Truman's postwar tax cuts meet early resistance in Congress
President Truman proposed a $40 tax cut for individuals and dependents with offsetting revenue loss, plus inflation powers and standby price controls. Republicans vow to pass their own bill to cut taxes further, while Democrats split, signaling prolonged wrangling shaping this year’s elections. Described as cost of living relief, the plan faces heavy opposition and potential compromise.
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Truman
Congress
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G.O.P
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Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means
Re-reading Truman State of the Union Highlights Housing
Marquis Childs notes in a column that one year later many of the nation s problems including housing have been quietly buried. The assessment appears on the editorial pages with listings of related features and sections such as comics, letters, and deaths.
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Truman
Marquis Childs
Juror Threats Cloud Local Liquor Trial
A second threatening call to juror Loretta Lauria delayed the Police Court trial of J. Luther Sylvahn, a former Republican official now active in 15th Ward Democratic politics, who faced charges of selling liquor without a license under County ABC rules. The caller warned Lauria of a guilty plea and prompted officials to review the threat as the proceeding resumed.
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District Attorney’s Office
J. Luther Sylvahn
Sylvahn
15Th Ward
ABC
Loretta Lauria
Lauria
Forest Hil dl
William
Handkerchief Bandits Strike East Syracuse Grill
The Handkerchief Bandits robbed Benjamin Klental, owner of Benjamin's Grill, at 1 45 A M in East Syracuse, taking $20. They wore handkerchiefs over their faces and used a pistol, fled in an automobile, and a police cordon was set up but the robbers escaped.
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Syracuse
Benjamin Klental
Benjamin
Klentak
Draon
East Syria
Palers
East Syracuse
Queenie
Benjamin Klentak
E. Syracuse
January Thaw Lifts Snow Drifts Across Nation
A milder spell is forecast, melting snow today and Friday across much of the country. Temperatures remain above normal, easing footing but set to tighten again Friday night as the thaw progresses.
Cost of Dying Going Up in Troy
The Troy Hearse Owners Association announced a 25 percent increase in funeral service equipment rentals effective January 15 in Troy.
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Troy
Troy Hearse Owners Association
Future Syracuse University as a state university still in idea stage
Albany officials say a state takeover of Syracuse University is years away and not planned this year even if the Young Commission recommends it. Questions about cost, student body, endowments, and scholarships remain unresolved as the project stays in the idea stage.
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Albany
Dewey
Syracuse University
Young Commission
Herald-Journal Today
Syracuse
Butter Prices Drop Again on New York Mercantile Exchange
Butter prices fell for a fourth straight day on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Grade AA slipped one and a quarter cents to 86 cents a pound. Grade A dropped three quarters of a cent to 85 cents. Grade B fell a quarter of a cent to 84 cents, Grade C held at 81 cents.
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New York
Cirade B
Plane crash near Algiers kills nine people
A four engine transport aircraft crashed and burned near Algiers, killing nine aboard including two children. The plane departed Algiers at 7 A.M. on a flight to Bishkra and Phillippeville, with witnesses at Maison Blanche Airport reporting engine trouble during takeoff.
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Algiers
Bishkra
Phillippeville
Here
Maison, Blanche
Chuckle Caption: She's an After Dinner Speaker
Cartoon caption notes Arb Gentry quipping that she is an after dinner speaker with a playful line about speaking to a man after dinner.
Pauley Inquiry Reopened Grain Probers Turn To Morgenthau Deals
A Senate committee investigating grain speculation will probe Henry Morgenthau Jr's trading activities. Senator Ferguson says the Appropriations subcommittee seeks to uncover Morgenthau's corn dealings and any links to his cabinet tenure. Morgenthau disclosed ownership of 195000 bushels of corn futures as of June 30.
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Wasitington
Senate
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Treasury
Ferguson
Mich
Morgentstau
China Reds Slay Marine on Christmas Day Hunt
Chinese commander in Tsingtao reports a U S Marine was killed near Wayu Linshan during a Christmas Day hunting trip. The five Leathernecks were halted by sentries at government lines beyond which U S personnel were forbidden to go. Navy declined to confirm identities and withholds names.
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Tsingtao
China
U. S
UW Os. Navy
Cien
Wing Chi- Pan
Wayu
Linshan
Lsingtao
Allen to Direct Voice Broadcasts
President Truman names George W. Allen ambassador to Iran as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. The Durham North Carolina native will lead the State Department Voice of America broadcasts and related foreign information programs, succeeding William Benton who resigned.
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Truman
George W. Allen
Iran
Allen
Durham
N. C
William Benton
State Department
Voice of America
Fire Drives Out 756 Families in Brooklyn Dwellings
A fire swept six three story frame houses at 503 to 513 Jerome Street in Brooklyn early today driving about 75 families from their homes in nightclothes. The blaze broke out shortly after 4 AM and caused extensive damage across the row. No further details on injuries or origin were provided.
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New York
Jeromesl
Brooklyn
Police clash as Brazil bans Communist party newspaper
Police fought with Communists at Lampling to publish an edition after Congress stripped the Brazilian Communist party of all elective posts. Four Communists wounded as police used tear gas and rifles to halt presses printing an edition about the chamber action demeaning the party’s legality.
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Rio
Lampling
Brazilian Communist Party
Polles
Chamber of Deputies
Tribuna Popular
Dure
Dewey asks for 26 million deficiency funds in emergency move
Governor Dewey seeks 26,217,900 in deficiency appropriations to cover operating expenses for the rest of the fiscal year ending March 3. He urges immediate passage in an emergency message, highlighting inflation as driving state costs up. The move sparks party charges of campaign rhetoric for the GOP nomination. Senate and Assembly GOP chiefs back the stand against more state aid to municipalities.
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Albany
Dewey
Yeuman
Reepublican
Senate
Assembly G.O.P
Cotman
GOP Campaign Slogan Urges Vote to Save What's Left
Washington reports the 1948 Republican victory slogan Save what's left aired as Vote Republican in 1948 save what's left. The piece notes a 1946 slogan Hed enough.
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Gop
Washington
Republicn Party
Swiss Papers Ponder Stalin Death Rumor
Bern editors speculated Stalin might be dead with reports centered on Moscow and London sources. The Soviet embassy in London denied the rumor and Tass monitor labeled the reports as nonsense.
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Stalin
Bern
Switzerland
London
Siiin
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Tass
Marshall presses Congress for all or nothing European recovery plan
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged Congress to approve the $6.8 billion 15 month European recovery program as essential to avert global distress. He warned the world sits in the balance and Coca the Soviet Union will oppose it. He argued for a single executive agency and warned that failure could lead to an armed camp and a third World War.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Soviet Union
Communist’ Party
Marshall
Truman
Seventeen Die in Manila Area Battle
Seventeen men were killed in an all day clash between five Philippine constabulary companies and Hukbalahaps near Manila. Firing continued into the morning as the fight raged within fifteen miles of the capital.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Medical Hucksters exposed in Morris Fishbein series
The American Weekly reveals seven part series by Morris Fishbein M D editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association detailing dangerous false cures. The opening tale chronicles a tuberculosis remedy made from turpentine ammonia eggs and water that killed victims.
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Morris Fishbein
M.D
Herald-American
Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
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