States Push 25 Percent Ceiling on Federal Taxes
Sixteen state legislatures push for a constitutional ceiling on federal taxes. The drive seeks a 25 percent limit and would require ratification by three fourths of states. Georgia and Virginia joined the effort this winter amid election-year constraints. several others may join.
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Washington
Arizona
California
Colorado
Maryland
New York
Georgia
Virginia
Congress
House
Wyoming
Mississippi
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Delaware
Indiana
Newshire
Ersey
Louisiana
Florida
Hawaiians Near Texas Demand Apology Over Connally Remarks
A five war veterans delegation and a Gold Star mother from Hawaii, enraged by Sen. Connally’s attacks on Hawaii statehood, head to Washington with a Texas stop in Austin to seek an official apology. They plan to visit the 36th Texas Division reunion and then proceed to D C, after a 5 000-strong Honolulu sendoff.
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Los Angeles
Senate
Tom Connally
Washington
Honolulu
Texas
Connally
Sen
Austin
36Th
Texas Divis
Italy
442Nd
Hawaii
Yugoslavia and Japan Hold War End Negotiations
Officials in Washington report Yugoslavia and Japan negotiating to end their war state and restore normal diplomatic relations. Talks are conducted by the Yugoslav Embassy and Japanese Overseas Representatives in exile. The Japanese government in exile declared war on Japan on Pearl Harbor day.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Senate panel backs ten billion dollar budget cut
Chairman O Mahoney says a Senate House Economic Committee majority indicated approval of a ten billion dollar cut to President Truman s 85 444 000 000 budget. He noted most members oppose a tax rate increase and expect no tax legislation this year as the panel reviews the president s January economic message. The final report is expected next week with most cuts likely in defense and foreign aid.
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Washington
March
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
House Economic Committee
Truman
Congress
Mahoeey
Joint Committee
Dea
Luciano Behind Cracked Narcotics Smuggling Ring
Washington reports state Luciano behind illicit drug traffic in Italy and linked to a San Francisco narcotics ring. Senate Crime Committee cites him as key oversees heroin supply to U S addicts. 23 indicted in San Francisco include Waxey Gordon. many implicated face prison. Weigel docked 3722 veterans home from Far East with diverse services.
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Washington
Nee
Lucky) Luciano
Ow York
San Francisco
W. Culiam
Narcotics Bureau
Luciano
Italy
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate Crime Committee
United
New York
Waxey Gordon
Attica State Prison
N. Y
Cunningham
Cunni
Brevard Youth Leaps From Atlanta Hotel Ledge
Malcolm Wilson a Brevard North Carolina resident and former radio announcer, teetered on a third floor ledge at the Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta for several minutes before jumping to his death onto Peachtree Street. He had checked in minutes earlier and asked for a high room.
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Atlanta
Peachtree Treet
Malcolm Wilson
Brevard
N. C
Piedmont
A. C. Bland
Bland
Wilson
AWOL Soldier Confesses Killing Missing Attorney
Pvt. Leonard Torrence, 22, an AWOL soldier from Jeffersontown Ky, confessed to killing Francis J. McCormack missing attorney. He guided police to a creek burial site where McCormack lay weighted by concrete and barbed wire. McCormack had represented Torrence’s wife in a divorce case and had been missing since February after a brutal abduction.
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Louisville
Francis J. McCormack
Leonard Torrence
Harrods Creek
McCormack
Tarrence
War veteran Wilson resigns from Brevard radio post
The report states Wilson, a World War II Navy veteran and native of Columbia South Carolina, resigned from his Brevard radio station position a few days ago with $189 in his pocket.
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Wilson
Brevard
Columbia
S. C
Navy
Police clerk smiles at ticket fines as car is tagged
Auto taggers operate through Meriden Connecticut with police court clerk Eliot Stretch bagging the week’s fines from ticket violations. Stretch smiles at the takings as his own car is then tagged to prove police efficiency.
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Meriden, Conn
Eliot Stretch
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