Tax survey referendum fight in Maricopa County hinges on court ruling
The Maricopa County tax valuation case centers on a plea in bar by Browner alleging favored taxpayers and the tax assessor understate property values. Judge Speakman granted permission for intervention, with the matter sent to court for settlement as petitions totalling 13,000 signatures face possible referendum implications.
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Maricopa
Speakman
Brawner
L. M. Laney
Bar
Maricopa County
Thar
Browner
Secretary of State
White
Peterson
Arizona
State Department
E. S. Clark
Warner
Board of Tax Survey
State Tax Commission
Gatty And Post Resume Flight Toward Moscow
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty depart Tempelhof for Moscow on the second leg of their round the world flight in pursuit of the Graf Zeppelin record. After 7.5 hours sleep they leave New York for the leg, refueled and in excellent condition, aiming to beat Eckener’s 21 days 17 minutes. They had a 16 hour 17 minute ocean hop with brief fuel stops at Chester and Hanover.
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Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Tempelhof
Moscow
Globe
New York
Hugo Eckener
Post
Gatty
Harbor Grace
N.F
Chester
England
Hanover
Germany
Quarantine Stations Will Be Maintained
The commission of agriculture and horticulture seeks to keep all 43 quarantine stations open. Newly elected chairman Clinton Campbell says the current plan runs from July 1 into the next fiscal year as a temporary arrangement. The public had feared station closures, but Campbell asserts continued operation with potential future changes.
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Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture
Clinton Campbell
Campbell
Commission
Ju kao Watermelons Known For Seeds Not Flesh
In Ju kao district near Shanghai the famous watermelons are grown for seeds rather than fruit. The dried seeds are valued as a delicacy in China, while the fruit itself is not considered good to eat.
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Shanghai
Jukao
China
Plan to capture two states in Civil War told
Phoenix report reveals a 1861 Confederate plan to seize Arizona and California. Col Hastings would lead miners in disguise from Mexico to capture Fort Yuma on the Colorado River and press toward California, but the mission failed and Hastings died at sea en route to Brazil.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
California
Arizona Historical Review
William J. Hunasaker
Los Angeles
Mansford W. Hastings
Mexico
Hastings
Fort Yuma
Colorado River
Brazil
Aviators Prepare for Ocean Flight Amid Delays
Hugh Herndon Jr plans a Saturday start for a round the world flight aboard the "American Legion" after postponing today. Russell Boardman and John Polando aim to depart at midnight for Paris. parts of the craft faced motor trouble earlier. Ruth Nichols, recovering in St John New Brunswick after a crash, hopes to try again in September.
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Hugh Herndon, Jr
Russell Boardman
American Legion
John Polando
Paris
Ruth Nichols
St. John
New Brunswick
Noted Astronomers To Visit Winslow On U S Tour
A European group from the Royal Astronomical Society will tour the United States in August 1932 to study the total solar eclipse and attend the International Astronomical Union meeting at Mt. Wilson. Stops include Grand Canyon August 21 Flagstaff August 22 Winslow August 23 to visit Lowell Observatory and Pluto findings. The group, dubbed the Eclipse Ship, will end in Boston for eclipse studies.
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Daily Mail
Flagstaff
Winslow
Meteor Crater
United States
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Royal Astronomical Society
America
Europe
International Astronomical Union
Mt. Wilson
Calif
Leiden
Holland
Slipher
Grand Canyon
Mars
Pluto
Arizona
Boston
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported for June 23
Treasury receipts on June 23 totaled 7.59 million dollars while expenditures reached 9.47 million. The day’s balance stood at 506.97 million with customs receipts to date around 21.61 million.
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Washington
Treasury
Navy Plans Eleven Destroyers and Related Projects
The Navy will build eleven destroyers with work spread across Mare Island in California and other facilities. The Ranger aircraft carrier is under construction at Newport News Virginia, while three submarines are built in New England. Dolphin and Cachalot are due in 1932 and 1933 at Portsmouth New Hampshire yard. Cuttlefish contract awarded to Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. The U S has no new battleships under the London Naval Treaty limits.
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Sound Navy Yard
San Francisco
Mare Island
California
Ranger
Newport News
United States
Local Railroaders Relieved with Cross Division Work
Rail officials report 25 to 30 men reassigned from Winslow and Albuquerque to Prescott Amarillo for cantaloupe and grain harvest movements. About 75 car daily shipments expected at peak with potential increases from weather. Nearly 1,500 Santa Fe cars to be moved this harvest. Additional crews sent from Coast Lines to Panhandle for grain work. Names of men and towns such as Winslow Holbrook and Amarillo appear in dispatches.
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Winslow
Albuquerque
Prescott
Amarillo
Texas
Santa Fe
Panhandle
Mensert
Amish Mennonites barred from home radios under ban
In Kitchener Ontario authorities enforce a prohibition preventing radios from entering Amish Mennonite homes with penalties including excommunication for violations. The move targets religious communities resisting modern technology and underscores cultural tensions in the region.
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Kitchener
Ont
Heat Strikes Midwest As Temperatures Roil Regions
Reported heat across the middle West causes seven deaths in Missouri and a death near Quincy. Chicago endures humidity with one fatality. Thunderstorms ease heat downstate. Danville reports hail and lightning damage. Nebraska sees 100 degree heat. Twin Cities record highs 96 in Minneapolis and 95 in St Paul. Crowded beaches produce four drownings in three days.
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Peoria
Quincy
Chicago
Danville
Nebraska
Fremont
Minnesota
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Dakotas
Missouri
Joseph City Family Plans For Reunion
Plans are underway in Joseph City Arizona for a family reunion of the J H Richards clan to be held Sunday July 12. The event will bring together wife children grandchildren and great grandchildren of an early community pioneer. The family executive committee includes G E Richards Mrs Frank Richards Mrs Ambrose Hunt and J Morris Richards. A Bushman family reunion was recently held in the area with many attendees from county towns. Bushman arrived in the late 1870s from Utah.
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Joseph City
Arizona
J. H. Richards
G. E. Richards
Frank Richards
Ambrose Hunt
J. Morris Richards
Winslow
Naval planes to join National Air Races but not in speed trials
Washington June 25 The Navy will have aircraft participate in the National Air Races at Cleveland this year but none will be entered in the speed competitions Assistant Navy Secretary Ingalls announced.
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Washington
Cleveland
Navy
Ingalls
Protests Rare in Income Tax Disputes Board Hearings
Washington reports that protests to income tax assessments are rare, with about 24 of every 25 dollars paid without challenge. The board of tax appeals handles disputes, reviewing reductions and preserving court limits. Notable names include Senator Couzens and public figures, showing the breadth of cases over seven years.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Board of Tax Appeals
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Ford Motor Company
Couzens
Congress
Hoover
United States Circuit Courts of Appeals
Wanted 4 or 5 room house for rent
Classified notice seeks a partly furnished or unfurnished four or five room house. Contact Mr Barrett at Bazell Garage. Listing dates June 25 26 27.
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Barrett
Bazell Garage
Navajo Sheriff To Return Quartet To Holbrook From Globe
Navajo County Sheriff L. D. Diverbess arrived to escort two men and two girls from Globe to Holbrook. They were arrested after a Tuesday robbery near McNary, Arizona, involving Leonard A.
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Holbrook
Globe
Prospector Lost in Quest for Dutchman Mine
In June 25 reports, a posse of cowboys and deputy sheriffs searched Superstition Mountain for the fabled Dutchman mine. Ruth, a 65 year old retired government employee from Washington, disappeared after entering the range two weeks earlier seeking the mine. A second search party renewed the hunt with desert officers and cowpunchers returning from Florence to continue the investigation.
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Phoenix
Dutchman
Ruth
Washington,d
Florence
Friz
Stolen Car Suspects Captured by Iowa Officials
In Cedar Rapids a four person group including John Stout Herbert Springer Goldie Ada Loy and Irene Griffith were arrested while driving a Kansas Indiana plated car. Authorities probe to determine if the vehicle was stolen in Indianapolis.
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White
Cedar Rapids
Sale Man
John Stout
Hebert Springer
Goldie Ada Loy
Irene Griffith
Akansas
Indiana
GI County
Indianapolis
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