Joe Martin backs pay as you go tax plan tied to Ruml ideas
Washington Republican leaders press for pay as you go income tax reform and an override of the Ways and Means committee. Carlson’s bill gains support. Eden shuttles between White House and London as United Nations unity efforts outline postwar plans.
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Joseph W Martin
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Axis
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White House
World League proposal urged as best path to peace
A group of four senators advocates a World League of Nations style organization to prevent future aggression. They call for temporary administrations in Anis occupied areas, UN oversight, and economic rehabilitation with scope for modification and new members. They urge bipartisan support and note prior Wilson Senate tensions.
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United States
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Ball
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Edens
Eden
Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
Organization 8
United Nations Organization
Wilson
Bull
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Charley L. McNary
Cedar Rapids notices round up local meetings and enlistment
Enlistment of Eldred C Veit shusen 17 of Conroy Ia reported by Cedar Rapids nay recruiting station. Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce directors to meet Tuesday noon at Montrose hotel. Townsend Victory club No 8 picnic supper Tuesday at 6 30 in ILOOF hall 838 First avenue NE. Townsend convention District No 2 Sunday meetings at Roosevelt hotel instead of Montrose. public invited.
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Eldred C. Veitshusen
Conroy
Cedar Rapids
The
Townsend
District No 2
Roosevelt Hotel
Montrose
Brown Plea for No Hoarding as Rationing Starts
Washington Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown issued a no hoarding appeal to housewives and asked for forbearance for a few weeks after rationing of meat cheese butter and cooking fats begins March 29. He praised their conduct before the canned and processed food rationing program and expressed confidence in a positive response.
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Washington (Lp
Prentiss M. Brown
Life of Lieut. Col Staten E Rall Heads Ninety-Second Tale
The Buffalo profiles Lieut. Col Staten E Rall plans and training officer of the 92nd Division at Fort McClellan Alabama. A 1923 Army recruit and Coe College ROTC alumnus he served in World War I in the Navy and held posts at Fort Benning and in the Hawaiian theater. He and Mrs Ball reside at Fort McClellan with their two sons.
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Staten E. Rall
J . Rall
Seventeenth Street
Rall
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Ball
Fort Benning
Hawaiian
Col
Reinbeck Boy 14 Confesses Writing Extortion Letters
Grundy County sheriff said 14 year old Stanley Fallgatter of Reinbeck confessed authoring extortion letters in a blackmail plot. FBI agents linked handwriting samples from Reinbeck schoolchildren to the letters. He was arraigned in Grundy Center Juvenile Court and ordered to Iowa City hospital for examination.
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Sherif John Meyers
Grundy County
Stanley Fallgatter
C K. Fallgatter
Hay
Meyers
Fallgatter
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ruth Emmet
Tommy
James B Dalton
FBI
Iowa
Rembeck
Fallgatters
R W. Hasner
Waterloo
Grundy Center
Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Scattergood refugee hostel to close Monday confirmed
WEST BRANCH reports the Scattergood refugee hostel will close Monday as announced by John M Copithorne assistant director. Plans by the American Friends Society to set up a Japanese relocation center at the hostel were halted by the War Relocation Authority. Staff will be moved to other Friends Society projects and the buildings and 12 acres of farm land will temporarily remain vacant.
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West Branch
Scattergood
John M Copithorne
American Friends Society
Copithorne
Friends Society
Salvage Meeting To Be Held Monday In Cedar Rapids
Herbert C. Plagman of Des Moines leads a War Production Board salvage meeting Monday at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Attendees include salvage chairmen from Cedar, Town, Johnson, Jones and Linn counties. films shown and spring plans outlined. 1,000 pounds heavy scrap iron form quota set. Axial rotation note included.
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Herbert C. Plagman
Des Moines
War Production Board For
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
USO Moves Into Cedar Rapids Center With Hostess Registration
The USO will relocate to its Second Avenue center at 108 Second Avenue SE as union crews ready the space. Mrs Edward M Soboda chairman said registration for Junior hostesses begins Monday from 11 am to 5 pm for women 18 and older, with future dates announced. Identifying cards will permit attendance at USO events. Phone line 3-125) used for center info.
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LS of
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue Center
Edward M. Soboda
Recreation Center Committee
Second Avenue SE
Soboda
See No Danger of Flood for Cedar River This Spring
Veteran river observers say spring flood danger on the Cedar River is practically nil due to a very low river stage from recent warm weather and a prior freeze that halted the spring thaw. They expect ice to break up gradually between March 27 and March 30, with the river open from here to Vinton eliminating ice gorge risk.
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Cedar River
Vinton
Gardens Continue as City Plans Community Plots
The Gardens program, led by Fred Machen with aid, surveys land to decide suitability for garden use. The city park department and Office of Civilian Defense will plow, disc, and harrow tracts to be leased at 33 cents per 50 by 30 foot plot. Rex Conn heads the county Victory Garden effort with Byron Anderson in Cedar Rapids, including educational work on storage and preservation led by Miss Margaret Stewart.
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Applied
Fred Machen
Haegg
City Park Department
Office of Civilian Defense
City Engineering Department
Frank E Young
Chamber of Commerce Soung Mens Bureau
Byron Anderson
Chales Kose
Rex Conn
Linn
Victory
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Stewart
Linn County
Moves Reshape Shellsburg Homes and Businesses
Shellsburg the town sees multiple residential shifts with Wilmer Lint buying the Baxter Jones property and moving in, Martin Ruiedel relocating to Ernest Wagner house, the Herman Ropger family to the west end, and the Fiebelkorn families swapping several properties. Harold Fiebelkorn now runs a welding repair shop in the Oscar Anderson building. Harry and Mrs Penrose leave town for the Earl Johnson farm purchase.
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Shellsburg
Wilmer Lint
Baxter Jones
Martin Ruiedels
Ernest Wagner
Herman Ropgers
W. J. Fiebelkarn
Albert Schrecht
Frank Saunders
Lucille Weir McGoey
Harold Fiebelkorn
Nearl
Mason
Guadalcanal naval battles summary of 1942 night and air actions
Scattered naval actions mark the final collapse of Japanese forces on Guadalcanal. United States losses include cruisers destroyers and transports. Japanese losses include destroyers and larger vessels, with multiple ships sunk or damaged across battles from August to early 1943.
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Eastern Solomons
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Careo & Supply
Tynes
I Am An American Day Proclaimed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt on May 16 proclaimed Sunday as I Am An American day. He urged public observance to recognize all citizens naturalized or born, to promote understanding of duties and opportunities of citizenship in a nation at war. Congress provided for the annual observance in 1940.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Spacek Dies After Lingering Illness at 47
Chris Spacek 47 son of Mrs Josephine Brokl of 1501 L Street SW died Saturday at 2:15 PM after a lingering illness. Born Cedar Rapids July 24, 1895. Survived by mother four sisters Mrs Joseph Brokl Lisbon Mrs L L Burgess Mrs Lillian Witlack Mrs Theoron Ackerman Cedar Rapids two brothers August New Boston Ill Edward Spacek Cedar Rapids. Services at Polansky chapel time to be announced.
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Josephine Brokl
L_ street
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Brokl
Lisbon
L. L. Burgess
Lillian Witlack
Theoron Ackerman
New Boston
Edward Spacek
Polansky
Ater
Services for Mrs Mabel Sparling Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel Austa Sparling wife of Edward E Sparling will be at 2 p m Monday in the Turner chapel conducted by Rev D A Loferski pastor of St John s Episcopal Church Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial Cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Edward E. Sparling
Seventeenth Street
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St John's Episcopal Church
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Service men and women listed in local roll call
Kathleen Thomas of Norway receives second lieutenant commission in army nurses corps and serves at Schick General Hospital in Clinton. Many local residents and relatives are noted in training, promotions, and assignments across camps in Texas, Arkansas, New York, and California, with dates from February and March 1943.
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Kathleen Thomas
E E. Thomas
Norway
Army Nurses Corps
Thomas
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Lieut
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's
Roger
Hollis Deetz
George Deetz
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Camp Hood
Texas
Venezuela Reforms Oil Laws Boosts State Tax Take
A new statute solves long running disputes by mandating conversion of concessions to the law. The government’s share rises from nine percent to 16 23 percent with tax changes, boosting oil revenue by about seventy percent. Private firms gain a 40 year extension on current operations. Red tape is reduced and regulatory hurdles removed.
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Venezuela
Jedger
Tough Foe
Germany’s wartime strength is described as five to six million troops with remaining forces split across Europe. The text notes long four years of combat have eroded enemy numbers, despite a once vast army of up to nine million plus auxiliaries, and highlights the impact of poor daylight bombing windows and shorter Russian communications lines.
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Russia
Germany
Haly
Europe
Tynes
Stephen Vincent Benet Dies After Heart Attack
Poet and author Stephen Vincent Benet died early Saturday after a heart attack. A private funeral will be held at St James Episcopal Church, with burial Monday in New York.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
St James Episcopal Church
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