George Hopes States Will Simplify Tax
Senator Walter F. George predicts state income taxes will be simplified after the federal tax simplification bill passes. He says states will study the plan and tax authorities will push reforms. the finance committee will begin work next week with Treasury officials and tax experts testifying. He notes concerns over the 10 percent blanket deduction for charitable contributions and that hearings may be limited.
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Washington
INS
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
George
Finance Committee
Ball Says Stassen Withdrawal Request Will Be Ignored
Senator Ball acting as campaign manager for Harold E. Stassen said a Minnesota delegate's request that Stassen quit the race would be ignored. L. J. Lauerman, one of 24 Minnesota delegates pledged to Stassen, urged Stassen to drop out like Gen. MacArthur. Ball said Lauerman acted on his own and had no campaign ties.
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Washington
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
L. J. Lauerman
Douglas MacArthur
Ball
US Forces Report 23 High Officers Lost in This War
AP reports 23 U.S. military officers from army navy and marine corps lost to war including 13 generals killed or missing. The tally lists four killed in action and six missing, with many deaths from crashes during operations in Europe Africa and the Pacific. Names include Maj Gen Clarence L Tinker and Brig Gen Asa W Duncan among those named.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Clarence L. Tinker
Battle of
Midway
Asa W. Duncan
Europe
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Germany
Charles L. Keevans
Sicily
Howard K. Ramey
Southwest Pacific
Fifth Army GIs Bet On Derby In Italy
In Naples Fifth Army troops marked Kentucky Derby day by placing small wagers via their own book maker despite no mint stamps or blue grass. They will learn results 16 hours later when Ted Husing’s broadcast is rebroadcast to them.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Italy
Ted Husing
Military fatalities list from World War II era
A 1943 wartime record details numerous U S military losses including Brig Gen Kenneth N Walker Major Gen Herbert A Dargue and Lt Gen Frank M Andrews. It lists killed in action missing in action and other fatalities across Iceland Australia Louisiana Alaska Pearl Harbor Guadal canal and the North Atlantic with dates from 1941 to 1943.
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Kenneth N. Walker
Southwest Pacific
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
Herbert A. Dargue
Pacific Theater
Charles H. Barth
Harold George
Australia
Carlyle Wash
Alabama
Stonewall Jackson
Louisiana
Alfred J. Lyon
Germany
NAVY
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Pearl Harbor
Daniel J. Callahan
Guadalcanal
Norman Scott
Henry M. Mullinnix
Gilbert Islands
Robert H. English
James A. Logan
Northern Ireland
William P. Upshur
Marine Corps
Alaska
John Walter Wilcox
Arthur Leroy Bristol
Oklahoma Governor Kerr Weighed as Democratic Keynoter
President Roosevelt status and party leaders discuss a Democratic convention keynote speaker with Gov. Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma among finalists. Other contenders include Senate Leader Barkley of Kentucky and Ambassador Claude Bowers, with talks ongoing after Kerr met party chairman Hannegan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert E. Hannegan
Kerr
Senate
Barkley
Chile
Claude Bowers
Wfruman
D-Mo
Tru
Governors in Spotlight as Party Conventions Shape Leadership
Democrats admire congressional figures for permanent chairman while Republicans nominate Gov. Earl Warren of California for the keynote. Kerr hails from a swing state, and President Roosevelt’s support is anticipated. Leaders say Roosevelt will likely decide temporary and permanent chairmen, with an arrangements committee under Hannegan handling formal choices.
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Congress
Earl Warren
California
G.O.P
Kerr
Roosevelt
Hannegan
O Neal Promoted to Production Manager at Monsanto
E A O Neal Jr of Trenton Michigan has been promoted to production manager of Monsanto Chemical company phosphate division in Anniston Alabama. He succeeds Felix N Williams transferred to the plastic division at Springfield Massachusetts. The announcement came from R R Cole Monsanto vice president in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
INS
E. A. O'Neal, Jr
Trenton
Mich
Monsanto Chemical Company
Anniston
Ala
R. R. Cole
Monsanto
O'Neal
Felix N. Williams
Springfield
Mass
Allies Push Japanese From Kohima Front In Northeast India
British and Indian troops report major gains near Kohima driving Japanese forces from key positions along the approaches to the city. The 14th Army, backed by tanks and air power, has advanced three days into the foothills of the Naga mountains to threaten the Bengal Assam railway lifeline.
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Kandy
Ceylon
INS
India
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
Britain
14Th Imperial Army
Naga
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Allied Forces Press New Gains on Burma Front
The communiqué reports heavy Japanese losses as Allied units push across the Arakan front toward Maungdaw and Buthidaung. In Imphal the front lines show no change, despite claims of Tokyo radio routing supplies to the garrison.
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Kohima
Manipur
Imphal
Berlin
Tokyo
Burma Arakan
Maungdaw-Buthidaung Jhighway
Arakan
Air V-Mail Now Transported by Plane Into U S
Postal bulletin clarifies May 15 start of air transport for V-mail letters entering the United States. New provisions apply only to inbound V-mail as outbound letters have long traveled by air. Cedar Rapids post office received the notice Saturday explaining the change.
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Postal Service
Cedar Rapids
U. S
Air mail V mail must use air postage for full service
The bulletin explains that for V mail to travel by air it must be sent at air mail rates rather than three cents. Letters paid at air mail rate are flown to a V mail station where they are photographed and then flown to the destination for reproduction and delivery. V mail from foreign ports at air mail rate is flown from the reproduction point to delivery.
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U. S
Massive Cold Storage Space Needed in Iowa
WFA reports from Des Moines indicate Iowa cold storage warehouses could hold about twenty times current capacity for perishable foods needing strict cooling. Operators note they cannot disclose exact amounts. items include powdered milk eggs butter dressed meat fish and vegetables. A War Food Administration report dated April 1 shows 772 000 cubic feet of cooler space 88 percent full and 1 707 000 feet of freezer space 93 percent full in Iowa.
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Iowa
WFA
DES Moines
War Food Administration
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