Why More Taxes May Come Hard
Washington weighs higher taxes for middle and upper earners. Truman told Congress income tax hikes possible for those earning six thousand dollars or more, with Treasury and labor data showing gaps between income groups and taxable population. Rising living costs explain public protest by middle income families and debates on revenue sources.
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Official Oath Giver Caters to All Creeds
Philadelphia story about Harry Beaston a court attendant who administers oaths accepted by diverse faiths. He devised multi creed oaths such as swearing by the beard of the Prophet and the virtue of all that is wise. The appellate court upheld his method as binding though contested.
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State Education Expenditures Fall Across States
C G Peregoy reported to the Beckley Chamber of Commerce that states overall spend less of their income on education now than in 1940. Based on a school official meeting and U S Chamber statements, expenditures fell 20 to 50 percent from 1940 to 1947, with one state at two percent. The U S Chamber opposes federal aid for education. West Virginia chamber backs allowing local boards to levy taxes to meet needs.
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C. G. Peregoy
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Tales For Education
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West Virginia
Boards of Education
Polish Films in Prague Spotlight Recovery Efforts
In Prague's Vaclavske Namesti spectators watch small screen films showing Polish recovery. The newly opened formation rooms of the Polish government feature the films. Vaclav Kogecki, Czechoslovak Minister of Information, said a reciprocal information room will open in Warsaw soon, hindered by war ruins. Cultural events and literary shows are planned to offset attacks on both nations.
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Associated Press
Prague
Vaclav Kogecki
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw
Poland
Scheme of Irrigation Mapped by Indians
NEW DELHI The government convened a conference of provincial agriculture and finance ministers to devise plans for the 2 000 million rupee scheme for the reclamation of 6 million acres within five years. The project will be partly financed by a 150 050 000 dollar loan proposed from the International Monetary Bank.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Government of India
Agriculture and Finance
International Monetary Bank
Swiss Prosecutions of Nazi Fifth Columnists Reach Most Sentences
In Bern a government report states 102 Swiss citizens faced treason and collaboration charges for aiding Germany and threatening Switzerland's neutrality. Only three acquitted. 99 convicted with prison terms from six months to twenty years, some tried in absentia abroad.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Switjzerland
Soviet drainage project transforms subtropical swamps into citrus fields
The Associated Press reports in Moscow that the Cholchides swamps along the Soviet Georgia coast are being drained after centuries of failed attempts. Strong westerly winds pushed Black Sea waters into the wetlands, flooding them. A long term, scientifically planned program reclaims large areas for citrus and other subtropical crops, reviving a region once famed in antiquity for its swans.
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iSoviet
Georgia
Black Sea
Ethiopia Adopts Road Toll Tax Proclamation in 1948
Addis Ababa announces a new Imperial Proclamation in the Official Gazette instituting a road toll on automobile travel. The Road Tax Proclamation of 1948 sets a 25 cent minimum per 100 kilometers for passenger cars, with tolls applied to each 160 kilometers or less of road used, and toll gates expected to appear on highways soon.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
J Day Kayak Race To Be Held Off Copenhagen
The first postwar six day kayak race will take place in August not in Copenhagen Forum Hall but in the sea around Nike island of Funety and in kayaks. The Kolding Kayak Club of Jutland is staging the event. A goofy note adds humor about mail amid travel scenes in Florida as a vacationing youth, involving a coc a fau and a postmaster idea.
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