War tax bill would raise 1.8 billion in new duties
Washington and congressional panels prepare a sweeping war revenue bill to raise about 1.8 billion with a 10 percent tariff boost, retroactive income taxes, higher postal rates, inheritances, amusements, and tobacco levies. The measure would also tax newsprint, newspapers, and various goods, with June 1 effective dates for many provisions.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Owever
Avery
Pubdilgow
Anb
Alf Ferial Publications
Bona Fide
Dr Hollis Godfrey Heads National Defense Science Panel
Dr Hollis Godfrey engineer and author serves as chairman of the committee on science and research for the council of national defense. His home is listed as Philadelphia.
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Hollis Godfrey
Committee On Science and Research
The
Council of National Defense
Philadelphia
Roosevelt Urges Subordination of All to War
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt appeals to Kings county Republicans in Brooklyn urging immediate manpower, economy, and unified effort for total war. He says the nation must mobilize fighting strength, finance the effort, and build a just postwar order with capital and labor in partnership.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Kings County Republican Committee
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
United States
William N. Calder
Assembly District
Kings
America
Lewis and Clark reach new world transfer in St Louis
In 1804 the Lewis and Clark expedition ends a tense border delay as France and Spain cede the Louisiana region to the United States. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark lead twenty nine men in buckskin as St Louis transfers the post and archves to the American flag. Aaron Burr arrives in town amid the conquest mood, while Spain clings to sovereignty and France watches.
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Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Spain
de Lassus
St. Louis
Charette
France
United States
Plains
Clark
Mississippi
Ordway
Howard
Frazer
New England Regiment
Cruzatte
Labiche
Lajeunesse
Drouilland
Lewis
Great Britain
Burr
Merry
Yrujo
West
Detroit
St. Lawrence
New Orleans
Laussat
Missouri River
William Clark Merrily
Mand
Stoddard
Army of Joint Command
Army of Lewis and Clark
Great Plains
Merne
Aaron Burr
Will
Mrs. Alston
Missouri
Louisiana
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Bell
West Broadway
Butte, Mont
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M. Gosman
Bannack
Montana Sts
Sullivan Bros
Montana
Lewis & Walker
North
Wyoming
P.O
Dillon Garr
Burfien City
Dillon, MO
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NLU
South Atlantic St
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