Sales tax urged to curb inflation and fund government
In a postwar debate, Thomas W. Phillips Jr. argues a broad sales tax is necessary to avoid inflation and bankruptcy. He says capital fuels employment and warns that taxes on industry and individuals threaten growth unless a sales tax spreads the burden, claiming it may be the least harmful way to raise funds for urgent government needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas W. Phillips Jr
Butler
Congress
Invisible Greenbacks and the People’s WarFunding
An analysis argues against financing World War II primarily by bank borrowing. It warns such steps would inflate the money supply and trigger disaster, citing Harry Sherman on German inflation. The piece urges tax funding and heavy individual investment in government bonds as essential to preserve currency integrity and democratic capitalism.
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Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Harry Sherman
Saturday Evening Post
Sherman
Government manpower crisis in World War II economy
The Nation faces a critical manpower shortage hindering war production. The federal payroll, already over 2.3 million civil servants at eight months into WWII, could be redirected to war factories and farms to bolster output, easing civilian economy strain and boosting maximum capacity.
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Roosevelt
Government must recapture war profits by IRS removal
The piece argues Congress should amend Public Law No 628 to allow the Bureau of Internal Revenue to collect excess war profits after tax. It warns that hiring thousands of new public servants burdens war production, wastes funds, and harms the war effort by diverting workers from essential manufacturing. It urges public protest to pressure lawmakers.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Postwar Recovery Bonds to Stabilize Farm Prices
A columnist argues for Senate backed Recovery Bonds offering 20 percent of wartime profits as a credit to finance postwar plant conversion. The plan aims to shift industry from war to peace goods, sustain employment, and keep farm prices from postwar slumps by ensuring cash for conversion and broader tax funding.
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United States Senate
Best defense against incendiaries warned by fire underwriters
A National Board of Fire Underwriters bulletin cites Water as the primary agent to control fires from incendiary bombs in American cities. Director James M. Landis of the Office of Civilian Defense authorized reproducing the statement. The bulletin notes a surge of bomb extinguisher powders offered in recent months.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Civilian fire safety guidance during wartime
The article advises civilians against relying on commercial powders or improvised extinguishers for fire defense. It recommends water-based equipment with pump tanks or stirrup pumps as the most effective means, notes that devices like scoops or snuffers are useless, and urges homeowners to read and act on the guidance for effective home fire protection. It emphasizes that fires from incendiary bombs require general fire-fighting capability, not bomb-specific tools.
War Production Board claims record defense output during war
The War Production Board reports major production expectations surpassed in recent months despite inventory and distribution imbalances. The piece notes presidents Lincoln McKinley Wilson and other leaders as context for the scale of wartime effort, highlighting vast tools of offense and defense for a giant Army Navy and Air Force.
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Lincoln
William McKinley
Spain
Woodrow Wilson
War Production Board
Gasoline rationing planned to save rubber and transport
The Baruch committee recommends no gas shortage rationing but a countrywide gasoline rationing plan to save rubber and conserve rail and water transport. Four gallons per week for the average motorist, essential drivers get more, and widespread private car use will drop drastically, affecting the West most due to long distances and sparse cities.
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Baruch Committee
Leon Henderson
Mississippi
Australian and Allied gains in Pacific theater war week
Gen MacArthur reported Australian troops cleared Milne Bay sealing the biggest Japanese defeat in the Australian zone. Allied air raids struck Japanese forces near Port Moresby while U S Marines held Solomons positions amid ongoing combat and substantial enemy air activity.
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MacArthur
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Owen Stanley Mountains
Port Moresby
Tulagi
U. S
Solomons
Kiska
Aleutians
Army
London
Britain
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Yorktown
Midway
United Nations
Henderson
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kentucky
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Agriculture
Wickard
Mr. Henderson
Fred S. Wallace
AAA
William M. Jeffers
Debate on air power and war logistics in wartime America
The piece weighs domestic transport limits and rubber shortages as crucial. It contrasts air power advocates like de Seversky with skeptics, noting air superiority may soften targets but not win wars alone. It concludes with the U.N. command planning a massive invasion of Europe requiring a million frontline troops and another million in reserve.
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Major de Seversky
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Ao Dition
United Nations’ High Command
Europe
Harmony Church September Revival and War Air Raid Test
An all day Harmony Church meeting on Sunday September 27 includes Sunday School Worship services with Rev John Thornton and Rev Walter Donaway as speakers, song services, Harvest Home in charge of Sunday School, and nightly revival services September 28 to October 4 at 8 pm. Also reported is the first daylight air raid test in Caroline county at 11 am Monday with Denton air wardens, a courthouse green casualty transfer to the first aid station, and the test lasting 15 minutes. Oyster and chicken salad supper by Hickman Church W S C S at Hickman community house on Wednesday September 30 from 5 pm. tickets 60 cents adults 30 cents children. Surgical dressing class at Denton Primary School each Tuesday 1 to 10 pm seeks increased membership.
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Harmony Church
John Thornton
Walter A. Donaway
Harvest Home Service
Caroline County
Winfield T. Nichols
Denton
Courthouse Green
Hickman Church
Hickman
Twenty Five Years Ago in Denton and Vicinity
A fifteen year old boy lured by a passing circus was recovered by Sheriff Beck and returned to his Peninsular parents. Obituaries note Miss Mary Breeding at 88, Mrs. Harry D. Baker in Philadelphia at about 48. Sheriff Beck brought a suspected thief from Baltimore. he paid costs and left the state, then rejoined the circus. Reports include marriages, school appointments, and local visits. deer hunt via dog chase near Hazlettville and Willow Grove.
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Charles Glanden
Sheriff Beck
Mary Breeding
Wesley Church
Harry D. Baker
Philadelphia
Lavinia Layde Walker
Annie Garey
Lavnia Tubbs
Baltimore
Denton
Tuckahoe Neck
A. J. Norman
Norman
Town College
P. Fleetwood Jr
Waverly
I. T. Fleetwood
Silas Cooper
Mary
Pittsburgh
Edward Long
Charles Henry Tharp
Emma Russum
Marsdel
James Conway
Cambridge
Margaret Pacterfield
The
George School
Newtown
Allee Allaband
Tome Institute
Delaware Line
Hazlettville
Willow Grove
Harry Neidig
L. H. Thomas and Son
Hopkins
Thawley’s Chapel Reopens After Improvements Sunday
The Rev Dr T O Crouse will lead the reopening service at Thawley’s Chapel on Sunday September 22 after extensive interior and exterior repainting and new carpeting. Sunday School at 10:30 am promotion at 2 pm and the reopening at 3 pm with a visiting quartet and a sermon by Rev Dr Crouse. Then notices include the death of Luther J Andrew in Smithson at 55 after uraemia and a cannery business career. Alfred Heather of Marydel dies at 51 from cancer. both services held in local churches and interment in nearby cemeteries.
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Mamie Trice
Lillian Starkey
Thawley
T. O. Crouse
Denton
C. S. Towers
South Cecil Street
Philadelphia
Thomas Towers
Luther J. Andrew
Smithson
Uraemia
Andrew
Newton Andrew
Henry F. Andrew
Kirkham
Talbot
Miss Perry
Stuvices
Scarboro
Grove Church
Spring Hill
Easton
Alfred F. Heather
Marydel
Tact Place
Heather
Anna Galles
O B
Reed
Templeville Cemetery
Neather
Wellington Heather
Methodist Episcopal Church
Caroline High School Enrollment Figures Report
Caroline High School lists 214 students across four high school grades with 66 in seventh and 128 in fifth and sixth, totaling 108 after excluding the transferred fourth grade to Denton Primary. Principal T Conover Crouse notes 35 more students are expected to enroll as temporary helpers on farms.
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Caroline High School
Denton
T. Conover Crouse
Turkey Supper Planned at Denton Community House
A turkey supper will be held at Denton Community House next Thursday October 1 for the Women's Community Club. Serving begins at 5 30 pm. Tickets cost 50 cents. Subscribe for the Journal.
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Denton
Women’s Community Club
GM Scrap Drives Produce Massive War Material
General Motors wartime salvage yields 531 million pounds of iron steel copper aluminum and other metals. Workers in plants from Connecticut to California extract usable metal from old stockpiles attics and even a bronze eagle unearthed in one site. Electro magnets and waste wardens accelerate scrap collection expanding the nation’s strategic reserves.
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General Motors
Connecticut
California
G.M
G. M
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Commodity Credit Corporation
Agricultural Marketing Administration
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Officer Candidate School
War Department
Marshall
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Journal
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Tait
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International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
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