Administration seeks 75 percent excess profits tax
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Snyder proposed a 75 percent excess profits tax on corporations to raise about 4 billion dollars for defense, backing President Truman's request to retroactively tax profits to July 1. He testified before the House Ways and Means Committee as hearings opened for the short session starting November 27.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
Congress
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
House Tax Writing Committee
Reynaud pushes united Europe despite England split
Former French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud urged forming a united Europe even without England. In the National Assembly he clashed with Socialist Guy Mollet over European plans arguing a supra national union is essential to rearm Germany, while Mollet defended a limited Europe.
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PARIS
Paul Reynaud
Europe
England
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Reynaud
Germany
Root Named Coach of Cubs
Charlie Root, Middletown native and lone local to reach the majors, will join the Chicago Cubs as a coach next season. The 51 year old return marks his continuation with the team he pitched for from 1926 to 1941. He led Des Moines Jr. in the Western Association last season and will be replaced at Des Moines by Al Todd, who ran the Cubs farm club at Memphis in 1950.
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Charlie Root
Middletown
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Root
Des Moines, Jr
Des Moines
al Todd
Cubs
Memphis
Leominster Student Seeks Name Change to Christy
Ef stathios Christosdoulopoulos, a Leominster resident and Columbia University student in New York, has petitioned probate court to change his name to Christy. The filing requests legal recognition of the nickname state in his given name.
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Christy
Leominster, Mass
Leominster
Columbia University
New York
Efstathios Christosdoulopoulos
Michigan Race Is Up In Air As Willkins Squeaks By Kelly
DETROIT AP Michigan's delayed governor election faced further delays and legal questions. Governor Williams narrowly leads Kelly by 1,152 votes after canvass, with recount sought statewide. Uncertainty remains over inauguration date January 1 and succession if Williams cannot take office.
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Michigan
Willkins
Kelly
Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Harry F. Kelly
Williams
Roth
Snaiu
Walkout looming as radio and TV nets face strike
Strike threats over pay loom across U S radio and television networks. The Television Authority executive board authorized a strike within days if no contract peace, affecting Columbia National American and Mutual networks and WOR TV. AFL unions refuse details while noting complex pay demands across diverse roles.
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New York
The
Television Authority
AFL
George Heller
American Federation of Radio Artists
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Columbia
National
American
Dumont
New City
Wor-Tv
Mutual
Associated Actors and Artists of America
American Guild of Variety Artists
Actors Equity
American Guild of Muse A] Artists
Chorus Equity Association
Three Cincinnati Children Die In Home Blaze
AP reports three young children Gwendolyn ten months Beverly two and Geralene three died in a Cincinnati fire. Fire Marshal Alex Rockman said careless use of matches caused the blaze. Parents Manius and Mrs Howell were away with two other children during the incident.
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Cincinnati
Alex Rockman
Manius Howell
Gwendolyn
Beverly
Geralene
U S Slans Ban on Building OF New Saloons
The National Production Authority broadened an order to prohibit construction of bars and saloons and any buildings whose predominant business is liquor sales. The amendment also covers structures and adds golf courses pools tennis courts and yacht basins over 5000 in cost per year. The NPA also allocated 10000 tons of steel monthly to build 12 new Great Lakes ore carriers to support expanding steel plants.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Defense Agency
NPA
Great Lakes
Girl, 13, Found Dead in Auto in Winterset
In Cambridge an officer reported a 13-year-old Winterset girl Delores Henry found dead in a parked car at the grade school. Her 19-year-old escort John Andrew Pendleton of Holloway in Belmont County was in serious condition at Swan Hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning. Sheriff John H. Steel identified the girl and said Pendleton’s car engine ran. Pendleton revived by the Cambridge fire department inhalator but cannot explain the events. Coroner W. A. Larrick withheld verdict pending further findings.
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Cambridge
Winterset
Swan Hospital
John H. Steel
Delores Henry
Raymond Henry
John Andrew Pendleton
Holloway
Belmont County
Kathleen Wright
Pendleton
Cambridge Fire Department
Steel
New Allocation Plan Weighed For Metal Control
Washington AP reports a proposed controlled materials plan to allocate basic metals if defense spending nears 50 to 60 billion dollars annually. Manly Fleischmann of NPR said the plan could involve rationing and curb civilian metal use, with tightened allocation to refineries and power plants and a 35 percent aluminum cut taking effect January 1.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Manly Fleischmann
NPR
Fleischmann
Power 19 is sentenced to life for pool hall murder
In Zanesville Lee Leonard Power, 19, unemployed bus boy, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Muskingum County. He received life in prison for the October 4 killing of James Omen, 63, a pool room operator, who was beaten to death with a pool cue while a World Series broadcast played. Power was arrested in Los Angeles.
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Zanesville
Behind Scenes Battle Brews Over Acheson
AP reports a Truman era power struggle over Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Two camps argue his removal would aid political optics or harm foreign policy. others say Truman may keep him to safeguard ongoing policy amid McCarthy and Hiss controversies. Acheson and Truman remain close, with aides split on his fate.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Alger Hiss
Hiss
McCarthy
Ferguson Sees New Two Party Foreign Policy
Senator Ferguson of Michigan said GOP gains will push for closer bipartisan foreign policy cooperation with Democrats. He expects an near equal Senate to yield help from the Administration and a shift toward bipartisan policy while continuing wrangling over a post Marshall Plan foreign economic program. He remains critical of the Administration's Far East policy but believes elections will prompt changes.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
Truman
Gordon Gray
Army
Gray
Furone
W. Averell Harriman
Far East
UN Troops Reach Reservoirs as Fronts Hit Hard
Red battalions smashed back South Korean forces on two UN lines, driving the RO K Eighth Division four miles near Takchon on the western front. By noon the division fell back to the Taedong River south bank, four miles east of Takchon, on the UN right flank.
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Seoul
United Nations
Republic of Korea
ROK
Takchon
Taedong River
North Korea
Manchuria
Yongbyon
Pakchon
Foront
MacArthur
U. S. First Corps
Changjin
Pujan
Korea
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Pujon Reservoir
Kansan
U S Plans To Bring Formosa Issue Into UN
The United States planned to raise Formosa's future at the United Nations with many allies reluctant to express opinions. The debate followed positions that Formosa is Chinese territory, while Soviet and other delegates weighed in amid ongoing North Korea fighting and harsh winter conditions.
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U.S
Formosa
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Soviet Union
Seven blasts hit Gulf refinery near Port Arthur
Seven explosions struck a Gulf Oil refinery and tank farm near Port Arthur Texas injuring three men, one critically. Fires were controlled by about 7 a m EST and extinguished two hours later. The Gulf refinery, 70 miles from the Texas City disaster site, employs a catalytic cracking unit key to aviation gasoline production and may restart Monday or Tuesday.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf Coast
Gulf Oil Corporation of Houston
Texas Coast Line
Texas City
Gulf
Truman Honors Perle Mesta At White House Dinner
President and Mrs. Truman hosted a dinner honoring Mrs. Perle Mesta minister to Luxembourg. Attending were Margaret Truman and her escort A Marvin Braverman Washington attorney.
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Washington
Truman
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Dau¢Hter
Margaret
A. Marvin Braverman
Reds Reported Driving Across North Burma
Rangoon Burma AP reported Chinese Communist troops crossed into northern Burma pushing toward Putao as part of a broader move toward Tibet. Frontier authorities cited security concerns while official confirmation was not provided.
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Reds
Burma
Rangoon
Rangoon Daily
Tibet
Putao
Officer Says Soldiers Lack Warm Clothes
TOKYO AP reports Marine officers and war correspondents say American troops in bitter North Korea face frostbite and exposure due to inadequate winter gear. Brig Gen K Hastings of the US Army in Tokyo notes stockpiles were built earlier to prepare fronts for snow, mud, and freezing temperatures, while frontline words stress urgent equipment needs.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Machine Cory
War Core
Oytry
K. Hastings
U. S
Hastings
Korea
Experts Claim Love Pilot Slayer Is Sane
In Medina, testimony closed in the murder trial of 17 year old Gerald Killinger after a Cleveland psychiatrist testified he is sane. Prosecution rebuttal witnesses argued he is a psychopath but capable of judging right from wrong. The defense seeks insanity as a defense while witnesses described his good scholastic record and plans involving others.
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W. A. Larrick
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Ungi
Hoeryong
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Perle
Putae
Assam
New Delhi
Lhasa
Licharigyo
Giamda
Lyasa
Killiner
Harold Claggett
Medina High School
George Gifford
Sidney Fenn
Killinger
Matt Amerman
Mast
Amerman
Randi
William G. Batehelder
Medina County
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