Tax Plan Talks Focus On War Costs and Inflation
Washington observers look for no new revenue bill this year amid wartime needs. Treasury and staff study sales taxes, excess profits, and income taxes while opposition to broad measures grows. Byrd proposes a wartime tax plan and bond-deduction tweaks amid a cautionary, nonpartisan approach. Seaweed camouflage noted by U S armed forces.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Congressional
Capitol Hill
Organized Labor
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Val
Doughton
D-Nc
Casual Comments on Crowds and World War II Outlook
W A Bivins notes weekend crowds on Main Street signaling tentative business revival and public desire for normal life. He reflects on World War II dynamics, predicting German resistance and eventual Allied victory amid Nazi misinformation and fear, with optimism tempered by grim realities.
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Russia
United Nations
Hitler
Germany
Italy Coal Question Shapes Allied Italy Invasion
Article discusses Italy’s coal shortage and reliance on Allied support as the invasion of Italy progresses. It notes Germany supplied coal via Brenner Pass and warns Italy’s industrial base, centered around Turin and Milan, will need rebuilding and coal after occupation.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
United States
Messina Strait
Alps
Brenner Pass
Apennini
Try
Turin
Milan
Witnesses Heard In Jeffress Competency Hearing
In Greensboro a competency hearing for E B Jeffress president of the Greensboro News Company heard testimony from witnesses who believe he cannot manage his affairs. The case seeks to declare him competent and to discharge Mrs Jeffress as trustee, a role she has held since 1934 during his serious illness.
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Greensboro
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro News Company
Jeffress
W. Vance Baise
State Highway Commission
Charles Ross
John W. Clark
James W. Vernon
Richmond
Westbrook Sanatorium
Musical Parade at St Mark Church Part of WSCS Activities
WSCS circle 3 of St Mark church presents choirs quartets and others in a musical parade at the church Monday night Sept 13 at 8 15. Rev T F Blanketship will preach at St Mathews CMF church Wednesday night. Mrs Hattie Boulware sponsors the rally program. Circles meet tonight with Circle 1 at Mrs Lacy Kendall’s home and Circle 3 at Mrs C O Parks 503 Taylor street.
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Wscs Circle 3
St. Mark Church
T. F. Blanketship
St. Mathew’s C.M.F
Hattie Boulware
WSCS
Lacy Kendall
Circle 3
C. O. Parks
Taylor Street
Language, Profanity, and Courage in Wartime Reflections
A column reflects on language and virtue during war years. It cites English flexibility, loanwords like boche and quisling, and warns against profanity as signs of a weak vocabulary. Anecdotes recount a calf episode and a preacher’s quip about swearing, urging endurance and moral character.
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United States
Quisling
Peter McKenzie
Shoe Meet Foot at Fort Benning Parking
In a Fort Benning parking lot two adjacent spaces are reserved for Shoe maker and Barefoot. Captain H. L. Shoemaker is the assistant post adjutant, and T. A. Barefoot is a civilian personnel clerk. All Hawaii fire apparatus are painted green to reduce visibility.
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Fort Benning, Ga
INS
Post Headquarters
Shoemaker
Barefoot
H. L. Shoemaker
T. A. Barefoot
Hawaii
Birthday Supper for Lewis Wright Attended by Family and Friends
A surprise birthday supper was held Saturday September 4 to honor Lewis Wright. Attending were his fiancee Miss Pearline Steed, Mr. and Mrs. Webb Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Green, Miss Bee Clark, Viola Evans, Nellie Siler, Bertha Evans, Raymond and Melvin Foster, Charlie Turner, and Pvt. Junior Thompson.
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Lewis Wright
Pearline Steed
Webb Gibson
Lloyd Green
Bee Clark
Viola Evans
Nellie Siler
Bertha Evans
Raymond
Melvin Foster
Charlie Tuner
Junior Thompson
Cherry Street Presbyterian Rally Promises Finance Drive Progress
The Cherry Street Presbyterian church hosts a Sunday rally at 4 30 pm to fund and upgrade church facilities. Rev Dr Steele from Charlotte headlines with local talent. Friends invited. PTA Tonight at Leonard Street School meeting urged for all parents and patrons to attend.
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Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
Dr Steele
Charlotte
PTA
Leonard Streetchool
Manslaughter Charges Dismissed By T'ville Court
Pauline Eddinger Long faced a manslaughter hearing in Thomasville for the Billy Ray Myers case. Judge Carl Wilson dismissed the charge after evidence was heard. She was taxed court costs for driving without a license.
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Thomasville
Pauline Eddinger Long
Billy Ray Myers
Earnest Myers
Thomasville Court
Carl Wilson
Eddinger
Stiff Debate Ahead as GOP Council Nears Adjournment
At Mackinac Island Michigan the Republican Post War Advisory Council nears adjournment after a tentative foreign policy compromise. The committee led by Senator Vandenberg reports a pro peace cooperative stance with constitutional limits while some governors and leaders threaten sharp objections in full council. James J Deviney returns home after a visit with Hendricks Fiek Florida.
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D. Harold Oliver
Vandenberg
Michigan
Govenor Baldwin
Connecticut
Wendell L. Willkie
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Bricker
Austin
Vermont
Rep
Eaton
New Jersey
Typhoid Vaccination Lessons From Wars and Boers
Health column reviews typhoid history from 1909 vaccination efforts to the Mexican expedition and Boer War outcomes. It stresses thorough immunization, notes early U S Army practices, and warns against false security despite declines in incidence. It cites Unsanitary field conditions and recent local cases to argue vaccination remains essential.
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United States Army
San Antonio
Texas
Jacksonville
Florida
Almoth Wright
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Bob) Deviney
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