Tax cut forecast by Senator George sparks Christmas bets
Senator George of Georgia forecast a $5 billion federal tax reduction to take effect January 1, spanning corporate and individual cuts with possible elimination of excise taxes. He suggested a broad, perhaps horizontal, individual reduction and noted hope to drop the excess profits tax and capital stock levy. Political charges flew over a congressional probe into a harbor matter as Congress moves to set up a bipartisan investigation.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Congress
Dountly
Senate
House
Howe Ateering
Joseph W. Mar UN
Massachusetts
Sabath
D-Ii
House Rules Committee
Quisling Denies Charges and Seeks Mercy of Jury
Vidkun Quisling closed his defense denying state charges and portraying himself as an apostle of peace. He claimed he collaborated with Nazis to save Norway from communism and ridiculed claims he sold military secrets or detailed Oslo harbor fortifications. Trial adjourned for jury deliberation.
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United Press
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Cache Soldier Killed By Japs
Pvt. Jolly B. Terry of the coast artillery corps was among 140 American POWs killed by Japanese captors last December. A War Department letter to his father, J. D. Terry of Cache, said Terry died December 14, 1949, at Puerto Princesa.
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Cache
EB. Terry
War Department
Coast
Pvt
Jolly B. Terry
Coast Artillery Corps
Puerto Princesa
Admiral McCain Dies After Battle Fatigue At Sea
Admiral John S. McCain, 52, commander of Carrier Task Force 34, died from battle fatigue after months directing raids against Japan. The famed officer saw victory near, returned home after witnessing the Tokyo surrender, and planned a postwar assignment. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1906 and voiced bold postwar plans despite strain.
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McCain
Sambat
John Vann
U. S. S. Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Admiral Halsey
Japan
Washington
Honolulu
McCain Way
Naval Academy
Many Apply For Crop Insurance In Oklahoma Counties
Comanche county ranked second in wheat crop insurance contracts written under the 1948 program as 254 farmers signed three year contracts covering about 8 000 acres on 400 farms. Cotton county led with 328 contracts. The plan offers protection against most crop hazards, aiming to reimburse land use cash expenses and labor, to place wheat production on a sound financial basis.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma
AAA
R. J. Christian
Christian Seid
Cotton
Christian
Allies Stage V J Victory Parade In Berlin
Berlin report of a joint V J day parade reviewing Patton and Zhukov with 1000 troops from each of the four nations and about 50 armored vehicles per nation, marching from Brandenburg Gate through Tiergarten to Charlottenburg.
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Allies
Berlin
Patton
Zhukov
George S. Patton
Gregory K. Zhukov
America
Brandenburg Gate
Tiergnarten
Charlottenburg Chausee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Labor Disputes Idle 90,000 Workers Across Nation
National labor clashes idled more than 90,000 workers with potential to exceed 100,000 as reconversion issues sparked strikes. Detroit area production faltered with 42,500 idled, Ford and Hudson plants halting thousands more. St Louis papers resumed after Aug delivery strike. coal miners and steel plants faced suspensions amid wider regional labor action plans.
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United Press
Detroit
Arsenal City
Regional War Labor Board
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Ford
Ford Motor Cor
Buffalo
Chester
Richmond
Calif
Edgewater
M.J
Dallas
Tex
Louisville
Hudson Motor Car Co
St. Louis
Weatinghouse Electric Co
Ohio
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
National Labor Relations Board
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montane
California
Tampa
Minneapolis
Twenty two killed as plane crashes near Florence
An Eastern Airlines DC 3 crashed and burned in a plantation pecan grove 14 miles east of Florence, killing 22 aboard on the Miami to New York route. The wreckage was found at dawn on the Harwell plantation after the pilot radioed trouble and attempted to land at Florence army air base.
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Florence
D. C
Eastern Airlines
Here
Miammi
New York
State Highway Patrol
B. H. Harwell
Hicha
Army Base
Raleigh
King
Boox
Florence Army Air Base
Harwell
Wainwright Silent on Enemy Treatment At Press Conference
General Wainwright, speaking in Honolulu, avoided details on Japanese beatings and said any remarks must come through the War Department in Washington. He noted deafening artillery and refused to comment, adding he will have much to say when he reports to General Marshall.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Honolulu
General Wainwright
War Department
Corregidor
Albert MN. Jones
Washington
Wainwright
Marshall
MacArthur To Lead Parade Through Tokyo Streets
General MacArthur will lead a three mile parade into central Tokyo and within three days the capital will be fully occupied. The 11th airborne division is in Japan with the 27th division arriving. war crimes probes begin as Allied counterintelligence takes over.
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Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Yokohama
General MacArthur
U.S
L1th Airborne Division
Japan
MacArthur
Elliott Thorpe
Hura- Machida
Hirohito
First
Custer
Little Bighorn
Marynoudh
Palace
Marunguchi
First Cavalry
Allied Powers
White House
Washington, D.C
Relief Seen By Weatherman Takes Hold Across Midwest
Kansas City reports regional forecaster R. Lloyd saying a sudden western front brings cooler air and storms from the Gulf, offering relief after five weeks of drought. He notes mixed rain risks and a potential short break in hot weather as the thunderstorm area advances tonight.
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Kansas City
Middle-West
R. Lloyd
Lloyd
Pacific
Missouri Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Halsey May Not Get That Ride
Admiral Halsey, in Tokyo Bay, fears he'll not ride Emperor Hirohito's white horse as surrender terms keep the imperial horse on the throne. The First Cavalry offers a horse, but Halsey declines, preferring no risky riding. Lions Club of Montrose also offered a Mustang, yet he remains uninterested.
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Admiral
Teltya
Halsey
Thes
Lions’ Club
Montrose
Colo
Balsey
Japanese Fanatics Tried To Foil Imperial Surrender
Well informed Japanese sources say on August 14 fanatical officers killed the commander's personal guards chief and forged his signature to order troops around the palace in a futile bid to stop the emperor's surrender announcement. The mission aimed to keep Japan at war while the radio record of the capitulation was sought.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
U. S. Signal Corps
Signal Corps Radiotelephoto
Manila
NEA Telephoto
Japan
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