All-Out Repeal Of Wartime Excise Taxes Urged By Senator George
Washington July 23 Senator George of Georgia urged an all out repeal of wartime excise taxes this session to boost business and employment. He said the taxes on sales of furs rail and air tickets jewelry and other items could be wiped out at once, though permanent federal levies on liquor cigarettes and tobacco would stay. He warned a repeal would cut about 1.5 billion dollars in revenue and could raise income tax payments for corporations individuals and others but may reduce relief costs if unemployment falls. Milli kin supported full removal, Johnson proposed partial repeal, while George insisted against piecemeal action. He noted wartime levies were promised to be dropped after the war ended, though peace treaties remained unsigned. The overall tax burden would remain high with a goal to maintain a surplus for the national debt.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Congress
George
Dga
Senate
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Millikin
R-Colo
Public debate on free expression and religious bias
A letter excerpts U S senator Steed and Cardinal Spellman clashing over a proposed Barden bill funding public schools. Steed defends Americans right to express views without religious or racial accusations. Spellman denounces the measure as anti Catholic and infamous amid a national schooling funding debate.
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Roosevelt
Steeda
Cardinal Spellman
Hope administration bill stalls after committee deadlock
A proposed administration bill was approved by house and senate labor panels but stalled, while a senate coalition advanced a bill reflecting core elements of existing law. Much of the draft came from Senator Taft of Ohio as house and senate members remain deadlocked on national emergency handling.
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House
Senate Labor Committees
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House Committee
Children Recover After City Health Sprayer Incident
In Tulsa on July 23, about 300 children were recovering from a severe illness tied to an involuntary health spray used as a polio measure. The outdoor cartoon matinee halted as the indoor air conditioning sprayed insecticide through the venue. No audience remained to witness the event.
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Tulsa
Okla
DD. T.s
City Health Department
Record Wall Street Surges With Large Stock and Bond Blocks
On July 23 markets in New York saw two massive deals boost Wall Street stature. Commonwealth & Southern Corp. sold 350 000 shares at 4 50 a share, a record single block worth about 1.5 million dollars. American Telephone & Telegraph bonds traded in a 5.352 million dollar block, one of the largest dollar based transactions on the exchange. Tuesday's C and S turnover neared 800 000 shares, nearly matching all other stocks combined as the summer rally continued before Thursday's sharper selloff and price declines.
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New York
Wall Street
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
Exchange
American Telephone & Telegraph
Commonwealth & Southern
C &S
Churchill Denounces Socialists in Pre-Election Speech
British leader denounced socialist spendthrifts in a major policy address aimed at winning public support before the Labour government's term ends mid-1950. Attlee countered that Conservative plans to curb nationalization were dishonest window dressing while Churchill urged freeing people from official interference and warned socialism as a costly failure.
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Labor
Churchill
Winnie
Durham
Attlee
Labor Party
Britain
Wolverhampton
Great Britain
Cotton Council meeting urges wider cotton market support
Alabama Farm Bureau called a second session to mobilize broader backing for the National Cotton Council. Attendees included Cotton Council director Bob Amis of Memphis and Alabama figures such as L L Self and Jimmy Hays, with extension staff Lily Flag and Jimmy Lawson. Kirkpatrick cited 650000 cotton farm residents and workers as needing more markets to prosper.
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Trick
National Cotton Council
Memphis
Bob Amis
Huntsville
L. L Self
API Extension Service
Jimmy Hays
Alabama Farm Bureau
Lily Flag
Jimmy Lawson
API
Alabama
Crossville
Kirkpatrick
Doyle Named To Direct Navy Air Reserve Training
Rear Admiral Austin K. Devie of Pensacola becomes the Navy's new air reserve chief with headquarters at Glenview Illinois. He succeeds Rear Admiral Richarr F. Whitehead who has served 18 months. Doyle will direct training for about 8,700 officers and 30,000 men of the organized reserve and 100,000 members of the volunteer reserve nationwide. Whitehead will report to the Navy Department.
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Pensacola
Fla
Austin K. Devie
Navy
Glenview
Richarr F. Whitehead
J. W. Reeves, Jr
Naval Air Training
Doyle
Aviation Reserve
Organized Naval Reserve
Admiral Whitehead
Air Reserve
Bog
Mobile Divided On Bond Issue
Mobile residents debate a proposed four mile Dauphin Island bridge costing about 2 million dollars funded by a one cent gasoline tax and tolls. An advisory referendum Tuesday will guide Mobile County legislators as they back gas tax financing in 1949.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobille County
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Ft. Gaines
Cadillac Square
Shell Mounds
John W.mcconnell
Bessemer
America
Mobile County
Life Is Quiet In The Valley Report
A Saturday night check shows life is quiet and reasonably safe in the valley. Sheriffs offices reported 11 arrests across Morgan Limestone Lawrence and Cullman counties including vagrancy public drunkenness and prohibition law violations. One accident was reported between Ardmore and Athens on U S 31 about 9 15 p m according to radio and the Highway Patrol.
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Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Morgan County
John Sandlin
Ardmore
Athens
U. S
Highway Patrol
Highway plans advance on Somerville to Gadsden route
State Highway Department letter dated July 27 1949 from Director Weed W McFarland notes progress on completing paving for 12 to 15 miles remaining to reach Gadsden. It discusses plans for Somerville to the southwest six miles, securing right of way, bids to follow, and Morgan County Board of Revenue actions for Falkville Eva Road as a Farm to Market project.
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Gadsden
McFarland
State OF Alabama Highway Department
Montgomery
Alabama
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Folsom
Somerville
Board of Revenue of
Morgan County
Falkville- Eva
Board of Revenue
Senator Russell
Ves Stewart
Harris
Morgan County Board of Revenue
Weed W- McFarland
State Highway Department
Tibetan lamas order Chinese out of Tibet within two weeks
Sources from Canton report the lamas governing Tibet under the Dalai Lama ordered all Chinese officials to leave within two weeks and depart for India. They hinted British influence may have prompted the action amid ongoing Britain China rivalry and a shifting nationalist strength in Tibet. The Dalai Lama recently announced a prolonged anti communist prayer meeting to show aversion to the Reds.
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Canton
Stte
Dalai Lama
Tibet
India
Britain
China
Dallai Lama
BROWN HEADS GROUP GADSDEN ALABAMA RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
J S Browne of Montgomery was named president at the Alabama Rural Letter Carriers Association convention ending in Gadsden. E H Jones of Piedmont was elected vice president and F H Roney of Samson became secretary treasurer. Roney and Chesire of Chancellor were chosen delegates to the national convention in Grand Rapids Michigan August 16 19.
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Brown
Gadsden
Ala
J. S. Browne
Montgomery
Alabama Rural Letter Carriers Association
E. H. Jones
Piedmont
F. H. Roney
Samson
Roney
F. F. Chesire
Chancellor
Grand Rapids
Mich
Doolittle Witnesses Mighty Air Power at Eglin
Lt General James H. Doolittle attended the large air power display at Eglin Field Florida as part of the National Military Establishment advisory role. The event showcased a B 36 bomber and four jet fighters including the F 86 with a thousand pound bomb bursts and close formation demos by Jacksonville National Guard teams. About 3500 Air National Guardsmen from seven Southeastern states participated in 13 days of maneuvers ending July 31.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Tokyo
Uncle Sam
James H. Doolittle
Doolittle
Air Proving Ground
Scientific Advisory Board
National Military Establishment
Heid
Esiin Air Force Base
Memphis, Tenn
Birmingham Aero Club
Air National Guard Tradning
National Guard
Jacksonville
Air National
Community Notices From Local Churches And Visitors
Local church schedules announce August service suspensions at First Presbyterian and revival efforts at Shiloh Baptist. Rev. Glass to study at Richmond Theological Seminary. Flint Baptist to host a weeklong revival. Public invited to services. special music planned at First Baptist with Rev. Caudill preaching. Numerous residents travel or attend events, including genealogies, vacations, and a funeral in Macon Georgia.
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First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Glass
Richmond Theological Seminary
M. G. Fields
Flint Baptist Church
Shiloh Baptist Church
Hartselle
Huntsville Pike
Young Peoples Quartet
First Baptist Church
Jimmy Caudill
Italy Approves Council Plan With European Union Goal
Rome reports the Senate approved Italy's participation in the Council of Europe amid leftist opposition. The body will focus on debate and recommendations on political cultural and some economic matters. A Strasbourg meeting is planned this summer as Foreign Minister Sforza links unity to recovery and European peace.
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Rome
Senate
Italy
Council of Europe
Union of Europe
Strasbourg
France
Carlos Sforza
Union
European Union
Europe
Council For
Germany
Senate budget plan aims for 12 month duration in Hoffman funds
Senate panel backs a 3.5085 billion fund to cover Hoffman for a year, exceeding the house 3.5085 billion cap and lengthening the period. Hoffman had sought 4.198 billion, while the house proposed a 10 month limit if needed. Senate leaders push to finish by Tuesday, but over a dozen arguments risk delaying the timetable.
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E.C.A
House
Senate
Hoffman
Yugoslavia Accused By Russia Of Secret Talks With Britain
Moscow reports a Soviet note accuses Yugoslavia of secret negotiations with Great Britain on the Austrian independence treaty behind the Soviet government. Russia says Belgrade claimed the Paris Four CFM decisions were adopted without Yugoslav consultation. Tass broadcast dated July 19 notes Yugoslavia delivered the June 22 note to the Russian embassy in Belgrade.
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LNDON
Russia
Yugoslavia
Great Britain
Moscow
Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Austria
Tass
Moscow Radio
Belgrade
Pope Pius XII Meets Olivia Dionne Mother of Quintuplets
In Vatican City on July 23 Pope Pius XII received Olivia Dionne in a special audience lasting over 15 minutes. He inquired very cordially about the Dionne quintuplets and their mother.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Olivia Dionne
Tobacco Growers Back Three Year Quota Extension
An Associated Press tally shows flue cured tobacco growers in six states voting Saturday for a three year extension of marketing quotas by wide margins. Carolinas Georgia Florida four state returns favored the extension about 40 to 1 while scattered ballots favored no quotas by nearly 70 to 1.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Iron rings used in early Roman weddings
In ancient Rome, wedding bands were fashioned from iron. This practice reflects early marital customs where the metal symbolized permanence and binding vows between spouses. The rings accompanied ceremonies and represented commitment within Roman society.
Rabbit among the speediest small mammals
A compact account notes rabbits rank as among the quickest small mammals, highlighting their swift movements and agile bursts.
House splits over arms aid plan faces early hearings
The House group remains deeply divided over supplying arms to other governments in peacetime amid a cold war. Hearings may begin Tuesday with Secretary Acheson as a likely first witness. If funds are debated too late, the administration could seek to expand the $125 million financing through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and utilize the $45 million emergency fund to flexibly counter Southeast Asian communist threats.
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House
Acheson
House Committee
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Department
Truman
Emperor Haile Selassie Birthday Celebration Opens in Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa on July 23 a 21 gun salute marked Emperor Haile Selassie’s 57th birthday anniversary. Thousands of schoolchildren gathered on the palace lawn to cheer the bearded king who had regained his throne after Italians were driven from Ethiopia in World War II.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Seedlings From Wilson Dam Nursery Sent to Alabama Landowners
Nearly two million forest tree seedlings grown by the Tennessee Valley Authority at its Wilson Dam nursery have been distributed to Alabama landowners. The State Conservation Department handled the distribution. About 1,579,000 were loblolly pine and 303,600 were black locust across 15 counties in the Tennessee Valley watershed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson Dam
Alabama
State Conservation Department
Tennessee Valley
Bert Thomas
Hundred-Year-Old Ex-Slave Registers to Vote in Pa
John A Harris, age 100, said to have once been a slave in Virginia and born in India on March 25 1849 registered to vote in Voter Ex-Slave Media Pennsylvania. He reported moving to Pennsylvania ten years ago and identified as a resident of the town as of July 23.
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John A. Harris
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Harris
Inia
The antelope jack rabbit name origin story
A historical note explains the antelope jack rabbit derives its name from its habit of flashing the white rump hairs, a behavior reminiscent of pronghorn antelopes. The description emphasizes the animal's distinctive display as a key identifier.
Klan Intensifies Drive for Columbia Membership
In Columbia Tennessee on July 23 a Ku Klux Klan recruitment push appears under way with widespread circulars and two cross burnings reported on Reservoir Hill. A widely circulated tract titled Wake Up America urges interested readers to mail to box 925 Atlanta GA. Sheriff Flo Fleming reports no local Klan organization found yet and no one located at the cross burnings.
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Columbia
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Reservoir Hill
Ministers Involved In Masked Floggings And Klansmen
A grand jury charged Rev. R C Lyons 47 with three masked floggings and one first degree burglary as part of Alabama’s drive against hooded lashers. Lyons who carried a New Testament into jail said he had preached about three years. Bond set at 4000 for the cases. Morris who claimed stolen Klan records appeared in court as court heard his claim and deputies produced three steel filing cabinets. Dr Lycurgus Spinks a longtime Klansman spoke at a Tarant City meeting pledging a Klan war and predicting 150000 members by 1950. Attorney General Carmichael urged revoking the Federated Ku Klux Klan charter and a 500 strong citizens committee pressed the case with the Jefferson county delegation.
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R. C. Lyons
Alta L. King
Morris
Hugh Locke
Alabama Supreme Court
Grand Jury
KKK
Lycurgus Spinks
Spinks
Tarrant City
Mississippi
Thomasville
Ala
Albert Carmichael
Alabama
Montgomery
Kluckers
Carmichael
Jefferson
Birmingham
Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc
House Judiciary Committee
Princess Margaret Weeks End At Blenheim Palace
Princess Margaret ends a week at Blenheim Palace the home of the 23 year old Marquess of Blandford, long seen as the leading eligible royal match. He and Margaret are childhood friends, with links to Sharman Douglas and Ambassador Lewis Douglas in London gossip.
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Woodstock
Eng
Margaret
Blenheim Palace
Marquess of
Blandford
Marquess
Duke of Marlborough
Winston Churehiil
Balmoral
London
Theear
Princess Margaret
Sharman Douglas
London Daily Mirror
Sharman
Lewis Douglas
Wingless chicken plan ends in neckless failures
Byron California July 23 A local man Lorenzo Armstrong tried a wingless chicken concept after reading about midway wingless birds He built low troughs and breast high wire to keep heads down hoping necks would not grow The experiment failed as the chicks developed humpbacks and he abandoned the project.
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Byron
Calif
Lorenzo Armstrong
Mid West
Armstrong
Okinawa Typhoon Strikes Island Amid Silence From Base
A typhoon hit Okinawa with winds of 126 miles per hour, cutting off communication with the U S base since yesterday. Observers noted a 40 mile eye with calm center while seas battered the island where thousands of Americans reside. Weather planes probed the storm as another typhoon threatened Guam and possible Iwo Jima impact in days.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Pacific
Okinawa
U. S. 20Th Air Force
Far East Air Force
Air Force
Shanghai
Japan
Guam
Iwo Jima
Wake Island
UN Employees Under Investigation Cited by Attorney General
Attorney General Tom Clark said in committee testimony that more than twenty UN employees are under DOJ scrutiny. Witness No. 8 suggested he may be Czech and warned that revealing his identity could endanger him. The witness alleged iron curtain nations receive more UN fellowships and criticized Trygve Lie’s leadership and a Russian in charge of the security council. Eisler, identified as a Czechoslovakian citizen, cited as a UN official closely allied with Gunnar Myrdal.
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Tom Clark
United Nations
Justice Department
Czechoslovakia
UN Secretariat
United States
Trygve Lie
Lie
Security Council
Paul Eisler
Eisler
UN General Assembly
London
Gunnar Myrdal
European Economic Commission
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Billy Sparkman
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St. John’s Parish House
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