Drastic federal tax bill nears passage in 1940s debate
The house backed a sweeping emergency tax plan by 410 to one, aiming to triple lower and middle income taxes on average. It targets at least 3.2 billion dollars in revenue, with the Senate and White House yet to act. Vigorously defended as necessary for rearmament, the measure meets mounting public scrutiny over nondefense spending and bureaucratic waste.
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House of Representatives
Senate
White House
IPHE
Iowa Supreme Court
State Budget Appeal Board
Cedar Rapids
High Court
Railroads Refuse Wage Increases Amid Labor Dispute
Chicago AP The railroad unions rejected wage increase proposals as unaffordable, citing a potential 900 million dollar annual rise in operating costs. Leaders consider strike votes or mediation board actions, while management argues current earnings cannot absorb higher pay. Negotiations since July 24 continue amid broad union representation and potential industry-wide impact.
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Chicago
Rail Management
National Railway Mediation Board
National Railway Labor Act
Bert M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Gurley
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
U. S. Warships Reach Australia In Training Cruise
Tokyo reports Japan asked Ecuador for apologies and guarantees while U S warships Northampton and Salt Lake City arrived in Brisbane for fueling and recreation on a South Pacific cruise as Asian tensions rise. British troops and air forces land in Singapore. A Chinese army massed on the Burmese border ready to join British forces against potential Japanese moves. Bangkok officials hint Japan presses for air bases near Singapore as pressures mount from Tokyo. (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4.)
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United States
Australia
Brisbane
U. S
Eet
Japan
South Seas
Far East
Navy Department
Orient
Russia
Thailand
Navy
U.S
Northampton
Salt Lake City
South Pacific Ocean
R.A.F
Singapore
Saigon
Indo-China
Burma
Malaya
London
Britain
Kokumin
Manila
Car Washing Job Led to Prisoner Escape
Jailer Baldy Wilson of Cedar Rounds let prisoner Leonard Pfeiffer escape from the city jail shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday while he was to wash a squad car. Pfeiffer, 28, had been sentenced to two weeks for drunkenness and had been released from jail at noon Monday after three days. He was recaptured Monday evening after appealing to Judge Harry S. Johnson for a 30 day floater sentence to leave town, a request denied. Pfeiffer has 13 prior arrests in four years, six since March 1941.
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Cedar Rounds
Baldy Wilson
Leonard Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer
Harry S. Johnson
Johnson
Bright Sun Elevates Cedar Rapids Temperature Outlook
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm readings with highs near 95 Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Observed 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at 86, sun reduced humidity from 55 to 35, showers not expected after a Monday overcast, temperatures dipped to 74 by midnight. The Tuesday dawned cool with 68 to 70 early readings as the day progressed.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Churchill Flight Across Ocean To Confer With F.R.
Cryptic British hints on Tuesday suggested Prime Minister Churchill may be making an epic transatlantic flight to confer with President Roosevelt aboard the Potomac off the U S northeast coast. No confirmation came from London or Washington. Hopkins, Roosevelt’s administrator, possibly accompanies Churchill, with secrecy shrouding the voyage as Attlee stated Churchill’s absence from Parliament required matters of utmost importance.
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Winston Churchill
America
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Churchill
England
London
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Potomac
United States
London Daily Mail
Lord Beaverbrook
Hopkins
Beaselead
Moscow
Josef Stalin
United Press
Western cattle run wild over lawns in Mount Vernon area
Two Hereford cattle weighing about 1300 pounds each escaped from a cattle truck owned by W. H. Doran Belle Plaine after the end gate dropped on Mount Vernon avenue near Sixteenth street SE. The animals chased across several residences including John Popelka Aulden Griffin Mark Anthony and Mrs. O L Leefers before vanishing from view. Police and residents joined the chase as the crew continued toward the stockyards.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Avenue
Sixteenth Street
W. H. Doran
Belle Plaine
Delbert Johnson
Chicago
John Popelka
Aulden Griffin
Mark Anthony
Seventeenth Street
O. L. Leefers
British Ships Raid Sardinia Harbor Actions
British destroyers raided Alghero harbor and Porto Conte in Sardinia early Friday, shelling a seaplane slipway and hangars and bombing an air frame. After departure, naval aircraft attacked Alghero, setting fires to buildings and hangars according to the admiralty.
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London
Alghero Harbor
Porto Conte
Sardinia
Admiralty
Alghero
Reds Indicate Nazi Stab At Key Railroad Falters
Berlin reports Nazi panzer units expanding encirclements on the Russian front while Moscow says the threat to the Leningrad Moscow railway from Kholm falters. Berlin claims capture of Tapa and a severed link between Tallinn and Leningrad, yet sea lanes and the Baltic road still supply Tallinn. London says Soviet forces may launch their first major offensive led by Stern in the Karelia region. Budenny urges Ukraine to strip bread. Tolstoy notes massive German losses. Smolensk standstill persists.
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Moscow
Leningrad-Moscow
Kholm
Tapa
Tallinn
Leningrad
Baltic
London
Grigori M. Stern
Karelian Isthmus
Alexei Tolstoy
Pravda
Communist Party
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow-Leningrad
Notables Assail U. S. Projection Into War
Alexandria Bay N Y United Press report notes Frank O Lowden with 14 signers urging Congress for a step by step projection of the United States into undeclared war amid the European conflict. Signers include Irving Cobb Charles G Dawes Geraldine Farrar Henry Fletcher Herbert Hoover John L Lewis Alf Landon Hanford MacNider and others.
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Alexandria Bay
Frank O Lowden
Illinois
Congress
United States
Irving Cobb
Charles G. Dawes
Geraldine Farrar
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Robert M. Hutchins
The
University of Chicago
Clarence Budington Kelland
Alf M Landon
Kansas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hanford MaccNider
American Legion
Two Injured Three Charges Filed In Accidents
Two automobile accidents Monday afternoon left two people injured and led to three charges against drivers. Mrs Morris Thomas of Fairfax suffered a possible nasal fracture when the car she rode in collided with a machine driven by James McCullough of Brooklyn in the 100 block of Sixteenth avenue SW around 4 30 pm. Thomas said he was traveling east on Sixteenth avenue and began to pass a truck when the collision occurred.
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Cedar Rapids
Morris Thomas
Fairfax
James McCullough
Brooklyn
Sixteenth Avenue
Thomas
FCC To Place Area Limit On Stations Under Same Owner
The FCC announced it is drafting a rule to prohibit more than one radio station under the same ownership in any area. The rule, if adopted, aims to serve the public interest and would take effect within 90 days, with a period allowed for owners of multiple stations to dispose of properties.
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FCC
Washington
INS
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Cedar Rapids Firm Lands Defense Contract
A Cedar Rapids based Iowa Manufacturing Company was awarded a national defense contract valued at 43,927 dollars for crusher and screening plants. The award was announced in Washington as part of war department efforts to bolster production.
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Gazette
Washington
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Wheeler
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
Frank Knox
America
Alteration by Senate Faces Huge Tax Bill
The defense tax bill, a $3.206 billion measure, won strong House approval and moves to the Senate. It would nearly triple income taxes for lower and middle incomes, after a House vote of 369 to 30 and removal of the joint-return requirement. President Roosevelt criticized the joint-return defeat, while Senate Finance Chairman George signals possible base broadening and bracket revision with hearings set to begin.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Capitol
George
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Wars and Means
Mechanicsville Man Arrested On Drunk Driving Charge
Edward Dennis, 28, of Mechanicsville, was arrested for drunken driving about 9:20 p.m. Monday by local police after tips indicated a drunk driver on highway 30 east. Patrolmen Remington and Stodola spotted the car near Twenty seventh street and Mount Vernon road SE and arrested him. He drove erratically and forced three vehicles to the shoulder. Dennis appeared before Judge Haas and delayed plea until Friday, then remained in county jail for the formal hearing.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Dennis
Mechanicsville
Bill Remington
John Stodola
Dennis
Twenty-seventh Street
Mount Vernon Road
Charles J. Haas
Henderson Warns Price Controls Won’t Avert Inflation
AP report from Washington where Leon Henderson head of the Office of Price Administration told the House Banking Committee that even with a new price control bill the nation faces a strong risk of inflation. He warned of a volatile economy near 1929 and 1919 price levels, citing a 50 percent rise in 28 basic commodities since the war began.
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Washington (Ap
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Congress
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Eleven Marion draft board selects 11 for army induction
Eleven men named by the Marion draft board for induction into the army. The list includes Howard M. Larson Central City Earl E Brown Mount Vernon Paul M Oliphant Toddville Edward C Mkoutny Cedar Rapids Quentin R Post Marion William J Matus Cedar Rapids Vincent V Vanis Ely Leo L Bena Cedar Rapids Keith T Ellis Coggan Frederick Kruse Lisbon and Verle Tence Palo. Officials say three Linn county boards will issue about 80 questionnaires each to new registrants registered in July to supply men for insertion between existing serial numbers.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Draft Board
Army
Howard M. Larson
Central City
Earl E. Brown
Mount Vernon
Paul M. Oliphant
Toddville
Edward C Mkoutny
Quentin R. Post
Marion
William J. Matus
Vincent V. Vanis
Ely
Leo L. Bena
Keith T Ellis
Coggan
Frederick Kruse
Lisbon
Verle Tence
Palo
Linn County
House Passed Tax Bill Would Change Your Wallet
Washington AP outlines how the House tax bill would affect itemized and standard filers. Key points include a new 5 to 75 percent surcharge on taxable income above 5 million, a flat 0.85 tax on autos, planes, and yachts, a 7 percent new car tax, higher excises on liquor, a 10 percent sales tax on furs, jewelry, and toiletries, higher estate taxes beginning at 490 thousand, and corporate surtaxes plus tighter excess profits rules. The plan also preserves personal credits, dependent allowances, and a 24 percent normal corporate tax with a 5 percent first 25 thousand and 6 percent on the rest surcharge.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate vetoes Taft plan for service boost
Washington Senate rejected Senator Taft's bid to cap the service period for army selectees at six months, voting 50 to 27. The measure aimed to substitute pending administration legislation that would extend draftees to a maximum of one and a half years after the one-year training period. Inductees and guardsmen last year were slated for one year of service.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Army High Command
How Iowans Voted on Taft Draft Amendment
Sen. Guy M Gillette of Iowa voted for Taft's amendment to extend draft service to six months beyond the original one year. Iowa's other senator Clyde L. Herring was listed as paired, but his position was not announced.
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Washington
Guy M Gillette
Iowa
Sen
Taft
Cilyde L. Herring
Taft plan tests opposition to modify defense bill
The proposal would let the army keep national guardsmen and reservists for up to one extra year while regulars could not extend beyond enlistments. It also backed a regular army of 800000 to total 2000000 with selectees, guardsmen, and reservists. The house moved to defer conscription for those 28 and older, releasing those in training aged 28+ to reserve status as senate debate continued.
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Taft
Senate
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