Victory Tax Rules Payable In January Wages
The treasury ruled that the new victory tax must be withheld from all wages and salaries paid in January 1943 even if earned in December. Wages for 1943 count as income for 1943 regardless of when earned. Senate members say the ruling contradicts congressional intent and seek clarification. The tax applies to incomes over 624 dollars yearly with postwar credits for bonds, debt payments, or life insurance premiums.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Sen
Byrd
Way Out
Danaher
Conn
Hitler Faces Growth in Fat and Ill Health
London observers cite photographs from Munich rally showing Hitler with jowls double chin and enlarged midriff. The images released by the Information Ministry arouse debate about whether the leader's appearance signals ill health or aging, with some captions noting visible degeneration.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Munich Beer Hall
Ministry of Information
Daily Mail
Hitler
Sliced Bread Price Cut Reaches Home Kitchens
Washington reports the government halted a 10 percent mill price rise for flour by banning home slicing to cut costs. The price order aims to offset higher wheat prices while eliminating new retail bread price increases. The OPA order takes effect January 4.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Miracle Kaiser Mill in California Blasts to Life
The Kaiser steel mill in California, a 214 line, becomes the first integrated West of the Rockies. The blast furnace will be blown in today with Mrs. Kaiser igniting coke in honor of the event. Within 30 to 36 hours molten pig iron will flow and in a year 400000 tons of pig iron are expected for ship plates and structural steels.
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Ontana
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Iron and Steel
Rocky Mountains
Planes Blast Jap Shipping Off Guadalcanal
American aircraft from Henderson field strafed and bombed enemy cargo ships off Wickham Anchorage on Vangunu Island in the Solomons, sinking two vessels. Army and marine troops killed over 150 Japanese with four U.S. dead and one wounded. Marines destroyed an enemy mortar and machine gun position in artillery exchanges.
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Washington
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy Department
Navy
Wickham Anchorage
Vangunu Island
U. S
Wangunu Island
Death Takes Sir Nevile Henderson
Sir Nevile Henderson former British ambassador to Berlin died in sleep at his west end home aged 60. He served during the Munich crisis and the outbreak of war, authored Failure of a Mission, and later held a guard command. He predicted Hitler would crack and scuttle himself.
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London
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
West End
Henderson
Munich
Germany
Guard
Britain
Europe
Foreign Service
Chamberlain
Salzberg
Hitler
Herr Hitler
Phillips Paroles Dozens Of Prisoners In Governor’s Acts
Governor Phillips granted parole to Isaac Moore a 25 year inmate sentenced for robbery with firearms. He also freed Deroy H. Burns and 26 others including Emma Wadley Samuel Thompson Tommy Adams Allen Gamble Jack Williams Luther Brown Elmer Land John D Field Filonia Anderson Doris Schafnitt among state prisoners with sentences ranging from two to 99 years for crimes such as manslaughter auto theft and robbery.
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Isaac Moore
Phillips
Moore
Deroy H. Burns
Mountain Park
Kiowa County
Emma J. Wadley
Seminole County
Samuel Thompson
Kay County
Tommy Adams
Tulsa County
Allen Gamble
Jack Williams
Luther Brown
Elmer Land
John D. Field
Carter County
Filonia *Nderson
Muskogee County
Doris A. Schafnitt
Grady County
Bill To Freeze Text Book Prices Drawn
Oklahoma City December 30. A bill to freeze current textbook adoptions for 10 years was drawn for introduction. Charles Flanagan member for Cotton County said he had it prepared. The bill would allow changes only in histories with the same book used, via supplements.
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Oklahoma City
Charles Flanagan
Cotton County House
Bevel Brother Reported Japanese Prisoner in Philippines
Mrs Annie Bevel of 514 West Main received a telegram from the adjutant general stating her son Second Lieutenant Bob Buddy Bevel, of the coast artillery, is held prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines. He had been missing since April 22 after fighting in the Philippine campaign. Bevel served three years before the war and spent his early life in local public schools.
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Annie Bevel
West Main
Adjutant General
Washington
Bob “Buddy” Bevel
Philippines
Bevel
Coast Artillery Corps
Philippine
Gasoline Credit Cards Banned to One-Station Cards
The Petroleum Administration for War announced a new rule effective January 1 banning gasoline companies from issuing or using credit, courtesy, or identification cards for motorists except those restricted to a single station.
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Washington
The
Petroleum Administration For War
Draft Board Gets Christmas Card Greeting
A Portland draft board received a V mail Christmas greeting from Pvt. Anthony P. Sheridan 29 of Portland drafted last spring. The message from a Pacific island theater reads Merry Christmas having a wonderful time Wish you were here instead of me indicating morale amid war duties.
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Portland
Ore
Pfe
Anthony P. Sheridan
Pacific Island
Huddleston elected Ada Chamber president for year
H J Huddleston cashier of the Oklahoma State bank was chosen president of the Ada Chamber of Commerce for the coming year succeeding J I McCauley. T G Kel Jim Floyd Haynes S C Boswell were named officers with a board including J I Mc Cauley Harry Lundingard W D Little Howard Fleet R C Heard L G Denny W F Dean I G Killough Wm M Emanuel Houston Mount G J Morton O H Miller Don Evans.
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H. J. Huddleston
Oklahoma State Bank
Ada Chamber of Commerce
J. I. McCauley
T. G. Kel Jim
Floyd Haynes
S. C. Boswell
Mr. Huddleston
Harry Lundgaard
W. D. Little
Howard Fleet
R. C. Heard
L. G. Denny
W. F. Dean
I. G. Killough
Wm. M. Emanuel
Houston Mount
G. J. Morton
O. H. Miller
Don Evans
Flood Waters Swell Across Pittsburgh Region
Floods from the Allegheny to the Ohio rivers flood streets and disable industry in western Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Fire crews and Red Cross evacuations aid families while engineers report dam systems holding. Ohio River at Pittsburgh hits December high, with crest forecast around 36 feet above low flood stage.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Ohio River
Ohio
West Virginia
Golden Triangle
Red Cross
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania
Oh’o
Wheeling
Old Problems Face New State Legislature
Oklahoma City December 30. Old controversies return as the nineteenth legislature opens. Proposed reforms include repealing the oleomargarine tax and beer 3.2 law while debates over Johnson grass control and restoration of the double primary system endure. Pre marital syphilis exams and unfair sales law repeal also loom as priorities.
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Oklahoma City
Johnson Grass
C. D. van Wyck
Grady County
Attorney General's Office
Senate
Phillips
Robert S. Kerr
House
War Objectors Kill Six In Mexico Town
A band of armed men protesting compulsory military training shot up Miguel Anza, a farming town 400 miles north of Mexico City, killing six people and wounding several others. Federal troops pursued the group as the Ministry of National Defense denied any report of the incident. The band reportedly terrorized the town for 12 hours.
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Mexico City
Rio Grande
National Railroad Administration
Miguel Anza
Here
Ministry of National Defense
Knife Wound Fatal in Lawton Street Fight Over Bulbs
Otis Flowers aged 23 a Lawton farmer died from knife wounds received in a Fletcher street fight that erupted after an argument over ownership of automobile light bulbs county officials said.
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Lawton
Otis Flowers
Fletcher
Queer Weather Not So Bad Across Oklahoma
The Associated Press reports a quirky Oklahoma weather map with Guyman in the panhandle hitting 60 degrees, Waynoka at 38, Oklahoma City at 47, and McAlester at 34 in a day of varied temperatures as observer Harry Warn tried to parse the data.
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Associated Press
Tony
Harry Warn
More Men Needed In Armed Service
Washington December 30 A war manpower commission estimates that 2 500 000 more persons will be needed in full time employment and in the armed services by the end of 1943 than the 62 500 000 total forecast. McNutt said the increase is due to greater needs in agriculture lend lease and supply He pledged to use all necessary means to supply farm labor for the coming year and indicated many new workers will come from non agricultural backgrounds.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Wheat shipments move to market amid law loan expiry
Wheat has been moving from Oklahoma farms to market in large quantities over the past days. Dealers say the activity stems from government grain loan expirations tomorrow and parity pricing. Much of the grain is damp or damaged and conditions of weevil and mustiness are noted.
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Enid
Oklahoma
Reds Capture Vital Rail City Supplying Stalingrad
U S troops reportedly near Gabes in southern Tunisia within 40 miles of the port as Allied forces drive along the Tunisian front. Maknassy raid yields 21 Italians captured and more actions along the Medjez-el-Bab area. Rommel’s coastal road remains critical for Axis retreat. In Moscow, the Soviet winter offensive claims Kotelnikovski as a first major trophy with new pushes toward Rostov.
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London
United States
Reuters
Gabes
Tripoli
Tunis
Maknassy
Medjez-el-Bab
Associated Press
Washington
North Africa
Pantellaria
Bizerte
Libya
Eighth Army
Rome
Tunisia
U. S
Gafsa
Tunisian
Erwin Rommel
Morocco
Dakar
French West Africa
Moscow
Kotelnikovski
Don
Rostov
N. F. Vatutin
Stalingrad
Kerr Calls for Oklahoma Food Production Campaign
Governor-elect Robert Kerr urged editors across Oklahoma to lead a state wide push to produce enough food for the population. He warned of shortages by 1943 end and framed self sufficiency as achievable with mobilized manpower and press leadership. He proposed a cross section of the press in organizing a campaign with a future briefing before the Oklahoma Press association. Kerr invited university agricultural experts to elaborate on food crop potential.
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Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
America
Kerr
Oklahoma Press Association
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A. & M. College
War at a Glance Africa to Russia updates
American and French forces advance toward the axis held coastal road linking Tunisia and Tripolitania. Russian forces push on after capturing Kotelnikovsky. Allied troops mop up Jap positions in Buna area. Chinese reports claim Japanese successes in Hupeh and Anhwei provinces.
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Associated Press
Africa
Tunisia
Tripolitana
Russia
Kotelnikovsky
New Guinea
Buna
China
Hupeh
Anhwei
Finland closes information offices in United States
Washington reports Finland obeyed the state department order closing its information offices in the United States and the American legation in Helsinki halted its information distribution. The State Department would not speculate on possible break in relations. American minister Arthur Schoenfeld has been recalled to Washington for consultation.
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Washington
Finland
State Department
Helsinki
Arthur Schoenfeld
W. D. Little Chosen State Food Drive Chairman
W D Little publisher of The Ada News was unanimously elected state chairman of a war time food drive organized by Oklahoma newspapers to boost food production for the war effort.
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Oklahoma City
W. D. Little
Ada News
Oklahoma
Cather Harp Tries for New Year’s Resolution
The passage notes that Cather Harp aimed to quit cussing but recalled Christmas bills arriving. It mentions expectations of more housewives with injured fingers if bread slicing stops.
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