Every Person Gets Five Hundred Dollar Tax Exemption
Washington reports a proposed Simplified Income Tax Bill would grant a flat $500 exemption per person. It aims to ease filing for 30 million taxpayers and remove complex dependency rules, letting those under $5,000 income file a simple return. Children remain exemptions for non taxpayers, benefiting fathers seeking dependents aged 18 and older.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
Georgians Pay Over 100 Million in 1943 Income Taxes
Atlanta report shows Georgians paid more than 119 million in 1943 income taxes by March 20 with further payments expected. Tax Collector Marion Allen notes totals include withholding and victory taxes from 1943 to early 1944 and project overall 1943 income taxes to exceed 200 million when all are settled.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Marion Allen
Victory
Allen
Manpower Shortage Is Critical In Macon County
Sheriff W. T. Jolly reports a severe manpower shortage in Macon County. He encountered three Black women operating a whisky still near Montezuma. The trio remained calm and composed, showing no panic as they were taken into custody.
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Macon County
Montezuma
Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company Petition for Charter
Petition to incorporate as Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company for 35 years with possible renewal. Aims to operate cold storage plants, process meats and fish, freeze produce, and issue stock up to 50 000 dollars. Principal office Reynolds, Georgia, with branches possible. stock divided into 100 dollar shares. names and addresses of six Reynolds residents and one Butler, Georgia resident listed.
Ruth Arnold Carter Named Talbot County School Head
Ruth Arnold Carter won the Talbot County Democratic nomination for county superintendent of schools in the Talbotton primary. She led with 289 votes on unofficial returns, ahead of Judson Green and H. E B Hutcheson, who each had 239.
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Talbotton
Ruth Arnold Carter
Talbot County
Carter
Judson Green
H. E B. Hutcheson
J.C. Watts
Dry G L. Carter
R. M. Arnold
Columbus School Board
Thos. H. Mahone
Jas. H. Ferguson
J. A. Smith
Forty-One $100 Bills Lost at Savannah
Allan L. Winslow reports the loss of $4100 in U S currency eleven bills slightly different in appearance from common notes. The bills were in an addressed air mail envelope when lost from his pocket. He offers a $500 reward and plans to open a United States Employment Office in Brunswick.
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Savannah
Allan L. Winslow
U. S
Bank of England
Cairo
Winslow
Hong Kong
Brunswick
Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company charter granted
Petitioners seek incorporation of Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company in Taylor County Georgia. The court grants charter for 35 years with perpetual succession, rights to sue contract own seal and estates, and to amend or wind up per state law. Records show officers Lunsford and Jarrell certify the judgment February 1944.
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J. R. Lunsford
Butler
Georgia
Chambers
Columbus
L. C. Woolard
R. H. Parks
Walter Wainwright
T. Whatley
B. W. Hinton
D. E. Byrd
D. W. Harp
Reynold Cold Storage and Locker Company
Reynolds Cold Storage and Locker Company
Clerk of Superior Court
Said
Taylor County
T. Hicks
Thelmon Jarrell
Said County
Campaign to send instruments to troops gains momentum
In Butler a Coca-Cola Bottling Co campaign to collect small musical instruments for soldiers overseas enters its final week. Donors are urged to deliver harmonicas ocarinas accordions guitars and banjos to any Coca Cola dealer and trucks will pick up and ship them to the Army. W D Copeland of the Ga Ala Coca Cola Bottling Co leads the drive emphasizing comfort through music for foxhole soldiers.
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G. I. Joe
Butler
Ga.-Ala
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
War Department
Coca-Cola
W. D. Copeland
Coca-Cola Bot- Uing Co
New Easy Kudzu Planting Method Explained by Dupree
J W Dupree, soil conservationist, outlines a furrow planting method to establish kudzu. Farmers will receive crowns this week, rows 25 feet apart, beds six feet wide, with plants set 8 3/17 feet apart along the furrow and covered with soil and fertilizer. If fertilizer unavailable use two tons of barnyard manure and consult Soil Conservation or AAA offices for more guidance.
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Taylor County
J. W. Dupree
Soil Conservation Office
AAA
New 4-H Project To Teach Value Of Conservation
County Agent E G Blackwell announces a wildlife conservation program for Taylor county youth. The state game and fish commission funds prizes, trips, and War Bonds to top 4-H members, with awards including Georgia Junior Ranger Cards, and commissions for select participants. Any 4-H member aged 14 or older may compete.
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Taylor County
E. G. Blackwell
Grmd and Fish Commission
Agricultural Extension Service
State Game and Fish Commission
Blackwell
Georgia
Game and Fish Commission
Congress
March 31 Deadline for 1944 Auto License Tags
State officials reminded the public that the deadline to purchase 1944 auto license tags is March 31.
Radium's Role in Cancer Cures Highlighted Forty Five Years On
The piece notes radium as one of the three cancer cures alongside surgery and X rays, tracing its discovery to 1898 and 1901. It describes radium extraction from uranium ore, the gas radon, and how doctors use confined gas in needles or tubes to treat tumors. The Women’s Field Army urges annual physicals and offers free literature on early cancer signs and detection.
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United States
Georgia
Women's Field Army
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Becquerel
Women's
Field Army
New Postal Rates Take Effect March 26 Under 1944 Act
Postage rates rise for most classes of mail starting March 26 under the Revenue Act of February 25, 1944. First class local 3 cents per ounce and postcards 1 cent. overall U S postage up 6 to 8 cents per ounce except overseas military mail at 6 cents per half ounce. Fourth class increases by 3 percent and money or cash-on-delivery fees shift to new levels. Registered mail and COD fees rise alongside money order fees.
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United States
C. O.D
Never Saw Father Never Saw Son Dies at Anzio
Orange New Jersey reports WWI casualty O W Davey dies in the Anzio fighting without having seen his newborn son Otis Davey Jr. He was the son of the late Lt. Otis Davey of Orange and Mrs Rudolph Eberstadt of Canton Ohio. Otis Davey Jr. born last December lives with his mother Theodoria Andrews at the home of her parents in Hempstead New York.
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Orange
N. J
O. W. Davey
France
Anzio
War Department
Otis Davey
Rudolph Eberstadt
Canton
Ohio
Otis Davey Jr
Theodoria P. Andrews
Edward Preston Andrews
Hempstead, N. Y
25 Bodies Thought Trapped in Bus in Passaic River
A Passaic diver estimated about 25 bodies remained in a bus that slid from an ice covered bridge into the Passaic river barge channel. Four bodies were already moved to a morgue and officials warned others could be under the bus or carried away by the tide. Six people survived as searchers continued.
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Passaic
N. J
J. J. Cinamon
New-born Baby Girl Left at Eastman Door
A newborn girl, wrapped in an inexpensive overnight bag, was found on the doorstep of Mr. and Mrs. B. Jewel Johnson on a main Eastman street on Tuesday. Local authorities were alerted and care was provided.
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Eastman
Eastman, Ga
B. Jewel Johnson
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Superior Court
State
Reynolds
Reynolds, Ga
Secretary of State
State of Georgia
P. A. Jenkins
Talbot Co
Ates
Dupree
Anzio Beach
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