care plans adopting 20 principles for approval. Dr James R McVay Kansas City said the move advances voluntary health insurance. The AMA will not sanction plans without county or state medical society approval.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
AMA
House of Delegates
James R. McVay
Kansas City
Council On Medical Service
Labor, Farmer, Consumer Cooperative
Blue Cross
McVay
M.way
Tucson Golfer Susalla shoots 171 as Open cuts two round field
Eddie Susalla, 24, Tucson golf pro, carded 84 for a two round total of 171 at Medinah Chicago to miss the 36 hole finals. He had an opening 87 on Thursday and two bogeys, a birdie, and several miscues in round two for a 44 and 40 on the back. Al Brosch led after two rounds with 141 as the Open continued in Chicago.
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Eddie Susalla
Tucson
Texas rent decontrol bill sent to Governor Jester
Federal Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods flew from Washington to urge Governor Jester to veto rent decontrol legislation. The bill wiping out rent controls in Texas passed the legislature thursday and was sent to the governor. Three youths aged 16 to 20 were detained at a roadblock north of Flagstaff on burglary warrants from Borderville Utah. Lenon Baldy Castillo named assistant basketball and track coach at Arizona State College Tempe for the upcoming athletic year.
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Austin
Tex
Tighe Woods
Beauford H. Jester
Woods
Washington
Texas
Flagstaff
U.P
Here
Coconino County
Borderville
Utah
Tempe
Lenon (Baldy) Castillo Friday
Arizona State College
Donn Kinzle
Agriculture Dept Sets Wheat Crop Forecast at Record Pace
The agriculture department projected this year’s wheat harvest at 1.336976 billion bushels, the second largest on record, announced Friday in Washington.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soviet Leaves Offices After Chain Of Riots
Maricopa County repealed a drunk and disorderly conduct ordinance on advice of County Attorney Warren L. McCarthy after a state supreme court ruling. The Cochise county milk ordinance decision found county boards cannot enact ordinances already covered by state law. The Maricopa measure, adopted at Sheriff Cal Boies request, carried 1 to 30 days in jail and a $10 to $100 fine.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
County Board of Supervisors
Warren L. McCarthy
Supreme Court
McCarthy
Cochise County
County Boards of Supervisors
Cal Boies
Pima
Four Power Ministers Urge Berlin Settlement Aid
Paris June 10 The Big Four foreign ministers urged Berlin commanders to settle all differences and restore communications by Monday in a bid to end the Berlin blockade. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky initially vetoed but then agreed to the four letter proposal, reviving a fragile hope amid stalled rail traffic and continued airlift dependence.
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Paris
Berlin
Lhfe
Dean Acheson
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
West Berlin
Frisch Resigns as Giants Manager to Lead Cubs
Frankie Frisch resigns as New York Giants coach and manager to take over the Chicago Cubs as field manager succeeding Charley Grimm. Grimm shifts to vice president with Jim Gallagher noting Frisch will lead the Cubs after their road trip. Grimm has a long Cubs association dating to 1924.
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New York
U.P
New York Giants
Frankie Frisch
Chicago Cubs
Charley Grimm
Grimm
Cubs
Jimmy Wilson
Giant
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Frisch
Polo Grounds
Chicago
Jim Gallagher
Gallagher
Cub
Sigrid Undset Dies In Norway Home
Nobel prize winning author Sigrid Undset died Friday at Lillehammer Norway after a long illness. The Oslo based writer was 78 and renowned for her exploration of Norwegian life in the early 20th century.
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Sigrid Undset
Norway
Oslo
Lillehammer
Evacuation of Berlin Russian HQ After Strikes
Russians begin pulling out of the railway headquarters inside the American sector asWest sector railway strikers clash with police and Soviet employees. Pickets and sabotage claims escalate as the building is evacuated with a few civilians moved to east Berlin.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
West Sector
Free German Trade Union Federation
Tucker Seven Are Indicted In Mail Fraud Case
Preston T. Tucker Sr. head of Tucker Corp plus seven executives were indicted by a federal grand jury on 31 counts for conspiracy to use the mails to defraud and to violate SEC rules. The group includes Floyd Cerf Harold Karsten Robert Pierce Fred Rockelman Mitchell Dulian Otis Radford and Cliff Knoble.
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Chicago
Preston T. Tucker Sr
Tucker Corp
SEC
Tucker
Floyd D. Cerf
Harold A. Karsten
Minneapolis
Robert Pierce
Fred Rockelman
Mitchell Dulian
Otis Radford
Cliff Knoble
Dulian
Radford
John P. Barnes
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Christ Euteneier
Tampico
Yakima, Wash
Euteneier
Coplon
United Press
Atomic
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-la
Atomic Energy Commission
Phoenix Council
Hoover and Truman
By Bob Brooks
U. S
AMA Drive Against
Pima County
John B. McDermott
Automeb
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