Financing dependents shapes future selective service policy
War department officials push Congress to resolve dependency rules as more older men and men with minor defects are drafted. Married men with dependents face possible pay deductions and broader family allotment costs. If dependency is removed as a deferment, thousands more registrants will be reclassified and inducted by number, prioritizing younger recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
War Department
Treasury
Congress
Army
Navy
Armchair strategists weigh war aims and costs from home
Rear Admiral Emory Land argues that public opinion overestimates laymen’s grasp of strategic planning. He says victory requires attacking the enemy abroad, not island by island, and that labor would sacrifice if gains funded the national treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Philippines
Singapore
National Treasury
Emory Land
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt taxes and war economy demand intelligent public thinking
Raymond Clapper argues Americans must reassess economic policy to fit a wartime economy. He notes Roosevelt avoided drastic taxes, hints at a future war consumption tax, and explains why New Dealers shift positions to depress consumption and support war production. He stresses honest public sentiment and adaptive policy over old speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Prohibition
National Association of Manufacturers
Tax on sales falls hardest on the poor argues reform
The piece argues sales tax hits the poor more than the rich and accuses income tax reform of shifting burden. It contends income tax collects heavily from the affluent while many are exempt. It says expanding buying power should be curbed and sales taxes with compulsory savings become a New Deal necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Drastic wartime changes eyed for state and local laws
Washington scene notes a planned May conference on sweeping wartime modifications to thousands of state and local laws. Measures may suspend enforcement or empower governors, with many changes awaiting legislative action. Topics include transportation limits, blue laws, night work, milk and eggs imports, and building codes to avoid war production bottlenecks.
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Washington
Perry County Court Notes
The February term jurors for the common pleas court are to report for the $20,000 damages case of Dessie Mae Ellyson versus Lewis Anspach, Judge U S McGonagle presiding. Other items include probate notes on wills of Harvey Angle and Rev Fr Austin Cush, public notices, divorce filings, marriage licenses, and multiple real estate transfers in Perry County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Common Pleas Court
Dessie Mae
Ellyson
Lewis Anspach
U. S. McGonagle
Joseph T. Ferguson
Shawnee
Perry County
Ferguson
King Armory
Austin A. Cash
J. C C. McCleary
Erle Williams
Brumage Crossing
Roseville
Harvey Angle
Monday Creek Township
Sarah E. Angle
Austin A. Cush
Margaret Cush
Florence
Cush
Austin Sweeney
Philomenian Sweeney
John D. Davis
David Bradshaw
Poet's Corner on Recreation in Wartime Aims to Build Nation
Poem by Cc A Weber from Pomeroy Ohio argues that even in war time recreation remains vital. It urges balanced daily needs of eating and sleep, work and play, and directs leisure toward healthful ends to strengthen the nation.
Straitsville Personal and Social Notes
Mrs Florence Huston and family visited the Rushs. Richard Smith returned to Norfolk naval air station after a five day visit with his parents. Liberty Circle met with 16 at the Devol home. Vauntella Campbell invites her parents. Mrs Julia Bagent visiting Gore. Families from Columbus and Newark visited Begley and Hirschberg respectively. Funeral attendance noted for Rev Austin Cash. Mrs Adda Smith leaves for Cincinnati to be sorority house mother. Alumni banquet planned May 29 with Mabel Devol as toast mistress. she is a 50 year Straitsville graduate.
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New Straitsville
Florence Huston
Rosa
Dottie
Bobbie
Miranda Mohler
Galva
E. M. Rush
Richard Smith
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Walter Smith
Liberty Circle
Mabel Devol
Vauntella Campbell
Saginaw, Mich
James Campbell
Julia Bagent
Gore
Jean Williams
Thomas
Russell Anderson
Columbus
John Begley
Fred Blankenship
Helena Rebekah Lodge
Lancaster
Billie Williams
Max Hirschberg
Newark
Father Kellerman
Austin Cash
St. Rose Catholic
New Lexington
Adda Smith
Cincinnati
Lewis Seyffert
J. F. Mitchell
New Mexico
Wendell Roberts
Louisiana
Lloyd Fry
Victory Circle
Gladys Witschy
Liberty and Victory Circles
Mabel ‘Devol
New Straitsville High School
Sophomore Boys Room Presents Assembly Entertaining Program
In Pomeroy the sophomore boys room directed by Charles Gibbs staged an assembly at the Senior High Auditorium. Highlights included a short playlet Teacher's Pet by a student cast led by Tommy Williams Vernon Turnbull Eugene Chapman Willis Giles Roy Wright Bill Henry and Lloyd Wright. Some numbers featured Byron Bailey tap dances with Gerald Koster on guitar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Faulk
Byron Baily
Gerald Koster
Robert Thornton
Jack Lewis
Richard Karr
Two Sisters
U S Exports Rubber Bottles Bottles and Syringes Jump in Early 1941
The United States shipped 112 111 rubber water bottles and syringes and 11 807 dozen bathing caps in the first quarter of 1941.
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United States
Weekend on the Laurentians Sparks Plans and Tensions
Myra and Ferdy relax on the wharf while Peggy schemes with Baldy to stage a Concert Party for Fay and Michael. Tensions rise as expectations of romance and war work mix with a sly plot to pull Baldy into a clever ruse.
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Myra
Peggy
Ferdy
Vivien
Michael
Fay
Nigel
Baldy
Tom Collinses
Brother
Werdy
Fyra
New York
Ohio COs Aid Soil Conservation Front in War Effort
A band of conscientious objectors, 125 strong, are stationed at an Ohio soil conservation project described as the world’s largest hydrologic laboratory. They work in the field and lab under Camp Director Sumner Mills, bringing scientific training to measure erosion, irrigation, and drainage while receiving $35 monthly or sponsor aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
America
Uncle Sam
Lew Ayres
W. D. Ellison
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Conscientious Objectors
Ellison
C.O
Colon Project
National Service Board For
C.o.'s
Harold N. Moldenke
Moldenke
Columbia University
New York Botanical Gardens
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Howard W. Alexander
Fenn College
Cleveland
Alexander
Princeton University
Department of Agriculture
Civilian Conservation Corps
Little Colony
Sumner Mills
Mills
American Friends Service Committee
Indiana
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Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Mary Baker Eddy
Thurman Arnold
Pauline Mason
John Walden
Coolville
Murray R. Brown
Corning
Fred Powell
Common Pleas
Blanche Powell
Cedar Grove
W. Va
Mary Bradshaw
Elmer Bradshaw
William Stoyle
Doris Blitzoff
Hemlock
Charlies Arthur Sands
Potter
Clara Eileen Brown
William T. Poling
Charles S. J
Iola C. Poling
Jackson Township
Otho B
Faith Zimmer
A. W. Wilson
Thorn Township
Licking Township
Licking County
A.W. Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Albert Bell
Martha E. Baughman
Crossenville
Vera Arnold Huffman
Sarah M. Kimble
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Cc. A. Weber
Pomeroy, O
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