House Tax Vote Shows Iowa Legislature's Resolve
The Iowa House backed keeping the 50 percent income tax rate for one year for 1947 on 1946 incomes, with the Senate's approval bringing the final tally to 93 to 15. If no action occurs, the 100 percent rate would auto revert for 1947 taxes due March 31, 1948, signaling a stance that Iowa must fund basic needs like schools and state institutions.
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Iowa
House
Senate
Carr Ue
Uke
President Truman criticized for heavy use of and in state papers
A Post-Dispatch column mocks President Truman for overuse of double barred phrases in his state papers. It cites examples like policies and acts and establishment and maintenance as examples of ponderous multiword expressions.
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ST Louis Post-Dispatch
Truman
Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Babe Carnera’s Contempt Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court refused to review the contempt of court conviction of Des Moines night club operator Alphonse Babe Carnera Bisignano. He faces six months in jail after Municipal Judge Grund found him assaulting the judge. For years his club thrived serving food and liquor-by-the-drink despite Iowa’s illegal liquor laws, with lawmen turning a blind eye as public sentiment softened. The court’s decision ends his bid to challenge the sentence.
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United States Supreme Court
Alphonse
Babe Carnera
Bisignano
Des Moines
Grund
Babe
Iowa
Supreme Court
Honest Criminals Are Found Only in Writers Imaginations
Malcolm Bingay argues that honest criminals are a literary conceit. A reporter recalls a government agent who boasted of underworld tips yet admitted he trusted no one. The piece contends crooks view life from their own angle and only seek leverage, not loyalty.
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Underworld
Ol’ Joe
Ife
Delaney Echoes on Thought and Speech
An aphoristic note by Delaney warns against revealing hidden thoughts while urging care with spoken words, emphasizing inner privacy and measured speech. The brief line reflects a reflective voice about discretion and self-control.
Bugged Vision of GOP Bureaucracy and Odd Metaphors
The piece critiques Republicans promising to end bureaucracy while describing government as a triply-faulted system. It mocks convalescence before relapse and likens bureaucracy to tall trees in distant capitals. It notes skepticism toward unhorsing a bronze hero and hints at price of political experiments.
Eisler Case Sparks Call for Full Facts and Names
George E. Sokolski urges a full inquiry into Gerhardt Eisler as Congress questions his U S stay, travel, and permits. He cites Dies committee data from 1938 and asks who admitted Eisler, who issued passports, and who placed similar Americans in risky positions. He warns that Gouzenko's tale heightens patriotic fears.
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New York
Gerhardt Eisler
Congress of the United States
Eisler
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Dies Committee
Ranh Ween
le Udi
Germany
Igor Gouzenko
Sorkolsky
Allain Nunn May
Gouzenko
Who Is Responsible for Dr Mays and Atomic Leaks
The 1945 reminiscence recounts Soviet espionage near the atomic program, naming Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer, and outlining leaks traced to Bernard Baruch and David Lilienthal. It questions why Americans have not hunted traitors and parallels Gouzenko’s Canada with U.S. secrecy.
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Leslie R. Groves
Oppenheimer
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Chicago University
Chicago
Illinois
Hanford
Washington
Bernard Baruch
David Lilienthal
State Department
Dr. Mays
Gouzenko
Moscow
Dana Wilgress
Russia
Mackenzie King
Zabotin
Kathleen Willsher
Fred Rose
House of Commons
United States
Canada
Bidault Poised to Sustain France’s Return to Power
French foreign minister George Bidault, a Resistance veteran and head of the MRP, seeks to keep Quai dOrsay control amid coalition Cabinets. He favors pragmatic compromises with the Left to preserve France’s postwar influence and his own tenure.
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France
Bidault
Pacis
Marshall
Moscow
Foreign Ministers Council
George Bidault
Gen. Marshall
Tehran
Yatta
Potsdam
Foreign Office
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Aggregee D’universite
Marshal Petain
Paris
Quai d'Orsay
Change for Better in Truman Pee Cenore to the White House
Marquis Childs notes a transformation in President Truman over three months, with a harmonized White House and a clarified chain of command. The article discusses Hannegan's role, Marshall replacing Byrnes, and Truman's rising popularity trends from 1945 to 1947 as the Democrats prepare for 1948.
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Pee Cenore
White House
Robert Hannegan
New York
Hannegan
Truman
Gallup
William A. Lydgate
Roosevelt
Barefooting in Winter Proves Harmless, Doctor Declares
Dr. William Brady’s health column defends barefoot exposure for children, arguing cold and wet do not cause illness beyond frostbite. Readers share anecdotes, questions on aspirin, humidity, and mumps impacts, with Brady attributing immunity to specific diseases and challenging rival theories.
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M. H
William Brady
Obvious Answer to the Problem of Succession
Article argues for a constitutional path to presidential succession via the House and a temporary acting president. Proposes using the president pro tempore of the Senate to hold office until the House elects a president, aligning with parliamentary principles and public will.
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David Lawrence
White House
House of Representatives
House
Rutherford Hayes
Senate
United States
Congress
Reason Enough: Yukon Temps Drop in Barroom Tragedy
Detroit News reports Yukon temperatures dipping to 83 below zero while noting the shooting of Dan McGrew. Authorities suggest a missing barroom door as a possible factor in the incident.
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Detroit
Yukon
Dan McGrew
Just Have To Guess line on ship’s side marks load limit
The note compares a ship’s safety loading mark to uncertainty about the American’s vodka intake in Moscow, implying risk and limits in both contexts. It sketches a contrast between measurable cargo limits and unknown personal behavior abroad.
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Omaha World-Herald
Moscow
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