Bipartisan tax talks stumble amid deadlock with Carter
Washington AP report on Stuttex discuw debate between Republican and Democratic leaders. A bipartisan Ways and Means panel aims to find a middle ground on tax relief, with plans to abate income taxes about 50 percent. No final agreement arrived, meetings continue into May, secrecy surrounds talks.
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Francis J. Lemay
Washington
Stuttex Discuw
Carter
Compro
Dan
Rayburo’s
Tice
Seompre
Bond drive push reaches 533407 as fund aim set
Seatton County campaign leaders report the drive totals 533407 with a countywide effort underway. Volunteers in Dothan pledge to support the cause, while Ashford and Napier Field officials join a planned program. Citizens are urged to lend 50 000 to the government to lift the county quota of 881000 by Saturday deadline. Parish events and school students in Dothan rally to complete the campaign.
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Seatton County
Dothan
Plunteer
Ashford
W. A. Wells
Watriothe
Napier Field
Mid
Flowers
Four Sees and Graves in Tar Attacks at Berlin
Four Sees and Grattin suffer losses as tar attacks hit Berlin site. Aight blasts reported. authorities not yet named.
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Berlin
Tteek
Grattin
Plan For Post War Unity Touted By FDR And Mexican Chief
President Roosevelt and Mexican President Avila Camacho held a gala Monterrey conference with a symbolic push for unity after the war. Radio talks were given during the dinner as security kept details nonpublic.
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FDR
Douglas B. Cornell
Roosevelt
Avila Camacho
Monterrey
Maexico
Doolittle Raid Taste Of More Blasts Tokyo
Washington reports the Doolittle Raid was a mere prelude to heavier strikes on Tokyo. The War Department confirms the base, the Shangri La, was a ship at sea used as a floating launch point for Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's 16 bomber force.
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Doolittle
Tokyo
John M. Heintower
Washington
Japan
War Department
Isle of
Nippon
James H. Doolittle
Committee Named To Select Officers Of Town War Group
A four man committee was elected at the county courthouse session to name permanent chairman and a coordinator for the Town Meeting for War Committee. Members are B W Pearson C M Ling Bruce Flurry and P Poyner. They will meet next week to appoint leaders with a May meeting date to be announced. Carl Griffin led the organizational session as executive secretary of the State Defense Council.
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Ichatrmoun
B.W. Pearson
C M. Ling
Bruce Flurry
P Poyner
Poyner
Poyner Enid
Carl Griffin
State Defense Council
Griffin
Japs Xylophone Irks U S Sub Men
Pearl Harbor AP reports submarine Wahoo returns from second war patrol with eight ships sunk totaling 37900 tons and a damaged Goth wrecked trawler and two camprama. Skipper Lieutenant Commander Morten calls it “sight track shoot and sink” noting the rapid two patrol total.
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Charles McMurtry
Pearl Harbor
Dudley W
Muoh) Morten
Wahoo
Miami
Senate Extends FDR Stabilization Powers With Amendment
Washington AP report: House approves Senate backed two year extension of presidential control over the 2,000,000,000 stabilization fund. An amendment by Rep Reed blocks use of the fund in a proposed 5,000,000,000 international stabilization bank, limiting presidential devaluation powers and steering the measure to a conference committee.
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Washington
House
Reed
Senate
Counterfeit T Gas Tickets Seized in New York Raid
New York AP reports 500000 counterfeit T gasoline ration coupons seized and 30 men arrested. Secret Service supervising agent James J. Maloney said Treasury Secretary Morgenthau took personal interest after OPA urged aid. The roundup climaxed 122 investigations by agents in the area.
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New York
James J. Maloney
Secret Service
Maloney
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
OPA
Malovey
Labor Seeks Easing On Job Freezing Policy
Washington AP reports organized labor plans to press for changes to the administration wage control and job freezing orders. The AFL and CIO splits over the edicts show President William Green opposing the policy as unnecessary while CIO committees demand continued wage and manpower controls.
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Washington
Appk
AFL
Cro
Basle
William Green
CTO
Death Sentence Meted To Some Of Men Captured After Tokyo Raid
President Roosevelt denounced the Japanese execution of American airmen as barbarous, noting that eight crews were taken prisoner during the Tokyo bombing raid. He cited radio reports from 1942 to 1943 confirming trials and death penalties, with some commuted and others carried out, and he lodged a protest via the State Department.
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Tokyo
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Corpus Christi
Tex
State Department
Japan
War Department
Fight In Senate To Restore Funds For FSA Forecast
Washington AP reports Senator Bankhead calls the Farm Security Administration a friend of the poor farmer and predicts a Senate push to restore funds. The 1944 agricultural appropriations bill, passed by the House, would liquidate crop insurance, block incentive payments, and exclude farm rehabilitation loans and tenant purchase functions from FSA. The House subcommittee had proposed transferring FSA duties to the Farm Credit Administration.
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Washington
Tog
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
House
FSA
RAF Hit Berlin and Baltic Ports in Night Raids
British heavy bombers attacked the German Baltic ports of Stettin and Rostock while Mosquito aircraft bombed Berlin in wide spread raids. The Air Ministry said good weather aided operations, with damage reported to Rostock Henkel and Neptune works and to industrial targets at Stettin. The night included fighter and bomber opposition and mine-laying avoidance, marking the eighth night of RAF bombing in a row.
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London
Nierman Baltic
Stettin
Hostock
Berlin
Whith
Air Ministry
sStettin
Rostock
RAF
Adr
Henkel
Neptune Wurde
Heinkel
Anhea Stettin
NAP
Red Army Air Force
Alag
Bea Atrark
Ture Ta
Washington
Alentiang Command
Japsnena Possiona
Kiake Island
Navy
Nouth Pacific
Klein
Hougainville
Astapd
Salomons
Wallace Arrives in Bogota on South American Tour
Vice President Henry A. Wallace landed in Bogota this afternoon en route from Ecuador on a goodwill tour of South American nations. In Washington the House extended the bituminous contract act 136 days to allow the Ways and Means Committee more time to craft permanent legislation.
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Bogota
Colombia
Henry A. Wallace
Ecuador
Washington
House
$2,500 Automobiles Freed From Ration Rules
Washington AP reports that beginning next Tuesday any buyer can purchase a new $2,500 1942 model car with minimal rationing. The OPA freed higher priced autos from rationing effective April 27 to prevent stockpiles from deteriorating, after consulting with armed services whose reply was noncommittal. Buyers must sign a statement to their dealer that the car is needed for gainful occupation or work related to the war program or public welfare.
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Washington
OPA
Ex Cotton Farmer Reaping Big Profits On Beef Cattle
Ex cotton farmer Heta L. Blackwood in Cleveland Alabama runs large scale beef production. He operates six to seven feeder barns for Herefords, inverted most cotton land to pasture, expects about 2,200 steers this year averaging around 600 pounds and plans to raise cattle to over 1,000 pounds. He says hard work and focus on cattle feeding are key and that anyone can do the same with effort.
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Cleveland
Als
Heta LC
Blackwood
Deep South
Tate
Germans Hurl New Troops In Fight For Kuban Delta
Rail threats grow as German forces push reinforcements into the Kuban delta near Novorossiysk. Artillery and bombings intensify with air support from the Black Sea region. Romanian prisoners report Germans abandoned some camps while Soviet front lines hold key heights amid artillery duels north of the Donets and near Leningrad. German casualties climb with 3,000 reported dead at a contested field.
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Kuban
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Wuban
Novorroasiak
Rucalans
Star
aArov Pravda
Communit Party
Black Sea
Sea of Aroy
Doneta
Chuoguer
Savele
Volkhov
Leningrad
Kalinin
Recapping Plant Fire Destroys Many Tires
A fire at a Pan Am service station on Montgomery Highway destroyed many tires and damaged the rear building area. Fire crews, led by Chief JE Mine and Ziglar, fought the blaze for over an hour, keeping streams on gasoline tanks and preventing wider spread.
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Hunitrada
Pan-Am
Montgoomery
Elf Conpredau
Cecay Peng Department
JE Mine
Fromen
Clarke Dangey
Lee
Ziglar
Jeanie
Chinese Wipe Out 800 More Japanese
Chungking high command communique reports about 86 Japanese killed or burned in clashes from an enemy thrust from Teengghing four miles north. Bulletin aide says further details to follow on Page 2.
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Chungking
Chinene High Command
Japanese Strength In Australian Area Expanding Rapidly
Allied chiefs warn that Japan's power in the southwest Pacific is growing quickly and the Australian front becomes more menacing. Reports cite bombers and naval actions, including raids on Bougainville and Cape Island and the sinking of a 6,000 ton ship at Wewak New Guinea.
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Allied
Aubtralia
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Douglas
MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Maine
Flying Fortresses Arm
Senators To Query Davis On OWI Work
Senators will question Davis in a Judicial Committee hearing about government information control. The session aims to uncover how and why information is released at press conferences and how different agencies handle disclosures.
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Davis
Washisutun
Judicial Committee
Senate
Jenkin
O'Mahaney
Revea
Hog price ceilings discussed by producers and packers
Washington AP reports officials from the food administration and meat packers met with industry representatives to discuss price control details on hogs at about 1150 dollars per hundredweight, amid concerns unions may push prices higher and in line with OPA policy on pork.
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Wasilington
Belere
Nda
Chicago
Basichood
Chester Daivid
Enfidaville Drive Drives Axis From Tunisia Front
Allied forces under Montgomery press toward Enfidaville after a heavy two mile advance in the Djabe area. British and American units clash with German and Fascist defenses as air and artillery warfare disrupts Axis positions. Milanese-front reporting notes capture of Enfidaville objectives and mounting counterattacks, with air combats over the region and sustained fighting across the Mejerat to Takroune sector.
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WEA
Gallagher
North Africa
Eighth Army
Djabe
Gurci
Eatdaville
Bernard L. Montgomer
Fenfidavilla
Agtha
Mai
Ervie Rommel
Southaralina
Tune
First Army
Meiat-E-Bab
Temi
Dwight D. Ewenhower
Nnk
Takrowne
Enfidasiite
Takruuna
Niles Myutm
Tunis
Ger- Lawan
Takrounn
Montgomery
Wadi
Wen
Sroadia
Madres-Etab
Tunisia
Forte
Murther
Soda
Enfidaville
Pafidavile
Tunle
Painsington
Gaiman
Berlin
Efwath
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