29 Jun 1949
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
1
The article projects a government revenue slide with overall receipts in excise taxes lagging 1948 after uneven performance through the year. It notes corp oration taxes at a wartime peak due to backdated year attribution, while jewelry and liquor lag, tobacco remains strong, and total excise tax take around 8.36 billion dollars is anticipated.
The article notes excise levies yielding higher returns than last year, including a manufacturers tax on autos expected to bring in over 115 million as auto sales hit a new record, and a gasoline tax forecast around 500 million in revenue.
Prosecutor Kelley accuses Judy Coplon and Russian engineer Valentine Gubitchev of a staged defection to swap papers while fearing FBI surveillance. Palmer defends Coplon as a victim of a frame, calling the defense a monstrous lie as witnesses describe the years-long government espionage case.
North west operators and union talks resume today after a session where there was a caucus. Harry M. Moses of U S Steel Corporation also sees talks restart. In Bluefield West Virginia the union tells Southern Coal Producers Association mines stay closed next week unless agreement comes. Southern operators have five major proposals. the union finds them unacceptable and has not countered.
A fragmented 20th century sewing report highlights Munir enxemides fashion notes, Summer Fast patterns, and easy sew designs for all ages. It mentions Jon Huntly and New York address lines, plus vegetable prep tips including slicing cucumbers and carrots for a summer culinary display.
The Y camp for girls at Camp Thompson in Mt. Alto Forest near Pine Grove Furnace offers vacancies from July 2 to July 12. Camp counselors are experienced. facilities include cabins dining hall showers and Laurel Lake swimming with life guards. Register at the Y C A by Friday. camp director is Don Klopfer assisted by Mrs Klopfer.
Two letters discuss kindness seen during a Canadian trip through Niagara St Catharine s Hamilton and Toronto highlighting helpful strangers. The second letter warns against worldly amusements and urges repentance and religious fidelity amid cultural changes reflected by a Brooklyn Dodgers season note.
State police questioned 18 year old Richard Funk of Carrolltop Michigan after he was arrested on a vagrancy charge in Floyd County for the murder of 11 year old Muriel Baldridge. The body was found on the Big Sandy River bank near her home. Coroner Brady Shepherd called it Floyd County's most friendly crime and said she was not raped. Townspeople raised a reward exceeding 1500 dollars.
Representative Celler defends the inquiry into night rider violence as part of civil rights efforts. Witness Clarke Stallworth recounts a beating, while Clarence Lake and Frank Trawick join invited observers. The Celler bill would expand justice and FBI powers, abolish interstate race segregation, and establish a federal civil rights commission.
Congress leaders revive a 1842 Supreme Court decision to affirm that new high court rulings do not invalidate hundreds of laws. The ruling questions the conduct of Harold R. Christoffel a former Milwaukee labor leader convicted of perjury in 1947. The court found the committee quorum questioned the tribunal’s competence.
In the Grice building, a storage plan by the Commodity Credit Corporation offers loans to local lenders or direct government loans covering up to 85 percent of storage costs or 45 cents per bushel of capacity. Special CC loans will aid farmers storing wheat on the ground if they commit to proper storage within 20 days as the county reports an excellent harvest aided by hot dry weather.
A stockholders letter outlines Boutelle's bid for the presidency of the corporation noting earnings by the Aircraft Division in Hagerstown Maryland and other divisions. it accuses absentee management and defends flat statements against special benefits. It also states Fairchild will not seek office if the slate is elected and that Richard S. Boutelle has been nominated for president while Fairchild remains a director.
In Bloo mington Indiana brothers Yiannakis and Angelos Chattalas, Cypriot twins known as Mike and Spike, now differ in appearance after a new mustache. They enrolled at Indiana University last October taking identical courses and keeping similar grades, with friends giving Angelos the nickname Spike to distinguish them. Their father runs a gasoline business in Limassol, Cyprus.
Both drivers claimed the green light as an accident occurred at a Baltimore Street intersection. Witness Paul Mullenix, driver of a parked tractor trailer, blocked Lavey’s view. Magistrate noted frequent claims of simultaneous green lights and warned such testimony may reveal forgetfulness misrepresentation color blindness or failure to observe the traffic signal.
City officials and utility spokesmen stated that coal reserves remain ample. Potomac Edison reports an eight week stock and City Light Plant confirms a similar eight week reserve, with plans to withstand a potential strike and unaffected deliveries continuing.
A fragment notes that the holiday season has not affected a light plant’s coal supply. It mentions the first ascent by man in a balloon, Pilatre de Rocier, in Paris in 1783.
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