Capital City Deadlines For Taxes Loom. Elections Soon
Taxpayers face state and county deadlines with January 31 for property and poll taxes and April 1 for city licenses. The article covers federal income tax due March 15 and filing rules for married couples under Texas community property laws. It warns of lines at the courthouse and urges early payment to avoid penalties and delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Weeg
Steve Heffington
Austin
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue
Texas
Internal Revenue Collector's Office
Department
United States
Internal Revenue Headquarters
War Dogs And Damaged Lands In A Fragmented Nation
A fragmented nation deals with unpredictable threats as war dogs loom and regions suffer from rains and breath. A backward area struggles with progress while a family with a small boy faces being overlooked amid the leftovers.
Sales Tax Battle Rides on Texas Tax Debate
Governor Shivers opposes a general income tax and backs a constitutional amendment to ban it, aiming to boost a sales tax plan seen as favoring industrial growth. Proponents warn a broad tax could relieve pressure on other revenues, while existing taxes from gasoline to luxury goods already fund schools and roads.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
M. O. Bell
San Antonio
Bell
Shivers
O’daniel
House
Senate
Cherchez la femme and a Long Island jewel caper
A personal memoir recalls two tough thieves Boston Billy and Arthur Barry who robbed Ardsley area homes, stole jewelry, and fled after a police chase, one later arrested, with a long prison stretch and a protracted romance with a survivor. The piece ends noting Senator Taft’s foreign policy critique of President Truman and defense debates over US European mobilization and Korea.
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Ardsley-on-the- Hudson
Boston Billy
Arthur Barry
Scarsdale
Society Pages
St. Faith
Tarrytown
Jess Sweetser
Ardsley Club
Boston
Billy
Barry
Long Island
Dannemora
Sen. Taft
United States
Europe
Iran
Greece
China
Korea
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Taft
Answers to reader questions on storms and grammar
The column cites the National Bureau of Standards noting that cutting power during a lightning strike offers little safety, as arrester transformers divert current. It explains split infinitives as improper placement of adverbs with infinitives, and states seed corn viability ranges from 10 to 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau of Standards
Senator Capehart Sexes War Contracts Via Dinner Favors
Washington column reports Victor Emanuel used a dinner for Stuart Symington to press support for Capehart's son Tom Capehart at Packard Manufacturing. Internal Crosley memos urged buyers to seek business with the senator's son, illustrating access in wartime contracting. Also notes Bridges sidesteps feud for Republican Foreign Relations slot and planned labor committee appointments. Canadian Army unveils new short wave set for North Atlantic troops.
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Victor Emanuel
Avco Manufacturing Corporation
Standard Gas and Electric
Crosley Broadcasting
Republic Steel
Stuart Symington
Svelte
National Security Resources Board
Symington
Floyd Odlum
Consolidated Vultee
Emanuel
Homer Cape Chart
Indiana
Homer
Sparkman
Alabama
John Craig
Crosley
Avco Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Senate
Craig
Johnny
Stu Symington
Homer Capehart
Richmond
Connersville
Tom Capehart
Packard Manufacturing Corporation
Indianapolis
Capehart
Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corporation
Lycoming-Spencer
Ray Donaldson
Senator Capehart
New York
Ashington
John W . Craig
Packard Manufacturing Company
Washington
F. W. Warner
Avco
Warner
Thomas C. Capehart
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Senator Tubey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bridges
Tobey
Phil Murray
CIO
Bill Green
AFL
Canada
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway whispers mix stars and scraps of gossip
Walter Winchell notes Louis Calhern and Ann Harding in The Magnificent Yankee, recalls a past romance in The Woman Diluted, and highlights Cole Porter numbers in Out of This World. Mentions include Sheila Sims, Glorious Swanson, Celeste Holm, and other stage news plus TV and film notes.
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Louis Calhern
Ann Harding
Mr. Justice
Mrs. Holmes
Cole Porter
Charlotte Greenwood
Sheila Sims
London
Dorothy
Glorious Swanson
T. Bankhead
Soondue
Kerrickter Gletkin
Malik
Sansecies
Olivier
Celeste Holm
Celeste
Shaw
Rex Harrison
Lilli Palmer
Ethel Merman
King Lear
L. Calhern
South Pacific
Kate
Damon
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Cherchez la Femme
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Walter Winchell
Broadway
Frankie Laine
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Jerry Danzig
Elljn Callahan
Late
Commercial Trust Veep
J. Ward Jr
N. Y. Athletic Club
Lois Miller
Penn Station
T. Hollises
Medical Center
Lee Soberg
Miami
Cork Club
Riccio
Terry Shand
Ph Inquirer
Linton Martin
Kingsley
CBS
Wayward Comics
Jeevy
Cbsis
Paramount
Austin American Ae
Texas Ates Teenies
Theo Bta
Bureau of Circulation
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Associated Press
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