Muddle on excess profits tax dominates talk in Congress
Shattman of the Ways and Means Committee signals action on tax reduction. Reed predicts June 30 end to the excess profits tax, urging individual relief. Taft cites budget balancing and a possible six month extension. Reed’s plan seeks to end the tax by June while Parsons’ rates rise, with GOP steering to delay action in the Rules Committee.
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Shattman
House
Ways Aid Means Committee
Reed
Eisenhower
Senate
Taft
Congress
Sen
House Rules Committee
Excess profits tax debates split Republican stance in 1953
The piece reviews the 1950 excess profits tax for corporations, its expiration date debates set by Senate and House, and differing views among Republicans. It notes the tax’s retroactive start July 1, 1950, a peak rate of 95 percent in 1948, later reductions, and current revenue around 2.5 billion yearly. It cites Senate Finance Chair George and voices from O'Mahoney and Connally, with Secretary Vinson calling the WWII tax unreliable.
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Senate House
Congress
House
Senate
Sem George
Finance Committee
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Sen. Connally
Tex
Vinson
Wattsburg Girl Wins State Cherry Pie Baking Title
Jennie Comp, a Perry County high school junior from Green Park Union High School, has been crowned Pennsylvania Cherry Pie Baking Champion. She will represent the state at the National Cherry Pie Baking Contest in Chicago this week, succeeding Mrs. Leah Wilmer of Carlisle who won the state title last year.
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Peny County
Jennie Comp
Green Park Union High School
Perry County
Comp
Ghicaga
Leah Wilmer
Carlisle R. D
Camp
Ruby Wilkinson
Wattsburg
Ere County
Ex-Corry Resident Heads Nation Fuel Gas Dies
Former president of the Nations Fuel Gas Company and oil and gas figure J. Judge, long resident of Oil City, died at 2 30 p m Saturday at 46 Glenwood Road Upper Montclair New Jersey after a cerebral hemorrhage last Tuesday Born in Coury he moved to Oil City with his family and later rose through Standard Oil and the Natural Gas Trust to become president of National Fuel Gas Company Judge pioneered underground natural gas storage and worked on gas mixing to conserve supply His career spanned over five decades.
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Corry
GAS CO
Erry — Willimy J. Judge
the Nations Fuel Gas Company
ON City
Glenwood Road
Upper Montclair
N. J
Stricker
William
Joanna Allen Judge
Coury
Oil City
Ol City
Wilmer Church
Standard Oil Company
Standard OW
Robert 8. Hampton
Judge
Natural Gas Trust
Broadway
New York City
National Fuel Gas Company
Walter Jennings
Ontario
Canada
Baffle
N. C
Rockefeller Plaza
Kiwanis backs city aid for Corry Hospital
Twenty years ago the Kiwanis Club approved city financial aid for Corry Hospital, proposing $500 monthly support for five years, funded by a $1 per capita tax and a $6,000 loan to cover the current emergency and ensure continued operation. Also reported: a chimney fire on a Washington and West Wayne corner two-family home caused about 200 in damages. theft of 20 chickens near Lovell station investigated by state police. St Edward’s School library day added 500 books boosting the library to 1,500 volumes. A A L Wakefield, longtime Corry businessman, died at Wayside Inn near Grove City. liquid air temperature noted at about 190 degrees below zero.
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Corry Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Service Club
Mildred R. Hodge
Washington and
West Wayne Streets
A. A L. Wakefield
Corry
Wayside
Grove City
Decessed
Corry Toy
John M. Sheeley
West Main Street
Questioned text on presidents and geography in a quiz page
A jumbled prompt asks readers to rate memory, track monthly averages, and find answers on a classified page. It lists questions about Franklin D Roosevelt, ancient lighthouse location, Miriam Ferguson, telegraph routes, Shoshone River state, gold weight, Vice President nicknames, presidential parentage, and succession rules, implying a puzzle feature rather than a news item.
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Franklin D. Rooseveltnes
Miriam (Ma) Ferguson
U.S
United States
Cactus Jack
Iris
U. S
Boy burned by flaming gasoline in careless refuel incident
A 46 year old Brit boy James Brandt, Erle, suffered second degree burns to his leg and thigh when he kicked a flaming gasoline can during a stranded motorist’s refuel attempt at St Vincent Hospital. A bystander tore off his burning trousers after the can ignited while a resident used a lighter to illuminate the operation.
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Eri
St Vincent’ Hospital
James Brandt
Erle
Darrell Chipman
Eric
Ares
Ke Cn
Young Brant
Fire hits Bloomfield grocery. theaters saved
A $25,000 blaze swept a Bloomfield supermarket last night and threatened two nearby theaters. No one was hurt as about 800 people watched shows at the Plaga and Metropolitan Theaters. Firefighters contained the flames and prevented further damage to the theaters.
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Pittsburgh
Bloomfield
Noone
Plaga
Blaze at Liberty Avenue shoppers supermarket widely cleared
Fire started in the basement of the shoppers supermarket in the 400 block of Liberty Avenue. Eight families were escorted to safety as responders controlled the blaze and defined a weed as a plant growing in the wrong place.
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Liberty Avenue
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Gaulleinet
Powell
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Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wi- Ham
Tovek
Lovell’s
St. Edward's School
N. Center St
Dial
Cady & Collier General Auto
East South St
Katherine
North Center Street
Willa
Arsenal
Piscovet Ca.Paderasts
F Finance CO
Consumer Discount CO
Personal Consumer Discount Co
Harry Hall
Mele
Stahl
Strina
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