Tax revision talks on dividends and double taxation
The 1949 congressional session may study tax revision focusing on dividend double taxation. Corporations face 38 percent corporate tax before dividends, reducing net payouts. Treasury deficits loom, suggesting credits on personal income tax or partial exemptions, with Britain using tax credits as a model.
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Congress
McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
George
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Peace plan boosts optimism for farm price supports
Inside Washington reports a compromise farm price support plan gaining Republican support from Representative Clifford R. Hope of Kansas. The Anderson plan sets price supports at 75 to 85 percent of parity for basic commodities such as peanuts, tobacco, wheat, corn, cotton and rice, with broad discretionary rules for non basic storables by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Clifford R. Hope
Kansas
Pellwether
Anderson
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Clinton Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Success Secrets By Elmer Wheeler
Albert Tangora, famed speed tyrist, credits two weeks of slow typing practice for automatic speed gains. He says reducing strain helps habit formation, then subconscious skill takes over. The method, applicable to shaving and other skills, dispels effort and boosts performance.
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Tangera
Albert Tangere
Two Women, Palm Reader, and Ohio Drive Gaffe
In Texas humor short piece, two women clash with quips about palm readers and palomists. A birthday note from Little Ruth shifts to a garbled toast about Ohio, pleased by Washington DC naming attention but noting delays for Ohio Drive to gain prominence.
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Ruth
Baytown Sun publication rates and subscription details
The Baytown Sun lists subscription rates with monthly, six month, and yearly options. The notice mentions Pearce and Ashbel in Baytown and references Bay subscribers, armed service, and mall subscriptions.
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Publishea By
Daily Sum Company
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texan
Robert Sewer
Mos
I Bay
Armed Service
Vacation trip through the United States with a car log
Sun Slants by Fred Hartman reports W. F. Spear and wife Beulah touring the country in a eight-cylinder Pontiac with a detailed day by day route from Baytown through Maryland and Canada to Quebec and Texas. The piece also notes government office abolitions and honors for Jinx Tucker, a long time sports writer, amid local commentary.
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W. F. Spear
Beulah
Baytown
Laurel
Mussissippi
Chattanooga
Tenmessee
Glasgow
Virginia
Stis
Washington, D. C
Washington, D
Washington
New York
New York City
Boston
Millionaire by Trees and Memories Learns a Lesson
A writer muses that even modest life can yield immense value in nature and memories. He recalls an insurance visit about replacing a powerful oak and concludes true wealth may lie in trees and keepsakes, not cash, as he contemplates life, tenure, and unseen riches.
Foreign Language Study Should Be Must You Don’t Realize It Until You Take Trip Abroad
Madrid misquoted column argues the value of language study over memorizing dates and facts. Henry McLeagre reflects on wasting school time on trivial topics and imagines a life where speaking languages enables global travel without sign language barriers.
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Henry McLeagre
Madrid
America
Birthday Quiz Mixes Names and Numbers From 1940s Trivia
The page chunks blend birthday notes for Manuel Kemroff and Joseph Pasternak with quizzes and odd anecdotes about language barriers. It includes census figures, state sizes, and a fragmented sports note about Carl Hubbell, plus jokes and short historical prompts.
Todays Headlines Five Years Ago In Review
Five years ago today American Patrols entered the Reich and Swiss forces engaged. Private First Class William L Todd wounded in France writes his wife at 415 Schilling. Seabees serviceman JL Crosby wounded, expected home. John Burton Lang treated for a broken leg after a traffic accident near his Crosby home. Families move to Baytown Highlands and Channelview. Michael O Rear celebrates fourth birthday in Odessa. Clyde Armstrong Missouri Pacific agent in Goose Creek dies.
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Reich
Bulgaria
Greece
William L. Todd
France
Schilling
JL. M. Crosby
The
Seabees
Pacific Theater
John Burton Lang
Airs
D. R. Len
Topeka
Kansas
Michael O
Odessa
C. W. Spear
Clyde E. Armstrong
Missouri Pacific
Goose Creek
Barclay On Bridge Lead Strategy and Makeable Game
Barclay discusses takeout le d plays in bridge aiming to force defenders out of trumps early when solid side suits exist. He analyzes a hand where South reaches a makeable game after careful ruffing and managing trumps, describing bidding and play to maximize tricks while avoiding trump losses.
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North
South
Trump
West
Lee
East
South Trump
Bast
Tokyo Rose Mate’s Testimony Under Fire In Treason Trial
Philipe D Aquino testified under harsh cross examination about his wife Iva D Aquino, accused as Tokyo Rose. He said she wanted the United States to win, planned not to quit her radio job freely, and claimed she denied being Tokyo Rose in 1943 interviews. The government cites nine weeks absent from Tokyo radio in 1945 while she studied Catholicism.
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San. Francisco
Philipe D'Aquino
Iva D'Aquino
Tokyo
D‘aquing
Japan
United States
Daquino
Tokyo Radio
D'Aquino
Radio Tokyo
Domei
D’aquino
Tokyo Rose
Clark Lee
Harry Brundidge
Army 'Scanegoat' Of Pearl Harbor Fight To be Buried
Arlington burial set for General Short, scapegoat in Pearl Harbor crisis. Short died in Dallas at 69 from heart disease after a lifetime of service from Illinois to Hawaii. He and Admiral Kimmel faced congressional criticism over the December 7 attack, with Short claiming his warnings were ignored. He led the Hawaiian Department, previously served in France, and later worked for Ford. His widow Isabel Dean Short and son Major Walter Dean Short accompanied his body to Washington. Burial planned for 2 PM EST.
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Arlington
Watters
Short
Epegost
Pearl
Arlington Jones Cemetery
Pearl Harbor
Dallas
Texas
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy
Earl Harbor
Joint
Congress
Army
War Department
Ford Ardor Company
Dellas
Isabel Dean
Walter Dean Short
Washington
Fillmore
Ilinois
University of Illnois
Texas Water Stocks Rise 16 Percent Since 1948
Texas reservoirs were about 206 percent higher at end of August than two years earlier, according to the state board of water engineers. Stocks fell more than six percent during August, the report shows.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Water Engineers
Chaotic Literary Party Amid Quarrels and Rumors
A rowdy publishing world gathering features discord over authors and loyalties. The guest of honor is pressed by insinuations as conversations drift to politics and plagiarism. Tardy service and sly jokes punctuate a chaotic night.
Fragmentary quotes from 1949 items and slogans
Readable fragments include misquoted lines about mapping floors and a "Miss Scanaperette" 1949 pageant in Asbury Park New Jersey. The text also references Celvin Caclidge and a crown award on a teby tv show, suggesting stray archival notes rather than a coherent event.
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War Assets Administration
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Truman
Jinx
Tucker
Jinx Tucker
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Father Tirse
By Erich Brandeis
Norway
Hamburger Boulevard
Labor Department
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Rappr
Manuel Kemroff
Joseph Pasternak
U. S
Ecole Polytechnique
Indo-Chine
Senegal
Madagascar
Germany
New York Giants
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Cushing
Calima
James Russell Lowell
Pennsylvania
California
New Mexico
Marshall Joseph Jacques Joffre
Carl Hubbell
Howl
Hub
Hound
Daily Sun
Barclay
Axsa
North East
Shephard Barclay
Scanegoat
By Bennett
New
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Leaf
Literary Farmahorees
Lea
Churchill
Lion
Max
Cam
Staelin
Hitler
Delaware
Mike Fransse
State Reserve
Seere
Steve
Wiggins
Cook's Paint & Varnish CO
Lir
J. E. Rosamond & Son Hardware CO
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Rome
Geed Tools
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Pruett
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