Nightclub cabaret tax cut approved by subcommittee
Washington sources report a Ways & Means subcommittee tentatively approved reducing the cabaret tax on food and drink at clubs from 20 to 10 percent. The move, part of broader excise tax revisions, would lose an estimated 20 million dollars yearly in revenue and faces hurdles in the full committee. Hotel owners and musicians have pressed for outright repeal, blaming the tax for job losses in entertainment venues.
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Washington
House
Ways & Means
Temple Band Clinic Seeks 300 Attendees March 10
James C. Deen Temple band director expects 300 students to attend a day-long band clinic in Temple on March 10. March 5 is the acceptance deadline for invitations, with 72 invitations mailed to area band leaders. Lions Club sponsors the event and will award medals to outstanding soloists after afternoon competitions.
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Temple
James C. Deen
Deen
Temple Lions Club
Hastings Baptist Pastor To Begin Work In Nevada
Rev Wayne White pastor of Hastings Baptist church resigns effective March 4 to enter mission work. Southern Baptist churches in Nevada invite him to organize a new church in Charleston Heights Las Vegas area with 20 000 residents and one existing church. He and his family plan to move to Nevada the first week in March.
Petition Seeks Change of Surname to Justice
A family led by Francis Arthur Juskiewicz asks the County Court to change their surname to Justice claiming the current spelling is inconvenient to use and difficult to spell and pronounce. The filing notes the request aims to simplify identity and records.
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Denver
Juskiewicz
Francis Arthur Juskiewicz
Chinese Reds Not Starving Despite Rations
Shanghai reports show people eating at lunch with full rice bowls while rationing remains strict. Government controls rice flour oil sugar and cotton cloth with allocations based on work and location. Some foods are unrationed but vegetables fish and canned goods stay available.
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Shanghai
Red China
China
Chu Yu-chun
Shanghai Municipal People’s Council
Hayride Show Set Thursday at McMahon Auditorium
Top hillbilly and country stars will perform in two shows at the McMahon Memorial auditorium Thursday night at 7 and 9 pm. Louisiana Hayride’s stars headline with Bop Kings Johnny Cash George Jones and others. Sonny Tremble’s Hayride band will also play. Advance tickets at A B Drug Co and at the door.
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Columbia
Betty Amos
Mercury
Sonny Tremble
Hayride
A. B. Drug Co
Purdom to Accept Divorce Action Monday
Santa Monica actor Edmund Purdom 29 says he will not contest his wife's divorce suit when the case is called Monday. A property settlement last week gives Mrs. Tita Purdom 27 alimony of 750 dollars a month and 600 dollars monthly for their two children.
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Santa Monica
Calif.p
Edmund Purdom
Tita Purdom
Quirino former president dies at 65 in Manila area
Elpidio Quirino, former Filipino president aged 65, died at 4 35 am on Wednesday at his Novaliches home in Manila after a heart attack. He had kidney trouble and had been ill for a long time. Survived by son Tomas and daughter Victoria, plus brothers Antonio and Eliseo. His wife and three children perished in the 1945 Manila liberation battle. His body lies in state at his hilltop retirement home.
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
Novaliches
Antonio Quirino
United Press
Japan
Ramon Magsaysay
Quirino
United States
Johns Hopkins
Tomas
Victoria
Antonio
Eliseo
Capital Cops Force Legger From Town
Oklahoma City police conducted around-the-clock raids against downtown bootleggers for three weeks. Ray Haynes paid $1,500 in fines bonds and attorney's fees after each claim of quitting, but raids continued. Yesterday the raiders returned for the third time to find a funeral wreath on the door and the note Left Town.
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Oklahoma City
Ray Haynes
Playwright Odets jailed for hit and run driving
Beverly Hills officers arrested playwright Clifford Odets on drunk driving and hit and run charges after he allegedly struck an unoccupied parked car and drove away. He spent nine hours in jail before posting a $263 bond and faces Municipal Court arraignment next Monday at age 46.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Clifford Odets
Odets
Heat Record Sizzles in Miami On February 28
The Weather Bureau reports the warmest February 28 in Miami history with 85 degrees citywide. Bayfront Park along the waterfront measured 88 degrees and Miami Beach reached 89 degrees.
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Miami
Fla.p
Weather Bureau
Bayfront Park
Miami Beach
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