State tax commission to lay off 16 workers July 1
Phoenix reports the state tax commission announced 16 employees will be laid off for economy on July 1. Names include Wesley J. Bankes, Howard E. Elder, Harry V. Farrier, and others from Phoenix and Tucson offices.
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Phoenix
State Tax Commission
Wesley J. Bankes
Howard E. Elder
Harry V. Farrier
Tucson
Herbert H. Gilmore
Robert L. Reid
Albert B. Whipple
Charlotte Armstrong
Hazel Burch
Martha Armstrong
Myrtle M. Crawley
C. T. Flippen
June Galbraith
Garth Hanchett
Marveen Miller
Berlin Strikers Vote Down Peace
Western Berlin railway workers voted 6 to 1 to continue their 24 day strike resisting a compromise plan backed by the four occupying powers. The walkout disrupts rail freight and elevated transit, with millions affected and two deaths already reported.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
West Berlin
Life on Moon Theory: Atomic War Drove Extinction
Beverly Hills California June 14 A P reports a new theory by Arthur Louis Jaquel II that ancient moon inhabitants fought a giant atomic war and wiped themselves out. He cites cooling faster on the moon and earlier atomic capability, while Caltech Palomar observers call the idea fantasy. The Reaction Research Society supports open inquiry.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Arthur Louis Jaquel II
California Institute of Technology
Moon
Palomar
Joquel
Reaction Research Society
Blue Eyed Couple Plans Wedding To End Gene Debate
Hollywood June 14 UP Blue-eyed Hugh Tandy Gardner 24 a microbiologist will wed brown-eyed Pris cilla Ione Tomlinson 20 a premed student Wednesday to settle a dispute over whether their first child would be blue or brown eyed Gardner argued the child would be blue-eyed while Tomlinson predicted brown eyed. The couple says the number of children remains undecided.
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Hollywood
Hugh Tandy Gardner
Priscilla Ione Tomlinson
Gardner
Miss Tomlinson
Condon Granted Public Hearing On Atomic Security Claim
The House Un American Activities Committee voted to give E A Condon a chance to answer charges publicly as soon as he requests a hearing. Condon's response awaited official notice of the panel action with Rep Nixon pressing for an official hearing.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
E. A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Condon
un-American Activities Subcommittee
Richard M. Nixon
R-Calif
Dr. Condo
FDR
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
House of Representatives
New York
Roosevelt
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Hanford, Wash
David E. Lilienthal
Wayne L. Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Congress
Fearful Murder Mystery Haunts Springfield Car Case
Police pursue a missing R J Tomman 50 year old Safford Arizona mechanic believed killed and his body hidden by a hitchhiker after Tomman’s blood stained gray Ford sedan is found in Springfield. The car reveals blood stained jacket and cartridge cases while relatives report a planned Father's Day visit to Illinois. A blond haired man in a leather jacket is described as a key suspect.
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Springfield
R. J. Tomman
Safford, Ariz
Tomman
Virgil Tomman
Warren
Ill
Marjorie Voeckel
Sterling
Safford
Illinois
Phillies Top Cubs in Low Scoring National League Thriller
Philadelphia overcame Chicago with a 9 to 2 win as Meyers and Seminick lead the offense. Muncrief Chipman Adkins Lade and A Walker contributed on the mound and at the plate for the visitors.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Meyer and
Seminick
Muncrief
Chipman
Adkins
Lade
A. iWalker
Arizona Tax Law Adequate Moore Asserts
Arizona state tax commissioner Thad Moore says the law authorizes forcing full cash value property assessments and a statewide valuation survey is unnecessary. He would vote to raise all assessments if others join, but not single out specifics. enforcement and broader tax law revisions require legislative action.
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Phoenix
Arizona State Tax Commission
Thad Moore
Moore
Tax Commission
Commission
State Tax Commission
Telephone rate hearing probes Mountain States Arizona costs
Arizona is the focus as the attorney general’s office presents exhibits on per phone investment and operating costs at a rate increase hearing for Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph. Figures compare Arizona to Utah Idaho Wyoming and the company average with 1948 data and 1947 1946 updates.
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Phoenix
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Arizona
Rocky Mountain
Edward Jacobson
Joseph P. Ralston
William T. Brooks
Wilson T. Wright
Mitt Simms
Simms
J. R. Spanger
J. H. Shepherd
Shepherd
Mount Utah
Ae Nie
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Ralston and Jacobson
Spangler
Day's Activities In Congress By Associated Press
Debate on repealing Taft Hartley and restoring Wagner act continues. House sends bill to committee. Armed services subcommittee begins probe of an army report labeling TVA director Clapp unemployable for a Germany mission. Appropriations hears Hoffman on European Recovery funds. Un American Activities Committee extends spy probe.
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House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Army
TVA
Gordon R. Clapp
Germany
Appropriations Committee
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Democratic Policy Committee
Armed Services
Rules Committee
Un-American Activities Committee
Big Four Ministers Meet in Secret Session on Germany
In Paris on Tuesday the four foreign ministers held a secret hour long session and recessed with no explanation until later. Andrei Vishinsky left with his delegation triggering rumors while the western ministers remained inside the palace as talks over winding up the Germany conference continue.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Rose Marble Palace
Vshinsky
Germany
Vishinsky
Moscow
New York
Councilman Demands Oust City Manager in Phoenix
City Councilman H. W. Blaine called for ousting City Manager James T. Deppe at a council meeting. Mayor Udall blocked the motion as out of order after Blaine accused Phoenix of graft, gambling, and vice flourishing in the city.
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Phoenix
H. W
Jack) Blaine
James T. Deppe
Blaine
Nicholas Udall
Electric Storm Strikes Dallas and Surrounding Areas
Storms and floods across Dallas county killed at least ten people and left one missing. Drownings occurred at Garland and in a Frisco washout near Farmers Branch. a boy drowned in Denton county. A fatal crossrail crash near Fort Worth claimed three teens. Tornado sighted north east of Fort Worth. Weather warnings and record rainfall noted across the region.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas County
Garland
Duck Creek
County
Farmers ‘Branch
Denton County
Texas
Ft. Worth
Missouri Pacific
Carrollton
Vickery
Farmers Branch
Air Force
U. S. Weather Bureau
Denton
Dorothy Cooper
Aulden R. King
King
John Kenneth Martin
Sallie Purnell
Mack Reilly
Lake Dallas
Wayne Jaylor
Joe Edward Clowers
Ward A. Graves
Everman
Wgettein
Theoty
Sennett
Paris
East Texas
Kansas City
Coal czar plan split northern coal industry amid secrecy
The New York Times reports John L. Lewis and most northern coal interests back a centralized coal czar. Harry M. Moses of H. C. Frick Coke would head the plan with a $75 000 to $100 000 salary and broad production coordination powers, while Southern producers oppose it.
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New York
The
New York Times
John L. Lewis
Louis Stark
Washington
Times
Albert B
Happy) Chandler
Dispatch
Southern Coal Producers Association
United States Steel Corp
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
Lewis
United Mine Workers
the Times
Miners’ Welfare Fund
the Dispatch
Rotary Hears U.N. Top Aide at 40th International Convention
U N secretary general told Rotary delegates that no war can start while the General Assembly is in session. He praised the body for empowering smaller nations and balancing major powers. He predicted progress toward peace over the next decades if efforts continue and noted worries about vetoes blocking majority will.
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Ee Eae Ve
United Nations
U.N) General Assembly
Lie
U. N
Rotarians
I Cnce
U.N
Rotary
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