Senate and Chamber Mediate Tax Reform and Bus Ride-Pooling
The Senate House conference committee yields a compromise tax plan granting one year relief for low income taxpayers and three quarters of a year for others. Ruml plan supporters deem it best amid delays and political squabbling. Chamber of Commerce's Merchants Bureau approves an earlier summer closing for a trial period to ease bus crowding into next winter.
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Senate House Conference Committee
Tota
Cedar Rapids
Merchants Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Transportation Committee
Air-raid sirens debate and local council vote
Civilian Defense Chairman Henry Haegg advocates a $2500 siren augmentation to marshal a 2000 strong air raid protection force. He seeks synchronized warnings, warns existing whistles are inadequate, and notes federal radio limits while acknowledging cost constraints. A columnist questions the price and broader conformity to OCD standards, suggesting lower cost warning options. Rabbits also get gardener tips from ISU bulletin with sulfur as a repellent.
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Henry Haegg
Haegg
Federal Communications Commission
OCD
Rail unions push for wage rise. 8 cent offer backed
An emergency rail labor board urged an eight cent per hour raise for over a million workers from 15 non-operating unions, rejecting their 20 cent ask and 70 cent minimum. The plan, within stabilization rules, would be retroactive to Feb 1 and paid in war bonds.
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Washington
National Railway Labor Panel
Little Steel
War Labor Board
Emergency Board
WLB
James F. Byrnes
Senate panel curbs F R financing authority
The senate appropriations committee voted to strip President Roosevelt of authority to use war emergency funds for federal operations. The move was added to a $143,639,591 deficiency bill and narrows presidential fund transfers, expanding a House limit on funding for the resources planning board and the Home Owners Loan Corporation. It also removed a House provision barring salaries for Goodwin B. Watson William E. Dodd Jr. and Robert Lovett.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
National Resources Planning Board
Home Owners Loan Corporation
House
Goodwin B. Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Federal Communications Commission
Robert Lovett
Virgin Islands
Sergt McDonald Reported Missing in European War Zone
Staff Sgt Thomas R McDonald 19 year old son of Mrs Winifred McDonald of 41614 Tenth Street SE is missing in action in the European area according to the war department. An aerial gunner and radio operator he has been in England since February and missing since May 19. He enlisted July 17 1942 and received wings at Las Vegas Gunnery School September 21. A graduate of Immaculate Conception High School 1941 he was class president, an Eagle Scout and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
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Thomas R. McDonald
Winifred McDonald
Tenth Street
War Department
McDonald
Army Air Forces
England
Sergt. McDonald
Air Corps
Las Vegas
Nev
Immaculate Conception High School
Knights of Columbus
Fighting sergeant Ed Filipi earns Purple Heart for Tunisia wounds
Edwin J. Filipi 34, a Cedar Rapids sergeant, wears eight major engagements and a Purple Heart. He served with American forces in North Africa, was wounded at Maknassy pass, and faced paralysis before evacuation to hospitals. He drafted early, married six years, and hopes to return to duty after furloughs in Texas.
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Cedar Rapids
North Africa
U. S. Air Transport Command
Tunisia
Oran
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
New York
Harmon General Hospital
Longview
Texas
Yanks Wipe Out One Jap Pocket on Attu
United States troops reported wiping out the Japanese position in Chichagof valley on Attu island as part of a broader push against a second main position near Chichagof harbor. Bombers fighters and strafing runs supported the attack while the navy announced the loss of the auxiliary vessel Niagara after Japanese planes damaged it, all crew members safe. South Pacific forces intensified strikes on Rekata bay at Santa Isabel with explosions in ammunition dumps and large fires.
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Washington
United States
Chichagof Valley
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
Chichagof
South Pacific
San Cristobal Island
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Yamamoto Death Belief by Senator Chandler
Senator Chandler doubts the claim of Admiral Yamamoto's death in a recent crash and reiterates his belief that Yamamoto was killed during the 1942 Battle of Midway as Japan sought to threaten the United States. He notes conflicting reports from Japan about the timing of the death.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Chandler
D-Ky
Yamamoto
Midway
United States
Japan
Chandler
Stores to Close Early For Trial Summer Hours
Cedar Rapids retailers will trial summer hours starting June 1 with closing at 4:30 pm to ease bus crowding. The plan gained approval from the executive board of the retail merchants bureau, though the Linn County War Transportation Committee opposes the change due to peak evening transit demand.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau
Linn County War Transportation Committee
War Transportation Committee
Bureau
John W. Beck
Zisko Receives Purple Heart for North Africa Service
Sergt. Charles A. Zisko wounded in action in North Africa on March 28 has been awarded the Purple Heart for merit and injuries. The 1627 Hinkley Avenue NW resident notes from North Africa that he was among the first American landings, trained at Camp Claiborne and served in Ireland before Africa.
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Charles A. Zisko
North Africa
Hinkley Avenue
Sergt
Zisko
Camp Claiborne
Ireland
Africa
Buses Used In Columbus Joyride By Teens
Police chased two 25 passenger buses driven at high speed by two Black youths who said they planned the ride after seeing empty vehicles in a garage. The boys explained they started in one bus and returned for a second and then were seized.
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Columbus, Ga
Columbus
Tax Accord At Last and 757 Cancellation Headline
Washington lawmakers edge toward final passage of a pay as you go income tax plan aimed to be effective by July 1. The measure would cancel a full year’s taxes for those owing 56 dollars or less and forgive 75 percent for others with the rest due 1944 and 1945. A 20 percent withholding on wages and quarterly payments for nonwage income would apply. The plan could freeze current rates, with debate over higher rate future needs and possible sales tax consideration.
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Hances
Washington
House
Senate
Vandenberg
Mich
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Conference Committee
Doughston
Treasury
Edsel Ford Dies at 49 Head of Ford Motor
Edsel Bryant Ford aged 49 head of Ford Motor died in Detroit after illness linked to a stomach malady and undulant fever. Henry Ford, his father, and Edsel's wife and four children were beside him. He had been overseeing a major war materials production drive.
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Detroit
Edsel Bryant Ford
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Edsel
Ford
Florida
Henry
Benson
William
Armed Services
Josephine
Ford Company
Churchill Seeks Peace Move and Russian Aid in War Outlook
In Washington Churchill urges Italians to abandon their leaders and seek peace while hinting at Russian cooperation against Japan. He notes no Allied Europe front commander has been chosen and stresses continued war until unconditional surrender. He praises the Soviet and Allied efforts and backs heavy bombing as vital to defeat.
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Churchill
Washington
Russia
Europe
Asia
Japan
India
Eane
Red Planes Sink 7 Nazi Vessels
Soviet forces report four villages seized northwest of Moscow while in the Black Sea the navy sunk six landing craft and an escort boat. Soviet pilots controlled air between Anapa and Kerch and a barge was sunk by a Black Sea Fleet warship.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Caucasian
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Anapa
Kerch
Radio
Berlin
Barents Sea
Chinese Forces Hold Off Japanese Drive Near Enshih
In Hupeh province Chinese troops fought stubbornly Wednesday against several Japanese columns pushing toward Lufeng and Enshih, with communiques noting resistance stiffening. Rugged terrain favored defenders as the battle for a key Chungking approach continued.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Ufeng
Enshih
Dusseldorf and Italian Isles Hit in Allied Raids
Allied air forces struck Dusseldorf Rhineland with about 500 bombers in a fourth major raid of the month while bombers and fighters hit Sicily Sardinia and Pantelleria near Messina. US Liberators and B 17s teamed against Italian targets as RAF and US air forces reported losses.
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Dusseldorf
Rhineland
R.A.F
Dortmund
Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Messina
Sicilian
Priorities Granted For 100000 Home Dehydration Units
Sen. Aiken reports that priorities are set for producing and distributing 100000 home dehydration units to cut waste of fruits and vegetables by 150 million pounds. Hearings influenced War Production and Agriculture to supply critical materials for small cabinets and quick freeze community lockers. Departments agreed to triple anticipated material allotments and five manufacturers' models are approved for immediate construction.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
War Production Board
Agriculture Department
Pasadena store fined for light rule violation
Pas A Calif AP report says a furniture store owner was fined 250 dollars for keeping lights on after hours, claiming he acted as an air raid warden and should have known better.
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Pasadena
Calif
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Victory
Iowa State College
Rex Conn
Board
National Railroad Labor Panel
William M. Leiserson
I. L. Sharfman
University of Michigan
Walter T. Fisher
Chicago
John F. Fitch
New York School of Social Work
Columbia University
Curb
F. R. Financing Authority
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Paul Mallon
Henry McLemore
Walter Winchell
Thomas McDonald
Ed Filipi
John Reynolds
Edwin J. Filipi
Fourth Avenue SE
French Morocco
Sergt. Ed Filipi
Maknassy Pass
Edwin Filipi
Yanks
Attu
Purple Heart
Cedar Rapids News
Edsel Ford
Soviet Union
Britain
Communist International
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INS Dispatches
Adolf Hitler
Arsenal
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London
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Fighter Command
Holland
Belgium
France
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Cologne
Krupp
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