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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1951
Page
6
Washington hearing on a $216.7 billion tax plan and a $7 billion House proposal. Director Eris A Johnston argues higher taxes on lower brackets curb inflation and fund defense, while senators weigh inflation impact and broader fiscal balance.
Stanley T Adams of Ola Kansas led 13 men in a bayonet charge against 250 enemy in Korea. He absorbed grenade blasts and gunfire while rallying his unit, driving the attacker back and later providing covering fire as 12 men withdrew to prepared positions. Adams, 28, a World War II Purple Heart veteran, was born in De Soto Kansas.
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin faced high pressure lobbying by his three grandsons ages six to ten while dining in a Milwaukee restaurant. The boys noticed a newspaper headline about an ice on ice cream and soda tax proposal and began protesting the idea.
Washington should spend 5.5 billion dollars on new overseas aid as part of the Atlantic Pact. Secretary Marshall told Congress the United States plans to limit its Atlantic Pact Army contribution to six divisions about 1220,000 men. He warned the figures could change if war comes, while aiming to mobilize European resources for Eisenhower and his forces.
Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman urged state governors to mobilize public support for a summer fuel buying program to prevent a second coal shortage next winter. He said the drive could ensure adequate supplies for consumers and reduce the need for rationing and controls in the fuel industry. A Memphis dispatch reports Miss Kay Dixon and her brother received gift packages from friends with swapped items.
Five years ago today the Philippines was proclaimed independent as a self governing nation, ending 48 years of U S sovereignty over its largest overseas possession. Also noted death of B C Bussey at his daughter's home and marriage announcement of Siddelle Hal and FT O Briggs in Highlands.
Washington reports that Frederick Emerson Peters, who once impersonated Franklin D. Roosevelt to cash a bad check, is placed on the FBI’s 30 most hunted fugitives list. The 15 year old con artist has circulated bad checks for years and even misled his own parents by claiming he was dead. The incident dates back to 1923 when Roosevelt, then Harvard overseer, was used as the disguise in passing a bogus check.
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