Simpler Tax Bill Hailed by Treasury and Congress
Washington March 18 news reports a bipartisan push for a sweeping tax simplification plan named the streamliner. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and House Ways and Means advocates praise the measure which would tax 30 million filers differently while preserving current withholding and deadlines. it also aims to replace the wartime system with a permanent framework and revised forms for 1944 estimates.
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Washington
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Congress
Murdered model Syria Verne haunts Argus Steele mystery
Evening in New York uncovers Syria Verne, once Lucy Callahan, slain after quarrel with Pierre Sturgis. Argus Steele and Ellen Curtis piece together events from Penguin Club to studios while Inspector Grange probes and recalls a faded snapshot from Syria’s past. Butch McCoy aids Argus as homicide investigates the case.
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Argus
Lucy Callahan
Martinelli
Hollywood
Pierre
Bill Carstairs
Playboy
Dorry
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Roger Flagg
Model Agency
Butch
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Grange
Steele
Inspector Grange
Butch McCoy
Nurses Caring for Motherless Twins at Jefferson Hospital
Nurses at Jefferson Hospital care for Brenda Lu and Linda Lou Shoe maker, motherless twins of Pvt. Ernest L. Shoe maker, 34, Holly Pond, Cullman county. Their mother died at the hospital on March 2 from double pneumonia. The father, a former Holly Pond farmer, is at Thayer General Hospital in Nashville being treated for arthritis.
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Jefferson Hospital
Brenda Lu
Linda Lou
Ernest L. Shoemaker
Holly Pond
Cullman County
Thayer General Hospital
Nashville
Tax Parley Is Called Here In Alabama Meetings
Alabama tax assessment officials plan five conferences across the state to discuss property tax issues. Revenue Commissioner H G Dowling notes statewide property taxes total about 30 million dollars annually, largely staying with counties cities and schools. Conferences set for Montgomery March 22 Decatur March 23 Birmingham March 24 Mobile March 27 and Ozark March 28.
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Ala
Alabama
H. G. Dowling
Boards of Equalization
Decatur
Birmingham
Mobile
Ozark
Living Memorials proposed as sports centers nationwide
Washington reports that on March 18 194?, the government sponsored national committee on physical fitness proposed Living Memorials to honor war dead. The plan envisions community sport centers funded to promote fitness and morale across the nation.
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Washington
National Committee On Physical Fitness
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE
A dense crossword list presents across and down clues with numbers and some garbled text. The page also features a cryptoquote puzzle quotation and its attribution. The puzzle prompts include wordplay clues for various lengths, plus a final cryptogram line and yesterday’s cryptoquote known phrase.
Duplicate papers awaits soldiers
Former enlisted men of the Army who have lost their discharge certificates and cannot complete their applications for mustering out pay must request a duplicate copy the War Department has announced Discharged soldiers should apply to the Adjutant General War Department Washington 25 D C
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Washington
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Bricker to visit Alabama on March 24
Gov. Bricker will tour Birmingham on Friday March 24 meeting Republican leaders and speaking at the Tutwiler Hotel. Claude Vardaman state chairman heads the program with Judge Will Longshore of Jefferson County chairing arrangements. Mrs. Bricker accompanies him on his first Alabama visit.
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Birmingham
Ohio
Tutwiler Hotel
Claude ©. Vardaman
Will L. Longshore
Jefferson County
Bricker
Alabama
Liquor Cards to Be Issued in Alabama Registration Extended
In Montgomery on March 18 state liquor stores suspend sale of alcohol May 16 to finish whisky ration card registrations. Dr E C Ray chair of the Beverage Control Board says many missed the prior period and this is their last chance in 1944. New registrants include those aged two after the period or released by the armed services. Stores close May 2 for the state primary and suspension lasts a full week. Thousands registered last fall. the cards allow one quart of whisky monthly plus an extra quart of gin rum or brandy. State stores operate in 17 counties.
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Ala
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