Senate Finance Committee Work Begins on Excess Profits Tax
Washington reports the Senate Finance Committee, led by Sen. George of Georgia, starts drafting an excess profits tax bill aimed at raising defense revenue but with a lower ceiling than the House plan. The panel weighs expanding exemptions for growing firms and public utilities while targeting a 60 to 67 percent tax ceiling.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Gay
House
George
D-Ga
Senate
Truman
Finance Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Sen. George
Planes Crash In Mountains In Colorado And Utah
Two planes crash in the Rockies with four people reported dead or injured. A light plane near Shrine Mountain, Colorado, carried W. Jack Bate and Richard Warren of Fayetteville Arkansas. A C-45 army transport atop Mt Pennell in Utah involved Lt. F W Forest sighting wreckage. crew of two aboard. Two additional flyers, Herbert Willard and Harry McCluskey, were critically injured in a Poncha Pass crash near Salida, Colorado. Rescue teams mount searches at high elevations.
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Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Shrine Mountain
Salida
Mt. Pennell
Utah
Lowry Air Force Base
Campie
W. Jack Bate
Richard Warren
Fayetteville
Ark
Salt Lake City
Air Force
Hanksville
F. W. Forest
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
N. M
Kirtland
King Ranch
Forest
Lorin J. Johnson
Navajo Discovers Major Uranium Deposit in New Mexico
Paddy Martinez, a 59 year old Navajo man, discovers what may be one of the nation’s largest uranium deposits in a Santa Fe Railroad land belt between Grants and Gallup New Mexico. Santa Fe engineers and AEC representatives have begun assessment as reports estimate ore grades from one tenth to one per cent uranium oxide with potential values up to sixty dollars per ton.
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Grants
N. M
Los Angeles Times
Here
Gallup
Santa Fe Railroad
Paddy Martinez
Times
Martinez
Times Science
William S. Barton
Haystack Mountain
Santa Fe
Thomas Evans
Barton
Evans
Atomic Energy Commission
Time’s A Wastin For Yule Mailing
Postmaster Harold B. Collins urges timely Christmas mail. Out of state cards should be mailed this week to avoid delays. Use special handling or air parcel post for out of state items. Tie bundled mail with stamps and addresses neatly to speed processing.
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Harold B. Collins
Air Parcel Post
Santa
Collins
San Carlos Reservoir 24 Hour Water Storage Report
San Carlos Reservoir reports 248 acre-feet of available storage for the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Saturday, with a loss of 48 acre-feet from the previous 24 hours.
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San Carlos Reservoir
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Urbano
Marie Urbano 84 died yesterday in a local hospital. Rosary tonight at 8 in the Tucson mortuary chapel. Requiem mass at 9 tomorrow in San Agustin cathedral with burial in Holy Hope cemetery. Survived by four sons Jesus Jose Juan Joaquin and three daughters Ramona Ernestina Margarita.
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Tucson
Marie Urbano
San Agustin Cathedral
Holy Hope Cemetery
Urbano
Columbia Ave
Jesus
Jose
Tucya
Juan
Joaquin
Majeria
Calif
Ramona Rivera, Madera
Ernestina Murrietta
Margarita Romero
Congress Ventures on Labor Act Amendment and Yugoslavia Relief
Today's activities in Congress include votes on an amendment to the railway labor act and on 38 million dollars in Yugoslavia relief funds. The armed services committee resumes closed hearings on Anna M. Rosenberg's appointment as assistant secretary of defense. Finance committee begins drafting an excess profits tax bill in closed session. Senate house defense production committee reviews used car dealers on credit control rules. House debates a subsidy reform for airlines and may vote on rent control extension. A special GI bill investigation session hears Chicago tool firm representatives. Supreme Court holds Opinion day session.
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Yugoslavia
Armed Services Committee
Anna M. Rosenberg
Finance Committee
Senate
House Defense Production Committee
House
Chicago Tool Firm
Supreme Court
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Leslie Wells
A. E. Douglass
University of Arizona
Tucson Natural History Society
Aggie
Douglass
Turson Baily Citreen
Yule
Mrs. Urbano
Associated Press
CISL
le Ae
Ae” Atm
Stanley, Walnut
Furniture City
Kroehler
Roberts
Morris Novelty—Reg
Greer
Reg
IWIN
Ivanhoe
Philco
R.F
Lloyd—Reg
Whitehouse—Reg
Ee Philco Radio
Herco
Ayaa
Indiana
Pe. E. Calif
Proctor
Moorsteen—Reg
Axminster
Duncan-Phyfe
Baumritter
Murray Miller
Alifornia
South Sixth Ave
DIAL
E. Broadway
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