Truman Plea for New Levy Sparks Tax Cut Debate
Washington Jan 7 AP The Committee for Economic Development urged $2.25 billion in tax cuts this year, opposing President Truman’s call for a modest tax increase. It proposed major excise tax and corporate tax reductions plus a broad cost-cutting plan, predicting a stronger economy and debt reduction if business improves.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Truman
Gap. Co. E. D. Pro
Air Searchers Spot Missing Salvage Crew on Northwest Trip
Air searchers report sighting a party of seven men overdue for weeks. Salvage crew members aboard the abandoned pipeline rig in the Northwest Territories are the focus of the missing persons effort. The operation, conducted in severe cold, aims to confirm their status and location.
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Ermuntur
Aka
RGAF
Northwest Territories
Break in Owens River Aqueduct Cuts L. A's Water
Los Angeles faces a week without Owens Valley water as a 40 foot break in the desert aqueduct near Pine Tree 20 miles north of Mojave disrupts supply. City stores and Colorado River options remain as backup. the 1908 construction sparked historic LA Owens Valley tensions.
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Owens Valley Aqueduct
Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power
Pine Tree
Mojave
Owens Valley
Navy
Inyokern Naval
Inyokern Naval Ordnance Test Station
Hainee Reservoir
Metropolitan Water District
Owens River
Editor Reports New Soviet Atom Blast
Kenneth de Courcy magazine editor said an atomic explosion occurred in Soviet Siberia at midnight just as he predicted last Thursday. He telephoned AP with a statement copyrighted by Intelligence Digest and said the blast was detected by an advanced method not known to the Russians. The US Atomic Energy Commission declined to comment.
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Truman
Soviet Union
Asiatic
Kazak
India
Mongolia
United States of America
United States Atomic: Energy Commission
Washington
Local News Highlights From Daily Front Pages
Local enrollment to double amid high school plans. Naval Reserve officers wrap two seminars today. Fire losses fall by twenty percent. City College programs aid student earnings. Various sections list pages for forums, radio TV, sports and theaters.
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Naval Reserve
Long Beach
City College
Rocky News
Waterfront
Hospital Fire Claims 38, Others Feared Missing
A disastrous 3 a.m. fire in the psychiatric ward of Mercy Hospital Davenport Iowa killed at least 38 women with 37 bodies recovered and one survivor later dying. Barred windows and heat sealed victims in their rooms as fire spread through the east room and dumb waiter shaft. Local officials noted hospital records were incomplete and more may be inside. an inquest was set for Monday.
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PO Penbore
Towa
Iowa
C. H. Wildman
Margaret Woeber
Wildman
St. Elizabeth's
Missoula
Mont
Gordon Molenda
Bangor
Maine
Woodward
Okla
Davenport
Ibiate
Zack Cook
Des Moines
Mary Annunes
Ata
Anna Neal
Ralph L. Hayes
St. Elizabeth’s Ward
Sisters of Mercy
Prisoners Flee Cincinnati Jail
Ten prisoners escaped from Hamilton County jail in Cincinnati by sawing through a steel ceiling. Sheriff Dan Tehan said the seven story courthouse jail route led to an 18 foot rope made from clothing, then down to the county law library on the sixth floor window.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Dan Tehan
Court House
Tehan
County Law Library
Lumber Fire in Southeast Los Angeles Destroys $150,000 Stock
A dramatic blaze at West Coast Screen Co in Southeast industrial district destroyed an estimated 1,000,000 board feet of sugar pine lumber. Five fire companies battled the two hour fire, causing extreme heat and shattered windows in nearby plants. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
West Coast Screen, Co
Deluge on Oahu and Kauai Ties Islands With Heavy Rain
A southern storm drenched Oahu and Kauai with up to inches of rainfall as thunderstorms continued to threaten the islands. Weather officials forecast more thunderstorm activity across the region.
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Deluge Hill Isles
Honolulu
Oahu
Kauai Islands
Strong Pleas Made for Naval Shipyard
Delegates from Long Beach pressed hard against a proposed closure of the Long Beach naval shipyard, meeting with Presidential Assistant Steelman and Adm. Dennison after a White House conference. Spokesman Jack Horner said the session was thorough and favorable, with the Navy order to close the yard on June 30, 1950, under review. Public officials and labor leaders described the briefing as well prepared and emphasized the yard’s regional economic impact as the administration weighs next steps.
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Washington
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Jack Horner
John R. Steelman
Adm
Robert L. Dennison
Horner
Navy
Truman
East
White House
Steelman
Defense de
Mene Lly
Denison
California
Raymond Kealer
Thurman Wade
Metal Trades Council
Robert Irvin
Chamber of Commerce
Daughter of 1886 90 Governor Succumbs
BERKELEY Jan 7 UP Mrs Anna C W Scott 83 daughter and last survivor of Robert Stney Waterman governor of California from 1886 to 1890 died today Her husband Irving M Scott is a former University of California instructor
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Berkeley
Anna C. W. Scott
Daunter
Robert St.ney Waterman
California
Irving M.scott
University of California
Volunteers Aid Troops Battling Midwest Floods
Chicago dispatch reports troops and volunteers aiding flood relief across the Middle West while ice storms and heavy snow strain the South and East. Over 1,400 homeless in Illinois Indiana and Missouri as the Wabash rises to a record 26 feet at Lawrenceville and Vincennes. Army sends 80 soldiers from Fort Knox to reinforce the Vincennes dike amid existing National Guardsmen.
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Middle West
Linois
Indiana
Missouri
Lawrenceville
Inl
Vincennes
Ind
Fort Knox
Wait take mother says 80 year old valley park man
An elderly man in Valley Park Missouri signals for help as a Coast Guard boat evacuates flood victims. 80-year-old James Addy halts the aid to fetch his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Addy aged 99, who then steps out of the house and boards the boat.
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Coast Guard
Maurice Napper
James Addy
Addy
Elizabeth Addy
Floods overwhelm Indiana and surrounding states
The Embarrass River breached two levees near Lawrenceville, flooding about 100 square miles. Thirty eight families evacuated as 2000 people fled in Indiana and seven hundred in Missouri. Red Cross reported three deaths and 1200 homeless as volunteers manned boats and a law enforcement presence scaled up at shelters.
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National Guard
Lawrenceville
Dakotas
Minnesota
Terre Haute
Ind
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
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Red Cross
Indiana
Missouri
Rain Ends Five Days of Frost in Southern California
Rain is forecast to end a five day freeze with warmer conditions and increasing cloudiness. A Pacific storm will bring rain to the northwest and spread to Long Beach by nightfall. Snow tops 4500 feet. citrus crops in Riverside and Escondido face heavy damage. airport closures persist with zero visibility.
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Pacific Coast
Southland
Long Beach
Riverside
India
Coachella Valley
San Diego County
Escondido
Ontario International Airport
Ontario
San Bernardino
Los Angeles County
California State Automobile Association
Sierra
Pistol Packing Woman Robs Cabby of $14
Cab driver Benjamin Blincoe reports a 30 year old woman with brown hair 5 feet 3 inches tall wearing a black fur coat robbed him at gunpoint near Broadway and Cherry Ave just before midnight. She fled on foot near 1630 Ell Apple ton Street with $14.
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Broadway
Cherry Ave
Benjamin Blincoe
Santa Barbara Ave
Biviene
EL Appleton St
Snowfall in Spokane Sets 58 Year Record
Spokane is hit by 16 inches of snow in 14 hours, the heaviest since 1893. Bonners Ferry Idaho reports over 20 inches. Roads blocked. Pullman Moscow Airport closes. plows bog down and are rescued by a rotary plow. An expectant mother from north of Spokane gives birth en route to a hospital after being aided by a motorist.
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Spokane
Washington
Idaho
Bonners Ferry
Pullman-Moscow
Pullman
Wash
Weather Bureau
Warren Allen
Allens
Dog Stops Train in Milwaukee Freight Yard Incident
A dog halted a Milwaukee freight train by placing wet paws on the cold rail, freezing as the oncoming locomotive neared. The animal’s stubborn stance stopped the engine, preventing movement and prompting crew intervention.
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Enimty
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