Army refunds 13 billion prompt tax draft debate
The Army disclosed it would return 13 billion dollars to the Budget Bureau, sparking warnings about future tax increases and a possible halt to the draft. Officials cited expanded war production, cutbacks in ammo, and a downward manpower revision of over half a million as factors. Consideration of converting war plants back to peacetime use was noted to avoid signaling victory too soon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
War Department
Budget Bureau
Batue
Diafr
Congress
Snyder
Appropriations
Capitol Hill
Federa
Pennsylvanian
Schator Downey
May
28 Charged With Faking Draft Cards
Detroit youths aged 15 to 17 faced federal charges for unlawfully obtaining selective service registration cards. Pleas of innocent were entered as they appeared before U.S. Commissioner J Stanley Hurd. one case was dismissed. FBI said suspects used fictitious names and ages to obtain cards for leisure venues. John S Bugas commented on motives.
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Detroit
J. Stanley Hurd
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John S. Bugas
FBI
Adrian Hunter Loses Leg After Deer Hunting Accident
Dr. Hubert C Birmingham Adrian optometrist suffered a bullet wound while deer hunting near Grayling Tuesday morning He underwent an amputation of his right leg at the hip this morning at Grayling hospital The operation was performed by surgeons from Grayling and Flint His condition earlier today was improving though still critical The gunshot occurred when he reached for his gun and it discharged His companions Joseph Moore and Vail Hull Adrian rushed him to Grayling hospital Mrs Birmingham and Mrs Helen Birmingham were en route to Grayling The Birmingham parents Mr and Mrs C E Birmingham of Miami left by plane for Grayling to be with him
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Hubert C. Birmingham
Grayling
Grayling Hospital
Flint
Birmingham
Adrian
Joseph Moore
Vail Hull
Bombers Strike Aegean Airfields In Allied Offensive
Allied air and ground activity across the Aegean and Italian fronts reports heavy bombing of Eleusis and Larissa airfields in Greece, plus rail yards north of Rome and shipping along the Yugoslav coast. Fifth and Eighth Armies advance limitedly near the Sangro River amid flooded rivers and rough terrain.
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Algiers
Aegean
T Ele
Athens
Larissa
Eleusis
Mitchell
Salonika
Grosseles
Terni
Rome
Italy
Hrksa
Ascoli
Aquila
Eighth Army
Sangro
Adriatic
Archi
Atessa
Riger
Jyere
Thanksgiving Turkey Prices in Adrian Promise Plenty This Year
Adrian markets report ample turkeys ducks and geese with price ceilings set by OPA. Some shortages persist for city packers and gasoline delays affect shipments. Price ranges vary by live or dressed, age and store. customers can verify ceilings from posted market prices.
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Adrian
Public Gets Lesson On OPA Objectives Banquet
Mr and Mrs John Q Public and Lenawee residents met OPA district panel at a Methodist church banquet with 260 attendees. Exchange club organized the event to connect ration allocators with the public and to praise Victory Volunteers and local ration board clerks for efficient wartime work. The celebration featured chicken pie after a roast beef dinner request was turned down.
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John Q. Public
Michigan
OPA
Methodist Church
Exchange Club
Ration Board
Victory
Lenawee
Dow
Hunters Lose Gasoline Allocations In OPA Hearings
A Mackinaw City OPA hearing board resumed sessions against deer hunters accused of gasoline rationing violations. In St Ignace nearby residents received handbills from the Detroit Sportsmen's Congress warning they were not required to tell OPA agents how they used gasoline. About 60 cases heard. roughly one-third dismissed, others referred to local boards. Most charges involved pooling gasoline or using stored fuel, some alleged illegal mileage, and several tied to T coupons. Walter Kelly of the Sportsmen’s Congress and Michigan United Conservation Clubs criticized OPA. report continues on page 21.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Mackinaw City
St. Ignace
Detroit Sportsmen's
Congress
Wtrict
Ee Lindbicom
Office of Defense Transportation
Walter Kelly
the Sportsmen's Congress
Michigan United Conservation
This Is the Army Film Shown at Croswell Theater
Irving Berlin's This Is the Army drew capacity crowds nationwide. In Adrian the Croswell Theater showed it last night raising 953.80 for Army Emergency Relief. Tickets totaled 637 with 314 seats reserved by Adrian Aerie of Eagles. Proceeds go entirely to Army Emergency Relief for service members and families. The film opens Monday for four days with half of receipts released to the fund.
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Irving Berlin
Army
Croswell Theater
Army Emergency
Thel
Adrian Aerie
Eagles
Creswell
Saginaw deer hunters labeled delinquent for missing exam
Five men from Saginaw were declared 1-A delinquent by the draft board after they ignored orders to report for local physical examinations. Board officials said the action follows stricter selective service rules and will apply to any registrant who misses a board order. Each man has 10 days to request a hearing.
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Saginaw
uPi
Selective Service
Lenawee Over Top in War Fund Campaign
Lenawee county has surpassed its 317000 National War Fund quota. H A Fee, president of the Lenawee County Patriotic League, announced the total pledged up date at 18911 with several townships still to report Tecumseh Clifton and Morenci city quotas have been exceeded as the national war fund drive continues.
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Lenaweeounty
H. A. Fee
Lenawee ‘County
Three Fronts One Cause Reported Pledged Funds
Wade L. Jones Tecumseh chairman says canvass incomplete yet reveals pledges totaling 310,033. Of the 4,000 earmarked for the Community Fund and the balance for the National War Fund. Each quota stood at 4,060.
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Wade L. Jones
Tecumseh
I Community Fund
Jonal War Fund
Congress Expected To Decide Rail Pay Boost
Washington reports a final decision on an eight cent per hour raise for 1,100,000 non operating railroad workers, with a Truman resolution recommended for passage by a Senate subcommittee and the Interstate Commerce Committee slated to debate next week. George M. Harrison of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks lauds the subcommittee action, opposing Vinson’s view that the raise undermines the Little Steel formula.
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Congress
Washington
Congressional
Fred M. Vinson
Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Interstate Commerce Committee
George M. Harrison
Brotherhood of Railay Clerks
Vinson
Russians Push Toward Old Poland and Capture Gomel
Russian armies advanced toward the old Polish frontier from Korosten and Rechitsa as they captured Gomel near Moscow. They repulsed German counterattacks around Zhitomir and Korosten while Kyiv and Zhitomir rail lines remained contested.
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Old Poland
Gomel
Moscow
Korosten
Rechit- Sa
Kiev Bulee
Ukraine
Red Star
Zhitomir
Red Army
Belgorod
Dnieper
Kiev
Decmans
Rechitsa
Paris
Kiev-Zhitomir
Sorosten
Stalingrad
Berlin
Allied drive pushes toward Rabaul across Pacific fronts
Allied forces surge in the Solomons and New Guinea with naval guns and bombers within 200 miles of Rabaul. Marines and soldiers at Empress Augusta Bay push Japanese forces deeper into Bougainville jungles, confirming heavy fighting since the November 1 invasion as air and sea pressure mounts along a 600 mile arc.
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Southwest Pacific
Allied
Howard Rabaul
Solomon
New Guinea
Japan
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Rabaul
Rebaul
Pacific
Turkeys Move Toward War Signals Shift in Dodecanese
A New York dispatch reports Turkey edging toward war against the Axis and aiding the Allies as Turkish diplomacy signals readiness. The move follows Turkish Wurls of support and suggests Allied strength in the Mediterranean may hasten a decisive victory. Turkey may seek the Dodecanese Islands to bolster its strategic position as the war nears a turning point.
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Turkey
Faust Kern Lee
Associated Freas
Mediterranean
Dodecanese
Lee
Ay Paul Kerner
New York
Ankara
United States
England
Who Must File Tax Report In December
Washington dispatch reports Internal Revenue Commissioner Robert E. Hannegan warning taxpayers that several million still face year end obligations. The December 15 deadline applies to those filing original or amended declarations of estimated income tax under the pay as you go plan. Eligibility includes farmers with a three month extension, those who underpaid by more than 20 percent, and individuals whose income now triggers a filing requirement due to withholding levels or other income sources. Taxpayers who filed September declarations and paid half may receive second half bills. downward revisions allow amendments. Forms and worksheets are available at collector offices.
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Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Internal Revenue
Hannegan
Crop Adjustment Substitute Sought by National Grange
Grand Rapids November 19 The 21 Grange closed its 77th annual convention endorsing a substitute plan for the Agricultural Adjustment Agency. It criticized the AAA for bureaucratic political acts and directed its executive committee to explore practical crop adjustments without draining the treasury. Delegates debated abolishing the AAA, created in 1933, which has paid billions in farm subsidies. The convention urged a postwar program for equitable returns and opposed wartime or normal subsidies. A proposal to deport Japanese after the war was rejected with State Department guidance.
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Grand: Rapids
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Nation 21 Grange
Farm Organization
AAA
Grange
Treasury
George Lehrmeyer
California State Grange
Japan
State Department
Washington
Greatest RAF Bomber Raid Hits Berlin and Ludwigshafen
The night raid involved up to a thousand heavy bombers targeting Berlin and Ludwigshafen with a heavy mix of high explosives and incendiaries. Large fires lit the skies as smoke rose over the German capital, while Ludwigshafen saw very large explosions at a major chemical works. U.S. Liberators hit the Kjeller repair depot near Oslo in a 200 mile round trip, part of ongoing allied pressure on occupied Europe.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Ludwigshafen
Norway
Europe
Hamburg
RAF
Kassel
Mannheim
U. S
Kjeller
Oslo
No. 3 Liquor Punch Valid Until Nov 30 in Detroit
Detroit November 19 The State Liquor Commission set the No 3 liquor punch valid from tomorrow midnight to November 30 10 day overlap with No 4 punch which starts next Monday No 4 remains valid and A and B bonuses expire at midnight Saturday C bonus starts next Monday These bonuses apply to gin rum brandy cordials and liqueurs and do not add whisky to the ration.
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Detroit
State Liquor Commission
Simplex Organizing Paper Pickups To Help Combat Shortage
Waste paper shortage prompts Simplex to organize county wide collection drives in Lenawee and surrounding areas. John Johnson leads efforts with Boy Scouts and students to gather paper at central spots for Palmyra and other mills as factories face daily deficits.
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United States
Michizen
Lenawee County
Robert Wood
Simplex Paper Corp
John Johnson
Mc Johnson
Palmyra
Simplex
Toledo
Ottawa
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Rochester
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North Africa
Zhitomir Gite
Mark Rabaul
Hitomi
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Leros
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Asim
Grangaé
U.S
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
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