Tax Cut Dims Withholding Returns for Millions of Taxpayers
The $4.8 billion annual tax cut reduces withholding for wage earners from January, with many seeing higher take home pay starting now. About 50 million taxpayers gain, while 7.4 million are fully exempt from income tax. Refunds await 1948 returns filed in 1949. Treasury says June cuts apply to all withholdings and quarterly payments, easing estimates for some.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Breneman funeral rites set for television radio host
In Glendale California flowers from fans across the nation mark the upcoming funeral for Tom Breneman the 47 year old host of Breakfast in Hollywood. An 11 am service at Forest Lawn will honor Breneman who died Wednesday at his Encino home. Garry Moore will take over Breneman’s duties on the program while his widow Billie Dunne Breneman is named special administratrix and beneficiary.
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Glendale
Calif
Tom Breneman
Breneman
Hollywood
Encino
Memphis
Tenn
Augusta
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Garry Moore
American Broadcasting Company
Moore
Billie Dunne Breneman
Greek Forces Smash Guerrilla Stronghold at Mount Parnassos
In Lamia Greece the Greek army seized the Mount Parnassos area after a major offensive. Communist led guerrillas reportedly surrendered in large numbers as the two year guerrilla camp collapsed.
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Lamia
Greece
Mount Parnassos
Defective Brakes Lead To Arrest
Henry Walters of 1615 Glenn Ave was cited to appear in Municipal Court for failing to stop at Fairmount Ave and Baltimore St and crashing into Juanita Hon of 500 Gideon Rd. Damage estimated at 115 dollars.
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Henry Walters
Glenn Ave
Fairmount Ave
Baltimore St
Juanita Hon
Gideon Rd
Decessna Takes Over Hotel Bancroft in Springfield
John W. Decessna a Columbus insurance man assumed operation of the Bancroft Hotel in Springfield. Leaseholder Truman G. Warren said the lease and fixtures were sold to Decessna who already runs the Hotel Coshocton and previously operated the Washington Hotel Canton and the National Hotel Cambridge.
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Springfield
John W. Decessna
Columbus
Bancroft
Truman G. Warren
Hotel Service Inc
Decessna
Coshocton
Washington
Canton
Cambridge
Attempted Grenade Attack Targets Greek Minister of Justice
In Athens a May Day assault wounded Minister of Justice Christos Ladas during a grenade attack. Police say the assailant Efstratos Moutsoyanis, a 22 year old factory worker, acted under orders from a Communist execution squad known as OPLA. Ladas underwent emergency surgery and remains in serious condition.
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Athens
Christos Ladas
Ladas
Efstratos Moutsoyanis
Apostle Orphanides
Rival Demonstrations Mark Labor May Day
May Day across the world featured rival observances and strike threats. In Trieste free territory Communists warned of trouble while Moscow prepared a 20 salvo salute as Bulganin urged readiness. Poland’s Gomulka denounced US as the most hated nation and Europe planned separate observances in capital cities. In New York Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored an anti Communist parade on Fifth Avenue and Paris transit workers struck for higher pay.
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Trieste Free Territory
Moscow
Red Square
Nikolai Bulganin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Warsaw
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fifth Ave
Union of
Motormen
Two Injured In Three Car Route 25 Crash Near Franklin
Two people were injured in a three car collision on Route 25 near Franklin. Frank E. Bustillo, 42, Dayton, suffered head and back injuries. Dorothy Taylor, 36, Franklin, a lacerated knee. Bustillo’s southbound car hit James A. Taylor Jr., 38, Franklin, then struck John Robert McNeill, 23, Gallatin, Tennessee. McNeill’s car left the road into a ditch. traffic was halted for 40 minutes.
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Franklin
Frank E. Bustillo
Dayton
Dorothy Taylor
S. Main St
Bustillo
James A.aylor, Jr
Bust
Expect Report on Smoke This Month City to Study Abatement Plan
A May report on the city smoke situation is expected as City Commissioners consider abatement actions. H B Lammers Cincinnati engineer led a February to March survey for the Coal Producers Committee, analyzing industrial business and residential coal use.
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Fred J. Schatzmann
H. B. Lammers
Cincinnati
Coal Producer's Committee
Lammers
Schatzmann
City Commission
Volcanoes erupt together in New Zealand for first time
In a historic event, Mount Ngauruhoe and Mount Ruapehu on New Zealand's North Island erupted simultaneously for the first time on record, drawing attention from scientists and residents near the volcanos.
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Auckland
N. Z
Ngauruhoe
Ruapehu
New Zealand
North Island
Luck Loses for Chicago Graduates at Las Vegas Club
In Las Vegas two University of Chicago graduates Albert Hibbs and Roy Walford reported a 14 hour gambling run ending in a $610 loss after attempting a roulette system. They had previously won $8,000 at Reno last November and planned to refine their method.
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Las Vegas
Nev
University of Chicago
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Roy Walford
San Diego
Reno
Lausche and Miller Trade Charges in Gubernatorial Battle
In Cleveland on the Democratic gubernatorial race, Frank J. Lausche and Ray T. Miller accused each other of attacks and mismanagement. Miller criticized Lausche’s liquor department handling and party appointments, promising strict liquor law enforcement. Lausche urged supporters to beware late attacks and defended his administration against the claims.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Lausche
Miller
State Liquor Department
Democratic Party
GM Rehires 125000 After Weeklong Steel Shortage Layoff
General Motors recalls 125000 workers to report Monday after a week of layoffs caused by steel shortages. Buick Pontiac and Oldsmobile divisions plus Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants resume, while 11000 Fisher Body and 6000 Chevrolet workers face a one week layoff. Some plants idle 9000 workers May 7 to 17.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Buick
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Auto
Soviet claim colonel held in Berlin kidnapping
The Soviet charge American agents abducted Lt. Col. J. G. Tessajew, inspector of the Soviet transport group in Bremen, who vanished after visiting American port director Stanley Clem. Clem says Tessayev and two Soviet officers appeared but disappeared while he and his wife were away. U S authorities are investigating with no conclusions.
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Berlin
J. G. Tessajew
Tessajew
United States Army
Bremen
Stanley A. Clem
Tessayev
Clem
Springfield AFL Bus Drivers Threaten Strike
Springfield Ohio faces a potential bus strike as 132 drivers and mechanics vote to strike against City Bus Lines Inc. The seven member committee will set the strike date after the expired contract on April 1, with wage demands unresolved as management cites fare-rate limits.
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Springfield
AFL
American Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motorcoach Employes
City Bus Lines Inc
Walter H. Mercer
Chester E. Baker
Derby Day Deluge Delays Kentucky Favorite
Heavy rain and thunder greeted Derby day at Churchill Downs with forecasts of more downpours. Track conditions were deemed not seriously affected, with six spry colts due to race at 4 30 p m CST before an expected crowd of 90 000. A charge of disorderly conduct against jockey Eddie Arcaro was dropped in city court after he failed to appear. no testimony was offered.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Eddie Arcaro
Arcaro
Homer McLellien
Mediation Chief Seeks to Avert Rail Strike
Federal mediation chief says a nationwide rail strike set for May 11 might be avoided if recommendations not in the Emergency Board report could help. Chairman Frank P. Douglass notes sincere effort from carriers and unions to settle, with separate talks planned to bridge remaining gaps.
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Chicago
Federal
Nation (Railway) Mediation Board
Frank P. Douglass
Douglass
Emergency Board
Engineer Dies in Explosion at GE Lab
In Schenectady New York a 24 year old student engineer Lawrence W Eggers was killed by a chemical blast in a General Electric laboratory. Walter Ruminski 36 from Schenectady was seriously burned but listed in fair condition at Ellis Hospital. Both men worked alone on an Army project of undisclosed nature.
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General Electric
Lawrence W. Eggers
E. J. Senn
Eggers
Des Moines
Walter Ruminski
Schenectady
Ellis Hospital
Cincinnatians sue over infringing cigarette lighter patents
The Ron son Art Metal Works Inc. of Newark New Jersey filed suit in US District Court charging two Cincinnati firms infringed or counterfeit cigarette lighter patents. Defendants named are Joseph and Harold L. Hyman of Essgee Sales Company Bernard J. Perry of Allied Production and Sales Company.
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Cincinnati
Ronson Art Metal Works Ince
Newark
N. J
Joseph and
Harold L. Hyman
Essgee Sales Company
Bernard J. Perry
Allied Production and Sales Company
Dayton Brothers Win Carnegie Hero Medals
Dayton Ohio plumbers Joseph B. Donnell and John W. Donnell received bronze Carnegie Hero Fund citations for rescuing Richard E. Haas and Lavonne Haas from the Miami River on May 4 1947. The brothers swam across 600 feet to reach the couple, helped them past a submerged dam, and to the bank despite dangerous currents and five submersions.
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Pittsburgh
Dayton, O
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Miami River
Joseph B. Donnell
John W. Donnell
Richard E. Hass
Lavonne
Haas
John
Joseph
Hans
GE Will Stand Put On Pay Hike Demand
GE maintains its refusal to grant a third wage increase despite a CIO United Electrical Workers strike alert. The union, representing about 200,000 members at GE, Westinghouse, and GM's electrical division, demands substantial pay raises and says all legal steps for a strike are in place.
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New York
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Electrical
General Motors
Taft Stassen Dewey Compete for Republican Delegates
In Ohio Taft and Stassen resume public speeches as the primary nears with Ohio GOP backing for Taft and a Stassen push for a pro United Nations veto free charter. In Rhode Island Stassen advocates a Western European military alliance without veto rights. In Oregon Dewey arrives for a campaign aimed at halting Stassen as May 21 primary tightens the Dewey Stassen GOP contest.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold F. Stassen
Ohio Gop
Ravenna
Kent
Taft
United World Federalists
United Nations
Providence
R. I
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Europe
Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Stassen
Woman Saves Drowning Boy at Local Park Creek
Gloria Calisch a 23 year old mother plunged into Dean Creek at Wade Park to rescue seven year old Alfred Gettes who slipped into the water after being warned by his mother. She pulled him to the bank wrapped him in her coat and refused medical help stating her husband a physician would care for her. The child received emergency treatment at a hospital.
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Cleveland
Gloria Calisch
Calisch
Wade Park
Dean Creek
Alfred L. Gettes
Superintendent Resigns After Twenty Years in Monroeville
W. J. Alexander, longtime superintendent of Monroeville public schools, resigns after twenty years in the post effective June 30. The district will begin a search for a new leader.
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Monroeville
W. J. Alexander
Arab nations launch invasion of Palestine in coordinated push
Arab and Jewish sources report a multi nation assault on Palestine as British mandate nears end. Syrian Lebanese and Iraqi units advance from north and south while Trans Jordan King Abdullah says Arab armies will tighten the ring around the Jewish positions.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Cairo
Ibn Saud
Damascus
Syria
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Katamon
Jaffa
Zval Leumi
Jericho
Two Hamilton Men Die in Route 4 Crash
Two Hamilton men aged 24, William Shaw and Logan Smith Jr., were killed when their car struck a tree and exploded on Route 4 near Head Ares Road. A passing motorist, Mike Nehas, pulled the bodies from the burning vehicle. The crash occurred as the driver failed to negotiate a curve. Grismer Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Hamilton
Headares Rd
Uis Fritz
John Cleaver
William Shaw
South Third St
Logan Smith, Jr
South Eleventh St
Mike Nehas
Grismer Funeral Home
Stassen Block To Be Set Up At Philadelphia Nomination
Republicans lure seven state delegates to back favorite sons to delay Stassen’s early ballot surge at the Philadelphia convention. The plan aims to test other contenders before shifting support to Stassen, who could reach the nomination by the sixth ballot if he wins Ohio delegates next Tuesday and the Oregon primary on May 21.
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Washington
Stassen
Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Wendell Willkie
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Heavy Demand on Soil Warns Grange Leader
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the Ohio State Grange, told the American Farmer program that farmers will respond to food needs but warned soil capacity is limited. He cautioned that American land may be insufficient to feed Europe, Asia, and even the United States indefinitely.
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Washington
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Fichter
American Farmer Program
Grange
Be¢Ming
Europe
Asia
Retired Restaurateur Bragg Arrives on Crutches in Tiffin
Friends and an undertaker met the train for Edward Bragg the 70 year old retiree, believed dead after a telegram misread. He appeared on crutches, having broken his leg in a fall at Kissimmee Florida.
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Tiffin
Edward Bragg
Kissimee
Fla
Truman to Speak Before Health Assembly Delegates
President Truman will address about 800 delegates of the National Health Assembly in Washington. The meeting aims to draft a 10 year health program for the nation tonight.
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Washington
Truman
National Health Assembly
Britain seeks damages from Russians over Berlin air collision
Britain has filed a compensation claim with Moscow for the deaths of 11 people in the collision of a British transport and a Soviet freighter plane over Berlin on April 5. The Foreign Office said the claim covers the transport, its baggage, and war. A British inquiry blamed the Soviet pilot.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Berlin
Foreign Office
Two Injured In Motorcycle Crash Near Bethany
John W. Long 21 of Dayton and Thomas Horner 20 of Dayton were injured when their motorcycle struck the rear of a truck on US 25 south of Bethany. Long suffered a fractured left arm Horner had cuts and body lacerations. Both were treated at Middletown Hospital. The truck was driven by Thomas Spencer of Middletown Route 1.
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John W. Long
Dayton
Thomas Horner
Jasper St
U. S. 25
Bethany
Long
Horner
Middletown Hospital
Thomas Spencer
Middletown
Spencer
Bethany-Mason Rd
CBS Wins Six Production Awards at Radio Institute
CBS won six of 14 first awards for radio network show production at the 18th Institute for Education by Radio in Columbus Ohio. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Broadcasting Company, American Broadcasting Company, and three other organizations shared the remaining prizes.
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Columbus, O
Columbia Broadcasting System
Institute For Education By
Radio
Canadian Broadcasting Corporate
Theational Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Acting Postmaster Named in Painesville
Thomas J. McGrath was named acting postmaster of Painesville by North Madison as Mrs. C. E. Brown resigned due to ill health.
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Painesville
Thomas J. McGrath
North Madison
C. E. Brown
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