Morgenthalau outlines new taxes to fund defense drive
Morgenthau argues for substantial federal tax increases to cover vast defense and lease-hend costs, proposing a one third rise for all, with some burden on non tax filers. He notes inflation as a motive and previews House Ways and Means hearings on a bill expected to raise 1.5 to 2.0 billion dollars, while other ideas include withholding taxes and excess profits levies.
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Morgenthau
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House Group
Doughton
D-Nc
Free Speech Milwaukeee Boys Break Up Communist Meeting
A group of high school boys led by a red-headed leader dispersed a Communist Party meeting in a downtown park by singing God Bless America. Fred Bassett Blair protested but the boys continued singing, asserting their right to free speech. Blair left as the impromptu chorus grew louder.
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Milwaukree
Red-Head
God Bless Americ
Fred Bassett Blair
Commiunist
Wisconsin
Earl Browder
Red
Blair
Hot Water Shops and Midget Racing Rise in China and US
Hot water shops in China offer temperatures from lukewarm to boiling. In the United States about 500 American sportsmen have made midget automobile racing their full time occupation.
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China
United States isolation risks urged by Gayda
Gayda argues the United States risks political and economic isolation by aligning with England and opposing the Axis and a new European order. He says U S policy tensions rise as Roosevelt and Hull grow reticent on convoys and broadcasters adopt a softer tone, signaling doubt about current policy.
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United States
England
Europe
Africa
Gayda
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
School buses carry over two million child riders daily
Latest figures indicate 2,131,000 children ride to school in motor buses each day, showing broad reliance on district transit services.
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Moitor
New York Stocks Brief Banked on Mixed Closing
Stocks in New York mixed with gains for some rails and steels and losses for others. Notable names include Pullman 24% Pure Oil 244 and Reynolds Bvl S Sears 695 while Std Oil Cal 20 and Std Oil N J 347% show activity. Other noted figures include Union Bank 13 and Sperry 3lha.
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Pullman
Reynolds
Sears
Shell UN
Sperry
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Greeks, Germans clash near Kalabaka and Mt Olympus
Greek high command reported German forces pushing from Kozani toward Kalabaka on the central front while another column crossed the Aliakmon, encircling Mount Olympus fortifications. British and Greek defense lines fought heavy battles with reinforcements moving up as London denied a confirmed breach.
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Kalabaka
Thessaly
Kozane
Grenena
Aliakmon
Mt. Olympus
War Office
London
Grevena
Athens
Larisa
Trikkala
High Command
Corizza
Korizza
Kiasma Marit
Devol
Ministry of Home Security
London Night Raid Wrecks Homes Hospitals Slams City
Five fire watchers were killed as German raid hits London tearing through the West End. Smoke and dust filled the sky while bombs, shells and wrecked theaters marked the strike. Hospitals and a hospital ward bore the brunt as fires spread and streets clogged with debris delayed traffic.
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West End
Lord Stamp
Coventry
London
Thames
RAF
Berlin
Italians advance in Dalmatia and Albania coast
Italian warships completed occupation of the Dalmatian islands as motorized columns move from Split toward Dubrovnik and along the Albanian coast toward Kotor and Cetinje. Yugoslav border defenses near Scutari reportedly broken. A British bomber was shot down over Albania while Italian planes attacked Piraeus harbor.
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Second
Split
Dubrovnik
Albania
Antivari
Cetinje
Kotor
Rome
Scutari
Piraeus
Athens
Navy contracts favor established firms in rapid shipbuilding
Knox notes current year shipbuilding covers 629 vessels with many delivered early and $4.476 trillion in vessel contracts since July 1. The Navy has awarded 6,038 aircraft contracts this year. He defends reliance on old line suppliers as capable and fastest, saying expansion forced use of trusted firms before turning to lesser options when capacity is reached.
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Knox
Navy
Parity Payments Set Alongside AAA Conservation Aid
The article notes the total 212 million dollars with the remainder to administrative costs. It explains 1941 soil conservation payments for cooperators at set rates: Cotton 1.37 cents per pound, wheat 8 cents per bushel, corn 9 cents per bushel, rice 3.5 cents per hundredweight, and tobacco and cigar components offered at specific cent per pound rates.
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AAA
Suwanee River sources and air and glass facts
The piece notes Suwanee River flows from southern Georgia into Florida. It explains a golf birdie as one under par by one stroke. It identifies Hans Christian Andersen (1805 75) as the Danish children's writer. It states air has weight. It contrasts transparent and translucent glass by light transmission. It cites 1939 beauty parlor and barber shop earnings nearing half a billion dollars per Census. It also notes New York taxes in 1910 were 388,000,000, higher than all states 20 years earlier per Census.
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Suwanee River
Georgia
Florida
Hans Christian Anderson
New York
Vichy Unannounced Air Raid Alarm Shocks Capital
West Germany reports indicate the Ministry of Information notes nothing. Vichy, capital of unoccupied France, endured a surprise one hour air raid warning last night. Dispatches did not confirm any bombs fell.
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West Germany
Ministry of Information
Vichy
France
Naval action and Capuzzo bombardment reported
The Italian escort ships and a 4,000 ton ammunition carrier were blown up during the engagement on Tuesday night. The British destroyer Mohawk was sunk by torpedoes but most crew were rescued. An admiralty statement also reports an air and naval bombardment of Fort Capuzzo and advances around Tobruk with prisoners in Addis Ababa totaling 35,000 Italians and 4,000 colonial troops.
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Admiralty
Capuzzo
Fort Capuzzo
Bardia
Libya
Cairo
Egypt
Fontier
Tobruk
Middle East
Salam
Dessie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Germans claim advance toward Walabaka in Gr eece front
Nazi press hailed the second Serbian army’s capitulation at Sarajevo as the collapse of Yugoslavia with about 1.2 million troops. German reporting claims heavy air attacks on Larisa and Trikkala, ground losses including tanks and vehicles, and questions about a possible armistice. Reports from Africa were sparse as Berlin prepared for Adolf Hitler’s birthday observances.
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Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
London
Romania
Eroute
Adolf
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