Beardsley Ruml Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plan Pioneer
Beardsley Ruml, dubbed Pay‑As‑You‑Go Ruml, popularized a cash based income tax plan influencing US policy during World War II. From Cedar Rapids to Chicago and New York he built a career in public administration and banking while shaping tax thinking with a thrifty, pay‑as‑you‑go ethos.
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Beardsley Rumi
New York
Beardsley
Rumi
America
Fumi
Middle West
Chicago
Isa
Bohemia
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Grandfather Rum
Wentzle
Rum
James R. Angell
Carnegie Corporation
Angell
Yale
Ruml
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
R. H. Macey and Company
Federal Reserve Board of New
Maceys
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Toronto's oldest doctor Ida Lynd dies at 86
One of Toronto's longest practicing physicians, Dr Ida Lyndh, age 86, died at her Dover Court Road home. Born at Bond Head and educated at Denton, she earned a medical degree from the University of Toronto and remained active after retirement due to an earlier accident. She was the second woman in Toronto to receive a medical certificate.
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Toronto
Ida Lynd
Dover Court Road
Bond Head
Lyndh
Denton
University of Toronto
Diet and Vitamins Lift Productivity in Britain and Ohio
Efficiency measures in England fed 1000 army rejects a six month special diet yielding 85 percent acceptance. In Mansfield Ohio, workers fed Vitamin A at 30 000 LU daily improved 40 percent in output and reduced porcelain rejections to 0.3 percent saving $50 000 annually. Diet cost $109. Knott notes fatigue decreased and 43 percent production rise in British industry.
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England
Mansfield
Ohio
Leonard Knott
Wheat popularity ranks in Prairie Provinces last year
Thatcher led by far as the most popular wheat in the Prairie Provinces, capturing about half of total acreage. Marquis ranked second and Red Bobs third in the regional crop popularity survey.
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Thatcher
Prairie Provinces
Marquis
Red Bobs
Junk from Nazi planes and Moon’s pull noted
Churchill found 20 Spitfires in a Turkish field as a symbol of friendship. British salvaged junk from downed Nazi planes in England to salvage German aircraft lacking repair parts. The text also notes the Moon’s gravitational pull on earth particles is three times that of the Sun.
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Churchill
Turkey
England
Earth
Ship or boat rule for sea vessels in naval lore
Navy and merchant marine crews insist on calling every sea going vessel a ship unless it is propelled by oars or paddlewheels or is a tug. Submarine crews use boat for their vessel but landlubbers should avoid the term.
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Navy
Merchant Marine
Only a veterinary officer should perform post mortem on livestock
The article warns that a farm animal dying from an unknown cause requires a veterinary officer for post mortem examination because many livestock diseases are transferable to humans and a dead animal can be dangerous to untrained observers conducting the test.
Food Rations For Shipwrecked Sailors From Navy Research
A Royal Canadian Navy travelling exhibit showcases emergency ration kits designed to sustain shipwrecked sailors. Each kit includes twelve milk tablets, soy biscuit like biscuits, a chocolate bar, sixteen ounce water can, and a waterproof box with floating lids. Developed by Lt Commander James Campbell, Surgeon Lt Commander J F E deBelle, and Lt R W Millard, the rations promise four to five years of stability and are intended to be deployed on rafts and floats with multiple containers.
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Royal Canadian Navy
James Campbell
Toronto
J. F E. deBelle
Montreal
R. W. Millard
Vancouver
Royal Navy
United States Navy
War Savings certificate offers 25 percent return
A five dollar War Savings certificate costs four dollars and, if held to maturity, increases by 25 percent. Could there be a better investment option presented in the article?
Rail Mechanics Build Naval Guns Under War Demands
National Railways Munitions Limited, a Crown plant in Montreal, rapidly built a naval artillery production facility. The plant, overseen by John Roberts of CN, assembled field artillery carriages and naval devices, casting and machining beds for gun boring machines. About 1000 workers now labors, including ten percent women, with skilled railway machinists training unskilled staff. The unit cut rifling time from 15 hours to 24 hours using a new system, as shown by machinists R. J. Reid and Charles Wille and operator Miss Mary Slobie operating a honing machine.
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Ieee
National Railways
Montreal
Pliant
Canadian National Railways
John Roberts
Olive Power and Car Equipment
Maurice Couillard
C.N.R
R. J. Reid
Charles Wille
Mary Slobie
Beurling and Montgomery Jibe With Army Rule
Veteran Joe praises Beurling and Montgomery in a snug canteen tale. The speaker notes rough, iron discipline and bravery as exemplars, contrasting with a lad seeking orangeade and the sergeant's fading smile. The verse commends hardnosed soldiers who shun trivial vices and live by stern rules.
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Joe
Jean
Red
Guy Montgomery
Old Father Hubbard Seeks Drink in Bare Cupboard
A folk tale line notes Old Father Hubbard finds the cupboard empty and takes a drink from the sink. The text adds a historical claim that the Chinese invented or discovered silk porcelain tea printing and gunpowder in 2504.
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Malvina Stephenson
Salome Beardsley
Cedar Rapids Hospital
New England
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Sergt
Treadwell Rum
North Africa
Beardsley Rum
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Dartmouth
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Wanger
Carnegie Institute
York
Treasury
Vorman
Soviets
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Cap Fler
Tered
Stalingrad
Paulus
Hitler
Third Reich
Germany
Soviet Information Bulletin
Britain
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Alice Brooks
Sarg
Hosche
George A. Wright
Brockville, Ont
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