Lawmakers Debate 20 Percent Income Tax Cut Plan
Rep McCormack predicts probable House passage of a 20 percent income tax cut backed by Knutson and Taft, while urging tax relief for the "little fellow" via higher earned income exemptions. Truman's FY spending estimate is $37.5 billion. Stassen proposes $5 billion in cuts plus wartime tax tweaks to reach $38.5 billion.
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Washington
Rep
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Ohio
Ways and Means
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Arnall Quits As Governor Of Georgia
Georgia governor Ellis Arnall resigns effective immediately after lieutenant governor qualification in a move to block Herman Talmadge succession. Arnall names M. E. Thompson as legal successor and pledges to resign when Thompson is eligible, aiming to prevent dual governorship amid posthumous political strife.
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Arnall
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Gene Talmadge
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Herman
Thompson
Firmness In Policy Key to World Peace Says Byrnes
Secretary of State Byrnes urged in Cleveland that a just peace comes through cooperative effort and firm policy. He urged the UN Security Council to prevent force outside defense of law and called for waiving veto rights on atomic controls.
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Byrnes
Cleveland
Cleveland Council On World Affairs
United States
United Nations Security Council
High Point Enterprise Adopts Newsprint Restrictions
The High Point Enterprise announces a wartime newsprint freeze due to shortages. Circulation remains frozen except for new residents, advertising space is limited, and readers should expect no added features until paper supply improves.
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Highpoint
High Point
Thieves Take 13 Cases Whiskey From Chicago Juke Box Bar
Albert De Grande noticed a patron feeding the juke box for an hour and a half. Thieves had pried open a storeroom window during the music spree and carried off 13 cases of whiskey from the basement storage.
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Chicago
Albert de Grande
de Grande
Albania Rejects British Demand for Apology and Compensation
The Albanian note rejects London’s request for an apology and damages for mine damage to two British destroyers and 44 sailors. Britain will push for an early UN Security Council discussion separate from arms talks, with Cadogan calling Albania’s reply unsatisfactory. The incident dates to October 22 off the Albanian coast in the Corfu channel.
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Lake Success
N. Y
London
Alexander Cadogan
United Kingdom
United Nations
Security Council
Albania
Britain
Council
Russia
United Nation
United States
Cadogan
Corfu
Navy Twin-Jet Phantom Sets East Coast Speed Mark
The navy’s new twin-jet carrier plane flew from Jacksonville to Miami in 42 minutes, the fastest Florida east coast run to date. Lt. Commander William Wright Kelly of Newcastle, Pa., piloted the propellerless aircraft before a 20,000 spectator crowd at the 15th annual all-American air maneuvers in Miami.
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Iami
Fla
Navy
Miami
Jacksonville
William Wright Kelly
Newcastle
Florida
Five Killed As British Dakota Crashes Near London
A BOAC Dakota. 11 passengers and six crew were aboard. It crashed on a secluded hill in Kent Downs about 50 miles southeast of London. The flight had originated from London and was bound for Lagos with planned stops at Bordeaux and Paris before fog diverted it.
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London
British Overseas Airways
Kent Downs
Lagos
West Africa
Bordeaux
France
BOAC
Paris
Taft Commands GOP Senate Leadership at Start of 30th Congress
Senator Taft of Ohio emerges as key GOP strategist guiding senate policy and debate as the 30th Congress begins. He leads opposition to Bilbo on seating and coordinates party moves, with Vandenberg yielding on foreign policy while Taft shapes labor and other major issues.
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Byrnes
George Marshall
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Vanderig
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Labor Committee
GOP
Bilbo
D-Miss
White
Maine
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
George C. Marshall
Teachers Will Keep Up Fight For Increase
South Piedmont district teachers meeting in Charlotte vow to continue their push for higher pay. They welcomed Raleigh House action approving a 25 30 percent salary hike and plan a fund with five dollars per teacher. Principal John C Otts favors a sliding scale over a flat percentage boost.
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Charlotte
South Piedmont
House of Representatives
Raleigh
Lillian Parks
John C. Otts
Charlotte Central High
Otts
Cherry To Deliver Budget Message Tomorrow Night
North Carolina's 1947 general assembly starts fast ahead of Governor Cherry's budget, expected to propose the largest spending program in state history. The House fights over a gag rule and higher salaries for teachers and state workers, with the gag rule retained after a heated debate.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Cherry
Survivors Sighted After China Plane Crash Near Luzon
A Hong Kong bound transport plane with 40 aboard crashed in the South China Sea. Three life rafts with survivors were sighted within 80 miles of the northern Luzon coast. A radio message urged rescue ships to reach the scene.
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Manila
Hong Kong
South China Sea
Luzon
Philippines Bureau of Aeronautics
Drys Win Person County Vote On ABC Stores
Dry forces win in Person county third whiskey referendum in ten years with 1,665 against and 1,609 for ABC whiskey stores. Unofficial returns show a heavier vote than prior referendums, both won by drys with margins under 75.
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Drys
ABC Stores
Roxboro
N. C
Person County
ABC Whiskey
Construction Boom Forecast For 1947 Expenditures
New York January 11 construction activity set records with an estimated total outlay of 20.2 billion dollars for 1947. The rise marks a 26 percent increase over 1946, signaling the largest year in the nation’s building history per the Architectural Forum.
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New York
Architectural Forum
Magazine of Building
Young Plans First Cross Country Railroad System
Chicago January 11 Robert R Young unveils plans to build a coast to coast railroad system using Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate Pere Marquette as nuclei. He cites eastern routes via New York to Buffalo and Chicago, with western links including Missouri Pacific Denver and Rio Grande and Union Pacific.
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Young
Chicago
Robert R. Young
Alleghany Corp
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Advertising Age
Palm Beach
Fla
Lackawanna
New York
Buffalo
St. Louis
New York Central
New York Central Cap
Ial
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Union Pacific
Family Of Four Burned To Death
A Bakersfield man William Marshall 58 and his three children William Lewis eight Macaleen four and Jean a year and a half died in a trailer cabin fire early today after he had taken his wife Wilda to Kern County General Hospital for the birth of a fourth child. Coroner Norman C Houze said the fire likely started from an oil stove explosion as he returned from the hospital to light the stove and believed the blast engulfed him while he tried to light it after putting the children to bed.
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J. Edward Sprouse
Clarksville
Tenn
Centerville
James D. Sandusky
Nashville
John T. Kelly
Marion
Ill
Sprouse
Bakersfield
Calif
William Marshall
William Lewis Marshall
Macaleen
Jean
Wilda Marshall
Kern County General Hospital
Norman C. Houze
Marshall
Missing Martin Mariner Found With Survivors Nearby
The burned wreckage of a missing Martin Mariner was found near the U S S Mount Olympus. Six of its nine crew survived and a search plane circles the scene. A second crewman heads toward the area ready to assist. Weather is good and rescue is expected. The search began after the plane disappeared December 30 ten miles from the coast. Captain Henry Howard Caldwell commands the navy tender Pine Island.
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U.S.S
Mount Olympus
Henry Howard Caldwell
Loomis
Calif
Pine Island
Eva Tanguay Dies Once Rich Vaudeville Star
Eva Tanguay, famed vaudeville star once earning millions, died in Los Angeles at 68 from a brain hemorrhage. Known as the I Don t Care Girl, she rose to fame in 1910 s The Chaperones and was discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld.
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Los Angeles
Eva Tanguay
Florenz Ziegfeld
Miss Tanguay
Seven Major Bills To Be Introduced In Congress
Washington Jan 11 Senate Judiciary subcommittee scheduled a hearing Wednesday on seven major bills aligned with union reform and wage claims totaling about 4 billion dollars. The House and Senate labor committees have not set dates and Harold Stassen warned some bills go too far, including Ball sponsored measures to outlaw closed shops and industry wide bargaining. The public hearings will require witnesses to file statements in advance.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
House
Senate Labor Committees
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Senator Ball
Stassen
Ball
Congress
Capehart
R-Ind
Wiley R-Wis
Judiciary Committee
Donnell
R-Mo
Cooper
Rtenn
Eastland
D-Miss
Partak
Francis Case
R-Cd
House of Representatives
Rep. How
Steel Leaders Face New Battle Over Contract
CIO-United Steelworkers and U S Steel begin annual contract talks next Thursday. The 853000 workers idled by last year’s strike set the scene for wage pressure and price movements with no OPA controls. Philip Murray leads the union, while J A Stephens handles industrial relations for U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
OPA
Philip Murray
CIO and Steelworkers
Murray
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Fairless
J. A. Stephens
The
Iron Age
National Metalworking Paper
Weather data from major cities with rainfall figures
Weather bureau report shows 24 hour rainfall in several cotton growing regions and cities. Readings include Charlotte 60 over 38 with trace rain Asheville 57 21 and .00 in some areas. Birmingham 55 32 .77 and Fort Worth 56 39. Kansas City 43 with missing data. New Orleans 53 45. New York 41 82.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Charlotte
Asheville
Chicago
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Piaecee City
Cleveland
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Albert B. Parkhurst
Harvard
Secret Service
Boston
Mass
Secretary of
Ben Fortson, Jr
Joe Blythe
Mecklenburg County
L. Y. Ballentine
Tom Pearsall
Nash County
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