Tax structure debate and a call for reform in North Carolina
Calvin Leonard notes the joint committee on finance voted down amendments to lower the sales tax rate and adopted a vague resolution asking the tax research department to study the state’s entire tax structure for the 1949 session. He urges a genuine overhaul rather than patchwork and praises former head Allen J. Maxwell while acknowledging the need for new ideas under a new director. The piece compares tax reform to rebuilding and argues the Johnson resolution could become a pivotal move for the 1947 assembly if the research department embraces it.
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Calvin Leonard
Daily News
Joint Committee On Finance
Department of Tax Research
Leonard
Johnson
Tax Research Department
North Carolina
Allen J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Hughes Warns Consumers Buy Better Goods In 1947
J C Penney president A W Hughes told a New York audience that American shoppers balked at poor quality late in 1946 and will resist shoddy goods in 1947. He noted quality leads price in current competition and that price cuts are returning as supply of quality items remains tight.
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A. W. Hughes
J. C. Penney Company
Hughes
New York
Baylor Honors Truman With Doctor of Laws Degree
The article praises Baylor University for proceeding with a Doctor of Laws degree for President Truman despite objections from the Texas Baptist convention over his poker and bourbon use. It argues Truman is not a drunkard or a gambler and notes Baylor shares sympathy with critics, referencing earlier wartime context as the decision was made early in his administration.
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Baylor University
Truman
Texas Baptist Convention
Baylor
Baptist Church
Harry Truman
Texas Institution
Brass Tacks in New Year Poetry Prompt
A United Press translated poem by the former emperor veers from traditional subjects to a reconversion theme. It notes dawn over Mito streets and the sound of hammers, hoping Japanese and American cities soon share rebuilding progress.
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Hirohito
Exdivinity
United Press
Mito Streets
Durocher Day marriage saga echoes Dodgers optimism
The piece notes Leo Durocher and Laraine Day facing nonrecognition of their marriage by California courts and likens Durocher's hopes for a California wedding to his Brooklyn team's wait‑till‑next‑year spirit. It also critiques John Temple Graves on Georgia voters and poses a question about a new Black Georgia voter choice in the primary.
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Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Miss Laraine Day
California
Miss Day
Mr .Durocher
Brooklyn
Leo
Ebbets Field
John Temple Graves
Washington and Lee University
Georgia
Arnall
Talmadge
Graves
Wildlife bill gains signatures in both chambers
The wildlife resources measure nicknamed the wildfire bill has enough house signatures to pass, with 67 lawmakers backing it and 17 in the senate signaling support. Supporters seek nine more senate votes to reach a majority as debate continues amid highway fund diversion questions.
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Wildlife Resources
Senate
House
Wildlife Federation
State weighs Camp Butner hospital and land for state use
Negotiations to acquire Camp Butner hospital, equipment, and several thousand acres proceed as the state eyes surplus declaration on January 31. Talks influence mental patient care and hospital plans amid Hill Burton funding anxieties and expectations from lawmakers and officials.
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State Board of Hospital Control
Abotions Committee
Butner
Rempete
Hill-Burton
oHey
Umstead
Broughton
National Commission For
Balkans Strategy Debate Shapes Postwar Europe
The piece argues Churchill's Balkans route would have shifted postwar influence, giving Austria and Danube regions to Anglo American powers. It notes Stalin’s opposition, Roosevelt aligned with Stalin, and historic Danube control as pivotal to Eastern European power and peace.
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Europe
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
General Marshall
France
Churchill
Balkans
Stalin
Roosevelt
Austria
Serbia
Poland
Danube
Vienna
Vienna and the Danube Deciding Europe’s Fate
In this view of history by George Sokolsky, Vienna is the hinge of Europe. The Danube connected empires and invasions from Attila to Suleiman the Magnificent, shaping battles and politics across centuries. He argues Danubian destiny rests on American leadership between Western civilization and Soviet influence.
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Asia
Vienna
Vienna Gap
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Chinese Turkestan
Danube
Jerusalem
Suleiman the Magnificent
John Sobieski
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
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Romania
Greece
Turkey
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Austria
France
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Rumania
Poland
Hitler
Black Sea
Soviet Russia
Bevin and Pravda Clash Over British Policy
Washington report notes Bevin's foreign policy stance sparked debate as Pravda and Stalin weigh in. Bevin says Britain not tied to any power while Pravda disputes his words and Stalin implies changes to Anglo Russian treaty may favor stronger Soviet ties.
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Washington
Bevin
Pravda
Stalin
Socialist Labor Party
United States
Britain
Mr. Bevin
America
Russia
State Department
British Bevin under fire over German fate in postwar plan
Paul Mallon reports the argument over a March Moscow treaty to dispose of Germany. The key issue is whether to keep Germany as a democracy or hand it to totalitarianism, with Britain leaning toward a mutual agreement subject to renunciation of aggressive aims. Pravda’s edits and Stalin’s stance complicate Bevin’s position.
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State Department
Germany
Moscow
Stalin
Bevin
Pravda
Britain
New York Gossip Roundup Sparks Blended Celebrities Scene
A chaotic collage from New York and Miami scenes features Sonja Henie June Havoc and Luba Malina in witty digs, street glimpses of Gen Ike, suicides of social stardom, and nightlife chatter. Crowds chatter about radio, theater, and high society figures in a rapid parade of names and places.
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Sonja Henie
June Havoc
Luba Malina
Cahvahbahde
Lexington Avenue
Ike
Alice Marble
Tennistar
Ferdinand Puma
Rise Stevens
Georgia
Hermany
Mister Breger Dane Ravage 1-3
David exclaims about a safer place for a driving lesson as Mister Breger Dane Ravage 1 3 dates the phrase to a cautious driver scene.
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