Employers May Claim Portal Pay Tax Relief
Washington reports the U S treasury announced employers paying portal to portal wage claims may claim tax relief for the back pay. Back payments to employees would be taxed at current income tax rates. Congress weighs bills to dismiss pending suits while officials warn most portal claims will be small compared with totals.
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Portal
U.S. Treasury
Washington
The
Treasury
Secretary of Treasury
John Snyder
Congress
William C. Foster
Judiciary Subcommittee
Foster
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Homer Capehart
Ind
Gordon-Walker Summarizes New British Policies
Patrick Gordon-Walker spoke at the Union club Kenosha tour stop about Britain's Labor program including nationalization, social security, and equalization. He defended democratic rivals, warned of foreign policy challenges, and described a 480 million dollar colonial aid plan tied to union with Britain.
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Gordon-Walker
Patrick Gordon-Walker
Labor Party
Union Club
Kenosha
Union For Democratic Action
United States
CIO
AFL
England
Gordon Walker
Great Britain
Malta
Palestine
Council of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor Councils
Hartwick Dahl
William G. Kult
Union Board Waiting on A C Offer to End Strike
UAW-CIO policy committee in Detroit weighs a company proposal to end the 270 day strike at Allis-Chalmers West Allis plant. Reuther and other leaders join the talks at the minister’s home as H W Story notes no further bargaining today.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union Policy Committee
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Detroit
Uaw-Cio
Walter Reuther
Ensworth Reisner
First Methodist Church
H. W. Story
Reuther
R. J. Thomas
Richard Leonard
International Uaw
George F. Addes
International
John Brophy
CIO Council
Robert Buse
First Defeat For Talmadge In Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia senate split 27 to 27 and ordered the journal to show Herman Talmadge’s oath as governor-elect. The vote clears the path for a potential court challenge over who is the legitimate governor. A riot by about 1,200 college students earlier saw Herman portrayed in effigy at the capitol.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
General Assembly
Senate
M. E. Thompson
Journal
Thompson
Georgia
Talmadge
Capitol
Herman
Supreme Court
Eugene Cook
Andrew J. Whitehurst
Thomas County
Conservative Trend Seen In Rio De Janeiro Voting
Scattered returns from small interior states and the federal district of Rio de Janeiro indicated a conservative trend in Sunday elections. The Communist tide, though still strong, appeared to be ebbing.
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Rio de Janeiro
Belgrade Demands Greek Attache Withdrawal
An authoritative source says Belgrade has asked Greece to withdraw its military attache and advised Greece that Yugoslavia will withdraw its attache. Belgrade also suggested the United States recall its attache from Belgrade.
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Athens
Belgrade
Greece
Yugoslavia
United States
He Tried Holdups But Nobody Took Him Seriously
James R. Cruz 27 of Oakland was placed on five years probation after telling Alameda county judge he tried to hold up two women who laughed at him. He said a motorist he flagged fled when Cruz pulled a gun and then Cruz surrendered after the driver crashed into a telephone pole.
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Oakland
Calif
James R. Cruz
Alameda County
Cruz
Credit Buying On Increase In Local Stores
Kenoshans show a rise in credit purchases with record open charge accounts as Regulation W ended. The Chamber of Commerce Credit Bureau handles 1,200 monthly calls for local merchants and customers amid postwar cash declines and gradual repayment improvements.
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Chamber of Commerce Credit Bureau
Kenosha
Credit Bureau
Durocher and Laraine Day Wed in Juarez Surprise
Laraine Day and Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher wed in a brief Juarez ceremony after Day's Mexican divorce. California judge George A. Dockweiler warned they must not cohabit until marital matters are sorted, and he reserved action pending further discussion.
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Hollywood
Durochers
Lippy Leo
Lovely Laraine
Border Points
Texas
California
Municipal
Brooklyn
Laraine Day
Leo
Durocher
George A. Dockweiler
Vorce
Ray Hendricks
Laraine
Miss Day
Hendricks
el Paso
Juarez
Mex
Bernard M. Silbert
Safety Group Hears Talk on Racine Plan
Kenosha Safety Council weighs expansion to broaden policies and boost membership while shifting focus from minor issues to major safety topics. Sidney Nelson of Racine outlines a full time safety director and office, operational funds and broad community participation amid rising accident tolls.
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Kenosha Safety Council
Racine Safety Council
Sidney Nelson
Racine Group
C. E. Schulz
Kenosha Council
Racine
Nelson
Sugar and natural gas topics in Wisconsin legislature
The Wisconsin Senate debated sugar controls and a lobbyist claim on natural gas bills. Senate district reapportionment and an anti gambling in athletics amendment drew assembly interest. A Steffens bill proposes a 24 member board to oversee higher education with ex officio figures.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
Sen
Brown
Milwaukee
Steffens
Rmenasha
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law
University Student Association
Assemblyman
Thomson
R-Richland Center
Al Capone Fight To Beat His Last Rap
Miami reports Al Capone near death after a stroke of apoplexy. He regained consciousness late yesterday as Dr. Kenneth Phillips said Capone continues to improve. Family members and guards kept watch at the Palm Island villa while a "family gathering" was described.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
Underworld
Kenneth Phillips
Capone
Palm Island
Biscayne Bay
Prohibition
Capones
Sonny
Phillips
Ralph
Bottles
Mercer
Wis
Ermie Capone
Mafalda Mariote
Matthew
Teen Fends Off Abductor In Sacramento Cabin Ransom Plot
Alice Devine a 17 year old high school student testified police that she outwitted a suave kidnapper in a Sacramento tourist cabin and escaped when he left to arrange a 10000 dollar ransom. The abductor identified as William Giles or E W Stiles fled after failing to meet a rendezvous at a bar. Police issued all points for his arrest while Miss Devine recovered at home with rope burns on her wrists.
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Lodi
Cal
U.P
Alice Devine
Sacramento
William Giles
E. W. Stiles
Miss Devine
Floyd Yoder
California Highway Patrol
John Edwards Devine
Alice
Planned Probe In Hollywood by HUAC Unanimous Vote
Washington U P The House Committee on Un American Activities led by Republicans voted to investigate Communist influences in Hollywood film colony and to expose Communist sympathizers in the federal government. Chairman J Parnell Thomas said open hearings would be held, with dates and locations not disclosed. Robert E Stripling named committee clerk and chief investigator.
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Washington
U.P
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Hollywood
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Thomas
Robert E. Stripling
Ernie Adamson
American Axis Sally Rearrested in Germany
Mildred Gillars, the American Axis Sally, was rearrested in Frankfurt on orders of the U S Department of Justice and U S Army officials. Gillars, from Portland Missouri and former Ohio resident, had been released by military authorities last month after earlier arrest in Berlin in 1945 for treasonable Nazi broadcasting.
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Frankfurt
Mildred Gillars
Department of Justice
U. S. Army
Miss Gillars
Portland
Ohio
Berlin
Family Escapes Burning Home by Bed Sheet Rope
A family of five used a bedsheet rope to escape a blaze at their two story farm home two miles south of Platteville Wisconsin. Mr and Mrs Jess Taylor and their three children awakened by smoke fled as the house was destroyed.
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Platteville
Wis
Jess Taylor
Here
British War Brides Deny Mistreatment Reports
A British Pathe Newsreel in Britain rebutted claims of mistreatment of British brides of US soldiers. It said upon arrival the brides were happy, noting individual stories of joy from Mrs Joyce Clarke of Long Island and others, and urging protests against the Daily Mail.
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London
New York
British Pathe News, Ltd
Britain
United States
Harry Trutman
Clement Attlee
America
Joyce Clarke
Long Island
Ilford
Clarke
Ellen Toumey
Tudor Towers
Margaret Byrne
Daily Mail
Barbarae Cristoforo
The
Newsree
Senate invites Marshall to outline foreign policy
Secretary of State George C. Marshall was invited by the Senate Foreign Relations committee to present a comprehensive view of American foreign policy. Chairman Vandenberg stressed cooperation and suggested Marshall testify at his convenience, possibly after the Moscow conference for the Big Four.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Mich
Marshall
Moscow
State Department
Congress
British Military Vehicles Targeted by Stones in Calcutta
British military vehicles faced stone and brick attacks in Calcutta as violence spiked after thousands of Indian students demonstrated sympathy with the Vietnam cause in Indo China.
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India
Calcutta
iietNam
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Tehan
Rommell
R-Adams
Milwaukee County
Alice Dean Devine
Giles
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