Withholding tax plan tops broader pay as you go debate
A Ways and Means subcommittee proposes a 20 percent withholding tax starting July 1. The move signals a shift toward pay as you go, but faces long odds before the President signs it and may undergo many changes. The piece criticizes the plan’s loopholes and contrasts it with the Ruml proposal. It also covers lend lease, morals in wartime cinema, Gandhi and India, and the need for personal effort in Victory gardens.
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ATEST
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Allies Reclaim Sbeitla and Press East in Tunisia
Allied forces recaptured Sbeitla in central Tunisia and pushed three miles east as Rommel withdraws toward Gafsa. Air power dominated with 27 enemy planes destroyed versus four Allied losses, including 18 planes by American pilots.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Sbeitla
Erwin Rommel
Palermo
Sicily
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Mareth
Bombers Hit Naples Dock Facilities in Allied Raid
American B 29s and other heavy bombers dropped many high explosive bombs on Naples moles and docks. A Messerschmitt 109 was shot down while Allied fighters claimed a Heinkel 111 down near Tripoli. One Allied plane is missing. Italian reports say 26 killed and 530 injured in Naples and Palermo.
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Cairo
Naples
Italy
United States
Ninth Air Force
Tripoli
Palermo
War Production Board requires 25 percent shoe leather set aside
The War Production Board announced on Saturday that sole tanners and converters must dedicate 25 percent of their type sole leather production to repair civilian shoes until further notice.
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Washington
War Production Board
Delay in Showdown on Farm Labor Bill
Washington reports another delay in passing judgment on the Bankhead bill to deter farm workers from military service. Sen. Truman opposes the measure saying the delay stems from in-favor voting strength and army spokesmen failed to sway opinion against the bill.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
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Truman
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Wadsworth
D-N.y
Reynolds
Congress
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War Department
War Manpower Commission
Cut Govt Car Mileage Ordered by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt issues a order to cut government car mileage by at least 40 percent. Mileage administrators will be appointed in each federal department to oversee vehicle use. Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown will supervise and coordinate the effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Branches Lead Penick and Ford 1942 Production Rise
Cedar Rapids plant processed 12 033 781 bushels of corn in 1942 up from 9 611 199 in 1941 as Penick and Ford reports record year. Earnings reached 1 608 087 32 with a postwar credit of 304 821 20 10 percent tax. Dividends were 3 per share on 369 000 shares.
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Penick
Ford
Cedar Rapids
Bombers Collide During Flight Training. 11 Die
Two medium bombers collided during a formation training flight near Avon Park Florida killing all 11 crew members. Officials said no Iowans were among the dead and the crash occurred Sunday with investigators to probe the accident.
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Avon Park
Fla
Here
Reds Open Fresh Offensive in North Front
A Soviet communique says Timoshenko’s forces launched a new northern push through snow and ice, recapturing roughly 900 square miles, killing about 8,000 Germans and capturing 3,000. Demyansk fell with other towns. the German 16th army was reported shattered as Russians advance toward the Estonian front and toward Velikie Luki. Further south, progress west of Kharkov and Kursk continued toward the Dnieper with gains northwest of Rostov.
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Kharkov
Demyansk
Ilmen
Seliger
Moscow
Valdai
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Velikie Luki
Kursk
Dnieper
Rostov
Donets
Strike Keeps Navy Repair Run At Alameda Yard
Charles Young a 20 year veteran and CIO local steward defied union expulsion and stayed at his post at General Engineering and Drydock in Alameda. Twenty five machinists refused to pay fines and continued work prompting James Smith to threaten a full walkout of all workers at the yard.
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Calif
INS
General Engineering and Drydock Company
Charles Young
CIO
Young
Yard
Navy
James Smith
Smith
Earl Chadd Pleads Guilty in Manslaughter Case
Earl N Chadd 32 changed his plea from innocent to guilty before Judge J F Leiserman in Cedar Rapids. The court postponed sentencing to 10 am Monday April 5. Connie Conklin 35 was critically injured as Chadd’s car collided head on with the Blickle auto on Highway 218 five miles south of Cedar Rapids.
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Earl N Chadd
Prand
J. Felleisermin
Leserman
Second Avenue SE
Connie Conklin
Chadd
She O
St. Lukes Hospital
Sheff Harlan Snyder
Cedar Rapids
Blickle
Iowa City
Green Light for Racketeer Ban Hobbs Bill Seen Clearing House Floor
The house rules committee cleared the way Tuesday for a house vote probably next week on the Hobbs anti racketeering bill. The measure faces strong opposition from organized labor.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Gandhi to End His Fast on Wednesday
Gandhi, weakened by a three week fast, prepared to break it Wednesday morning as India endures a heat wave. He remains under close supervision in Poona with staff monitoring his condition and vital signs.
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United States
England
India
Gandhi
Poona
Mohandas
Deduction of Fifth of Pay is Approved
Washington AP reports a plan to withhold 20 percent of taxable income from pay envelopes for 31 million workers starting July 1. The tentative committee action sets a two tier withholding: 3 percent on wages above exemptions and 7 percent on higher amounts, aiming to cover 1942 taxes.
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Treasury
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Johas Deen
Cooper
How Doughboys Live in Tunisia Ingenuity Against Rain
Allied North African Headquarters reports on U S infantry life in Tunisia. Soldiers receive two blankets and a shelter half. they share pup tents, dig shallow holes for cover, and rely on olive groves and irrigation ditches for camouflage and protection. Meals are canned stew and tea, with minimal heating.
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Allied North African Headquarters
Tunisia
Fourteen Japanese ships head toward New Guinea in large convoy
MacArthur says a weather front grounded Allied planes as a major Japanese convoy moves northeast of New Guinea. Recon aircraft sighted the ships west of New Britain and along its north coast, with Allied ground patrols destroying four large Japanese barges at the Wark River mouth in New Guinea.
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New Britain
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Cedar Rapids Weather Turns Colder as Temps Dip
A frigid Cedar Rapids forecast shows continued cold this afternoon and tonight with lows around five below. Temperatures rise Wednesday morning as cities like Decorah Fort Dodge and Des Moines report subzero readings and little relief until midweek.
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Cedar Rapids
Kedar Rapids
Mercury
Decorah Fort
Des Moines
Compulsory Civilian Defense Work Debated in U S
Civilian Defense Director James Landis warned it could be necessary to make civilian defense labor compulsory if volunteer participation continues to fall after Allied victories. He noted the OCD's more than 5,000,000 potential volunteers but warned only 25 percent active may trigger a push for legislation.
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Civilan Defense
James Mo Landis
Landis
OCD
Midway
French North Africa
Congres
Air Rand
Prcent
Want a Commission In the Navy Apply Wednesday Morning
Three line officers a medical officer two yeomen and two hospital corpsmen will be on duty at 9 am Wednesday in the Cedar Rapids post office building recruiting office to take eastern Iowa applications for navy commissions. The board will sit 9 am to 9 pm Wednesday Thursday Friday and 9 am to 5 pm Saturday.
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Naval Recruiting Office
Iowa
Navy
Naval Officer Procurement Office
Des Moines
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington
British Lose 19 Planes in New Berlin Raid
British bombers mounted their heaviest wartime raid on Berlin with 19 planes lost in the Berlin strike and subsidiary Western Germany raids. The operation featured four engined bombers, including two RCAF aircraft, and targeted Berlin’s factories and government buildings amid heavy anti aircraft fire and searchlights.
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Berlin
Germany
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force
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Thunderbolt
Beran
Americans Hit Vital Jap Span in Burma
New Delhi reports American heavy and medium bombers struck the Gokteik viaduct in Burma, with direct hits on several spans of the 2,200 foot structure. The viaduct lies about 85 miles from Mandalay on the Lashio road, and its destruction would sever Japanese supply links to Chinese forces in Yunnan.
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United States Air Force
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