Smoot Calls Special Finance Meet on Tax Bill
Senate Finance Chairman Smoot calls a January 4 meeting after the holidays to study a 325 million tax reduction bill. The measure, backed by leaders, would raise personal exemptions, cut rates, and remove the publicity requirement for income tax returns. The Senate position remains uncertain amid House and White House support.
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Kaplan Defeats Herman For Featherweight Title
Kaplan wins a close 15 round decision over Herman at Madison Square Garden to retain the featherweight crown. The bout features clinching and wrestling with Kaplan’s defense praised while Herman’s aggressive attack draws doubt from prior title bout reactions.
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Public safety incident recounts robbery chase and assault
An impaired narrative describes a Black messenger and others involved in a department store payroll dispute. A pursuit on a highway ends with robbers grabbing a public safety item, striking a person over the head and injuring another as they tried to flee in a car. One assailant was captured.
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Dean of Girls' School Fences Off Cosmetics Use
A garbled note from a Revers Massachusetts high school discusses cosmetics and student behavior. The text is unclear but mentions a dean and girl students, with scattered phrases about expectations and discipline.
Miles denies resignation plan as public advocate says he will stay
Peat attorney Carence W. Miles interim public solicitor to the Public Service Commission and former Salis mayoral aide told Times reporters no resignation is planned. He said relations with Governor Ritchie are cordial and any departure would be to devote full time to private law practice. Miles is associated with Miles Edgett and Collins in Baltimore.
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Ban on whiskey and gin under new laws
Washington announces a ban on whiskey gin and brandy after February 1 for use in medicinal preparations and syrups with limited exceptions for prescribed drugs. prohibition administrators to block permits and revoke preapproved formulas while alcohol and wines remain permissible for the named purposes.
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Buried as Christian New York Dec
The body of boxer Siki lies in a vault in a Christian cemetery awaiting shipment to France. The funeral service, led by Rev Clayton Powell of the Abyssinian Maptics Church, calls Siki a victim of civilization and reflects on his many battles and fame.
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Multiple 1940s bulletins mix weather and finance news
Washington reports warn of mixed weather across the Atlantic region and a cold early week. Officials forecast delays to war debt funding negotiations and Commerce Commission actions before year end. several regional incidents and a bank regulatory update are noted with terse details.
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Coal Shortage Triggers Strain as Hospitals Face Fuel Crisis
In the anthracite strike affecting Wilkes Barre and surrounding towns, fuel shortages hit families institutions and factories. Coal bootlegging violence is reported with a bakery held up in Carbondale and a truckload seized. Officials pursue wage talks as unions warn of extended disruption.
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Miners and operators to Resume Scranton Negotiations
Readable text shows United Mine Workers and Scranton operators agreeing to resume talks next Monday. Harrisburg leaders urged a conference on Governor Minchet’s peace plan as the basis, with miners replying via telegram to Scranton Mayor Durkan.
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Unclear fragmentary news item on early crimes and unrest
The readable text offers scattered references to crime and conflict amid ambiguous names and dates. No coherent event or clear subjects emerge to form a definitive summary or identify locations, organizations, or outcomes.
Convicted Whiskey Case Shrugs Off Cancer Claims
Eighteen men convicted in St Louis for bootlegging whiskey are held on bail awaiting sentences, with twenty three total from St Louis named among the accused. Prosecution hails a major victory in halting illegal whiskey traffic as defense lawyers dispute the cancer cure claims tied to the case.
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Pearl Discovery Shocks City Police Chief at Marble Site
In New York on December 1 custodian William F Brennan reports a startling find at a police headquarters site. An oyster bork is not touched but a marble is uncovered. Jewelers valued the marble highly after a previous year incident leaving a mark on the county.
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Train wreck derails Pennsylvania No. 32 near Rennafigton
Ten people injured, five seriously, when Pennsylvania passenger train No. 32 from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia derailed near Kennington ten miles west of Altoona. Engine and two cars overturned and rolled down an embankment. several crew members among the injured. Police and railroad officials opened an investigation into the derailment and a relief train rushed survivors to Altoona.
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Man erects Eve monument in Fountain Inn front yard
Ailen Quillen, a newspaper paragrapher and humorist, builds a marble monument to Eve, the first woman, in the Fountain Inn yard. The shaft carries In memory of Eve, the first woman, with a carved apple below. Neighbors react with disbelief as Quillen describes the piece as a family tribute.
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