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Congress Coo! To
Plan Reorganize
Internal Revenue
WASHINGTON, (/P) — With a
60-day deadline for action, Con
gress took a dool look at Presi
dent Truman’s plan to reorganize
the Internal Revenue Bureau.
One senator who had talked
with several colleagues said “it
doesn’t seem to have too much
support.” He asked to remain
anonymous because he is a mem
ber of the committee that must
pass on the plan.
The President proposes to slash
the number of internal revenue
collectors from 64 to 25 and to
put them under Civil Service with
wider responsibility.
Senator Kefauver <D-Tenn> and
24 other senators introduced two
bills which would furnish an al
ternative method of reorganizing
the bureau.
They would keep the present
64 collectors but would place
them under Civil Service in an
effort to remove the appointments
from politics. They also would
prohibit the collectors from hav
ing any outside business.
Father Claims Son Was
‘Kidnapped" By Marines
GREEN BAY, Wise., UP) — A
father who claimed his son. was
“kidnapped” by the Marine Corps
“through trickery and sugar-coat
ed promises” and later died in
Korea, says he is sending to Presi
dent Truman the youth’s Purple
Heart and presidential scroll.
The awards are being returned,
Glenn Fiedler said Monday night,
because “fraudulent statements
were entered on his son’s physical
records to make it appear he
passed his physical examination.”
The son, James, 18, was killed
in action in Korea June 1, 1951.
Fiedler, faculty member of the
Green Bay Vocational School, said
James was a member of the local
Marine Corps reserve unit when
it was activated Aug. 3, 1950. He
charged, however, that the youth’s
physical handicaps of poor vision
and underweight were falsified
by representatives of the Marine
Corps “or possibly the Navy” here
so he could enter the reserve.”
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House Passes $832 Million
Servicemen’s Pay Bill
WASHINGTON, (JP) — First
bill passed by the House this year,
an $832 million servicemen’s pay
raise measure was before the
Senate Armed Services commit
tee Wednesday, with an apparent
ly clear road ahead.
The pay raises will range from
$7.50 monthly for a buck private
to more than $100 for top “brass.”
Chairman Russell (D-Ga) of
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee promised early action on
the bill. There is a possibility that
the Senate will change the meas
ure and return it to the House.
SENATOR REINTRODUCES
S 1 9 4 9 HOMESTEAD BILL
WASHINGTON, (JP)— Senator
Johnson (D-Ccrlo) Tuesday rein
troduced a 1949 bill which would
permit war veterans to settle on
the homesteads in Alaska.
Income Taxes Up 17
Percent Over Last Year
WASHINGTON, (/P) — The
average individual paid about 17
per cent more income tax in 1951
than he did in 1950.
And he'll pay more in 1952.
The percentage is somewhat
smaller for persons in the higher
brackets but they also got heavier
whacks in the pocketbooks.
The heavier tax payments re
sulted from increases which went
into effect Oct. 1, 1950 and Nov.
1, 195-1.
The first increase pushed 1951
taxes up about 13 per cent over
1950. That resulted from repeal
of a tax cut which had been voted
by the Republican-controlled 80th
Congress over a presidential veto.
Piled on top of this was an
increase of WVa per cent for
f
most persons, effective Nov. 1.
Jury Disagrees
In Trial Gambler
Frank Costello
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NEW YORK, (/P) — Gambler
Frank Costello—his first criminal
conviction in 37 years reportedly
blocked by a lone juror — will
face a new trial for contempt of
the U.S. Senate Crime Committee.
And the committee’s former
chairman, Sen. Estes Kefauver
<D-Tenn), may be a prosecution
witness at the retrial.
Unable to agree on even one of
the 11 contempt charges against
Costello, a federal court jury yes
terday gave up its efforts to reach
a verdict after being out 23 hours
and 20 minutes.
Unofficial sources said that on
some, but not all the counts, the
jury vote was 11-1 for convic
tion. •
U.S. Atty. Myles J. Lane told
a newsman he had invited Sen.
Kefauver to appear as a witness
at the trial but that “he did not
come.” ■ ’ •
Lane said he would renew th,e
invitation to Kefauver when Cos
tello is tried again.
Rep. Doris M. Barnes of
Wrangell Is Republican
Candidate for Senate
WRANGELL, Alaska, (/P) —
Territorial Rep. Doris M. Barnes
filed as a Republican candidate
for the Alaska Senate from the
First Division Tuesday. Sho has
served two terms in the House of
Representatives.
Mrs. Barnes is president of the
Wrangell Chamber of Commerce
and president of the Alaska Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs. She is
in the insurance business here.
SEATTLE SEAMAN LOST
FROM SS. DENALI DECK
SEATTLE, (/P)—A Seattle sea
man was lost at sea during a
storm off the Alaska coast Satur
day, the AFL Sailors Union of the
Pacific reported Monday.
Union headquarters here said
the crew of the Alaska Steamship
Company’s S.S. Denali advised
that Norman Smith, 49, deck
maintenance man, was lost over
board during the storm.
The telegram also reported the
crew’s quarters were flooded out,
the union said.
Both Parties
Confident Of
5952 Victory
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By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
Humphrey <D-Minn) said today
the Democrats can’t win the pres
idential election unless they nom
inate a “consistent ‘fair dealer’
and a warm supporter of the ad
ministration’s foreign policy.”
The Minnesota lawmaker told
a reporter President Truman
would fill the bill “better than
anyone else -because I obviously
•am talking about the kind of pro
gram for which he has fought.”
But Humphrey added, “We
have other good Democrats who
could qualify and win the elec
tion” if Mr. Truman decides not
to seek another term.
Senator Capehart ’(D-Ind) said
he believes the President will
run again.
“The Democrats in my opinion
haven’t anyone else who could
even make a race of it and I
think Mr. Truman knows that,”
Capehart declared.
Capehart is backing Senator
Taft for the Republican presi
dential nomination. But he said
he "is convinced “any Republican
nominated can win this year.”
McCarthy Fires New
Charges of Communism
At White House Aide
WASHINGTON, (/P) — Senator
McCarthy (R-Wis) has fired new
charges of “communist activities”
against White House aide David
Lloyd.
In a Senate speech Tuesday
McCarthy said files of a loyalty
study of Lloyd “all disappeared
yery conveniently”- before Presi
dent Truman promoted Lloyd to
the $17,500 a year post of execu
tive assistant from a lesser speech
writing job.
McCarthy charged that, “under
pressure from the White House”
and from Seth Richardson, then
chairman of the Federal Loyalty
Review Board, a board panel in
1950 “rendered a decision to the
effect that ... in view of the
fact that they were not allowed
to call a hearing and put Lloyd
under oath, they did not have suf
ficient evidence before them to
find him disloyal.”
KOREAN SITUATION
By GEORGE A. McARTHUR
SEOUL, Korea, (/P)—Out-num
bered U.S. F-86 Sabre jets dam
aged two communist MIG-15s
today in two flashing air battles
high over northwest Korea.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force said
the first fight involved 36 Sabres
and 80 MIGs. Later, 22 F-86s bat
tled the same flight of commun
ist planes. One MIG was damaged
in each battle.
Infantrymen huddled in their
foxholes as sub-freezing weather
covered the 145-mile battlefront.
Action was confined to a few
small raiding operations by the
Allies and probes by the Reds.
U.N. carrier-based pilots re
ported they cut rails in 96 places.
Warships pounded communist tar
gets on both the east and west
coasts.
Plane Trouble Delays
Return of Capt. Carlsen
SHANNON AIRPORT, Ireland,
(/P)—Capt. Kurt Carlsen made his
second start for New York Wed
nesday afternoon in the Pan Am
erican Clipper Washington. He
was due at New York shortly
after 8 p.m.
The hero’s welcome in New
York for the skipper of the sunk
en Flying Enterprise has been
postponed until Thursday. A
ticker tape reception and a march
up Broadway awaits him.
His plane returned to Shannon
Tuesday after covering 280 miles.
A heater in one wing failed to
function properly.
The delay caused Carlsen to
say “I’m beginning to wonder if
I’ll ever get back to New York
and home.”
The reception at home will cap
honors paid to him in London for
his two weeks’ battle against the
Atlantic in a vain effort to get
his storm - wrecked ship into
cr
port.
Allied Casualties
In Korea Reach
Total of 414,646
PARIS, (/P) — Casualties of
United Nations and Republic of
Korea forces in the Korean war
have reached a total of 414,646,
an Associated -Press survey
showed here Wednesday.
The most recent U.S. totals is
sued last week showed U.S. cas
ualties mounted to 104,084 up to
the first week in January. These
included 15,590 killed, 75,374
wounded, and 12,760 missing or
prisoners.
Totals for the armies, navies
and stir forces of 15 other U.N:
member nations were at least
8,698, representing 1,648 killed,
5,528 wounded and 1,522 missing
and' captured.
Italians Enter Fashion
Field Against French
MILAN, Italy, (/P) — Italian
fashion designers, fearful of being
caught with their plans down, are
exhibiting their spring creations
at least three weeks before Paris.
Carmine Cialfi, director of
Milan’s Centro Della Moda, says
Italian firms are starting to show
their fashion collections in order
to beat the French designers, who
are scheduled to begin unveiling
their creations Feb. 7.
To attract the heavy money—
Amerian buyers—Milan designers
have created an “Italian Fashion
Service” to help buyers from Am
erican firms.
Nomeites Issued New
Gambling Tax Stamp
TACOMA, (/P)—More names of
persons for whom gambling tax
stamps have been issued were an
nounced today by the collector of
internal revenue.
The $50-n-year professional
gambler’s stamp covers every
thing from bookmaking to punch
boards. Applicants are not re
quired to list the specific activity
for which the stamp is sought.
The latest list includes:
Nome—George Geamalis and S.
H. Simeon, both of the Glue Pot.
POWs In North
Korea Killed By
U.N. Air Raids
By OLEN CLEMENTS
MUNSAN, Korea, (yP) — The
United Nations Command said
Wednesday Allied planes attacked
“lucrative military targets” in
the vicinity of a Red prisoner of
war camp at the time communists
say it was bombed.
But, said Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway’s headquarters in Tokyo,
the Allies don’t know where it is.
The Reds haven’t given its exact
location and U.N. photo planes
can’t find it or 10 other POW
camps in North Korea, he added.
The communists said 20 Allied
soldiers were killed and 55 in
jured in a bomb raid on the
Kangdong POW camp Monday
night.
The Red story of the bombing
led the Allies to charge the com
munists were violating the Gen
eva Convention protecting POW
camps from the hazards of war.
The U.N. said the question would
be taken up with the Reds “at
the earliest opportunity.”
The communists denied two In
ternational Red Cross representa
tives permission to enter North
Korean. Dr. Otto Lehner, chief
Far East delegate of the Interna
tional Committee of the Red Cross
had flown to Panmunjom with
Albert de Cocatri seeking per
mission.
Shades of Wright Bros.:
Kentucky Roadside Cafe
Soon To Fly Like A C-54
SEATTLE, (/P)—If Air Trans
port Associates’ plans work out, a
C-54 transport plane rebuilt from
parts obtained in Cairo, Egypt,
and ta fuselage that once housed
a Kentucky roadside cafe, will
take to the air between here and
Alaska next summer.
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D. R. Miller, general manager
of the non-scheduled airline, tolc|
of the project Tuesday.
Miller explained that because
the four-engine planes are both
scarce and costly ($750,000 each),
ATA sent a man around the world
looking for parts and replace
ments for planes now in use.
He found some of the parts in
Cairo and elsewhere and located
the fuselage at Louisville.
The un-assembled works were
loaded on a train at Louisville
Tuesday for shipment to Palm
dale, Calif., where they will be
put together by Aircraft Sales,
Ltd.
UMT Will Become
“Great Moral Forcev
WASHINGTON, (/P)—Dr. Karl
T. Compton testified Wednesday
that Universal Military Training
could “become a great moral
force In this nation.”
The former president of Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology
was a witness before the House
Armed Services Committee which
is holding open hearings on UMT.
Dr. Compton is a member of
a five-man commission which has
prepared a blueprint for training
approximately 800,000 youths for
six month each year. They would
serve seven and one half years
more in the reserves.