Fulbright proclaims tax relief for small corporations
A Fulbright press release outlines an amendment to the Knutson tax cut bill proposing a 15009 corporation income tax exemption aimed at aiding small firms. He cites small business data, warns against monopolisic trends, and urges using earnings reinvestment to strengthen small corporations against larger rivals.
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J. Fulbright
Knutson
Senate Finance Committee
Fulbright
Beneft
Small Business Committee
Bey Wk
America
Local residents face hardship during Hempstead farm readers protest
Twenty years ago today a demonstration of whickeny by farm readers occurred in Hempstead area homes of C. W Tobin Mopn Rt. 2 J H Jubuson Columbus J M Fondirks Blevins Sharles Bonds Blevins and Willis Cobb Usar Hope During Towne City Week Roy Chin named Delon Township constable A new roller skating center rises on North Main Street by Charles Shiver Chartier Commerce The Shiver Buller Tank now houses Lupe Gus gre Tobernacic
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Hempsteads
C. W- Tobin
J. H. Jubuson
Columbus
Fondirks
Blevins
Sharles Bonds
Hlevins
Willis Cobu
Usar
Roy Chin
Constable
Delon
North Main Street
Charles Shiver
Chartier of Commerce
Mass Meeting
Tang Folior
Shiver Buller
Lupe Gusgre Tobernacic
Man Admits Fraud In Union City Banks Spring Hope Bank
W. E. Weston confessed to swindling Union City banks of about 570 to 750 dollars during the week of February. Police report shows he used forged checks and cashed small sums at multiple tellers. Weston gave a suspect address and is held on felony charges. Footnote mentions arrests for untaxed liquor and possession on Walnut Street.
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Police Department
UnionCity
Tennessee
W. E. Weston
W.L. Tate
Union City
D.C. Roberts
Second Hope Bank
Koutle
Tao
F. Fryson
Uguer
Orsey Burs
South Walnut Street
Hauer
Battleship Pennsylvania Scuttled Near Kwajalein
The battleship Pennsylvania, survivor of Pearl Harbor and Bikini tests, was scuttled near Kwajalein on February 10 after sustaining damage at Okinawa and atomic tests. Two other ships, Trippe and Bunner, were also sunk in February due to progressive deterioration. Commissioned in March 1915, the Pennsylvania measured 33,000 tons, carried multiple big guns, and earned a storied combat record before its final end.
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Pearl Harbor
Trippe
Bunner
Navy
Pennsylvania
Kwajalein Lagoon
Pring Hagen
Okinawa
Czech Cabinet Member Freezes Country Crisis in Prague
Prague March 4 94 The Communist press hinted Adolf Proet a minister and his wife and an anti communist student leader have fled Czechoslovakia. Their whereabouts remain a mystery as Milada the minister’s daughter is under arrest after a failed escape attempt. Reports say they fled the border, with others escaping to the frontiers. Official accounts provided few details amid widespread speculation about the border crossing and the national leadership. President Benes departed Prague for a retreat amid the crisis and the Communist run press noted the tense atmosphere and attempts to leave the country.
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Prague
Zovnev Teell
Adolf Proeta
Czechoslovakia
Milada
Vhee
Mada Frepia
Proehuekas
Tuklent
Eat Ransdort
Wowa
Pravi
Pyyel
Way
Benne Panes
Lis
Rbobeniit
Teague
AAV
ALOPY
More Snow Forecast for Arkansas as Cold Wave Moves In
A new cold wave brings near freezing temperatures to Arkansas with the forecast for light rain or snow in the north this afternoon and tonight. Occasional rain is expected in the south through tomorrow, signaling unsettled winter weather across the state.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Vesey and Jones win city primary election
More than 900 votes were cast in yesterday's city primary. John P. Vesey led city attorney race with 582 to 352 for Glen Walker. Alderman Ward 1 went to Joe Jones 620 over Pete Shicks 200. Committeemen results show Ward 1 Charles Wylie 477 and B. Th. Hamm 306. Ward 3 Robert LaGrave 410 and Joe Morton yt. Ward 4 W. W. Compton 695 and Marvin Waterson 293.
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John PL
Vesey
Glen Walker
John PB
Joe Jones
Pete Shicks
Charles Wylie
B. Th. Hamm
Robert LaGrave
Joe Morton
Hope High School Presents Two-Act Operetta Tonight
Hope High School glee club directed by Mrs Kellner performs a two act operetta at 4 pm and 7 pm with admission 25 and 50 cents. Proceeds go to buy casts. Dress rehearsal is tonight at six. Leading roles include Betty Collins Neil Catleo Jo Rene Evans and others. Willie Hyatt accompanies with special intermission music.
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Betty Collins
Neil Catleo
Jo Rene Evans
Melvin Uhrusi
Ted Warren Jones
Fir
Bob Hyatt
Yetha
Sidney Stanford
Patsy Hatcher
Dora Dean Colter
Frank Wirtman
Lloyd Thrash
Clee Clu Pibers
Wilie Hyatt
Hope Wish School
Monticello Hosts Rotary and Lions Joint Meeting
A fragmented report notes Monticello hosting a joint gathering of the Rotary and Lions clubs. Details are unclear but reference to local civic groups and a college at Montivello appear amid garbled text.
Speedy Finn Treaty Talks Proposed
Helsinki March 4 the Swedish People's Party urged Finland to begin negotiations with the Soviet Union on Stalin's proposed treaty of cooperation. Paasikivi awaiting bloc positions, parliament must ratify any resulting agreement while the Avetic ice sheet is retreating northward after 20,000 years.
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Helsinki
Swedish People's Party
Finland
Soviet Union
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Popular Front
Thige
West Europe Group In Harmony On Benelux Treaty Draft
Delegates from five nations in Brussels report a great similarity of views after reviewing the Benelux draft treaty. The meeting featured a keynote by Belgian Premier Spaak and discussed cultural social and economic provisions plus a possible military clause. Next session set for tomorrow with Bevin and Bidault expected to join, aiming to present an accord to the Marshall Plan talks in Paris.
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Brussels
European Union
Paul-Henri Spaak
Beneux
Belgium-Netherlands- Luxembourg
Britain
France
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Spaak
Kuielic
Paris
Dance Bands Rise to Big Business Says Lombardo
New York report says band leader Guy Lombardo built a multi‑million dollar empire by simple aims: music that lovers enjoy while dancing. He notes the tune is 80 percent of appeal and stresses audience taste over intricate arrangements. Lombardo also explains his business interests and openness to amateur composers.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Guy Lombardy
Lunbarda
Olive
Lucilliarde
Lhey
Lombardo
Hesz
Lowibardo
Lallove
Amiareiy
Lumbinda
LMG Geert
Farmers Finding Lower Income on Some Items
Chicago reports show farmers receive less income on key items in March compared with March 1947. Prices for hogs, wheat, cotton and lambs fell while cattle and feed grains rose. potatoes and butter held, eggs rose, and overall cash cotton prices near prior year levels despite market shifts.
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Chicago
South St. Paul
Minn
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Chi- Cage
Minneapolis
Idaho
Burbank
New York
Military Aid for China Is Asked
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer urged Congress to provide military aid to China arguing economic aid alone cannot halt the spread of communism. He said military support should include advising officers and using weapons where aid has been given, while denying immediate military participation. He noted differences with Secretary Marshall but warned that communism threatens all allied economic structures.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
America
Wedemeyer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chidt
Chiang Kai-shek
Blain
Wedemy
Wid
Ching U
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Suspect Arrested in Slaying of Memphis Man
A suspect in the Allenbike slaying of Charles Gerber, a prominent Memphian, was arrested and returned to Jackson. Hickey said the suspect arrived in Helena on a bus from Mississippi and waived extradition before being sent back to Jackson by a Mississippi State patrolman. Details regarding the suspect’s identity and whether a request originated from Mississippi authorities were not disclosed.
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Charles Gerber
Tao Jackson
P. Hitkey
Luttay
Helena
Uraen
Mississippi
Jackson
Hickey
Four Wounded as Georgia Posse Fires on Suspect House
In Swainsboro Georgia on March 4 two men and two women were wounded when a posse seeking the killer of Garland Fields, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation officer, fired at a house where the quartet had hidden. Three airplanes and bloodhounds aided deputies who surrounded the home after the group fired on them. none of the wounded were reported seriously hurt.
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Swainsboro
Georgia
Elise van Pelt
Sarby Augusta
Turaley
Garland Fields
Bureau of Investigation
Here
Harriman weighs advice on Condon loyalty files request
Secretary Harriman sought Attorney General Clark's counsel on disclosing the Bureau of Standards chief Edward Condon files to a House committee. The un American activities subcommittee has pressed for the loyalty records of government employees amid a broader Truman era loyalty drive. The Commerce Department loyalty board found Condon loyal on February 24 after months of review.
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Washington
Pi—Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Clark
House Committee
Edward G
Condon
Actitivites
Cough
Federal Bureau of Istandards
Candon
TUS
Truman
Macek
Commerce Department
Folsom to Appear Before Committee Amid Paternity Suit
Alabama governor Jim Folsom, nicknamed the kissin’ governor, faced a paternity suit filed by Christine Putnam Johnson as he prepared to address a congressional committee. He delayed a meeting with 500 New York models to return to Alabama, insisting his duty to Tide lands legislation and state business comes first. He disputed the timing of the suit, while reporters pursued him at the Capitol and in hotel lobbies.
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NEA
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Washingham
Washington
Tidelands
Folsom
Folunth
Christine Putnam Johnson
Wovernoy
Cullinan
Ala
Alam
Montgomery
Mercury Plunges From High to 2 Degrees Overnight
Sharp winds push temperatures from a 38 degree high to 2 degrees in Hempp, causing widespread shivering as residents cope with an abrupt 40 degree plunge. The Experiment Station departed today amid the chilly conditions.
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Inc.cury
Hemppistead
Experiment Station
Thursda
Dixie Democrats Backing From the North Split Over Truman Ballots
Fragmented report shows Dixie Democrats resisting Truman on Southern ballots while northern factions back reform. Virginia legislators consider a bill to bar Truman from the ballot, with Curley and Boston officials urging MacArthur as a presidential alternative.
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Truman
Virginia
Man
England
Boston
Jod M. ‘Curley
MacArthur
Curley
B. Fly
Magnacaet
Francis P
James A. Farley
Roose
Hampshire
Aelphia
Will
York
Tro Thur
Dént
Warren
Tuck
King Reveals Reds Made Him Abdicate
London dispatch reports King Michael of Romania declares the abdication forced by a Soviet backed government. He says the ultimatum threatened bloodshed, notes his remaining claim as king in fact, and recounts events from December 30 when he signed the act under pressure before fleeing to Switzerland. He cites Romanian Communist leaders and Premier Gheorghiu-Dej in the coercive sequence.
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W. R. Higginbotham
London
Michael
Romania
Oni
Gove
Mentio
Pai Lunehean
Buckingham
Addicy
Petru Gri Ctheorge Gheorghiu- Deéj
Jouce
Switze
Juf
Bourbon-Parma
Jland
Elizabeth
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Ier Pate
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Grand Cental Terminal
Times Square
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