Tax and school code debates mix with political irony
Washington wrangles on pay as you go taxation and public sentiment. calls for compromise tax measures to avoid wide tax dodging. Iowa school code revision shelved with cautious lawmakers and wary advocacy groups. Jockeying between Giraud and De Gaulle noted as comic balance in northern Africa policy.
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Washington
Treasury
Agress
Phil
Giraud
Desaulle
Alphonse
Gaston
Funny Papers
Alhonse
Bankhead Seeks Return of Farm Parity Bill After Veto
Senator Bankhead urged returning the farm parity bill to committee as the effort to override President Roosevelt’s veto appeared doomed. The move signals strength for the anti inflation program, with farm bloc doubts rising as wage and feed costs come under scrutiny. Senate action on recomittal was set for Wednesday as the veto seemed likely to stand.
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Washington
Llp
John H. Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bankhead
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Agriculture Committee
Ellison D
Cotton Ed) Smith
D-S.c
Josiah W Bailey
D-N.c
Farm Bloc
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Congress
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Clifford R. Hope
Kansas
Hunter Service Pilot Killed in Vernon Texas Crash
Cedar Rapids pilot Ernest Schroeder instructor with Hunter Flying Service died in a Vernon Texas crash while teaching at the army primary school. His student survived as Schroeder attempted to regain control and parachute. Schroeder, from Buffalo Indiana near Davenport, trained at Cedar Rapids Airways and worked at Spencer glider school and Hamilton Texas before Vernon.
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Ernest Schroeder
Hunter Flying Service
Cedar Rapids
Vernon
Texas
Dan Hunter
H. Leo Damge
Cedar Rapids Airways
Schroeder
Army
Buffalo
Davenport
Linn county to boost war bonds with April drive
The Linn county war finance committee announced a 4 730 000 drive for April 12 to 30 to support the national 13 billion second war loan. Local merchants will invest April 13 revenue in government bonds and report bonds purchased on April 14. Aimed at Cedar Rapids and county totals, the effort names bombers and pursuit ships funded by city and county bonds.
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Linn County
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
the Gazette
George Hearn
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Chambers
Cornell College President Dies of a Heart Attack
Dr. John B. Magee 55 longtime Cornell College president died of a heart attack at Excelsior Springs Missouri where he had traveled for rest and treatment. He left Mt Vernon on a business trip to Des Moines and Kansas City last week amid ill health. Magee born Albion Iowa July 19 1887 was educated at Upper Iowa University and Boston University School of Theology and served as a Methodist minister and educator before becoming Cornell president in 1939. He led campus expansion and health services and once wrote the AEF official history as a World War I chaplain.
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MT. Vernon
John B. Magee
Cornell College
Excelsior Springs
Magee
Carl
Des Moines
Kansas City
J. Ralph Magee
Iowa
Methodist Church
Cornell
H. J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Magee
Albion
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Boston University School of Theology
Methodist Board of Sunday Schools
Chicago
East Greenwich Academy
Rhode Island
Providence
R. 1
St. Albans
el Reno
Okla
Wichita
Kaw
Pittsburgh
Seattle
First Methodist Church
France
Chamber of Commerce
Pacific Northwest
Kelly Wins In Chicago in Third Term Victory
Chicago election returns show Mayor Edward J Kelly winning reelection to a third full term with 687 646 votes to 571 487 for Republican George B McKibbin. The Kelly Nash machine survived a strong GOP challenge aimed at toppling city hall control.
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Chicago
Kelly-Nash Democratic
Edward J Kelly
George B. McKibbin
Keosauquala
Kelly
Kelly- Nash
McKibbin
Illinois
Dwighth. Green
Anton Cermak
Green
Parks Levy Bill Goes to Governor
DES MOINES AP The Iowa senate approved a bill allowing cities with the commission form of government to levy an additional three eighths of a mill for park purposes. The measure, which passed 44 to 0, would bring total park taxes to five eighths of a mill in affected cities including Des Moines Sioux City Cedar Rapids Keokuk Ottumwa Burlington and Fort Dodge. Davenport remains at one mill under a prior act.
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Cear Rapids
Iowa
House
Ad Senate
Des Moines
State Senate
Commission
Frank C. Byers
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Sioux City
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Davenport
Brazilian Planes Sink Another Sub
The Brazilian air force sank an Axis submarine outside Sao Salvador, announced by air minister Joaquin de Salgado Filho. It marked the second submarine sunk by Brazilian aircraft announced within a week.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Sao Salvador
Joaquin de Salgado Filho
Ban on Soldiers Seeking Office Sparked by Army Order
Washington AP reports a February 25 war department order from Gen George C Marshall barring active duty soldiers from seeking or accepting election to public office unless they held the post before service. The policy requires resignation or discharge and allows no campaign leave, drawing political uproar and questions about military neutrality.
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Washington
War Department
George C Marshall
Stimson
Rep. Ditter
R-Pa
Hill
D-Ala
Army
Ditter
Congress
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
No Commission For LaGuardia Indicated By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said he has no plans to nominate New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia for a commission in the army. He dismissed reports of a potential brigadier general nomination and noted officers of colonel rank require Senate confirmation. He joked about crossing bridges to plans on North Africa or Sicily.
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Washington
Roosevelt
LaGuardia
New York
Army
Senate
North Africa
Sicily
Treasury Postwar Currency Plan Aims To Stabilize World
Treasury proposes a $5 billion international stabilization fund with the U S contributing about $2 billion and a $2 billion domestic fund to be moved into the world pool. Aimed at removing exchange controls, the plan envisions a new unitas for bookkeeping, a U S veto on major decisions, and votes tied to contributions. Morgenthau seeks Congressional approval before any action.
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Washington
United States Treasury
Morgenthau
United States
Treasury
New World Pool
Congress
Department
United Nations
Great Britain
France
Cedar Rapids Sees Heaviest Rainfall Statewide
Cedar Rapids recorded 131 inches of rain last night the heaviest in Iowa and non snow turning. Showers were widespread across the state with rain easing tonight and warmer by Thursday. Temperatures ranged from 40s to mid 50s as moisture moved in and ground thaw continued.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Havelock Ellis
Havelock
Carrier Pigeon Weather Authority
Selective service officials report rising war manpower
About 45 state selective service directors told the Senate military committee that manpower for war jobs is increasing nationwide. They credited the War Manpower Commission edict directing 3-A workers to take essential jobs or face reclassification to 1-A, in a briefing with Major General Lewis B. Hershey.
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Washington
Selective Service
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Eighth Army Breaks Axis Defenses in Tunisia Advance
Allied forces of the British Eighth Army smashed the Wadi el Akarit line and drove north along the coast of eastern Tunisia in a sharp offensive. More than 6,000 Axis prisoners were taken as Rommel withdrew toward Sfax, while American troops pressed from El Guetar.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
INS
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Axis
Africa Corps
Erwin Rommel
Wadi el Akarit
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
George S. Patton, Jr
el Guetar
Rommel
el Akarit
Sfax
el Alamein
Minster Churchill
London
Churchill
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Paul Mallon
Bers
Aeenne
Henry McLemore
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Bizerte
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Messina
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