Manpower plan eyed to cut 1942 taxes and curb spending
Budget Director Harold Smith signals White House support to cancel up to 75 percent of 1942 taxes to speed current collections. Congress pressurizes non war expenditures and agency interpretations. Senate and House seek tighter control on federal spending and bureau authority amid a potential clash on Senate confirmation for high paying posts.
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House Ways and Means Committee
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Roosevelt
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Senate Committee On Executive Expenditures
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Pay-as-you-go tax plan eyed amid 1944 expectations
Lawmakers debate early enactment of pay-as-you-go taxation tied to President Roosevelt's January budget request for 16 billion in extra taxes or compulsory savings. Public concerns about 1942 tax exemptions prompt hopes for painless collection and swift hearings to draft legislation.
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Smith
Roosevelt
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Four US bombers shot down as raids mount
Allied communique reports four heavy four motored US planes shot down with large damage and unspecified casualties. Fighters bombers strike Sicily rail lines and Naples raid with one loss. British patrols advance toward Pisidia near the Tunisian frontier as Rommel’s forces clash.
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United States
High Command
Associated Press
Naples
Middle East
Sicily
Eighth Army
Field Marshal
Rommel
Pisidia
Tunisian
Tunisia
Ben Gardarne
New York Stocks Mixed as Markets Climb and Dip
Stocks including Penn, Dix, Pepsi Cola, Phillips, Rem Rand, Sears, Studebaker, Swift, and Socony rise and fall through a choppy session. Investors watch railroad, oil, and consumer shares for direction as volume fluctuates and percentages show modest gains and losses.
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Penn RR
Pepsi-Cola Phillips Pet Pitt
Ser & B
Pullman
Pure Oil
Rem Rand
St Reynolds
Sears Sheil
Socony
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OW Ind Ltd
Stewart Warner Studebaker Swift
Giraud's Wife Arrested by Germans Reported
A CBS recorded British radio broadcast said General Henri Honore Giraud's wife, the high commissioner for French North and West Africa, was arrested recently in France by German forces. The source did not indicate where the information originated.
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New York
CBS
Henri Honore Giraud
National Service Act would compel women labor draft
The proposal would register women 18 to 50 with exemptions for mothers under 18 while deferments could end. A voluntary system would exist with President calling needed workers and Selective Service boards filling gaps. The act preserves seniority rights and restores workers after service, under War Manpower Commission at the helm.
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Wadsworth
Congress
Austin
War Managover Commission
Paul McNutt
Russians recapture Fatezh cuts road between key German centers
Far north Fatezh between Kursk and Orel is announced recaptured by Russian forces cutting the road between two major German defense centers. In the south German and Yeisk forces rely on sea evacuation across the Kerch Strait with the Black Sea fleet on alert for this contingency.
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Yeisk
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Kerch
Fatezh
Kursk
Orel
Allies repel Japanese air assault in New Guinea and Burma
Allied fighter planes destroyed or damaged 41 of about 70 Japanese aircraft in a Saturday air battle while Allied air forces followed up with bombing and strafing in Dutch New Guinea the Celebes and Cape Gloucester. In Burma RAF Liberators dropped nearly 30 tons on Rangoon then returned safely.
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Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Cape Gloucester
Burma
RAF
Rangoon
Rationing Rules Tighten Shoe Design and Material Use
Government sets shoe production limits with cost caps on colors and styles. More economical models required, luxury or two tone shoes restricted. Women’s heels capped at 2 5/8 inches and platforms banned. A war model shoe and leatherless option proposed to ease shortages. Ration boards to issue extra coupons if needed. Erosion removal costing over $200 million annually cited.
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Shoee
Ada Blair Pupils Sell War Savings Stamps
Ada Blair School pupils raised 833 in War Savings Stamps sales sponsored by the PTA. Sixth grade students organized the effort last week and the fifth grade will sponsor a follow up sale this week.
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Ada Blair
PTA
Hoover Reflects on Prolonged War Resources Beyond Victory
The excerpt quotes Hoover noting limited capacity and resources and projecting a long war. He warns that even with ultimate victory over Japan the nation should prepare for at least three more years of conflict, possibly five.
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Japan
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