Senators Propose 1951 Excess Profits Levy Start
The Senate Finance Committee rejected an immediate excess profits levy but asked staff to draft a 1951 measure. A five billion dollar stop gap tax would fund Korea war costs and defense. Planning covers taxes on corporations individuals and partnerships plus a possible general sales tax and transaction levies.
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Washington
INS
Senate Finance Committee
Congressional
Colin F. Stam
Stam
Thein
Siam
Pageant officials summon meeting for annual Pigskin Parade
The announcement by Marshal Al Carey set a meeting for today at 1 p.m. to assign over fifty parade participants to march spots. New entries include two fire-fighting equipment pieces from the South Charleston Fire Department. The 1908 steamer model and a 1958 fire engine will contrast with the display. North-South Band Director Robert G. Williams noted Charleston High School band involvement.
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Lee Street
al Carey
South
Robert G. Williams
Charleston High School
Bonham Sets Meeting for Pigskin Pageant Lighting Crew
Bonham calls a meeting of the lighting committee for the third annual Pigskin Pageant to select spotlight personnel. Tonight at 7 p.m. at the City Garage 1600 Penn Avenue the listed staffers are urged to attend, with newcomer introductions and Garnet High School parade hopes noted by Mrs Layne.
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John Barnes
Clendenin Aggregation
Garnet High School
Mountaineer
Layne
Garnet
Asiatic Naturalization Bill Approved and Blocked
Congress approved a bill allowing Asiatics to become naturalized citizens who entered legally but sending the measure to the White House was blocked by Senate Democratic Leader Lucas who may seek reconsideration. Earlier both houses approved Japanese Koreans and other Asiatics as citizens.
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Washington
Congress
United States
White House
Senate
Lucas
House
Inside Today Amusements and Editorials Overview
A fragmented page summary lists sections on Amusements Editorials Columns Society and Stocks with stray words and numbers. Names and topics are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate variety of lifestyle and financial items on the page.
Curbs Threat Hoovers Warns on Inflation Controls
Washington August 14 Herbert Hoover told Congress there is much danger in rationing and price controls at this time and that credit curbs a tax increase and a ban on hoarding will combat inflation effectively. He praised allocations for critical materials while opposing broad price-wage controls.
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Herbert Hoover
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GOP
Taft
Ohio
Hoover
Truman
House
Tait
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Maytank
D-5.c
Wherry
Neb
U S Readies Food Controls Stand By Dole Plan
A U S Agriculture Department official said a stand by program is being drafted to allocate food if shortages occur. Planning focuses on priorities and allocations using current staff for production and marketing. President Truman and Brannan say stocks are ample for wartime needs, but readiness is emphasized.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
Truman
Agriculture
Brannan
Hurricane sighted north of Puerto Rico heads toward Florida
The first hurricane of the 1930 season lashed the Atlantic tonight north of Puerto Rico. The Miami Weather Bureau placed the storm center roughly 900 miles southeast of Miami at 5 p.m. EST moving northwest at about 10 mph. It sit at latitude 24.2 N and longitude 66.5.
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Miami
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Fifth Accident Victim Is Dead
The death of Orvie Bog gess in a Charleston hospital yesterday raised to five the number of persons killed in Kanawha County auto accidents since Thursday. Two infants at Fairmont pushed the statewide weekend toll to 12. The two-year-olds Stanley Lapinski and George Fletcher Jr died after injuries from a driveway mishap. Other victims include Iva Thurston 63 of Charleston and Donald Monroe Terry 17 of Ma toilca in Mer cer County. Dewey A. Coleman 49 of near Mohave killed in McDowell County.
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Orvie Herman Boggess
Charleston
Kanawha
Boggess
Fairmont
Heath
Stanley Lapinski
Rachel
George Fletcher, Jr
Mannington
Butch Williamson Flies to New York as Derby Champ Guest
Charleston West Virginia youth Butch Williamson, 15, All-American Soap Box Derby champion, arrived in New York as Firestone guests. He flew from Akron to tour LaGuardia Field, rode in a Lockheed, and piloted briefly at 9,000 feet. The trip followed Sunday's derby victory and a $3,000 college scholarship. He appeared on the Voice of Firestone show on NBC with his parents, Dan Williamson, A McGinness, Ann Firestone, and H S Richards.
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Eddie Rowan
the Gazette
New York
Boydom
Harely
Butch
Williamson
Charleston
W.va
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Firestone
Manhattan
LaGuardia Field
Voices
NBC
Eugene Barlow
Reds Cross Naktong at Center in Korean War Dawn Assault
Tokyo Aug 15 reports 1 008 Chinese troops crossed the Naktong River near Taegu as part of a massed 60 000 man drive on the American base. The new crossing south of Taksong lies 14 air miles southwest of Taegu near the junction of the First Cavalry and 24th Division sectors. American forces, aided by air power, repelled the attack while advancing to wipe out the bridgehead, marking the fifth anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
Taegu
Taksong
Taesu
SA. S. First Cavalry
24Th Division
Changnrong
Dem
Naktong
Koaress
Japan
India urges plan to break Malik grip at U N
In Lake Success on August 14 India moved under Pandit Nehru to counter the Soviet blockade by proposing a drafting committee for a future free and unified Korea. Sir Benegal Rau told the Security Council that non permanent members would serve as a consultative drafting group ready to hear peace proposals. France backed India, criticizing Russia for a Jekyll and Hyde posture aimed at splitting the Council from the United States. Rau noted the council would only act after North Korea respects UN edicts and halts hostilities.
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U.N. Commission
Korea
Lake Success
India
Pandit Nehru
U. N Security Council
Sir Benegal
Jacob Malik
Security Council
Horea
France
Russia
U. N
United States
U.N
Pope Pius Seeks Dogma on Virgin Mary's Assumption
Vatican announces a secret consistory for October 30 to proclaim bodily the Virgin Mary's assumption as Catholic dogma. The move, tied to the 1950 Holy Year and the Marian Congress in Rome, follows decades of debate and widespread lay support among cardinals bishops and millions of Catholics.
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Vatican City
Pius
Becel
L'Osservatore Romano
Rome
Benedict XIV
Isabella II
Spain
Vatican
Baldwin Machinery Co enters Pigs Pageant float
The North-South Game Inc announces Baldwin Machinery Co Inc as the float entry in the third annual Pigs Pageant set for the night of August 17 on the eve of the North-South Football Game. Both events are sponsored locally by The Gazette.
U S Moves To Jail 11 Red Chiefs
U S Atty Irving Saypol labeled 13 top American Communist leaders a greater danger now than since their conviction and opened proceedings to imprison them. Eleven convicted leaders plus Eugene Dennis face show cause hearings. Dennis remains jailed for contempt. The group was convicted after a marathon 11 month trial before Judge Harold Medina. Foster not tried due to heart condition.
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IINS
U. S
Congress
Saypol
Dennis
Robert Thompson
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Benjamin J. Davis. Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winterns
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Communist Party
Harold Medina
William Z. Foster
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Southern District of
Rail Unions Seek Truman Intervention In Rail Strike
Union leaders from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors prepared to urge President Truman to take over command of the strike-threatened railroads. They planned a White House meeting at 7 30 p m EST after week-long talks collapsed. The dispute centers on a 40 hour week for about 300 000 workers plus pay for yard service currently at 48 hours. The unions first asked for presidential action on August 4 and have been prepared to strike since July 15 under the Railway Act.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen
W. P. Kennedy
Hughes
Order of Railway Conductors
White House
Mr. Truman
U S Seeks Stronger Allied Arms Boosts for Europe
The United States plans to urge Atlantic Pact partners to raise defense programs, arguing current European plans lag the scale and speed of U S rearmament. Officials say European efforts rely too much on American aid and were drafted quickly in response to an urgent appeal. Secretary Acheson deputy Spofford will push European governments to increase their contributions as talks proceed.
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Washington
United States
America
U. S
Europe
U.S
Charles
W. Spofford
Acheson
North Atlantic Council
London
Ang
North Atlantic
War Policy Clash Over Unity in Senate Foreign Relations
U S bipartisan foreign policy splits as Democrats and Republicans clash in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. McMahon and Connally accuse the minority of vote grabbing while blaming Truman for 1945 policy toward Russia. Democrats reply Republicans push ill advised steps amid Soviet diplomacy. Page 12 column six.
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U. S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
McMahon
Sen
Boy Sens
Wiley
Wis
Smith
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
City Becomes Picnic As Ants Take Wing
Millions of six legged picnicers swarmed into Charleston night landing on police sergeant Carl Davis and invading poolrooms hotels and offices. Entomologist F Waldo Craig says the ants arose from valley anthills and winged toward lights and swarms may recur periodically.
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Charlesio St
Carl Davis
Restau
F. Waldo Craig
Craig
House Moves to Restore Slash in Postal Services
GREEN BAY WIS Aug 14 Rep John Walsh seeks to restore postal service cuts by bringing a measure to the House floor with a three state police alarm delaying progress Walsh was located by Associated Press at his hotel and agreed to appear on a radio program tomorrow night if the Rules Committee relents and allows the bill to be considered He warned the delay if Walsh is not present could push the bill back to Washington and postpone action to tomorrow night or beyond
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Green Bay
Wis
John Walsh
Washington
Isial
Walsh
Associated Press
Tomor Walsh
Pious
British Attack Schuman Plan in European Assembly
In Strasbourg on August 4 British Labor and Conservative members united to attack the Schuman Plan to pool Europe’s coal and steel. German delegates clashed with British peers as Greek premier Tsaldaris urged immediate talks for a unified European army led by Assembly President Svaak.
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Strasbourg
France
Europe
N Consultative Assembly
Schuman
Jia
Schulman
Bouter
Constantin Tsaldarie
Four Die as B-29 Crashes Near Carswell Air Base
A crippled B-29 from Barksdale crashed five miles north of Carswell AFB, killing four crewmen and injuring eight. The bomber, a photo ship from the 91st Bomb Group, circled the field with one gear down before sliding and burning in a tree-lined field. Witnesses reported fuel explosions as the plane slid and disintegrated.
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Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Trapparent
Carswell
I Vs
A. L. Cronk
Lake Worth Village
Carswell Base
Robert W. Bail
Forth Worth
91St
Mist Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Second Air Force
Barksdale
Doolittle Predicts Red Invasion Move
Former U S general James H Doolittle warned in Bombay that a Communist invasion may strike Middle East oil regions. He predicted a destabilized Korea could trigger a broader cold war clash between the United States and the Soviet Union, envisioning World War III with atom bombs and widespread casualties.
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Bombay
India
James H. Doolittle
Middle East
Doolittle
Tokyo
Korea
United States
Russia
Rus
Fire Aboard Steamship Near Tadoussac
Passengers and crew describe a blaze that started offshore near Tadoussac and spread toward the harbor. As the ship listed, passengers moved to the forward part of the vessel and were escorted ashore by Tadoussac fire crews and water from hydrants.
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Tadou
Senvers
Thig
Saguenay River
Tadoussac
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