Committee action completes veto-proof tax bill heading for House vote
Washington officials report the Ways and Means Committee approved a corporate income tax speed-up to accelerate about 4.2 billion dollars into the treasury over five years. The measure, part of a 1.01 trillion dollar excise tax slashing bill, heads to the House for a likely vote next Wednesday with September 1 as the probable effective date.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promotes Weight Gain
Advert reads for Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming to increase appetite and convert food into flesh. It markets tablets at 80 cents and liquid at $1 and urges underweight readers to buy at the local drug store.
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Dr. Pierce
Arog
Speed-up plan would shift corporate taxes earlier by five years
The proposal by Rep Mills would move last year's corporate tax payments to earlier in the year, ending by June 15 after five years. It would speed up collections to net about 800 million extra in the next fiscal year and raise total revenue to cover a proposed excise cut, meeting President Truman's veto condition against tax bills without offsetting revenue.
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Treasury
Truman
Steel workers get raise at Wheeling Steel plants
CIO district organizer Homer Bussa announced a new contract with Wheeling Steel providing 600 clerical employees an average 21 cents an hour raise retroactive to 1944. The back pay totals about $600,000 for workers at Ackerman and Wheeling corrugating plants in Wheeling and sites in Benwood Steubenville Martins Ferry and Portsmouth Ohio.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Homer Bussa
CIO Steelworkers Union
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Ackerman
Benwood
Steubenville
Martins Ferry
Portsmouth
Elkhorn Tunnel Opens Monday
Norfolk and Western Railway opens the Elkhorn tunnel on Monday with train No. 26 the Powhatan Arrow marking the first run through the new bore. The mile-long double-track tunnel between Coopers and Maybeury replaces the old Coaldale tunnel in a world leading project. Railway officials and press from along the route will attend the ceremony.
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Elkhorn Mountain
Coopers and
Maybeury
Coaldale
N&w
Court Rejects Bid to Block Huntington Police Captain
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused to issue an injunction against certifying candidates for Huntington police captain. Chauncey N. Owens challenged the appointment, arguing the post duplicates the police chief and adds costs of 3700 dollars annually plus office expenses.
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W. Va
Supreme Court
Huntington
Chauncey N. Owens
High Court
Civil Service Board of Huntington
W. W. Payne
Cabell County
Owens
Bond Of Christianity Topic For Rotarians
The Rotary club luncheon featured Joe Gillespie Tazewell county attorney delivering a talk on "The Sign of the Cross." He shared feelings from witnessing a wartime hospital ship arrive at Charleston harbor after a dangerous voyage through U-boat waters, linking mercy and Christian unity beyond conflicts. Clarence Stuart chaired. Bill Hancock praised for a year of entertainment. Guests included Reverend Herman Jones Charleston and several others from Kodak Kentucky Welch Dearborn Princeton and Bluefield.
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Rotary Club
Joe Gillespie
Tazewell
Charleston
D. C
Clarence Stuart
Stuart
Bill Hancock
Herman Jones
M. A. Emmons
Kodak
J. A. French
Welch
Russ Catherman
Dearborn
Mich
Ernest D. Lilly
Princeton
D. V. McGonagle
Bluefield
B'nai B'rith to Meet in Bluefield Princeton Region
The Bluefield-Princeton B'nai B'rith lodge will hold a meeting Thursday evening June 22 at 8 p m in Ahavath Sholom Temple here.
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Bluefield-Princeton
B'nai B'rith
Ahavath Sholom
Beckley Lad Leads League In National Marbles Tourney
Roland Sokoloski a 14 year old minister from Throop Pa set the pace in the national marbles tournament on the Asbury Park beachfront He won 13 more games today to reach 28 5 for two days and leads league four Wilbert Spivey 14 of Montclair N J follows with 26 9 two day record Tommy Blackburn 11 of Monmouth County N J advances in league one with 12 of 16 Shirley Allen Beckley is first in league three at 22 10 Freddie Cunningham Huntington W Va tops league five with 23 wins in 28 attempts Roosevelt Maccioli Canton Ohio tops league six with 9 of 12 today and 195 overall Play continues tomorrow and Thursday with finals Friday morning.
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N. J
Roland Sokoloski
Throop
Sokoloski
Wilbert Spivy
Montclair
Spivey
Tommy Blackburn
Monmouth County
Shirley Allen
Beckley
Freddie Cunningham
Huntington
W. Va
Roosevelt Maccioli
Canton
North Carolina Coal Dealers End Annual Meeting
Roanoke Virginia June 20. North Carolina retail coal dealers elected officers for the coming year at their 20th annual convention. Joe S. Correll of Raleigh was named president Harmon M. Lee of Asheville first vice president J W Berry of Greensboro second vice president. Nine resolutions urged freight rate reductions tax status equalization for cooperatives curbing unfair gas competition oil import concerns and labor protections.
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North Carolina
Joe S. Correll
Raleigh
Harmon M. Lee
Asheville
J. W. Berry
Greensboro
Postal Clerks Pick Mullens Woman Postal Clerks Pick Mullens Woman
Clyde W. Hagedorn of Morgantown begins his second term as president of the West Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks at the annual convention in Morgantown. Elected officials include Paul W. Smith as secretary-treasurer and six district vice presidents from Wheeling Morgantown Clarksburg Parkersburg Mullens Charleston. Mrs. Vernah Hess of Charleston is renamed president of the Women's Auxiliary.
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W. Va
Clyde W. Hagedorn
West Virginia Federation of Postal Clerks
Paul W. Smith
Parkersburg
Robert A. Weisner
Wheeling
Charles J. Hartley
Thomas Hartman
Clarksburg
William Lockner
Bernice McCreary
Mullens
Harry R. Toney
Charleston
Vernah Hess
Women’s Auxiliary
CERTA VIN Relief Promises Gas, Digestion Fix
A Bluefield man reports ten years of a stomach rock sensation from undigested food. After taking CERTA VIN before meals, the gas drops and digestion improves by the second day, claiming better nerves and blood with herbs plus vitamin B and iron.
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