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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1944
Page
12
Tightened Controls on Labor War Effort
The United States imposed tighter labor controls to staff war industries and curb turnover. The War Manpower Commission aims to recruit 200000 new workers via USES transfers and aggressive outreach, with voluntary compliance and public opinion enforcement. San Francisco and New York cases show regional adjustments while nationwide centers prepare for the plan rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
War Manpower Commission
C. E. Belk
Texas
UMC
United States Employment Service
Marshall
Gen. Arnold
Admiral King
Charles M. May
Philadelphia
Claude O. Lanciano
WMC
Kansas City
San Francisco
Canton
Ohio
New York City
Hay
St. Louis
Rep. Buffett
R.-Neb
Congress
Tax cut uncertainty looms after the war
Treasury experts warn that postwar tax reductions may be limited and a 25 percent income tax cap could cause large revenue losses. They project $25 billion in revenue from the current system with postwar income fading. War debts, military costs, veterans, and interest would sustain high outlays, making a budget surplus unlikely. The note cites dangers to free enterprise from excessive tax powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Division of Tax Research
Limestone county nears war loan quota with steady gains
Limestone county reports $519,492.50 in 644,000 quota after weeks of steady progress. County chairman A Owens announced the total as the drive enters its final week, noting strong performance in rural areas and a push to meet the chairman’s target. CPL. Thomas Hamilton, husband of Pauline Hamilton of Decatur Route Three, is serving in England with T. M. Hamilton and family listed as residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Owens
Alabama
Ak Aehasten
PR Cigcomace
Cpl
Thomas Hamilton
Pauline Hamilton
Decatur
England
T. M. Hamilton
Route 3
Detroit man pays for rocks with conscience money
The Gulf Mobile & Ohio railroad treasurer G. M. White received a letter from a Detroit man sending a $3 money order to repay rocks taken from the railroad right of way 35 years ago for a slingshot. The sender did not include an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conscience Money
Mobile
Ala
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
G. M. White
Detroit
White
Michigan
Bandages in Morgan County Red Cross Drive
Red Cross volunteers in Morgan county work thousands of hours monthly making surgical dressings for the armed forces. They fold gauze into dressings at tables, meeting a weekly quota of 18 000. Commercial firms supply only a small share of need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Red Cross
Volun
Purple Heart Awarded To Mother for Son Missing in Action
Mrs Maude Grantland of Trinity received the Purple Heart from the War Department posthumously for her son Sgt Elvin T Grantland officially declared dead after two years missing in action while serving abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Grantland
Trinity
War Department
Elvin T. Grantland
Department
Grantland
Nichols Field and Philippines: presumed dead in attacks
The War Department recently ruled the serviceman presumed dead after the Japs attacked Nichols Field in the Philippines. No additional details are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichols Field
Philippines
War Department
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