04 Apr 1952
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1952
Page
1
The Maryland Comptroller urges filers to compare short form and long form income tax methods to find the cheaper option. It explains deductions, credits, and brackets, and notes a 10 percent deduction up to $500 for long-form users plus tax rules for investment income and pensions.
Federal Judge W Calvin Chestnut imposed prison terms on the top 11 leaders after a lengthy trial in New York. The six convicted Tuesday faced appeal by defense counsel. Government witnesses included nine former Communists. Meyers refused to identify attendees at a 1945 Cumberland meeting.
Four people are dead and a fifth missing after a Great Northern mail train drifted from a siding onto the main line near Havre Montana colliding head on with another mail train. Killed were engineers on both trains a fireman and a mail clerk. The missing man is a supervisory lamplighter.
Washington reports tax scandal investigators summoned former Rep. T. Vincent Quinn of New York City to testify before a Ways and Means subcommittee. The inquiry centers on Balich’s 1950 civil settlement with Pattullo Model Inc. and potential tax issues totaling hundreds of thousands.
President Truman urged a free open convention in Chicago to pick the Democratic nominee and declined to confirm any personal choice. He said he will not seek elected office this year and spoke on plans for former presidents and vice presidents in a broader reform measure.
The piece details fighter-bombers attack methods dropping high explosives rockets napalm and heavy machine guns on pre selected targets. It describes the Joint Operations Center planning process and the daily interdiction missions against Red supply lines while facing MiG 15 opposition and escort by F 88 Saberjets. It notes interdiction totals: over 27 000 vehicles 4 000 railroad cars 12 000 supply buildings 200 bridges and more than 45 000 rail cuts since last August.
Lieutenant General Frank Everest, commander of the Fifth Air Forces, stated the force’s mission is to force the Communists to pay as high a price as possible for their stay in North Korea.
In Detroit on April 4, Taft and Eisenhower factions back a Michigan delegation compromise for the Republican national convention. Ten at large delegates may be chosen with equal representation, while 36 of 48 delegates preselect in district meetings. Both sides seek to avoid a headlining showdown at the state convention.
London reports show Prime Minister Churchill's Conservative party suffering losses as Labour gains emerge in early returns. In London County Council contests the Conservatives drop 20 seats to 19 losses and 1 to Liberals, with full results pending later today. Conservative leaders cite national difficulties as the reaction.
Britain closed today the gold and dollar reserves used for trade fall to crisis level with a $425 million loss in the first quarter. Chancellor of the Exchequer F R Blundell told the House of Commons reserves have sunk to about $1.7 billion, down from wartime levels around $2 billion.
Samuel Becker, tied to Morris as aide and later chief prosecutor prospect, describes a meeting with Attorney General Howard McGrath nine days before McGrath and Morris exited. Becker says McGrath resisted probes into diaries records and tax forms, while Morris faced calls for corruption inquiries. He notes requests for correspondence files and case records to pursue potential misdeeds.
Moscow cut diplomatic relations with Havana after Cuba refused entry to two Soviet couriers carrying bags of documents from Mexico City. Cuba criticized Soviet spying ties and noted the timing with Batista’s regime, with the Havana legation guarded by police and plans reportedly to depart.
Patuxent Maryland April 4 Navy discloses pilot Lt Col Marion H Carl spun a AF2s attack plane and bailed out 500 feet above Chesapeake Bay after a controlled spin. The World War II ace from Hubbard Oregon logged 18 Japanese victories. His sky streak speed record stood at 640.6 mph in 1949. A seaplane rescued him.
Atomic Energy Commission head Gordon Dean says Congress will be asked to authorize a five billion dollar program to expand atomic production over several years. He warned the United States is in a life and death race with the Soviet Union in weapon manufacture and noted U S arms grew from about 25 acres in 1935 to 200 acres on average.
Michael Mocha, a teen transient from Denver, admitted the fatal shooting of police Sgt. Marvin W. Haney after a February burglary gun duel. The widow of the officer urged against the death penalty, and Mocha received life imprisonment.
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