Tax Commission Under Fire Over Border Purchase Curbs
A critical appraisal accuses the Arizona Tax Commission of wavering on customs rules at border ports. It alleges officials meekly delayed enforcing laws to please liquor interests, then expanded action to all ports as a cover up. The piece questions the commission’s independence and fairness toward visitors and local traders.
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Tucson
Proper Retort To A Laughing Cow and the Lex Talionis
The piece contrasts Wilson's 1914 17 note writing with earlier tribal law and modern retaliation. It cites Lex Talionis as the guiding grim code behind Nazi and Fascist actions and warns against judging Germany by prewar treaties. It nods to the Robin Moor case and ends with a call for retaliation ten for ten in ship bottoms.
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Woodrow Wilson
Old
Nassau
Wilson
Kentucky
Hitler
Mussolini
Holland
Britain
Germany
Roosevelt
Robin Moor
Hull
Prien
Quiet Fourth of July In Arizona Ban On Fireworks
Arizona enforces a new state law banning sale use and possession of fireworks as a misdemeanor with fines or jail. The measure aims to curb revelry seen as dangerous and aimed at patriotic display while noting adults once led fireworks traditions.
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Arizona
Westbrook Pegler Defends Private Hiring Rights Theme
The column argues private employers should not be forced to hire Communists and criticizes government double standards on discrimination and espionage. It claims picket lines turn mobs, condemns union violence, and questions official support for strikes and figures like Felix Frankfurter and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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United States
Felix Frankfurter
FBI
Henry Ford
Frank Murphy
Supreme Bench
Roosevelt
Service over soup in Army humor
A Pasadena Post quip uses a soldier’s dry exchange about sand in soup to emphasize duty over discomfort. The brief joke contrasts serving the country with personal complaint, reflecting wartime morale.
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Pasadena
Margie’s Hat Mystery Revealed by Milliner or Gardener
In a playful note a reader wonders who designed Margie’s striking new hat. The reply reveals a landscape gardener crafted the seemingly millinery marvel.
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Margie
Lincoln Funeral Observed in Springfield Illinois
The July funeral of Mrs. Lincoln at Springfield Illinois drew broad display of mourning. The First Presbyterian church was filled as crowds gathered to honor Abraham Lincoln with a brief service, then a procession to the cemetery where the coffin was placed in the Lincoln monument vault.
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Telegraph
Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln Monument
Secretary Lincoln Praised for Honest Courtesies in Cabinet
The passage lauds Secretary Lincoln as a popular cabinet member whose course wins friends. It notes he treats all with courtesy and frankness and keeps promises, unlike some in Arthur's cabinet who break pledges.
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Lincoln
Arthur
Secretary Teller Clears Hurdles in Mineral Divisions
The Denver Tribune reports Secretary Teller is removing obstacles in the interior department’s mineral divisions that have long hindered industrial interests of the mining states.
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The
Denver Tribune
Teller
Interior Department
Perry Belmont Receives Mantle Piece Meals Amid Upright Change
The narrative notes Perry Belmont continues eating from the mantle piece after a spanking from Blaine. The incident has made him notably upright since.
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Perry Belmont
Blaine
Opera site bought at Congress Street head near Sixth
The Tucson Opera Company purchased property at the head of Congress Street near its intersection with Sixth Avenue to build a proposed new opera house.
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Tucson Opera Company
Congress Street
Sixth Avenue
Ukraine Raid as Hitler’s Possible Next Move
Washington dispatch notes cautious official reading of Nazi and Soviet censorship rumors about a Hitler drive into Ukraine. Analysts deem a direct strike toward the Ukraine and Baku oilfields plausible, given German troop concentrations in Finland, Norway, and Romania, with Syria and Suez routes deemed less feasible.
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Suez
Libya
Wavell
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Ukraine
Baku
Tain
Finland
Norway
Romania
Congress Street Grounds Sold on Davis Property Frontage
The grounds purchased were formerly owned by W. C. Davis and have a frontage on Sixth avenue of ninety feet by a depth of one hundred eighty four feet.
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Congress Street
W. C. Davis
Sixth Avenue
Facts Not Worth Knowing From Arthur Baer
A quirky compilation of quirky terms and curiosities with oddly phrased definitions. The piece playfully defines terms from aglets to ostriches and includes nonsensical lines about archons and obors. It preserves a dated humorous voice with many improbable connections.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
June 17 Through the Years in Republican Notes
A run of terse, era marked lines reflects on Republican unity in 1936, skepticism about newsreel fakery in 1931, a hint of corruption in 1926, and resilience of a strong man or drink in 1921, all within brief dated quips.
British attack schedule on Damascus and Lebanon discussed
The piece notes a British plan to occupy Damascus and Lebanon as of last Wednesday. It suggests delays may reflect peace talks rather than resistance and hints French forces may be delaying to avoid Berlin reprisals. It also contemplates German plans toward Ukraine and questions Soviet responses.
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Syria
Damascus
Lebanon
Berlin
Ukraine
Willkie Refuses Headship of Government Service School
Negotiations to install Wendell Willkie as head of a proposed government service school at Tome School in Maryland have collapsed. Willkie was not interested, ending talks pursued by proponents aiming to create a West Point style institution next fall as reported June 6.
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Willkie
Wendell Willkie
West Point
Tome School of Maryland
Doubled Magnesium Output Plan Revealed As A Bluff
Officials at the OPM denied any plan to expand magnesium production from 40 million pounds per year to 400 million. Inquiries prompted by the official statement led to a demand for headquarters proof, which was not provided.
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OPM
Inquirers
Innocents Abroad Born in a Latin Nightclub
New York report recalls two young Latin singers once billed as innocent schoolgirls in Greenwich Village. Management limited contact with the outside world, noting convent schooling and sheltered lives. Later revealed both are divorcees with marriages or engagements abroad.
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New York
Greenwich Village
U. S
Guatemala
Broadway
Roosevelt era foreign policy and court politics insights
The column notes stronger U S cooperation from Brazil over Azores issues and hints at cabinet and Supreme Court moves. It discusses possible Attorney General selection, Stone’s rise to Chief Justice, Byrnes’ Senate role, and broader South Atlantic concerns including Dakar and Robin Moor.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Senate
Francis Biddle
Biddle
U. S
Washington
Jackson
FDR
Stone
Frank Murphy
White House
Murphy
William Douglas
United Feature Syndicate
Harlan F. Stone
Bob Jackson
Coolidge
Alben Barkley
Airborne by Elsie Robinson
In a reflective piece the author coin a metaphor of being airborne to describe personal growth. Many remain earthbound by grief and fear while some rise above past hurts to embrace a wider life and shared human experience.
Train leaves ahead of Pat at Irish railway stop
An Irishman alights for refreshments but the train departs, leaving him behind as he shouts to hold on. The scene captures Irish wit as Pat rushes along the platform realizing a passenger is stranded aboard.
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Pat
Wrong Recipe Cake Clip Reads Rock Garden Side
A humorous exchange in a Wall Street Journal snippet pairs a bride offering a recipe clipped from a magazine with a groom misreading the page, joking that the other side covers rock garden instructions.
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Wall Street Journal
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