Three Tax Slash Opponents See Possible Levy Cut
The piece discusses vetoes and overrides on income tax cuts, Senate opposition, and three senators advocating tax reductions. It notes a $1.8 billion veterans terminal leave bond expenditure and criticizes the cash vs bonds debate as unfair, with arguments on who should receive cash payments and calls for spending limits. The author highlights tax burden shifts, noting that 96 percent of filers earning under $5,000 pay 58 percent of personal income tax. the wealthy 4 percent pay 42 percent, questioning federal spending levels.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Sen
Robert Taft
United States
Treasury
After Tax Payments Seized Support for Tax Reduction Questioned
Citizens debate postwar finance as observers note seizures of late taxes would not ease the burden. Critics defend protecting the little man while rejecting promises of tax cuts in forty eight until actions prove them.
Men Pass but Principles Remain in Attlee Speech
Prime minister Attlee warns liberals who would curb freedoms for economic aims, arguing that growing state power risks dictatorship despite Labour sincerity. He cites Lenin and Hitler to stress limits on government and warns mass employment and purse-string control threaten individual rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor
Mr. Atlee
Labor Party
England
Attlee
Lenin
Hitler
Europe
Stretching the Dollar in Retailing Costs and Profit
The article notes a trend toward lower distribution costs and smaller profit margins in retailing. It cites a city wide markup of 10 percent for groceries and produce with 8 percent operating costs, and explains retailers cut the spread between manufacturer and consumer prices to curb inflation.
Clyde Crockett Weds Edna Austin in Salt Lake City
Mr and Mrs E A Crockett attended their son Clyde's wedding to Edna Austin in Salt Lake City with news of Pioneer Day closures to follow. Other notes include local marriages, job changes, a Clarke-Preston obituary, and community updates.
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E. A. Crockett
Salt Lake City
Clyde
Edna Austin
That City
George States
Cambridge
Colo
G. A. States
Colorado
Junior Legion Team Swamps Logan 17 to 1
Cless Hinckley struck out 11 batters and allowed two hits as the Pres ton junior legion baseball team defeated Logan 17 to 1. Hinckley teased a near perfect game with strong support from teammates. the May game set up a road trip to Salt Lake City August 11 to face the district champions at Derk's field.
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Junior Legion
Logan
Cless Hinckley
Preston Junior Legion
Young Hinckley
Salt Lake City
Derk's
Salt Lake District
Preston PRANKS and Floral Shop Banter
A playful exchange unfolds in a floral shop with a clerk and a flirtatious young woman. The old gardener jokes about pruning lilies and life insurance while a passerby quips about swimming rules and doctor visits. Franklin Fanny adds a sharp line about men’s reactions to women.
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Lily
One wife to another in a witty office joke
A joke exchange about marriage and efficiency. A wife asks about an efficiency expert in a large office and suggests nagging if women did it. Bill questions why red-headed women marry quiet men and Joe answers that the men become that way afterward.
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Bill
Joe
Mayor and editor weigh chances for poetry in magazine
A Dayton mayor speaks on arguments being sound while a poet asks if her poem will appear. The editor notes his limited lifespan and hints at possibility, framing a candid newsroom exchange about publishing poetry.
Snob and Snub Mock Immigrant Jokes In A Courtroom
A series of racial and ethnic jokes and a courtroom quip depict a soldier’s psychiatrist test about hearing voices and a pair of characters Rastus and Sambo discussing jail and a neighbor’s rocks. The humor reflects dated stereotypes and a police interruption halting an out of court settlement over a pig dispute.
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Sambo
Rastus
Parting Shot
A terse aphorism notes that persistent critics cannot propel success. the message urges resilience against continual pressure. It frames perseverance as a route to progress despite repeated provocation.
Former local man air crash victim identified
Orlo H. Maughan a Preston native and head of the farm management department at Washington State College died after a light plane crash near Pierce Idaho He was 39 and died in Lewiston hospital The other faculty member on board was seriously injured Maughan had worked with the federal land bank of Spokane before his appointment at the college.
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Orlo H. Maughan
Pierce
Ida
Preston
Maughan
Washington State College
Fish Lake
Lewiston
Washington School
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Leland Chatterton
Shirley Chatterton Ott Chatterton
Vern Morris
Franklin
L Editoria Ssociatio
Idaho Stat Editorial Association
Idaho
L. E. Hansen
Keith Corbridge
Pauline Pittman
Peter Jensen
Mm. Thorton Drug Store
John N. McClurg
Blackfoot
Preston Sixth Ward
Arlin Wilson
Dean Hansen
Max Swenson
Grant Hall
Burnice Ward
Vocational Agricultural Department
Preston High School
Moscow
Milton Goff
Mrs. Johnson
Jensen Confectionery
Washington, D. C
Harold Handley
Orion Jensen
Gordon Merrill
Lyman Condie
Mark Crocksetts
Cyril Kearl
Richard Merrill
Sam Smith
Dean Smith
Riverdale
William Reed Tanner
Linrose
Leon Winward
Whitney
Max Pope
Carl Shulberg
Jimmy Tasso
Joe Marsh
Clarion
United States Brewers Foundation
Franklin Fanny
Dayton
Scopy Cup
McCune
West Oneida
Motor Service
Ford
Dottie
National Laundry & Dry Cleaners
C. L
Boy
Greaves
Preston, Idaho
Atlas Oil Furnaces
Stokos Stokers
Sunbeam Coal Furnaces
Berntsen Brothers
St. Main St
Logan, Utah
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