Taxes Will Increase Again as National Crisis Arises
Washington report details a new tax cut overridden by Congress to fund defense, with 52 million taxpayers set for relief now facing potential future tax hikes. The law raises personal exemptions to 600 dollars, allows split income for couples, and grants 12.6 percent to 5 percent reductions across brackets, plus special exemptions for seniors and the blind.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
United States
House
Martin
Rmass
Representive Knutson
Rminn
Senate
House Democrats
Senate Democrats
Charities Lose Huge Bequests in Morgan Will Ruling
In Cincinnati Common Pleas Judge Dennis J. Ryan invalidated 10 charitable bequests from the will of Edna Urban Morgan, dated more than a year before her December 1943 death. The sizable estate of $1,042,657, left by the widow of a former Playing Card Company executive, would have funded the charities after her sons’ deaths.
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Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Dennis J. Ryan
Edna Urban Morgan
Ryan
U. S
MacArthur's Name Entered In California
In Los Angeles a Republican group filed a slate of 53 delegates pledged to Gen. Douglas MacArthur with the county registrar of voters, signaling a push in California politics despite his stated intentions. The move marks a notable development in the delegation scene as supporters rally around the general.
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Los Angeles
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
California
MacArthur
Communism Denial By Ohio State YMCA Leader
Dr Donald Timmerman of the area YMCA board denies any Communist activity at Ohio State University YMCA following a report from Claris Adams, president of the Columbus Community Chest, that the student YMCA would be investigated for Communism. Timmerman says accusations come from faculty labeling dissenters as Communists and asserts no Communistic activities exist in the university YMCA.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Ymca
Donald Timmerman
Area Ymca Board
Claris Adams
Columbus Community Chest
YMCA
Timmerman
University Ymca
Community Chest
Navy Silent On Secret Task Force Sail to Eniwetok
Honolulu AP reports an atomic task force sailed March 8 for the Eniwetok test grounds in full view of a Russian ship. The flagship McKinley carried Lt. Gen. John E. Hull command, Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner deputy, and scientists Parsons and Karol F. Froman.
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Honolulu
Navy
Eniwetok
McKinley
John E. Hull
William E. Kepner
Parsons
Karol F. Froman
Stassen Sees Victories Ahead in Wisconsin Primary
Harold E. Stassen reports victories in Iowa and Maine fueling his Wisconsin bid for 27 Republican delegates. He speaks in southwestern Wisconsin before Tuesday's primary as Dewey's campaign eyes last‑minute momentum and MacArthur hints loom over Wisconsin race. Stassen claims assurances from a majority of 23 Iowa delegates. aides allocate 12 for Stassen, 6 Dewey, 2 Taft, 1 MacArthur, 2 uncommitted.
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Milwaukee
Iowa
Maine
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chicago Board of Trade
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Fred R. Zimmerman
MacArthur
Dewey
Stassen
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Thousands Off Jobs As Coal Supply Fails
Pittsburgh AP reports the 20 day coal strike idled over 61,000 workers across railroads and related industries. New York Central furloughed 5,000+ workers in Indianapolis Albany Cleveland and East Buffalo yards. Pennsylvania Railroad laid off about 10,000. Chesapeake and Ohio 13,400 idle. Baltimore and Ohio 12,263 idle. Steel plants like Bethlehem Steel idled 2,000 as coke ovens and furnaces closed.
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New York Central Railroad
Allied Industries
NYC
Indianapolis
Albany, N. Y
Cleveland
East Buffalo
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Michigan Central
Reading
John Aldrich
National Maritime Union
Norfolk
NMU
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Peiping Universities Strike Over Union Disband Order
Five Peiping universities launched a three day strike in protest of Chiang Kai Shek's order to dissolve the North China Students Union. The government claims the union is used by the Communists to provoke disorders.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China Students Union
ERP Plan Rushes Forward Global European Recovery
Washington AP The administration moves at top speed to convert 6.098 billion into a worldwide drive against communism in Europe and Asia. President Truman is expected to sign a broad foreign aid bill authorizing a four year recovery program for western Europe with funds for Greece, Turkey, and China, plus military aid and an international children's fund.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
Truman
Congress
Russia
Greece
Turkey
China
Soviet Union
European Cooperation Administration
ERP
State Lovett
State Department
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
House
Senate
Western
UN International Children’s Fund
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Marshall
Dayton Mother And Baby Die Under Train
Raymond Bedwell of Dayton saw four armed men near the Monsanto plant. Police say after reporting them he drove onto the Baltimore and Ohio tracks where a fast passenger train struck his car, killing his wife Mary and their two month old son Cary and seriously injuring Bedwell.
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Dayton
Raymond Bedwell
Steel Ave
Bedwell
Mary
Cary
Monsanto Chemical Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Portsmouth Beer Sale Allowed on Sundays Ruling
In Portsmouth, a Common Pleas Court judge ruled that the city must permit 3.2 beer sales on Sundays. Judge Vernon Smith said a state law allowing 3.2 beer overrides the local ordinance, a temporary decision effective tomorrow.
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Portsmouth, C
Portsmouth
Common Pleas
Vernon Smith
Smith
Lewis Denies Union Ordered Miners to Quit Work
AP reports John L. Lewis told striking coal miners they may return to work as they please, denying any orders to halt or resume work. The message clarifies there is no active strike, while President Truman considers a federal court injunction to end the three week walkout.
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Washington (Ap
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
UMW
Clark
Mr. Truman
15 000-Year-Old Blood Type Found in Tepexpan Man
American scientists report testing blood from a 15 000 year old Mexican skeleton, Tepexpan Man, using bone grindings. Harvard’s Dr. William S Laughlin says verification could mark the oldest skeleton with a determined blood type, practice controversial for ancient remains.
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Washington
Mexico
William S. Laughlin
Harvard University
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
Tepexpan
Bank cashier under arrest in Canal Winchester embezzlement case
Gale L. Wright, a Canal Winchester bank cashier, was jailed on embezzlement charges totaling $64,000. U S Commissioner Robert W Newton said Wright admitted embezzling $1 500 from the Canal Winchester bank with other funds involved. Bond set at $5,000. Evidence showed restitution made for all but about $10,000.
Louis Stole Wife's Love, Says Minister
A Negro minister from Atlanta sues boxing champion Joe Louis for 500000 dollars in an alienation of affections case alleging Louis won the minister's wife Mattie Carrie Faulkner known as Carol Drake while Louis is in Europe for exhibition bouts. Louis denies the allegation.
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Chicago
Joe Louis
New York
Louis
Foxy
Matthew C. Faulkner
Atlanta
Paris
England
Marva Trotter
Louise
Faulkner
Mattie Carrie Faulkner
Captives Of Reds To Be Disciplined
Four Leathernecks held by Chinese Communists for three months were ordered arrested by Brig. Gen. G C Thomas for leaving marked boundaries into Communist territory. The Marines, released Thursday, face brief confinement to barracks and a temporary pay loss. They were captured on Christmas Day during a duck hunting trip.
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Tsingtao
China
G. C. Thomas
Italians Set Up Forces To Guard Voting
Rome AP reports the Italian government has 330000 armed men, including a shock force of 150000, ready to swiftly strike against any election violence. Interior Minister Mario Scelba announced the preparations in a radio address, urging citizens not to fear intimidation and asserting that freedom to vote will be guaranteed.
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Rome
Mario Scelba
Reynolds Flight Sparks Chinese Criticism Over Amne Machins
AP report notes millionaire Milton Reynolds faced sharp rebuke from a Chinese scientific committee for a botched plan to reach the world’s highest mountain. He admitted omissions in not informing scientists about expedition progress and offered to fly a delegation of scientists to participate in a future Amne Machins expedition.
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Nanking
Milton Reynolds
Chicago
China
Russian Officers Are Kept Out Of Railroad Offices
In Berlin United States authorities used troops to prevent 22 Russians from entering a Soviet building in the American sector and announced the sector was blocked from the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
United States
Wannsee
Potsdam
U. S
Russia
Germany
Frank L. Howley
Howeley
Howley
Alexander S. Kotikov
Kotikov
Clay
Eugene W. Hilton
Hilton
Eisenhower pleads for draft and UMIT unit debate
Senate hearings close as three opponents challenge Gen Eisenhower on draft and universal military training. Witnesses include Dr H D Smyth Truman K Smith and Dr L H Reyerson. Forrestal outlines draft scope up to age 45 with two year service and wartime benefits. Berlin blockades and Soviet actions intensify tension as Allied authorities clash over occupation measures and security controls.
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Washington
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. D. Smyth
Senate Armed Service Committee
Truman
Russia
Truman K. Smith
L. H. Reyerson
University of Minnesota
Armed Services Committees
Japanese Major Ito Sentenced to Gallows for War Crime
In Yokohama a Japanese army major Nobuo Ito was condemned by a U.S. Eighth Army Commission for prosecuting and personally arranging the beheadings of 11 American fliers including Lt. Keith H. Carrier of Cleveland and Cpl Evan Howell.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Nobuo Ito
Keith H. Carrier
Cleveland
Cpl
Evan Howell
Lausche Calls Ohio Strip Mine Laws Inadequate
Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche told Democratic workers in Steubenville that Ohio needs new strip mine legislation. He criticized the current law as tied up in court and urged the attorney general to seek a swift decision, a point echoed by Cadiz Republican editorial coverage.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Democratic Party
Larsche
Cadiz
Lausche
Soviet move at Pan American Conference boosts unity
In Bogota the ninth Pan American Conference saw Soviet land traffic block in Berlin spark wider solidarity among 21 nations. Diplomats say the shift aligns more nations with the United States and could boost support for concrete action against alleged Communist infiltration. The Chinese delegation favors action and has circulated an anti Communist resolution.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
Germany
Belin
United States
U. S
Babies Get Numbers In Montana Social Security Plan
Helena AP reports that starting next January Montana will assign serial numbers to each newborn. The state registrar L. I. Benepe says the plan will be phased in statewide and eventually adopted by all states.
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Helena
Mont
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