Repeal Push for Automobile Use Tax Faces Odds
Washington report notes Rep. James E. Van Zandt leads a drive to repeal the wartime auto use tax on 30 million Americans. Treasury opposition cited cost and collection doubts. Proponents argue most mileage is business, with many owners on farms or low incomes, yet passage remains unlikely.
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Washington
Congress
United States
James E. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Altoona
van Zandt
Treasury Department
Treasury
Post Office Department
van Kandt
Mr. van Zandt
Squeeze Play Used To Win Vital Trick
In Eastern States open pair bridge, Jules Tilles of New York and A. Goldstein of Brooklyn beat rivals for the title. The hand featured a king of clubs squeeze after a sequence of no trump bids and clever play, with East forced to choose between heart and spade, setting up the extra trick for declarer.
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Jules Tilles
New York
A. Goldstein
Brooklyn
A. M. Sobel
Charles H. Goren
Tilles
Goldstein
South
East
Declarer
West
French Group Puzzled Over Eisenhower Surprise
London dispatches report Eisenhower expressing surprise at a French national committee statement delaying De Gaulle's North Africa visit. Fighting French sources say the committee explained De Gaulle's failure to depart for talks with Giraud, while Churchill backs Eisenhower on avoiding disruption during Tunisia's crisis. Cátructroux continues talks with Giraud to set groundwork for later negotiations with North Africa's French authorities.
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London
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French National Committee
Charles DeGaulle
North Africa
Eisenhower
National Committee
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Giraud
Churchill
Tunisia
Georges Catroux
Eighteen Notified To Appear In Meat Quota Violations
Eighteen defendants accused of a nationwide conspiracy to violate meat quotas and price ceilings were notified to appear in Federal Court in Newark New Jersey. The indictment names Peter Golas of Chicago and Nathan Krupnick of Paterson as key organizers who built a chain of slaughter houses and packing plants supplying more than allowed beef and veal at elevated prices.
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Newark
N. J
Office of Price Administration
Peter Golas
Chicago
Nathan Krupnick
Paterson
New Jersey
Golas
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