Truman Tax Plan Proposes Broad Income Hike for Rearmoing
James Marlow outlines President Truman's tax program to fund re arming. The plan raises individual and corporate rates, tightens loopholes, leaves excise taxes, and reshapes corporate brackets and special taxes on life insurers and charitable groups. It argues for a mid range rise from wartime levels with targeted boosts for various tax brackets and sectors.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
Uncle Sam
Mr. Truman
White Hall social notes and visits part of weekly gatherings
Dinner guests at the Bill Holliday home included Lawrence Crow Marie Springs Patricia Washington Earl Whitacre and two children. Cal Caine returned from the hospital. Mite Society to meet at Rose Clark in Inwood. Various visits to the Luttrells and Puffenberger including Martinsburg’s King Daughters Hospital.
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White Hall
Bill Holliday
Lawrence Crow
Marie Springs
Patricia
Washington
Earl Whitacre
Calvin Cane
Janney McKee
Canes
White Hall Mite Society
Rose Clark
Inwood
W. Va
Rose McCormick
Vernon Hutton
Carter Luttrell
Virginia Puffenberger
King Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
Earnest Luttrell
Floyd Luttrell
O. E. Kretzer
Lou Kretzer
Kenneth
Kenneth Holliday
Margaret Kretzer
Decline in Canada Deaths in Childbirth Shifts 1929 to 1948
Deaths in childbirth in Canada fell from 5.6 per 1000 live births in 1929 to 1.5 in 1948, marking a major improvement in maternal mortality over the period.
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Canada
Brucetown Sunday School Picnic and Local Visits
Brucetown Methodist Sunday School plans a picnic on August 13 at Pidgeon's Meadow in Wadesville. Local residents Kitty and Mary Bragg Barbara Shields and Calvin Adams recently returned from Camp Wakanda at Powells Fort. Mr. and Mrs. Shirkey with daughter visited relatives in Grimes. Mr. and Mrs. Silvius welcomed a daughter at Winchester Memorial Hospital. George Wright and children visited Mrs. Orndorff in Grimes. Ward Purcell and daughter Patricia of Ridgeway West Virginia visited here.
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Brucetown
Methodist Sunday School
Pidgeon’s Meadow
Wadesville
Kitty
Mary Bragg
BarBara Shields
Calvin Adams
Camp Wakanda
Powells Fort
Paul Shirkey
Grimes
Charles Silvius
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Wright
Co. J. Orndorff
Ward Purcell
Patricia
Ridgeway
W. Va
Festival at Fairview Church Aug 12 raises funds
Cross Roads reports a church festival at Fairview Lutheran Church on Timber Ridge August 12 to raise money for cemetery upkeep. Homemade ice cream pies and cakes will be served. The Fairview Sunday School has resumed after repairs, drawing unusually good attendance.
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J. B. White Cross
Fairview Lutheran Church
Timber Ridge
Fairview
Local Social Notes From Gainesboro Area
Mrs Virgil DeHaven and family travel to New York after visiting his mother Mrs Lou Cooper. Lamar Owens and relatives visit Cleveland Ohio. L H Ruble family with Issac DeHaven in Allen on Sunday. Neta Miller of Winchester visits Bill and Marjorie Fisher. Mary Lou Ramey visits Marlene Ruble. Rex Light and family travel to Thomas West Virginia Cumberland Maryland and Martinsburg West Virginia. Virgil DeHaven family visit Eugene DeHaven in Baltimore with grandson Bobby returning home.
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Virgil Dehaven
York Cooper
Lew Yor
Lou Cooper
Lamar Owens
Cleveland
Ohio
L. H. Ruble
Issac DeHaven
Allen
Neta Miller
Winchester
Bill Fisher
Mary Lou Ramey
Marlene Ruble
Rex Light
Thomas
W. Va
Cumberland
Tonkin cane used for fishing rods from Southern China
Tonkin cane is a bamboo variety grown in Southern China valued for its strength and widespread use in making fishing rods.
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China
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Mrs
Naomi Luttrell
St. Andrews Golf Club
Scotland
Royal and Ancient Golf Club of
St. Andrews
United States
America
Wate
Ches
Aiferoet
New York State
Joseph C. Stein
George F. Stein Brewery, Inc
Buffalo
Illinois
Frank J. Klein
Star Union Products Co
Penu, Ill
John F. Diehl
The
Christ. Diehl Brewing Company
Minnessota Brewery
Carlos E. Walter
Peter Bub Bowery
Yquinais
Maus CO
Chmaerlane, Ma
Gainesboro
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Te Savings Ha
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Clart Aunt Stores
Juine Bemberg
Winchester’s Shopping Center
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