Pay-As-You-Go Income Tax Machinery Sets in Motion
Treasury moves to collect 20 percent after exemptions from wages starting next month. Roosevelt signs the pay-as-you-go bill as forms and instructions flood internal revenue offices. Abatement ranges from 75 to 100 percent for 1942 or 1943 taxes, with specific thresholds and staggered payments, affecting payroll withholding and exemptions across taxpayers.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Prooe
Velt
James F. Byrnes
Hay fever and wartime health guidance caution readers
The article explains seasonal hay fever caused by pollen from trees grasses and ragweed and notes its impact on work and wartime efficiency. It covers symptoms including nasal irritation eye itching and potential asthma, plus treatment options such as ephedrine and immunization started ten weeks before pollen season.
New NC Liquor Price List Takes Effect July 1
The North Carolina alcohol board announces a new price list effective July 1 for 25 wet counties. It eliminates several brands, lowers some prices by five to ten cents, raises rum and certain imported spirits, adds nine new rum brands, and keeps Scotch whisky and most other categories unchanged. Carl Williamson, chairman of the state alcoholic beverage board, disclosed the changes yesterday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carl Williamson
State Alcoholic Beverage Board
Finest troops and longitude fact from 1918 note
General Pershing praised Brigadier General James Harbord as commanding the finest body of troops in France in 1918. The text also notes that the length of one degree of longitude along the equator is about 69 miles.
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John Pershing
James Harbord
Fourth Marine Brigade
France
Governor Names Chairmen For N C War Fund Drive
Gov. Broughton released the county chairmen names for North Carolina’s fall national war fund campaign. The state quota is 1 880 691 dollars. The drive includes 20 service and relief groups led by USO. R. M. Hanes is state chairman and J. C. B. Ehringhaus is treasurer with assistants Gurney P. Hood and R. Grady Rankin. The governor calls it the largest voluntary fund raising undertaking in state history.
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Raleigh
National War Fund
Broughton
North Carolina
Us.o
Gov. Broughton
R. M. Hanes
Winston-Salem
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
R. Grady Rankin
Charlotte
Gurney P. Hood
First Marine Officer Named A U S Marine Lt John Trevett
According to existing records the first U S Marine Corps officer was 1st Lt John Trevett.
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U. S. Marine Corps
John Trevett
Marines Hero Recuts German Gun Nest in WWI Fire
Captain Louis Cukela of the U S Marines charged a German machine gun position under heavy fire and routed the crew with a bayonet. The Army Air Transport Command now operates over 90 000 miles of routes and transports more than one million pounds of cargo weekly to Western Hemisphere points.
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Reich
France
Emden
Hamburg
Berlin
Europe
Brest
Terschelling
Holland
Rotterdam
America
Coastal Command
Low Countries
Louis Cukela
U. S
Army Air Transport Command
Hemisphere
Trench mortar field value explained and trivia questions
The text discusses trench mortar field value with high trajectory rounds and notes historical trivia on Continental Army strength at 35 000 in November 1778 Venus nearest Earth closest distances 25 to 161 million miles Niagara Falls receding 2% feet yearly and the Blarney Stone being ordinary limestone with legendary persuasive powers.
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Earth
Venus
Cordell Served with Allied Armies Before Marine Fame
The late Major C. C. Cordell of the U S Marines saw active service with the American Canadian British and Russian armies before joining the Marine Corps.
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C. C. Cordell
U. S
Growth of the Marine Corps From 5000 to 100000 Strong
The article notes the U.S. Marine Corps expanded from about 5000 officers and men at the turn of the century to a current strength of 100000. It highlights a dramatic rise in personnel over time.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Industrialists Back Blitz to Break German Industry
Allied planners rely on air power while American engineers and business leaders argue sustained bombing will cripple Reich factories. They note Germany's raw materials shortages, especially lubricants, and claim repeated strikes could prevent repair and production continuity.
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Churchill
House of Commons
America
Reich
Germany
Hosiery Men Told Control Of Wages Vital
Taylor R. Durham of Charlotte urged government wage and commodity controls to halt inflation at a Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association meeting in Atlanta. He criticized current regulations as insufficient and praised recent OPA policy shifts toward industry consultation. He noted material and labor shortages easing as wartime production continues, with about two and a half million workers producing combat and cargo planes.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Smith- Connolly
John L. Lewis
White House
U.M.W
Capitol
Uncle Sam
Lewis
F.D.R
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
Atlanta
Taylor R. Durham
Charlotte
N. C
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association
Durham
Ray
Office of Price Administration
U. S
Bees aid war effort conserve sugar and coat shells
In wartime measures bees contribute to the home front with honey that helps conserve sugar and beeswax used to coat shells and planes.
Real estate piloting tale and wartime praise from era
Alston Clark, pioneer real estate agent, flew the second American glider decades ago. His risky test over High Point ended with a safe landing atop a pine, uninjured. The piece then salutes American women, praising their wartime contributions on and off the home front.
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Alston Clark
High Point
Thomasville
America
Alston
Considerate Painter's Itemized Church Bill Stirs Reader Memory
A Belgian church pensioned an artist's 67.30 bill for repainting, with odd line items amending the Ten Commandments and heaven’s repairs. The humorous audit listed charges for purgatory, hell, David and Goliath, the prodigal, Pontius Pilate, Noah's ark, and other biblically themed touchups.
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Frazier
Yadkin
Belgium
Hell
David
Goliath
Pontius
St. Peter's
Tobias
Sarah
Shem
Late Night Radio Schedule Summary
Radio program grid for Friday June 11 lists multiple dramas serials music and news programs across networks Eastern time adjustments. Notable items include Portia Faces Life Dick Tracy Captain Midnight World News Dancing Music Orchestra Fred Waring's Time and a long lineup of musical variety and humor spots with hosts and guest acts.
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Portia
Dick Tracy
Cbe Serenade
Quaker City
Bill
Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Qubs
Basic Highway Patrol
Farrell
Nbe
Biu-East
Cbs
Hollywood Orchestra
Kienny Taylor
Quincy Howe
News Time
Cbe
Wulu
Joe Rines
Biu
Duncane
Olga Coelho
Barries
Paul Lavalle
Wbde
Jack Armetrong
Walter Cassel
Dinning Sisters
Johnson
Kate Smith
Cal Tinney
Abe Lymans
Walta
Bdiv
Cbs-Basie Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs-Weat
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basie
Dancing Music Orchestra
Mbs
Breweter Boy
Harry Wismer
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
John Gunther
Blu
Hollywood Caravan of Variety
Jobn B. Hughes
Gracie Fields
Dancing Music Orches
Bill Stern
Alec Templeton
Korn
Kobblers
Paul Schubert
Elmer Davis
Nbc-East
Fred Waring
Nbc-Weat
Esse
U. S. Marine Band
Beverly Mahr
Carey Longmire
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Marcie
Esso
Raneh
Betty Lew
Frank Parker
Piedmont Farm
Dick Leigert
NBC
Nellie Reveit
Coast Guard
First German WWI Prisoners Captured in Guam
The initial German prisoners for the United States were captured in Guam aboard the German ship Cormoran, which lay anchored there during World War I.
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United States
Guam
Cormoran
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