Simpler Taxation Wins Broad Approval in 1945 House Vote
The House approved a simplified tax bill by a 358 to 0 vote, seen as reflecting public demand for easier taxes. The piece notes unchanged underlying laws, potential Treasury costs, and the option of a larger deduction or standard deduction via new rules. It also mentions Eugene Scott’s tiger wedding in a cage for a memorable ceremony.
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James Thrasher
Voice of
Union League Club
Hogan's Alley
Senate
Treasury
New Rule Defers Men Over 30 in Draft Deferments
Washington outlines a broad overhaul of draft deferment policy. Men 30 through 37 may be deferred if engaged in essential war production or health safety work, with local boards applying the policy to fit conditions. Boards must reclassify many 26 through 29 and 30 through 37 cases to 2-A or 2-B and allow appeals where appropriate.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Sterling F. Green
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Fifth Army Leaves Cassino as Units Relocate on Front
American forces under Lt Gen Mark W Clark shift from Cassino to new sectors along the Tyrrhenian coast while the British divisions move to the Eighth Army. The Cassino area remains under Fifth Army authority as Allied planners reallocate divisions.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Tyrrhenian
Eighth Army
Anzio
Garigliano
Minturno
Terracina
U. S
North Africa
Canning Sugar Issuance Schedule Published for Hempstead County
The schedule lists release dates for home canning sugar with clerks at local offices from 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m. The rationing board urges applicants to use the date for their location Monday May 15 at Bingeu.
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Hempstead
Bingeu
A Safe Place To Be Shot Down
A group of American fighter pilots at Barakama Airbase Velte Lavella listen to Tokyo station. The propagandist claims 26 US fighters lost over Rabaul. pilots say the actual loss is three. Ensign Sydney Trueman of Birmingham Alabama says he hopes to be shot down in flames over Jap radio.
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Barakama
Velte Lavella
Toyko
Rabaul
U. S
Navy
Sydney Trueman
Biringham
Ala
Buddies Help Soldier Rush 3200 Mile Home
Pvt. Herman Stenkamp learned he could take an 11 day furlough to Oregon but would have only one day at home. His fellow soldiers at Camp Van Dorn collected 121.50 dollars and arranged an airliner flight to speed him back to his family.
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Buddies With
van Dorn
Miss
Herman Stenkamp
Oregon
Partridges Gathered In A Covey Heading
A covey refers to a group of partridges. The term is used to describe a small flock typically observed together in fields and hedgerows during their living pattern.
Bombers Hit Heart of Reich in 28th Straight Day of Attacks
American heavy bombers struck deep into the Reich on the 28th day of daylight raids. Allied forces targeted western and central Germany while American medium bombers hit airfields in northern France. The Boulogne blow rattled English coast homes as the raid wave persisted with thousands of planes in action.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Reich
Europe
Berlin
Germany
France
Channel Coast
Boulongne
Channel
British Open New Drive in Kohima Area
Allied Imperial troops opened a large new drive against Japanese forces on Kohima’s southern outskirts in Manipur. Heavy fighting continued in the Imphal sector as Japanese efforts in Bishenpur were repelled and Allied air power conducted extensive Burma sweeps.
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Kohima
United Press
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Manipur
Not to Mention The Customers Not to Mention The Customers
Dandbridge Tennia residents complained of a persistent onion odor in the post office lobby. A large bowl of sliced raw onions, kept to fight flu, drew concern from customers and sparked questions about hygiene and public space safety.
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Dandbridge
Tennia
Stratford Man Found as Shakespearean Figure in Avon
A disjointed item notes that a Stratford on Avon man who shunned Shakespeare in school was revealed as a notable figure in his hometown. It mentions a Red Cross White Swan Club cottage and references enrollment declines in U.S. public high schools from 1940-41 to 1944.
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Stredford On Avon
England
Shakespeare
Stratford On Avon
American Red Cross
White Swan Club
Willie Weed
United States
Germans Hint of Counter Invasion as a Defense
London reports after the Allied invasion suggest Nazi radios imply a counter invasion of Britain led by Rommel. Disputed claims say Rommel seeks police powers in France, while Eisenhower previews G-5 rule in Germany. Molotov warns of joint Soviet and Allied blows from east and west.
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Wes Gallagher
London
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Jean Paquis
Paris
France
England
Rommel
Berlin
la Suisse
Geneva
Hitler
Europe
Low Countries
Mediterranean
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Foreign Office
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Reich
Ottawa
Middle East
J. A. MacKinnon
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
G-5
A. E. Grassett
Royal Engineers
Julius C. Holmes
Star Carrier Hit by Truck and Injured
Junior Star Carrier Mayo, 14, was struck by a truck near city hall while starting his northwest city route. He escaped with an ankle sprain, bicycle undamaged, and a substitute carried his route last night. He is expected to return next week.
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M. Lile
Mayo
Guernsey
Dewey Poll Tax Stand Denounced as Politics
Washington May 12 Gov Thomas E Dewey reiterated opposition to poll taxes drawing swift criticism as politics from Southern Democrats while Republicans dismissed any likely impact on pending legislation to abolish such levies. Senator Ellender D La said the statement sounded like political posturing by the New York governor.
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Ace Bell
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Ellender
D-La
New York
Dewey
Japs Tighten Grip On Loyang Rail Link Amid China Fight
British and American air power strike across the theater as Japanese forces close to Loyang, six miles from the rail hub of Loyang while Peiping Hankow line falls under Tokyo control. Allied raids hit Truk Ponape Oroluk Woleai and Wewak area in New Guinea with heavy bomb concentrations.
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China
Peiping
Hankow
Loyag
India
Central Pacific
Japan
Truk
Pacific
Chungking
Peiping- Hankow
Loyang
India-Burma
Imphal
Central
Southwest Pacific
Wake Island
Schouten Islands
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Ponape
Oroluk
Carolines
Woleai
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak-Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Thrust at Red Line Costs Nazis 3 000
A Soviet dispatch claimed more than 3000 German troops were killed in a fierce attack along the lower Dnestr river near Tiraspol as Germans sought to blunt a Russian drive toward Bessarabia. Soviet air forces and anti aircraft fire reportedly destroyed 76 German planes in two days.
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Harrison Salisbury
United Press
Moscow
Dnestr
Bessarabia
Tiraspol
Red
Pinball Jackpot Faints Soldier's Wife in Spokane
In Spokane Washington a soldier's wife fainted after winning a $4 pinball jackpot when her husband, operating the machine, won. She was revived at emergency hospital.
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Spokane
Wash
Allied Forces Launch Major Drive Across Cassino Front
Allied Fifth and Eighth Armies push along a 25 mile front from Cassino to the Tyrrhenian Sea driving into the Gustav line. Air support and heavy artillery mark the opening, with initial objectives reached at several points. Forces include French Italian and Polish troops under Gen. Sir Harold Alexander.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Gusato
Italy
Cassino
Tyrrhenian Sea
Harold Alexander
Eighth Army
Appenines
Adriatic
Liri
Tyrrhenian
Fifth Army
Pontine
Anzio
Rome
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rapido
Music Week Presented at Hope Rotary Luncheon
Mrs. J. C. Carlton and Mrs. A. W. Stubbeman led a National Music Week program at the Hope Rotary Club luncheon in Hotal Barlow. The observance, begun in 1923, aims for international reach after the war. Dr. Arthur Elliott of Enid spoke on Paraguayan Rotary aid to Bolivian prisoners during 1932 35, and Earl Clifton was welcomed as a new Rotarian with induction remarks by Rev. Thomas Brewster.
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J. C. Carlton
A. W. Stubbeman
Hope Rotary Club
Hotal Barlow
Carlton
Albert Patten
Stubbeman
Arthur Elliott
Enid
Okla
Phillips University
South America
Elliott
Rotary
Paraguay
Earl Clifton
Thomas Brewster
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Scott
Texas
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By Edward Kennedy
Russi
Hungary
Romania
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Finland
Threepower
Heart of Reich
Bishenpur
Assam- Bengal
Burma
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Honan
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Star Carrier
Richard C. Bergholz
Red Line
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