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March 11, 1946

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CITY TAX PROGRAM TO YIELD $75,000,000 READY FOR ALBANY; Mayor and His Aides Agree at Two-Hour Conference on Requests to Legislature HIGHER REALTY LEVY SEEN Fight for State Aid Will Be Pushed but Hope Is Gone-- Amusement Tax Dropped Albany Leaders Present CITY TAX PROGRAM READY FOR ALBANY Early Action Forecast

By Paul Crowell

Mayor and conferees agree on revised Plan $67,000,000 short of $142,000,000 goal; taxes on amusements, payrolls, pub utility service and luxuries dropped

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OPA Order Revises Prices On Men's and Boys' Suits; Regulation Is Expected to Break Log Jam in Woolen and Worsted Garments Held From Stores by Manufacturers OPA Revises Prices on Men's Suits To Ease Log-Jam of Wool Clothing

By Samuel Tower Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 10--The Office of Price Administration acted today to increase the flow of men's suits, currently trickling into the retail market, by issuing a new order revising the prices on men's and boy's tailored clothing.

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REUTHER NEGLECTS DUTY, SAYS THOMAS; UAW Head Asserts Aide Works to Get 'My Job' Instead of Trying to End GM Strike REUTHER NEGLECTS DUTY, SAYS THOMAS Stormy Convention in Prospect No New Declarations Made Many Union Leaders Disturbed

By Walter W. Ruch Special To the New York Times

Thomas accepts Reuther supporters challenge; charges Reuther neglects duty in ending Gen Motors strike; no additional leaders back Reuther; many fear possible Ford contract rejection will hamper R T Leonard and J Eccles chances for vp and regional dir; Frankensteen says he will not seek re-election as vp

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Notable Births

Mark Metcalf

1946Mark Metcalf, American actor[†]

Mark Metcalf is an American television and film actor often playing the role of an antagonistic and aggrieved authority figure.

Historical Events

Rudolf Höss

1946Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.[†]

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he was convicted in Poland and executed for war crimes committed on the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and for his role in the Holocaust.