Tax Relief Hopes for Individual Taxpayers May Be Brief
Washington lawmakers floated a possible breather for 50 million or more individuals until July amid talk of a substantial tax increase to fund mounting defense costs. Doughton and Ga. Chairman George expect higher taxes, with some Ways and Means members predicting no action on individual income taxes until after a new law passes, possibly June.
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Get
Uncle Sam
Ton
D-N. C
House
W, and Means
G Doughton
Aewaen
Truman
Capitol Hill
Doughton
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Ways “and Means Committee
Congress
Joanne
Senate
Government mulls 30 day price notice order
The government plans a 30 day advance notice before price increases to create a de facto one month freeze, excluding some farm items. Retail prices rose 1.2 percent from Navy to Dec 15, nearing July 1948 highs. No formal confirmation yet, but officials say a decision to issue the order will come soon.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Navy
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
North Carolina cuts beer permits as 1950 ends
North Carolina's malt beverage division reports 6 029 stores licensed to sell beer, down 500 from a year earlier. In 1950 the office revoked 179 permits suspended 184 and refused 227 while cancelling 2 241. 1 931 permits were issued that year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Co. A. Upchurch, Jr
State Abc Board
Food Prices Rising Toward All Time High
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports retail food prices rose in early December, near July 1948 peaks, with a 1.2 cent gain from Nov 28 to Dec 15. Eggs led increases, up 14.2 percent in eight cities as debates grow over potential changes to price control laws.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Truman
Congress
BLS
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbus
New York
Richmond
San Francisco
State Board Approves 804 782.91 for School Construction
The State Board of Education authorized 804 782.91 for building programs, first sub-million total in months. Since 1949, state funds reach 28 596 162 with 15 034 103 local funds spent. Textbook rents rise to 3.60 per pupil for 1950 51. Ginn Our World of Science adopted for free elementary lists.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
General Assembly
Ginn and Company
Avery County
Crossmere
New Bern Negro High School
Hegue Angro
Halifax County
William R. Davie
State Air Raid Alert System Plans Laid
First steps for a statewide air raid alert communications system were outlined by the state civil defense communications committee. Walter Goan of Charlotte chaired a meeting with radio station and amateur representatives, civil defense officials, the highway patrol, and the civil air patrol.
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Asheboro
State Civil Defense Department
Walter Goan
Charlotte Radio
Civil Defense Office
Highway Patrol
Civil Air Patrol
Careful Killer Dusts The Chair
Claude McGee, 38, executed by Missouri gas chamber after four years in solitary for killing John Manor with a claw hammer in 1948. Manor had aided in the earlier slaying. McGee faced repeated escapes and faced death with a calm farewell to guards.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Claude McGee
State Penitentiary
McGee
John Manor
Manor
Reds Turn Verbal Guns On Eisenhower In Europe
Paris reports a sharp anti Eisenhower campaign from Communist papers in Paris, Prague, Moscow, and Bucharest. French and Prague outlets accuse him of war aims while l Humanite portrays him with a German entourage and imagery of revenge plans.
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Paris
Europe
Moscow
Prague
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l'Humanite
Hotchkiss
St. Denis
Luftwaffe
Soviet Union
Cadet Flies Laughingly To His Death
A French cadet at Randolph air base stole a T-6 trainer and, laughing, flew until gas ran out and crashed near Caldwell Texas. Capt Alain Jourdan said the cadet spoke of dying in the air and left a note asking for the plane’s destruction. The identity was withheld until next of kin could be notified. the crash occurred around 10:20 a.m. CST as planes pursued the trainer and it struck tree tops, killing the pilot who was said to be despondent after failing as a pilot trainee.
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Caldwell
Tex
Air Force
Texas
Alain Jourdan
Randolph Air Base
San Antonio
Jourdan
Randolph
Clyde Callison
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Hail Of Bullets For This Stork
In Wonju Korea a five minute old baby was born during a firefight as Capt Ken Irving’s patrol killed two North Korean combatants and captured one. Irving found three adults and three children hiding in a back room after the house was secured.
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Wonju
Korea
Ken Irving
Auburn
N. Y
Irving
Thieves Break Into Sondrio Jail and Escape
In Milan area, burglars raided the Sondrio city jail last night, smashed the director’s office safe, and fled with a large sum. Police launched a search across the northeast of Milan, and authorities described the escape as rapid and audacious.
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Milan
Italy
Sondrio
Raleigh Liquor Referendum Hopes Hit By Senate Panel
Lt. Gov H P Taylor named Alton Lennon of New Hanover to chair the senate committee on propositions and grievances with four ABC store counties represented. The panel will handle the statewide referendum bill and tax proposals as lawmakers prepare for Governor Scott’s budget message. The assembly adjourned in honor of the late Sen Elect W B Reeves and a pay raise bill for legislators was advanced. More on page two.
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Aiken
R.-Vt
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Scott
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
W. B. Reeves
West Jefferson
Winston-Salem
Resulu
Thad Eure
Eure
Draft of 18 Year Olds Sought by Defense Dept
Defense officials propose Congress authorize drafting 18 year olds and tighten deferments for 19 to 25 year olds. A manpower bill within two weeks would extend service to 27 or 30 months, with 1.2 million reach 18 next fiscal year and about 800,000 meeting physicals. Enlistment by 17 with parents’ permission. 18 year olds auto eligible after high school. No overseas deployment for 18 year old draftees until basic training complete.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Felix Larkin
Armed Services
Larkin
Selective Service
Cold Wave Loses Sting Across Central North America
A Canadian Northwest cold air mass weakened as it moved through the North Central region. North Dakota and northeastern Montana felt the cold most with Minnesota dipping to 15 below. Chicago reached 29 above forecast. Temperatures stayed above normal along the Atlantic coast and from Texas to Minnesota. Snow fell in the Great Lakes, Montana, the Dakotas, and northern Iowa. fair weather prevailed elsewhere.
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North Central
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
Dakotas
Feenends
Iowa
Asheville approves six month pay boosts for city staff
Asheville city council passed a resolution boosting pay for 211 employees including firefighters and policemen plus 44 other workers for six months beginning January 15.
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Asheville
Ruffin Calls Pay-As-We-Go Tax Plan for Mobilization
Durham on January 5 William H. Ruffin president of the National Association of Manufacturers urged a pay-as-you-go taxation system extending to all Americans. He warned that only this tax plan and credit control can prevent deeper inflation beyond the last decade during the current mobilization effort.
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Ellender
Durham
Jan
William H. Ruffin
National Association of Manufacturers
Second Act of Emergency Begins Next Week
Washington dispatch notes the coming State of the Union address by President Truman, the second act in a critical era. It discusses foreign policy debates in Congress, party divisions, and the pressure to rally public opinion behind Truman’s strategy against Russia.
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James Marlow
Washington
Korea
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
White House
Russia
Senate
Evacuation at Inchon Completed Smoothly
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied retreat from Seoul with Inchon harbor destroyed and U N forces moving south by land. Fatigued lines close around Wonju as Chinese units disrupt air fields and roads, while Lt General Ridgway cites a tragic mass displacement of Koreans fleeing the oncoming offensive.
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MacArthur
Chunchong
Wonju
United Nations
Eighth Army
Seoul
Korea
Kimpo
Inchon
U. N
B. Ridgway
U. S. Eighth Army
PB Pea Om
French Claim Early Success in Indochina Offensive
Saigon reports the second day of a major French counteroffensive along the northeast Indochina frontier. Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny drives battalions toward the Vietminh along the Tienyen Hanoi corridor to sever the Vietminh advance and defend Haiphong, a key northern supply and evacuation port. The army comm unique says the operation is progressing very favorably as French forces press 75 miles from Tienyen Hanoi toward Haiphong.
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Saigon
Indochina
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Tienyen- Hanoi
Haiphong
Tienyen
Cracking the Bond: Man and Dog Share Silent Understanding
The piece explores the enduring friendship between humans and dogs, highlighting how each understands the other's way of life without words. It reflects on loyalty, companionship, and the unspoken communication that underpins their bond.
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