Ike's Prestige on Tax Debates Amid Excess Profits Tax
A month of hearings opens in Congress on the excess profits tax to test Eisenhower's leadership as the law nears its decision date. The article explains the tax structure, rates, limits, and three methods firms use to minimize taxes, illustrated by the XYZ case with 1952 earnings of $300,000 and a total tax outcome under each method.
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James Marlow
Washington P
Congress
Eisenhower
Cep
XYZ
Broadcaster to Celebrate Twenty Five Years on Air
Theodore Granik founder and moderator of NBCs American Forum of the Air marks 25 years on air next Sunday Though began on radio in 1928 the program now airs on NBC radio and TV as a Sunday simulcast at 230 p.m. Eastern. It has hosted 900 members of Congress and earned top merit awards while acting as a key bipartisan public forum.
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Jack Gaver
United Press
New York
Theodore Granik
NBC
Ella Boole
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Granik
St. John’s University
New York City
Corporation
Washington, D.C
Lee Adam Gimbel
Gimbel Brothers Department Store
WGBS
WOR
Queen honors include jockey and cricket great in coronation list
Queen Elizabeth II awarded knighthoods to Gordon Richards the jockey and Jack Hobbs the cricket batsman, with actor John Gielgud also knighted. Olympic skating champion Jeannette Altwegg became a CBE as the coronation era honors highlight the era’s meritorious service.
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London
Gordon Richards
Jack Hobbs
Hobbs
John Gielgud
Jeannette Altwegg
Order of the
Duke of Edinburgh
Royal Marines
Mother Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Navy Storm Hunters Train in Minor Caribbean Storm
A small tropical storm near Cuba acts as a training target for Navy hurri cane hunters. A Jacksonville squadron flew into the storm center about 400 miles southwest of Miami. Wind reports reached 45 mph with heavy showers. forecasters say the system is nearly stationary and not yet a hurricane, though it drops heavy rains on Cuba the Florida Keys and southern Florida.
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Cuba
Navy
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Jacksonville
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Isle of Pines
Cape San Antonio
Cecil Gentry
Florida Keys
Florida
Farmer Builds Mobile Sunshade For Pigs
In Hinckley Iowa Norman Stewart devised mobile sunshades for six pigs to prevent mudholes. He moved the sunshades with a tractor to keep hogs from staying in one place and forming mud.
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Hinckley, Ir
Norman Stewart
Yale University secretary to retire after 26 years
New Haven Connecticut Carl A Lohmann will retire as Yale University secretary at the end of the current academic year June 30 after 26 years in the post He began his duties in 1927 and will be succeeded by Reuben A Holden the associate secretary who has served on Yale's administrative staff since 1946.
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New Haven, Conn
Carl A. Lohmann
Yale University
A. Whitney Griswold
Reuben A. Holden
Yale
Britain crowns a queen as empire faces wartime hangover
The piece notes Elizabeth II's coronation at Westminster Abbey amid Britain’s postwar hardships and austerity. It compares her to past queens Elizabeth I Queen Anne and Victoria, outlining imperial peaks and declines while warning of ongoing economic strains and tax burdens as the new reign begins.
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United Press
Cinderella
Britain
Elizabeth II
Westminster Abbey
British Isles
Elizabeth
Elizabeth I
Queen Anne
Victoria
Channel
Walter Raleigh
Francis Drake
Anne
Blenheim
Church of England
India
Thread of Evidence Leads to Arrest
Oklahoma City police say a thin thread of evidence led to the arrest of a burglary suspect. A thief took a radio and a portable sewing machine from Nora McPhail’s apartment. A thread trail from the machine led police to the man found asleep beside the missing items.
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Oklahoma City
Nora McPhail
Polite Robber In Detroit After Brief Hold-Up
Grocer Sam Kaebabie 65 told police a holdup man apologized before taking 40 dollars Sunday. The robber said he needed money quickly to get out of town.
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Detroit
Sam Kaebabie
Blueprint prints found in stolen car near Philadelphia
Camden police recovered piping blueprints for a Savannah River hydrogen bomb plant in a stolen car. Six youths were arrested on larceny charges. the car owner, Benjamin L. Tabor of Rochester, says he left the plans in the auto at Philadelphia International Airport. The FBI impounds the prints pending his arrival.
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N. J
Savannah River
Aiken
S. C
Benjamin L. Tabor
Rochester
N. Y
FEI du Pon de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Del
Atomic Energy Commission
Philadelphia
FBI
Tabor
Horses Pass Coronation Tests Ahead of Queen Elizabeth Day
London notes that about 60 royal horses have undergone training for the coronation, including loud noise exposure and a final exam with a recording of cheering crowds. Windsor gray horses number twelve, with eight slated to pull the state coach, guarded by postillions and grooms. The ceremony includes snack bars to curb hunger among peers, who may stash sandwiches.
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Britain
Royal
Tipperary
Carley
England
The BC Headache Tablets and Powders Offer Fast Relief
Fast acting BC formula provides quick relief for headaches neuralgic pains minor muscular aches and functional periodic pains. Available as powders or tablets with 10c 25c options and family size bottles of 50 or 100 tablets.
Baldheaded Sheep Remedy Promises Hair Repair
Advertises NIL-O-NAL lanolin product to restore natural scalp oils damaged by washes dyes and perms. Claims to revive dry flaky scalp and promote longer thicker shinier hair in 30 days with a money back guarantee and prices for 2 oz and 4 oz jars.
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