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ly quiet, with the communists re
ported regrouping.
Defense secretary Forrestal said
U. S. military scientists are work
ing on an “earth satellite vehicle
program”—something that might
be a man-made moon — from
which destruction might be heap
ed on any threatening country.
He did not explain further.
He said the U. S. must rearm
» non-communist Europe even
i though the multi-billian cost “may
necessitate hard decisions by our
people.” The hard decisions prob
ably referred to higher taxes, con
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tinued shortages and the pouring
out of more American dollars and
goods to ercet a dike agains; Rus
sian communist aggression.
The Vatican was reported to
have excommunicated all Catho
lics having anything to do with
the arrest of Joseph Cardinal
Mindszenty, primate of commun
ist Hungary. The Hungary regime
tried to justify the arrest of .Mind
szenty by asserting he was a
“sponsor of Hungarian Fascism."
U. S. Under-secretarv of State
Lovett called the arrest a sicken
ing sham.
Greece arrested more alleged
communists and underg round
agents in the Peloponnesus, mak
ing the three day total more than
4,200.
Wilhelm Pieck, leading German
communist, denied the Reds plan
ned to set up an independent gov
ernment in the Russian zone of
Germany. Some Allied leaders
speculated the Russians were try
ing to capitalize on discontent
among western German politicians
over the Ruhr control plan.
The nations and areas receiving
Marshall plan aid scaled down
their requests for next year to
about $4,300,000,000, a cut of
$700,000,000.
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Djambi oil field* m sou.W
matin from the Indonesian Re^
U. S. Will Profit By
Benny Switch
WASHINGTON, .-Pi — Uncle
Sam apparently is going to grab
onto a.n estimated $3,080,000 which
the entertainment world specu
la ed might be headed lor Jack
Benny’s highly advertised private
vault.
Benny’s lawyer said that comes
..s no surprise to the radio corne
lian.
Well-informed sources say the
bureau of internal revenue has
advised Benny he will have to pay
income tax on the money he re
ce.vcs for switching his programs
‘rom NSC to CBS.
Trade reports say that $4,000,
000 or more is involved in the
deal.
Had the bureau held that the
capital gains tax applies to the
transaction, the levy would have
been only $1,000,000. But the in
come tax rate would be 77 per
cent, or about $3,080,000.
lie and that these were ]y un
damaged. It was the last area of
economic importance the natives
held. Tiie Dutch were mopping up
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