Tax cut risks rise from commodity slump
U S senators warn continued price declines could erase income tax reductions this year. Sen Scott Lucas and Sen Owen Brewster flag likely lower receipts while Sen Harry Byrd cautions against a deficit. Debate shapes on farm erosion control shifted to state versus federal authority with a land grant college plan. Taft promotes restrained foreign aid linking aid to domestic economy. UN assembly site choice narrows to Paris Brussels Geneva The Hague with a $50 million prize under study.
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U. S
Scott Lucas
Dem
Senate Finance Committee
Lucas
Owen Brewster
Rep
Finance Committee
Harry Byrd
Treasury
Byrd
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Harry D. Cooley
Dem. N. C
Agriculture Department
National Farm Bureau
Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
G.O.P
White House
West
United States
Chicago
Taft
United Nations
Paris
Brussels
Geneva
The
Hague
Trygve Lie
U. N
General Assembly
Europe
Federal soil service budgets and farmer conservation actions
The Federal Soil Conservation Service operates on a 39 million dollar annual budget with 10,500 staff aiding farmers. It has prepared 476,128 conservation plans covering 131,855,608 acres of the nation's farmland, out of one billion acres, with farmers free to accept or reject plans.
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Federal Soil Conservation Service
Black Death Fueled By Rats Through Centuries
A historical survey notes the 1348 Black Death killed about 25 million in Europe and 13 million in China. It traces spread via black rats, fleas, and occasional human transmission, with later notes on modern treatments like sulfa drugs and streptomycin and new rodent control measures.
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Europe
China
India
Egypt
Asia
U. S. Health Service
Kansas
United States
Town Rejects Black Market Oil in Frigid Minnesota Town
International Falls residents endure 40 below temperatures and avoid black market fuel oil. Congressmen write to President Truman who pledges emergency action as dealers raise prices and towns trade with nearby St. Cloud. One group threatens to overturn an incoming truck while locals pool resources.
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International Falls
Minn
U. S
Truman
Regulrces
Ternational Falls
John Blatnik
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Shivering International Falls
Ways and Means
Harold Knutson
Notes and Vanity Elements in Walter Winchell Column
Walter Winchell remarks on William Z Foster’s middle name Zebulon. He notes Baylor offers radio gag writing, Steinbeck’s Russia material, Harlem rent parties during the Depression, and draft board letters. He jokes about perfume, Abie the laundry owner, hot prospector Harry, and a press agent who reads a Chinese paper.
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William Z. Foster
Zebulon
Baylor University
John Steinbeck
Russia
Broadway
Harlem
Abie
Chatham Square
Chinatown
Hot Harry
The Law Bows to Politics
Westbrook Pegler laments the justice department as politicized and ineffective. He cites Hartley’s critique of the Petrillo case in Chicago and accuses prosecutions of being thwarted, immigrants naturalized, tax cases settled on percentages, and pardons arranged haphazardly.
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Department of Justice
Fred A. Hartley
New Jersey
Jimmy Petrillo
Chicago
Hartley
Democratic Party
National Gallery
Snowstorm switching eyed as future tool and trouble
A columnist relays Dr. Irving Langmuir of General Electric predicting a future where storms could be diverted from big cities to sparsely populated areas. The piece humorously cautions small towns about retaliatory “switcher-backer” efforts and a potential nationwide uproar from children and stamp collectors.
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Science
Irving Langmuir
General Electric
Directors Fail to Plan for Cost of Government
Walter Shead argues Congress acts as the board of directors for the U S government. He notes the government’s size costs more, while a tax cut would lower prices, but Congress must first determine overall government costs by February 15 and then align services to that budget.
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T’ Government
United States
United States Steel
General Motors
Congress
U. S
House
Board of Directors
Chaplin Threatens Departure From United States As He Seethes
The article notes Charles Chaplin, long based in America after leaving London, expresses anger and hints at leaving the United States. It discusses potential deportation politics and England's possible reaction to his departure, suggesting he could return to London pubs or Russia.
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Eisenhower
Sayig
Stassen
Roper
England
Charles Chaplin
United States
Chaplin
America
London
Russia
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Joe Martin
Joe
Senate
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Edward A. Mitchell
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Farm Bureau
U. N. Plum
Drew Pearson
Town Bucks Black Market
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Westbrook
Pegler
H. I. Phillips
Langmuir
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Moose Hollow
Walter Shead
Wright Patterson
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N. Y
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Myatt
Athline
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Peter Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Puan
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