Playwright Shaw Objects To Tax Burden
Mrs George Bernard Shaw left an estate of about u Shaw paid death duties over 160000 The Evening Standard estimated Shaw's income about 96000 and annual taxes near 80000 He urged abolition of excess profits tax and surtax exemption for income above 80000 and said windfalls should not be taxed as ordinary income He joked of becoming a tax collector earning 10 cents on a four dollar income
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Evening Standard
London Times
Man Walks Ten Miles to Court for Wheat Theft Admonition
Durham report says Robert Tinnen a 63 year old tenant farmer walked ten miles to appear in recorder's court on a charge of removing a crop of wheat from landlord H L King. Judge A H Borland admonished him to keep his money straight and start walking home. The piece notes the average fertile topsoil is about seven inches.
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Durham
Robert Tinnen
A. H. Borland
Recorder’s Court
H. L. King
Judge Borland
Borland
Scalloped Potatoes Topped with Pork Chops Casserole
Wilson and Co suggests a time saving casserole featuring scalloped potatoes topped with pork chops for busy days. This dish blends meat and starch to create a simple, hearty meal option.
Pork Chops with Scalloped Potatoes Recipe
Prepare a white sauce from the first four ingredients then mix potatoes into the sauce. Pour into a margarineed baking dish. Place seasoned pork chops on top and bake at 350 F for about 75 minutes. Easy and extra tasty.
New Year Health Notes on Vitamin B V and Spinach Use
A 1944 era nutritional column advises starting the year with a tomato juice cocktail using Wilson’s B V, hydration steps, and Vitamin C boosts. It praises plentiful spinach, suggests warm baths and cold rinses, and urges home gardeners to plan for a Victory Garden with seeds ordered. It also recommends beans, whole wheat muffins, and a fruit cup for a balanced menu.
Yanks Outflank Japs In Marshalls Defenders
Washington reports a bold Pacific advance into the Marshalls isolating thousands of Japanese troops. Kwajalein brings airfields and harbor facilities for a new Carolines push while the Marshalls’ chain forms a central link in the long war path.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Marshall Islands
Marshall Group
Wotje
Jaluit
Maloelap
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Caroline Islands
Philippines
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Nimitz
Wotje- Jaluit
Pacific
Carolines
Truk
Dutch East Indies
Wake Island
Naru Island
Hairdressers Convene in Winston-Salem for State Meeting
The tenth annual convention of the North Carolina Hairdressers and Cosmetologist association will meet in Winston-Salem on Monday and Tuesday. A $1,550 ambulance donation to the army will highlight the program amid notes on fuel changes as whale oil falls from use.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Nipponese Officer Shoots Own Men
On a Pacific island a Japanese officer ordered 23 marines to kneel beside a slit trench and then killed each man before turning the pistol on himself. Marines and natives later covered the bodies with coral sand, leaving 24 dead including the officer as evidence of brutal last stand tactics.
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Pacific
Revenue collections in North Carolina rise in January
North Carolina internal revenue receipts for January 1944 totaled 53,978,614.75, up from 43,897,245.64 a year earlier. For seven months of the 1943 44 fiscal year, collections reach 497,880,611.02, an increase of 170,816,392.62 over the same period in 1942 43. The report notes wartime production and related factors alongside mortality and injury statistics.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
Health commandos aid epidemics say researchers
London cabled report credits medical research council with praising bacteriologists and their staffs as health commandos. The mobile units are ready to travel at a moment’s notice to any area reporting infection.
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London
INS
Medical Research Council
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Associated Press
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Beverly Boulevard
Hills
Calif
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White House
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