Income Tax Cut Bill Heads to White House for Veto Risk
Congress sends a 1 billion dollar annual income tax cut to President Truman as debate swirls over a likely veto. Senate passage 48 28 follows House approval, with party splits and a projected mid year 1947 effective date. details show tax cuts by income tier and a $500 extra exemption for taxpayers over 65.
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Washington
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Truman
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Trugman
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Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg Calls for Action On Hungary Treaty
Senator Vandenberg urged prompt ratification of the Hungarian treaty and warned communists may rig elections after Hungary’s coup. He suggested the United Nations may be needed to judge the case and warned against delaying European peace settlements. He argued ratification would restore Hungary’s status as a free nation and deter further Soviet influence.
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Washington
Senar Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Hungary
United Nations
America
Vandenberg
Germany
Austria
Michigan Republican
Europe
Rusa
State Department
Lajos Dinnyes
Ferenc Nagy
United States
Women win mayoralties in Coalton and across state in 120 communities
Voters in scores of towns across the state chose women for mayor and most council seats in a largely nonpartisan municipal election. In Coalton Randolph County women captured the mayoralty and most council spots. Meth towns such as Moundsville War Matoaka and Athens saw mixed results with several incumbents reelected and write-ins succeeding in Athens.
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Randolph County
M Town
Moundsville
J.ll Austin
Russell Minor
Oak Hill
Grafton
E. W. Cole
Harold Nuttall
People’s Party
Cole
Nuttall
Webb
Matoaka
W. Va
Clifton F. Bailey
Citizens Party
Peoples Party
Rollie S. Orton
Thomas W. Bland
Clarence ST. Butte
Victor L. Farley
Lawrence G. Hurst
Joe Truitt
Miller Wins Mayoral Race In Princeton Election
Merlin Miller won the Princeton mayoral contest as Democrats gained four seats on the city council, taking two new council posts and holding two seats. The Democratic majority grows to four to two. John Rid enour did not seek re election. Official results show Ward 1 and Ward 3 races with Democrats winning most votes. Republican White won a council seat.
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Princeton
Merlin Miller
John C. Ridenour
Jones
E. F E. Pritchett
Omer C. Belcher
J. B. Robinson
Miller
Knob
John W. Brown, Jr
Carr
Marshall D. Spangler
Bondurant
White
F. J. Bushee
Hungary's New Government Plans Recall Diplomats
Budapest reports say Hungary under a Communist dominated government plans to force President Zoldan Tildy to resign. Exiled Nagy allies flee, while Aladar Szegedy Maszak in Washington may be recalled to report to the government. Senator Van den Berg calls the coup a dangerous act and potential UN issue.
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Hungary
Zoldan Tildy
Republic
Ferenc Nagy
Washington
Vandenberg
Ree
United Nations
Tildy
Nagy
Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
Three Trainmen Die In Wreck Near Battle Ground Ind
A head on collision of two Diesel powered Mono railroad freight trains north of Battle Ground Indiana kills three engineers and a head brakeman. A fourth crew member, Ray B. Tully, is injured. All victims were from Lafayette. The wreck involved 25 freight cars and a misread meeting point at Oak Grove 134 miles north.
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Ind
Here
Lafayette
Frank E. Cheshire
Oak Grove
Hayden E. Meeker
William K. Young
J. K. Robinson
Ray B. Tully
Protests Over Young Plan to Interlock Rail Boards
West Virginia and Virginia communities file briefs with the Interstate Commerce Commission opposing Robert R Young and Robert J Bowman joining the boards of Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central. They argue the move would remove the Virginian Railway’s independent access to western markets and resemble a merger favoring C&O and NYC at the Virginian’s expense. The hearing date was postponed to summer to allow all views.
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Virginian Railway Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
West Virginia
Virginia
Princeton
Mullins
W. Va
Lunenburg County
Suffolk
Victoria
Kenbridge
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginian
West
C. and O
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Town Of Leon Fails To Hold Election
Leon West Virginia on June 3 failed to hold a scheduled stat election. Nominating conventions were neglected and Mayor Fisks Sayre along with all other officers will continue to serve.
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Leon
W. Va
Fisks Sayre
Britain Offers To Transfer Power In India
Britain announced plans to transfer power in India this year on dominion status, offering partition or unity. Churchill backed temporary dominion status for a united India or separate Hindustan and Pakistan, while Atlee outlined safe transition amid fears of bloodshed. leaders urged peace as preparations for independence escalated in New Delhi.
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Britain
India
Subcontinent
Winston Churchill
Hindustan
Pakistan
Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
New Delhi
M. A. Jinnah
Hawaharlal Nehru
Baldev Singh
Gentral
Plan for India's Independence Splits Subcontinent in Two
Britain announces a plan to grant independence to India that could partition the vast subcontinent into Hindustan and Pakistan, offering options for unity or division. Indian leaders urge calm amid violence while Viceroy Mountbatten negotiates transfer of power and Dominion status terms this year.
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India
Subcontinent
Lord Mountbatten
Uder
Hindustan
Pakistan
British Commonwealth of Nations
Guy Wire Breaks Fall Of Aerialist
A broken guy-wire in Rochester Michigan today saved the life of 19 year old Melvin Bennett Masury Ohio a Wallace and Murray show aerialist who fell forty feet to the ground before a crowd. He was taken to Rochester General hospital with a back injury and brush burns his condition listed as satisfactory by hospital attaches.
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Melvin Bennett
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Rochester General Hospital
M and W Award Elkhorn Rail Relocation Contract
Norfolk and Western awards a 12 million dollar contract to Sturm and Dillard of Columbus Ohio for the Elkhorn tunnel removal and a new double track line west of Bluefield West Virginia The project includes 5.17 miles of new track and a 7050 foot tunnel to modernize grades curves and signaling with completion expected in three years and start this summer.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Sturm and Dillard Construction Company
Columbus
Ohio
Elkhorn
Lick Branch
Cooper
Flash Floods Hit Ohio and Northeast States
Heavy rains across Ohio and the northeastern states caused widespread flooding. Bridges were toppled, roads washed out, and thousands evacuated as waters rose in Vermont New Hampshire New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. Rescue crews saved dozens including families near Dayton and Columbus while rail lines and highways suffered extensive damage.
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Cambridge
Meadville Hospital
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Ithaca
Moravia
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Littleton
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Columbus Zoo
Former Sailor Arrested In Death Of Woman At Local Hotel
James T. Neumann a 39 year old former sailor was arrested in Fort Wayne Indiana on a manslaughter warrant in the death of Judy Walker 26 a waitress whose body was found in a hotel corridor near his room in Bluefield. Chief Arnold Porterfield said Neumann waived extradition and will return voluntarily. Autopsy findings were pending with a full report expected today or tomorrow.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Judy Walker
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Arnold Porterfield
Porterfield
Bluefield
Military Training Study Is Ordered
Congressional hearings will open on universal military training after MIT president Karl Compton warned that safeguards against intrigue backed by force are insufficient. The plan envisions compulsory training for up to 950,000 youths annually at a cost of about 1.75 to 2.0 billion dollars.
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Washington
Karl Compton
House Armed Services Committee
Compton
Andrews
R-Ny
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Congress
Commission
America
Army Prisoners Recaptured Near Camp Kilmer New Jersey
Two dangerous army prisoners Frederick D. Lee Jr and Gomer Blackburn escaped last night from the General Ballou transport and were recaptured today on a highway near Camp Kilmer New Jersey. Lee is from Lewisburg West Virginia and Blackburn from Wheelwright Kentucky. Both were convicted by army court martial in Europe for armed robberies and other crimes and had 35 years of sentences. The Ballou had docked at Staten Island from Germany yesterday.
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Ballou
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Frederick D. Lee, Jr
Gomer Co. Blackburn
Lee
Lewisburg
W. Va
Blackburn
Wheelwright
Europe
Staten Island
Germany
U S and Argentina Patch Up Five Year Dispute
In a White House conference President Truman and key officials announced steps toward an inter American defense conference with Argentina. The move follows Argentina actions under Chapultepec obligations and signals renewed diplomatic unity among the 21 American nations. The Rio de Janeiro meeting would mark a new phase in U S Argentina relations.
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White House
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George Messersmith
Buenos Aires
Truman
Marshall
Oscar Ivanissevich
Acheson
Ivanissevich
Chapultepec
Juan D Peru
Rio de Jantero
Brazil
Commerce Dept Seeks OK to Pay Dinner Bills for Foreign Guests
The commerce department asked Congress for power to reimburse employees for entertaining foreign representatives in Washington. Acting Secretary William C. Foster said officials meet more visitors from other countries. The bill would authorize payments for such hospitality as needed.
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Commerce Department
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
William C. Foster
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Foster
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Garsson says May refused payment over wartime timber deal
Henry Garsson testified in federal court that Andrew J. May ran a Kentucky 2100 acre Cumberland Lumber operation for him during World War II and refused to take pay. Garsson, 72, and his brothers face war fraud conspiracy charges alleging $55000 bribes were funneled to May through the Cumberland firm.
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Henry Garsson
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
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May
Murray Garsson
Garssons
Cumberland Lumber Company
Cumberland
Gareson Shell Plants
Economic survey sees slim chance of near term low mood
A Senate House economic committee report on a Dun and Bradstreet poll of 583 respondents finds only mild recession prospects this fall. Prices are expected to dip while wages rise by January 1, with businessmen reportedly less pessimistic about overall trade. Senator Taft announces public hearings to explore economics, prices, and business outlook.
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Washington
Senate-House Economic Committeee
Dun and
Bradstreet
Taft
Ohio
Former Hotel Guest Pays Conscience Sam
A Baltimorean who accepted $3 in overchange at the Monticello hotel twenty years ago sent $5 to settle the account. Manager Charles S. Crocker said the shortage was long treated as a loss but the payment now clears the matter. The donor signed as "a former guest" and asked the note to be given to the cashier to balance records.
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Norfolk
Monticello
Charless. Crocker
Lad Is Killed In Alley Ball Game
George Murk a 13 year old boy was killed today during an alley ball game when a bat broke in two and the heavy end pierced his neck after striking a pitched ball police said in New York on June 3
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New York
George Murk
Murk
Coal wage talks seek $12.70 for eight hours
Southern coal operators proposed $12.70 daily for eight hours productive work if John L. Lewis drops the portal to portal pay. The plan would replace time and a half for travel and lunch with eight hours of on site work. Lewis and UMW officials dismissed the offer as unlikely to succeed.
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Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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Jewell Ridge Coal Company
Threat of Strike Boosts Labor Bill in Congress
Washington reports Senate action on a labor bill backed by Truman. Hatch notes the threat of a coal strike may push the president toward signing. House passage is expected, with veto talks and potential two thirds override in play. The bill aims to halt national paralysis, curb mass picketing, forbid certain strikes, and outlaw the closed shop.
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Oregon
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Truman
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