Tax policy and wartime pay as you go debates take center stage
A discussion of pay as you go taxation and the ruml plan questions how such rules would shape taxpayer behavior and political choices. The piece contrasts congressional resistance with a public push for fiscal restraint, highlighting U S House action to curb wartime salaries and the broader American belief in individual reward through effort. It also notes a Cedar Rapids ceremony honoring a national idea and a university anecdote about shoe rationing revealing differing viewpoints.
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Congress
Washington
Arlier
Cedar Rapids
U. S. House of Representatives
Senate
French Patriots Battle Italians Near Haute Savoie Clash
French partisans and Italian troops clash across the Haute Savoie border as resistance expands in eastern France. Reports say thousands of guerrillas armed by Allied planes fight along the border while Geneva hears the gunfire.
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John Parris
London
Haute- Savoie
Switzerland
Geneva
Garde Mobile
Cartier
Government sets meat output caps for war period
Secretary Wickard ordered all federal inspectors to reserve specified shares of meat output for government war use from March 14 to April 30. Beef non canner 40 percent canner and cutter 80 percent veal 30 percent lamb 35 percent pork 45 percent. Unreserved packer output remains for civilian consumption.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Temperature Drops After Reaching 59 in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids records a high of 59 degrees at 4 30 p m as Chambers Inskeep reports a 12 degree fall to 47 by 11 p m with no help from Havelock Ellis the carrier pigeon who served as a weather prognosticator.
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Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis
Chambers
Mercury
Havelock
Reds and Japs Talk Fisheries Agreement
Moscow AP reports talks on renewing the Japanese Soviet fisheries pact continue with no public word on an extension for 1943.
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Moscow
Allies Bomb 8 Jap Ships Near Wewak New Guinea
Allied planes bombed a convoy of eight Japanese ships near Wewak in northern New Guinea. The assault hit an 8,000 ton transport and a 4,000 ton cargo ship as fighters protected by weather and distance sought to finish off the convoy.
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Allied
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
Hitler Healthy and Busy Directing War
Goebbels quotes Hitler as healthy and directing the war at front and home. Goebbels says he works hard with no Sundays off, while Goering and Ribbentrop also are in good health but need rest after the war. The interview notes Axis unity and vows to attack Britain. People magazine adds Hitler may suffer dipsomania per a “reliable source.”
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Hitler
Goebbels
Reichsmarshal Goering
von Ribbentrop
Reich Ministry For People's Enlightenment
Britain
Germany
Russia
Africa
Churchill
Europe
Fuehrer
Allies to Meet Greatest Opposition on Germans Home Soil
New York dispatch reports Allied leaders warn the toughest fight lies on German soil as air power becomes decisive. Analysts estimate Axis output 3,000 planes monthly with 5,000–6,000 frontline aircraft, while Allies aim for 10,000 monthly, with Britain, Russia, and the United States contributing. The Flying Fortresses emerge as a pivotal force in a broader European air offensive.
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Morris
New York
Europe
Germany
Axis
Russia
France
Tunisia
United Nations
Britain
United States
India
Australia
China
Luftwaffe
U. S
Gardens to Triple in Cedar Rapids for Victory Veg Growth
In Cedar Rapids 4724 families plan home gardens to supply their tables this spring and summer. 3687 families pledged to plant and secure plots, 1047 to garden if space becomes available. The Office of Civilian Defense will match residents with 112 listed city lots and seek 100 more acres, to meet a projected 50 acre demand for Victory gardens.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry E. Haegg
Linn County
Office of Civilian Defense
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
John E. Wagner
Paul Bedell
Howard Helscher
Clare Doolittle
Haegg
Eisenhower Signals Imminent Major Offensive in Tunisia
Allied forces under Eisenhower tighten the ring around Axis lines in Tunisia with air attacks on Sousse Tunis Enfidaville and supply routes. The commander pledged duty to clear Tunisia and hinted at a major push likely to begin soon as weather favors operations.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Sousse
Tunis
Enfidaville
Mediterranean
War spending hits 293 million a day in February
Washington AP reports February war outlays reached 6.081 billion dollars, a daily rate of 253.4 million. Spending fell 2.8 percent from January’s total, but was more than double February 1942 expenditure.
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Washington
War Production Board
Saturday Shoppers Face Meat Shortages in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids shoppers found limited meat supplies by mid afternoon as stores reported scarce roasts and pork. Markets offered liver, lunch meat, bacon and picnic meats while indicating few chickens and minimal ham or steak options remained.
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Cedar Rapids
U S Bombers Blast Nazi Rail Points Over Essen Raid
Allied air forces, including American Fortresses, struck the rail yards near Amiens and targets around Essen. Observers reported vast fires at Krupp works as RAF losses mounted, with heavy anti aircraft and fighters defending German positions.
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London
Europe
Royal Air Force
Essen
Krupp
RAF
England
Morgan Funeral Tue in New York
A special railroad car carried the body of John Pierpont Morgan 75 died Saturday morning of a heart ailment. Funeral services planned for 10 a.m Tuesday at St George's Church New York City. Only his daughter Mrs Paul S Pennoyer and son Lieut Comdr Henry S Morgan attended. He died at Gasparilla Inn cottage in Boca Grande Florida during vacation.
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Boca Grande
Fla
John Pierpont Morgan
St George's Protestant Episcopal Church
New York City
Morgan
Paul S. Pennoyer
Henry S. Morgan
Gasparilla Inn
Reds Concede Fourth Kharkov Setback Amid Heavy German Pressure
London reports the Red Army acknowledged a fourth setback in two days at Kharkov as German armored forces pressed from the west. Soviet defenses held in key sectors though after heavy fighting near the city center and railway station, with battles spreading toward Smolensk front advances from Vyazma noted in the late communique.
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London
Red Army
Kharkov
High Eost
Smolensk
Vyazma
Frirlis
Two Japanese Battleships Defeated in Guadalcanal Clash
Washington reports confirm two Japanese battleships sunk in the Guadalcanal sea battle, with earlier tallies revised from one battleship and one vessel to two battleships. The Solomon Islands campaign totals show 40 combatant ships sunk and 24 non combatants sunk or destroyed, across 64 ships.
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Navy
Solomon Islands
Naval Cameran
Guadalcanal
Craiers
Laughton Hospitalized After Film Knee Injury
British actor Charles Laughton was hospitalized in Hollywood after twisting his knee during a scene at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. He is expected to stay about a week for treatment and recovery.
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Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios
New Venezuela Law Ends Conflict with Oil Firms
Venezuela's congress approves a petroleum law to stabilize the oil sector and end a lengthy dispute with major firms. President Medina signs the measure at noon, reassessing concession terms and securing revenue for the public utility.
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Venezuela
Caracas
INS
Medina
Gustavo Man
Rique Pacanini
United States
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Gulf Oil Company
Royal Dutch Shell
Juan Vicente Gomez
Gomez
Four U.S. senators urge immediate United Nations structure
Four bipartisan senators urged urgent creation of a limited United Nations organization to coordinate Allied resources and police the postwar world. They drafted a plan for an international police force and dispute settlement machinery to be presented to the Senate with possible Eden attendance at White House talks.
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Washington
U. S
United Nations Organization
League of Nations
Wilson
Senate
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Eden
United States
United Niters
United Nations
Hoth
Sen
Rufus Holman
Gerd PoNve
Sen Wareren Ro Aitna
Sam Cul A Harth
D-Nm
Joseph Wo Ball
R-Minn
Harold Wo Burton
Lister HA
DeAla
White House
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Robert F. Wagner
DNY
Earllier
Sumner Welles
Welles
Tden
Germany
Japan
Girl Swallows Hatpin During Laugh, In Chicago
Ruth Iverson, 15, is under observation after swallowing a four inch hatpin while talking and laughing with her brothers. The incident occurred in Chicago and is being monitored by medical staff.
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Chicago
Ruth Iverson
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