Tax Bill Reaches Record 54.5 Billion for 1948
Census Bureau reports total taxes for fiscal 1948 ending June 30 hit 54.5 billion, averaging 372 per person. Federal government supplied about 40.1 billion, with state 53 per capita and local 5 per capita. Share of total revenue shows federal 69 percent, states 12, locals 19. Income taxes led at 19.8 billion, followed by sales and gross receipts at 12.1 billion and corporate income taxes at 10.3 billion.
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Census Bureau
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States
Western Germans Attack US War Chiefs Over Security Tour
In Frankfurt on August 7 West German leaders attacked the US joint chiefs of staff during a campaign period. Konrad Adenauer and Max Reimann condemned the visit by American military chiefs who had toured Western Germany to discuss Atlantic Pact defense. Reimann urged authority be heard, while Adenauer stressed duty to defend 45 million Germans ahead of the August 14 federal election.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Max Reimann
US Army
Navy
Air Force
Europe
Reimann
Stuttgart
Adenauer
Bonn
Hitler
Federal Republic
Critical Austrian Signs Welcome US Staff Chiefs
Austrian road signs along the Tulln Vienna highway greeted the US joint chiefs of staff as they arrived for a brief visit with occupation officials. The group led by Omar N. Bradley met no Austrian leaders and planned briefings on the US Army occupation in Austria before returning to Washington.
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Austria
Tulln
US Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Air Force
Hoyt Vandenberg
Adm
Louis Denfield
Navy
A. M. Gruenther
Joint Staff
Paris
Tulin
Truman
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
Garrison To Speak in Postwar Austria
James A. Garrison on vacation from his post supervising rehabilitation in Austria for the American government will address the Austin Kiwanis Club Monday at noon. He is a former director of Austin recreation and public safety departments.
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Austin Kiwanis Club
Stephen F.austin
James A. Garrison
Garrison
Austin
Public Safety Department
Trumans Relaxing At Shangri La Retreat
President and Mrs. Truman relaxed at the Shangri La presidential retreat in Maryland. They retired early and rose late on Sunday, walked for 20 minutes, returned for breakfast, and Mr. Truman swam at 10. They planned to leave at 5:45 a.m. Monday for the 60 mile drive back to Washington after leaving Friday afternoon.
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Truman
Shangri la
Maryland
White House
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Chinese Protest Over Soviet Manchuria Trade Pact
In Canton on Aug 7, the Nationalist Government protested to the Soviet Union over a new trade pact with Communist Manchuria. George Yeh, acting foreign minister, said the agreement violated the 1945 Russian Chinese treaty and undermines Nationalist sovereignty. Yeh noted prior warnings from Aug 25, 1948, and labeled the pact a concession to a rebellious faction.
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Canton
China
Russia
Manchuria
Vladimir Vaskov
George Yeh
Yeh
Dallas Approves Record City Operations Budget
Dallas City Manager Roderic B. Thomas announced a fiscal year operations budget of 25,162,132 dollars starting Oct 1. The amount exceeds the previous budget by 2,295,869 dollars, marking the largest city budget to date.
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Dallas
Roderic B. Thomas
North Guerillas Worry Chinese Reds Mobilization
The Chinese Communists mobilize to crush guerilla resistance behind lines from Manchuria to South China. Thousands of Red troops move to bolster Manchurian and North China garrisons. Police crackdown targets underground networks in newly occupied cities.
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Manchuria
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Kuomintang
Shanghai
Communist Party
White Paper Seen as End of Nationalist Hopes in China
In Shanghai and Canton reactions to the US White Paper on China cast it as the final decline of Nationalist hopes for a free China. Foreigners in Shanghai foresee ongoing turmoil, with many ready to leave, while some in Canton argue Washington overblamed the Nationalists.
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Shanghai
United States
Peiping
Canton
Chen Cheng
Formosa
Wu Teh-Chen
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