President’s view on coal crisis and income dream
The article notes the President sees no current emergency in coal, while Blair House and the White House are kept warm. It questions future industrial town needs and asks how many churches exist. It also mentions a $12,000 income goal and tax timing, and reports on Alger Hiss trial with a psychiatrist labeling Whitaker Chambers a self centered liar and dreamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair House
White House
New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Dates To Remember In The Daily Tuesday
The board of registrars begins a ten day session on January 16 and poll taxes must be paid by February 1. Old and new voters should note these dates as essential steps to qualify and pay polls. The Daily urges Morgan county residents to participate and register during the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Associated Press
Board of Registrars
Morgan County
The Sun and Herald Tribune Merge Ends Era of a Famous Paper
The Sun, a 116 year old New York paper, merged with The Herald Tribune last week. Editors recalled its history including the Santa Claus letter to Virginia and Charles A. Dana's view on a newspaper’s duty to publish news and human interest stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Herald-Tribune
The
Sun
Virginia
Charles A. Dana
Federal Budget Cuts Discussed Across Congress
The Associated Press notes lawmakers debate reducing expenses with a focus on farm subsidies and defense. The Birmingham Post urges sweeping cuts from rivers and harbors to GI bill costs while calling for a pay reduction for Congress and the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Congress
Birmingham Post
The
Post
Army
Veterans Administration
Union tax fraud case tied to textile workers exposed
The column details three United Textile Workers organizers charged with encouraging workers at Simmons Mattress Company Roanoke Rapids to falsify income tax returns. They allegedly showed workers how to save by false church contributions travel expenses gambling losses and other false deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman Administration
Big Oil Company
Justice Department
The
United Textile Workers
CIO
Toby
Mendes
Frank
Bartholomew
J. H. Turners
Simmons Mattress Company
Roanoke Rapids
Simmons Company
Phony Church Contributions Spark Tax Fraud Probe
Treasury agents traced a scheme in Roanoke Rapids where union organizers coaxed millworkers to file fraudulent tax returns to inflate church donations. Conversations show Mendes and workers fabricating payments to the Methodist church and gambling losses to justify deductions. Authorities confronted the organizers at the roanoke rapids post office basement with four T men present.
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Roanoke Rapids
Treasury
Toby Mendes
Mendes
Methodist Church
BSFO
Simmons Company
Internal Revenue
Washington
Bartholomew
James White
Woodrow Blue
Arthur Selby
Jos
Living Today by oe B. Davidson
A column contrasts regrets about past actions with advice to start living wisely today. It urges daily steady effort, accepting mistakes, and focusing on present duties to gain progress and reduce haunting memories.
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Oe B. Davidson
Paine
Jet airliner era to begin within six years says aviation leaders
Miami airport opening hears predictions from Eddie Rickenbacker and Delta founder C E Woolman. Rickenbacker foresees jet liners in service in five to six years with New York to Miami trips cut to about two hours. Rentzel of the CAA cites safety goals and rapid airport improvements, while plans include faster stacking times, jet freight competition, and a new pack yard plane.
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Miami
INS
Miami International Airport
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern
New York
Eddie
C. E. Woolman
Delta Airlines
Woolman
Atlanta
CAA
Rentze
Chicago
Bomb Attempt on U A W Detroit HQ Sparks Conspiracy Talk
New York columnist Pegler notes a clumsy Detroit bombing at the U A W C I O national headquarters ten days earlier. He cites mobbed plots, Reuther brothers, and Dr J B Matthews linking Walter and Victor Reuther to Soviet aims and a future Democratic Party takeover by 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Auto Workers
Detroit
F. B.I
Reu
Ther Freres
Walter
Victory
C.T. O
Reutners
Communist Party
J. B. Matthews
Doctor Matthews
Reuthers
Victor Reuther
Russia
Our Republic
Walter Reuther
Eleanor the Great
Herbie Lehman
Matthews
Victor
Soviet Union
Merlin
Melvin ‘Bishop
C. S
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
Reuther
A. F. of L
David Dubinsky
The Cold War and U S Budget Strain
President Truman’s budget highlights the Cold War as the main cause of debt as Congress weighs defense and aid costs. The piece argues Russians seek to keep the United States in spending mode to avoid a shooting war and to weaken its economy and allies.
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Washington
Jan
Trumant
Congress
U. S
Truman
Europe
China
U.S
Appeals Court Rehearing Issues Multiple State Cases
The Alabama court of appeals released decisions on rehearing and affirmations across several circuit courts including Pike Jefferson Tuscaloosa Elmore and Walker. Cases involve Willie Woods Will Henry Broadway John Hunter Forbus Clinton Parker and others with some appeals dismissed or overruled. The notice also includes an unrelated instruction about treating mealy bugs on houseplants with alcohol and cotton swabs.
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Montgomery
Court of Appeals
Willie Woods
Pike Circuit Court
Will Henry Broadway
Alias
State
Pike
Edison Elmer Sullivan
Tuscaloosa
Berry W. Hodge
City of Birmingham
Jefferson
Bricken
J. W. Chandler
Covington
John
Hunter Forbus
Elmore
Clinton Parker
Edward S. Martin
Willie Black
Walker
William
Henry Crane
Cleburne
Carr
Nathaniel Gills
Jefferson Circuit
Bessemer
L. T. Charles
Napoleon Nelly
Joe Virgil Adams
William Homer Brewer
Tassie Johnson
City of Jasper
Billie Mead
Blount
Harwood
Leron Yatt
Hale Circuit Court
Charles Auburn MecFarling
Jefferson Circuit Court
Ezra Arnold
Alfred
Cullman Circuit Court
Fred Head
Blount Circuit Court
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Davidson
Eph A.taglieri
Intelligence Unit
Selby
Treasury Department
Frank Williams
Bryce R. Holt
Greensboro
N. C
Holt
International News Service
Pegler
Westbrook
Wa Seay
Appeals
Morgan County National Bank
Decatur, Alabama
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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