Pre-Pay Notes Begin For 1941 Income Taxes
The Treasury and 12 Federal Reserve banks start selling tax pre payment notes to the public to cover anticipated 1941 taxes. President Roosevelt expected to buy a $1,000 note at the opening. Notes come in A and R series with fixed monthly interest and nontransferable terms. Purchasers may redeem for taxes due after January 1 1942 or hold for cash with interest through 1943.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Reserve
Morgenthau
Ten year sentence for Nucky Johnson in tax evasion case
Camden news reports Enoch L. "Nucky" Johnson, Atlantic City Republican boss, sentenced to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine by Judge Albert B. Maris for income tax evasion on $124,000 earned in 1936 and 1937. Johnson, 58, married Florence Osbeck hours earlier, pleaded for appeal, and bail was denied as he surrendered to federal marshals.
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Camden
N.J
Enoch L
Nucky) Johnson
Atlantic City
Albert B. Maris
Johnson
United States
Florence Osbeck
Philadelphia
Shore
Miss Osbeck
First Presbyterian Church
Debonair Johnson
Flossie
Disease could kill far fewer in new army, says expert
Dr. O H Pepper Pepner asserts in War Medicine that modern prevention and treatment reduce deaths from disease in the new army. He notes World War I data show 34 858 deaths from disease among 2 235 389 soldiers, chiefly influenza and pneumonia, but expects lower risk this time.
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Chicago
Uncle Sam
O. H. Perry Pepner
Philadelphia
National Research Council
American Medical Association
Dr. Pepper
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across The Nation
Short items report youngsters seeking birth certificates to join a baseball team in New Britain Connecticut. Orval Adams wakes to a rattlesnake on his bedroom floor in Spokane Washington. A Filipino prisoner writes to a jailer in Spokane seeking work and a better life. Wu Fong the dog causes a car crash in Council Bluffs Iowa as its owner tries to control the runaway pet.
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New Britain
Conn
Harry E. Schelly
Fu Wong
Lan Wu Fong
Dick Caughlan
Ditch Incident Leaves Driver Unharmed Despite Damaged Auto
A driver named Holmquist escaped injury when a ditch incident caused auto damage. He was speechless after the event and described a swollen tongue from a sting, with the bee sting incident noted in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Ronnie Holmquist
Holmquist
O'Daniel Daughter Weds Jack Wrather Jr at Governor's Mansion
Pi Molly O'Daniel, 19, daughter of Texas governor W. Lee O'Daniel, married Jack D. Wrather Jr in a formal ceremony at the governor's mansion. Organ music replaced the hill billy band as guests in formal attire attended, with thousands on the grounds. The couple will honeymoon then witness O'Daniel's inauguration as senator in Washington. Wrather, 23, manages his father’s oil refinery in Dallas.
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Austin
Tex
Molly O’daniel
Texas
Jack D. Wrather, Jr
O’daniel
W. Lee O’daniel
Senate
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Dallas
Washington
Three Die In Wreck Near Williamsport
A Pennsylvania railroad freight train derailed a passenger train locomotive after launching a stalled truck onto an adjacent track. Engineer F. E. Snyder of Northumberland Fireman H. F. McHenry of Sunbury and C. K. Shaibley of Williamsport died. Three baggage and mail cars left the rails. no passengers were hurt.
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
F. E. Snyder
Northumberland
H. F. McHenry
Sunbury
C. K. Shaibley
Oil and Gas Notes From Leavenworth County Field Progress
A northwest trend near McLouth shows a gasser expected on the Willits farm today or tomorrow to prove pay in the field. The McCaughlin company seeks a McLouth gas franchise to build pipelines and later drill townside, enabling local gas service. Magnolia reported a 12 million foot gasser on W. W. Harris, plus an oil producer on the same farm. several other wells show gas and oil potential across Leavenworth and Douglas counties with multiple tests planned and a Tolpekan-backed shallow program ongoing.
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Leavenworth-Jefferson County
McLouth
Willits
McCaughlin Company
Magnolia
W. W. Harris Place
Albert Brose
Bartlett Farm
Dinner Guests and local social gatherings reported
Betty Woodward of Columbia District visited Olive and Maxine Flory for Sunday dinner. The group including Magdaline Dietz Rudolph Dietz Opal Linas Robert McCormack Thelma Woodward and Iayle Dale Morton traveled to Kansas City on Thursday. W. E. Johnson and Mrs. Donald Anderson dined with Mrs. Bess Edson in Lawrence on Friday. The Ladies Aid met in the church basement Thursday afternoon.
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Betty Woodward
Columbia District
Olive
Maxine Flory
Magdaline Dietz
Rudolph Dietz
Opal and
Linas
Robert McCormack
Thelma Woodward
Iayle Dale Morton
Kansas City
W. E. Johnson
Donald Anderson
Bess Edson
Lawrence
Ladies Aid
the Missionary Society
Ernest Whitman
Elsa
Tex
Delia Whitman
Victor
Lawrence Solberg
Billy Childs
Wesley Flory
Pleasant Grove
Sunflower Club
Frank Scott
Arthur White
Galen
Texas
Schneider
Worden
Gloria Oehrle
Topeka
Claude Ratherman
Earl Lindell
Lutz
Linus Dietz
Boise
Ida
Joe Flory
Joe Garbutt
Mary J. Metsker
Washington Creek
Frank Perry
John Lederer
Gloria Kay
Ottawa
Fred Scott
Joan and
Beryl
Local Social Evening Guests Reported in Merideth and Eudora
U S Barrier to Japanese Aggression Brook hosts Friday night with Mr and Mrs John Johnson and families. The CPA and Ladies Auxiliary met with low attendance due to busy season. Pleasant Grove Social Circle enjoyed a basket dinner with the Daggett clan. Charles Ingalls left for California. Jerry Petrie from Valley Grove visits grandparents Herschell and Elaine. Hoover Daggett and Margaret joined Foster Hoover’s Kansas City visit.
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Pleasant Grove
John Daggett
Charles Ingalls
California
Jerry Petrie
Valley Grove
Charles Herschell
Elaine
Clarence Hoover
Delma Jean
Margaret
Foster Hoover
Kansas City
Local Social Roundup From Garbutt Home Weekend Guests
Seven members present at the meeting quilting afternoon. Weekend visitors included Rev J A Strohm and children Leo and Lela May, Irene Steele, and Mary Lee Daugherty of Summerfield Kansas. Several locals and relatives visited relatives and attended church events.
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J. W. Garbutt
J. A. Strohm
Leo
Lela May
Irene Steele
Mary Lee Daugherty
Summerfield
Kan
Robert McKinney
Boise
Ida
Fred McKinney
Soldier Meets Girl in Air of Delayed Reunion
Pvt. Roy R. Kaufman of Battery D 12th Field Artillery earned a furlough to visit his girl Miss Treasure Demott of Mound City Kansas. She came to Camp Robinson Arkansas to meet him but left for home after telegram exchanges showed she had moved on to visit him there.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Roy R. Kaufman
12Th Field Artillery
Miss Treasure Demott
Mound City
Kan
Miss Demott
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