Settlement of Taxes Fight Delayed as Public Support Shifts
Albany reports further delay in resolving the 1949 tax reduction and state college administration control disputes. Key factions rally public opinion while Senate Finance Chairman Arthur H B Wicks looms over potential compromises. A proposed 438 million dollar budget cut to avert a gasoline tax rise and allow 90 percent income tax collection is discussed, with GOP dissent and Democratic leverage shaping the stalemate.
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Albany
State University Board of Trustees
Dever
Arthur HB. Wicks
Senate Finance Committee
Wicks
Dewer
Walter Hi. Mahoner
Buffalo
Robert Bioses
New York City
Supreme Court Broadens Right to Ban Closed Shops
The Supreme Court ruled that both the Wagner Act and the Taft Hartley Act grant states full freedom to ban or regulate the closed shop. The decision extends maintenance of membership provisions by allowing states to limit union security contracts. Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote for a 7 to 2 majority, with Justice Black dissenting.
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Washington
LLP
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
The Lichter Side and Senate Pay Scale Satire
Frederick C. Othman offers a satirical look on the idea of a blunt pay scale for U S Senators to prompt lawmaking over talk in his column on the editorial page. The feature appears alongside comics, horoscopes, and other sections across pages 23 to 33 with listings for photos on page 10.
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United States
Frederick C. Othman
Lichter
Syracuse Welcomes Gifts From France On Merci Train
Mayor Franke J. Costello received a dozen gifts from the French Gratitude Train sent to Syracuse. Items included pottery, linens, a St. Catherine Laboure statuette and relic, a naval sword, a French doll, a dress hat, and epaulets from a Garde Republicaine uniform.
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France
Syracuse
Jerome B. Rusierholtz
Frank J. Costello
Florence James
Uiyor
Irving G. Berman
Franke J. Costello
City Hall
York City
Costello
Grover Whalen
Walter A. Foerx
Sister i Fechio
House of Rovicence
New York City
St. Catherine Laboure
Garde Republicaine
Paris
Whalen
Defense Head Gets Lost In Pentagon Visit
Washington DP Louis A Johnson soon to be Secretary of Defense toured the Pentagon to begin familiarizing with duties before taking over March 31 from Forrestal. The article notes his confusion about doors and corridors as staff guided him to Forrestal and introductions occurred amid office preparations.
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Pentagon
Washington
Louis A. Johnson
Defense Headquarters
Truman
Defense Secretary
Bewlderment
Forrestal
Johnson
Red-Dismissal Motion Denied in 11-Defendant Communist Case
In New York the defense sought dismissal of a conspiracy indictment against 11 top Communist leaders arguing President Truman’s label of iraltors tainted the trial. The motion was denied. Defendants include Eugene Dennis and William S. Foster, the latter serving as national chairman with a delayed trial due to ill health.
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New York
Anglers Adrift On Big Ice Floe Off Lake Michigan
Sheriff Edward Reindl said at noon today that 59 to 69 fishermen were marooned on a vast floe of ice that broke away from shore and drifted into Lake Michigan near Menominee. Airlift from nearby fields and the Traverse City Coast Guard station were dispatched to attempt evacuation.
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Menomenee
Mich
Sherif Edward Reindl
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Traverse City
Allies Urged Pact of Peace with Soviet Union
Two leaders of the American Communist Party William Z Foster and Eugene Dennis urged President Truman to sign a U S Soviet pact of friendship and peace. They likened themselves to Lincoln and Jefferson and criticized a North Atlantic pact as anti Communist. They pledged to defend their people and oppose internal and external enemies.
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New York
William Z_ Foster
Eugene Dennis
Truman
Lincoln
Jefferson
Kaliors
Foster
Dennis
North Atlantic
U. S
Russia
America
Nwithin
Love Notes Intercepted in Grand Rapids Extradition Case
Love notes between Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were intercepted by Kent County officers. Fernandez, 31, and Beck, 29, await extradition to New York on charges tied to the so called Lonely Hearts slayings. The couple are jailed while authorities pursue the extradition.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Raymond
Fernandez
Martha Beck
Kent County
New York
Martha
Aliso
iWou
Heaven
God
Dori
Rochester Transit Seeks 11-Cent City Fare Change
Rochester Transit Corporation asked the Public Service Commission to approve a straight 11-cent cash fare for city routes. The plan also would discontinue the weekly pass on city and suburban lines and end the sale of tokens.
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Roctwester
Rochester Transit Corporation
Public Service Commision
Hoover Commission urges unifying transportation under Commerce
The Hoover Commission proposes moving eight agencies into the Commerce Department, including the Coast Guard and Maritime Commission's business activities. It calls the secretary of commerce to oversee all air, land, and water routes for peacetime growth and wartime mobilization, reducing overlap while weighing airlines against rail and ship lines.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commerce Department
Congress
Commission
Coast Guard
Maritime ‘Commission
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
Ceutise
Pilot Bill Odom Advances on Honolulu to New Jersey Flight
Aboard a light plane, Bill Odom reported from the Pacific toward the California coast he is ahead of schedule on a record long hop from Honolulu to New Jersey. He indicated a favorable tail wind, having flown about 1,650 miles and nearing 750 miles from San Francisco despite residual storm reports.
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San
The
Airways Communications Service
Princess Margaret Rose Attends London Court Sessions
Princess Margaret Rose sat through 12 hearings in a London juvenile Court as part of her education. She already toured Scotland Yard and attended a House of Commons debate to acquaint herself with British officialdom.
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London
Margaret Rose
Scotland Yard
House of Commons
Truman Sleeps Through Gun Salvo Milestone In History
President Truman slept until 9 30 A M in the temporary Wire House as a 121 cannon salute rang out. He woke with the last four shots then drifted back to sleep. Hassett announced Justice Vinson would visit later and mentioned a proposed synthetic orange juice machine at the naval station, not a White House matter.
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Rey West
Fie
Truman
Willian D. Hassett
Torhe
United States
Fred al. Vinson
Hassett
Naval Station
White House
Florida
Warm Weather Ahead With 35 Degree High
Forecast calls for rising temperatures tomorrow as southerly winds shift ahead of a low pressure system near North Dakota. High near 35 degrees after today’s cold spell with a low around 15. Yesterday saw about an inch of snow followed by rain.
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North Dakota
Hungary Accused by Belgrade over Border Clash
Belgrade claims Hungary provoked border violence in a protest note dated February 23. The note, published by an organ of the Communist Party, states Belgrade’s position on the incident with Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Borda
The
Communist Party
Sailor Fails Swim Feat Off California Coast
James Coates of the Naval Air Station Alameda attempted a two mile parachute swim from a private plane off Princeton by the Sea. He hit the Pacific 33 miles from port and was plucked from the sea by a fishing boat after a life raft drifted away.
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Princeton - BY - the- Sea
Calif
James Coates
Naval Air Nation
Alameda
Pacific
San Francisco
Coates
Price controls ancient, says Yale professor in translation
Yale professor Albrecht E R Gosize translates the oldest laws from the Eshnunna kingdom and argues price controls date back 3800 years. He reports the code begins with a price list for grain wool lard and copper and notes a Babyloni an concept of price limits.
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New Haven. Conn
Ens
Albrecht E. R. Gosize
Widow foils hexed spell after grave reopening
A Pennsylvania case centers on Rosella Rock who claims a dead husband hexed her. Bedford County permitted reopening Pvt. Reuben Rock's grave after his 22 tuberculosis death. A burned Army uniform, sprinkled salt, and rituals followed to lift the spell.
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Altoona
Bedford County
Theyoad
Pvt
Reuben Rock
Divery
Rosella Rock
Rock
Rocky
Jan
Mundt calls for screening of Americans in United Nations
Senator Karl Mundt charges the United Nations hires Americans fired by the State Department for security roles and urges State Department screening of all Americans linked to the UN. He cites the Coplon case and says the FBI has checked UN activities while Congress weighs stricter Communist control measures.
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Washington
Llp
Karl EL Mund
S.D
United Nations
State Department
United States
Mundt
Communist Party
Stunds
Lake Success
Copson
FBI
U S Asks Indictments In Secrets Theft Case
Federal prosecutors pressed for grand jury indictments against Judith Copion a 29 year old Department of Justice employee and Valentine Gubitcher 32 a Russian engineer arrested with her on charges of stealing government secrets Raymond P Wheater special assistant to the attorney general was to present the case and expected to call both suspects as witnesses Copion could be released today if bail of 2394 is raised Gubitcher remains jailed on 106000 bail with no attorney and the Russian government seeks diplomatic immunity and counsel.
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New York
ioGdar
Judith Copion
Justice Department
Valentine Gubdiitcher
Raymond P. Wheater
Suss ‘Coanion
Gublichev
Barnard Codece
Definition of peace prize winner on arms and chivalry
Iyane Addams, a Nobel laureate who opposed armaments, recalled at Trull House that the world has more young men under arms than ever and defined peace as this state. She compared it to an old lady's view of chivalry, where a man reveres beauty and youth as a goddess.
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Iyane Addams
Trull House
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Herbert Hoover
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