Back Travel Pay Claims Spark Fed Tax Debate
Analysis notes travel pay claims exceeding half a billion dollars tied to portal to portal rules. Supreme Court retroactivity for miners’ pay prompts unions to push overtime and damages while firms weigh tax-credit write-offs under income tax provisions. Chamber of Commerce considers fair labor act amendments favoring local practice, unwitting-violation relief, and negotiating settlements.
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Trade program urged to balance American economy
Commission argues for exchange of wheat, lard, and cotton for rubber, coffee, tea, and bananas to avoid subsistence living. They warn tariff reform could hurt beef, dairy, eggs, potatoes, peanuts, vegetables, and other sectors, noting imports already affect U S producers. The text cites cassava adhesive used on stamps as example of foreign competition.
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Men of Mars In Johnsville Test Ship To Shore Weapon
Naval air technicians in Johnsville Pennsylvania develop guided missiles for future warfare. A photo shows a scientist testing a ship to shore weapon designed for pinpoint bombing at 100 miles. Missiles travel at high speeds and are directed using television radar radio or sensors for sound heat and magnetism.
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Italy's postwar recovery hampered by shortages and unrest
Italy struggles with shortages of wheat and staples while unemployment and industrial stagnation fuel political turmoil. Left and right factions clash over reform, anti clerical campaigns threaten the church, and fascist remnants grow bolder amid food riots. The government moves to defend clerical authority as a publisher is jailed for obscene cartoons.
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Health Shows Improvement in US Life Policyholder Records
After a troubled start to 1948 the health record among life insurance policyholders improved. Early year deaths rose before the second quarter when a marked improvement was observed across the United States life insurance population.
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Peacetime repairs salvage army stock nationwide
Salvage of thousands of worn or damaged military items at repair shops in quartermaster depots across the United States restores mess kits mobile bakeries shirts and typewriters to usable condition. The program saves about 10 million dollars in value with labor costs around 33 million.
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Foreign Affairs and Disaster Tides Hit Key Regions
The Russians force landings by U S personnel at Dairen under strict time limits while Moscow orders broader clearance. In Japan, an earthquake and tidal wave devastates 24 of 47 prefectures as relief rushes in. Asahi details eyewitness fear and a girl’s plea for help amid wreckage.
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Lift for Milady and Other Hats From Hollywood
Edward Stevenson of Hollywood showcases a striking hat made from waste materials like cellophane, metal foil paper, cellophane straws, holly, bells, pine cones and tobacco. The playful creation pushes boundaries of holiday headwear with unexpected textures and festive motifs.
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U S Reserves Depleted by High War Production
The United States reserves of key metals and minerals have been drawn down by unprecedented production during the last five years, though the country still holds abundant resources according to the New York Trust company.
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Oriental Scholar Improves Nutritive Value of Rice
Washington writer interviews M Yonan Malek inventor of a parboiling method that preserves vitamins in rice kernels and boosts yield by 25 percent. Malek’s process uses rough paddy rice, soaking and steaming before milling, creating vitamin rich, non gummy canned rice. The method, backed by army and navy interest, aims to curb malnutrition in rice reliant regions amid tight global supply. It may transform meals in Orient and beyond.
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Exploding scarecrow and upgrades in industry noted
The piece references a Business Week note about an exploding scarecrow that goes bang every three minutes, claims plate glass production hits a new all time high, and mentions absurdities about industry and traffic, suggesting a satirical take on modern commerce and accidents.
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Clark plans nation train of priceless liberty documents
Washington reports Attorney General Tom Clark devises a traveling exhibition train displaying the Bill of Rights Declaration of Independence Emancipation Proclamation and the Constitution with a plan to add state civil rights mementos and large duplicates left in high schools. Rosenbach helps fund and produce the showcase train guarded by soldiers.
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France Acts to Halt Sale of Forged Paintings
A new French law creates an official panel of art experts to pass on the authenticity of paintings offered for sale. Sellers typically provide a written guarantee allowing buyers to return paintings within six months if authenticity is questioned.
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Portland Vase Value Rises After Smashed Restoration
The Portland Vase, nine inches tall and blue glass with white figures, now in the British Museum through a private bequest after 135 years with the Portland family. A 1845 mishap broke it into about 250 pieces but restoration left flaws. Despite limits, its value increased and the museum declined to reveal the sale price. In 1929 the owner rejected a $148,000 bid.
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