Post War Tax Rebate Studied
The Senate Finance Committee discussed a post war tax rebate modeled on Canada with credits up to 800 dollars for singles and 1000 dollars for married couples. It includes 8 percent of income for singles and 10 percent for married couples, plus a 1 percent per dependent with 100 dollar max. Deductions for pensions, life premiums, and mortgages reduce the refund. The panel rejected pay as you go tax collection and a Treasury substitute.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
Senate
Bryant C. Brown
Colin F. Stam
Joint Committee
Brown
Beardsley Rumi
New York Reserve Bank
Treasury
Will Strip Priority Power From Services
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson withdraws authority for priority ratings from hundreds of procurement offices. The move, a key part of a tougher policy to manage material shortages, centralizes power in WPB to balance Army Navy and civilian demands and is to be formally announced within 24 hours.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Armed Services
Nelson
WPB
WPS
Army
Navy
Sinking of Caribbean Merchant Ship Reported by Navy
The Navy announced the sinking of a medium sized U S merchant ship in the Caribbean early this month. Survivors said the vessel went down in that area and identified the ship as Toll 443 with Navy officials confirming the loss.
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Mo Associated Presa
Caribbean Sea
Wex
Navy
Y. Y. Talaed
Aysoola
Peart Karbon
Gurney Urges Draft Of 18- Year Olds For War Readiness
Senator Chan Gurney told Huron groups that the United States ships more to Russia than promised, and urged drafting 18 year olds immediately after high school for training. He warned of rubber shortages and backed nationwide gas rationing to conserve supplies.
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United States
Russia
Gurney
Scandinavian Peninsula
Chan Gurney
Washington
Norris Petitions Circulated To Put Norris On Ballot
Nebraska senator George W. Norris is being circulated as an independent candidate for re election. Petitions were started statewide by a non partisan group. Norris, who plans retirement at term end, was not a candidate in the August primary.
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Norris
Nebraska
Lincoln
Ned
George W. Norris
Foster May
Omaha
Kenneth Wherry
Pawnee City
James &. Lawrence
Lincoln Edivor
Democratic State Organization
Fiome Guards May Receive Army Aid
Senate approves legislation to arm and clothe state and territorial home guards at up to 15 million dollars. The War Department would equip home guards to a strength of 150000 active military personnel, with Stimson urging enactment.
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Fiome Guards
Wasmingson
War Department
Senate
House
Secret of War
Stimson
Band Concert Program at Huron Municipal Band
Huron Municipal Band under director Hans Christensen presents a Thursday August 27 concert in Park featuring Overture Goldman Intermezzo Amapola Watte Chimes of Spring Persian Market Novelette Atlantic Zephyre Trombone Solo The New Moon March America and a finale with The Star Spangled Banner announced by Christensen.
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Huron
Russians Counterattack Stalingrad Lines Hold Against Soviet Push
German high command reported renewed Russian counterattacks west of Stalingrad were repelled with heavy losses, including 40 destroyed tanks, as German aerial support and defenses stiffened. Front sections noted Soviet pressure along the Moscow front and in the Caucasus, with ongoing heavy fighting and uncertain outcomes.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Kaluga
Grev
Moscow
Associated Press
Russia
Solomon “Islands
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Semeon Timoshento
Volga
Gregory KE
Zhukov
Rzhev-Vyazma
Key
Grozny
Mozdoy
Ihe
Middle East
War Today Hitler Drive May Have Reached Its Peak
The War Today analysis notes possible peak of Hitler’s drive northwest of Moscow and calls for watching Egypt for new battles. Soviet and Western reports suggest Bolshevists may halt Nazis on the Caucasian front as the Moscow front shows signs of ebbing.
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Hitler
Egypt
Dawitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Hed Star
Goa
Japanese Admit Naval Losses In Pacific Defeat Narrative
Tokyo broadcasts say Japan lost one destroyer and a small carrier while admitting U S losses include two carriers and a Pennsylvania class battleship damaged. Axis reports frame the Solomons clash as an American defeat despite U S communiques noting hits on twelve Japanese ships.
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U. S
Tokyo
Japan
Solomon Islands
Imperial Headquarters
United States
Solomons
Nichi Nichi
Tokyo Daily
East Asia
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
United States Navy
Washington
Domei
Briton Proposes 5000 Cargo Plane Fleet for Britain
E C Gordon England chairman of the Engineering Industries Association told the Institute of Export that Britain should establish a civil fleet of 5000 cargo planes to make the country the hub of the worlds merchant service The fleet could complete a trans Atlantic round trip every four days and move 150000 tons of cargo weekly in each direction.
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London
Britain
E. C. Gordon England
Engineering Industries Association
Institute of Export
England
Bombing Raid Hits Lashio Burma Base in World War II
United States Army planes attacked the Japanese base at Lashio in Burma. Two enemy fighters were shot down and two more probably destroyed, with two large fires started in the city center and hits on the airdrome runway. All American planes returned safely. Lashio sits at the head of the Rangoon railroad toward China where the Burma Road began. Chinese dispatches report Japanese forces burning towns as they retreat toward Chekiang and Jiangsi provinces.
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Chungking
Lashio
Burma
Joseph
W. Stilwell
China
Rangoon
Mandalay
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Chinese Central
Gripeholm Passengers Wait in Jersey City Report
Passengers near Jersey City are described waiting within camping distance of an oriented vessel. The fleeting article fragment mentions Ara and a numeral 7400 with unclear context about a ship or event on August 27.
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Gripeholm
Jersey City
N. J
Ara- DO
Dedsether
RAF Bombs Sicily and Rome in Aug Attack Report
The British Royal Air Force bombed several localities in Sicily and Rome with no casualty details provided by the high command. In Bombay India, a deadly crowd clash left private property damaged as troops opened fire.
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RAF
Sicily
Rome
Royal ‘Air ’Force
High Command
India
Bombay
U S Navy Engaged In Pacific Battles Near Australia
Allied forces clash with Japanese near Milne Bay and Guadalcanal as new Guinea coast fighting intensifies. American air power sinks and damages ships, with ongoing battles swelling along the Solomons and Milne Bay fronts.
Army Expands Enlistment To Men Aged 45 to 50
Secretary of War Stimson announced the Army will accept enlistments of men aged 45 to 50 with special skills. They will join service commands or other Army units to free younger personnel for frontline duties. The previous top age limit was higher.
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Wadshlingiun
Secretary of War
Stimson
Army
War Department
Oil Plant Strikers Return to Work in Calumet District
In EAST CHICAGO Ind on August 27 striking workers agreed to return to three oil refineries and a loading terminal after a federal conciliator said the stoppage posed a critical threat to the war effort The CIO Oil Workers Union 21 called the strike which closed Sinclair Oil Company Socony Vacuum Refining Corporation Cities Service Oil Company and the Shell loading terminal Negotiations on workers demand for higher wages were to resume with the midnight return sentence.
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Ind
Calumet
William G. Murray
CIO Ol
Union 21
Sinclai Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Refining Ration
Cities -Service Oil Company
Shell
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