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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1950
Page
4
An editorial from the New York Herald Tribune discusses the hidden taxes embedded in daily spending and income, noting a tax load on a $10,000 house and various items. Tax reform requires public awareness, with Robert B. Bird’s series cited on how much tax burden reaches the ordinary taxpayer.
Economists explain how tax shifting devices transfer burdens across stakeholders, noting that stock duration affects who pays. Hidden taxes may total as much as $700 per family yearly atop direct levies. Federal share rises from 71 cents to 22 percent between 1949 and 1982, raising questions about overlapping jurisdictions and tax burdens, with calls to raise awareness and respond.
A mixed quiz asks ten questions on memory, math and general knowledge. It covers Faye Emerson Mexican divorce, tire inflation, astrology, terms like urephyte, Armed Forces Day, cynophatia, author of The Puristes, baseball team counts in both leagues, federal tax exemptions for the blind or elderly, and alfalfa hay protection for cattle vitamin deficiency.
February 17 1030 items show Mayor Alexander warning emergency self fund will exhaust this month due to heavy demands. Frederick M. Snyder to perform at High School Auditorium February 19 as part of Lyceum course. Mrs Kenneth Haight buys Needlecraft Shop on North Center Street. Newborn at Corry Hospital to Norman and Mrs Parkhurst of Elgin. Bitter cold with 18 below zero reported at J Wy A P Howard Co plan. Ritz Restaurant Union City undergoing remodeling with two big interior programs. Only about one tenth of American holly trees are female and berry-bearing.
Chautauqua County gears its machinery to conduct a comprehensive coal inventory under emergency powers granted by Governor Dewey and the State Legislature. Mayor Stroth announces formation of a coal dealers Emergency Fuel Committee. Stanley M. Orser, district engineer for the State Department of Public Works, expects to start once committees are formed. Priorities include hospitals, aged homes, orphanages, and residential schools, followed by public utilities, food processing, dairies, and farms. The plan aims to regulate coal distribution on a priority basis to ensure essential services and facilities receive fuel first.
Funeral held at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev Francis G Whiteman officiating. Hymn Good Night and Good Morning sung. poem Crossing the Bary read. Bearers Merle Capwell Val Flaherty George Schramling John Lovey George Drobneck Boyd Whitman. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Attendees include D Mackay Rochester N Y Seth Holmes Garland Sam Turner Sherman Frank Jackman R D Clymer Harry Wynn Blanche Bemis and others from Columbus Spring Creek Lottsville Sportansburg and Columbus Grange No 875 members. National Geographic notes mink farms located in shaded spots to protect fur from rusting.
Jamestown February 17 The negotiating committee of UE Local 05 and Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company officials met to resume the 10 day old strike. Federal Conciliator Clarence Lamotte said negotiations would continue daily until a contract is settled. The strike affects more than 600 workers who walked out February 7 after a failed final negotiation. Main issues include a general wage increase a company paid insurance plan and two additional holidays. The U S conciliator was reported Monday to be working to unite union and management again.
A planned strike by 1100 Yellow Cab drivers in Pittsburgh has been postponed one week as the company and the AFL union resume negotiations over working conditions. The wage issue is not at stake, and both sides seek a settlement to avert a walkout.
President Truman assails GOP through a 30 minute national broadcast remarking on civil rights and spending plans. Vice President Barkley and Speaker Rayburn voiced opposition while a contingent of southern senators Byrd Robertson Eastland and Stennis were notably absent.
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