Plan Passed By House Is Tossed Out
The Senate Finance Committee voted 12-7 to back a Ruml plan for one year tax forgiveness and pay as you go taxation starting July 1. The Carlson bill, defeated 206-202 in the House, would require payroll deductions and a series of estimated payments with exemptions and refunds.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Carlson
R-Kan
House
Lucas
Walsh
Mass
Clark
Radcliffe
Finance Committee
Treasury
Colin F. Stam
Joint
Congressional Taxation Committee
Coal Miners Strike Across Three States Prompt Work Restarts
Fourteen hundred miners returned to work at the Shannopin mine in Bobtown Pennsylvania while 500 others in western Pennsylvania remained idle along with miners in Ohio and Indiana after a recent wave of walkouts. District 5 officials said to resume only if operators sign a contract by the end of the 15 day truce, marking a staged response to wage disputes and pre strike fines.
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California
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Shannopin
Bobtown
Vesta
District 5
Ohio
Kind
Princeton
Ind
David Jones
Jones and Laughlin
Busarello
Western
Heavy British Raid on Narvik Reported
STOCKHOLM UP British bombers were reported to have heavily raided Narvik on Friday night focusing on the harbor area and unloading many bombs. Reports said a number of fires were started at Narvik, a key northern Norway port often tied to invasion speculation.
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Stockholm
Narvik
Norway
Eleven Army Flyers Die in Dalhart Crash
Eleven Army men were killed and one injured critically when a heavy plane crashed near the Dalhart Army Air Base Friday night. The injured and the names of the deceased were withheld pending family notification.
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Dalhart, Texas
INS
Dalhart Army Air Base
Honest Finder Returns Loot After Refusing Large Reward
A Cedar Rapids woman found about $2,000 in cash and checks at May's store refused the full reward, then returned the money to R H Pickford of Northwestern Mutual Life. She accepted a $50 reward after Mr. Pickford identified her as Mrs E Wiley, 1437 Mt Vernon Ave SE. The funds included a $400 cash portion and $1,600 in checks from a lost deposit book belonging to Ann Powers, 953 Center Point Road NE, a company clerk.
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
May
Pickford
E. Wiley
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Ann Powers
Center Point Road
Insurance Company
Miss Powers
Yanks Launch 12 Raids on Aleutian Islands In One Day
Washington AP reports American planes from new Aleutian bases stepped up raids on Attu and Kiska. Attu was raided seven times Thursday while five attacks hit the Japanese base on Kiska.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Attu Island
Navy
Saturoy
Kiska Island
Iowans Helped In Final Bizerte Breakthrough Across Africa
Allied dispatches report Yankees from all states, including Minnesota and Iowa units, in the Bizerte operation. Soldiers from varied backgrounds joined a largely American force as they stormed through Tunisia, with pockets of local pride and moments of resolve during the fight. Captain and sergeant anecdotes highlight the human side, including a tense foxhole prayer exchange and a German rear-guard encounter before the 88mm guns fell silent.
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Allied
North Africa
Union
Bizerte
Minnesota
Iowa
Ferryville
Louisville
Cincinnati
West Virginia
Ohio River Valley
Jerry Larks
Corp
Chick Rogers
Memphis
Chick
Jerry
Louis Bradford
Austin
Minn
Europe
Russia
Tunisia
Americans Enter Bizerte Tunis With Bradley Command
US Second Army corps entered Bizerte amid light resistance after heavy air and artillery bombardment. News from Tunis confirms First Army has seized the capital as American forces push in, with observers noting extensive shellfire and German demolition. Major General Omar Bradley led the Bizerte operation as reports from Lieut Nixon and Capt Downing described the rapid advance and welcoming populace.
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St. Cunningham
Graham
Hovey
Bizerte
INS
United States Second Army Corps
First Army
Tunis
Tani Unt
Lieut Stuart Nixon
Los Angeles
Richard Downing
Sterar Corps
Norman
Oklo
Omar Bradley
Fierce Fight 9 Miles from Novorossisk
Moscow reports a violent battle southwest of Neberdjevskaya nine miles from Novorossisk as German reserves tanks and artillery push to halt the Soviet advance toward the Black Sea port. Red forces drive toward NovoROSSisk while Germans counterattack and heavy air activity inflicts losses on Axis troops.
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Moscow
Neberdjevskaya
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Red
Kuban
Novorossis
Red Fleet
Skipper's Father Died Not Knowing Of Son's Heroism
In Nashville AP report, the father of Comdr. Howard W. Gilmore, commander of a submarine who sacrificed himself to save his crew, died less than two months after learning of his son's death and never knew of the act that earned him hero status. The stepmother, Mrs. W. M. Gilmore, said the father learned Feb. 10 and died March 30, still worrying about his fate.
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Nashville, Tenn
Howard W. Gilmore
W. M. Gilmore
Attack Reported on Gibraltar Bay
Three violent explosions shattered Gibraltar bay on Saturday as British naval tugs beached three merchant ships. An Axis submarine attack was reported but not confirmed immediately.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar Bay
Wartime Payroll Totals From Boise Entrepreneur
A Boise small business owner recalls wartime labor shifts noting 22 employees normally, 153 names on the payroll in 1942, and only four remained from start to year end, including the owner.
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Boise, Ida
Ten Percent Cut in Meat Prices June First
Washington reports a two billion dollar federal plan under study to subsidize the cost of living. The effort aims to force a ten percent price reduction on beef veal pork lamb mutton coffee and butter starting June 1, financed through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Packers and manufacturers would be paid a small per pound subsidy as prices are cut, with the measure likely compulsory under the price control act.
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Washington
Prentiss M Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Bizerte Assault Reassigned Command From Patton to Bradley
Allied Headquarters announced to Saturday that Major General Omar N. Bradley led the Second Army drive into Bizerte after taking over from Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton. Eisenhower noted Patton would take another major command and possibly lead upcoming Mediterranean landings, while Bradley directed the northern assault with Patton handling southern armor.
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Omar N Bradley
Second Corps
Bizerte
George S Patton
Gio
Bradles
Eol
Amaz
Mahnassy
Mountaineion
Chewage
Amercans
Patton
Eisenhower
Tunis
Allied Conquerors of Tunis and Bizerte Close In for Final Mop-Up
Allied forces strong from Tunis to Bizerte tighten grip as Axis troops retreat to Cap Bon and hills near Enfidaville. Thousands of prisoners captured as Eindhoven and Cunningham report near-complete North African victory after Bizerte fell and major ports were bombed and blocked. Captured ships and ongoing ground advances signal the end of the campaign and potential routes for Mediterranean convoys.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Associated Press
Cap Bon
Adolf
Mateur
Trallars
Douglas V MacArthur
Philippines
Tums Riverte
Sician
United Nations
Col Iins
Wesern
Rome
Teluge
Cap Bon Penintsula
London
Ammen
Strais
Silk
Second
United States Corps
First Army
George Tucker
Mediterranean
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Tucker
Enfidaville
Eighth Army
Accidents Take Lives of Four Men in Greenland B-17 Crisis
A Greenland ice cap disaster details the deaths of four airmen during a doomed B-17 brace against Arctic hazards. The narrative centers on Lt Demorest falling into a crevasse, Tetley and Monteverde's rescue attempts, and the crew's struggle to endure isolation and cold while awaiting signals from rescue teams and weather prospects.
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Greenland
Spencer
Coast Guard
Grumman
Demorest
Tetley
Monteverde
Pritchard
Howarth
Tetley and Monteverde
Lieut. Demorest
Rescue Efforts Underway After Narrow Climb Down
Firefighters and locals faced a doubtful undertaking as they called for help and watched for a rope ladder while attempting to improvise one themselves. They set about making a ladder to reach the stranded individual amid slow progress and cautious steps.
Welcome to Tunis as French triumph marks victory
Edward Word reports the British army enters Tunis in a scene of joy and tears as German defenders retreat. Crowds cheer with flowers and kisses while exultant French civilians sob and sing the Marseillaise amid lingering smoke and scattered gunfire. Generals and prisoners are paraded, and a Berlin accent hints at German ties to the city.
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Tunis
Anny Hes
Tunisia
Berlin
Fifth Avenue
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