Oil Price Rise Bill Moves to Senate Tackle
Washington dispatch reports the administration backed plan to raise crude oil prices by at least 35 cents a barrel. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma says he will attempt to attach the measure to anti food subsidy legislation, now in the Senate after House passage, unless the Office of Price Administration acts promptly.
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Washington
House
Senate
Thomas
D-Okla
Office of Price Administration
Tax deadline nears as pay as you go rules expand
Federal income tax deadlines loom with pay as you go. Farmers face first 1943 return based on estimated income and a 6 percent underpayment penalty if estimates are far off. Nonwithholding workers must file advance declarations if in specified brackets or with side income. changes since September may trigger new filing.
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J. Marlow
G. Zielke
Washington
Ember
besitRost
Internal Revenue Bureau
Oil bill sails through House boosting prices and ceilings
The House approved an oil bill 171 to 92 directing the OPA to order a 35 cent price rise with potential ceiling adjustments up to about 74 cents a barrel. The current national average is about $1.18. Rep Disney defended higher prices to spur exploration. A Senate subcommittee sought a subsidy compromise to curb retail food prices, while Bankhead rejected ground for a deal.
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House
OPA
Rep
Disney
D-Okla
Ickes
Senate
Lost papers found afloat in Miami after ship voyage
A sea captain applying for new papers after a wallet loss learned a paper that drifted ashore in Miami had floated from Britain to the United States. The incident highlights that throwing away papers in Britain is illegal.
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West Indies
Miami
Florida
Britain
Causes and remedies for conjunctivitis in children
Health column explains pink eye causes by several germs including pneumococcus Koch Weeks bacillus and staphylococcus, its contagious spread through eye rubbing and sneezing. Home remedies such as boric acid eye wash and sterile ointment, plus ice compresses, are recommended for quick relief.
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Koch
New York
CIO Opens Fight To Crack Little Steel Wage Formula
The CIO presses for a 17 cent hourly raise and guaranteed weekly wages as United Steel Workers meet U S Steel officials in Pittsburgh. Philip Murray urges Nelson to lift industry limits to boost home front morale amid early next year output cuts. A 500-plus worker strike at McKeesport National Tube plant tied to wage and job moves marks district’s first production cutback.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
U. S. Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
Donald Nelson
Murray
McKeesport
National Tube Company
William Penn Hotel
U. S. Steel
Cape Illinois Steel
American Steel & Wire Co
Lumbia Steel Co
National Tube
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
Penicillin Now In Mass Production
Major General Norman T. Kirk, army surgeon general, announced penicillin is in mass production and will be available in adequate supplies for military and civilian needs within six months. He called penicillin one of the three heroes of World War 2 and noted rapid production growth and high fuel use by Flying Fortresses.
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New York
Norm T. Kirk
American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association
Kirk
Japanese Prisoners Say News Of Reverses Is Sparse
In Chungking an Allied prisoner camp report says Japanese privates and sergeants have little news of Axis defeats. They describe gas warfare gear and anti gas clothing, and one man expresses willingness to become a Chinese citizen after surrendering last July 2.
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Chungking
China
Guadalcanal
Stalingrad
Akano Hironaka
Tome
Mitsui Katsuo
Katsuo
Vichy Urges Workers to Ignore Strike Appeals
Barce lona reports Paris fears a national crisis as the Vichy regime declares strikes illegal and vows suppression. French papers note the assassination of Jean Lidore the Limoges police chief and the killing of collaborationists and pro Nazi leaders. Action Fran aise tallies 2 799 arrests to halt violence.
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Barcelona
France
Jean Lidore
Limoges
Limousin
Action Francaise
Japan admits Tarawa loss in Tokyo broadcast
Tokyo radio indirectly acknowledged Tarawa loss in a broadcast cited by U S monitors. The report said Japanese planes attacked the American airbase on the Gilbert Island and marked the first admission that Tarawa is no longer in Japanese hands.
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Tarawa
New York
Tokyo Radio
Gilberts
Tokyo
Remembering Sam on veterans pay for service men
A veteran columnist argues for a yearlong monthly bonus around $200 per man to aid World War II veterans after discharge. He stresses equal treatment, includes allowances and sustenance, and cites current government failures and delayed bills.
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Sam
Italy
Four Children Burn To Death In Tampa Fire
Four children aged 7 to 11 died in a second floor room trapped by flames as a two story frame house burned in Tampa Florida. The victims were Ken Kendree 11 Betty McGhinn 8 Jeannette McGhinn 7 and were with Mrs Elmer McGhinn their mother who had left them with grandparents Mr and Mrs E R Coleman while visiting her husband in Virginia.
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Tampa
Fla
Ken We Impont
cKendree
Dree
Betty McGhinn
Jeannette McGhinn
Elmer McGhinn
Ri Va
Navy
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