European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes May 1950 Treasury asks cutin whisky april 30 the Treasury has sent Congress a proposal calculated to Cut 21 cents off the present tax end customs duty on imported v the Prospect of cheaper prices Lor scotch the waving As passed on to the con held out in a Bill to and expedite customs procedures affecting foreign goods the Bill would mean similar tax and customs duty savings on Cana Dian and Irish Cognac and other liqueurs and Cor All imported distilled spar to business the 21cent Cut would apply to the customary size bigger now would get same 10 per cent experts said that next in importance to the savings on imported distilled As far As Consumers Are would be a provision that could Spur direct mail order business Between u and foreign Sellers of goods priced up to around or this would come from exempting from All duty and taxes single shipments of goods which customs officials figured to have a Sale value of Sio or less in the country of important for perfumes the savings would be important for purses and other they would of exempt from the 20 per cent retail excise tax borne by As Well As any from the duty on foreign experts said the wholesale value might Well cover some items re tailing at 520 or cig Aret foreign leathers and other articles of cloth ing would gain exemption from duty rates which push up their Selling prices there is no Federal sales tax on them even Longfellow grandson Dies april 30 a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow grandson of the poet found dead inthe family Home Stead where he was custodian of the  and Dana family rec a Bachelor he lived alone in a second floor apartment of the old Longfellow a physician said Dana died from a heart ail Martin says taxes take third of earnings april 30 ins House minority Leader Joseph has reminded the american people that for the remainder of the year they can work for them selves rather than government tax Martin pointed out that each american works on third of a year to pay state and Federal and thai paint on has been reached for in a statement that it is a travesty of administration that of the year roast spent simply satisfy the tax House group votes More excise slashes april 30 Hie House anti Means com Mittee has voted to Cut the tax a person pays when he buys a travel Pavs phone of Telegraph Bills or buys a baby bottle added to slashes already a this added up to a proposed annual reduction in excise previously the commit tee had Cut the taxes on Luggage and movie the committee will turn to the of tax increases this in its cutting the committee apparently has Given up any idea of trimming the taxes on liquor Aad it appeared to be ignoring Truman request that a new 10 per cent tax be put on television committee action Here is what the committee did local the 15 per cent tax on residential Tele phone Bills to 10 retained u 15 per cent rate on business Tele Lon distance Telephone and radio the 25 per cent tax to the 25 per cent rate to travel the 15 per cent tax to 10this would save a year in taxes on tickets of persons Riding air Bab Ybo Itle the 10 per cent chairman Robert Doughton that All actions were tentative and the committee might take another look at any excise item before it sent the tax Bill to the House for a disloyal face Roundup if War should come Atlantic april 30 Case War Breaks out with the Fri is ready to round up possible subversives on a moments attorney general Howard Mcgrath he said acting on the basis of files and and using improved techniques gained during world War the Fri is read to Herd persons who would be dangerous to the internal Security of the United states into then they would be he and some of those we pick up probably will be perfectly All right and wed release i dont entertain the slightest doubt that the Fri is ready to give in the event of the Fri ready to move at 12 Oclock tonight he told newsmen that the current Senate investigation of c h a g e s brought by Joseph Mccarthy will cast no Flection on the Justice department or the so far Mccarthy Hast turned up any communists o sub vers Veness in the landlords ask rent curb end april 30 a spokesman for the nations apart ment landlords said the administration is trying to frighten the in order to keep Federal rent put an end to ceilings and some rents would others would stay where they and some would William president of the National apartment owners it was landlords Day at hearings before the Senate banking commit tee on what to do about Federal controls now due to end with the present Law on june six witnesses All agreed that wiping out Federal rent Ceil Ings would Correct grievous in there was less Accord on what Hap pea on rental but the landlord spokes men agreed generally tenants will suffer if at Calvin k for the National of real estate denied that termination at Federal ceilings would bring a National wave of exorbitant rent Cio defeats ousted Union Hinl revote april 30 Union has won the right to represent nearly twice As Many Westinghouse electric workers As the in dependent United electrical which was thrown out of the actual number of workers won by each Union in the National labor relations Board election is in 20 units be in 20 units the voting was on a plan by Plant basis in 51 units at 40 Westing House the nationwide vote was for the i Niue to for Flie but the Cio Union won majorities in the big units and they Are the ones that counted most other unions received votes and 836 voted for no ballots challenged at least three big locals Arent included in the tabulations because of the close votes and the fact that challenged ballots can throw the pendulum either the election climaxed a bitter six month feud begun the Cio ousted the be on the ground it is the i Niue claimed to have received votes in the compared to for the James chairman of the due administrative said his figures had been received by Union Headquarters in film Star has operation april 30 screen Star Jane ally son was test ing yesterday following an opera Tion at St Johns her Dick Dis closed that the operation was ing italians honesty pays off with trip Ega administrator pan Hoffman right presents italian Eoal Giweppe Bor Slette Center with bicycle on the television show in new the bicycle was a Reward for Wallet Tontai Wiuf lost by a 4nf april 30 Giuseppe an italian whose honesty brought him a free trip to the said he has been living in a dream world since his arrival lest Bortoletto found a Wallet con Taining when he was shovelling Eca Coal from a pile at when he handed it Over to the authorities they traced the american the Eca mis Sion in Rome brought Bortoletto on a trip to the paying his Way with Eca counterpart after visiting ambassador Alberto Tarchiani at the italian Bortoletto said he knew that the was wonderful but Bis treatment Here had been beyond since his arrival tins has happened to him he has been on six radio Elevi Sion met an Itaman american girl in new York who is Aad received a Motorbike As e Bortoletto is accompanied by Earl of whose Wallet be Phillips expenses Are being paid by the Coal com Pany for which he care gifts total april 30 icons have sent More than 000 in care packages to War torn Thomas Dewey said today in proclaiming May 17 care he said he was sure hearted men and women of this state would join in observing the event with special response to this care packages sent the past four years were exclusive of huge Suras the government has contributed for rehabilitation of needy Dewey pointed Crane appointed director of research division april 30 the appointment of Neal Crane As director of the programs research and development has been he been acting director since Crane has served continuously with the research and development Board since when he served its predecessor the joint and development As a scientific warfare adviser in the planning re has also served As chief of the plans planning Drys pick Oklahoma City Oklahoma april 30 up National prohibition leaders have selected Oklahoma City As the site for their first convention under the Banner of a new unified Organiza Tion known As the National temper Ance several thousand Drys Are expected to attend the nov arms Aid off to Good Bruce april 30 James director of the arms id program for said in a statement that american weapons Are steadily going Forward to Atlantic pact Bruce mentioned the failure of w communists to disrupt ing of the first Armi shipments to Italy and said despite communist misrepresentation of the issues our collective Endeavor for defense is understood by the free men and women of our partner these arms for defense were unloaded not at but freely and willingly by men who know the of Freedom and the eur fort that is necessary to main Tain Bruet said he is returning to private the former ambassador to Argentina is reported in line to become ambassador to Britain when Lewis Douglas Gen Harrison gets new Post april 30 Brig Gen Eugene of the far East chief of staff of the i corps in Japan until its recent has been assigned to the chief of the department of the army has maj Gen Floyd chief of said Harrison will report Here not later than and will serve As Deputy chief of in a Veteran of campaigns both in North Africa and the european theater of Harrison served As chief of the special in formation army ground at from july 1945 until his assignment to the far East command at Tokyo in january the following month he became chief of staff of the i after going overseas in septem Ber 1943 for duly in North he became assistant chief of in and subsequently was assigned to duty with the 6th army up in the holds the distinguished service legion of and Bronze Star Sel defense urged for West Europe april 30 Walter a High ranking state department warned that if Russia was permitted to overrun Western an attempt at liberation by the would make the Normandy beachhead look like a Beach department consultant on the military id also said the might find it had liberated a he made the statement in an address to the annual meeting of the american society of inter National Surrey said that Western euro peans wanted the ability to defend the Hope of being science foundation Bill sent to president april 30 the Senate has passed and sent to the White House a Compromise Bill to establish the Long delayed pro posed National science president Truman approval seemed the legislation was result of six years1 Effort to draft a founds Tion for pure studies which would satisfy con Gress and the i l i