Federal Sales Tax Bill Looms in Quick Pay-Go Move
House Ways and Means Chairman Doughton signals possible support for a federal sales tax only after other tax options are exhausted. The pay-go bill and general tax measure move toward quick House approval, with conformance by the Senate and conference committee expected next week.
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Frances M. LE
Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tempe
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Houseto
House Senate
Repsell
D-Mich
Disney
Dokla
Cooper
D-Tenn
Coughton
RAF Bombers Strike Essen and Ruhr Targets
A large RAF bomber force attacked Essen and other Ruhr targets last night with heavy losses reported for the raid. British casualties included twenty three bombers, while mining missions were also conducted in enemy waters. The Berlin radio claimed twenty British planes were shot down as the daylight phase continued toward northern France.
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London
Essen
Ruhr
Jena
Krupps
Duesseldorf
RAF
Dortmund
Berlin
Germany
France
Search Opened For Idle Farm Machinery
The War Food Administration begins a nationwide search for idle farm machinery to requisition and redistribute to boost food production. County war boards will report unused equipment, with owners paid ceiling or fair values, and sales routed to needy farmers.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Pearl Harbor
County War Boards
State War Board
Crisis Over Royal Romance Ridiculed in Exile
London reports say Yugoslav government in exile ridiculed claims a cabinet crisis arose over a romance between King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece. They were unofficially engaged last year. authorities note no change since then and no formal engagement or marriage during the war.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
Senate group ends Kilday draft measure in tabled vote
The Senate Military Affairs Committee without dissent laid the Kilday bill on the table effectively killing a statewide selective service quota proposal. Chairman Reynolds noted most tabled bills are never revived and warned the measure was likely dead.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Kilday
McNutt
Reynolds
D-Nc
Raleigh District Office Hires Harvey R. Roseman
May 28 Raleigh named Harvey R. Roseman of Salisbury as manager of the Raleigh district office of the Office of Defense Transportation succeeding W Earle Miller who resigned. Roseman has served as area district manager since December 1.
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ODT
Raleigh
W. Earle Miller
Harvey R. Roseman
Salisbury
Office of Defense Transportation
Roseman
Hand To Hand Fighting Rages In Fresh Drive
United States troops attacked the third main position held by the Japanese on Attu Island south of Lake Koroei. Navy communique reports strong hand to hand combat and progress in breaking enemy resistance as air support supports ground operations. Continued fighting on Fish Hook Ridge and near Lake Cornes with bombers and fighters aiding.
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Safpety
Attu Island
U. S
Chichagof
Chichagof Harbor
Washington
United States
Lake Koriei
Navy
North Pacific
United States Army
Chicago
Fish Hook Ridge
Chicagof Harbor
Lake Cornes
Kiska
Crowd Sees Edsel Ford Body Before Funeral
In Detroit about 7500 industrialists bankers officials and workers viewed Edsel Ford body as it left a mid town funeral home for services at Christ Church Grosse Pointe. Edsel Ford 49 died Wednesday from a stomach illness with undulant fever. Flags flew at half staff and employees observed silence.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Christ Church
Grosse Pointe
Edsel
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry Ford II
U.S.N
Benson
Army
William
Walter Buhl Ford I
Dearborn
Ford Company
Sc S
Sharp Land and Sea Battles Rage in Kuban Delta Area
Moscow reports fierce land and air combat in the Kuban delta as both sides claim gains and losses. German radio cites Russian divisions and tanks aiming at Kerch Strait while Soviet communiques note repelling infantry assaults and air battles with 64 German planes downed. West of Rostov and near Leningrad intense fighting continues with artillery exchanges and aerial combat across fronts.
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Russian Kuban
William McGapfin
Moscow
Kuban
Kerch Strait
Novorossisk
Red Army
Red Air Force
Rostov
Leningrad
War Today frames supply and fronts across Europe
The piece discusses Allied plans for invasion of Western Europe and Soviet and German moves. It notes Roosevelt's report of agreement on future operations and speculates on Stalin's timing, while citing a successful Red attack near the Kuban Delta and the strategic stakes of a two-front conflict across Europe.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Stalin
Western
Europe
Red
Kuban
Crimea
Caucasus
Strait of Kerch
Rostov
Don
Sea of Azov
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Allied High Command
America
Britain
Herr Hitler
Kaiser
Thousand Mile
Russia
Allied Airmen Slash At Important Axis Airbases
Allied bombers and fighters struck Villacidro and Decimomanna in Sardinia and Pantelleria, destroying enemy fighters and grounded planes. B-26 Marauders dropped over 4,000 fragmentation bombs on Decimomannu, amid fierce air combat with losses on both sides. Several named pilots earned victories while one Warhawk was lost but recovered.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Villacidro
Decimomanna
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Decimomannu
Jaly
Pierce
Chicago Market Reports Butter and Egg Receipts
Butter receipts total 994 041 unsettled with prices unchanged from Chicago price current. Eggs receipts 40 304 unsettled as current receipts 271 4 with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
New Group Set Up On Fair Employment
President Roosevelt created a new fair employment practice agency to prevent discrimination in war work. Monsignor Francis J. Haas will chair the group, with authority to hire staff and issue rules to ensure equal opportunity regardless of race creed color or national origin. The order urges employers and federal agencies to remove barriers to employment in war production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Francis J. Haas
School of Social Science
Catholic University
National Labor Board
Labor Department
White House
New Board Formed To Direct Nations Efforts For Victory
President Roosevelt names James F. Byrnes head of a Compact War Mobilization Board to unite federal agencies in production procurement distribution and transportation of military and civilian supplies. The board will arbitrate inter agency disputes and develop uniform programs to maximize national resources and manpower for war needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
William M. Jeffers
War Patterson
Congress
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
Frank Knox
Harry L. Hopkins
Munitions Assignment Board
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
South Carolina
Supreme Court
America
Zar
Labor Row Erupts In New Quarter
The rubber industry faces resumed production as workers return following Roosevelt appeals. A 50,000-strong Akron district strike ends, while Buffalo plant workers vote to resume after navy threats of takeover. An unauthorized Marlin Rockwell strike in Jamestown sees 1600 CIO UAW members protest outside hiring.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Akron
U. S. Rubber Company
Buffalo, N. Y
Navy
Marlin Rockwell
Jamestown
N. Y
CIO
United Automobile
End Of Roosevelt Churchill Talks Mark Beginning Of Final War Phase
Roosevelt and Churchill wrap up talks signaling the start of the war’s final phase with unified plans for future operations. The grand strategy remains smashing Germany first, Japan second, with Europe possibly ending by 1945 and the Pacific continuing into 1945 or 1946.
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John M. Hightowerr
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Congress
Germany
Army Private At 50 Has Seen Plenty Service
London May 28 194- Private George Marion Shearouse 50 of Atlanta has more campaign medals than most enlisted men in the European theater. Star of Stars and Stripes calls him the oldest private here and his daughter Jocelyn Shearouse a first lieutenant nurse at Camp Butner. After 26 years in the Army and Navy he retired but enlisted again after Pearl Harbor and served as a private. His ribbons include Nicaragua campaigns Haiti Vera Cruz World War II Victory with four stars occupation army and navy good conduct ribbons American Defense and Eastern Theatre.
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London
George Marion Shearouse
Atlanta
U. S. Army
Uncle Sam
Army Newspar
Stars and Stripes
Jocelyn Shearouse
Camp Butner
N.C
Army
Navy
Shearouse
Pearl Harbor
Hatian
Vera Cruz
Army of Occupation
Army and Navy
Gen Cheng Leads Chinese In Hupeh Drive
General Chen Cheng commands forces opposing the Japanese in Hupeh Province as the opening phase of the battle for Chungking. He heads a war area covering western Hunan and western Hupei to defend central China and form a key link between Hunan Kiangsi and Chongqing.
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Chungking
Chen Cheng
China
Hupeh Province
Chen
Chiang Kai-shek
Hunan
Hupei
Hupeh
Kiangsi
Yangtze
18Th
Ichang
Yuyangkwan
Changyang
Chang
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Waldron
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