Tax cuts proposed to reach 54 million taxpayers
A $5.6 billion income tax cut bill introduced by Rep Fantenn would remove 7.4 million low income and elderly from taxation and cut rates by 58 to 10 percent for 47 million others retroactive to Jan 1. It would raise exemptions, apply community property rules nationwide, and tilt relief toward lower income brackets.
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Washington (P
Fantenn
RR Minn
Bam Uvover
Knutson
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Truman
Idaho
Treasury
Senate Kills Efforts to Parcel Items
The Senate defeated Barkley amendments to Taft’s anti inflation bill. Democratic Leader Barkley sought mandatory presidential power to parcel out scarce commodities, but votes were 47 to 32 and 48 to 35 against the proposals. The Taft bill would urge voluntary industry agreements with the president.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Party Splits Over Wallace Third-Party Boom
Dissension within the PCA erupts as leaders resign over the Wallace independent campaign plan. Dr Frank Kingdon resigns citing folly of an independent bid while Bartley Crum also steps down. New York CIO units oppose the move and Robert A Kenny backs Wallace in California and Oregon.
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Wallace
New York
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Americans For Democratic Action
Los Angeles
National Pca
Robert A. Kenny
California
Oregon
PCA
Frank Kingdon
New Jersey
Bartley C. Crum
San Francisco
Crum
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Christmas Vacation Not Advisable For Polio Patients
Dr Madelene Donnelly Idaho polio advisory council chair urges parents not to request Christmas time release for polio patients. Any interruption in treatment risks recovery delays and morale issues if only some are released. Nurses would not be spared and transfer costs are high.
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Boise
Madelene Donnelly
Idaho State
Donnelly
Boise Elks Lodge
Rotary Holds Annual Frolic Christmas Party Highlights
The Rotary club held its noon Christmas party at the Bannock hotel featuring a Christmas program by a quartet from Idaho State College and songs led by Ingard Nelson. Ed Dufford won a prize in the club gift exchange for a Salt Lake Tribune with scissors, donated to Nicholas Ifft of the Pocatello Tribune. Gift presentation to Mrs. William S. Hill and a greetings letter from Mrs. W. H. Cleare were noted. guests included W. B. Bills and several captains and doctors.
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Rudolph Goranson
Idaho State College
Phyllis Smith
Vivien Garretts
Wesley Harris
Dufford
Nicholas Ifft
The
Pocatello Tribune
Salt Lake Tribune
Pres. L. C. Johnson
Rae Stratford
W. E. Brown
Charlie Tucker
Santa Claus
A. L. Baker
J. Willis Hamblin
C. G. Billmeyer
William 8. Hill
Stratford
W. H. Cleare
W. B. Bills
Blackfoot
Chester C. Coats
Skanea
Christmas prizes tie to Pocatello school decorations
The first all school Yuletide program at Pocatello High School gym, directed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, showcased 100 students from nine schools with songs and dances. Prizes donated by merchants went to Jefferson and Washington classrooms and to families for home window and room decorations, with Michael and Robert Hronek earning top honors for their manger scene window.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello Public
Tyhee
St. Joseph's
Lew Harrison
Junior Chamber
Pocatello
Henriksen
Spencer Ford
Jefferson
Washington
Harrison
Michael
Robert Hronek
W. Carson
Beast
Pamela
Carol
Joan Halladay
W. Grant
Jefferson School
Bethlehem
Hronek
Gordon Tolmie
Yuletide
Fever Cattle Lambs on Winter Feed Outlook
Economists report lamb feeding in the United States will be near its 1929 low, amid wet Idaho weather slowing lamb gains. Many half fed lambs move to eastern outlets as feeders, with Idaho lambs usually sent to California packers. California and Colorado see large increases in cattle feeding, while stocker shipments to the corn belt fall about 25 percent from last year.
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United States
Idaho
California
Colorado
Utah
Royal Couple Approved for 50000 Pound Annual Allowance
The House of Commons backed an annual 50 000 pound allowance for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip after a six hour debate. Attlee and Cripps supported the payout, Labor members sought a 15000 pound limit, taxes on the annuities were simplified but exact amounts were not set.
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London
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Primme
Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Philip
Maurice Webb
Labor Party
Cripps
Rat Poison Fatal To Two Brothers
Two young brothers in Lebanon Ohio died after eating cakes found in their new yard. Coroner H M Williams identified the victims as Harry 7 and Clifford 6 McVay sons of Mr and Mrs Frank McVay. Poison likely left by previous tenants who lived there until last week.
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Lebanon
Ohio
H. M. Williams
Harry
Clifford McVay
Frank McVay
Morrow
McVays
Ex-convict sought in Toledo killings after infant deaths
Authorities hunted James Osinski, an estranged husband and ex convict, in connection with the deaths of Mrs Lorette Osinski and her parents near Toledo. A year old son died from malnutrition and exposure while two children were found with the bodies. The suspect had a peace bond placed on him weeks earlier and denied contact with the family.
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Toledo
John Osinski
Lorette Osinski
James
Raymond Dimyer
Paul Hohly
Ralph Murphy
Osinski
James Osinski
Murphy
Red
Mrs. Osinski
Girl Sentenced for Slaying with Life Term in Idaho
Verna Norton Keller aged 17, known as Tarzan, received a life sentence for the gag slaying of 16 year old Juanita Plater. She spoke from Sandpoint awaiting Boise state penitentiary transfer, hoping to be free within 10 years to reunite with her 20 year old partner Roscoe Hartley.
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Verna Norton
Tarzan) Keller
Juanita Laryonne Plater
State Penitentiary
Boise
Roscoe Clark Hartley
Hartley
Sandpoint
Marguerite Plater
Senate rejects amendment to Taft bill for mandatory presi dent powers
The senate rejected an amendment to grant the president power to parcel out scarce commodities under the Taft anti inflation bill. Democrats for include Thomas Utah and Taylor Idaho. Republicans for Morse Oregon. Republicans against Dwor shak Idaho Watkins Utah Cordon Oregon.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Taylor
Idaho
Morse
Oregton
Dworshak
Watkins
Cordon
Oregon
Building Permits in Pocatello Top $115000 in Three Weeks
City of Pocatello issued building permits totaling $115,700 for Nov 25 to Dec 17. Major items include two new business buildings worth $69,000 and several residential projects, with a $44,000 extension to a telephone building in the 200 block South Arthur and various dwellings on Ash Street, Halliday, and North Main.
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Pocatello
Arthur
Brenan-Cahoon
North Main
Nate Block
Harvey Anderson
South Garfield
City Protests Road Plan On Pershing Avenue
Alameda city officials filed a protest letter with Bannock county road supervisor Alton M. Alexander. The city, mayor, council, and residents oppose the Pershing avenue highway route citing the need to buy several homes and the undue financial burden. The plan would run near a school with about 600 students and past a new junior high school.
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City of
Alameda
Ofice O
W. P. Havener
Bannock County Planning Board
Alton M. Alexander
Pershing Avenue
Rush Begins Next Week for Christmas Mail Volume
Post master Jack Trimming and staff anticipate heavy Christmas mailing starting Friday. This week they handle about 47,000 letters and cards daily, more than double the usual 20,000, as residents are urged to mail early for delivery by December 25 in Pocatello.
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Jack Trimming
Trimming
Pocatellans
Legion Secretary To Speak for Committee Tonight
The rehabilitation committee of American Legion Post No 4 meets at 8 tonight in the Legion club. Warl Chandler national field secretary will preview the Legion's activities in rehabilitating World War I veterans, with J B Taylor committee chairman noting Chandler is from Idaho and trained in rehabilitation work.
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American Legion Post No. 4
Legion Club
Warl Chandler
American Legion National
J. B. Taylor
Chandler
Idaho
Legion
Fraser records lowest U S temperature at 22 below
The mercury fell to 22 degrees below zero in Fraser Colorado on Wednesday making it the coldest spot in the United States according to the federal weather bureau. Fraser lies in the mountains about fifty miles west of Denver near the Moffat tunnel and the Berthoud ski area along the Continental Divide.
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Denver
Frazer
Colo
United States
Federal Weather Bureau
Fraser
Moffat Railroad Tunnel
Berthoud
Accidents Avoided Despite Icy Roads
The state police reported no serious motor vehicle accidents in Pocatello or nearby after a light rain and snow fall. Officers urged continued careful driving, noting streets remained slick, with West Whitman Street near Port Neuf especially treacherous for climbing from Johnson to Lincoln.
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Pocatello
St. James
Bedingfield
Portneuf
West Whitman
Johnson
Lincoln
Freighter Simon Benson Breaks Up Amid Swollen Rice Load
The freighter Simon Benson, carrying water soaked rice, ruptures hull in heavy mid-Pacific seas south of Hawaii. Four ships including Comfort, Iroquois, Tekesta, and Henry Austin race to aid as crew jettisons cargo. Master reports hull cracks and water intake. rice swelling threatens detonation of the hull. Vessel operated by Sudden and Christianson of Portland, Ore.
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Honolulu
Simon Benson
Benson
Comfort
Coast Guard
Iroquois
Tekesta
Henry Austin
Yokohama
San Francisco
The
Sudden and Christenson, Inc
Portland
Ore
Woman Aids In Holdup Near Salt Lake City
A man and a woman robbed the Trucker Service station early today taking about 500 dollars. Attendant Fred Anderson and his wife were working when the pair entered with pistols and ordered him to face the wall. Mrs. Anderson obtained the license number, and police found the abandoned car matching a prior mortuary theft description.
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Salt Lake City
Fred Anderson
Anderson
Senate Drops Demand for Traders List
The House orders an investigation into commodity market speculation and seeks names of big grain traders from Secretary Anderson. The Senate committee voted 11 to 8 to drop the demand, with Anderson offering to supply names if pressed but arguing legality and morality issues.
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Washington
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Andersen
August Andresen
R.-Minn
Senate
Anderson
Bridges
R.N.H
Congress
Kaiser Buys Utah Blast Furnace and Coke Plant
Kaiser interests announce a conditional 1.15 million dollar purchase from the War Assets Administration of an iron blast furnace at Ironton Utah and a coke plant of 500 Beehive ovens near Sunnyside. Vice president Jack L. Ashby says a one percent down payment is made while major problems are addressed, with potential annual pig iron output around 300 000 tons once reopened. The facility was moved from Joliet Illinois during the war to support Pacific Coast steel needs and has been idle pending disposal by the WAA.
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Salt Lake City
Henry J. Kaiser
Utah
War Assets Administration
WAA
Ironton
Sunnyside
Jack L. Ashby
Kaiser Company, Inc
Joliet
Ill
Pacific Coast
Geneva
Weather outlook for Pocatello area tonight and Friday
Clear to partly cloudy tonight with a low near 25. Friday will be mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries and showers tonight and Friday. Mountains will see snow with little temperature change.
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Pocatello
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