Taft predicts Democratic delays in tax action vote
Senator Taft asserts many Democrats opposing quick tax cuts will back spending cuts later. He forecasts Senate passage of a measure lowering individual income taxes effective July 1 with cuts from percent to 10.5 percent. McKellar’s illness clouds Monday vote as Democrats seek June 10 delay. George predicts close lines and backs McClellan plan extending community property rules to nine states.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
George
McKellar
Tenn
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Lucas
McClellan
D. Ark
House
Ways and
Refoule Family Name in New Orleans Probate Case
A probate filing today covers Mer Will's estate valued at $10 000 and names Douglas B Wright as executor. The text notes Refoule was a wartime prisoner and that her son Jon As lived in America during his capture before returning to the Orleans area.
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Refoule
Jonas
America
Orleans
Mer
Douglas B. Wright
Congress Votes on States Alabama Florida and Mississippi
In Washington on May 24 the Senate and House records show Alabama Florida and Mississippi lawmakers voting on amendments and relief measures. Eastland did not vote while Rankin Whitten Abernethy Win Colmer and Boykin Price Smathers are noted among those recorded as not voting on various motions and allocations.
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Ashington
Alabama
Florida
Missis
Congress
Senate
Eastland
D-Miss
Rankin
Whitten
Abernethy
Win
Colmer
Votoers and Boykin
Price A
Smathers
Fla
Pilot of Plane Missing in Nicara Sea
Mobile resident says her son in law Captain Stephen Chainey Wilson of Bayport is scheduled to pilot an Army B 17 missing in Nicaragua. Wilson is stationed at a field in the Canal Zone. His wife Marguerite Cole Wilson, formerly of Mobile, has been with him.
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Mobile
Ala
W. C. Coleman
Steph Chainey Wilson
Bay Port
Nicara
Wilson
Field
Canal Zone
Marguerite Colem- Wilson
Markets Drift on New York Exchange Amid Slow Saturday Session
Stocks posted a narrowly irregular sluggish performance as deal flow remained the slowest in three years. Transfers totaled 230 000 shares, the smallest since May 13 1944, with the week’s aggregate 5 657 270 shares. Some gain came from short covering and dividends while many investors stayed aloof awaiting tax and labor news. Cotton fell. wheat, corn and oats rose modestly. Solar Mfg. slid after a reduced quarterly report.
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New York
Chicago
Solar
Jeanette Glass
New England Telephone
Singer Mfg
Cash grain prices paid today in Decatur
Decatur prices include No 1 Soft wheat at 2.70 per bushel, ear white corn 74 lbs at 1.95, ear yellow corn 74 lbs at 1.90, rye 100 cwt at 3.00, barley 1.40 per bushel, oats 0.95 per bushel. Prices provided by Alabama Flour Mills, Decatur.
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Decatur
Alabama Flour Mills
Cotton futures end irregular on New York exchange
In active trading May wheat futures swung around with mixed results as July positions sold by New Orleans and major spot houses. Buying surged on UNRRA relief purchases and improved export prospects, with New crop contracts firm and prices showing narrow gains in some bids.
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New York
New Orleans
Johnson Urges End to Mississippi Black Market Tax
Gubernatorial candidate Paul B. Johnson Jr. campaigned in Pontotoc urging repeal of Mississippi’s black market tax while opposing liquor legalization. The 31 year old Marine veteran and Hattiesburg attorney warns the tax harms liquor policy and vows to press the governor’s office to remove it.
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Pontotoc
Miss
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Mississippi
Johnson
Hattiesburg
Pevernan’ Office
Postman Receives Caution Note About Aggressive Rooster
Mobile Alabama May 24 a postal worker on his route found a note from a cautious housewife. It warns to leave packages in the shed and to take a stick if a rooster approaches. The message highlights dangers from a pet on the property.
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Mobile
Ala
Rain postpones nine handicap races in Montgomery event
Nin9 handicap races opening a two day program attracted 79 motorcycle racers from 16 states but rain halted action in Montgomery Alabama. Secretary Robin Cam bless of the Montgomery Motorcycle Club said tomorrow's program including a five mile championship event will be held if weather permits.
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Montgomery
Ala
Robin Cambless
Montgomery Motorcycle Club
Feigning Robbery Suspect Attacks Homeless Couple
In Haulksboro New Jersey a Black man pretends to rob a sleeping couple in their car early today. He forced the woman to tie up her husband and then assaulted her.
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Haulsboro
N. J
Doubt Cast On Corn Diet
Paris readers confront fears as Franc Tireur cites Dr L Boutbien asserting corn meal causes pellagra and biochemically disturbs digestion. The piece ties the claim to Ramadier’s maize aid to France and notes bakers warn mixed wheats with maize would yield flat, hard bread harming digestion.
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Paris
Franc Tireur
L. Boutbien
United States
Paul Ramadier
France
Legislators Eye Bills On Tax, Reapportionment And Labor Rights
Solons name men to key committees and list bills likely to sparks fights on floor. Reapportionment would give each of Alabama 67 counties a senator while a poll tax repeal and sales tax changes provoke strong reactions from black belt lawmakers. Governor urged ending poll tax and exemptions with finance committee proposals pending. House Speaker Beck predicts delaying regular session to August if needed to consider revenue for teacher salaries.
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John S. O'Neal
Jackson
Wallace D. Malone
Houston
Rankin Fite
Marion
Alabama
Paul Coburn
Colbert
James B. Allen
Etowah
Thomas A. Johnston
Mobile
Ben Glover
Washingtton
Frank Haynes
Franklin
W. G. Hardwick
George Wallace
Barbour
Lawrence Dumas
Jefferson
Truth
Joseph N. Langan
Fite
W. M. Beck
DeKalb
Pressmen Return to Work After Five Hour Walkout
Pressmen in St Louis resumed duties after a five hour walkout that halted all Post-Dispatch copies and most Star-Times. Union leaders cited an objection to publishing a telegram from international president George L Berry and ordered a return to work following directives from Charles D Bond Abram D Wolf and local 38 officials.
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ST. Louis
The
Post-Dispatch
Star-Times
Essmen
George L. Berry
Charles D. Bond
Abram D. Wolf
Web Printing Pressmen's Union
AFL
Foreign relations panel schedules hearings on displaced persons bill
Hearings set for June 4 on legislation backed by the State Department to address displaced persons. A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hear next week on the St. Lawrence waterway and power project and on extension of wartime controls on selected commodities.
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Foreign Relations
State Department
St. Lawrence
House
Forei Affairs
Reporter Gives His Version Of Affair
An open letter by James D. White to Tokyo war crimes chief Sir William Webb argues about who started the 1938 Changkufeng border clash. The author, an AP reporter, notes inconclusive evidence but highlights Kwantung army ambitions and officer conduct on both sides.
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James D. White
William Webb
War Crimes Tribunal
Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Changkufeng
Korea-Manchuria-Siberia
China
East Asia
Associated Press
Kwantung
Manchuria
Korea
Suetaka
Tetsujiro Tanaka
Kwantung Army
Hsinking
Changchun
Maurice D'Alton
Reuters
Tanaka
Vladivostok
Moscow
Momonhan
Soviet Russia
Maybank attacks 32 percent cut in agriculture funding
Senator Maybank of South Carolina denounces a house subcommittee plan to cut Agriculture Department appropriations by 32 percent. He warns the Rural Electrification Administration and farm loan programs would harm the economy, calling the cut false economy and urging revision upward.
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Washington
Maybank
S.C
Agriculture Department
House
Rural Electrical Administration
Congress
Central Baptist Revival to Close
The Central Baptist revival will end with the morning service on the topic The Unpardonable Sin. A large crowd is expected to attend.
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Central Baptist Revival
Death probe breaks open in slaying of campaign worker
A six month investigation into the slaying of Republican campaign worker Joseph Scottoriggio intensified as a body found in the East River was identified as an "import ant" witness. New York County District Attorney Frank Hogan announced fingerprints matched and asked Congress to reopen its probe, hinting about testimony on freedom of elections. Scottoriggio was attacked while en route to the polls in the 18th congressional district. Rep. Vito Marcantonio won reelection.
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New York
Joseph Scottoriggio
East River
New York County
Manhattan
Frank S. Hogan
Congress
Hogan
Scottoriggio
Vito Marcantonio
Alp-N.y
FBI Probes Abduction of Bush from Jackson Jail
The case centers on the alleged abduction of Bush from Jackson jail at 2 A M. A bullet and footprint found across from the jail are sent to the FBI as agents scour the area. Governor Cherry vows to halt lynching as state and federal authorities pursue leads and investigate possible federal violations.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
FBI
Howard
Bush
Tyler
Jackson
State Bureau of Investigation
Theron L. Caudle
Roanoke River
E. W. Edwards
J. C. Stephenson
Edwards
R. Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Rich Square
No More Trials Says Defense Attorney After Lynching Case Acquittals
Greenville May 24. Thomas Wofford, lead defense attorney for 28 white men acquitted of lynching a Black man, says Attorney General Tom Clark may seek federal action but the acquittals stand. He calls the trial fair, disputes federal civil rights violations, blames northern pressure, and urges education for both races as the solution.
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Greenville
S. C
Thomas Wofford
Tom Clark
Wofford
Clark
South Carolina
Doss Completes Purchase of 60 Acre Moore Land Tract
Sixty acres owned by W. G. Moore of Belle Mina were sold to J. Leslie Doss of Decatur. E. E. Graves and A. G. Jones, local real estate dealers, handled the sale. The property lies in southern Decatur, located south of 11th Avenue.
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W. G. Moore
Belle Mina
J. Leslie Doss
Decatur
E. E. Graves
A. G. Jones
11Th Avenue
Jones family to establish home in Dunbar Virginia
Mr and Mrs Ira B Jones and children Mary Kate and Jack plan to move to Dunbar Virginia for their future home. Mr Jones joins Panther Oil and Roofing Co. County Line Church of Christ holds Sunday services at 2 30 pm with missionary W N Short returning from Africa delivering the message.
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Ira B. Jones
Mary Kate
Jack Jones
Dunbar
Virginia
Mr. Jones
Panther Oil & Roofing Co
County Line Church of Christ
W. N. Short
Africa
Civilians Tour Eglin Field For Army Aviation Demonstration
Sixteen prominent civilians attending the air university National Security Seminar leave Maxwell Field for a tour at Eg lin Field Florida to view a latest Army aviation demonstration. About 35 civilian leaders and military air authorities attended seminar sessions this week. Notable absentees from the trip included Gen. Carl Spaatz Jimmy Doolittle and Roscoe Turner among others.
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J. W. Feggis
American Can Company
Harry Woodhead
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft
Alexander P. de Severski
Curtis E. Lemay
AAF
Hoyt S. Vandenburg
Ira C. Baker
Hanson Baldwin
The
New York Times
Muir S. Fairchield
Air University
Eglin Field
Warning to Home Canners on Food Poisoning Risks
State Health Officer D. G. Gill urged home canners to take precautions against botulism and other poisons. He said proper processing of low acidity foods like peas corn and beans is essential to prevent soft mushy product and dangerous odors when opened.
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Montgomery
Ala
D. G. Gill
Dedication Set For Erskine Ramsay Center in Alabama
Dedication of the Erskine Ramsay research center for archaeology was set for September 24 at Mount State Park during the Alabama Museum of Natural History board meeting at the University of Alabama yesterday.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Erskine Ramsay
Mount State Park
Board of Regents
Alabama Museum of Natural History
University of Alabamia
Trial Begins For Two in Santa Ana Double Murder Case
Louise Overell 18 and George Gollum 21 face the most noted trial in Santa Ana as indictments allege they murdered financier Walter Overell 65 and his wife Beulah 57 aboard a dynamite-damaged Newport harbor cruiser. Autopsies offered conflicting timing. the couple’s bodies were later exhumed for further study as dressed headlines and love letters propelled public interest.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Citrus
I Yacht
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Beulah
Flintridge
Pasadena
Overell
Finance Company
Newport Harbor
Gollum
Miss Overell
Evansville
Ind
Washington Finance Co
Los A 8
Erly
Kenneth Morrison
California
World War II Veterans Lead in Numbers Across Wars
Washington reports that World War II veterans far outnumber survivors of earlier wars by seven to two. VA tabulations show 14,267,000 World War II veterans versus 3,921,000 from World War I and earlier conflicts. State totals list Alabama 277,000 and 50,000, Georgia 288,000 and 60,000, South Carolina 174,000 and 35,000.
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Washington
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Merger Endorsed by Alabama Postmasters Group
The Alabama chapter of the National Association of Postmasters backed a proposed merger of two national postmaster organizations and voted against affiliating with any union. It authorized its new president William B. Taylor of Mobile to appoint a committee to coordinate with the state district League of Postmasters on consolidation.
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Mobile
Ala
Alabama
National Association of Postmasters
William B. Taylor
District League of Postmasters
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Doss
Moore
A. M. Roan
Central Methodist Church
Murray King
Wheeler Lake
Collier Grading Company
Marshall County
Birmingham
State Highway Department
H & H Machine Works
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