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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1947

Page

2

Taft backs tax cuts as house plans hearings on 20 percent reduction

The Ways and Means Committee will start hearings on a 20 percent across the board tax cut effective January 1, with Taft opposing levies until July 1. The plan would reduce revenues by about 3.5 billion dollars, while Democratic leaders may support the move if an opportunity to delay is rejected. The article also notes tuna distribution and fluorine dental applications in separate notes.

House Ways and Means Taft Enent

British and Jewish factions in Palestine clash after sentencing

Reports indicate the Athlit camp hospital treated four voyagers including a 14 year old girl for gunshot wounds. Irgun Zvai Leumi warned of blood for three youths condemned for arms offences. Lt. Gen. Barker confirmed the three convictions before Macmillan takes Palestine command. An unofficial delay was rumored pending the Grunder case.

Mediterranean Athlit Irgun Zai Leumi Jewish Army Evelyn Barker Palestine Army G. MH. A. Macmillan Dov Bela Grunder Gurner Ramadan Privy Council Britain

Mine decision is delayed in government contempt case

Washington news that a Supreme Court ruling in the government contempt action involving John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers was postponed to March 3, the court’s next opinion day, with a two week recess before releasing the next opinions.

Washington Supreme Court John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Lewis Monay

Worry of FALSE TEETH

Don’t be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping or wobbling when you eat talk or laugh. Just as kle a little FASTEETH on your pin This pleasant powder gives a remarkable sense of added comfort and security by holding plates more firmly. No gritty taste or feeling. It’s alkaline non acid. Get FAS at any drug store.

Chiang Kai-Shek moves to stabilize China economy

Nanking reports a sweeping plan to reorganize government and curb hoarding and speculating. It imposes a hard exchange rate, bans foreign currency use, and withdraws government from heavy industry while directing loans to production and imports of needed machinery. Bruce Smith warns American business may pause.

Nanking Chiang Kai-Shek China Shanghai Chiang U. S Bruce Smith American Chamber of Commerce

Violent incidents claim several lives in Washington area

Otis Gurkin aged 42 was shot and killed in Washington Saturday night. An acquaintance, Belle Cherry, 45, is jailed as a suspect after she says a man tried to climb into her home. Lonnie Rice 57 died after being struck by a car. Harold Barnes 15 died after a shooting the night before. A 28 year old Black man faces murder charges as Sheriff Tyson holds William Wilson 30 for questioning in Helen Smith's death found in Wilson’s car.

PAGE Otis Gurkin Washington, D. C Belle Cherry Bonner Paul Paul Lonnie O. Rice Belhaven Washington Harold Barnes Ruel W. Tyson Greenville William Wilson Helen Smith Negre Wilson

Britain doubts timing of UN trusteeship for Kwajalein

A British spokesman welcomed U S interest in placing the Kwajalein islands under UN trusteeship but doubted a treaty path is ready. London argues Japan has not formally relinquished claims until a peace treaty is signed, leaving unclear title.

Kwajalein Marshalls United States London Japan

Labor hearings push labor committee into third week

The labor committee led by Chairman Hartley enters its third week of field hearings on bills to ease labor-management conflict. Senate panel in fourth week takes a break, with plans to hear AFL President Green and other leaders next. Nixon notes rank and file views differ from leaders. He suggests bringing in wives or union members to testify.

Vey Nashville Indianapolis Labor Committee Hartley R-Nj Senate Labor Committee AFL Wiliam Green Nixon Congress Nak California Scranton

Wreckage of Barranquilla Flight Kills Many near Subachoque

A charter flight from Barranquilla to Bogota crashed on a 1000 foot cliff near Subachoque, 500 miles north of Barranquilla. Bodies, including Capt. Kenneth Poe and Capt. Roy Kaye, were identified among the mangled remains. Rescue parties faced difficult retrieval as the toll surpassed earlier air disaster records.

Bogota Barranquilla U. S Kenneth Newton Poe Roy Kaye Henry R. Burton St. Charles Tropical Oil Company Fred L. Wohn Tropical Oil Caribbeans Air Transport Command Carl Hubman Texas Petroleum Company H. K. Huffendick Texas Petroleum Reno Slesin New York City United Artists Moving Picture Subachoque Supata San Francisco la Sabana Alan C. Campbell London Legal Department of Tropical Oile Carlos Henao Blanco Chinese National Aviation Corporation Tsingtao Stephenville Newfoundland Moscow Maxim Gorky

Mob abducts Negro from jail in dawn attack

At about 4:30 to 5:05 a.m. a group of men knocked on the jail door and took a Negro believed to be Earle from a Pickens county jail cell. The men drove off in seven cars toward Pickens as the body of the other arrested man was later found in Greenville county with stab wounds and a shotgun head wound.

Greenville County J. O. Turner Earle Gilstrap Wyatt Pickens

Lincoln city council adopts smoking in bed ordinance

Lincoln Nevada city council designates smoking in bed as a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding 100 dollars. The measure targets hazardous home conduct and aligns with public safety rules in the town.

Lincoln, Nev INS

Radio Program Schedule Corrections and Time Adjustments

Radio listings indicate schedule changes due to network corrections not yet incorporated. Times are Eastern. Central times require subtracting one hour. some local relay times may vary.

Gas Factory Stomach to Relief with INNER-AID

A woman reports relief from bloating gas pains after taking INNER-AID. She says meals no longer cause gas headaches or constipation and credits twelve herbs for cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys. She urges others with gas and constipation to try INNER-AID, sold at drug stores.

Geneva Auto Show Dates Announced

The seventeenth International Automobile show will run at Geneva Palace of Expositions from March 13 to 23. Also noted are three common cockroach types in America: the German American and Oriental.

Geneva INS Palace of Expositions America

Kremlin Secrecy Over U S S R Bulletin Distribution

Mundt accuses Moscow of shielding 50 000 copies of the American Monthly Bulletin and hints at possible distribution to the Volga. He notes the Bulletin is freely available here with no content restrictions and partially subsidized by second class mail. Also mentions Travancore’s 6 000 000 population and industrial sectors.

Fresh Blood A Must For Free Energy

The ad promotes 88S Tonic claiming it boosts low blood strength from non organic nutritional anemia. It credits a 85 Tonic formula with activating ingredients and says the tonic improves digestion, appetite, energy, sleep, and overall vigor. It asserts millions of bottles sold and urges readers to obtain it from a drug store.

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