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For speed and convenience, Truman suggested that the excise-tax bill now in Congress be turned completely around. Drop entirely the proposed tax cuts for furs, purses, leather goods, the President told Congress, but keep that part of the bill which would have made up $500 million by closing tax...
With all the haste of a man handling a hot potato, the House of Representatives passed a new tax bill last week, tossed it to the Senate to cool off. In the face of the war in Korea, the House approved a $1 billion cut in excise taxes on such...
Scalp the Savages. Historian (California's Huntington Library) Cleland's story of the hundreds of other daredevil trappers who opened up the Southwest for U.S. expansion is a tribute to some of history's forgotten men. Equipped with half a dozen five-pound beaver traps, a rifle...
The only outright excise repeal the Ad ministration had in mind was the 3% tax on freight transportation and the 20% tax on baby oils, powders and lotions. A few other items came in for varying cuts: plane, bus and train tickets (from 15% to 10%), long distance telephone and...
The fashion needs of the well-heeled have been Garfinckel's chief concern ever since Founder Julius Garfinckel opened his shop on Washington's F Street in 1905. He stocked it with such things as French handbags, fine furs, lingerie and jewelry, built up such prestige that Garfinckel...