New Taxes To Go Into Effect Across The U S
The $2.3 billion wartime tax act starts Sunday with postal rates rising to 3 cents for local letters and 3-cent letters sent out of town. Next Saturday taxes hit movie tickets, phones, whisky and dozens of items, with higher rates on furs cosmetics jewelry luggage. OPA allows bar price shifts and a one-cent beer increase while overall excise taxes bring in about $1.05 billion more. other tax boosts target incomes and corporate profits. Air mail rises to 8 cents per ounce domestically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Federal Treasury
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington
Continental
United States
Flying Eagle Patrol Elects New Scout Leaders
The Flying Eagle Patrol of Troop 61 met at Southside Baptist church annex with seven Scouts and two Wolf Patrol visitors. New officers were elected including Carlton Mann as Patrol Leader and Ralph Sharp as assistant. a camp trip was planned for Thursday through Saturday next week.
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Flying Eagle Patrol
Troop 61
Southside Baptist Church Annex
Wolf Patrol
Ralph Halbrooks
Bobby Burks
Don Billy Moore
Dean Jones
Carlton Mann
Ralph Sharp
Buddy Sillaso
Bobby White
Charles Berryhill
Treasure
Buddy Sittason
Pilot stays with crashing plane near Birmingham
An Army B-24 bomber crashed 15 miles north of Birmingham yesterday. Captain John H. Lentz of Chicago ordered his two crewmen to bail out and landed safely. Co-pilot Second Lt. Leonard W. Boehm of McKees Rocks, Pa., and engineer Pfc. Carson W. Markley of Troy, O. were unharmed and treated at the Birmingham air base hospital for injuries to the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Air Base
Romulus Field
Mich
Here
John H. Lentz
Chicago
George Langley Passes At Home In Decatur
George Edward Langley aged seventy one of Decatur died Friday evening at his home 1326 Third Avenue South. He is survived by his widow three sons W H Fred E and Thomas E Clark all of Decatur three daughters Mrs James A Lenz and Mrs A F Askenburg both of Decatur and Mrs Earl Harvey of Gulfport Mississippi a sister Mrs Lena Collins of Miami Florida and many relatives Funeral arrangements to be announced by Mutual Service.
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George Edward Langley
Decatur
Third Avenue South
W. H
Fred E
Thomas E. Clark
James A. Lenz
A. F. Askenburg
Earl Harvey
Gulfport
Lena Collins
Miami
Florida
Mutual Service
Roofs Collapse as Vesuvius Eruption Kills 21 in Naples
Naples reports 21 dead as dust and ash from Mount Vesuvius collapse roofs across the city. Military government officials say the death toll rises to 26 in the current eruption. The crater resumes hurling smoke after a 12 hour lull, with Professor Imbo noting the volcano remains abnormal.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Imbo
Royal Italian Observatory
Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
Barley Varieties Grow in U S Department of Agriculture Collection
The U S Department of Agriculture maintains a barley collection with about 4 000 varieties. The repository showcases genetic diversity for breeding and research in cereal crops.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Murder at the Penguin Club Aboard the New Jersey Scene
Syria Verne, a noted model, is murdered after a quarrel with photographer Pierre Sturgis. Detectives Argus Steele and Inspector Grange questioned suspects at a studio and club hangouts. Key figures include Ellen Curtis, model. Roger Flagg, model agency head. Bill Carstairs III, playboy. Dorry, a blonde model newly introduced. A snub nosed revolver appears in Dorry’s purse as tension grows during a web of models and photographers. The case unfolds with studio scenes and evolving alibis as investigators pin down Drury Sturgis’s possible involvement.
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Syria Verne
Pierre Sturgis
Argus Steele
Penguin Club
Ellen Curtis
Syria
Sturgis
Bill Carstairs
Playboy
Dorry
Ellen
Argus
Bill
Roger Flagg
Model
Flagg
Inspector Grange
Grange
Sturgis Nevah
Nevah
Cynthia
George
New England
Miss Lane
South
Mr. Steele
South Jersey
Filmmaker Nervy Shoot Ends With Miss Grange
The assistant cameraman Paul directs Grange through wardrobe and pose tips in a tense studio session. He critiques posture, leg angle, and arm placement while the blonde endures the scrutiny, trying to preserve the shot under his watchful eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Argus
Grange
More Fertilizer For Farms Is Prospect
L O BRACKEEN Auburn outlines a bright outlook for fertilizer in 1943 44 with total consumption projected above 11 million tons and nitrogen supplies rising 35 percent to 625000 tons. Direct use ammonium nitrate shifts. cyanamid uracene and ammonium phosphate expand. potash remains tight amid rising mixed fertilizer tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Brackeen
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Chile
Canada
Norway
Germany
California
Bullets of Stone Used in Sixteenth Century
Report notes that early firearms employed bullets made of stone in 16th century warfare. The brief highlights material innovation and period practice among early gunpowder weapons.
Nine Sentenced in Spy Trial in Detroit
Nine defendants, three women and two men among them, were sentenced in U S district court for conspiring to violate the wartime espionage act. Sentences ranged from five to 20 years with Grace Buchanan Dineen receiving 12 years and Mrs Theresa Behrens getting 20. Other sentences included Emma Elise Leonhardt and Carl J W Leonhardt with 5 and 10 years each and Walter J Abt with 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States District Court
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nazi Germany
America
Theresa Behrens
Emma Elise Leonhardt
Carl J. W. Leonhardt
Walter J. Abt
Behrens
Edward J. Moiney
Marianne von Moltke
Wayne University
Frederick William Thomas
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
Probate Court
Sanity Commission
Moinet
CIO Opens Fight on Wage Formula
Washington March 25 The United Steelworkers CIO seeks to supplant the little steel formula and gain a 17 cents an hour raise. They focus on salaries of steel executives, which they say have risen as high as 134.8 percent above prewar earnings. D J McDonald secretary treasurer of the steelworkers told a War Labor Board panel the average steel company top flight executive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Steelworkers
CIO
Little Steel
D. J. McDonald
Steelworkers
War Labor Board
Steel Company
Youth Admits Killing Girls in South Carolina
A 14 year old son of a lumber mill worker was arrested after allegedly admitting to beating two girls ages 8 and 11 to death with a railroad spike near Alcolu Clarendon County police said the bodies were dragged to a ditch and covered with a bicycle. Over 100 men aided the search.
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Alcola
S. C
Clarendon
H. S. Newman
George Junius
Junius
Newman
Alderman Lumber
Notable Attack Leads to Spike Tragedy in Local Area
At about 3 p.m. a man assaulted two young girls, a first grade pupil and her older friend, with a railroad spike after they resisted advances. The younger girl died from head wounds while the older girl was also struck. Junius was arrested hours later and directed police to the weapon’s concealment. Coroner Thigpen indicated an inquest would likely be held next week.
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Junius
Spike
C. M. Thigpen
Overnight care for miserable colds with Penetro
Grandma's remedy used mutton suet now updated for modern medicine. Penetro combines old reliable suet with scientific ingredients to ease colds coughing and muscle aches. Two small tins sold for 35 cents to provide a quick relief regimen.
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BOY Scouts OF America
George Langley
Rhe
Moddel
Babs
Cynthia Lane
Mr. Sturgis
Mr. Carstairs
Chapter
AAA
Belk
William Joe Smith
Eaman
Great Lakes
R. J. Smith
Sherman Street
AC Noble
N. Delashaw
James Delashaw
Moulton 1
Denning, N. M
Tom Jerry
Oxfords
SROES
Belk’s Linen Dept
EFACH
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