Treasury plan would lift national tax take to sixty billion
Treasury calculations project a total annual revenue near 60 billion dollars if Congress passes the new levy. Morgenthau aims for an additional 10.5 billion, with the federal take at about 38.2 billion and state local units adding 10 billion. Experts warn the extractions must come from earnings to curb inflation and prevent further price hikes as wartime spending continues.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Congress
Treasury Department
Henry L. Morgenthau
Uncle Sam
War Notes and Global Tensions Report
A diverse dispatch covers postwar planning debates on Capitol Hill with senators criticizing Britain and the Kremlin, and notes corruption fears amid Latin Spain political shifts. It reports on hunger in the Soviet Union, aid logistics, and the need for more trucks to move relief and munitions as rehabilitation rolls out.
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Capitol Hill
N Yo Albert B. Chandler
Kentucky
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Britain
Russia
Number Ten
Downing Street
Kremlin
Stalin
Senate
U.ss.r
Persia
Ukraine
Steppes
U.S.A
Government to Promote Food Conservation Campaign
By Thanksgiving the government will run a high profile effort to urge civilians to conserve food while the army quietly conducts its own program to teach soldiers frugality. A few months ago a similar initiative began.
Manpower Program Succeeds On West Coast War Labor
Washington reports to War Mobilization Director James Byrnes that a one month operation of the coast manpower program shows strong results. The plan uses labor ceilings on large firms and contract withdrawals to balance war work, with potential 30 percent cuts in labor needs in shipbuilding and repairs.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Bernard M. Baruch
Durham Cotton Mill Strike In Erwin Affects 2600 Workers
About 2,600 Erwin Cotton Mills employees walked out on Monday and remained on strike. Company officials offered no comment while TWUA regional director Roy R. Lawrence said a representative was sent to Erwin but had not reported. he noted no TWUA authorization for the strike.
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Durham
Erwin
W. H. Ruffin
Roy R. Lawrence
Charlotte
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Lawrence
TWUA
Radio Schedule Highlights War Era Programming Oct 14
An extensive 1940s radio lineup lists 2 hours of morning blocks and 2 hours of prime time. Program notes include The Jack Armstrong Series, Captain Midnight repeats, News Time with Lowell Thomas, Fred Waring’s Orchestra, and The Henry Aldrich Family, with multiple networks and times across CBS NBC and other outlets.
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Penges
Bill
Jack Armstrong
Sea Hound
Chick Carter
Mbs
Farrell
Nbc
Midnight
Cbs
Shrednik
Nbe
Dbs
Tim Healy
Blu
Dhs Dance Music Orchestra
Indiana Indigo
Orches
Jeri Sullavan
Cbs News
Volney Hurd
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomas
Fred Waring
Mbs Ar
Nbe Ceene
Johnewm
Bob Burns
Dayne Cozzens
West Coast Guard Dance Orchestra
Bdin
Easy Aces
Cbha
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs- Dixie
Art. Hale
Wor-Wibr
Wjej-Wiva
Kaltenborn
Nbc-West
Mr. Keen
Arthur Hale
Abner
Henry Aldrich
Cbe Basic
Dixie
Cbs Dixie Human Adventure
U. of Chi'go
Cbs Rs
Crosby's Music Hall
Che Gabriel Heatter
Abe
Gracie Freedy
Joan Davis
Nhbe
Bdia
Sinah Shore
Cbs U-Tell
Yale
Paul Schubert
U S Freight Held Up in Burlington
The Raleigh district office of defense transport said about 40 percent of freight at Burlington was military goods and that a strike by drivers and helpers in southern states held up freight, mainly bound for Atlanta. Robert Borden, an AFL internal representative, said the strike had ended everywhere except Atlanta and expected drivers there to return to work soon.
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Raleigh
Defense Trans
Burlington
DDT
Atlanta
Robert Borden
The
Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers
AFL
Montana's First Capital: Bannack and Lincoln’s Territory Note
Bannack served as Montana’s first capital during the creation of the Territory of Montana on May 26, 1864 with President Lincoln approving the formal setup.
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Montana
Bannack
Lincoln
Pss
Death HITS on Holiday
Three of four consecutive U S presidents died on the Fourth of July John Adams Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe obituary notes for a national holiday death pattern and historical trivia
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United States
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
WSJS Radio Schedule for Thursday October Fourteen, 1948
The listing shows an all day schedule with programs and times across afternoon evening and next morning. Featured items include Carolina Cavaliers The Esso Reporter Mirth Madness U S Army Air Forces Band Fred Waring's Orchestra Kraft Music Hall John Davis and Jack Haley and Road Life plus other era programs and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Cavaliers
Esso Reporter
U. S. Army Air Forces Band
Esso
Fred Waring
News of the World
Bettes
Made Srooke
Aldrich
Kraft Music Hall
Jonn Davis
Jack Haley
Gary Moore
Jimmy Dereste
Langines
Exse
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Nation
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War Department
White House
George C. Marshall
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Eneral
New Deal
James A. Farley
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
MR. Lucky
Cary Grant and
Loraine Day
AIN— Stars
Montana Plainsmen
Danny
Lulu Belle & Scotty
I “Country Fair
Mr. of
Lucille Ball
Gaxton
Harry James
His
Paramount
America
Random Harvest
Greer Garson
With Ronald Colman
Rialto
Douglas Miller
Berlin
London
Ial
Miller
Opus
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Japan
State Department
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Franco
Madrid
New York
el Caudillo
Pan America
Spanish Morocco
Nada
Bathan
Corunna Palace
United Nations
Don Francisco
Hitler
Mussolini
Falange
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Accion Popular Agraria
Lisbon
Robles
Badoglio
Duke of Alba
Lombard Street
Lord Croft
Robert Hudson
International Aid Division
U. S. Army
U. S
Wake Island
U. S. Navy
International Soundphoto
Reensboro Road
Bashful Bachelor
Lum
Zarry Pitts
U.S
Manhattan
Kas
Pup Tent No
Brotherhood of Pre-Pearl Harbro Papas
Dave Dallas
Gene Ahern
WSJS
John
Shaffer
Vernon War
Rice, Pke
Chops
RINSO
Nets Self Service
West End
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