Fight On Excess Profits Fight On Excess Profits
Washington seeks a multi billion dollar excess profits levy within a 4.508 billion general tax bill. Options include delaying action, staying in session, or retroactive tax if enacted later. Backing crosses party lines as Republicans and Democrats push the levy. Doughton urges study before acting. President Truman urged consideration after the election. Bergson resigns as assistant attorney general in charge of anti trust prosecutions, effective Sept. 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Doughton
D-N. C
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Bergson
White House
Herbert’ A.mn
Engineer Awaiting Decision In Train Collision Probe
Pittsburgh Sept 14 The Interstate Commerce Commission weighed possible punitive action against 68 year old engineer William E Eller who testified he ran his passenger express Spirit of St Louis through a stop signal before colliding with a stalled troop train near Coshocton Ohio Thirty three soldiers of the Pennsylvania 28th Division were killed and over fifty were injured in the crash while no one aboard the passenger train was hurt A road foreman testified the train met no misread signals and that tape from Eller's diesel showed the train was moving at about fifty miles per hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pensylvania Railroad
William E. Eller
Spirit of St
Pennsylvania
28Th Division
B. W. Johnson
Eller
Ovah Shout Ends FEPC Debate In Senate Calender Row
Washington report notes a chaotic senate calendar day as FEPC reform faces delay while a proposed death estate wage tax and gold mine reimbursements drift. Senator McCarran cites George Washington case to justify stay, and a shout of Ovah signals solid South opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarran
U.S
FEPC
Solid South
Prices Seen Rising For Mens Suits In 1951
New York report says the men’s clothing industry expects higher prices next year due to Korean war military needs rising wool costs and potential wage increases. Synthetic fibers may blunt increases in summer suits, while industry leaders warn against wartime retail controls and predict no price drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Rothschild
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Washington
Rothschild
United States
Crooked Solon Is Paroled
Former U S Representative Andrew Jackson May of Kentucky, age 75, convicted of bribery and conspiracy in WWII munitions contracts, has been granted parole. He will be released to return to law practice in Prestonburg Kentucky from Ashland federal correctional facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Jackson May
D.ky
George G. Killinger
Federal Parole Board
Ashland
Federal Correctional Institution
Killinger
May
Prestonburg
House Military Affairs Committee
Parole Board
Garsson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
Garssons
Negroes Will Have Resort on N C Coast
Raleigh Sept 14 1945 Dr H L Trigg president of St Augustine's College says a 4000 acre tract in Onslow county near Swansboro will become the first full Negro recreation area on the North Carolina coast. Land granted by Dr William Sharpe will be deeded to Hammocks Beach Corp after Aug 21 1945 meeting. Teachers raised over 90000 for buildings as part of a five year effort to qualify for the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Onslow County
North Carolina
H. L. Trigg
St. Augustine’s College
State Board of Education
William Sharpe
New York
Swansboro
Camp LeJeune
Hammocks ‘Beach Corporation
Trigg
Sharpe
Testimony In Assault Case Now Complete
Defense of Clyde Brown in Winston-Salem lasts 40 minutes as he declines to testify. State rests after rifle evidence is shown. defense then presents four witnesses, including Dr. Goswick and Detectives Reid and Wooten. Nurse Nancy Strader may testify before jury arguments begin. An anti Red bill prompts Senate House conferees to craft a drastic curbs package, McCarran signals mid afternoon conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Clyde Brown
Betty Jane Clifton
Harry Goswick
Clifton
W. F. Reid
John Wooten
Brown
Miss Clifton
Winston- Salem
Walter E. Johnston, Jr
Dan K. Moore
Nancy Strader
City Hospital
Washington
Senate House
McCarran
Dnew
Senate
Cost Of Living Index Affects Everyone In US
Washington columnist James Marlow explains how the government living cost index, tied to major auto contracts, signals price shifts and wage adjustments. The index uses 1935–39 as a base, with July at 172.5, reflecting rising living costs since June amid panic buying and potential price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO Auto Workers’ Union
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mother Finds Children Strikes It Rich in NYC
Ruth Stevens an 18 year old from Bladenboro North Carolina sought work for herself and daughter after losing track of six children in New York. A depot porter identified the Bronx address 818 East 166th Street unlocking a reunion. She later appeared on CBS Strike It Rich winning 200 dollars plus a 20 dollar studio contribution.
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New York
Sept
North Carolina
Ruth Stevens
Bladenboro
N. C
Traveler’s Aid Society
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
East 166Th Street
Walker forecasts early UN offensive as Korean War shifts
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker declares a UN offensive imminent. He says once forces advance, the enemy will fold and positions on the eastern corridor to Pusan show weakness. Despite a prior Red breakthrough, Allied troops have resumed momentum and buildup continues across the alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
U. N
Walton H. Walker
Pusan
Walker
Bombardment Preparatory to UN Offensive Off Inchon Coast
Allied warships and carrier planes bombarded the Yellow Sea coast of Korea for two days as a softening prelim to a promised UN offensive. The strikes hit Inchon and the Seoul region, with naval forces watering the western lowlands and Inchon port. South Korean marines conducted commando raids to harass Red forces and aid future actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leif Erickson
Tokyo
Yellow Sea
Korea
Red Lines
United Nations
Inchon
Seoul
Navy
Cabinet Man Gets Chance To Sue Bow
Washington September 14 Bow the chief aide to Senator Schoeppel challenged Secretary of the Interior Chapman to sue him for accusing the secretary of a personal alliance with Communist Russia Bow said he would repeat the senator s charges publicly where Chapman could sue Bow Bow a candidate for the 16th Ohio district told reporters he had used some material in a Wooster Ohio campaign speech He said he had dug up much of the material Schoeppel based his charges on but he did not suggest the senator make the senate speech
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
George Washington
U. S
District of Columbia
Senate
Vienna
San Bernardino
Calif
McCarran
Dnev
Brussels
Belgium
Frank T.bow
Schoeppel
R-Kans
Secretary of the
Chapman
Russia
Pee
Bow
Senate Interior Committee
16Th
Ohio
Wooster
World Series slated to start Oct 4 if pennant decided
Cincinnati dispatch says representatives of contending teams and Baseball Commissioner Chandler set October 4 as the start date for the 1950 World Series, contingent on no play-off to decide pennants. If a one game AL tiebreaker is needed among Detroit New York and Boston, the Series would begin October 5.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Detroit
New York
Boston
Lottery Ring Crackdown Nets Dozen In Miami Raids
FBI says a $2,000,000 international lottery ring was disrupted with a dozen men arrested in multiple nationwide raids. The tip came from Royal Canadian Mounted Police after they seized lottery tickets with a tank driver crossing the border into the United States. Edmund Mason, head of the Miami FBI office, confirmed the cross border tip spurred the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
FBI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Edmund Mason
North Korean raid and Inchon bombardment report
Tokyo dispatch notes a garbled claim of an allied amphibious landing near Red held Seoul being repulsed and six ships sunk. Washington said three U S destroyers suffered superficial damage at Inchon. Lt Gen Walker warned of an upcoming allied offensive as UN forces push at Kyongju and Pohang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
Red Station
Washington
Navy
United States
Inchon
WCTU Opposes Beer for Korea Combat Men
Denver report says the Women's Christian Temperance Union seeks to end beer for American troops in Korea. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin urged Congress to protect drafted soldiers from alcoholism as front line troops begin receiving beer funded by post exchanges. General MacArthur ordered the change to restrict free beer to combat men only, with rear troops buying their own at the PX.
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Denver
Korea
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
Post Exchange
Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
William B. Beiderlinden
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W. E. Eller
Midway
Arthur L. Edson
Crooked Solon
Coast
Jeep
By James Marlow
Bureau
Bulletin
Inchan
Japan
Okinawa
36Th
39Th Parallel
Panther
Pyongyang
Taejon
Sinmak
Haejuongjon
Kaeson
Cherwan
Kimpo
Suwon
Pyongtaek
Wolmido Island
Reds
Kyongju
Pohang
Angang
Capitol Division
Bem Price
Yongchon
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