House Group Speeds Work On Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee pushed toward final action on a tax bill raising about 87.59 billion annually with higher excise taxes on gasoline autos and some appliances and a broader base for the excess profits tax. A new 40 percent gambling tax and other excises were advanced. penalties for evasion include up to five years’ jail and 20,000 dollars fine. The panel forecasts roughly 400 million dollars yearly from the wagering tax, with further steps before floor consideration.
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Washington
House, Ways and Means Communtes
Fairman Douginton
D+ N.C
House
Senate
United States
Jim
Sunnyside Up On Frontlines
Sunnyside Up On Frontlines reports U S Fifth Cavalry troops in Japan perched atop a 1200-foot hill as they receive Irish fried eggs. Lt John Miggs coordinates meals with a mess steward and two cooks, boosting morale despite cold foxhole conditions.
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Tokyo
She Dodged 'Brass' to Get At War Front With Hubbie
Mrs. Benita Lasseter 27, mother of a seven year old, spent three days with her husband near Korea’s fighting front. She crossed unauthorized journeys after hitchhiking planes both ways. Her husband, Capt. Matthew Lasseter, 29, served with the Northumberland Fusiliers. She traveled from Joque Brune in Southern France and saw him in Tokyo before his front return. She aimed to see him again before returning home. A friend arranged their stay. she declined to name others or elaborate.
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Korea
Benita Lasseter
Matthew Lassetter
Northum
Berland Fusiliers
Lassetter
Joque Brune
France
Tokyo
Mate Faces Jail as Mother of Six Keeps Family Intact
In Indianapolis a mother of six, Mrs John W Lewis, vows to keep her family together while husband faces a two year jail term for driving an overloaded truck. Lewis, 27, was arrested after a load of steel was 9,110 pounds overweight. The truck owner and employer are named in reports as Crown Point Indiana and the Sims Motorport Company.
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Indianapolis
John W. Lewis
Eeene
Urnek
Lewis
Jess
Indiana
L. W. Schrader
Crown Point
Ind
Fertdimapolis
The
Sims
Chicago
Suits Spark Price War Hits New York Stores
New York department stores revive a price cutting battle with summer suits and electrical appliances. Palm Beach and Haspel suits dropped to 18.05 and 16.75 during the war's first round, Macy's and Gimbel's joining the slide as suppliers race to match new low prices.
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New York
Gimble's
Palm Beach
Haspel
Macy’s
Gimbel’s
Hasper Cord
Sunbeam
Gimber
Women Stockpile Household Goods in 1951 Shortage
British women feverishly stockpiled household goods and furnishings as spending tightened amid the armament program. The Wholesale Textile Association reported first quarter 1951 sales fell about 30 percent from the same period a year earlier, reflecting shortages and economic strain.
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London
Wholesale ‘Textile Association
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Theodore P. Wright
Cornell
William TI
de Witt
Frank Jllliscock
New York State
Cornell Dhulged Court of Appeal
Mate
Mother of Six
Morocco
Kempton's
South Salina
Ugs
San Antonio
Tex
J. E. Nicholson
Sullivan City
Jee Sen
Fevin
Hanes
Savhon
al Right
Wirephota
Dr Schalls
S. Warren ST
Jeb Avgath
Ed” Lewis
DU Pont
du Pont House
Lewis & Tanner Paints, Inc
Lewis “Walt” Tanner
GMC
van Denburg Truck Corp
Robert C. Church Church Rd., Baldwinsville, N.Y
Canastota
Peterboro St
Canastota, N. Y
J.P. Ryan’s Sons, Inc
Williams St., Cazenovia, N.Y
W. E. Sleeth & Sons
Main St
Cicero, N. Y
Oneida Motor Car CO
Phelps St
Oneida, N. Y
Grandy Motors, Inc
Genesee St
Skaneateles, N.Y
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