Kellems Seeks Indictment Over Tax Withholding Fight
Vivien Kellems, operator of a small cable grip plant in W Strort Connecticut, asks President Truman and Secretary Snyder to indict her for refusing to withhold income taxes. She wants a Supreme Court test of her constitutional challenge and notes workers paid taxes to the Connecticut collector. A $1685 lien covered first quarter taxes and penalties.
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Conn
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Truman
Supreme Court
Kellems
Snyder
Miss Kellems
Collector of Internal Revenue
Connecticut
Ed's For Style offers Belmont suits at discount
A promotional pitch features a brash sales pitch by Ed at 1211 East Anaheim. The ad humorously references a private detective quitting and touts Belmont suits with a 45 dollar price and a 10 percent premium refund, urging customers to visit soon. It plays on jazzy slang and mock romance.
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St. Peter
Ex U S Aid Raps Jap Strike Ban
James S. Killen, former head of the Allied labor division, says the Japanese government at Gen. MacArthur's suggestion denied government workers the right to bargain collectively. He notes the cabinet banned strikes by 3,000,000 government employees after MacArthur advised the move.
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Tokyo
James S. Killen
Allied Labor Division
Gen. MacArthur
Killen
MacArthur
Hitoshi Ashida
Woolworth Strike Called Off in New York Area
A planned strike by C I O Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union Local against F W Woolworth Co stores in New York area has been canceled. No further action planned for today.
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New York
F. W. Woolworth Co
C. I. O. Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union
Policeman's Wife Slain During Tavern Brawl in Portland
In Portland Oregon police say June Buzzell 22 wife of Officer Ross Buzzell was fatally shot while aiding her husband in breaking up a tavern fight. Detective Sgt John Warren reports the gun went off as a man fired from behind wounding the officer’s wife. Two men are jailed and two sought.
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Portland
Ore
John Warren
June Buzzell
Ross Buzzell
Buzzell
Warren
Noteworthy Journey and Education Paths in a Changing World
Dunaway, a Washington University graduate, plans foreign affairs study at Grenoble University. He and companions traveled from Britain to Nottingham seeking a vessel after selling bicycles and making a fruitless trip to France. They later acquired the Siskin in Britain.
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France
Dunaways
Britain
Nottingham
Siskin
Dunaway
Washington University
Grenoble University
Blue baby surgeon Potts Jr. undergoes gall bladder operation
Dr. Willis J. Potts Jr. is reported doing nicely after gall bladder surgery at Presbyterian Hospital while he seeks help locating his missing son Edward E. Potts a 21 year old University of Rochester student who disappeared June 2 after leaving a note saying he was going to New York and then San Francisco.
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Chicago
Willis J. Potts Jr
Presbyterian Hospital
Potts
Edward E. Potts
Edward
University of Rochester
N. Y
New York
San Francisco
Mare
Spokane to mark accident sites with glowing crosses
The Spokane Junior Chamber of Commerce paints white crosses at 30 fatal accident sites from the last 18 months to warn drivers. Safety director Dick Marshall says a second coat of luminous paint will make the marks glow at night.
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Spokane
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Marshall
Jaycees
Lehninger Wins Paul Lewis Prize In Enzyme Chemistry
Dr Albert L Lehninger, 31 year old assistant professor at the University of Chicago, awarded a $1000 prize for research on fatty acids. Dr Charles Allen Thomas announced the Paul Lewis Laboratories prize at the American Chemical Society, to be presented at the 114th meeting opening August 30 in Washington DC.
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New York
Albert L. Lehninger
University of Chicago
Charles Allen Thomas
American Chemical Society
Lehninger
Paul Lewis Laboratories
Washington, D. C
Seattle couple sails Siskin toward the Med from Britain
A Seattle couple hitchhiked across the United States in eight days and now sail a 2.5 ton ketch named Siskin from Britain toward the Mediterranean. Bill Dunaway, 24, and his wife Chris, 22, travel with a cam and charts, after crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Elizabeth and cycling around England for two weeks seeking a boat.
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Seattle
United States
England
Britain
Mediterranean
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Chris
Nation reports cool air across northern Midwest
Most of the nation enjoyed fair weather with a mass of cool air over the northern Midwest. Rochester Minnesota logged 46 degrees while Duluth hit 51 and Rockford Illinois 52. Scattered showers and thunderstorms traced two bands from South Dakota to Kansas and Colorado and another from Virginia to Georgia.
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Midwest
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South Dakota
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Colorado
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Georgia
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Rockford
Ill
Cadillac
Mt Wilcox Named for Edward J Wilcox Railroader
Georgetown Colorado August 2 a 13412 foot peak was named Mt Wilcox to honor Edward John Wilcox pioneer railroader who helped build the Argentine Central Railway Colorado silver boom Dr Meredith F executive of the U S Board of Geographical Names officially unveiled the memorial noting Wilcox died in 1925.
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Georgetown
Colo
Mt. Wilcox
Edward John Wilcox
Colorado
Meredith F
U. S. Board of Geographical Names
Wilcox
Kerensky calls for split with Soviet Russia to avoid war
Former Russian Premier Alexander Kerensky says the United States can curb Soviet aggression by driving a propaganda wedge between the Communist government and the Russian people. He notes Americans favor the Russian masses and sympathize with their fight for freedom, arguing a divided Russia would deter Stalin from war.
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New York
Alexander Kerensky
United States
Russia
Kerensky
Republic
Soviet Union
Stalin
Dewey Taps Brownell as Campaign Decision Link
Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey relies on Herbert Brownell Jr. as his campaign adviser in Washington with party leaders coordinating strategy. House Speaker Martin and Sen Taft downplay Dewey dictating actions while Hagerty says Dewey wants Congress to study Truman program.
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Congress
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York
Herb
Capitol Hill
Brownell
G. O. P. House
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Martin
House
Dewey
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Sen. Robertson
R.wyo
Ohioan
James Hagerty
Truman
Greeks Seize Kleptis Height After Weeks of Fighting
In Athens on August 2 the general staff announced Greek troops captured the Kleptis height from guerillas after nearly two weeks of savage fighting.
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Athens
Kleptis
Buddies Meet by Chance Averting Altercation in LA
Two former pals, now in the Air Forces, bumped into each other in Los Angeles. A downtown collision preceded their reunion as Lt. Frank A. Henss of Salina Kansas and Sgt. Harrison of Milwaukee exchanged stories after 18 years apart and ended with hearty applause.
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Los Angeles
Yesteryear
Frank A. Henss
M-Set
Air Forces
Henss
Salina
Kan
Sgt
Harrison
Milwaukee
Generous Bar Burglars Lock Down Jin Mun On Cafe
Six men claimed to be bartenders at Jin Mun On's cafe bar after kicking the door in and tossing a beer bottle at a passerby. They served customers about 10 cases of beer and over 100 bottles of wine and carted off a 100 pound sack of potatoes and 50 pounds of onions before police interrupted the party and jailed them on burglary suspicions.
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Los Angeles
Jin Mun On
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