Simple Forms Highlight Tax System's Complex Simplicity
A New York man notes contracts signed in 2000 places with the Veterans Administration and a sibling of the form creator produced a tax blank for the new excess profits tax. He describes eight pages of small print plus a 20 page explanation. Tax form preparation has become a major U.S. business with schools teaching the trade and millions paid to experts. Citizens pay for government activities and for learning how to pay taxes, while critics insist truly simple tax law is possible.
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New York
Veterans’ Administration
U. S
Meone
End the RFC and expose government corruption now
The writer calls for dismantling the RFC amid a broad attack on dishonesty in high places. Citing Drew Pearson on congressmen profiting from insider information, the piece urges citizen action to root out corruption and warns the public will pay the price while apathy continues.
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RFC
Drew Pearson
U. S
To Hope or Not to Hope in Soviet Talks
The article weighs whether Russia will pursue Big Bear talks with sincerity. Observers see signs of seriousness in the Soviet proposal, raising hope, but warn to wait for concrete proof before embracing optimism about resolving global muddle.
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U. S
Russia
Big Four conference on world troubles
The article notes the Big Four plan a conference to address global tensions while the BFC faces escalating scandal and the labor policy board strikes against the U S government. War rages in Keres, but Iowa’s state basketball tournament dominates headlines with a tragedy casting a grave tone and a win offering a path to glory.
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Big Four
BFC
Labor Policy Board
U. S
Keres
Iowa
Atlantic Editorial Briefs on Skyline and Winter Show
The Atlantic skyline has shifted to prominent television antennae with 88 counted in a neighborhood. An enjoyable yesterday’s style show drew local merchants as sponsors and could become an annual event. Despite rain sleet and snow, many attended and the organizers will likely endorse the plan.
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Atlantic
Social Worker Helen Farstrup Featured in Life Magazine
Life magazine's February 19 issue carries a picture of Social Worker Helen Farstrup, daughter of Hans Farstrup who lives east of Extra. Also notes signs of life, a boy on a tricycle, a baseball game in progress, and a humorous Old World anecdote about a Villisca grocer.
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Life Magazine
Helen Farstrup
Hans Farstrup
Extra
Signs of the Times
Villisca
Roy Reed
California
Learn to Smile Even When Troubled Says A Wise Proverb
A short aphorism urges enduring hardship with a cheerful face and notes that smiling can be rewarding in life. It emphasizes personal resilience and secrecy about inner pain.
Senator Fulbright Says RFC Probe Shows Lying
Senator Fulbright denounces testimony as full of perjury in a Senate probe of RFC lending policies. He notes outside pressures may have improperly influenced multi million dollar loan decisions while avoiding specifics. He calls for possible broader inquiry into government moral standards.
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Washington
Fulbright
Senate
RFC
Arkansas
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Atlantic News-Telegraph issues and rates notice
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists publication details and declining rates for subscriptions. It notes editors F D Simpson and general contact, with pricing for carriers in Atlantic, Cass and adjoining counties, other Iowa regions, U S addresses outside Iowa, and Canada. The notice includes postal classification and association memberships.
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News-Telegraph Pub. Corp
F. D. Simpson
Atlantic
Iowa
McCarthy Hits Drew Pearson With Unprecedented Attacks
Drew Pearson staff rebutts Senator McCarthy on a broad attack including boycotts of Pearson papers and radio sponsors. It notes immunity limits, legal avenues under fair trade practices and Taft Hartley, and predicts a Supreme Court case on senator rights.
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Drew Pearson
McCarthy
Pearson
Radio Spector
Papere
Europe
Washington
Senate
Drew
United States
Futhermore
Daily Worker
New York
Communist Party
People’s
Senator Hunt
Wyoming
Hunt
Fair Trade Practices Sect
Freedom Insurance Promotes Protection For Future Generations
A message urges readers to safeguard freedom for children and grandchildren. It argues that securing liberty requires active effort to prevent tyranny, emphasizing that leaving only wealth without freedom fails future generations. The piece stresses enduring vigilance to keep rights and comfort.
Freedom Or Fortunes The Property of Earned Liberty
A brief quotation by Edgar A. Guest from 1951 argues that true liberty inspires effort and self-reliance rather than dependence on money or subsidy, asserting that allowing people to earn their freedom is preferable to merely gifting wealth.
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Edgar A. Guest
Lutheran Church Plans Auction Sale
The Lutheran church schedules a Friday auction and bazaar on March 9 to fund the church building program. W. E B. Young heads planning with a livestock sale at 10 a.m. at Pete Sorensen's stock yards, noon general auction at Extra public parking, followed by a church ladies bazaar at Lindholm Lumber. A red silk star on a postman's uniform signifies 15 years of service.
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Lutheran Church
W. E B. Young
Pete Sorensen
Lindholm Lumber Company
Taft and McCarthy clash over communists and influence
A contentious column discusses Senator Taft and Senator McCarthy amid accusations of communist influence in government. It notes Taft as an intellectual Republican leader, Eisenhower’s rise, and the evolving 1952 Republican landscape with Dewey or Stassen possible rivals.
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Joc McCarthy
Joe McCarthy
State Department
Owen la
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Comeet
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Oe McCarthy
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Taft-McCarthy
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Republian
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Ohio
Tobey
Duff
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Dewey
Harold Stassen
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Eisenhower
Ken Reat Ok
Stassen
Senate
Babson Analyzes War Time Effects On Economy
Ba Park Florida March 2 Roger W Babson explains inflation as demand driven and outlines how war taxes, price and wage controls, and deficit financing disrupt production. He warns that higher taxes beyond a point reduce output and trigger money printing, while wartime shifts in employment lower supply and push prices higher. He predicts postwar dollar decline and real estate and goods price surges, noting ceilings fail. He cautions no plan can outrun supply and demand laws.
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Roger W. Babson
Ba Park
Fla
Tasco
Cnanelal
Railroadprepares new safety system for trains
The Pennsylvania Railroad unveiled a 10 million dollar electronic speed control system to slow or stop trains at signals. Two thirds of the line will receive the system, with initial engine testing in a couple of months and full production within six to nine months. Assistant chief engineer Winfield Salmonson explained the device uses electric impulses to create a magnetic field around the rails. The Concord shot mention is unrelated.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Symes
Symes
Epee
Winfield G. Salmonson
The
Pennsylvania
Famine warning as Korean farmers urged to return to fields
Geneva report by J Don ald Kingsley, UN reconstruction chief, warns of famine in South Korea next year if about 3 million refugees cannot be returned to farms by May. He says without rice crops the diet of 1,300 calories per day will worsen, and fertilizer shortages could cut yields by 30 percent even if farms are resumed.
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Geneva
South Korea
J. Donald Kingsley
United Nations
Korean Reconstruction
Kingsley
New York
Red German police killed bySoldte order clash
Soviet and Western reports diverge over a border incident. Officials say Red German police were shot during an attempted arrest after crossing into western Germany. Moscow claims eight American soldiers fired, killing an East German border guard, then transporting the body to imply he died on the American side.
Tax Criticisms Prompt Demand for Specific Information
Des Moines state tax commission asks for specific information addressing criticisms raised by State Auditor C B Akers. The commission notes the auditor has served 12 years and cites past alleged issues in expense accounts and past due tax collection. Commission chairman George W Robb requests details on any expense account malpractices referred by Akers.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
C. B. Akers
Commission Affairs
Tax Commission
Akers
Commission
George W. Robb
Anita Municipal Utilities Names New Bookkeeper
Mrs Ruby Biggs has accepted the position as bookkeeper at Anita Municipal Utilities to replace Mrs Don Witte who has resigned Mrs Witte will remain for some time to assist Mrs Biggs with the work Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of the treasury.
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Anite
Ruby Biggs
The
Anita Municipal ‘Utilities
Don Witte
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