Congressmen push repeal of wartime excise taxes
Rep Forand of Rhode Island vows to repeal all wartime excise taxes. He estimates scrapping luxury taxes could save about 1.5 billion dollars yearly. Taft opposes any tax boost, favoring spending cuts instead.
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Truman
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Pa Newe Observes Local Church Milestones And Oddities
Rain overnight did not worsen district driving conditions as officials report minimal impact. Early morning drone drew street attention while churches plan anniversaries next year with Harlansburg Presbyterian set to reach 175 years. Outdoor youth sports resume as winter ends. Indian head pennies surface in change, and one and a half cent postage is no longer valid though some mail still bears the old rate. Postmaster Hanna notes the return of mispostage.
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Presbyterian Church
Harlansburg Presbyterian Church
William R. Hanna
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States daily weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 41 and a minimum of 33 with traces of rain. River stage at 6.3 feet. A year ago the highs were 35 and lows 14 with .08 inches of precipitation and snow.
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United States
Push to raise Truman and aides salaries heads to vote
Democrat leaders forecast quick passage of a bill boosting President Truman from 75 000 to 100 000 annually and adding a 50 000 expense fund. Vice President Barkley and House Speaker Rayburn would rise from 20 000 to 30 000 with a 10 000 tax free expense allowance. Senate approved 68 9. House vote due Monday amid limited opposition.
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Truman
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Senate
Mr. Truman
Turkish Cabinet Resigns After Dispute Over Marshall Plan Funds
Ankara January 14 The Turkish cabinet resigned suddenly after a dispute over Marshall plan funds President Ismet Inonu called political leaders to a conference to select a new government Kasim Gulek was appointed minister of state for Marshall plan aid and given charge of coordinating the Turkish economy with the ECA credit program
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Ismet Inanu
Kasim Gulek
ECA
Withers Named to Take Barkleys Senate Seat
Governor Earle C. Clements prepared to appoint Garrett L. Withers 64 Kentucky highway commissioner to the Senatorial post Barkley will vacate to become vice president The appointment announced officially last night in Frankfort Kentucky
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Earle C. Clements
Garrett L. Withers
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Inquest Date Set For Slain 12-Year-Old Carole Ken Singer
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Allegheny county coroner set January 27 for an inquest into the stabbing death of 12 year old Carole Lee Kensinger in her Brushton district home last December 10. Police have yet to trap the killer.
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Pittsburgh
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Allegheny County
Carole Lee Kensinger
Brushton
Israel Egypt Begin Parley Opens Under UN Mediation
The Rhodes armistice talks between Israel and Egypt opened with a conciliatory mood described by Dr. Ralph Bunche as encouraging. The agenda was agreed quickly and the session aims to secure an armistice for the Negev with broader Palestine settlement hopes. Bunche urged restraint as Arab and Israeli officials met for the first time.
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Israel
Egypt
U.N
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
Negev
Palestine
Minimum Wage Boost To 75 Cents Per Hour Favored
The Wage-Hour Administration told Congress the national minimum wage can be raised to 75 cents an hour with no serious cost increases or big job losses. Administrator William R. McComb urged tripartite committees to recommend higher rates up to a Congress set maximum.
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Congress
William R. McComb
Tripartite Industry
Management, Labor and Public Representatives
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Six German War Criminals Hanged at Landsberg
Six German war criminals were hanged today at Landsberg by order of General Lucius D. Clay despite a recommen dation by an army judicial commission to commute five sentences. One condemned man, Franz Weiss, received a last minute reprieve as the commission favored a life sentence. The seven were found guilty in Dachau trials of beating and other atrocities against American fliers and for concentration camp crimes.
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Lucius D. Clay
Army
Capt Bill Odom Aims For Hawaii To East Coast Record
Capt Bill Odom set a new non stop small plane distance record flying from Honolulu to Oakland in 22 hours and six minutes. He aims to fly from Hawaii to the east coast in one jump and will try again from Honolulu toward Teterboro New Jersey.
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Oakland
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Hawaii
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California
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Odom
Teterboro
N. J
West Coast
U. S
Chiang Kai Shek Ouster Move Reported From Nanking
Nanking sources say vice president Li Tsung Jen and General Pat Chung Hsi sponsor a move to oust Chiang Kai-shek and seek peace with terms acceptable to the communists amid intensified Red Army pressure around Tientsin and Beijing to unify north China.
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China
Chiang Kai-shek
Li Tsung-Jen
Pat Chung-Hsi
Red Armies
Tientsin
Peiping
Anti-Trust Suit Filed Against A T and T Company
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust suit in Newark New Jersey federal court seeking ACT split from Western Electric and dissolution of Western Electric into three competing firms. The filing followed talks with the Federal Communications Commission.
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Washington
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Justice Department
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Western Electric Co
Western Electric
Newark
N. J
Federal Communications Commission
Cleveland holdup suspects hunted after post office robbery
Cleveland police and state authorities pursue Wayne N. Albee of Cleveland and Donald E. Wellendorf of Huntington after a noon drug store post office holdup left both gunmen and the proprietor wounded in a Cleveland hospital. Authorities tie the pair to earlier Woods block and Croton Avenue robberies as witness descriptions and licenses aid the investigation.
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Benfield Drug Company
Lexington Avenue
Cleveland
Donald Smith
Donald Wellendorf
Huntington
W. Va
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Albee
Donald E. Wellendorf
Cleveland Hospital
Post Office
Robert D. Hanna
Woods
J. Norman Smith
Croton Avenue
Remains Of Eight Are Being Returned From Pacific Area
Department of the Army announces eight more war heroes killed in the Pacific theater are being brought home aboard the U S Army transport Sgt Jack J Pendleton. Remaining had been interred in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands.
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Jack J. Pendleton
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Philippine Islands
T Sget
Ray H. Atkinson
Army
Elizabeth D. Atkinson
Pittsburgh Circle
Ellwood City
Francis J. Cleary Jr
Air Force
Francis J. Cleary
Second Avenue
Koppel
James E. Fair
Frances S. Fair
Grimes Street
Carl J. Guylitto
Sarah Guylitto
Hillsville
William A. Haklo
George M. Haklo
Richard Street
Edward C. McGrath
John McGrath
Maurice F. McHattie
George McHattie
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Walnut Street
James R. Smith
Clarence Smith
Monroe Street
Chinese Leaders Plan Counter Offensive in Civil War
Chiang Kai-shek and top militarists decided on a general counter offensive to strengthen China’s position for possible peace talks. The plan was set to launch within two weeks amid moves by a vice president and a senior military figure to oust Chiang and open talks. Over 50 parliament members attended a peace forum as Communists gained ground.
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Chiang
One-Package Labor Bill To Be Introduced By Lesinski
Rep. Lesinski announces a one-package labor measure to repeal the Taft Hartley Act and reenact the Wagner Act with three presidentially urged amendments. The bill targets jurisdictional strikes, secondary boycotts, and government injunctions to curb strikes affecting national welfare.
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Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
Eskinski
Truman
Sen. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Consumer Demand For Meat May Be Levelling Off Now
The Agriculture Department reports that per person meat consumption in late 1948 likely fell to its lowest quarter since 1946 after seasonal adjustments. With rising incomes, a smaller income percentage was spent on meat, and meat animal prices fell more than usual after a spring and summer rise.
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Washington
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Agriculture Department
Six Injured In Taxi And Truck Turnpike Crash
Six persons were injured in a taxi truck crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of New Stanton. The victims, all in the taxi, were taken to Westmoreland Hospital. Names include Tony Volpe and Bernard J. Campbell, both from Washington, D. C., with skull fractures and head injuries reported.
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Pennylvania Turnpike
Westmoreland Hospital
Greensburg
Tony Volpe
Washington
D. C
Rita Volpe
Bernard J. Campbell
George Duncan
Jean Duncan
Katherine Fletcher
Father Slain Mother Wounded by Soldier Son
In Madison township Ohio on January 14 194? a 19 year old soldier son William Hill shot and killed his father James E Hill 48 and struck his mother Alma Hill 45 on the head with a pistol butt then fled in the family 1941 auto. Police and deputies sought the suspect who was on leave from an army camp in California.
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Alma Hill
William
Madison Township
James E. Hill
Fear Three Lost Boys May Be Dead In West Virginia
In Davis West Virginia three boys missing since Tuesday were presumed dead after snow covered woods hindered search. Robert Carr seven Eston Carr nine and John Helmick sixteen are thought to have frozen to death in six inches of snow. Sheriff Croston said the parents have given up hope for the boys.
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Davis
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Robert Carr
Eston
John Helmick
D. E. Croston
Eston Carr
Cora Helmick
Senate committee clears Acheson for Secretary of State
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved Dean Acheson’s nomination to succeed George Marshall as Secretary of State. He faced private questioning on U S Soviet relations, with forecasts of swift Senate confirmation. Acheson called past accusations of appeasement Incredible and testified for two hours at a public hearing.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
George C. Marshall
Senate
Acheson
Sentae
Malone
Nev
Sen
George
Russia
Tugboat Strike In New York Averted
New York, Jan. 14. A tugboat strike that would have paralyzed the waterfront was averted by an eleventh hour settlement of a contract dispute between the union and tow boat operators. Mayor William O'Dwyer announced the settlement last night, 57 minutes before the deadline.
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William O'Dwyer
New Lad Brings Joy to Proud Parents
A speaker recalls a cheerful young man whose bright grin and spry steps stem from news of another boy in the family. He claims the couple now has the finest lad on the hemisphere, celebrating the latest birth as weather sits at thirty eight.
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