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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1950

Page

5

Senate tax cuts dim Outlook for approval of slashes

Washington May 19 The Senate log jam and House Ways and Means split hinder tax relief plans as lawmakers push for new excise cuts while Truman demands revenue offsets. Senator George warns action runs out, with August session needed for final tax bills amid broader spending and aid debates.

Senate Washington House Ways and Means Committee George Truman House Committee Senate Finance Committee Congress House Ways and Means Committee White House Ways and Means

Former Nazis Fill Half German Public Posts in American Zone

A Friday survey from German official sources shows former Nazis occupy roughly half of state civil service jobs in the American sector, with 56 percent of lower posts and 76 percent of top posts in Wuerttemberg Baden. Bavaria and Hesse follow, while top Nazi leaders are barred from posts. Ben Buttenwieser says Nazism as a doctrine is destroyed though individuals return to work. An American observer notes no organized movement to reinstall Nazis, but questions the type of Nazi hired as workers.

Frankfurt Germany Benjamin J. Buttenwieser Foreign Policy Association New York Wuerttemberg-Baden Bavaria Hesse

Key to Future Nationalists Say Next 100 Days Most Important

Chiang Ching-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek, warns Formosa faces pivotal 100 days as Nationalists seek to avert crisis. He links troop withdrawal and potential world war alignment with Western powers to reinforced defense of Formosa. Peiping claims Chushan withdrawal aids liberation efforts.

Taipei Formosa Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Ching-Kuo Defense Ministry Chiang Chushan Islands Shanghai Formosa Strait Peiping Chushan Pescadores Islands Quemoy Amoy

Flying Pole Strikes Boy Near Lafollette Tenn

A 12 year old boy, Gary Lee Pennington of near Lafollette, Tenn, was critically injured when a section of a telephone pole whip snapped from a plane wire entanglement and struck him while the aircraft landed at a private field. An uncle said the underpart of the plane hit the pole and hurled it into the boy. Authorities in Lafollette reported no record of the incident.

Knoxville Tenn Gary Lee Pennington Lafollette A. C. MacAbee Pennington

Police Jam Traffic To Protest Wages

Paris reports police deliberately caused a huge traffic jam in a wage protest. Officers on duty at intersections did not regulate flow, some played with traffic lights while others halted vehicles to check lights and brakes. Buses crawled two hours for a mile downtown.

Paris Place de la Concorde Place de L'Opera

Mrs Madsen Leaves Germany for Prison

Mrs Yvette Madsen, 22, mother of two, departed from Wiesbaden to serve a 15 year term for killing US Air Force Lt Andrew E Madsen in Oakland California last October. She will be confined in Aldershot women’s reformatory, Virginia, after conviction was affirmed by the US High Commission Appeal Court.

Frankfurt Germany Yvette Madsen United States Frida US Air Force Women's Reformatory Aldersor W. Va Wiesbaden US High Commission Appeal Court Air Force Andrew E. Madsen Oakland Cali

Grandson of Garibaldi Dies in Rome Hospital

General Peppino Garibaldi, 74, grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi, died Friday in a Rome hospital. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he fought in the Boer War and in Mexico and Venezuela, commanded the Garibaldi Legion in the Argonne in World War I, spent much of his life in America, and was jailed by the Fascists in World War II.

Rome Peppino Garibaldi Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi Melbourne Australia Mexico Venezuela Garibaldi Legion Argonne America

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