Continued Prosperity Predicted by Dr Edwin Nourse
Dr Edwin Nourse, former chairman of Truman’s Council of Economic Advisers, forecasts 1950 as a year of continued prosperity. He cites sustained government expenditures, robust business spending, and a new economy with steady employment supporting high consumer spending as the main reasons. He adds to take the prediction in stride and stay ahead of taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Nourse
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Parole date dispute raises doubts on clemency record
A Birmingham man claims a different parole date than the time listed by the paroles board, prompting the Daily to urge the board to clarify whether the release was accurate and to publish any corrections or supporting facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Pardon and Paroles Board
Tide Fans Hope Decatur Tackles Face Off
The Daily notes no prior SEC team gathered the tackles from the same high school before Alabama recruited Thompson and Horn from the 1949 Red Raiders. Locals hope one tackles post and the other the second, dreaming of both Tide performers from Decatur.
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Alabama
Thompson
Horn
Red Raiders
Tide
Decatur
Smuggled Burro Invades Truman Key West Retreat
A Mexican burro was smuggled into the temporary White House at Key West and tethered to a shower stall on the restricted beach. The stunt, likely a Missouri mule nod, unsettled Secret Service and Navy guards who must determine how the animal passed security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Key West
President Truman
Secret Service
Navy
Failure To Vote In Montgomery County Elections Draws Critique
A reader letter in the Montgomery Advertiser condemns low turnout in Montgomery County, noting 24 000 registered voters with less than 20 percent voting. The writer argues elections need higher turnout and cites results from the recent vote on nine amendments and Democratic primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Montgomery County
Montgomery Advertiser
Alabama
Montgomery
Akron
Tax dodgers and political ties in Gulf Coast fraud
Drew Pearson outlines income tax fraud schemes tied to political influence. In Mobile, Alabama, Joe Mitchell and Sam Ripps ran Gulf Coast Tobacco Co selling jewelry to Army post exchanges, then evading taxes by two sets of books. They leveraged political friends from Joseph Nunan to Ben Leader, but prosecutors halted the case, sending it to Washington as closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drew Pearson
Mobile
Ala
Joe Mitchell
Inlaw
Sam Ripps
Gulf Coast Tobacco Co
Ripps
Mitchell
Treasury
Mason-Dixon Line
Joseph Nunan
Internal Revenue
Martin Sneaber
Nunan
William Nicholson
Charlotte
N. C
Lamar Caudle
Caudle
Walter Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Ben Leader
U. S
Birmingham
John Hill
Hill
Justice Department
Justice
Ripps and
Prosecutor's Partner Paid in Tax Fraud Probe
The column reports Ben Leader as Hill's former law partner who received a $12,000 fee and defended the case on its merits. It also chronicles Joe Mitchell's repeated run-ins with the law, from a 1923 New York University start to later incidents including falsified expenses, illegal water-tap, rent overcharges, and tire theft during wartime rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Leader
Hill
Joe Mitchell
New York Univer
Mitchell
Internal Revenue
Mobile
Living Well Beyond Mere Existence
The passage urges lifelong learning to live better, avoiding calamity and anxiety. It emphasizes that homes, schools, churches, and agencies must help people move from mere existence to meaningful living by balancing what to obtain with how to use it in total life.
Operation Bootstrap Brings Puerto Rico New Industries
The Puerto Rican Industrial Development Co. led by Luis Muñoz Marín and Teodoro Moscoso launches Operation Bootstrap to transform sugar estates into a multi industry economy. Backed by 20 million dollars, the effort has drawn 54 new factories, helping Puerto Rico diversify beyond sugar and lift its economy.
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San Juan
Caribe Hilton
Bootstrap
Puerto Rican Industrial Development Co
Washington
New York
Luis Munoz Marin
Teodoro T. Moscoso
Puerto Rico gains tax free plant deals and growth push
The island shifts from dependency to self driven growth as PRIDC incentives attract electronic plants textiles and film ventures. Munoz meets Truman and Puerto Rico touts tax free periods and cost sharing while highlighting housing projects and improving living standards for about 75 000 in slums and rising trade with the mainland past half a million dollars annually. Ed Gardiner and Duffy's Tavern group move to island studies and the Caribe Hilton project is cited as a large PRIDC venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Munoz
Truman
Puerto Rico
U. S
Washington
PRIDC
Government of
Pridd
Caribe Hilton
Hilton
Ed Gardiner
Duffy's Tavern” Group
Sam
Jesus T. Pinero
Mos- Coboq
VU. S
Atlee Hoff Returns From Y M C A Meeting In Buffalo
Mor gan County National Bank cashier Atlee H Hoff, a National Council member of the US Y M C A, reports back from the first annual meeting in Buffalo. Mrs H H May will spend Christmas with relatives in Peterman Alabama. Virginia Brewer leaves Monday for Sherman Texas to visit her son G C Brewer. F W Tipton returns from a month in Birmingham. Mrs O Freed Baur of Nashville arrives Tuesday to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs John Arantz. Frank Davis Mrs J J Rose and Lem Jones visited friends in Sheffield. Emma Sue Morris of Trinity visiting relatives in Birmingham. Mr and Mrs J A Taylor of Birmingham returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs Wiley B Robertson. After two months illness W G McKain returned to Monroe Louisiana to resume Missouri Pacific work. Mrs C V Dupont returned from Nashville and Louisville visits.
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Atlee H. Hoff
Morgan County National Bank
National Council
United States
Buffalo
Rs. O. Freed Baur
Nashville
John Arantz
Tupelo station theft case and a fleeing political figure
A Missouri man linked to a 1940s theft was jailed with $10000 in cash bonds unproved, later claiming bond reinstatement and partial refunds. A Mississippi congressman intervened, a similar election-law case was overturned by the supreme court, and related bribery claims surfaced before a tax fraud probe.
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Tupelo
Miss
Boykir
Mobile
Congresman Rankin
Mississippi
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Pensacola
Treasury
Jewelry scam charged to Mitchell and Ripps discovered
T-men indicted Mitchell and his brother in law Sam Ripps for selling jewelry to Army PXs. Large checks from Camp Shelby Mississippi totaling $15 000 plus other sums were funneled through a scheme that concealed big payments by depositing many small checks and cash then converting the big check into cashiers checks. The funds were routed via Jefferson Investment Co. in St. Louis to Paramount Check Cashing in New York.
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T-men
Mitchell
Sam Ripps
Army PX
Camp Shelby
Miss
Ripps
Jefferson Investment Co
St. Louis
Paramount Check
New York
Tax fraud case looms as books vanish after subpoena
A devious method of cashing checks hid large income and led to vanished Mitchell Ripps books after a subpoena. Mitchell a former revenue agent argued cash black market jewelry purchases justified it. U S Attorney Hill opposed prosecution but a jury and Justice tan warned they will reopen the case and pursue prosecution. Ed Note: another Pearson column on tax frauds will follow.
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T-men
Mitchell- Ripps
Mitchell
Mitchell-Ripps
U. S
Hill
Tan
Pearson
Mestrovic and Tito Face Off Over Yugoslav Freedom
The exile sculptor Ivan Mestrovic of Syracuse University discusses Tito's pressure to return to Yugoslavia. He cites fears that return would imply endorsement of the communist regime, urges restoration of religious and political freedoms, and links Archbishop Stepinac's case to the demand. He states he will not go home while oppression persists, a stance tied to his long friendship with Stepinac.
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America
Ivan Mestrovic
Marshall Tito
Mestrovic
Syracuse University
New York City
Tito
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Istanbul
Turkey
United States
Britain
Meskovic
Alojzije Stepanic
People's Court
Stepinac
Puerto Rico’s people making bold, honest contributions at home
The article argues that mainland views of crowded Harlem slums misrepresent Puerto Rico and its people. Puerto Ricans are described as achieving significant, constructive work at home, with courage and foresight that enrich the American heritage.
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Harlem
Puerto Rico
FHA opens door to loans while barring post Feb covenant
The FHA will not insure loans on properties with restrictive covenants recorded after February 15, following a Supreme Court ruling. Existing covenants recorded before that date remain insurable, and the agency cannot compel lenders to enforce or undo racial or religious restrictions.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Supreme Court
Frances Keeps Boxscore on Hal's New Year Resolutions
Frances records Hal Boyle’s marital “boxscore” of 1949 resolutions with witty tally of late dinners, dining out, theater visits, diet attempts, and weight trends. The exchange ends with humor as she notes the fur coat promise left unmentioned.
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Frances
Hal
Rover
Nedicks
Lawrence County Red Hill Social Notes
Lawrence County notes record Jessie McCaghren visiting aunt and uncle the Key and Jackson households and Miss Jessie McCaghren sharing Sunday calls with her sister Mrs Sullivan. J W MecCaghten listed as very ill with friends to regret, Mrs Owens visiting daughter Omie Johnson and Mr Johnson at Five Points. J W Callahan visiting daughter near Hartsville.
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Janet? Thompson
Jack Key
Wilbur Jackson
John A. Crow
J. W. MecCaghten
M. A Owens
Omie Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Jessie McCaghren
John Sullivan
J. W. Callahan
William Bates
Hartselle
Vanity Fair mills to locate new Southwest Alabama mill
U S Rep Frank W Boykin says Vanity Fair mills plans a new textile mill in Southwest Alabama soon to employ about 350 at start, rising to 1000 later. He declined to disclose the site or further details. Vanity Fair already runs mills at Monroeville and Jackson Alabama.
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Mobile
Dec
Vanity Fair Mills
Alabama
U. S
Frank W. Boykin
Liberty
Vanity Fair
Monroeville
Jackson
Ala
New Year Resolutions Probed In Quiet Morning Exchange
The narrator recalls vows since 1937 and pockets a catalog of broken promises after breakfast. Frances jokes about an ending to his story as he leaves for the office, asking for something cute. He confesses difficulty finding charm in resolutions while his wife teases, playfully pinching his cheek.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Frances
Roger
Rover
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Sherman
Texas
G. C. Brewer
F. W. Tipton
Frank Davis
J. J. Rose
Lem Jones
Sheffield
Emma Sue. Morris
Trinity
J. A. Taylor
Wiley B. Robertson
W. G. McKain
Monroe
Missouri Pacific
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