Congress rejects pay as you go tax plan amid tax reform debate
The House rejects the Ruml pay as you go plan to put federal income tax on a current basis and refuses a payroll deduction substitute that would delay canceling 1942 obligations. The editorial urges a clearer postwar tax relief and notes public support for Ruml’s idea.
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House of Representatives
House
Hairman Doughton
Ways and Means
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
Ruml Plan Beaten Amid Tax Battle In Congress
Washington AP reports the House rejected the Ruml tax plan 215 to 198 as Republicans debate compromise lines to abate 1942 taxes. Democrats and Republicans clash over by pass efforts while Ways and Means drafts a new substitute. Allied North Africa update notes Sedjenane captured and Rommel’s retreat continues as Allied air and ground forces press forward.
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Iere
Iowa
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Martin
Talle
Cunningham
Gilchrist
Jensen
Hoeven
LeCompte
Gwynne
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Rminn
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D-Va
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Dn.c
Senate
Carlson
R-Kan
Algiers
Rommel
Sfax
Sedjenane
Jurgen von
Arnim
la Fouconniere
el Maou
North Africa
Allied air blasts halt Japanese supply run at Finsch Harbor
Allied bombers struck off Finsch harbor in New Guinea turning back a Japanese destroyer group and forcing the rest to flee. A 500 pound direct hit likely sank the largest destroyer while barges and docks burned. MacArthur’s planes also sank a coastal vessel at Rottock Bay and damaged a ship near Ubili as Zero fighters tangled with Liberators.
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Australia
Japan
New Guinea
Finsch Harbor
Huoh Peninsula
Lae
Bis
Marck Sea
Kainana
Dutch New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Finsch
Rottock Bay
New Britain
Ubili
Man fatally injured stepping from moving truck in Iowa
Orah S. Ryan 66 of Nora Springs died at Mercy hospital after stepping from a stock truck in motion near Cedar Rapids. Police and coroner details say a ruptured thigh artery and heavy bleeding caused the accidental death. Ryan was a passenger in the truck driven by Roy Baker. lights failed and Ryan stepped out while still moving. He was found on the road and transported to Mercy hospital.
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Orah S. Ryan
Nora Springs
Mercy Hospital
R. E. Munden
Linn County
Munden
Janeba
Cedar Rapids
Ryan
Roy Baker
Baker
Tubbs
Fortresses Bomb Rotterdam Shipyards
American Flying Fortresses attacked shipping and shipyards in Rotterdam Holland on Wednesday. The Eighth Air Force communique said one bomber was lost in the raid.
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London
Rotterdam
Holland
Eighth Air Force
City Can't Buy Fire Hose But OCD Lends It
Cedar Rapids Fire Department cannot purchase 1000 feet of 2½ inch hose after a War Production Board denial. Office of Civilian Defense will lend 5200 feet of the same hose to Linn County for war time emergency use only, with Fire Chief E. P. Kohout as property officer.
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OCD
Cedar Rapids
Office of Civilian Defense
E. P. Kohout
War Production Board
Linn County
Cooler Weather Follows 83 Degree Reading in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for much colder weather this afternoon tonight and Thursday with a low around 36 and fresh to strong winds. Yesterday reached 83 at 4 30 pm marking the warmest March day in years while today’s readings fluctuated from 60 at 7 am to 62 then 54 by 2 30 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Havelock Ellis
Carrier Pigeon Weather Authority
Nostradamus
British Subs Sink Six Axis Vessels Near Tunisia Route
The admiralty said four British submarines sank six Axis ships and damaged four more on the supply route to Tunisia. One victim was a medium sized vessel carrying petroleum and another was a large fully laden ship, picked off a convoy off northern Sicily.
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London
Tunisia
Admiralty
Sicily
Roosevelt Eyes Near Future U S Soviet Talks
President Roosevelt announced a Russian American conference on current and postwar issues for soon with talks to include Stalin or Molotov possibilities. Invitations were issued for a United Nations food conference starting April 27 in a United States location yet undisclosed with thirty nations invited.
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Roosevelt
Futre
Stalin
Molotov
Anthony Eden
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Associated Nations
Senate
George
D-Ga
Burton
Ohio
Rubber acreage shifts to food crops for wartime needs
Washington AP reports Rubber Director Wil liam M Jeffers officials announce turning part of guayule acreage to food production as synthetic rubber progress remains on track. They caution against over-optimism. 11 000 acres planted mainly in California, with land returns not disclosed.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Jeffers
California
Wickard
Guayule
Nazi Manhunt for Norse Saboteurs
In Norway a massive Nazi led search is reported underway with anti Nazi groups and saboteurs who damaged the Norsk Hydro plant at Rjukan targeted by more than 3,000 German occupation troops that recently departed on three special trains.
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Stockholm
Norway
Norsk
Rjukan
Roosevelt outlines steps to build farm labor army
President Roosevelt announced plans to ease the farm labor shortage by releasing older workers from the Army and assigning conscientious objectors to farm work. He proposed a land army of students and volunteers, and importing workers from the Bahamas Jamaica and Mexico. He noted Davis would lead farm labor organization with dairy workers a priority and said general discharges for men over 38 would end after Wednesday.
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Roosevelt
Bahamas
Jamaica
Mexico
Chester C Davis
Agriculture Wickard
Davis
Samuel Zemurray
United Fruit Company
War Department
Wealthy Chicago heirs abducted in lakefront suburb raid
Five youths abducted three teenagers from Lake Forest then robed them and fled toward Chicago. Helen Priebe 18 and two male heirs Thomas Armour 18 and Kent Clow Jr 18 were seized after their car was stopped on the North Shore. Priebe later escaped and phoned police while two other abductors were captured by officers. The victims were identified as Robert Kravish 17 Richard Schenold 19 and Raymond Weglowski 17 by Priebe. Police prepared kidnapping and robbery warrants as the hunt spread through the Chicago area.
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Chicago
Frank Tiffany
Lake Forest
Indiana
Wisconsin
Helen Priebe
Thomas Stanton Armour
Ogden Armour
Lester Armour
Kent Clow
North Shore
Armour
Chiicago
Clow
Armours
Miss Priebe
Claw
Armour and Crow
State Street
Archer Avenue
Priebe
Tiffany
Robert Kravish
Richard Schenold
Raymond Weglowski
To Halt Temporary Gasoline Rations
Washington AP reports the Office of Defense Transportation will discontinue the system of granting temporary gasoline rations to commercial motor vehicle operators on Thursday. The move ends the wartime allocation process for trucks, buses, and related transport services.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Cedar Rapids Surpasses Red Cross War Fund Goal
Cedar Rapids has exceeded its Red Cross war fund goal with 67 192.63 raised, while Linn county totals 10 093.62 toward a 20 000 goal. Townships Fairfax Grant Mt Vernon Ely Alburnett Waubeck show strong results. Center Point and Central City near half marks. Marion at half. A theater cleanup drive April 1 6 will offer additional chances to contribute.
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Red Cross War Fund
Linn County
Ray Mills
Drive
Wells C. Peck
Red Cross
Fairfax
Grant
Walker
Jackson
Coggan
Mt. Vernon
Ely
Alburnett
Waubeck
Center Point
Central City
Marion
Mills
American Red Cross
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