GOP Blockbuster Tactics Lift Tax Bill To Floor Vote
Republicans pressed block buster moves to force a floor vote on a pay as you go tax bill and a plan to skip an income tax year. House Leader Martin opposed a bipartisan path and sought a discharge petition to bring current payment legislation to the floor despite Democratic opposition.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Ways and Means
House
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Rayburn
D-Tex
Red
Martin
Robertson
D- A
Foranda
D-Ri
Yanks Bomb Jiska Islands In Five Raids
In the Pacific theater the United States attacked Japanese positions in the Solomon Islands and on Kiska Island with five raids Sunday and Monday. Navy communique reports silenced anti-aircraft guns and fires started, while four raids on Kiska yielded direct hits and fires in the camp area.
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Washington
Navy
Solomon Islands
North Pacific
Kiska Island
South Pacific
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Kahili
Shortland Island
Catalina
Consoli
Our Duty By Admiral King Urges War Bond Purchases
Admiral Ernest J. King stresses Navy readiness and the need to fund war efforts through war bonds. He says crews fight under all conditions and must be supplied with ships planes guns and tanks in ample numbers, urging individuals to buy as many bonds as possible for personal and national benefit.
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Ernest J. King
U. 8S
United States
Soviet Air Power Pounds Nazi Supply Lines Amid Front Skirmishes
Soviet aviation and anti aircraft batteries claim to have shot down 25 German planes attempting to raid Krasnodar as fronts in the Cau casus and Volkhov see heavy artillery duels. German air activity rises around Kursk and western front near Smolensk with mixed results.
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Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
London
Krasnodar
Volkhov
Leningrad
Kursk
Kharkov
Lake Liimen
Staraya Russa
Bely
Rostov
Smolensk
Appeals Court Denies Delay in Max Stephan Execution
In Cincinnati on April 13.14 the United States Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for more time to pursue a new appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court had earlier refused review. Stephan, convicted of aiding a German aviator, faces a Detroit federal court appearance tomorrow to set a new hanging date after his November 13 sentence.
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Cincinnati
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Max Stephan
Stephan
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Detroit
War Bond Drive Powers Allied Tunisian Victory
The column praises Allied gains in Tunisia and air supremacy over Rommel's forces. It notes war bond support, equipment, and aircraft costs as fighters and bombers strike Axis bases, with a London bulletin mentioning fifteen Axis vessels destroyed or damaged.
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Insia
Tunisia
Rommel
Mareth Line
London
Greatest Appeal For Funds Gets Good Public Response
The United States launches a $13 billion second war loan drive as Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urges broader public participation. He stresses higher sacrifices and says ten percent is insufficient. Officials project a $70 billion annual borrowing need with $25 billion from individuals amid tax considerations and May start for the next phase.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Morgenthau
Carnegie Hall
New York
Congress
Allied Airmen Destroy 29 Japanese Planes In New Guinea Raid
In Port Moresby area a daylight strike by 45 bombers escorted by Zeros left 29 Japanese planes destroyed by Allied airmen using Lightnings and Kittyhawks. The raid disrupted ground targets with minimal damage on port facilities and featured dramatic aerial maneuvers over 20,000 feet.
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Tom Yarbrough
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Australia
Yule Island
Kokoda
Owen Stanley
Moresby
Martin P. Alger
Ort Dodge
Bandleader Kyser Rejected For Army
Surgeons at the Los Angeles Induction station announced that Bandleader Kay Kyser had been rejected for military service after special X rays of his spine and knee. The exact disability was not disclosed. Kyser, 38, was directed to report after a denial of deferment to the Office of War Information with which he had been working.
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Los Angeles
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Army
Office of War Information
Dept Stores Fined in Anti-Trust Boycott Case
The Justice Department announced $80,900 in fines against 15 New York department stores and the New York Retail Dry Goods Association for conspiring to boycott the New York Times over advertising rate increases. Defendants pleaded nolo contendere and face payment within 48 hours. list includes Abraham and Straus, Bloomingdale Brothers, Gimbel Brothers, Macy, Lord and Taylor, and Saks among others.
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Washington
New York Department
New York Retail Dry Goods Association
New York Times
Justice Department
Charles Fahy
Retail Dry Goods Association of
New York City
Abraham and Straus, Inc
Z. Altman & Company
Arnold Constable & Company
Best and Company
Bonwi
Knox Skeptical Of Reported Jap Threats
The report notes Allied forces claim a major Pacific victory with 37 of 100 enemy planes down over Port Moresby. It covers Blamey warning of 200000 Japanese troops near Australia and Knox doubting Japan’s base buildup north of Australia. It also details Japanese air base progress near Alaska and fog aiding enemy movement toward Kiska and Attu.
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Port Moresby
Australia
Alaska
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Japan
Thomas A. Blamey
MacArthur
Blamey
Frank Knox
Washington
Knox
Attu
Aleutians
Kiska
Paramushiro
U. S
War Secretary Calls Africa Conflict Preliminary Skirmish
War Secretary Robert P Patterson told the House Military Committee that the North Africa struggle is only a preliminary skirmish in the wider war. He said the main battlegrounds are Germany Nazi Europe and Japanese possessions, with major fights still ahead while supporting civilian wartime draft legislation.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
House Military Committee
North
Africa
Germany
Europe
Legism
Allies close in on two sides of Axis Africa Corps
Allied forces press Rommel’s forces in Tunisia advancing from Sousse and Kairouan toward Enfidaville while British and French units tighten around the Ax is box near the Grand Dorsal Range. Enfidaville lies 27 miles north of Sousse and 50 miles south of Tunis as Roma’s retreat narrows.
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Axis Africa Corps
Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Tunisia
Sousse
Kairouan
Medjee-El- Bab
iThe Alianne Satin
Oshenna
Tater Eee Tee
Wwe
London
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Tunis
Vittoria
Erwin Rommel
Tunis-Bizerte
Bernard L. Montgomery
Lake Kelbia
Rommel
Montgomery
First Army
Djebel Ousselat
Grand Dorsal Range
Jones Urges Trade Pact Renewal To Aid Postwar Trade
Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones urged the House Ways and Means Committee to approve renewal of reciprocal trade agreements with 27 nations. He argued private enterprise should lead postwar foreign trade and cited history of rising exports under the program. Secretary Hull echoed the topic at the session.
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Washington
Commerce
Jesse Jones
House, Ways and Means Committee
Hull
Jones
United States
House Panel Moves To End FSA Parity And Crop Insurance
The House Appropriation Committee approved a $707,040,844 Agriculture Department bill for the next fiscal year proposing abolition of the Farm Security Administration and the federal crop insurance program. It also recommends ending parity payments for the 1943 and 1944 crops while transferring FSA functions to the Farm Credit Administration and retaining existing contracts where possible.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
House Appropriation Committee
Agriculture Department
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
Russia
Budget Bureau
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Congress
C. B. Baldwin
Sfax Welcomes Allied Forces After German Retreat
Happy Sfax populace greeted the British Eighth Army with a jubilant, flower strewn reception as tanks and troops rolled through the city. crowds cheered for hours while American British and French flags fluttered. scenes reflected the city’s destruction from months of Allied air bombardment and the broader North African campaign.
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Sfax
Africa
Rommel
Africa Corps
Flowers
State Court Hears Arguments In Liquor Case
In Raleigh on April 13 the State Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeals of Carl Lippard and his brother Marcus Paul Lippard convicted in Mecklenburg County of conspiracy to violate liquor laws. Carl received 18 months and Marcus six months. attorney G T Carswell argued former jeopardy due to prior $500 fines and suspended sentences in a related case involving 243 cases of liquor seized from a Charlotte home and garage.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Carl Lippard
Marcus Paul Lippard
Meckslenburg
Carl
G. T. Carswell
Lippards
Car Lipa
Charotte
OPA Forecasts Bean and Cabbage Price Reductions
The regional Office of Price Administration in Atlanta predicts snap beans will fall three to four cents a pound and cabbage one to one and a half cents per pound as new ceilings take effect at midnight. The rollback targets the country shippers’ price in the southeastern region covering North and South Carolina and other areas under Roosevelt anti inflation orders.
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Atlanta
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Roosevelt
North
South Carolina
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