Truman to veto 4 billion tax cut bill Friday
White House confirms President Truman will send a veto message to Congress this week over the 4 billion income tax reduction measure. Senate action left the bill short of the two thirds needed for enactment, with Republicans insisting on continued support and awaiting Senator Elbert Thomas’s return for talks.
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Greece Claims Surrounds 2000 Guerrillas in Albania Border Fight
Greek government said forces encircled over 2000 guerrillas near Kalpaki in Northwest Greece as a second invasion from Albania pressed. Estia reported American and British naval units possibly entering Phaleron Bay near Athens, amid crisis in the war and U.S. aid plans. Army detachments seized Kalpaki heights and pushed guerrillas toward Vasiliki. northern command moved to Larissa.
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First Atomic Bomb Photo Displayed In Chicago
A photo of the Los Alamos first atomic bomb blast hung at the Chicago Woman's Club while Earnest Wallis and Alexander von der Luft face charges for stealing the image and 200 related secret photos. Wallis, 34, and Von der Luft, 24, were released on bonds of 16000 each as hearings were set and postponed.
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Scorcher Ahead as Heat Looms This Week
Scattered thunderstorms may develop through today with a predicted high near 90 degrees. Meteorologist Andrew Keller says relief comes Wednesday with a mostly cloudy forecast and cooler conditions unlikely to arrive soon.
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Mauretania voyage sparkles with lounge Taft like Texan mood
Hinev Mauretania sails toward postwar Europe as Paul Galileo spotlights H Lukes and an English passenger who appears relaxed after shipboard conviviality. After four days at sea the mood shifts and the Texan-style howl echoes, Rene notes in the editorial page feature. Paginated sections list comics, horoscopes, and other regulars.
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Congress Atom Secret Leak Halts Hearing
Congress Atomic energy committees cancelled a public hearing in Oak Ridge on alleged secret leaks at the wartime bomb plant. Chairmen Hickenlooper and Parnell would not confirm the witness list that included Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves and three newspapermen as the session had been planned, delaying but not ending inquiry into the disclosures.
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German Field Marshals Go on Trial for Mass Killings
In Nuremberg Germany two German field marshals Maximilian von Welchs and Wilhelm List along with several generals faced a U. S. Military Court trial. Prosecutor Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor charged them with executions of 23 000 civilians during operations in the Balkans and Norway violating the laws of war and civilization.
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Earthquake Toll Feared in Pasto Colombia Amid Tax Deadlock
Rush aid arrives as Pasto Colombia endures a quake siege with hundreds of buildings wrecked in a city of 50 000 near the Ecuador frontier. Officials warn of aftershocks while Eastern and Western governors clash over federal state taxation and ponder a one year study compromise.
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Dewey Leads Governors Poll by Wide Margin 1948 GOP Nominee
Dewey of New York topped a secret-ballot poll of Republican governors with ten first-place votes, far ahead of Earl Warren. The Associated Press Desert News Salt Lake Telegram survey shows strong support for Dewey as the 1948 GOP presidential candidate while Democratic governors show broad variance in vice presidential preferences. The report also notes U.S. policy directives on postwar Germany and disarmament within the Allied zones.
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Chuckle on the White House visit with Coolidge joke
The quip recalls Calvin Coolidge strolling with Senator Spencer of Missouri past the White House. Spencer asks who lives there and Coolidge dryly replies Nobody They just come in go.
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Marshall Seeks Grass Roots Backing For Foreign Aid
Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged governors at Salt Lake City to back U S aid to war torn nations to prevent them falling into the Soviet orbit. He warned that failure to aid could radically alter U S standing and threaten future prosperity and security. He noted past piecemeal American aid to Europe and argued it yielded greater benefits than imagined.
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