Weekly News Analysis on Rome push and war measures
The column reviews the Anzio push toward Rome as Allied forces press German defenses and bombardment intensifies. It notes Supreme Court action upholding OPA authority, lend-lease totals and distribution, a stalled wartime alcohol bill, and China’s inflation, with Stilwell’s drive in the Southwest Pacific and Allied air operations across the Pacific to the Marshall Islands and beyond.
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Income Tax Simplification Advances in Senate
The senate approved the income tax simplification bill after opposing Sen. Langer’s stance and sent it back to the house for minor changes. The plan removes formal returns for up to 30 million earners under 5,000 dollars via pay as you go, with 10 million higher earners using simpler forms. The 3 percent victory tax will be scrapped when effective next March 15, with rates adjusted to keep payments near 1943 levels. In India, Japanese reinforcements near Imphal Kohima threaten the Assam Bengal railroad as Stilwell’s forces push a supply route from northern Burma.
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China
Burma
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Groups Agree on U.S. War and Peace Economic Plan
In New York 21 major organizations spanning agriculture labor business and finance drafted a five point program for wartime and postwar U.S. policy. They urged prompt settlement of cancelled war contracts funds for future operations orderly disposal of surplus goods to avoid glutted markets after the war and a shift to congressional reconversion oversight constitutional tax reform to spread debt and coordinated interests for mutual prosperity while preserving private initiative.
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Jumping Frog Maggie Wins Calaveras Derby Record Leap
A yellow-spotted frog named Maggie set a record leap of 16 feet 2 inches to win the annual Calaveras county jumping frog contest. About 100 frogs entered and roughly 5,000 spectators watched the dusty ring event tied to Mark Twain's celebrated tale The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
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Clothing: Cut Lines Reflect Market Tightness in Chicago
Buyers crowded Chicago's Merchandise Mart for fall and winter wear found fewer lines but higher quality. Prices rose broadly with a year-long rise arrested in April. percale dresses up 23 percent, men's shorts 18 percent, women’s gowns 16 percent, and spring coats 14 percent.
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Civil rights ruling blocks warrantless search in Haupt case
Federal Judge John P. Barnes ruled the FBI could not search the Haupts’ Chicago flat without a warrant to uncover whether they hid their son Herbert, a Nazi spy. He dismissed seized clothing and money, noting the Haupts may not have understood waivers signed, and the couple faces retrial after a conviction reversal.
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War Finance Fitted to Needs and Aftermath of Europe
National Bureau of Economic Research finds wartime finance shows money adapts to capacity of resources rather than vice versa. Germany’s debt rose to about 80 billion dollars by 1933, with revenue over 60 percent of national income, up from 30 to 40 percent prewar. Iceland moves to formally ratify severance from Denmark after Parliament votes following occupation. General Doolittle decorates his son for service in Europe, with a proud exchange between them.
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Denmark
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Presidential health and other wartime items in Washington
Congress heard the President appears fit after a South Carolina trip with Navy physician Dr. McIntire noting weight loss and a thinner face while still five pounds over ideal. the piece also covers Nazi pillboxes at Cassino and a humorously misfired discharge button issue for veterans, a Halifax-Stettinius-Berle exchange, and a Jeep investigation for farm use amid postwar needs.
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Every Dog Has Its Day and Broadway Echoes
Actress Julia Haydon writes and illustrates a book about her dog titled Every Dog Has its Day, detailing a day and night observing its life. The piece also notes a Broadway tribute to Eddie Cantor on his 35th anniversary, Joan Crawford and P Terry fashion notes, and a vivid vignette of a George Washington Bridge scene with sailors and a trumpeter amid wartime backdrop.
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Eddie Cantor
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Hayworth - Welles
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Hudson
Bay
Do It Yourself Corner Shelf and Cookie Jar Pattern
A home craft note describes a cookie jar and corner shelf that can be made from odd wood ends, with stencil designs of peasant figures. The project uses straight cuts and simple assembly with glue and brads. Mrs Spears offers an actual size pattern and stencil with color guide for 15 cents plus postage, Pattern 268.
Lemon and water morning health drink
A simple health tip advises drinking the juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water on arising. It claims this wake-up beverage stimulates bowel action, boosts vitamin C intake, and supports digestion, appetite, and resistance to fatigue and infections. Use California Sunkist lemons.
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