Wartime Tax Increases Begin as Public Pockets Open
The wartime tax act increases many charges including letters and postal rates. A 3 cent letter rate goes into effect with further hikes on tickets, telecom, furs, cosmetics, luggage, and local service, plus higher excise taxes on liquor and air mail. The changes aim to raise about 2.3 billion dollars for the federal treasury with adjustments through OPA guidance.
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Record High Farm Income Seen for 1944
New York March 25 A record high annual cross farm income for the nation is forecast at 23500000000 dollars by Field Director Robert W Coyne of the Treasury Department War Finance Division.
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Robert W. Coyne
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Advertising War Bond Drive Tops December Totals In 1943
Wartime ad spending in U S daily and Sunday papers reached 4 617 600 52 in December and 25 843 776 42 for August through December 1943 according to the Bureau of Advertising A N P A. Donated papers contributed 275 444 45 of December space and 192 973 76 for the paper-led waste paper campaign. National advertisers supplied 2 100 924 23 of paid December space, local advertisers 674 765 09, and government 68 000 for recruiting.
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Amputations Reported for American Soldiers in War
Washington press release cites Rep Edith Nourse Rogers stating 1 194 American soldiers have had arms or legs amputated so far in the war. She refutes rumors of extreme totals and basket cases while addressing public concern.
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Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
CIO President Urges New WLB Panel for Bearings Industry
Philip Murray, head of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, called for a special War Labor Board panel to address wages and working conditions in the anti friction bearing sector. He urged broader cooperation to boost bearing production and notified the War and Navy departments and other agencies.
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Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
British Air Officers Missing After Charleston Flight
A British embassy attache reported two Royal Air Force wing commanders and three WAAF officers are missing and believed dead after a flight from Charleston to Miami failed to reach its destination. The teams were last heard from Friday.
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Cuba Sacrifices Gin Profits to Boost Industrial Alcohol
Cuba redirected cane to industrial alcohol to aid the U S rubber program, sacrificing gin and rum profits. The move aims to meet an immediate U S shortage of industrial alcohol, with Cuba expecting about 335 million dollars of sugar alcohol and molasses trade this year.
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The Brighter Side of Life and Hypocrisy in War Time
Damon Runyon surveys public virtue and private vice in wartime America. He cites editor satire, price gouging, hypocrisy among officials and citizens, and the strain on veterans amid postwar adjustments, warning of civic double standards and wartime profiteering.
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