House Committee Eyes Tax Plan to Meet War Costs
The House Ways and Means Committee held an executive session to map how taxpayers can cover growing World War II costs from current income. They planned to review public hiring for a new revenue bill and the war contract renegotiation law while weighing the $12 billion target and potential Treasury recommendations.
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House Ways and Means
Treasury
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Rep
Knutson
Rminn
Marines in Pearl Harbor Hope to Fly Corsair Again
Lieutenants Samuel Logan and James Percy, Marines, told INS they aim to return to combat after brutal battles at Guadalcanal. Logan, missing a foot, and Percy, with a fractured pelvis, praised the Corsair fighter, survived falls from 15 000 to 2 000 feet, and anticipate flying again despite severe injuries.
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U. S. Navy Hospital
Pearl Harbor
INS
Samuel S. Logan
USMC
James Gilbert Percy
Logan
Percy
Lieut
Paola
Kan
New Zealand
Mike Herrick
Ferrick
San Francisco
Wake Island
Russell Islands
U.S
Russells
Survivor recounts drowning ordeal and rescue near runway
After a severe submerged ordeal in the reef water the speaker describes bone agony in the pelvis and a 15 to 20 minute struggle to breathe. He reached a coral reef to wait all night and swam 200 yards ashore with natives helping. Doctors nearby alerted by a canoe message treated him and Percy, then both were moved to base hospital for recovery.
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Percy
Pearl Harbor
Amateur Art Club Meeting Open To All Interested
The Daniel Brooks Center hosts a Friday night meeting at 8 pm to form an Amateur Art club with Theodore Walker arranging a collection for a fall exhibit and a varied program. Also notes United club and Jubilee Kings events plus church services and a farewell party.
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Daniel Brooks
James Hayes
Lonnie Hayes
Jerome Hinson
Clifford Hinson
Carl Brower
Johnnie J. Wallace
Wilbert Feeles
Dillard Parker
Theodore Walker
United Club
Maude Eccles
Apt. A
Morgan Apartments
E. Washington Street
Frank Ross
Jubilee King
Jubilee Kings
Winston-Salem
Temple Memorial Baptist Church
Church OG God
Davis
Thomasville
Church of God In Christ
W. N. Cartright
Greensboro
Lucille Elliott
Ohio
Donnie Evelyn Reid
Esther Tyson
Marie Winchester
Jessie Watkins
Lucille Keey
Frank Amaker
Charles Reid
Richard Harrison
Alisha Bailey
Frazier Saunders
Charles Williamson
Paul Robinson
Johnnie Walker
Calvandus Lassiter
McKinley Armstrong
Charles Armstrong
Oscar Spencer
Luther
Relative Visits Brothers Family at 1229 Downing
C. spent three weeks here visiting her brother and his wife, Mr and Mrs A J Harrison, at 1229 Downing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Harrison
Downing Street
Third War Loan Shortage of Teachers in Nebraska
Nebraska educators warn of a potential shortage of at least 2,000 teachers this fall. If it occurs, about 1,500 rural one room schools may close as salaries in Nebraska schools remain low, driving teachers to seek higher pay elsewhere.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Women at Hawthorne works keep war secrets says Westn Elec
Chicago reports that 48 percent of women workers at Hawthorne works of Western Electric have not divulged any information about their critical war jobs since hiring. The company notes high secrecy among staff handling sensitive duties.
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Chicago
INS
Hawthorne
Western Electric Company
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Busch-Sulzer
Adolphus Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Diesels
America
Budweiser
Anheuser- Busch
Agnee Barrett
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Richard McCracken
Lubbock, Tex
South Plains Army
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Grand Army of the Republic
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