Truman Presses Congress for Tax Increase Again
President Truman urged Congress to approve a $4 billion tax rise largely from corporations and high earners to cover the deficit and back anti inflation measures. He defended standby price controls and warned that spending more than revenue would worsen the economy, while noting price drops lessen the need for controls.
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Truman
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Nouse
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Joint
Senate
House Economic Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Maybank
Dsc
Senate Banking Committee
Court Clerk George H. Martin Dies at 76
George H. Martin, age 76, longtime common pleas court clerk and court employee since 1916, died yesterday in Cleveland. He served decades in the court staff and was a familiar figure in local legal proceedings.
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Cleveland
George H. Martin
Common Pleas
Truman Seeks Full Fund for European Recovery Aid
President Truman urged Congress to approve the full 5.58 billion dollars for the European Recovery program, saying the amount is carefully worked out and must not be cut. He spoke as Taft and Russell pushed an amendment to reduce the 15 month aid plan, while Senate leaders expressed confidence the full total will pass despite a close vote outlook. The ECA requests include 1.15 billion for the next year and 150 million in long range authority.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Russell
D-Ga
Lucas
Connally
D - Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Thomas Gusik Gains Freedom
Thomas A. Gusik, 19, a former Army private from Cleveland, was ordered released from a federal reformatory by Judge Mell G. Underwood after a habeas corpus ruling. He was convicted by a court martial in Italy for slaying two Italian black marketeers at an Army depot near Leghorn. life sentence later reduced to 16 years.
Merchants Shy Away From Purchases Cite Cautious Policies
Washington AP reports merchants are cutting back on buying to avoid overstock. Officials say conservative inventory and loan repayment drive a four percent, ten week drop in business loans since Christmas, with $670 million less borrowed since December 22. No sign of widespread loan calls. Caution viewed as healthy to prevent later forced selling.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Rent Income Survey Under Way On Rent Increases
Washington AP reports Housing Expediter Tighe Woods orders a survey of landlord incomes to determine fair net operating income under the 15 month extension of rent ceilings. Officials say the study will take weeks and not imply a general rent hike. hardship cases will still be handled. President Truman calls the extension effective with enforcement teeth against the real estate lobby.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Woods
Truman
Gunmen Take Safe From Ohio Bingo Operator
The home of Herman Goldstein in University Heights was robbed of a $2,500 safe by two gunmen. Julius Goldstein, bound for four hours, freed himself and reported the robbers also missed $5,000 to $6,000 hidden in clothing. Police said the safe was moved in Julius’s 1948 sedan and the pair fled. Herman Goldstein operates bingo parlors in Akron and Brady Lake and Cleveland.
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Herman Goldstein
Akron
Brady Lake
Goldstein
Julius
Julius Goldstein
University Heights
Robert Bucklin
Rose
Harvey
Florida
Traffic Death Toll Increases In First Two Months
CHICAGO AP The nation’s traffic deaths in January and February 1949 totaled 4 400, up four percent from the same period in 1948. February toll reached 2 090, up three percent on a daily basis. The National Safety Council cited heavy snows reducing western travel but milder eastern weather boosting travel and fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Churchill Talk and Air Force Crash Hit National News
Winston Churchill scheduled to speak at Boston Garden on the 20th century and its promise while MIT inaugurates its 10th president. In Edgar Springs a C-47 crashed into a shallow cattle pond, two bodies recovered, four believed missing as search work targets wreckage.
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ABC
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U.S
MIT
Christopher Soames
New York
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Scotland Yard
U. S. Secret Service
Boston Police
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Boston Garden
Tech
Missing Coed Back In School
CHICAGO AP Anne Bernhard, 20 year old University of Chicago student, reported missing by her father, Andrew Bernhard editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, returned to her dormitory last night. She said she had been visiting friends whose names she declined to disclose.
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Chicago
Anne Bernhard
University of Chicago
State Senate Confirms Defenbacher 30 to 0 in Surprise Vote
The Ohio State Senate confirmed H. D. Defenbacher as finance director by a 30 to 0 vote after a surprise motion by Sen. William M. Boyd. Four Democrats opposed earlier, including Sawicki and Bartunek, with Republicans split over the administration’s two year budget timing. Defenbacher, a former finance director under prior administrations, remained in office despite the prior confirmation delay.
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Sens
Edwin F. Sawicki
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cleveland
Arthur Blake
Martins Ferry
Sawicki
Defenbacher
Bricker
Herbert
Lausche
Roscoe R. Walcott
Franklin
GOP
Fred R. Seibert
R-Auglaize
Fred L. Adams
Willard Dow and three others die in Ontario plane crash
Dr Willard H Dow 52 president of Dow Chemical Company Midland Michigan and three others were killed when their private plane crashed near London Ontario at about 1055 a m icing conditions suspected. Victims include Dow's wife Martha Pilot A J Bowie and Mrs Calvin Campbell of Midland. Mrs Campbell's husband 46 was hospitalized. The Dow family has two children.
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Willard Dow
London
Ont
Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Company
Midland
Mich
Dow
Martha
A. J. Bowie
Calvin Campbell
Franshawe
Dows
Heavy storms sweep southwest Nebraska with record snow
Howling winds up to 60 miles per hour and 23 inches of snow pummeled Hayes Center and surrounding areas. Traffic halted as visibility dropped to zero while McCook and North Platte reported heavy conditions. The storm began Monday night and was expected to exit Nebraska soon. Meanwhile Cleveland Orchestra announced a 24 week next season concert schedule led by Conductor George Szell.
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Nebraska
McCook
North Platte
Cleveland
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
Girl And Brother Trapped By Fire in Hamilton Tragedy
A kerosene explosion at a Hamilton home killed Oma Mae McHone aged seven and Donald Eugene aged three. Father Russell McHone, 23, and mother, hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns, plus uncle Dennis McHone, 18, were injured. A neighbor cited a stove-related ignition. Phyllis, five, survived unscathed. Fairfield Township Fire Department arrived five minutes after the blast but fire prevented rescue.
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Russell McHone
Mercy Hospital
Homewood Addition
Oma Mae McHone
Donald Eugene
Dennis McHone
Thomas Gailmore
Gailmore
Fairfield Township
Atlantic Pact Seen Likely to Win Senate Ratification
President Truman voiced confidence that the Atlantic Pact will be ratified by the Senate, asserting its necessity for Western unity. He defended the plan amid Taft’s questions and noted Bevin and Acheson will press for a solid Western front, with talks to cover Germany, Middle East security, Mediterranean defense, and Southeast Asia containment.
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Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Acheson
Bevin
Russia
Esty
Robert Schuman
Western
Germany
Schuman
Turkey
Greece
Iran
Southeast Asia
New York
United States Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Europe
Bergius Dies. Nobel Chemistry Laureate Was 65
Buenos Aires AP reports Dr. Friedrich Bergius world famous German scientist and 1931 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate died here yesterday at age 65.
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Buenos Aires
Friedrich Bergius
Three Killed in Mine Blast Near Paintsville Kentucky
Three members of a single family died and a fourth was badly burned in a blasting powder blast at a small truck mine five miles northwest of Paintsville Kentucky on Tom's Creek near Sitka. Victims were Ivan Vanhouse age 2 William Vanhoose 25 and William Cisco, a brother-in-law. Mitchell Vanhoose cousin survived seriously burned. State mine inspector Bob Williams led rescue efforts. The mine is owned by Ken Vanhoose father of the deceased.
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Paintsville, Ky
Here
Ivan Vanhouse
William
William Cisco
Vanhooses
Paintsville Hospital
Mitchell Vanhoose
Bob Williams
Tom’s Creek
Sitka
Ken Vanhoose
Wilberforce College Accredited by North Central Association
Dr. Charles H. Wesley president of Wilberforce State College announced yesterday that the Negro school has been accredited by the North Central Association.
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Wilberforce, O
Charles H. Wesley
Wilberforce State College
North Central Association
Butter Oleo Tax Showdown Faces House Floor
Washington AP report on a House floor clash between butter and oleo supporters. debate centers on repealing federal taxes on oleo and barring interstate sale of yellow oleo. leaders trade lines as Poage plans a floor substitute while Ag committee chair Cooley signals support for repeal plus labeling rules.
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Washington
Congress
House
Butter Bloc
Agriculture Committee
Poage
D-Tex
Cooley
D-Nc
Pilot Floyd Ferguson dies in Willard plane crash
A 28 year old pilot Floyd Ferguson of Mansfield died when his light plane crashed on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track five miles east of Willard. Police identified the victim. The fatality occurred late yesterday as the aircraft went down near the railway line.
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Floyd Ferguson
Mansfield
Baltimore and Ohio
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