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Street Commissioner Tony | Maio continued his crackdown |

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stantial relief of higher income groups must be delayed,

oe : ‘on “inefficiencies in the de- $40 Cost-of-Living Mr. Truman said, until the danger of inflation has passed.

| partment.” : ; > The President's message was a wide-swinging document | Mr. Maio said disciplinary action. C : dit U ol f or All in the New Deal tradition of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, at | Tn. Evian, 1715 Hiawatha St. 8] reat - rge : It was aimed at the many millions whom Henry A. Wallace {designates as the common ‘man.

truck driver. because he took an , : <3 B¥ LYLE C. WILSON; United Press S(aff Correspondent jextended lunch period a] ¥ In large part it repeated recommendations of previous

\torenaon. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—President Truman asked Con- Truman messages which have been consistently ignored by

| The action followed yesterday's = a [dismissal of two employees In the TESS today to free 10 million or more low pay individuals Congress—includnig a hike in minimum wages, this time

street department because they had from income taxes. He also-asked Congress to impose new 'r. 40 5 75 cents an hour. ‘hauled ashes to a driveway of 8 levies on corporations to offset an estimated revenue loss of The President set up five major goals for Congress to private residence on the East Side. $3 200, 000, 000. | The street commissioner said Mr. ®2< help him attain” or approgeh in this presidential eleckion | England left a street job at 32d St: Specifically, he yotommended a $40 cost-of- living tax. year:

jand-Schofield Ave. at 10-8. m. yes \oradit for each individual taxpayer with an additional $40 ° ~ oop. : : ; . y NE: Secure the essential human rights of all citizens. terday -to drive to Manual HIgh it for each dependent, effective on income received in : LIE SO

"W.. M |School for a load of cinders. "TWO: Protect and develop our human resources: SHARON ANN ‘CHAMBERLIN RE Flom gwk But 1 no baoks. What is that stuff . Stopped for Lunch . this calendar year. THREE: Conserve natural Tesources.

“jografee” 2yvo? : | | Mr. Maio said that at 10:50 a. m. “Mr. Truman revealed his election year tax relief pro- Th conse rr ih a ; Ihe and John Minardo, a supervisor, gram in his annual message on the state of the Union. He FOUR: Lift living standards.

found " bioex. Indiana Ave. The detivered it in person before a joint session of the Repub-| FIVE: Achieve world peace based on principles of free

{driver and" “two assistants were llican-controlled Congress. : dom, justice-and-equality forall nations. : - found in_the vicinity. : Tax rates on larger corporations would. have to be The President again expressed disapproval of the Taft-

|" According tothe” street commis- : sioner, the men had not picked up jumped from’ 38 to 50 per cent to raise approximately $3,- Hartley Labor Control Act, but said he would enforce it so

(the load of cinders at Manual High 200,000,000 of additional revenue. long as it remained on the books: Sood) ool Biii-they Ind Mr. Truman's tax cut would be about the equivalent of In addition to his new request for a higher minimum

\tomped to eat lunch. an increase of personal exemptions from the present $500] wage, Mr. Truman appealed again for limited rationing and "Mr. Maio said the regular lunch to $700. It was an across-the-board proposal applying toi ice-wage controls to fight inflation, universal training for period wap Sor 11 2, oS Uh oer rich and poor alike. But the President observed that it would American youth, a long-range housing program, and a nahelpers had not been given per- Mostly benefit the low income group. tional health insurance program. mission to take .their lunch hour, - For example: The income tax of a man with wife and The kicker, saved until last in the long message, was

site ain the Job to &et te two children would be reduced $160 a year. income tax reduction for all and complete exemption for The two helpers. who were Sot Revi ision of the entire tax structure for the more sub- | (Continued on 3. Column. b named by Mr. Maio, have —— Page ‘ ;

Te pay. ~ Boast Traps Man Fans still Can Get Major Proposals

said the nien w! pole. Malo sid the es tse dike | Choice Seats for |count for the 50 minutes they spent nto $15, 000 Bail BL : T M [between the job location and the Gloves’ Opener | n ru man 's essage 1800 block. Indiana Ave. : Boxing fans still can get chotee . aC {| Meanwhile, Chief of Police Ed-| Seized as a ‘Drunk’ ringside “and reserved seats In WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UP)—The major recommenward R. Rouis said he was planning! In Poli cl advance for Friday night's Golden dations in President Truman's State of the Union message: disciplinary action against Patrol- n olice eanup Gloves opener — and all other INDIVIDUAL TAX REDUCTION: A cut of $40 for every individual man Leroy Bartlett, 3632 English| ‘A boastful .attit by one of nights of the five-week tourna- : nF Ave, owner of the drive to which{51 men arrested ile night in the | ment. | taxpayer plus 8 further $40, tax cut for each" def This “employees said they havjed drive-sto- clean-up - “Tickets aie On mule: abilijgie: De effective on 1048 income, not on 1947 taxes that must ba settled - him in Marion County Jail Callahan: Sporting Goods On, 138 | between now. and March 15. It would-have the effect ‘of excusing about : Patrolman Bartlett was to appear under $15,000 bond. IE Washington. St. and the 10° mitition people from paying any federal income ax Tt ‘would be at” the f's office today for a Arrested shortly after midnight at Sportsman's Store, Inc, 126 N, t SECOND SHIFT — These first graders are the afternoon “second Sif and: they're |hearing. Park Ave. and Washington St. with, Pennsylvania St. ghee | hs sue 4 x a ling > —. = sxumptiont hind she on . sleepy. Teacher Janie Cones is tired too. Son | Mr. Maio fired the two street om-(a companion in what police de-| Prices are: Ringside and first hg : ” . : |ployees after he learned they nad|scribed as a drunken condition, row balcony, $2; downstairs re- low incomgg group is being pressed very hard” The result, he said, 1 X " % {made an emergency run to faul two/Roy P. O'Neal, 34, of 628 Lexington | served, $150. Prices include tax. would bé “a pli that could be used to buy the necessities of Ute." {loads of ashes to the police officer’s| Ave., boasted he was on the streets! ~ General admission tickets will . drive, - ~|under “high bond.” go on sale fight nights at the ! © OKPORATION TAX INCREASE—The cost of the $40-per-taxpayer The employees, Guy Dean, 809 Detectives Thomas Naumsek and N. "Pennsylvania St. Armory. credit would be $3.200,000,000 to the government. The President proBuchanan St. dispatcher at. the Herschel Plummer checked his r c- Adult general admission 1s §1 posed that this loss be made up by “increasing the tax on corporate Shelby Street Garage, and William ord and after Municipal Court and children 12 years and under profits . . . with appropriate adjustment for small corporations.” He Minnick, 1039% Prospect St. trick Judge Joseph Howard placed him will be admitted for 50 nents ‘he ‘gave no details, but it would increase the present 38 per cent corporate (driver, told Mr Maio “it has heen under $1000 bond and continued| first three nights. tax to about 50 per cent. {done before and we thought it was the intoxication charge hearing a — Ho continue. ™ until Friday. they escorted O'Neal 24 ae > } RENTS: “We must extend and strengthen ot control” pend. | ®wo helpers on the truck were to Criminal Court. . ing a daeided holed - the housing shortage. [given a one-day lay-off without pay.| Seized in Auto. Theft Ir ner [as es, . 8 8 IThe street commissioner sald both' A check of Criminal Court rec- HOUSING: “rublic housing for low income families, “vigorous

employees were hold-overs from the ords revealed that O'Neal had been development of techniques to~lower the cost of building,” and a gen last administration. arrestéd Nov. 9; 1946, on a charge Reporte i g eralized plan “to yield more housing at lower priv :

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og ea banditry. i ‘ SAVANNAH, Ga. Jan 7. (UP)— * a IL and obsolete” level of 40 cents an hour to 75 cents. City to Weed Out Although a. companion arrested chartered DC-3 airliner, reported ‘8 0» ao»

a the ver term pow serving A to be carrying a passenger load of ~~ INFLATION: “Inflation holds the threat of another depression, * ‘8°. puerto. Ricans. to. Miami, crashed & problem which the President said affected the fulfillment of his

Rules on Traffic ONL his ar YI om and bufned in a desolate swamp Other national goals. He recalled his 10-point anti-inflation program ‘ quest ed .6 near the mouth of the Savannah submitted. to the special session of Congress and asked the House and

A policy of leaving in effect “no The records showed O'Neal ar- ‘River.today. Senate again to provide “within the shortest possible time” the weapons {more traffic ordinances than we rested again Feb, 25. 1947, on al First reports said 15 persons were De feels are coprraely needed” in the battle against rising prices. =. * EE [can enforce” was proposed today by charge of. drunken driving and per- Killed and nine injured. i RICULT A re. City Traffic Engineer Lewis IL jury (false statements to ah A harbor craft was bringing the AGRICLY TUE} Permanent farm prosperity ‘and agricultural { (Cap) Johnson and received the ap- injured into Savannah where am- sun ance,” with the farmer reaping a good profit from “full em- 4 | provat of “the safety board. (Continued on Page| $—Column © bulances doctors -and.-nurses. await-_P oy ment of the nation's wage earners.” The President asked for con 3 |" “There's no use in having speed | "ed at the waterfront tinuance of federal price supports for major farm commodities as "s | Minits on miles of city streets when Hundreds Flee Floods The CAA at Ralelgh. N. C. re- basis which will afford reasonable protection against fluctuations in the a shortage of personnel makes ft ported the passengers were about levels of production and demand.” He also called for extension of crop | imposstble for-us to enforce the In Western Oregon 25 Puerto Ricans. insurance and encouraged the SeVejoprent ot co-operatives which ime law," Mr. Johnson told the safety By nied Prove rr e— . prove the far to- marge. process,

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Foard this morning. Floods raged through western i ” 3 . LABOR: H tous Taft-Hartley a 2 ‘T think there are a lot of ordi- Oregon today in the wake of heavy TSINGTAO, China, Jan: 7 (UP) up poy A Me rented bi prov i rim of he Tan Bittle 8 eu nances” dealing with traffic that/ rains along the coastal regions and —An official Marine Corps an- | . $1 0e AY the

he had no constitutional. choice except to administer it. He advocated

”" ' should " nt tod confirmed that WE RE FED UPL — That's s what this group of mothers who fear their children ere, 1 ula be Tiguied.” safety board We Column, yeni forced four and possibly five pg strongly the use of collective bargaining “lo set wage scales.” And o losing out’ said at an’ LA meeting." ~~ president, expressed the agreementto flee from their homes and nigh- missing -6n..a Christmas hunting n TeComeigcd Shut Sain) 1s Satins) incume Wouy be. made first F of the board with the engineer's Way cOmmunications were cut by trip are believed to have been cap- ’ ’ e “need greatest. ; g " n° » . 5»

tured by Chinese Communists,

BUSINESS: He sajd the nation could increase its current output

‘Loading Zones in Way one-third, liftin ction | \ - , g the standard of living to double what it was 10 years The new . " . he 30 pe oad 1 le Biys tals Ice-O- Rama Net Proceeds ago. He called for “vigorous private enterprise” and said free tition

: is the“key to industrial development. He ‘advocated that indus spend i 4 \morning that one of his first Ay $50 billions “over t : : he next few years” to “Improve and expand our gy Da | was to be the removal ‘To Be Given to Polio Fund [productive facilities.” ‘He asked for “sufficient funds” w enjorey the

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os Jy DONNA MIKELS | oN Ly tet. oo tik. the] Early Registrations Indicate '48 Cast Will rw” yo» | . . . 1 ss M Grade School, streetcars had been replaced by| Exceed 400; Low, Popular Prices Maintained PEACE: “A healthy world economy Is essential to world peace.” Over the drone of children’svoices busses on the li ’ Stating that this country is “vigorously following policies designed to you hear hammering and sawing not be loa he ne Phase npere need | By ART WRIGHT achieve a peaceful and prosperous world,” the President pledged “full from. the new. -wddition.” Pouriiglthe midele of on the vehicles in Net proceeds {rom ths annual Times Ice-O-Rama show "Peb. 19 In support to the United Nations” and expressed confidence in its ultimate e of the street. He said, the pair Grounds Coliseum will be contributed to the Infantile Paralysis success. out into the hall to search through however, a few loading zones must Fund. The Times announced today" . no» PI coats piled three deep on make- y tv 150 t i AN : n (Conti 3—C Money raised in the all-amateur extravaganza last year also wen "MARSHALL PLAN: He recommended the four-year European Re- : ” sk Ss Sls ye RA. 0n I A ne nued on Page olumn 4). 11 e Pollo drive. The capacity crowd which jammed the Coliseum for | covery Program with a down payment for the first 15 months of $6,800,~ THE BiG PROBLEM... Under construction since 1946. catch the sdhool bus. ‘Mrs. Feeney ‘Improved’ e108 rr polio Fund. ade t_prjeivl for The Tenn ay a a ughes hortance.” He Utyed fut Congres A 1 $2933.66 the 0 n act promptly “on this. vital measure of our Jorey licy--on this this building i is the root of all trouble. When will it | Then Somes the dismissal bell and| Mrs, Mary Feeney, mother of | The - only deduction "Trom the! lar, supervisor of special activities PR oonstbution. 10 warld.paace.” il un yo > be finished? v ves o th aren pour Shans -skel- [Mayor Al Feeney, who received a gross admission receipts of $4721.40 | fOr the City Park and Recreation . og s———————— aN or bison Anh Vd fractured hip in a fall at her home| were the minimum expenses of| Division at WA-4576, : 4 INIVERSAL TRAINING: Mr. Truman attached “world imCommunists Throw Ring Kidd Denies Announcing hunts around for a lost coat. - And" Christmas night, was reported $1012.34 plus federal admission] The show directors are outlining partance” to “a favorable decision by the Congress it an early date” Aro hd Chi they're out the door. |“greatly improved” at St Vincent's' taxes. - their schedule of rehearsals now! He sald he was convinced that adoption of a universal training prev nese City ° For Governor's Race | But as these first to fifth graders Hospital | today. The Times again will maintain 8nd those who have signed up will, gram fix “vital to the security of this nation and to the maintenance .SHANGHAL, Jan. 1 (UP) —Com- RAIL ate erie Kida. leave Mars Hill, they meet another Ti ; d <5 |its policy of charging low, popular| be notified when to report for the of its adirship” : - nist’ troops have thrown a semi-| | " vid . ' group on the way in. These-chil- imes Index {admission prices for the public to] p om Ld : a. nN cle around: Tsingtao, North Brazil insurance man widely dis-| pour in, again pile high the rr — see the gala benefit production, The, Committees of valunteers already VETERANS: He hailed the current ‘veterans program as Success China “port and American naval! Clissed as a prospective candidate {coat racks so recently emptied and Amusements .. 6/Movies .,..., 6 scale of prices “for the resetved are at work designing the stage ful, basing his claim on the statement that “all but a very few” had base, threatening inhabitants with for Republican gubernatorial nomi- ove decks just vacated by their Eddie Ash.. 16 Obituaries ... 10 seats and general admission and setting and costumes. Preliminary successfully bridged the gap from military to civilian life. The nation Marvation ‘and freezing, reports nation, today gave Lt. Gov. Rich-' oq ooeupant, Bridge rs sneaenteulGi Ofhman {1/how to obtain tickets will ‘be an- plans call for even more spectacu-|is proud,” he - % rom the eity said today. |ard T. James undisputed claim to Attend in Shifts Classified , .18- ~20 Patterns . ...,.15 nounced im-next Monday's Times. |lar scenes, costumes and skating | . no. 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