Pay As You Go Taxes Begin With New Withholding
Washington reports the pay as you go tax starts after tonight with 20 percent withholding on earnings. Employers will deduct about 500 million dollars monthly, impacting vacation pay pensions bonuses and other remuneration while exemptions cover single married and dependents. some groups are exempt including servicemen domestic workers clergy and farm labor.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Treasury
Linscheid Charged Over Textbooks In Oklahoma Suit
Dr. A Linscheid president of East Central State College Ada denies conspiracy in a $2 000 000 recovery suit by ex governor Leon C Phillips. The filing notes book cost comparisons, rejects links to payoffs, and states Rand McNally and others deny involvement while Daniel claims funds were for student loans.
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Oklahoma City
E. W. Marland
Leon C. Phillips
Phillips
A. Linscheid
East Central State College
Ada
Linscheid
J. T. Daniel
Henry G. Bennett
Oklahoma A
M. College
Leslie Chambers
W. J. Holloway
Daniel
House
Rand McNally and Company
William H. Murray Education Foundation
Murray
Rand McNally
Bennett
Churchill in Confident Talk Predicts Heavy Actions Ahead
Prime Minister Churchill spoke with confidence of heavy fighting in the Mediterranean and beyond before autumn. He pledged that Allied air forces will strike German targets day and night, and that the war will extend into German industry and smaller towns after major cities are disposed of. He noted Allied submarine successes in May and June and pledged continued destruction, while urging unconditional surrender from Nazi fascists and Japan.
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London
Churchill
Mediterranean
United States
Germany
Reich
Thony Eden
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Russia
Rendova Island Landing Marks Solomons Advance
Washington reports combined American forces landed on Rendova Island in the central Solomons as the second advance in the Solomon Islands campaign. The move aims at Munda and potential operations toward Bougainville or Rabaul, with analysts noting it could be screening or probing Japanese will.
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Washington
Navy
Rendova Island
Solomons
South Pacific
United States
New Georgia
Russell Islands
Rendova
Munda
Bougainville
Rabaul
Guadalcanal
Solomons Chain
Guadalcane
Russells
Japan
United States Army
Attu Island
Aleutian Chain
North Pacific
Attu
Funafuti
Ellice Islands
Federal Auto Use Tax Stamp Sale Expands In Post Office
Mary West postmaster announced that one window in the post office sells federal car use stamps. Purchases grow daily but have not peaked. The deadline is July 1. Buyers should have $5 ready in exact change to speed service in the line.
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Mary West
War to Be Long and Bitter Knox Warns of Prolonged Conflict
Navy Secretary Frank Knox told a San Diego meeting of top military officials and San Diego officials that the war may last three to four years more before the Axis is defeated. He urged planning for victory and stressed the need for security and world economy after the war.
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Coronado
Calif
United States
Navy
Frank Knox
Army
Marine
San Diego
Knox
United Nations
Kerr Reverses Parole for Burglary Convict
Oklahoma Governor Kerr revoked a parole granted to William Arthur Coberley by Governor Phillips last November 13. Coberley, convicted in September 1941 of burglary and sentenced to five years, is now serving a jail sentence at Enid, prompting the withdrawal of the parole.
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Kerr
Oklahoma City
William Arthur Coberley
Leon C. Phillips
Coberley
Enid
Rickenbacker Heads to Russian Front on Short Visit
P Captain Edward V Rickenbacker arrived in Moscow June 20 on a mission for Secretary of War Henry L Stimson and departed June 30 for a brief tour of the Russian front.
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Moscow
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Henry L. Stimson
Cool Night Brings 61 Degree Low in Ada County
The local weather observer recorded a 61 degree low by early Wednesday as a cool front cooled conditions. Tuesday reached a 91 degree high with .03 inch rainfall Monday night in Ada shining relief for crops. other county areas saw heavy showers that revived southern fields while muddy roads slowed Tuesday travel. Cooling winds offered hope for a favorable crop year as rain without sun kept crops improving where it fell.
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Ada
Oklahoma sees warm start then cool night across state
The Associated Press reports early summer warmth gave way to chills as temperatures fell to 56 in Ponca City and 57 in Tulsa and Waynooka. Oklahoma City dropped to 59, near a June record from 1923. The Weather Bureau forecasts a warmer night.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Tulsa
Waynoka
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Gasoline ration books to be mailed Thursday
The local rationing board announced that all applications for new A gasoline books have been received and mailed out starting Thursday. Ben L. Morrison said a few new applications arrive daily and books will be issued as soon as possible. About 500 applications have been received. mailing begins July 15 with a July 12 deadline.
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Ben L. Morrison
Best Dressed Man in the Whole Ocean
Survivors of a torpedoed merchantman aboard a raft in mid Atlantic were stunned when a ship’s skipper climbed aboard Azalea’s deck wearing a spotless collar and kid gloves, his binoculars slung over his shoulder after hours at sea.
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Portsmouth
mid-Atlantic
Grandsons bill grandfather after potato bug haul
In Great Falls Montana Charles T Rice jokingly offered his grandsons Donald and Howard five cents a dozen for potato bugs. The boys brought 1500 bugs totaling 6.25 dollars. He paid but then canceled the deal.
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Great Falls
Mont
Charles T. Rice
Donald
Howard Rice
Denny Repeats as Pontotoc County Red Cross Leader
At the annual Pontotoc County Red Cross meeting L. G. Denny was elected chairman for a third term with Bill Beavers as vice chairman and Fred Oliver as secretary treasurer. Oliver previously served as successor to George Alletag. The report highlights expanded army contact work surgical dressings first aid motor corps home nursing water safety and canteen service with Edith J. Stuart continuing as executive secretary.
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Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
L. G. Denny
Bill Beavers
Fred Oliver
Denny
Oliver
George Alletag
Ada
H. E. Johnson
William Crawford
Foster McSwain
Ina Odell
Fred Andrews
Harold Constant
Floyd Haynes
O. E. Parker
Orville Snead
Edith J. Stuart
Ada News of Sunday
Chamber of Commerce Meetings Cancelled Through Summer
The Chamber of Commerce reports July and August meetings are cancelled. Edith Hoard said the office will resume meetings the first Thursday in September with Dr. A Linscheid delivering the opening address.
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Chamber of Commerce
Edith Hoard
Chamber of Commerce Office
A. Linscheid
More Area Miners Returning To Work
About 1,000 Arkansas coal miners remained idle in Excelsior as of today awaiting mailed back to work orders, with United Mine Workers District President David Fowler predicting a return by tomorrow. Near normal operations continued in Oklahoma as Spadra mines, idle yesterday, resumed work this morning after a delay in orders was resolved.
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Muskogee
Arkansas
David Fowler
United Mine Workers
Oklahoma
Fowler
Excelsior
Ark
Spuds Shipped From Pontotoc as Government Buys
Four carloads of Irish potatoes have been shipped from Pontotoc County since C. W. Zorn began buying for the government last Saturday. At the Allen center 200 sacks have been graded and 1,000 more ordered. Inspectors from Oklahoma City found Pontotoc potatoes to be above average quality in the eastern state. County agent C. H. Hailey says daily shipments will rise to over two carloads once regular purchases start.
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Pontotoc County
C. W. Zorn
Allen
C. H. Hailey
Oklahoma City
Ada
Ada Seed Company
Eden Demands Unconditional Surrender From Mussolini
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged Mussolini to accept unconditional surrender and said Britain would bomb Rome if needed. Leaflets urging surrender have been dropped on Italian cities as Casablanca terms set unconditional surrender. In Washington, Democratic senators avoid quick probe into Wallace Jones clash, while Roosevelt blames press for intramural disputes and urges calm.
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Anthony Eden
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Italy
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Eden
Signor
Casablanca
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Cheering House
Byrnes Calls Wallace and Jones to Settle Quarrel
James F. Byrnes summoned Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jones to the White House to mediate their public dispute over stockpiling war materials. Byrnes said progress was made in easing intergovernmental differences and stressed his aim to dissolve such tensions despite strong convictions in the departments.
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Danaher
R Conn
Wallace
Jones
Michigan
Ferguson
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Commerce Jones
Office of War Mobilization
OWM
White House
EWT
Byrnes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Warfare
Commerce Secretary
Strikes Increase Across May Labor Disruption
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 395 strikes in May equal to April. Yet worker involvement more than triples to 620,000 and 1,275,000 man-days idle. Coal strikes on May 13 drive idleness. other notable actions include Akron rubber plants and Detroit Chrysler.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics Today
Bureau
Akron Rubber Plients
Detroit Chrysler Plant
Wilson's Grandson Is Commissioned At Army Graduation
Fort Washington Maryland June 30 VP Woodrow Wilson Sayre grandson of Woodrow Wilson was commissioned a second lieutenant in the army during graduation exercises of the adjutant general's school. Sayre is son of Francis B Sayre American high commissioner to the Philippines during the Japanese invasion and of the late Jessie Wilson Sayre, daughter of President Wilson.
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Fort Washington
Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Woodrow Wilson
Adjutant General’s School
Sayre
Francis 8B. Sayre
Philippines
Jessie Wilson Sayre
Wilson
Sec Ickes to Speak on Coal Situation Tonight
Interior Secretary Ickes will discuss the coal mining situation at 6 05 p m tonight over the Blue network from Washington with a nationwide radio address.
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Sec
Ickes
Washington
Interior
Blue
WPA Turns Back $130 Million as It Ends Operations
Washington June 30 The Works Progress Administration returned $130.6 million to the treasury and winds down its relief mission. Officials say WPA spent about $10.5 billion, employed 8,500 people, and will close with a final operational report.
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Washington
Works Project Administration
WPA
The
Treasury
Relief Agency
Nanan
Rimmer's body found near Spring River after wife’s death
The body of 23 year old Harry Rimmer of Picher was recovered today in Spring river near the site where his car plunged last Monday killing his wife. The incident links the man’s death to the prior automobile tragedy that claimed his spouse.
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Miami
Okla
Harry Rimmer
Picher
Spring River
Mitchells In Raid On Burmese Center
American Mitchell medium bombers attacked Kyaukse Burma dropping over nine tons of bombs. Direct hits damaged railroad yards storage buildings and rolling stock with a large fire and secondary explosion. Docks at Mandalay also targeted with hits reported. All planes and crews returned safely.
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New Delhi
Kyaukse
Burma
Mandalay
Rangoon
Language Shifts From Harsh to Everyday Speech
A regional voice notes how the old punishment of washing a boy’s mouth with soap has faded into daily speech and humor. The piece contrasts past strict languages with current casual talk and evolving social norms.
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