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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
10
Washington report outlines possible postwar tax shifts as Congress debates lowering taxes after the war. It weighs debt retirement, tax capacity from a $190 billion public debt, and whether to target middle incomes or corporate rates. Inflation control and price levels influence any rate changes and revenue balance.
GENE HOWE JOHN McCARTY WESLEY IZZARD entered as second class matter at the post office Amarillo Texas under the Act of 1875. The Daily News declares itself an independent Democratic newspaper, publishing news impartially while supporting its beliefs.
Lt. Col. R. M. Bacher reports that US aircraft in the China Burma India theater use Army rockets nicknamed flying bazookas. Eight bomb-rigged planes dive at high speed, then strafe for 15 minutes, causing Allied ground troops to gain retreat from a hot spot. Rockets allow mixed payloads without sacrificing attack precision.
The passage describes stationary targets like warehouses burned by rockets and the advantage of firing rockets one by one or all at once against moving targets. It notes six locomotives destroyed in the China Burma India theatre and states rockets attach to fighter and bomber planes with pilots able to learn firing quickly.
The piece argues US naval strength under Admiral Nimitz and Admiral King surpasses Japan since Pearl Harbor. It reviews prewar Navy limits, wartime expansions, and battles such as Midway and Coral Sea, noting US advantage in ships and planes and two-ocean reach.
An evening at the French American Club features speeches disrupted by a famous musician’s wife, later calmed by Henri Bernstein. A Wall Street Journal reporter at Albany Capitol notes doilies and political quarrels as Bricker battles Dever in Ohio. Ray Brock previews Bergson’s embassy tale for Cosmopolitan while Leo Fuld headlines La Vie Parisienne and Paul Draper struggles to begin a Panama show.
Port Moresby in 1942 to 1943 was rebuilt by U S and Australian forces as Gen MacArthur made it a strategic base. Nurses and Red Cross volunteers arrived, women changed the town, and bomber groups lifted heavy blows toward Nippon. Veterans recall Ken McCullar and Bill Benn lifting Forts from Seven Mile Field as white crosses mark the casualties along the air route to Tokyo.
The American Medical Association heard Dr. Walter Kempner present four years of work from Duke University on a rice and fruit juice diet to treat hypertension. Many patients improved or were cured, though in a group of 127 there were 16 deaths. some patients with severe illness regained sight and reduced enlarged hearts. The diet's mechanism is uncertain, but Kempner links high blood pressure to substances from damaged kidneys best metabolized by rice.
English photographer Mr. B 8 in London is described as possessing foresight and hindsight. In tests with five animal cards, he predicted next cards at rates far above chance across 11 378 trials, with significant excess over random accuracy and similar abilities at rapid speeds.
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