New Tax Plan Considered by House Committee
Washington weighs a new individual income tax plan to raise about half of the treasury target. Morgenthau proposes cutting exemptions and adding revenue, sparking surprise and debate among Ways and Means members. Some back a federal sales tax as a companion to higher rates, while others oppose both options.
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Henry Morgenthau
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Daughton
D-Ng
Plane Production Up Four Times at Martin Plant
Glenn L. Martin Plant boosts bomber output fourfold for Britain and America. Officials cite aluminum stock delays and rising annual dollar value deliveries as key factors. Production for victory tours cited by Martin executives to correspondents.
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Glenn L. Martin
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Chinese claim wipes out Japanese columns near Chefang
Chinese high command reports a counter attack near Chefang inside Yunnan Province 25 miles inside Burma Road. They say one Japanese column of 1000 was wiped out and another of 2000 killed or crippled, with troops trapped. Japanese forces meanwhile occupy Lungling 50 miles inside Yunnan.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
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Yunnan
Iwches
Hue
Lungling
Two Presidents In White House Visit By Peru Leader
President Manuel Prado of Peru and President Roosevelt hosted Prado in Washington to discuss a tour of the capital and defense industries. Prado arrived from Lime yesterday and will visit Annapolis today. He will stay at Blair House before departing Monday for Detroit. Washington staged its first Pearl Harbor era parade as Roosevelt greeted Prado the first South American president in office to visit the U.S.
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Reds Strike Hard At German Lines on Russian Front
Reports from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters say Soviet forces are striking heavily against German lines in Ukraine, on the Staraya Russa front near Leningrad, and along the Volkhov river. German communique claims the attacks were repulsed in all sectors, as Soviet air activity set fires in Leningrad and inflicted Russian casualties while Finnish Lapland reports 2400 killed in two days.
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Daily War Bulletin
15000 Plus Register For Sugar Cards In City
Kingsport saw 15,688 residents registered for sugar rationing in a four day city regis tration held Monday through Thursday. The tally excludes swing shift workers at the Kingsport plant and 13,858 sugar ration books were issued. County figures will be released next week per Lewis I. Chase.
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Kingsport
Lewis I. Chase
Paper Plays Winter Tricks In Post Office
Office workers in the Post Office building reported a gusty wind and a flurry of white lakes passing their windows. The crowd quipped about blackberry Winter, later discovering the sooty snow was caused by a pile of rubbish burning in a rear corner of the building.
Defense Firemen Needed for City
Fire Chief Roy Pyla announced that civilian defense auxiliary firemen may register at the Central Fire Station on Saturday and Monday. Approximately 100 men are needed to complete the organization, and all who desire to enlist are urged to register.
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Civilian Defense Auxiliary
Roy Pyla
British Position In Libya Thought Secure for Season
A London dispatch cites a military observer who says Britain’s Libyan position is secure for the summer after Madagascar’s Diego Suarez base and Malta’s defenses deter Axis plans. The observer notes reduced German Italian raids, Malta’s continuing convoy attacks, and Rommel’s limited ability to strike. He predicts no large campaign this summer unless Rommel breaks through with unfavorable conditions.
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England
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Matta
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
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Months May Elapse Before Americans Captured, Killed On Islands
Washington reports that months may pass before names of American prisoners taken or missing in the Philippines are known. Only a small portion of the estimated 50,000 captured, dead, or wounded has been identified, with 121 killed in the Philippines and under 300 other deaths recorded. War Department cites strained communications and uniform handling of thousands of inquiries as the reason for delays.
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Allies Grid For New Jap Tests
Allied plans mobilize for rapid fighting in Indian Ocean theatres as Madagascar resistance collapses and British forces capture Diego Suarez. US bombers strike Rangoon while Western front in Burma stalls near Bengal border. Paris and New Delhi report French willingness to repatriate Madagascar residents and restore island control with subsequent landings to seize air bases and naval facilities.
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Rangoon
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Calcutta
Diego Suarez
Mtoree
France
Foreign Office
Tulear
Two Vessels Sunk In Caribbean Torpedo Attack
United States merchant vessels were torpedoed in the Caribbean with survivors landed at an east coast port. The naval report announced the attacks as the war rages in the Atlantic theater.
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Washington
United States
Caribbean
Ghormley to Lead Allied Naval Force in Pacific
Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley is slated to command a multi nation Pacific defense force encompassing island, sea, and air bases in the south Pacific. He will report to Admiral Nimitz and coordinate with General MacArthur, as the Allies fortify communications lines against anticipated Japanese attempts.
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Town 50 Miles Inside China Captured by Japs
Imperial headquarters announced the occupation of Lungling fifty miles beyond Wanting at the Burma road crossing into Yunnan. Japanese forces reportedly took the town Tuesday, marking a further advance past Chefang. An official note also reported occupation of Bhamo, head of the Irrawaddy river navigation, in Burma, on Sunday.
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Japs Reported Rushing Troops to Manchuria in 1940s Pact
Reuters dispatch from Chungking says Japanese North China garrisons are being filled with Wang Ching-wei regime troops. Reports indicate Japan aims to move from Manchukuo toward Siberia next month as Wang visits Emperor Kang Teh in Hsinking on a state-sponsored tour.
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Kang Teh
Sullivan Seniors Present Dotty and Daffy
Sullivan high school seniors stage Dotty and Daffy a three act comedy by Jay Tobias tonight at 8 p.m. in the Sullivan auditorium directed by Mrs. James Freeman and Mrs. William Ring.
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William Ring
Japs Claim 2 U. S. Plane Carriers One Battleship
Allied and Japanese warships fought a vast Coral Sea battle northeast of Australia with American, British and Australian forces sinking or crippling at least 13 enemy ships. Tokyo claimed heavy Allied losses, while London denied British battleship damage. Australia braced for potential invasion as Port Moresby came under attack.
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U S Naval Unit Sinks Eight Japanese Vessels
U S forces claim a major early victory in a broad naval air battle near the Solomon Islands and off Australia. Eight Japanese ships sunk, four damaged, six enemy planes destroyed. Submarines reportedly sunk a banker and two cargo ships. Allied bombers strike shipping near New Britain and the Louisiade Archipelago.
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