Capitol Strategists Weigh Funding Schemes For State Projects
A February special session is expected to limit to emergency funds for the eleemosynary system with new schemes emerging daily. A plan proposes raising a cigarette tax from three to five cents for five years to finance a Capitol artful expansion including mental hospitals schools and state offices. Legislators busy gathering opinions before the session convenes, while seeking professional help to improve lawmaking.
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Jester
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Capitol Corridor
Robert E. Lee
Congress
Legislative Council and Board appoint top directors
The 51st session created the Legislative Council and Legislative Board and announced directors. John Moseley will be director of the Legislative Council earning 11000 yearly, while Vernon McGee, a budget expert, will earn 10000. A local regulator notes the salaries are high but the appointees are unafraid. A friend reports a mesquite tree budding near the Austin Municipal Golf Course, recalling mesquites budded after the last freeze in his West Texas boyhood.
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Legislative Council
Legislative Board
John Moseley
Vernon McGee
Austin Municipal Golf Course
West
Texas
Public figures discuss trade, defense, and policy shifts
Quotes from Gov. Kerr Scott Lt Gen Doolittle Konrad Adenauer Mao Zedong and others touch on free trade anti margarine laws European recovery arms strategy and US university funding as leaders warn of risks to industry and alliance cohesion amid global tension.
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J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Entertainer Hosts Memorable New Year’s Eve Party
Billy Resé recalls a Dec 31 gathering atop the Ziegfeld Theater where Milton Berle Carol Channing Frank Loesser and Eleanor and Bill Paley entertained about a hundred guests including Lily Pons and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Paul Gallico lauds the discreet festive night with no vulgarity and minimal damage.
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Broadway
New York
Chez Fleanor
Harry Armstrong
Adeline
Abe Burrows
Frank Loesser
Irving Berlin
Lily Pons
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Eleanor
Paul Gallico
Bill
State Federal Tax Plan Bears Head Hints from Washington
The article forecasts a federal push for a single big tax with apportionment to states and localities. It notes past experiments with interrelated levies and says states would depend on federal standards, potentially ending state sovereignty in many tax fields.
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Washington
Texas
Uncle Sam
Tax on National Service Life Insurance dividend Not taxable
A Q and A feature notes that National Service Life Insurance dividends are not considered taxable income under federal tax law. The excerpt also covers varied topics from Roosevelt gifting his home to the nation, seasonal hair shedding, why ships’ sick bays are named, Eliot’s Bible for Indians, to flour usage by weight.
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National Service
Modern Manners book ad seeks orders for etiquette guide
A promotional notice claims the Modern Manners book provides correct behavior and speech for all occasions including table manners telephone etiquette and business etiquette. It urges readers to send 20 cents to a Washington address for a copy.
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Washington
Gambling Rackets Undermine Law Enforcement, Warn Critics
Washington column links Costelloism to Kansas City Miami and Fresno. It cites grand juries probing Binaggio forces, political payoffs to police, and declines in crime solves. It notes press crackdowns in Kansas City and Fresno, and argues federal probes aid cleanups.
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Washington
Truman
Los Angeles
Iami
Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Justice Department
Bill Boyle
Frankie Costello
Italy
Miami
Fresno
Calif
Daniel W. Robinson
Sam Butler
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Binaggio
Smith
Fresno Bee
Kansas City Star
Ross Pendergast
Thomas J. Higgins
Higgins
Kansas City Union Station
President Truman
Roger Sermon
Independence
Grand
California
Estes Kefauver
Winchell on Broadway and media doings
A cluttered memo column notes Dorothy Kirsten planning marriage, Gordon Gray offered Army intelligence chief post, and values of a Brazilian aquamarine gift. It catalogs showbiz bookings, press figures, a Runyon Fund gift, and gossip about Lee J. dying Emil Jannings. Includes snippets on Taft-Hartley act campaigns and Lepke chatter.
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J. R. McCarthy
Lee
Emil Jannings
Switzerland
B’klyn
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