Senate Votes To Slash Tax By 4 Billion Dollars
The Senate approved a $4.8 billion tax cut by 78 to 11, with Democrats split and Republicans united behind the measure. The bill advances to the House, which previously passed a $6.5 billion tax cut, while President Truman is expected to veto such reductions. The main difference lies in percentage cuts by income level, with both plans restoring exemptions and allowing income splitting for couples in community property states.
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Washington
Senate
House
Knutson R
Minn
Ways and Means
Truman
GOP
Mr. Truman
Vaa Celicans
Epper
Fla
Connally
Tex
Millikin
Colo
Martin
Mass
Senate approves income tax cut delaying refunds
The senate passed a bill cutting withholding tax from income effective May 1 retroactive to January 1. The house proposal starts April 1. Overwithheld amounts will be refunded after the 1948 return is filed, regardless of which bill becomes law.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Senate
House
Reds Teach Sabotage School in Vienna Suburb
A high ranking Austrian official said in Vienna that a sabotage school operated by the communist party in a Russian occupied suburb is training action committees. The interior ministry confirmed knowledge of the school but had no details on the curriculum.
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Vienna
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Interior Ministry
Floods Hit Susquehanna Valley and Limn Areas Across Northeast
Flood waters drove hundreds from homes in the Susquehanna valley as heavy rain and melting snow surged through New York Pennsylvania and Ohio. A man drowned in Vestal New York while salvage efforts failed. Levees and dikes faced strain near Quincy Illinois and Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania as forecasts warned of crest levels and potential additional rain.
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Chicago
Susquehanna Valley
Vestal
New York State
Binghampton
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
Towanda
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Iowa
Des Moines
Quincy
Ill
Lower
Michigan
Meadville
Vermont
North Pacific Coast
Rockies
Ohio Valley
Gulf Area
Seaboard
Miner Shot In Back In Tazewell County
Tazewell miner James Gillespie was shot in the upper back with a shotgun at Cavett's Creek near Richlands and is in critical condition. Bill Tinsley was arrested on a $5,000 bond for malicious wounding and will face Trial Justice Albert G. Peery on April 7 in the Tazewell courthouse. Commonwealth officials lead the investigation as neighbors describe the morning shooting at the Tinsley home.
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James
Red) Gillespie
Tazewell
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Cavett's Creek
Bill Tinsley
Albert G. Peery
Gillespie
Commonwealth
William A. Royall
R. Bowen Thompson
E. L. Mathena
Tinsley
River Jack
L. L. Tinsley
McDowell County
W. Va
Mercury At Norfolk Hits 88 Degrees
In Norfolk Virginia the weather bureau reported the temperature reached 88 degrees at 2 pm tying the date’s high. The record low for the date is 24 degrees set in 1885.
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Norfolk
Mercury
U. S. Weather Bureau
Aid Drive Gathers Speed in Congress for ERP Action
Congress moved toward a $6.205 billion ERP package with economic and military aid to non communist nations. House and Senate leaders signaled rapid action, while a broader plan for universal military training and a temporary draft gained momentum. Separate measures include $55 million for France Italy Austria and a $463 million China package for military needs.
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
Senate Armed Services ‘Committee
Gurney
RSD
Truman
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Army
Royall
House
Senate
Eaton
R-Nj
Foreign Affairs Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Children's Fund
Ex-Gl Pleads Guilty In A-Bomb Theft Pry
Ernest D. Wallis a 34 year old former army photographer pleaded guilty to stealing atomic bomb photographs from the Los Alamos bomb project. U S Attorney Otto Kerner Jr recommended probation. Judge Barnes delayed sentencing to April 22 for a conviction investigation. maximum penalty three years and $2000 fine.
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Chicago
Ernest D. Wallis
Los Alamos
N. M
U. S
Otto Kerner, Jr
Wallis
John P. Barnes
Barnes
Kanawha Voters Approve Bond Issue
Kanawha county voters appear to approve a 1.6 million bond issue and higher levies to retire it in three years. Unofficial counts from 171 of 284 precincts show 3 840 for the bonds to 818 against and 3 821 to 46 on the excess levies. Funds would go to the county airport park development and court additions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Mate
Senate group backs universal military training and draft
A large majority of the Senate Armed Services Committee believes quick adoption of universal military training and a temporary draft is a national necessity. Chairman Gurney led closed talks with Marshall Forrestal and Royall, joined by key senators and witnesses including Dr. Karl Compton and former Justice Owen Roberts.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Army
Royall
Defense Chiefs
Sureme Cewt
Owen Joberts
America
UMT
Freedom Insurance
Karl Compton
Roberts
Compton
Russia
Euas
Truman
Doctor and nurse charged in Huntington abortion case
Dr William Mitchell Lewis aged 61 and Julia Darling 28 a practical nurse waived preliminary hearing on abortion related charges at Huntington common pleas court. Lewis bond set at 10000 Darling 5000. Mil dred Ferguson 23 of Narrows Virginia died after an abortion at the physician office. The Celanese workers father also employed by Celanese.Virginia police and Maryland notes.
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Huntington
W. Va
William Mitchell Lewis
Julia Darling
Lewis
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Walter Rasnick
Mildred Ferguson
Narrows
Charles Ferguson
Celanese Corporation
Langford
Virginia
Barber shoots two then turns pistol on himself in Mt Airy
Lonnie A. Jordan, a barber, is under police guard in a hospital after allegedly killing Mrs. Blance Roupe 33 and her daughter Areda 18 in their home following a dispute over a friendship. He wounded himself, and hospital officials say his face injury is not serious.
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Mt. Airy N. C
Monte Boone
Lonnie A. Jordan
Blance Roupe
Areda
Britain cites Soviet pressure over Czechoslovakia at UN council
Sir Alexander Cadogan told the United Nations Security Council that Soviet pressure and direct orders from Stalin accelerated the Prague coup and expanded Moscow's grip across Romania Bulgaria Albania Hungary and Poland. Prague envoy Jan Papanek urged UN action, claiming Moscow engineered the takeover and sought evidence. Cadogan warned the tide of communism must be dammed back, even at risk of war.
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Britain
United Nations Security Council
Alexander Cadogan
Winston Churchill
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Cadogan
Romania
Bulgaria
Albania
Hungary
Poland
Council
Jan Papanek
Andrei A. Gromyko
Papanek
Gromyko
Stalin
Paris
Germany
London
Prague
Moscow
Will Padlock Gate Against Shipments To Russ Industry
A Washington commerce official says a gate will be double padlocked to stop shipments of American goods that could boost Soviet military or industrial power. Exit gaps remain only for goods en route before March 1 export rules. The official expects the new regulations to be completed this week.
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Washington
Russia
Commerce Department
New York
Czechs arrest priests after escape attempt
Prague radio reports two Catholic priests tied to the pre Communist government were captured while attempting to flee the country. Msgr. Jan Sramek a former vice premier and exiled premier of the London Czech government in exile, and Msgr. Frantisek Hala ex minister of posts and communications were seized at Rakovnik western Bohemia as an unidentified foreign plane circled overhead and then disappeared toward the frontier.
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Prague
Prague Radio
Msgr
Jan Sramek
London
Frantisek Hala
People’s (Catholic) Party
Rakovnik
Bohemia
Radio Sa
Lincoln Neb March 22 Miller Says Fleet Has A-Bombs
Rep A L Miller Republican Neb claims most of the U S fleet is in the Mediterranean and some ships carry atomic bombs He asserts if Tito drives on Trieste or Russians push into Germany atomic bombs would be dropped within 48 hours The Navy disputes the claim noting 14 combatant ships in the Mediterranean and none with bombs.
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Lincoln
Neb
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Mediterranean
Navy
Washington
Miller
Trieste
Waton
Yugoslavs Fire On Trieste Police In Border Gun Battle
Yugoslav police exchanged heavy fire with police from the Venezia Giulia patrol at the border between the British American zone and the Yugoslav zone in the Free Territory. One policeman was wounded. a British American zone officer was hospitalized and released. It was unclear if any Yugoslav officers were hurt.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Venezia Giulia
Poll Tax Row Debated in Senate Rules Hearing
Senator Sparkman questioned why poll taxes draw concern when few states require them while many rely on property and literacy tests. He noted Alabama and six other states as poll tax states, and argued the bill to bar poll taxes in federal elections faces constitutional challenges.
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Washington
Sparkman
Dala
Senate Rules Committee
Mississippi
South Carolina
Reinia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Texas
New Hampshire
Congress
Union Asked To Resume Work
Washington dispatch reports John L. Lewis and eight operators met over a Taft Hartley era plan to end the soft coal shutdown. Cyrus Ching offered a three man fact finding board with pensions as the key issue and a pension fund trusteeship plan. If Lewis rejects the plan, the White House would be informed and Taft Hartley emergency measures could be set in motion. The $30 million welfare fund sits idle as disputes over pension terms persist.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cyrus 8
Ching
United Mine Workers
White House
Ite House
Truman
Federal District Court
UMW
United Mine Workers of America
United Ne Workers
Board of
Pension Fund) Trustees
Federal Conciliation Service
Ezra) van Horn
Lewis and van Horn
van Horn
Federal Court
American Iron & Steel Institute
Bethlehem Stel
Johnstown
Ralph E. Hough
Boreman Promised Reply On Slush Fund Charge
State Senator Herbert S. Boreman pledged to send a full reply to a charge that state purchases were paid for twice. Purchasing Director Carl Riggs demanded the answer by a set deadline, while Boreman noted he had just seen the letter amid a campaign tour and would respond fully. Riggs urged disclosure to the administration or Kanawha County prosecutor.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Herbert S. Boreman
R-Wood
Carl Riggs
Charleston
Boreman
Statehouse
Riggs
Southern
West Virginia
Rigas
Kanawha County
Poison Gas Report Denounced as Nonsense
London dispatch says Moscow radio quoted Free Greece alleging Greek government troops use poison gas against guerrillas. In Washington a Defense Department staffer called the Moscow report nonsense.
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London
Moscow Radio
Free Greece” Radio Today
Washington
Forrestal
Moscow
Famed Cherry Trees Ready To Bloom
Washington reports the famous cherry trees will be in full bloom for Easter, announced by Arthur B. Demaray, associate director of the national park service. Officials said preparations are underway to mark the occasion.
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Washington
Arthur B. Demaray
National Park Service
Greeks Win Advances Against Rebel Forces
Athens reports a smashing victory by Greek troops against guerrillas in Mount Olympus and Mount Pierria. Casualties exceed 1,000 guerrillas to 166 for national forces. large supplies seized. Rebels hunted by air and ground units. remnants trapped in Meesee mountain area.
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Athens
George Stratos
Mount Olympus
Mount Pierria
Tratos
Mee See Mountain
Yugoslavia Open to Gorizia Swap in Trieste Plan
Belgrade March 22 AP Foreign minister Stanoje Simic said Yugoslavia would consider giving Trieste to Italy in exchange for Gorizia and would consult with Italy under Tito-Togliatti talks. Yugoslavia protested the three power plan to return Trieste but did not commit to acceptance or rejection.
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Belgrade
Stanoje Simic
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Italy
Gorizia
United States
Britain
France
Adriatic
Marshal Tito
Simic
Palomiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Tito
Gorizi
Alcide de Gasperi
United Nations
Yfa
Russia
U. N. Security Council
Europe
Cavendish Cannon
Simie
Pravda Blasts Truman Address
Pravda denounces President Truman's congressional speech as panic policy and war hysteria aimed at diverting attention from domestic woes. The Soviet paper blames Allied tensions on US aims and accuses Washington of alarmist moods and anti Soviet bias.
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Moscow
Pravda
Truman
Congress
Communist Party
Soviet Union
M. Marinin
Brinstone
American State Department
Europe
Finland
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