Payroll tax increase fuels old age insurance debate
The article discusses the Jan 1 payroll tax rise and its clash between funding current benefits and building a larger future reserve. It contrasts Congress and White House views, cites benefit projections, and questions whether the system will remain true insurance or become broad old age assistance. It notes two old age systems and the justice concerns for workers not yet in the program.
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B-29 Raids Target Tokyo and Omura as War Moves Advance
The report notes B 29 raids over Tokyo on Honshu and Omura on Kyushu with production centered there, about 1500 planes monthly mostly fighters, aiming to overwhelm fighters first and then strike shipyards to disrupt materiel movement. It also covers a Spanish exile government forming in Mexico City with Diego Martinez Barrio likely to lead, and debates on universal conscription and a national guard, plus housing needs for Britain and France and anticipated civilian shoe production shifts.
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Out of the Past Quote Emphasizes Giving and Means
A quotation from John Hall appears urging generosity by one’s means and warning that God will supply means according to one’s giving. The aphorism frames wealth as a moral test and aligns charity with spiritual obligation.
War Housing Shifts as Britain and France Short of Roofs
The text notes that wartime housing is tight in Britain and France, requiring Americans to keep workers in war industry cities housed locally. It describes moving housing developments as needed and hints at postwar plans to ship completed housing crates across the Atlantic if ships are available after Germany’s collapse.
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Atlantic
Sen. Andrews
Florida
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Haircut satire on French collaborationists in Baer column
Arthur Baer mocks Parisian collaborationists with jokes about haircuts and shaving skulls. He argues the French are practical and notes ties to past terror era barbery, treating treason as a playful insult rather than punishment.
What They Say Japan Will Be No Cinch
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson says despite the Philippines landing and naval victories, the United States will not assume Japan is a pushover and will continue firm military planning.
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Robert P. Patterson
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War of Attrition Ravages West Germany Front
William L Shirer describes a relentless war of attrition across western Germany. Cities are reduced to rubble as American offensives push toward the Rhine. German soldiers, veterans, and civilians endure hardship, with ground gained slowly yet steadily despite fierce local resistance.
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Germany
Rhine
Case Versui
Berle Pressures on Britain Over Air Passenger Rules
Last week at the Chicago conference Assistant Secretary of State Adolf Berle pressed Britain to allow U S planes to carryLondon passengers for Paris Berlin Amsterdam and Moscow arguing for open routes while Britain urged inland refueling. Churchill and Roosevelt exchanged messages over the issue as Don ald Nelson's China mission disclosed new economic and military aid plans to Chiang Kai-shek and Stalin.
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Kuomintang
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Siberia
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Gauss
Gen. Stilwell
Hap” Arnold
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Innovative smoking and ladies car on Overland Limited
A Milwaukee road plan adds a composite observation car on the Chicago to Omaha Overland Limited. The car has two sections a smoking compartment and a separate ladies area, allowing women passengers to enjoy facilities away from tobacco fumes.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Omaha
Modernized Congress Sways to Match White House Power
The Smith committee urges reform of Congress not abolition of agencies, arguing stronger staff, better organization, and higher pay to curb executive overreach. It calls for revising rules, abolishing or merging some committees, and adopting a parliamentary leadership model to restore balance with the White House.
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Unfair Advantage Defines Wife by Timed Arrival
A Kiel Wisconsin editor uses a long experience to define a wife as one who can arrive home a few minutes before her husband and look as if she had been there for hours.
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