Dewey calls for peacetime tax cuts amid war debt burden
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged cutting peacetime taxes on individuals and business if Republicans win in November. He argued for simplifying tax laws, revising personal exemptions, and reducing wartime levies to boost national income, criticizing New Deal waste and excessive bureaucracy. He referenced a Treasury report on high wages at Lincoln Electric. Nearby, Allied raids isolated the Ruhr area by water, with Mosquito bombers hitting trains and barges in a concerted effort to cripple German transport.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
New Deal
Treasury
Lincoln Electric Company
Roosevelt
Charleston
W. Va
Music Boss Asked To Lift Ban on Recording
President Roosevelt urged James Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians to end the recording ban. He argued that what Petrillo sees as a loss may become a gain for the country and sent a telegram to the union leader. The issue has been 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
Wright Plane Plant Stopped After Walkout at Wood-Ridge
Wright Aeronautical says 8000 workers on all shifts were sent home at its Wood-Ridge plant and cyclone engine production for the B-29 is crippled due to a supervisory walkout by independent union members. CIO Local 669 vice president John Tamsen claims 10000 workers were locked out and appeals to Roosevelt, the Army and War Labor Board were sent to halt the curtailment.
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CIO
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers
Wright
Wood-Ridge
Roosevelt
Army and War Labor Board
Taft Calls for Taxes To Insure Postwar Production
Washington Senator Taft of Ohio urged immediate elimination of the excess profits tax after the war. He projected annual postwar revenues of 17 to 20 billion dollars and warned the tax harms business and employment efforts.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ohioan
Senate Finance Committee
Borgstrom Family Losses Batter Utah Farm in War
Alben Borgstrom and wife endured the loss of four sons during six months as two remaining sons, Pfc Boyd Borgstrom and Elden aged 15, cope with war’s toll. Clyde, Leroy, Rolon, and Rulon died or went missing in the Solomons, Italy, and Europe while Boyd served 18 months with a furlough and seeks discharge to return home.
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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. Once a colorful figure in American politics, he had been in poor health since his wife Catherine Dunn Smith died last May. He helped manage the Empire State Building and supported civic drives while stepping back from active politics.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
Empire State Building
Smith
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Catherine Dunn Smith
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Manhattan
Herbert Hoover
Son Born to Wife of Missing Air Man
Mrs. Thomas J. Davis of Nelsonville gave birth to a son, Fred Hugh, at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens. The couple also has another son, Tommie Jr. Staff Sgt. Thomas Davis has been missing in action since August 4 over the North Sea. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Taylor of Newark and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis of Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
Thomas J. Davis
E. Franklin Sr
Fred Hugh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Tommie, Jr
Thomas Davis
North Sea
Roy L. Taylor
Newark
Thomas J Davis
Buchtel
Stock Feed Supply Forecast More On Farms This Year
Washington 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
Agriculture Department
Ohio State Geologist Stricken in Alaska
E. M. Spieker, head of Ohio State University geology department, and geologist Matt Wilson were flown to Anchorage for trichinosis treatment after eating rare bear meat. Three other party members were unaffected.
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Cordova
Alaska
E. M. ‘Spieker
U. S. Geological Survey
Geological Department
Ohio State University
Matt Wilson
Anchorage
Pepper Proposes Minimum Wage Hearings on Raise to 65 Cents
Senator Pepper of Florida announced a congressional inquiry into raising the national minimum wage from 40 to 65 cents an hour. As chairman of the Senate Labor Subcommittee, she said hearings would start next Wednesday with labor business and government officials.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Captured Fort Wayne youth at Neb farm escape ends
Robert Eugene Foltz a 19 year old of Fort Wayne Indiana who escaped deputies at Washington D C Ohio while en route to Chillicothe Reformatory was found at a farm near Bresham Nebraska. In Virginia search continues for the Langley B 24 crew after a crash in Chesapeake Bay north of New Point Comfort.
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West Omaha
Robert Eugene Foltz
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington D. H
Ohio
Chillicothe Reformatory
Bresham
Langley Field
Langley — Ane
Chesapeake Bay
New Point Comfort
Attack on officers sparks hotel brawl after speech
Lt. Comdr James Suddeth of Greer South Carolina and Navy Lt Randolph Dickins were attacked in a Washington hotel by Teamsters Union men after refusing to disclose political views following the President's speech. Suddeth confirms Dickins' account of the incident captured by NEA Telephoto.
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James Suddeth
Greer, S. C
Navy
Randolph Dickins
Washington
Teamsters Union
Suddeth
Dickins
NEA
Federal Help Still First in FD's Planning
President Roosevelt signs two bills to aid postwar transition. He backs a reconversion office and the push for fairer aid for laid off war workers, farmers, and veterans. He cites back-home travel pay, nationwide unemployment standards, and federal unemployment pay for federal workers as needed tools.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William L. Clayton
Office of War
Unions In Control Of Votes Say Unions Have Power
Washington report notes an attorney for two Pittsburgh steel firms prepared for the War Labor Board contends that union membership policy effectively lets unions dictate members political destinies via job threats. John C. Gall cites tactics to secure indirect wage gains as union influence grows.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
John C. Gall
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Collision claims third victim in Cincinnati crash
Thomas Drew, 40, died today as the third person killed in the Monday early collision between a double trailer gasoline truck and a small coupe in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Drew
Red Army drives toward Belgrade and Transylvania front
Russian and Yugoslav Partisans push west along the Danube toward Belgrade as Malinovsky shifts armor from Romania to free the capital. Soviet advances threaten Hungary while Govorov’s forces seize the island of Hiiumaa guarding Gulf approaches.
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Moscow
Danube
Belgrade
Tisza
Red Army
Transylvania Alps
Danubian
Iron Gate
Marshal Tito
Hungary
Marshal Malinovsky
Romania
Malinovsky
Greece- Belgrade
Balkans
Germany
Transylvania
Cluj
Majlinovsky
Reghin
Muresul
Carpatho-Ukraine
Lawodine
Baltic
Govorov
Leningrad
Hiiu
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Detroit Strike Halts Briggs Plants Amid 900 Walkout
In Detroit five Briggs Manufacturing plants halted production of aircraft and truck parts as 900 maintenance workers walked off. Company officials said more than 20,000 workers were sent home, signaling widespread idle time across facilities.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Farmers Richer as Farm Values Rise in War Years
Washington report from the Agriculture Department notes a thirty billion dollar increase in farm owner equities and tenant farmer wealth during the war. H R Tolley, head of the bureau of agricultural economics, cites higher prices and elevated real estate values as the main drivers of the gain.
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Agriculture Department
H.R. Tolley
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Disabled Veterans Training for Postwar Employment
The government will fund education or training for disabled veterans with no limit, covering up to four years of schooling. Veterans must have served between Sept 16 1940 and war's end, be honorably discharged, and have a pensionable disability. The program ends six years after the war.
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Washington
Sam
Ihey Ap
Tech
Romulo Rejoins MacArthur Staff Aims Philippines Return
Returning Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo has rejoined Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff and hopes to return to the Philippines. He formerly was Manila newspaper publisher and Pulitzer winner, and served as aid to MacArthur in Bataan Corregidor and Australia.
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Carlos P. Romulo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
Weather Holds Back Drives of Allies in Italy
Fifth Army infantry gained slight ground on a 20 mile front against stiff German resistance as mud and rugged terrain slowed progress toward the Po Valley. The Brazilian division continued pressure along its front while gains surfaced east of Highway 65 near the Florence Bologna line. Bombers resumed support as clear weather returned. six planes were lost in 800 sorties.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Apennines
Florence-Bologna
Wheat Crop Will Be Increased This Year
Stanford University reports North American wheat fields will yield about 400 million bushels more than forecast last May. Dr H C Farnsworth, crop analyst for the food research institute, places the combined U S and Canadian crop at roughly 2 233000000 bushels.
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Stanford University
H. C. Farnsworth
The
Food Research Institute
United States
Bricker to Speak in St Louis This Evening
Gov. John W. Bricker arrived to attend the World Series opener in St Louis and planned a nationally broadcast speech at 8 30 p m He addressed about 20 000 in Centralia criticizing federal financing and warning that continuing New Deal policies could threaten the republicist form of government.
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ST. Louis
John W. Bricker
R. C. Winder
Illinois
Mrs John Reinheimer To Be Buried Thursday
Mrs John Reinheimer age 79 died in Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Tuesday Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at two o'clock by Rev Thomas Smith with burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery She is survived by her husband a brother Elwood Chase Albany and two half sisters Bertha Ward Dayton and Mrs A Z Ator Columbus
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Albany
John Reinheimer
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Thomas Smith
Hebbardsville
Elwood Chase
Bertha Ward
Dayton
A. Z. Ator
Columbus
Pastor's Wife Maude Wilbur Dies in New Lexington
Mrs Maude B. Wilbur, wife of H. H. Wilbur, pastor of the New Lexington Methodist Church, died unexpectedly yesterday.
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New Lexington
Maude B. Wilbur
H. H. Wilbur
Yanks Take Fort Driant as Metz Battle Breaks West Wall
American Third Army troops captured Fort Driant, strongest Bastion guarding Metz, after a two day assault. First Army units moved 125 miles north, breaching backstop defenses guarding the Rhine and Cologne, and pushing toward the Siegfried Line.
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Metz
Ieee
London
Fort Driant
Rhine
Cologne
Aachen
Moselle
Mazieres Les Metz
Courtney Hodges
First Army
Ubach
Gladbach
Aix-La-Chapelle
Westwall
Siegfried Line
No Haven for Hitler Ordered by Allies
Washington reports that the United States and Britain demanded neutral nations prevent Axis leaders from keeping loot or seeking safe havens. In Europe, Doughboys repelled a German counterattack near Ubach at dawn as First Army advances, crushing road blocks and securing positions around Aachen and along the Siegfried Line.
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Washington
United States
Ubach
Allied Gains and Dunkerque Evacuation Amid Truce
Allied forces report progress across multiple fronts in Europe including German defenses along the Dutch front, advances near Antwerp and Epinal, and a renewed push toward Belfort. In Dunkerque 20,000 civilians began evacuation under a truce set to expire, while British and French forces prepare to resume attacks after the armistice terms were agreed. The situation shows continuing pressure on German lines and ongoing civilian withdrawal from the last channel port.
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Arnhem
Eindhoven- Nijmegen
Nijmegen
Oss
Hertogenbosch
Overloon
Belgium
Antwerp
France
U. S. Seventh Army
Epinal
Belfort
Germany
Siegfried Line
Aachen
First ‘Army
Dunkerque
Calais
Ohio Finances Are Discussed
In Columbus campaign events last night Republican James Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati attacked New Deal foes over Ohio’s $90,000,000 surplus, while Democratic nominee Frank Lausche of Cleveland urged economy in government. Separately the Ohio Supreme Court struck from its records Hugh M. Foster’s bid to reverse a ruling on $435,000 in alleged sales tax owed by two grocery firms.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Giddings Republican Club
Warren
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Wooster
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Hugh M. Foster
Orader
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