Snyder Urges Four Billion Tax Boost Amid Opposition
Secretary of the Treasury urges a 4 billion tax hike to balance the budget and reduce the federal debt of 252.5 billion, despite congressional and business opposition. He claims the economy remains sound, with price dips part of rebuilding. Senate critics warn of overreach as Taft and Wolcott voice disapproval of peacetime controls and broader economic planning.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Ieee
Federal Bar Assoc
Senate, Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol Hill
Congress
Taft
Sen
J.ohio
Senate
GOP
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
First Money Bill Passed by House
Washington February 16 17 aggressive partisan clash as the Democratic controlled House approves the first big money bill for 471 895107 to fund 35 federal agencies through June 30. GOP protests say it promotes socialism and blocks a Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant at New Johnsonville. House votes 367 to 19 to send the bill to the Senate after cutting amendments and adding over 35 million to the total.
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Washington
House
Senate
GOP
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Bob! Congress
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Clean Air Bill Rewritten After Public Suggestions
A rewritten air pollution control bill, shaped by Tuesday night's public hearing, has been forwarded to the House and Senate judiciary committees. Major changes narrow offenses by place and time, specify director qualifications, and require cooperation with industry, reflecting continued industry concerns and calls for study before passage.
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House
Senate
Judiciary Committees
Willam M. Woodroe
Queneuazs Woodroe
Associaion For
West T
Indusiter
Mark Wiseman
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Woodroe
Kanawha Valley
Asnoid Vickers
of Changir, Inc
Page & Col
Witcomes
Floods menace west as snowslides stranding rail lines
Snow and wind cripple Washington and Idaho as melting runoff swells streams and flood stage nears the Willamette. Cascades see avalanches and snowslides blocking three rail lines and major passes. Across the divide crews labor in frigid temps to reopen roads amid new snow and rain forecasts.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Washington
Idaho
Cascades
Washintion Range
Gregson
Willamette River
Continental Divide
South
Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Omaha
Lewis A. Pick
Bulgaria Opens Church Leaders' Trial Feb. 25
Sofia officials say fifteen Protestant ministers and officials from the United Evangelical church will face trial in a Sofia district court. Charged with treason espionage and black market money dealings, the arrests were announced Friday.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
United Evangelical Church
Senate Adopts Alcoholic Bill in Lengthy Session
A Senate debate over a bill to treat and rehabilitate alcoholics and a calendar procedure exchange dominated a long session. Sen. Stemple opposed the bills as passage 26-5 and 21-9. the measures were sent to the House. Majority Leader Bean argued the bill recognizes alcoholism as a major problem and would reuse mental hospital space for alcoholics. The calendar resolution, effective Feb. 21, passed with a two-thirds rule. The House later tabled a Senate bill expanding public utility right of way and defeated a treasure measure.
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Senate
Stemple
Barbour
House
Bean
D-Hardy
Sen
Eddy
Monongalia
Martinsburg Visit Planned by 13 Member Committee
A 13 member joint Legislative committee outlined plans for a Martinsburg visit and an inspection of Newton D. Baker hospital. They seek acquIsition of the Veterans Administration facility to relieve overcrowding in state mental hospitals. The trip includes a West Virginia National Guard transport flight at 8:20 a.m. with a 9:20 a.m. hospital tour and 2:30 p.m. return.
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Martinsburg
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Veterans Administration
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and Humane Institutions
House
Hiram ‘Phillips
D.minko
Humane Institutions Committee
Pany
West Virginia National Guard
Liumcheon
Nelson Clark
Martinsburg Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Sens
Taylor
Minzo
D.fayette
Winters
Legalized Dog Racing Proposed by Delegates
Delegates advance a measure legalizing dog racing with a $250 daily license tax to the general fund and a $700 annual wholesale dealer license. Pari-mutuel betting would be allowed with a 4 percent tax. four percent of revenue would fund municipalities.
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State General Fund
West Virginia
Dels. Roach
D-Hancock
J Sekupbach
D.wetzel
Br . J. Dosley
Ohio
Ballard
Monroe
Toseleigh
Doringer
D.marion
Envoys Offer Pope Sympathy Over Mindszenty Trial
Diplomats from 33 nations presented Pope Pius XII with a message calling the treason trial of Cardinal Mindszenty an assault on religious liberty and personal rights. The Pope thanked them, saying the audience reflected the conscience against oppression and that it was not a verdict on nations under communist regimes.
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Vatican
Pius
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Apostolic Palace
Lebanon
Egypt
Tanique
U S Orders Halt To Soviet Mission
In Frankfurt Germany February 16 the U S Army ordered a Soviet repatriation mission out of the American zone by March 1. General Clay said voluntary Soviet citizen repatriation has virtually ceased and the accredited mission will not operate after March 1. The move follows disaccreditation of four officers and four soldiers by Lucius D. Clay and reflects Moscow Washington talks on the withdrawal.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Vassily TD. Sokolovsky
Moscow
Washingaen
Lucius D. Clar
U. A l
Russia
Clay
Satee
Union Walks Out Of Transit Talks In Philadelphia
Michael J. Quill, president of the CIO Transport Workers union, said negotiations in the Philadelphia transit strike have broken off after meetings with mediators and management. He accused the transportation control of bad faith and announced the union will continue the strike indefinitely, claiming a fare increase is being forced on the public.
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Union
Philadelphia
Michael J. Quill
Cio-Transport Workers Union
R . Quill
Transport Union
Philadelphia ‘Transportation
Royall Denies U S Would Not Defend Japan
Army Secretary Royall rejected an Australian dispatch claiming the United States would not defend Japan in war. He said the report misquoted him and affirmed U S commitments amid rising tensions between Nippon and Allied powers.
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Washington
INS
Royall
United States
Japan
Nations Agree Upon Defense Pact Unified Western Alliance
Secretary of State Acheson announced that Western Europe, the United States, and congressional leaders agree on Atlantic Security pact aims. He said there are no real differences among factions on objectives, stressing joint deterrence against any attack and referencing President Truman’s inaugural address.
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Washington
State Acheson
Western Europe
United States
Atiok
EU Uuenpuscane
Acheson
Senate
Royall denies Japanese withdrawal plan at Washington news conference
At a Washington briefing Royall rejected leaving Japan and said no changes were planned. An Australian correspondent quoted him as off the record, while U.S. officials led by Dean Acheson denied any policy to abandon Japan amid hostilities. Tokyo reporters and Royall’s exchange drew attention to press access and the conduct of the conference.
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Washington
Royall
Japan
Denis Warner
U.S
Tokyo
Ciarnet
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
Douglas MacArthur
International News Service
The
U. S
Associated Press
United Press
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
Christian Science Monitor
Howard Handleman
ENS
Warner Handleman
A. Cal
Tokio
Axis Sally trial nears end as government rests case
The United States rests its treason case against Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally. Prosecutor Kelley argues through final witnesses that American POWs refused to record for Nazi broadcasts at Salatag 2-B in 1944. Two more former soldiers testified about the refusals and a 1944 capture in North Africa was noted.
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Washington
Lodas
John M. Kelley, Jr
Kelley
Mildred E Gillars
Eugenes. McCarthy
Chicago
James P. Caparell
Middle Village
Queens
New York
Miss Gillers
Satalag 2-B
American Doolittle Crew Pilot Recalls Russia Prisoner Life
Lt Col Robert G Emmons, one of the last surviving Doolittle raid airmen, recounts in detail his 13 months in the USSR as a “guest of the Kremlin.” He describes political prisoners, harsh conditions, and the Russians’ grim resilience while he and four others were interned near Vladivostok after bailing out. He notes the US sought to keep them interned to avert Jap risk.
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U.S
Emmons
Romania
Milton Kaplan i
Washington
Air
Russia
Tokyo
Helmens
Ussr
Sta- Kremlin
Emmens
Josef Stalin
Mos
Robert G
Emmens B
Eximens
Harbers
Red Army
China
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
United States
Seomens
Scientists Study Rocket Power for Space Ships
Government scientists reveal research into rocket propulsion to power space ships at extreme speeds. Curtiss-Wright chart shows a long range stage and fuels needed amid feasibility questions. Officials say realisation is distant, with enormous size and cost as major obstacles.
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Washington
Curtiss-Wright
Te Corp
Defense
Forrestal
Earth
Welready
Ulihat
No Jurors Drawn From 6 Districts
New York Feb 16 government witness testified that no federal jurors were drawn from six Harlem and lower East Side assembly districts during 1957 and 1958 while 7225 jury notices were sent to names from three other districts in Manhattan's Silk Stocking area. The testimony challenges defense claims of jury rigging in favor of the rich and minority groups. The case involves 11 members of the Communist party national committee, charged with conspiring to advocate overthrow of the U S government. Judge Harold R. Beale presided.
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New York
U.S
Harlem
Lower East Side
Manhattan
Joseph F. McKenzie
Communist Party
National Committee
U. S
McKenzie
Harold R Bie
Secret spy trial opened in Munich with secrecy ordered
In Munich on February 14 a U S military commission opened a spy trial under heavy secrecy. Gen Lucius D Clay, the U S military governor in Germany, said he might order an open trial if the secrecy isn t shown to be necessary for U S security. The sole defendant, unnamed, was handcuffed and kept in a guarded room, with verdicts to be kept secret and possibly death penalties.
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Munich
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Clay
Frankfurt
United States
Washington
Hoyall
Mpt
Dacksu
Prapapandi Clay
John L McKee
Military Commission
U.S
Chaim Weizmann Elected President of Israel
Dr. Chaim Weizmann was elected president of Israel at a stormy session of the constituent assembly. He defeated Prof. Joseph Klausner, his sole opponent, amid support from the General Zionist Party and other groups. Klausner was backed by the Herut party led by Menachim Bevin.
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Jerusalem
NSI
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Weizmann
Joseph Klausner
Hebrew University
Klausner
Herut Party
Menachim Bevin
Irrun Zyat Leumi
Dr. Weinmann
Zionist Movement
General Zionist Party
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William Green
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John L. Lewis
Rock of Gibraltar
Taft-Hartley
National Labor Relations Board
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Nippon
Atlantic Pact
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