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October 24, 1948

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INDUSTRIES HOPING FOR TAX REVISIONS; Steel Concerns in Particular Look to the Next Congress for Desired Changes BAR TO FINANCINGS CITED Working Capital Being Drained Dangerously for Needed Equipment, Leaders Say

By Thomas E. Mullaney

Domestic industries in general and the steel industry in particular are hoping for some important revisions in corporate and individual tax requirements by the Eighty-first Congress, which convenes in January. Many industrialists consider the tax changes even more to be desired than clarification of pricing regulations, on which the Capehart committee already has started work.

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QUAKERS TOP NAVY; Register 20-14 Victory on Late Rally Before Crowd of 75,000 4TH-DOWN GAMBLE FAILS Middies' Bold Bid for Upset Backfires in Final Period -- Bagnell Is Penn Star A PENN BACK PLUNGING THROUGH THE NAVY FORWARD WALL Penn Overcomes Navy, 20 to 14, With Late Rally Before 75,000

By Louis Effratspecial To the New York Times

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23 -- An unlucky Navy eleven succumbed to Pennsylvania's superior manpower before 75,000 persons at Franklin Field today. The score was 20 -- 14 and the story of the game is the story of a long and losing Navy gamble for a short gain.

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Notable Births

Phil Bennett

1948Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)[†]

Philip Bennett was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over from Barry John as Llanelli's first-choice fly-half. He made 414 appearances for the Scarlets over the course of a 15-year career he scored 131 tries, 43 drop goals, 293 pens and 523 conversions. He made his Wales debut in 1969, but it was not until John's retirement from rugby in 1972 that Bennett became a regular starter for his country. He led Wales to the Five Nations Championship title, including the Grand Slam in 1978, which culminated with his retirement from Wales duty.

Kweisi Mfume

1948Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician[†]

Kweisi Mfume is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020. A member of the Democratic Party, Mfume first left his seat to become the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a position he held from 1996 to 2004. In 2006, he ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Paul Sarbanes, losing the Democratic primary to the eventual winner, Ben Cardin. Mfume returned to his former House seat in 2020 after it was left vacant by the death of Elijah Cummings.

Notable Deaths

Franz Lehár

1948Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (born 1870)[†]

Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow.

1948Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877)[†]

Frederic Logan Paxson was an American historian. He also served as the President of Mississippi Valley Historical Association. He had undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master's from Harvard University. He taught at Wisconsin as a successor to Frederick Jackson Turner and the University of California-Berkeley from 1932 to 1947.