Dewey pushes peacetime tax cuts if Republicans win
Governor Dewey in a nationwide radio address urged reducing peacetime taxes and simplifying tax laws to boost national income and production. He criticized wartime taxes as wasteful in peace and attacked New Deal spending while citing concerns over federal debt and bureaucracy. Allied forces continued bombing the Ruhr region, isolating it by water with rail and canal damage and flooding efforts.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
NEW Deal
Treasury
Lincoln Electric Company
Roosevelt
Charleston
W. Va
Wright Plane Plant Stopped by Walkout at Wood-Ridge
Wright Aeronautical says $000 workers on all shifts at the Wood-Ridge plant were sent home and cyclone engine production for B 29s was crippled due to a supervisory walkout by independent union members. CIO Local 669 vice president John Tamsen accuses a lockout of 10,000 workers and appeals to Roosevelt, the Army, and War Labor Board to halt the curtailment.
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Esther
John Tamsen
CIO
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement
Wright
Wood-Ridge
Roosevelt
Army and War Labor Board
Music Boss Asked To Lift Ban on Recording
President Roosevelt urged James Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians to lift the recording ban. He argued the action would benefit the nation as the dispute had lingered before the War Labor Board and stabilization director Fred Vinson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Musicians Union
War Labor Board and Stabilization
Fred Vinson
Taft Urges Postwar Taxes to Fund Production
Senator Taft of Ohio called for immediate elimination of the excess profits tax after the war. He warned that annual postwar revenues of 17 to 20 billion dollars will be needed and argued the tax harms business and slows employment efforts.
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Washington
jTaft
Ohio
Ohioan
Senate Finance Committee
Four Borgstrom Sons Dying In War Leave Utah Family Beside Itpp
In Tremonton Utah Alben Borgstrom and his wife sent four sons to World War II service. Clyde Marine died in Solomons March, Leroy infantryman died in Italy May, Rolon 19 bomber crewman perished over Europe in August, Rulon reported missing last month. Boyd, 23, a Marine veteran, and 15 year old Elden remain. They seek discharge for Boyd to help on the family farm after 18 months in combat and a furlough at home. The couple bear sorrow with quiet dignity.
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Tremonton
Utah
Alben Borgstrom
France
Pfc
Boyd C. Borgstrom
Husky Elden Borgstrom
Borgstroms
Lough
Camp le Jeune
N. C
Mrs. Borgstrom
Clyde
Solomons
Leroy
Italy
Rolon
Europe
Rulon
Al Smith Dies In East After Long Illness
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith dies at Rockefeller Institute Hospital after a long illness. A colorful figure in American politics, he had health issues following his wife Catherine Dunn Smith's death last May. He had stepped back from active politics, managed the Empire State Building, and supported bond drives and civic work. He shifted party support in 1936 and 1940, opposed the New Deal, and ran for president in 1928, winning eight states and 41.2 percent of the vote.
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Tno
Alfred E.smith
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Smith
Catherine Dunn Smith
Empire State Building
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Manhattan
Herbert Hoover
Son Is Born to Wife Of Missing Air Man
Nelsonville report: Staff Sergeant Thomas J. Davis, missing in action since August 4 over the North Sea, is the father of a son named Fred Hugh born at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. The couple also has a son, Tommie Jr., age 12. Grandparents are Roy L. Taylor of Newark and Thomas J. Davis of Buehtel.
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Nelsonville
Thomas J. Davis
E. Franklin St
Fred Hugh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Tommie, Jr
Thomas Davis
North Sea
Roy L. Taylor
Newark
Thomas J Davis
Buehtel
Stock Food Supply To Be Larger This Year
The Agriculture Department forecast today that the feed supply per animal unit on farms on January 1 will be about 15 percent above the 1943 44 crop year. The numbers of hogs and chickens on farms are being reduced considerably.
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Washington
Agrtculture Department
Ohio State Geologist Stricken in Alaska Illness
UPI reports Ohio State University geologist E. M. Spieker and colleague Matt Wilson were flown to Anchorage for treatment after exposure to rare meat of a bear killed by their survey party in Cordova Alaska. Three other members were unaffected.
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Cordova
Alaska
UPI
E. M. Spieker
U. S. Geological Survey
Ohio State University
Matt Wilson
Anchorage
Pepper calls hearings on minimum wage rise to 65 cents
Senator Pepper of Florida announced a Senate Labor Subcommittee inquiry into raising the nation's minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour. Hearings with labor, business and government officials are planned to start next Wednesday. Meanwhile in other briefs, a 19 year old Fort Wayne man who escaped a deputy at Chillicothe Reform School was recaptured near Bresham Nebraska after working on a farm, and search continued for a missing crew member of a B 24 bomber that crashed into Chesapeake Bay near New Point Comfort.
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Pepiper D-Fla
Pepper
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Omaha
T.—. Robert. EugeneFoltz
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington D. H
Ohio
Chillicothe Reformatory
Bresham
Bay Langley Field
sPi
Langley Field
Chesapeake Bay
iNew Point Comfort
Attack on Rus star and Navy officers at Washington hotel
Report of an incident in a Washington hotel where Lt Com. James Suddeth of Greer DC and Navy Lt Randolph Dickins were attacked after refusing to reveal political views. Teamsters Union members followed the President's speech. Serene corroborates Dickins statement.
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Rus
James Suddeth
Greer, D. C
Navy
Randolph Dickins
Federal Help Stall First in FD's Planning
President Roosevelt signs two postwar bills to aid demobilization. He says more protections are needed for laid off war workers, including travel pay, universal unemployment standards, and federal unemployment for federal employees. The Surplus Property bill faces reform after initial resistance.
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Washington
Lpi
Roosevelt
William L. Clayton
Office of
Say Unions Are Now In Control of Votes
Washington report quotes attorney for two Pittsburgh steel firms on union membership policy and political influence under economic pressure. Also notes Cincinnati collision claiming third victim Thomas Drew, 40, in a double trailer gasoline truck crash.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
John C. Gall
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Cincinnati
FI —Thomas Drew
Red Army advance frees Yugoslavs near Belgrade drives to Hungary
Russian and Yugoslav Partisans push west from Transylvania to Belgrade, with Malinovsky shifting armor from Romania to target the capital. Nazi resistance weakens across Yugoslavia as forces advance toward Hungary, while Govorov’s Leningrad army seizes Estonian island forts near the Gulf of Finland.
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Danube
Belgrade
Tisza
Red Army
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Danubian
Iron Gate
Marshal Tito
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Marshal Malinovsky
Romania
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Transylvania
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Reghin
Muresul
Carpatho-Ukraine
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Gulf of Riga
Detroit Strike Idles 20000 Men at Briggs Plants
Detroit five Briggs Manufacturing plants halted aircraft and truck parts production after 909 maintenance workers walked out this morning. Company spokesman said more than 29000 workers were sent home.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Farmers Richer From War Finance Says Agriculture Bureau
Washington dispatch reports a 30 billion dollar rise in farm equities for owners and tenants due to wartime prices and farm real estate valuations. H R Tolley, head of the bureau of agricultural economics, notes the gain strengthens agriculture financially during the war period.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
H.R. Tolley
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Disabled Veterans Trained for Vocational Education
The government plans vocational training for disabled veterans between Sept 16 1940 and end of the war. Eligible veterans with honorable discharge and pensionable disability may study without limits on time, with school bills paid and wages for reading aid. Counselors help choose study, with final choice by the veteran, and program ends four years after the war.
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Washington
Nieal
Sam
Cision
University
Tech-Iment
Weather Holds Back Drives of Allies in Italy
Fifth Army infantry gained slight ground on a twenty mile front as German resistance slowed advances. Deep mud hindered moves along Apennine valley roads north toward the Po Valley. The Brazilian division pressed the enemy along its front while American artillery supported by air power resumed with moderate scale after clearing weather. Six planes were lost from eight hundred sorties.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Wheat Crop Will Be Increased This Year
The United States and British governments have sent notes to neutral nations urging them to prevent Axis leaders from hiding their wealth in neutral territories. Doughboys repelled a German counterattack at dawn three miles east of Ubach as the First Army advances, knocking out road blocks amid poor weather that limited air support. The Yankis hold strong positions at five points along the Siegfried Line while part of Aachen is pierced north and south of the city area.
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United States
Ubach
First
Aachen
Fouth
Siegfried Line
Dunkerque An
Calais
New Nazi Defenses Ahead on Dutch Front in World War II
Reported military updates describe stronger German defenses on the Dutch front with Allied forces facing pressure near Nijmegen as overrun positions are fortified. Meanwhile Belgian advances stall northeast of Antwerp and U S Seventh Army pushes northeast of Epinal in France.
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Cutilarce
Calais
Belgium
Antwerp
France
U.S. Seventh Army
Epinal
Belfort
Germany
Mphien
Anning Binet
Ohio Finances Are Discussed in Campaign Refuse
Ohio finances, Dunkirk evacuation, and wartime shortages mix in a Dispatch summary. Civilians evacuate Dunkerque as armistice terms loom, while Ohio campaigns focus on surplus and waste. Gubernatorial nominees debate state finances, with Mayoral leaders urging budget restraint and tax enforcement. Supreme Court action on $435,000 sales tax claim concludes.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Hugh M. Foster
Otader
Foster
Yanks Win Fort Driant as Metz Ring Breached
American Third Army troops captured Fort Driant, the fortress ring’s strongest bastion guarding Metz, after a two day battle. First Army units north of Metz pushed through backstop defenses guarding the Rhine and Calacone, severed escape routes, and pressed the breach in the West Wall as Aachen and Ubach areas saw renewed fighting.
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London
Fort Driant
Rhine and
Calacone
Bricker To Speak in St Louis This Evening
Governor John W Bricker arrived in St Louis to attend the World Series opener and address a national radio audience at 8 50 p m A crowd of about 20000 gathered at Centralia to hear Bricker condemn federal financing and warn that continuing New Deal fiscal policies could threaten republican government in America
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St. Louis
Jonn W. Bricker
R. C. Winder
Illinois
Mrs John Reinheimer To Be Buried Thursday
Mrs John Reinheimer age 73 died in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Tuesday Funeral service will be Thursday at two o clock conducted by Rev Thomas Smith burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery She leaves husband brother Elwood Chase Albany and two half sisters Bertha Ward Dayton and Mrs Ator Columbus Maude B Wilbur dies at New Lexington wife of H H Wilbur pastor at New Lexington Methodist Church dies unexpectedly yesterday
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John Reinheimer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Thomas Smith
Hebbardsville
Elwood Chase
Bertha Ward
Dayton
Ator
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