Tax Talk On Federal And State Tax Changes
The piece notes a growing federal tax staff to about 31,000 and recalls 80 year history of income taxes with current March 1943 burdens. It cites Dewey Iowa West Virginia Mississippi Maryland and others cutting state tax bills, arguing for state rights against federal spendthrift policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
Internal Revenue
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Iowa
West Virginia
Mississippi
Maryland
South Dakota
Missouri
New Mexico
Washington
Nations Can Agree If They Try
A column argues the United States must win the peace after WWI, praising Sumner Welles for outlining plans and charts to secure Allied cooperation from Canada to Latin America. It notes Argentina’s neutrality stance, the League of Nations as a framework, and the Atlantic Charter and United Nations declarations aligning with Wilson’s vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mme
Chiang Kaishek
China
Sumner Welles
Canada
Welles
Russia
Italy
India
Central and
South America
Latin America
Americas
Argentina
League of Nations
United Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Allied forces press three fronts in Tunisia drive
Allied campaigns across central Tunisia push back Axis troops along the original advance roads toward Sheitla while British First Army repels enemy assaults in the north. In the south Allied armor engages Germans near the Mareth line as air power strikes targets from Tunis to Gabes and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunisia
Sheitla
First Army
Fareth Line
Tunis
Bizerte
Gabes
Mareth Line
Patterson
Mediterranean
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
U. S
Kiska
Aleutians
Navy
Knox
Atlantic
RAF
USAAF
France
Why create a new aviation committee in Congress
A House proposal for a new standing aviation committee is criticized as unnecessary and wasteful. The Washington Post argues existing bodies, notably the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce led by Clarence Lea, handled aviation well since 1923, aiding air transport and national defense without adding bureaucratic confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Labor
Washington Post
International Airways
Committee On
Clarence F. Lea
Lea
Post
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Absenteeism at War Plants Threatens Production
The article discusses rising absenteeism in U S war plants and its impact on production schedules. It cites E F Fisher of General Motors Fisher Body Division explaining that changing schedules must still yield equivalent armament output. Fisher notes plants operating different hours still must meet war needs and urges clear explanations to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Fisher
Fisher Body
General Motors
Fisher
Week of the War Highlights Pacific Victory
The victory of American air forces in the Bismarck Sea marks a major strategic setback for Japan. Losses include 10 warships, 12 transports, 535 planes, and about 15,000 troops, with Lae and Salamaua now exposed as Allied advances in New Guinea proceed. Patterson notes lopsided air losses favor the Allies. In Tunisia, Allied forces regain Kasserine Feriana and Sheithi as German countermeasures rise amid minefields and renewed attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck Sea
MacArthur
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Patterson
Pacific
Mies
Tunisia
Kasserine
Feriana
Sheithi
War production mindset urged for all workers
A wartime address explains that production must adapt to changing conditions, with overtime, material shifts, and mid-day schedule changes. It stresses that soldiers cannot wait and urges workers to maximize daily output using all available resources, whether at farms or mills, to meet front lines’ needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mr. Fisher
Save Your Vision Week Highlights Eye Care Profession
During March 7 to 18 the American Optometric Association marks National Save Your Vision Week. Optometrists perform eye examinations refracting lenses and diagnosing ocular disturbances while spectacles serve as tools in delivering professional services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Optometric Association
The Rising Flood and Pay as You Go Tax Plan
The piece urges immediate adoption of a pay-as-you-go tax, arguing current plans will fail to fund war efforts. It warns that delaying taxation linked to current income risks chaos, delinquencies, and political instability as the debt burden grows.
Forest product deferment basis for draft classification
University of Maryland extension forester C F Winslow notes draft boards will consider deferment claims of farmers producing forest products. A 16 war units minimum is set for eligibility, reflecting wood’s growing strategic role and farmers’ ability to supply markets. One war unit equals the stated production achievement in forest materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service System
C. F. Winslow
University of Maryland
Mr. Winslow
Maryland
Claude R. Wickard
Oil Industry Shines In War Effort Despite Front Losses
The piece credits the American oil industry for meeting military needs amid transport disruptions and oil field losses. It highlights 100 octane gasoline output, Secretary Ickes’ praise, and stresses that gains came from risk-taking individuals, government support, and public faith in enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Rickenbacker Calls for Unity and Equal Sacrifice
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker denounces leaders for dodging blunt truths and urges unity through equal sacrifice by all, not the many for the few. Critics fail to undermine public respect for his outspoken views, likening them to futile beach sand dams against the tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Short course trains women for year round farm work
University of Maryland will offer a three week full time course beginning in March to train women for year round farm work. Dr. T B Symons says the program, arranged with the American Women's Voluntary Service, aims to recruit at least 20 enrollees. Training covers poultry, fruits and vegetables, dairying and livestock care with a plan to extend farm work for at least three months as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
T. B. Symons
College of Agriculture
American Women's Voluntary Service
Symons
Local Social Roundup From Henderson and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs M W Gooden and Mr and Mrs T H Gough were hosted at a turkey dinner by Mr and Mrs Coursey Edwards of Ridgely. Wilmington visitors included Mr and Mrs Wm Palmer and Miss Bettie Montague. Mrs Lewis Shelton and Bonnie Lou of Sadlersville visited Mrs Dora B Melvin. Charles Cartwright of Wilmington visited Montagues. Doris Lee Harman spent Monday with her uncle and aunt in Sadlersville. Nathan Wallis and family of Centreville were hosted by W N Walls. The Sewing Circle gathered at Miss Lula Marvels home. Edna Harman of Dover spent Tuesday with her mother. Ed Pritchett of Wilmington visited here Sunday. M W Gooden spent part of last week with relatives in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Gooden
T. H. Gough
Coursey Edwards
Ridgely
Wm. Palmer
Bettie Montague
Wilmington
T. A. Montague
Lewis Shelton
Bonnie Lou
Sadlersville
Dora B. Melvin
Charles Cartwright
Doris Lee Harman
Nathan Wallis
Centreville
W. N. Walls
Lula Marvel
Edna Harman
Dover
Ed. Pritchett
GEMS OF THOUGHT.Mary Baker Eddy quotes on affection and desire
A short devotional excerpt cites Mary Baker Eddy on the right motives of human affection making it enduring and on desire being prayer. It emphasizes trusting God to shape desires before they become words and deeds. The tone is moral and reflective, typical of religious miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Maryland Farm Front This Week War Board leads mobilization
The Maryland U S C A War Board coordinates a 3 500 000 strong emergency farm labor force via U S Crop Corps recruiting through the Extension Service and Civilian Defense. Other steps include high school youths for farm work, a Women's Land Army, foreign workers, and 250 new labor centers. Dehydration plants add 200 000 000 lb annual capacity. Farm labor drops noted nationwide. Wickard defers incentive pay plan. AAA lime contracts boost soil building. schools asked to free children for farm work as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
U. S. C. A. War Board
Food For Freedom
U. S. Crop Corps
Agricultural Extension Service
United States Employment Service
Office of Civilian Defense
Farm Security Administration
United States Office of Education
Women’s Land Army
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Maryland Agricultural Conservation Committee
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Aaa
AAA
Agricultural Conservation Committee
Agricultural Conservation Associations
State Committee
Claude R. Wickard
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Langrell Resigns Job and Visits Parents in Greensboro
Mrs Mildred Langrell has resigned as waitress at the Simpson Restaurant and plans a few days with her parents in Easton before visiting Chester to spend time with her husband at Penn Steele Casting Co. The town reports several local incidents including a infant death, a hand laceration, and a relocation of an observation post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Langrell
Simpson
Easton
Chester
Penn Steele Casting Co
Shirley M. Potts
Charles Potts
Greensboro
Ray W. Kirwin
Bradford Cooper
U. S. Army
Camp Stewart
Georgia
William Biddle
Dover
Boyce Mill Road
Railroad Avenue
Oscar Bernard
Bell Brittingham
Reynolds Brittingham
Near Town
Leon Greeley
Robert Nash
Woodbury
N. J
Alfred Blackburn
Grippe
Losses of Farmers in Farm Income Deductions
Discussion of deductible losses for farm operations under federal income tax rules. It covers shrinkage, deterioration, forecasted profits, livestock losses, insurance, depreciation, stock, inventory rules, and treatment when farms are run alongside other businesses or recreation. Includes rules on reimbursements and treatment of farm expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Greenboro Air-Raid Test Details and Community Thanks
On March 4 eastern states conducted the first blackout test under the new signal. In Greensboro the test was nearly perfect with minimal confusion. Wardens, police, fire company, and all service branches stayed on duty, and citizens complied. Instructions clarify the blue alert, the red alert, and the all clear with sirens and milk plant whistles. Social notices follow, listing visitors and church group activities in Greensboro and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Seaboard
Greensboro
Milk Plant
George Cruser
Willard Nichols
Yeoman 2c
San Diego
California
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Nichols
Harry Rhinehart
Chillecothe
Ohio
Aberdee, Proving Grounds
Nellie Knight
Elizabeth
Norma Cruser
Havre de Grace
Henry B. Lucas
Linda Lee
Rita Anne
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Isaac Pearson Leader
Elise Roe
Margaret Jane
Eleanor Carroll
Hillsboro
Dave Bishop
Military Wedding at Camp Wadsworth and Local Notices
Twenty five years ago a brides groom ceremony took place at Camp Wadsworth Spartansburg South Carolina with Miss Florence Louise Parker and First Lieutenant Webster S Blades. The day included a dinner at the Cleveland Hotel and details about families residences and career paths. Other items note marriages births deaths and local incidents including a fire damage and a wind storm in Burrville with community updates and juror summons.
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Camp Wadsworth
Spartansburg
S. C
Florence Louise Parker
Virginia
Webster S. Blades
Baltimore
H. W. Foreman
W. Raymond Russell
Lieutenant Russell
Cleveland Hotel
Blades
Oakland Avenue
Lieutenant Blades
Winchester
John T. Blades
Choptank
Harvard Law School
Harry B. Wolf
Fort Myer
316Th Infantry
Camp Meade
1St Pioneer Infantry
L. Co
Lelia Covey
Laura Covey
Otis J. Brown
Camp Dix
Chester
Brown
Pemberton
N. J
Bridgeville
Det
Henry Urry
M. L. Beck
Denton
T. O. Crouse
E. Clarke Fontaine
Pocomoke City
State Board Committee On
Ocean City
Anne Wilson
G. Herbert Wilson
Page
Martha Willoughby
S. Davis Willoughby
Stevensville
Thawley
Samuel Jester
Lillie Melvin
Hickman
George F. Robinson
Howard Shields
Walter Calloway
Alfred Wilson
Clement Harrington
Tuckahoe Neck
Calloway
Mr. Calloway
Wilbert P. Butler
Vashti Garcy
Elizabeth Smith Cahall
Alfred H. Cahall
Mr. Taylor
Greenwood
George L. Hardesty
Seaford
Burrsville
M. Bates Stephens
John Baker
A. T. Garrett
A. K. Wrightson
Preston
William K’s
Methodists Urge Timely Reports for District Bookshelf
The Woman's Society of Christian Service plans a first quarter report deadline of April 1. District officers for 1943 are listed with roles including President Mrs. E. Z. Collings Easton and Vice President Mrs. Harvey Moore Beterton, among others across Easton, Centreville, Chestertown and Federalsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Easton
Women’s Society of Christian Service
E. Z. Collings
Harvey Moore
Betterton
H. F. Kinnamon
W. F. Leaverton
Centreville
Horace Morgan
Queen Anne
William Finn
Denton
Carson Greenwood
Still Pond
Granville Hooper
Cambridge
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg
Robert Huey
Chestertown
Walter Stone
Wm. Myers
Oxford
Myrtle Downey
Rock Hall
Union Evangelistic Services Set at St Pauls Church
Union evangelistic services sponsored by the Methodist and Baptist Churches begin Sunday at 7 30 p m at St Pauls Church with Mrs Guila Logue Roberts and Miss Muriel C Smith from Lancaster Pa in charge assisted by choirs and the Sunday School orchestra services continue for two weeks except Saturdays due to lack of a Baptist minister all services will be held at the Methodist Church A cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Evangelistic
Methodist
Baptist Churches
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Guila Logue Roberts
Muriel C. Smith
Lancaster
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Wilson Jump
Greensboro Baptist Sunday School
Women’s Missionary Society
the Missionary Society
Helen
Red Cross
Fred Monroe
Wm. Gardner Sr
Roland Fountain
Francis
Near
Hobbs
Walter Fountain Jr
Frances Gardner
Seaford
Del
Paul Boyle
Queen Anne
Hensel
Wesley Junior College
Dover
St. Paul's Methodist Church
O. A. Bartley
George Japp
Rolla
Missouri
Pvt. Japp
Ft. Leonard Wood
Oscar Nichols
Clayton
John Wells
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Henderson
West North Central States
Pacific States
William
Mary Dean
May LeCompte
Carolyn Richardson
Louise Wright
Mildred Booth
Messrs
Lee Noble
Douglas Fooks
Burton Proctor
Archie Ford
Edwin Henry
William Wrightson
Sheriff Rice
David I. Coleman
John T. Carter
Marion E. Jarman
J. Frank Lane
Thomas P. Green
Ralph Swann
Raymond Rawlings
Martin K. Newnam
Harry H. Moore
Goldsborough Smith
William H. Deen
George L. Blades
J. Walter Beauchamp
Owen C. Garey
A. Thurman Garrett
Thomas G. Clark
Jesse T. Dennis
Albert E. Hubbard
Arthur J. Messick
Charles E. Andrews
Harry E. Kinder
Lewis Trice
William A. Smith
William A. Mowbray
John Rosser
T. D. Nabb
Thomas A. Schlegel
Nathan J. Cade
G. L. Wilson
William T. Cannon
E. E., Wright
W. L
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