Tax Fight Faces Tough Odds in Congress Amid Democratic Reluctance
Special to Central Press reports President Truman seeks four billion dollars in new taxes but faces tepid support in Congress. Democrats wary of higher levies cite postwar relief hopes and costs of social welfare payrolls. Air Force funding and nationalization risk loom as debates unfold.
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Ashington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Pretty but Is It Art The Modern Art Debate at The Met
Retired New York lawyer James N Rosenberg fires open letters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art arguing it clings to old masters and ignores modern artists. He contends Picasso and Matisse should not be housed there and favors more contemporary work at the Museum of Modern Art. The dispute centers on what qualifies as art and how museums balance past and present.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
Metropolitan Museum of New York
Matisse
Metropolitan
Picasso
Museum of Modern Art
Sani Carl
Rosenberg
Basis of Health Council Sees No Health Plan Difference
The Basis of Health Council asserts no evident mortality or expectancy gaps between countries with and without government health plans, citing adequate nurses, hospitals, and nutrition as key factors. It urges focus on expanding medical facilities and improving living conditions rather than universal health mandates.
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Pte Pacospoh Council
Prophetic musings and odd notes drift through old wires
A jumbled collection of quotes and doodles from a bygone era references Churchill foretelling bomb power, Amerigo Vespucci, a prophecy about the United States going places, gas consumption figures, and prankish schoolyard banter. The piece threads disparate curiosities from Bible thoughts to student boasts.
Tulsa Shipping Disaster Reported Amid Refugee Crisis
Report mentions the Kienyuan coal carrier en route from Formosa to Shanghai with a crew of about 75 and no passengers. It notes possible loss of more families and references an ancient cubit unit for measurement.
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Dred
Kienyuan
Shanghai
Formosa
Try and Stop Me by AllylAn Bankhead Reminiscence
Ally LAn Bankhead recalls early parts including a scene with Abraham Lincoln. An understudy asks who played Lincoln, prompting a witty exchange. The Prohibition unit chief nears 100, boasting of never touching liquor and celebrating with a curious birthday remark.
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Allylan Bankhead
la Bankhead
Abraham Lincoln
Brown
Jocal Prohibition
Tor Benpets
Letters to the Editor on Educational Films in West Virginia
Eldora M Boyard News Editor discusses Visual Education a WCTU program promoting two educational 16 mm films in Grafton churches and schools. Liquid Love compares water and alcohol uses and harms while Skid Row depicts urban poverty in Chicago. Both films are available through WVU Audio Visual Aids and State Department Director Mrs. H P Holand Oak Hill WV.
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Eldora.m. Boyard
Grafton
W. Va
Department of State
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Grafton Union
Woman's Club
Chicago
Morsne and Potiers
Brewers
West Virginia University Library
H. P. Holand
Oak Hill
West Virginia
Lawmakers Propose 26 Bills in Brief Charleston Session
Charleston WV lawmakers introduced 26 bills in under 20 minutes. Highlights include 55 scholarships for West Virginia University, a county allocation, and a tax commissioner salary rise from 6000 to 8000 dollars. A veterans bonus bill is still pending. Governor Patteson and six veterans groups backed a 90 million plan for veterans housing, seeking federal support via President Truman. Peter Hele of Nuremberg is credited with early spring power in timepieces.
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Charleston
J W
West Virginia University
Okey Patteson
West Virginia
Truman
Clock built for Jersey City factory towers at 50 feet
In 1924 the largest clock in the world was constructed for a Jersey City New Jersey factory. The clock face spans 50 feet and the minute and hour hands weigh nearly four tons together.
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Jersey City, N.J
What Do You Mean I Was Second Choice
Gail confronts Sam over a love triangle involving Brad Helena Sturm and Brenda. After a tense exchange she quietly orchestrates her father’s return home and helps a cab driver and Andrews move him to a safe room, avoiding exposure while planning medical help. The scene closes with Gail arranging care and keeping secrets.
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Gail
Sam
Helena
Brad
Sturm
Helena Sturm
Spencer
Rogers
Chicago
Andrews
Alexandria
Pauth Balawin
Rinehart & Company
Last Leg of Journey to Promised Land Continues
The case moves toward hospitalization for Kirby as Roanoke VA facility agrees to admit him if treatment is ordered. If not accepted for treatment, he would be returned to jail. State hospitals cannot accept him, but Roanoke indicated it would help. Kirby is a World War II veteran who suffered a near nervous breakdown in the Philippines.
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Commerce and State Department
Britain
United States
America
Congress
Roanoke
Kirby
Philippines
Promised Land
Cyprus
Europe
Ernest Bevin
London
Israel
Weather Outlook and Flood Watch Across Ohio Valley
Weather continues cold with snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Mountain areas see snow flurries tomorrow while heavy rains yesterday and last night raise flood concerns across the upper Ohio valley. National Guard Naval Reserve and Civil Air Patrol units are alerted for possible flood duty in unprotected communities. LCS 65 and a smaller craft are held in readiness. Commander Sol Ribakoff orders 10 officers and 100 men activated.
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Upper
Ohio Valley
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Huntington
National Guard
Naval Reserve
Civil Air Patrol
Naval Battalion
Sol Ribakoff
Pruntytown Dormitories Nearing Completion Tour Planned
Mr Riley will lead committee members touring school buildings while D J Curry escorts them across the farm area Two new dormitory cottages under construction since last spring are expected to be finished within two months and house about 50 boys A sub committee of the humane institutions committee will visit the Weston State Hospital and the girls industrial school in Salem along with the Boys Industrial School at Pruntytown
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Riley
D. J. Curry
Senate
House
Pruntytown
Salem
Weston State Hospital
Humane Institutions Committee
Witon State Hospital
Morrow
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