Pay-As-Go Income Tax Deductions Take Effect
Washington reports pay as you go income tax deductions began with the new fiscal year. Treasury forecasts tax take rising to about 16 billion dollars for the year, with potential 20 percent withholding continuing and possible increases next January after talks among Treasury officials and lawmakers.
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Washington
Walery
Treasury
Congressional
Fred M. Vinson
Morgenthau
Randolph Paci
Newark
Mailbox Rental Fees Increased at Dothan Post Office
Dothan post office raised mailbox rental fees for the first time in about twelve years due to high fiscal year business volume. Assistant Potmaster John Ball announced the rate change today as part of the post office operations update.
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Dothan
John Ball
World War II Daily Summary
Southwest Pacific forces land unopposed on Trobriand and Woodlark Islands near New Guinea as MacArthur directs operations. In the Mediterranean Allied bombers strike Sicily while Axis airfields suffer losses. On the Eastern Front lull persists with sporadic Soviet sorties near Estonia and the Caucasus. Western Europe sees heavy air activity targeting coastal transport and rail lines as Allied and Axis powers maneuver for strategic leverage.
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Pacific
Rendeva
New Georgia
Trobriand
Woodlerk
New Guinea
Rabael
MacArthur
Supreme Command of
Aes
Mediterranean
Palarmo
Sicily
Russia
Kuban
Caucasus
Europe
United Moles
Legislature Nears Adjournment With Many Bills On Calendar
In Montgomery Alabama advocates of a constitutional measure to place education on a parity with designated essential state functions lost hope as the House failed to muster sufficient votes to submit the amendment to the people. Debate centered on school security versus risk of eroding earmarked funds, while other bills faced indefinite postponement and limited chances of passage before adjournment.
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Montgomery
Ala
House
Bruce Henderson
Senate
Mark Hode
Jefferson
Bil
E. C. Boswell
Geneva
Saintes
Ben. Vernon
Alther
De Gaulle Giraud War Plans Sought by Allies
London AP report says Churchill told Parliament that Britain and the United States asked Generals De Gaulle and Giraud on June 18 for assurances that ten key decisions would be made in North Africa. They were also to confirm that General Giraud had effective French military control in the area to satisfy Eisenhower amid ongoing Algerian discussions.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
de Gaulle
Giraud
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Girand
Chueh
Algiers
Aled Feoreu
Axis Oppose West Pacified by Allied Sicily Bombardment
US bombers and fighter bombers of the Northwest African Air Force hit Felerino and four Sicily air fields with little enemy opposition. Italian communique reports great damage at Palermo and Bardinian targets, fires at Cagliari, continued submarine pressure on Axis supply lines, and Royal Navy submarine successes in the Mediterranean.
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North Africa
United States
Northwest African Air Force
Felerino
Sicily
Italian High Command
Bonis
Associated Press
Palermo
Cagliari
London Admiralty
Tellan
Mediterranean
Messina
San Giovanni
San Marco
Aroma
Belacca
Houston Girl Drowns in Lynn Haven Bay
Coast Guardsmen and others searched North Bay Lynn Haven for the body of Miles Carolyn Hollis a 16 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Heley Hollis of Dothan route five who drowned yesterday afternoon while on a fishing trip in the bay. Hollis was to be a senior at Vicksburg High School next year and was accompanied by Ruth Trawick of Brasnon Stand James Hatton of Brennon Stand and Corporal Bertram Paulk of Dothan home on furlough from Fort Benning. Further details were in a later page.
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Coast
Nazis Call Up Belgian Labor Amid Occupation Orders
Berlin broadcasts quote a Nazi order requiring all Belgian men aged 18 to 80 and all unmarried women 18 to 38 to be conscripted for labor service in Belgium or Germany. The plan bars Belgian students from universities or higher education unless they have completed at least one year in the voluntary labor service.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Brumela Seid
Belgium
Germany
Com Imandar
Nasi
Hbalgigm
Europe Surrender Roll Call From Air Power
London reports a broad Allied air offensive against Axis Europe in June. American and British forces conducted round the clock attacks from bases in Britain, North Africa, and the Middle East. Notable events include the Italian island of Pantelleria's surrender on June 11 and raids on lampedusa, Linosa, and Lampione, plus heavy RAF bombing of the Ruhr Valley and two Liberator raids on Axis airfields near Athens.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Britain
Africa
Middle East
Sland
Pantalleria
Lampeduse
Linosa
Lampione
Italy
Aicily
Sardinia
RAF
Ruhr
Hitler
Axig
Athena
No. 15
Red Army Scout Party Attacks Germans Across River Front
A Red Army scouting party stormed a river crossing and hit German trenches, blowing up blockhouses and other defenses in a Western Front sector. The Soviet communiqué reports over 100 German deaths and enemy guns silenced. Other reports note Russian artillery against infantry on Leningrad front and air raid claims near Pekov with ground destruction and 12 German planes destroyed. British observers say both sides now have strong defenses making a quick breakthrough unlikely.
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London
Moscow
Leningrad
Kuban
Caucasus
Taman
Ker Strait
Crimea
Black Sea
Bee
Azov
Bagan
Money Bills Jammed In Congress Tied Up
Washington dispatch reports money bills stalled as Congress adjourned with no emergency funds for Roosevelt. Only a $71.5 billion Army wartime supply bill cleared, while 1947 emergency funds for Agriculture Interior OPA OWI WPB and other agencies were blocked by salaries impasse.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Benete
House
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
Federal Security Agency
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Office of War Information
OWI
War Production Board
WPB
Tor
Last Minute BULLETINS War updates and accidents report
AP reports German daylight and HAF night bombings nearly erased WHUhalmahaven as a naval base with ports and arsenals destroyed. An Army transport plane crash near Sare Virginia killed five officers and one NCO. Akron rubber plants resume normal output after wage decision limits for CIO workers.
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Btockholm
Heporta
Germany
U. S
Whu- Halmahaven
Washington
Sare
Hudsville
War Department
Akron, Ohio
Akron
National War Labor Board
Wig trade in wartime causes fashion and supply shifts
Washington AP reports wigmakers face spotty business as wartime shortages disrupt imports of human hair from Europe. High demand from movie stars and vanity drive wig use, while soldiers and civilians seek cheap, mixed styles. many wear wigs briefly and discard when their own hair regrows.
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Washington
Europe
France
Italy
Wien
Allied forces launch parallel Solomons and New Guinea offensives
Allied commanders announce a major joint push against Japan in the South and Southwest Pacific. Gen Douglas MacArthur assumes supreme command, with coordinated landings at Rendova, New Georgia, Woodlark and Trobriand, plus operations near Nassau Bay and Salamaua as the central thrust advances.
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Yates McDaniel
Australia
South
Southwest Pacific
Tendova
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Command
New Britain Island
Wooltang
Rabaul
Rendova
New Georgia
Nen
New Georgia Islands
Solomons
Trobriand
Woodlark Islands
New Guinea
Nassau Bay Fuet
Salamaua
MacArthur
District of Columbia Speaker warns U S of air raids
A fictional DC spokesman warns that the United States could face Axis aerial bombing this summer. He says raids could be used to scare the public and force Allied forces to weaken the home front, prolonging the war and causing enormous waste of effort.
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Washington
United Atsies
D. C
Columbis
Sifi
Apeakar
Stores To Observe Usual Half-Holiday
The Dothanetorea stores will be closed Monday for Independence Day observance and will close Thursday afternoon under the summer half-holiday policy. The Chamber of Commerce said inquiries about skipping Thursday were received, and the Retail Merchants Association had agreed in February to close the Monday after the Fourth of July but took no action on Thursday.
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Dothanetorea
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Retail Merchants Association
Nazis Expect Allied Stroke On July 3
London AP dispatch says German controlled radio claims British troops in northern England and Northern Ireland have moved to southern England in preparation for an Allied invasion on July 3. Axis broadcasts have wavered between hinting at and denying the Saturday date.
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London
Pans
England
Ireland
Bellaved
Avanta
Axis
Paris
Tha
Associated Prem
Thousands Return to Work in Coal Fields Nationwide
Pittsburgh AP reports thousands of hard coal miners return to pits in eastern Pennsylvania and 2 thousand more soft coal workers in Alabama, cutting U.S. idle miners to about 104000. Most returning are in UMW District No. 1 following votes yesterday, though some insurgents remain in the anthracite field. Secretary of War and fuel administrator urge miners to resume work amid wartime campaigns.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Alabama
United Mine Workers District
Jekea
Pennsylania'a
United Mine Workers
UMW
Monongahela River
FDR Faces Choice Of Subsidies Or CCC Death
Washington AP reports Congress moved to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation for two more years while barring further government spending to curb retail food prices. The House 160 to 82 and Senate 67 to 18 votes signal push to limit CCC. President Roosevelt faces a veto deadline by July 12 and may decide to back the subsidy rollback or abolish CCC.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House
Senate
Wallace And Jones Row Flares Again
Washington AP report traces a renewed feud involving Wallace BEW head and Commerce Secretary Jones over intel war funding. Byrd committee members expect a BEW financing request to Congress while Byrnes, War Mobilization Director, convened a White House bargaining session that failed.
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Byrd
D-Va
George
D-Ga
Joint Committee On
Noser
RFC
Brew
American forces bag 65 enemy planes in Solomons action
In a fierce sea and air battle off Rendova near Munda, American forces reported 65 enemy aircraft shot down and 17 US planes missing during the beachhead fight. The transport McCawley was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese sub after landing troops and supplies. U.S. air forces supported the assault with Avenger and Dauntless aircraft targeting Vila Kolombangara and surrounding areas as MacArthur pushes toward Rabaul.
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Washington
Belomons
Viru Harber
Japan
Munda
Iteloa
Solomone
Douglas MacArthurs
Foress
New Guinea
Rabaul
Stinson
Plas
Masdrthur
Navy
Naval Transporta
Rendova Island
Mitsubishi
Aichi
United States
McCawley
Grace Line
Santa Barbera
Eir
Solomons
Dauntless
Vila
Kolombangars Jnland
Mitehali
Prowler Sociable Intruder Report From Dothan
Prowler activity extended to Dothan's Negro section with a house chat at 60 Mon Street and a promise to return. Police logged two more sightings at 204 South Orange Tree and 304 North Appletree with no suspects found. detectives note a new high in prowler calls for the month.
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Dothan
Monthe Street
Herring
South
Orange Treet
North Appletree
Orange Street
Taylor Hicks
Btrickland
Mike Palmer
North Apple Tree
Activi Yea Fm
Officara
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New York
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