Tax sources hunted as Senate considers corporate rate changes
Senate Finance Committee trims a $7.2 billion tax measure to about $5.7 billion while House plans 82 percent total rate on excess profits for firms over $25,000 annual income. Key talks focus on normal tax rise to 27 percent and surtax to 25 percent, with corporate levy on excess profits and differing bases for calculation.
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Raymond Lahrgton
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George le Seve
Ostates
Robert Allen Named New Warden for North Carolina Central Prison
RALEIGH UP Robert A. Allen 38 former Reidsville police chief and SBI agent will become warden at North Carolina Central Prison starting Saturday. Appointed four days after former Warden Joe Crawford was fired, Allen plans a prison system reorganization to establish clear authority and improve supervision. He resigns from SBI after 29 years in law enforcement and has training from UNC Institute of Government.
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Raleigh
Robert A. Allen
Reidsville
State Bureau of Investigation
Central Prison
Walter I F. Anderson
Allen
Joe Crawford
SBI
L. E
Anderson
Prisons Advisory Board
Highway Commission
Henry W. Jordan
Seced
Chapel Hill
Stock Market Pushes Higher Amid Rail Leader Gains
New York stock market rose mid session led by railroad shares. Santa Fe climbed 3 8 to 51 7 8 while Chesapeake and Ohio gained to 30 7 8. Oil stocks posted gains with City Service up 1 3 4 to 112 1 2 and Shell to 67.
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New York
Plume
Eees
I Santa Fe
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
New York Central
Shell
Standard Oil California
Texas Co
Anderson, Clayton and Co
duPont
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Oregon Democrats file Eisenhower primary ballot petitions
A group of Oregon Democrats filed petitions to place Eisenhower on the May presidential primary ballot. They submitted 1 150 signatures, above the 1 000 requirement, with no party affiliation needed for the candidate. Republicans planned to file their petitions later.
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Salem
Oreg
Oregon
Dwight Eiisenhower
Eisenhower
Dave O'Hara
Civic Name
Copper Strike Persists After Peace Appeal
Nationwide walkout by 58 000 IMMSW workers continues as Truman and federal officials seek responses. Strike weakens copper production and affects zinc lead and silver. Union accepts a 16 cent wage raise plus 4.5 cent pension boost, while wage dispute goes before the Wage Board.
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Denver
Truman
Defense
International Mine, Mill and Smelter
Ind
Governent
U. S. Conciliation Service
IMMSW
CIO
AFL Metal Trades Union
Utah
Wage Star Board
Truman Thon
Braniff President Predicts Jet-Powered Planes Soon
Thomas E. Braniff, head of Braniff International Airways, says pre passenger aircraft will be jet propelled within five to ten years. The statement comes as aviation advances push toward jet technology in commercial travel.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Thomas E. Braniff
Braniff International Airways
Mexico City Man Kills After Fear Of Living Forever
In Mexico City police report Francisco Malpica, aged 98, killed a day after fearing he might live forever. Investigators describe a fatal act driven by existential dread and concern over mortality.
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Mexico City
Francisco Malpica
Meat Costs Rise With Railroad Freight Rates
A Washington report notes railroad freight rate increases of six to nine percent across the East South and West raise wholesale meat ceilings and may push higher prices to households. Officials warn defense cost growth could trigger inflation this winter as production remains pressured.
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Washington
Detroit
Eric A. Johnston
Johnston
New York
United States Increases Aid to Yugoslavia Under Tito
The United States allocates 50 million dollars to Yugoslavia with 29.8 million as an initial installment and 11.5 million to bolster economy and military defense. France expected to announce aid. total U S loans and grants to Yugoslavia reach 150 million since Tito broke with Moscow.
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Marshal Tise
Free World
Yugoslavia
United States
Marshal Tito
Moscow
ECA
Tito
Menenavie
Balkan
Anti-Racket Laws Proposed by Crime Probers
Senate Crime Committee members led by Chairman Herbert R. O Conor introduced legislation to crack down on treasurer or a numbers slip based on government data. Violators face up to 1000 dollars fine and one year in prison for shipping liquor into dry states or counties, where penalties were lacking.
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Herbert R. O'Conor
D-Md
Senate Crime Committee
U. S
Japan Faces Population and Trade Pressures After Peace
Tokyo observers warn Japan's 83 million people grow fast while food and raw materials are scarce. With postwar trade disrupted by Communist areas, Japan must import essentials and seek emigration or birth control solutions as occupation forces prepare for a free nation.
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United Press
Tokyo
Japan
San Francisco
Asia
University of Chicago
Edward A. Ackerman
Allied Headquarters
Doughboys Push Ahead Over Bloody Ridge
United Nations forces advance at Bloody Ridge in Korea as they capture a hill on day 13 of the battle. Allied troops faced little resistance while shelling and fighting subjected Communist defenses, with 2 12 hours later another assault underway and officials reporting heavy casualties on the Reds. Allied air power credited with significant Communist damage since Friday.
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8Th Army
Korea
United Nations
U.N
DS Aen Leeann
Girl describes rape near rail tracks in Bristol
In Bristol Tennessee an unidentified man described as elderly with a long nose and medium build assaulted a girl beside the railroad tracks near the Tennessee High School stadium. She said he offered $1 to drive her, clamped a hand over her mouth during the attack, and fled in a colored automobile after the assault prompting police to pursue a speedy investigation.
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Bristol
Tenn
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Probe Asked To Investigate OSS Officer Murder
New York public relations counsel Jesse Gordon urged President Truman to order an investigation into the Defense Department's alleged suppression of facts surrounding the murder of OSS officer Maj. William V. Holohan.
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NEW York
Jesse Gordon
William V. Holohan
Truman
Defense Department
OSS
Winter Arrives as Snow Expected Across Regions
Weather officials forecast snow today for Calgary while a few flakes have already fallen in the Peace River area. The system signals advancing winter conditions across Alberta and nearby regions.
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Edmonton
Alta
Calgary
Peace River
British Columbia
Six Men Sentenced to Death for King Abdullah Murder
A Jordan military tribunal sentenced six men to death for plotting the assassination of King Abdullah. Four others, including a Roman Catholic priest, were acquitted and released. Two defendants were tried in absentia, including Col Abdullah el Tel and Moussa el Ayoubi, who were in Cairo.
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Amman
Jordan
Abdullah of
Arab Legion
Col
Abdullah el-Tel
Moussa el-Ayoubi
Cairo
el-Tel
el-Ayoubi
Ek Moussa el Housseine
Haj Amin el Housseini
Jerusalem
Abed
Zakkaria Oukki
Abdul Kader Farhat
David el Housseini
Muffa
Ibrahim Ayyad
Rae
Toufik el-Housseini
Kamel Kalouti
Bukki
Farhat
Mouss
Tegen Oe
Crackles A Fear of Age Keeps People From Acting Youthfully
A cultural note explores how many individuals resist acting their age fearing social judgment. The piece discusses attitudes toward aging, self-expression, and the pressure to conform to youth norms.
Fresh Start In Parleys Suggested Amid Korean War Talk
Gen. Ridgway's SHAPE said Communists staged a fake Kaesong bombing using their own airliner and branded the Allied charges as propaganda. It noted the alleged air raid was a deliberate fraud and hinted Ridgway may reject the Communist terms as talks attempt to shift to new negotiating teams aboard a hospital ship.
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Tokyo
Matthew B Ridgway
Supreme Headquarters
Kaesan de
USN
Kaesong
Bom
Sertar
Ridgway
Sammie
Kim I
Peng Tek-huai
Korea
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