Truman Aides Urge U S Keep High Tax Rates
President Truman's top economic advisers urged maintaining high federal taxes to fund long term European aid, advocate a partial return to wartime inflation controls, and support the Marshall plan while reducing the national debt. They warned inflation is already rising and urged targeted price and credit measures to prevent economic collapse.
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Truman
U.S
Washington
Civneera
Europe
Alen
United States
Economic Council
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Bridgeport Weather Summary for Sunday Principal Outlook
Bridgeport and vicinity sees sunny skies with higher afternoon temperatures. Monday will be fair and warmer. The almanac notes time data and tides, with a barometer reading around 8.34 and yesterday's precipitation listed for the period.
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Bridgeport
Grain Saving Program Launched by Brewers
Washington reports that about 450 brewers launched a three month program to reduce grain rations in the feed Europe campaign, aiming to save 1,000,000 bushels per month under the United States Brewers foundation and the Small Brewers committee. A court withdrawal ends the threat to shut the liquor industry, lifting a 60 day holiday for Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc in Bardstown Kentucky.
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Washington
United States Brewers Foundation
The
Small Brewers Committee
Charlies Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Kentucky
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc
Bardatown
Britain opposes Holy Land plan in Palestine mandate debate
Britain objected to the U S proposal that London continue to preserve law and order in Palestine until July when Arab and Jewish states would become independent. The objection came in a UN Palestine sub committee session and does not equal rejection of the partition plan. Cabinet decision expected next week.
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U. S
Britain
Man O War Dies At Faraway Farm In Lexington
Man O War, America’s premier thoroughbred stallion, died of a heart attack this afternoon at Faraway Farm. The 30 year old horse, nicknamed Pops by the stable staff, had been in good health since last summer and had retired May 23 to a quiet life.
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Lexington
America
Samuel D. Riddle
Philadelphia
Near Riot Marks Hollywood Protests in Independence Hall Rally
A Philadelphia rally in Independence Square drew about 2,000 people protesting the House committee on un American activities Hollywood probe. Police quelled disturbances as speakers including six cited for contempt of Congress failed to appear. A PCA statement urged abolition of the investigation and supporters urged free speech.
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Philadelphia
House Committee On un-American Activities
Hollywood
Independence Hall
Russia
Progressive Citizens of America
PCA
Independence Square
Placid Square
Washington
House Committee
Congress
Hollywood Group
Aix
Alvah Bessle
Samuel Ornitz
John Howard Lawson
Albert Maltz
Ring Lardner, Jr
Herbert Biberman
Joseph Myerson
Eastern Pennsylvania
BHA tenants warned on television use
Harold C. Poole executive director of the Bridgeport Housing Authority warned tenants that rising electricity consumption from televisions could force removal of sets. He noted the authority has only budgeted a limited amount for utility payments.
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Harold C. Poole
Bridgeport Housing Authority
Poole
BHA
Policeman Turna in Badge Political Pendulum
A Sunday Post section item outlines political shifts involving Policeman Turna. The piece notes a badge related symbol in the ongoing party balance while naming key figures such as Sergeant Wakte and Aurelia in homecoming and civic roles. Vets’ father funds a statue honor.
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Turna
Wakte
Qgrassa Aurelia
Marshall weighs China aid action in U.S. report
Secretary of State Marshall considers fast, limited aid to strengthen Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese central government as urged by officials amid urgency to prevent disaster in China. Decision may come before a London meeting on the German peace treaty.
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Washington
Marshall
London
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Truman
United States
Credit buying ends as controls lapse in New York
New York reports a rush among merchants to ease installment terms after the end at midnight of voluntary credit curbs. Retailers and credit executives pledge sound practices yet anticipate more lenient terms under pressure. Government, bankers and retailers had urged continued restraint, while Regulation W faced sharp criticism.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Dog Pack Owner Arrested After Pack Menaces Neighbors
Police arrested Michael Selmert, 39, on a vagrancy charge after neighbors complained a pack of eight dogs at his William Street dump roamed near Boston avenues. A large collie was shot by a dog warden two hours later. Detectives and officers recovered Selmert as his dogs growled. He was held on $50 bonds.
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William Street
Boston Avenues
Michael Selmert
Norman Hair
Selmert
Vincent McKelvey
Herbert Perkins
Albert Blair
McKelvey
McLevy Favored To Win Eighth Term In Election Tuesday
In a landslide for local governance, McLevy appears set to secure a eighth term as mayor amid a broader British municipal election. The Conservative party claimed sweeping gains across 392 cities and towns, dramatically reducing Labour representation and reshaping council majorities nationwide. Independent candidates and local groups also secured seats as the ballot concluded late at night.
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McLevy
London
Tabor Party
Ocity
Churchill
House of Commons
Labor
Birmingham
Attlee Party
Rugby
Lincoln
Reading
Rochester
Wemley
Conservative Party
Common Council
Martin J. Flanagan
Elate
A. Edward Sandale
Max Frankel
William
Aylmer
John J. Durkin
Gerald J. Murphy
Douglas Binns
Sage Republicane
Democrate
Henry F. Hansel
Progressive Party
New Meatless Burger Aims to Mimic Beef Qualities
In Fayetteville Arkansas on November 1 the University of Arkansas announced a low cost burger like meatless dairy product with a lean beef protein content. The item uses dried milk products yeast and other ingredients not disclosed and contains no meat or eggs. President Dr Lewis Webster Jones credited Dr Barnett Sure a nutritional chemist and vitamin E discoverer with its development.
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Fayetteville
Ark
University of Arkansas
Lewis Webster Jones
Barnett Sure
College of Agriculture
Community Chest Sunday Urges Bridgeport Stratford Giving
Churches mark Chest Sunday in Bridgeport and Stratford with a message from Most Rev Henry J. O'Brien Bishop of Hartford. The Catholic drive emphasizes increased giving to fund 26 Red Feather services and aid the poor sick and needy.
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Bridgeport
Stratford
Henry J. O'Brien
Hartford
Church Cooperation Committee For the
James F. Murphy
Harry Nelson
William H. Alderson
O’brien
Bridgeport- Stratford
Community Chest asks for flexible donations for 1948 fund drive
The message clarifies that donations can be paid in installments throughout the year and that individuals should decide their own giving amount. To support 26 agencies of the Community Chest for 1948, a suggestion proposes hourly wage earners contribute three tenths of one percent of their pay, roughly six hours per year.
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Community Chest
Rival nominees to finish drive tomorrow night
The city election nears as Mayor McLevy backs a sociallet bid for an eighth term with Salvatore J. Fazio and James J. Whelan pressing for mayor. Turnout is expected light with about 71,000 eligible voters and leaders predicting around 40,000 showing up across 19 precincts.
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McLevy
City Hall
Salvatore J. Fazio
James J. Whelan
Gerald A. Fitzgerald
United Citizens Party
New Haven
Alfred E. Tong
Fazio
WNAB
Mr. Whelan
South End
Menning, Maxwell and Moore
Bullard
Black Rock
WICC
Registrar of Voters
McLavy
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Leon Keyserling
John D Clark
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Hiah
Claea
Man
Sunday Post
the Cove
Warner Veterans
Maine
Elizabeth
Circuit Rider of Today
Parade of Progress
Junior Post
Schulze
Esther Williams
Thomas Stolcker
Harding High School
Thomas
Yugoslavia
N. Y. Times
Belgrade
Wooman
Marshall Tito
Arthur
Brandel
New York Times
United Press
Mary Lester
Brandeis
Tam
Ministry of the Interior
U. SS
Cavendish Cannon
Cannon
Vladimir Velebit
Velebit
Velebli
Atlee
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Morgan Phillips
Labor Party
H. C. Bishop
H. D. Bishop
Whelan
William J. Walsh
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