Jack Benny Faces Tax Hit Over CBS Switch
The Internal Revenue Service plans to rule Benny owes 3.08 million in personal income tax on his 4 million deal to switch from NBC to CBS, not a capital gain. The move would leave Benny with about 920 thousand instead of three million.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Jack Benny
NBC
CBS
Benny
Benney
Bureau
Treasury
Charles Correll
Freeman Gosden
Amos ’N Andy
Correll
Gosden
Bing Crosby
Edgar Bergen
Fibber McGee and Molly
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Niles Trammel
Benny-Cbs
U. S. Treasury
Police Busy On 3 Minor Accident Calls
Pocatello traffic officers investigated three minor automobile crashes Thursday with no injuries but notable vehicle damage. At 1 p.m. Wilford E. Widsteen and John D. Egbert collided at Main and Lander Streets. At 3:40 p.m. Horace Clyde Hoshine was arrested for operating a taxi without a city license after a collision with Leo E. Probart’s car. Five minutes later J. C. Justice and Minoru David Iwashima were involved in another collision.
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Pocatello
Wilford E. Widsteen
Idaho Falls
John D. Egbert
Rt. 1 South
Main
Lander
Horace Clyde Hoshine
Court Appoints Lawyer for Suspect in Murder Case
Domingo Rangel, 44, charged with first degree murder, appeared before District Judge L. E. Glennon. The court appointed Louis Racine as his defense attorney and set January 5, 1949 as the plea deadline. Rangel is accused of killing Carlos Bluebeard Peru, found by two hunters months earlier.
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Domingo Rangel
L. E. Glennon
Louis Racine
Rangel
Carlos “Bluebeard
Peru
Businessman Benny appeals IRS ruling to tax court
Benny, a CBS debtor, states he will appeal the Internal Revenue Service decision to the U S tax court, arguing he will conduct his affairs as any businessman or corporation would under tax laws.
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Benny
CBS
Internal Revenue Bureau
U. S
Publicity Clash Behind Spy Hunt Panel Sparks Reform Debate
Rep. F Edward Hebert of Louisiana blasts Reps. Mundt and Nixon for publicity driven tactics on the House Un American Activities committee as calls grow to abolish or curb the panel. The report cites Whittaker Chambers and the Chambers spy network, notes Duggan and Condon cases, and previews reform proposals by Rep. Clifford Case and others.
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Washington
F. Edward Hebert
House Un-American Activities Committee
Karl E. Mundt
S.D
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
United States
Nixon
Red
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers’ Farm
Westminster
State Department
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Chambers
Hebert
Mundt
House
Senate House
Congress
Duggan
Edward A. Condon
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Laurence Duggan
New York
FBI
Committee
John E. Rankin
Miss
Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Clifford P. Case
Ness
Case
Truman
Bailiwick
N.J
Spy Hunters
Time Magazine
Ring
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Russia
U.S
America
Senate
House UN- American Activities Committee
Pronto Pup Moves To New Location
Pronto Pup shop and arcade at 326 North Main Street began moving Friday morning announced proprietor Sam Thiros. New east side location to be announced later. All business now handled at Snake River Supply Company.
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Pronto Pup
North Main Street
Sam Thiros
Pocatello
Gateway Amusement Company
Snake River, Supply Company
Radio Signals From Stars Explain Cosmic Radio Sources
California astronomer Dr. Jesse L. Greenstein told the 80th meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Yale that mysterious radio signals reaching Earth may originate in the Milky Way center and nearby regions. He proposed stars with strong fields or interstellar hydrogen aspossible sources and urged new radio techniques to pinpoint distant emission regions.
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New Haven
Conn
California
Earth
Jesse L. Greenstein
California Institute of Technology
American Astronomical Society
Yale University
Greenstein
Sagittarious
Milky Way
Constellation
Cygnus
Galactic
Credit Men Plan Meeting In Pocatello
Eastern Idaho Production Credit association announces the 15th annual stockholders meeting to be held in Idaho Falls on January 7 and in Pocatello on January 8. Two directors will be elected for three year terms. a 4 percent dividend will be paid to stockholders of record as of December 31, 1948.
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Pocatello
Eastern Idaho Production Credit Association
Association Board of Directors
Idaho Falls
First Ward
LDS
Memorial Building
Idaho
Thomas Heath
Preston
Clarence Hart
O. E. Hendricks
Swan Lake
T. W. Smith
Rexbury
Carlyle Chaffin
Hart
Fez Club New Year Party At Fez Lounge
A New Year Eve party is planned tonight at the Fez lounge located at 436 North Main Street. The event is announced by Masonic lodge officials and promotes a social gathering for members and guests.
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Fez
North Main St
Masonic Lodge
Americans Spend Nearly 98 Million on Sugar in One Year
Report shows consumers paid 98.1 million dollars for sugar in a single year, reflecting high spending on sweetener amid steady demand across households and retail channels.
Jersey club meets in Rupert for awards and planning
The South Central Idaho Jersey club held its annual meeting in the Minidoka courthouse, Rupert. Mallory Fisher reelected president, Rex Broadhead vice president, and Rupert’s own R. P. Hyde named secretary-treasurer. Irvin Slater discussed legume silage feeding and dairy production prospects as a growing field.
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Rupert
Idaho Jersey Club
Yank Surrenders His Citizenship
Frankfort dispatch says James McEvoy a merchant seaman from Oakland California will renounce his American citizenship to stay with his German girlfriend. He was picked up in Bremerhaven on Christmas Day and is in an army stockade awaiting trial for being in Germany illegally. He has a renunciation appointment with the U S Consul in Bremen scheduled tomorrow.
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Frankfurt
Germany
James McEvoy
Oakland
Calif
U.S. Army
McEvoy
Bremerhaven
United States
Bremen
SMU Prepares for Cotton Bowl Surge Against Oregon
Dallas report says Southern Methodist adopts slogan stop Van Brocklin as it drills pass defense blocking and punt plays ahead of the January 1 Cotton Bowl against Oregon and quarterback Norman Van Brocklin.
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Dallas
Tex
Southern Methodist
Oregon
van Brocklin
Norman van Brocklin
Milk priests in Toda culture hailed as holy men
The Todas, a southern Indian tribe, revere their milk purveyors as holy figures, reflecting a ritual respect embedded in daily life and social structure.
Court records log multiple traffic and theft cases
Wis M Hawes 32 pleaded not guilty then found guilty for reckless driving and fined 100 dollars with a six month license suspension. William P Moorefield 45 paid a ten dollar fine after being found guilty of unsafe driving. Judd D Fewens faced reckless driving charges, plea resulted in not guilty. Police bulletins report stolen vehicles including a green 1938 Chevrolet coupe from Rupert owned by Bert Lloyd, a 1940 tan Dodge from Blackfoot, a 1936 black Oldsmobile from Boise, a transit surveyor tool from Rupert, a 1937 Chevrolet club coupe in Salt Lake City, and a spare wheel stolen from Louis Madrid in Montpelier. Authorities seek information from Pocatello or Blackfoot police.
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Wis M. Hawes
William P. Moorefield
West Whitman Sr
Judd D. Fewens
Burley
Pocatello _ lice
Rupert
Bert Lloyd
Blackfoot
Pocatello
Blackfoot Ice
Tolen
Boise
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Utah
Louis Madrid
Montpelier
Gould Street
Madrid
Montpeliery
Agreement Reached in Sailors Union Dispute
The Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Pacific American Shipowners association reached a comprehensive agreement in San Francisco on Wednesday ending a major threat to West Coast shipping.
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San Francisco
Sailor’s Union of the Pacific
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Airline regulations apply to interstate passenger services
Regulations govern all scheduled interstate air services carrying passengers.
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