Tax Increase Targets Low Income Households
The House Ways and Means Committee proposed a 2.95 billion dollar yearly tax rise with a 3 percentage point increase across all brackets. A single earner with 2000 dollars would pay 322 dollars, up from 280. The plan, tentative and subject to change by lawmakers, signals higher taxes for small towns before summer.
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House Ways and Means Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Second Korean War Offense Tests UN Preparedness
North Korean and Chinese forces plan a spring offensive after a April 22 first attack that killed about 75 000. UN forces in Korea wait with entrenched positions and an air raid warning system as General Marshall and the joint chiefs testify before Congress. Dr Mary T Martin Sloop named American Mother of 1951 and Rita Hayworth arrives in Reno amid divorce news. The Paris talks fail to advance an arms reduction agenda with no international inspection. The 82nd Congress earns the label talking congress with 28 public laws in four months.
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Defense Marshall
Korea
Marshall
Asia
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
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Mary T. Martin Sloop
Crossmore
N.C
Sloop
Rita Hayworth
Reno
Prince Aly Kahn
Paris
Congress
82Nd Congress
Truman
Increases in Main Street inventories hinder retailers
Retailers on Main Street offer stronger pur chase incentives to move durable goods. Auto dealers promote a year's supply of gasoline with sales to push a model. Federal Reserve data show department store stocks 12 percent higher than January and 30 percent above a year ago, while overall consumer prices rise 0.4 percent driven by furniture and services.
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Main Street
Federal Reserve Board
Office of Business Economics
Department of Commerce
Stesay
From Cow to Can New Milk Canning Process Reported
Dr Roy B Graves of East Stanwood Washington reports a cow to can milk process that yields shelf stable dairy shipped to Alaska Japan and the armed forces. Since March 30 two thousand gallons daily are canned in a steam bacteria free atmosphere with 278 degree heat for eight seconds.
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East Stanwood
Wash
Ajaska
Japan
Roy B. Graves
Army Medical Service Reserve to Active Duty
About 105 medical officers of the Army Medical Service Reserve will be ordered into active service in June. This is the third such group activated since December, bringing total activated since Korea began to 2304. The column answers readers’ questions on military service, insurance, and benefits with official guidance.
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Walter Shead
Armed Services
National Press Building
Washington, D.C
Army Medical Service Reserve
Millions of Vets Trained Under GI Bill Since 1943
Nearly 8 000 000 veterans have received training under Public Law 18 and the GI Bill since 1943 and 1944. A total of 2 567 608 veterans obtained GI loans from June 22, 1944 to April 1, 1951 totaling $14.7 billion with about half guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. Graduating seniors pursuing graduate study under the GI bill should file VA applications before graduation. Special consideration will be given to pre veterinary GI bill students unable to enter accredited veterinary schools by the July 25 cut off date and may begin training when space permits.
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Veterans Administration
Giants Slump and Spring Faith Mark Durocher’s 1951 Outlook
The piece reviews the 1951 New York Giants shaping up under Leo Durocher amid April gloom. It cites pitching woes, misplays, fading hustle, and overtense players, while noting a potential rebound if early faith returns and pitchers like Jansen Hearn Maglie improve. It also compares spring mood to expectations of the Dodgers and Phillies.
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St. Petersburg
Leo Durocher
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Grantland Rie Dodgers
Glanits
Phillies
Durocher
Noble
Bowring
Wilson
Indians
Boston
Moody
Skein
Hearn
Maglie
Jansen
Magliie
Easy Crochet Lunch Set Pattern 7398 Directions
Crochet pattern 7398 offers directions for a lunch set. The readible text suggests a simple project and practical crocheting guidance for creating a coordinated accessories set.
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