Democrats Stand Firm on Balanced Tax Cuts Plan
Key House Democrats on the Ways and Means committee backed President Truman’s demand that any excise tax cuts be offset by revenue raises elsewhere. Republicans pressed for a simple repeal, but the panel agreed to preserve revenue, resisting an unbalanced cut as the House debated measures including a $90 million tax on untaxed life insurance company investment earnings.
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Washington
Pkey House
Truman
Tax Drafting House
Ways and Means Committee
House
Congress
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Gore
D.-Tenn
Senate
Fresh Documents Prompt Nixon to Seek House Spy Inquiry
Washington reports Rep. Nixon demands a new House investigation into communist espionage after displaying eight documents allegedly from Whittaker Chambers. The papers reference U S policy toward Japan and a naval liaison in 1938, with claims tied to Harry Dexter White and Alger Hiss.
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Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
House
Chambers
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
White
American Activities Committee
U. S
Japan
England
House Committee
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Chamers
Counterfeit Ring Busted by Secret Service in New York
Secret service agents posing as traders nabbed a counterfeit ring traced from Los Angeles to New York. Four men were arrested after a two day probe, with $200,000 in fake bills seized from two suitcases in a Queens apartment. The operation involved city police and staged buy negotiations with the suspects.
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New York
Secret Service
Los Angles
U. S
Queens
Los Angeles
Western Powers Weigh Berlin Counter-Blockade
U S officials in Berlin consider a counter-blockade against eastern Germany to break the Helmstedt slow down and Russian pressure in Berlin. They warn of possible economic reprisals as McCloy prepares return to address renewed blocking actions and a warming tensions in the western sector.
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United States
Berlin
Germany
Helmstedt
U. S
John J. McCloy
McCloy
West Berlin
Two Burned To Death After Police Chase
In Cambridge Massachusetts a high speed pursuit ended when a car struck a gas tank truck. Two men in the passenger car died in flames while a third was severely burned after being ejected. A nearby pedestrian rolled him along a sidewalk to extinguish the flames as the 1500 gallon tank exploded.
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Cambridge
Mass
United States and Allies Sign Arms Aid Agreements
The United States and eight North Atlantic allies signed agreements governing the transfer of about one billion dollars in American weapons to bolster Western Europe’s defenses against a possible Soviet attack. This marks the penultimate step before guns and aircraft begin moving under a Congress approved aid program, with final approval of the master defense plan expected soon.
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Washington
United States
Mrth Atlantic
Europe
Congress
Truman
State Department
Half of Aga Khan's Jewelry Recovered In Marseille
In Marseille on January 27, police found half of the Aga Khan's jewelry worth about 420000 dollars in a package outside the ninth police brigade station after an anonymous tip. Initial estimates put value at 280000 dollars, later raised by experts.
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Marseille
Aga Khan
Tommy-Gginners
Rivera
Ninth
Apex Police Chief Charged With Hit and Run
Apex Police Chief S. L. Bagwell faced a $300 bond on charges of hit and run and drunken driving after a warrant sworn by T. A. Hunnicutt. Bagwell denied intoxication, claiming his car backed into a man’s vehicle and that he left thinking no damage occurred. Deputy J. A. Holmes served the warrant. Lt. E. D. Cozart issued it.
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Raleigh
S. L. Bagwell
Apex
T. A. Hunnicutt
Rt. 1
J. A. Holmes
E. D. Cozart
Hunnicutt
Bagwell
Public Workers Exempted From Wage Hour Law
Washington January 27 news explains coverage under the new wage hour law. It lists exemptions including government agriculture domestic service seamen and fishermen and notes adjustments for executives administrators professionals and certain retailers. The piece outlines wage and overtime rules and notes changes for newspapers taxicab firms and small telephone exchanges.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Wagehour
Southern Democratic Meet Draws Low Turnout Across Dixie
Most southern lawmakers report they will not attend the Democratic southern conference in Raleigh North Carolina citing lack of invitation or other duties Only North Carolina Senators Hoey and Graham and North Carolina House members plan to attend Critics fear civil rights program talk and Byrnes governor bid dampen harmony mood. Truman aides attending lead the administration faction amid waning enthusiasm.
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Washington
Raleigh
N. C
Democratic National Committee
Dixie
Hoey and
Graham
North Carolina
South Carolina
Daniels
Rep. Hare
D.S.C
Baptists Reconsider Funds for Hospital Wing
Trustees of Baptist Hospital urge North Carolina Baptists to accept 697000 dollars in state and federal funds for a new wing amid church state separation concerns. The Baptist state convention previously voted to accept. a special session was asked by April 15 to revisit the decision. Private donors add 408000 dollars.
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Winston-Salem
Baptist Hospital
North Carolina
General Board
Archbishop Orders British Priests to Bar Political Sermons
England's second-ranking churchman Archbishop of York instructed Church of England priests to keep politics out of sermons ahead of Britain's general election on February 23. No party support or opposition should be preached, a Diocesan spokesman said the injunction would be persuasive beyond York's diocese.
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York
Eng
England
Britain
Cyril F. Garbett
London
Spring Weather Nearing End In South and East
A cold air outbreak from the Midwest spreads to the Ohio River valley and toward the Atlantic coast while the west grapples with subzero temperatures. Flood warnings rise along the Ohio River as cold blasts reach Arkansas and parts of the south with freezing rain on northern fringes of New York and Pennsylvania.
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Great Lakes
Cincinnati
Ohio River
A. W. Walstrom
Ohio River Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Plains
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Dakotas
Rapid City
S. D
Arkansas
South
New York
Pennsylvania
Billy Rose Home Raided By Bandits
New York police report three men forced entry into Billy Rose's Beekman Place townhouse late last night. They seized a safe furs and jewelry valued at about 100000 dollars, while Eleanor Holm Rose wore jewelry worth 250000 dollars. Rose commented on Holm's necklace bracelet and ring as the thieves fled.
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New York
Billy Rose
Rose
Eleanor Holm
Miss Holm
Atharine Hepburn
Rose Town House
Beekman Place
Japanese Astronomer Reports Mars Explosion Sighting
Tsuneo Saeki a 32 year old self taught Japanese astronomer says he saw a vast grey cloud bulging on the south side of Mars on January 16. He estimates the cloud about 900 miles wide and 60 miles high and cautions it may not be volcanic in origin. Saeki plans further observations next month with support from Japanese colleagues Tadao Murayama and Hideo Hirose.
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Tokyo
Mars
Tsuneo Saeki
Japan
Tadao Murayama
Science Museum
Hideo Hirose
Saeki
Murayama
Hirose
Osaka
United States
Walter Haas
Albuquerque
N. M
The
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
Southern Operators In Session On Coal Talks
The Senate Labor committee shelved a Taft Hartley resolution to restore full coal production as Humphrey and Thomas differed on future action. Negotiations aim to end the strike with John L. Lewis, while George H. Love signals resuming talks next Wednesday with UMW leader Lewis. The Southern Coal Producer association was not included in the move.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Aiken
R.-Vt
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Humphrey
D.-Minn
Donnell
R.-Mo
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Presiden Lewis
United Mine Workers
Love
Lewis
Southern Coal Producer Association
Wallace Bomt Not Possible
Howard W. Blakeslee reports on January 27 that scientists consider the A bomb threat Wallace described to be possible only in theory. They conclude that even with makings present a chain reaction that would destroy the world is not feasible.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
New York
Henry Wallace
Wallace
House Committee On
Forme
Stimson
Earth
Stock Market Edges Lower on Light Trading
New York traders showed little decisiveness with stock quotes dipping marginally. Bethlehem Steel fell 43 points to 32% after releasing its 1949 earnings, while several firms like Youngstown Sheet U S Rubber Dow Chemical and Union Pacific held steady or advanced slightly amid cautious sentiment.
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Bethlehem Steel
Youngston
Sheet
U. S. Rubber
Distiller Corp
Niagara Mohawk Power
Dow Chemical
American Cag Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Standardd Oil (Nj
U. 8S
Gypsum
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