Truman to Seek Large Luxury Tax Increases
Washington February 1 President Truman plans to ask Congress for substantial excise tax boosts on luxuries including whisky wine beer and cigarettes to fund defense costs. He outlined a two package proposal totaling about 16.509 billion dollars with a quick 10 billion package and higher excise rates on vehicles gasoline and certain goods to pay for the defense program. Senator Byrd suggested trimming non-defense outlays by 7 billion would reduce new tax needs to about 10 billion.
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Waasington
Capitol Hill
Truman
House
Congress
Byrd
D.-Va
Sister Kenny Arrives in Melbourne for Rest of Days
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, aged 64 and famed polio fighter, arrived in Melbourne aboard a liner to spend the rest of her days with family. She said health has been poor for years and that her right arm is practically paralyzed from overwork, hoping to build a home in Queensland.
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Melbourne
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
Kenny
Queens
Million Still Unclassified Says Senator
Washington Feb 1 AP Rep Hebert said that about 7,269,000 draft aged men had not been classified by Selective Service boards. He noted that 9,214,000 of 10,483,000 registered men aged 19 to 26 had been classified by Nov 30, citing figures dated Jan 3 not for publication. He questioned lowering draft age to 13.
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Washington
Hebert
D.-La
Selective Service Boards
House Armed Services Committee
Draft reform push and Korea casualties stir House panel
The House committee debates universal military service and a lowered draft age to 18 while extending service to 27 months. Oct 31 draft figures show 7.857 million registrants with 1.632 million not yet examined as U.S. combat casualties in Korea rise to 46,14 today.
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House
Defense Department
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Total
Pariment
Rep. Short
Armed Services
Washington
U. S
Korea
Casualty Toll Rises in War Report With Weekly Increase
The update shows a 14 casualty rise from the prior week, the smallest weekly gain since the first battle casualty summary released last August 7. Totals: 6,897 killed, 30,615 wounded, 9,302 missing. Wounded deaths are 79 percent, and 873 missing have since returned to American lines, with 107 known POWs and 276 still listed as missing. Army casualties total 38,1522, up 569. Navy and Marine figures also noted.
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Acion
Navy Sees No Need to Build New Ships
Oakland February 1 Assistant Secretary of the Navy John T Koehler said private West Coast shipyards will get enough Navy work to maintain skills and manpower but no new construction. He noted the Navy is well stocked with demothballed transports tankers and freighters for its needs in the immediate future.
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Oakland
West Coast
Navy
John T. Koehler
Koehler
Oaklane Naval Supply Center
VA to Refund 685 Million to Vet Insurance Holders
The Veterans Administration announced a 685 million dollar insurance dividend to be paid through the year starting in April to World War II veterans with 8 million national service policies. Payments vary by policy, plan, face value, and holder age, with average about 85 dollars per policy.
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Y Ashington
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
Internal Revenue Bureau
Middleton Becomes LSU President After Stoke Resigns
General Troy H. Middleton, famed World War II commander, is installed as president of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge effective today. He succeeds Dr. Harold W. Stoke, who resigned last December after a three and a half year tenure to practice law.
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Baton Rouge. In
Troy H. Middleton
U. S. 45Th Division
Louisiana State University
Harold W. Stoke
Stoke
Attlee Explains British Support of China
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons Britain would not back further UN measures against Communist China until peaceful settlement efforts fail. He praised U N support branding China an aggressor in Korea and urged quick start of Good Offices work after General Assembly approval. Churchill followed, hoping UK delegate supports the aggressor resolution with no breach between Britain and the United States.
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London
Clement Attlee
United Nations
China
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
U. N
Korea
Good Offices Committee
General Assembly
United States
Winston Churchill
U. N. General Assembly
Churchill
Great Britain
Policy Group on Manpower Being Formed
A top level committee on manpower mobilization and controls was being planned in Washington possibly under Arthur Flemming of Ohio Wesleyan University. Charles E. Wilson aims to create the policy making body before the week ends to settle a dispute over apportioning manpower between armed forces and defense industry. The inter agency panel would report to Wilson while current agencies handle operations including Labor, Selective Service and the Defense Production Authority.
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Washington
Arthur 8. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Moblization
Wilson
Tobin
ODM
Flemming
Civil Service
War Manpower Commission
Inter-Agency Committee
Labor Department
Selective Service
Defense Production Authority
Defense, Commerce, Labor Land Agriculture Departments
Civil Service Commission
The
West Tries Out Its Air Defenses in Giant Air War
In a sweeping exercise spanning from the Pacific Coast to the Rocky Mountains, U S air defenses test a coordinated defense against simulated bomber incursions. Invading aircraft operate above 30 000 feet with radar and spotter networks tracking and guiding interceptors as civilian observers join on weekend.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Strategic Air Command
Western Air Defense Force
Air Force Reserve
Air National Guard
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