Beardsley Ruml and the Pay As You Go Income Tax Plan
Biographical sketch of Beardsley Ruml known as Pay As You Go Ruml. Traces his Iowa roots to Cedar Rapids, education at Dartmouth and Carnegie, roles at Rockefeller foundations, and key work as dean at Chicago and New York treasurer. Details early interest in a pay as you go tax and wartime momentum leading to possible legislation and Roosevelt endorsement.
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Beardsley Rum
New York
Beardsley
Beardsley Rumi
America
Rumi
Middle West
Chicago
Bohemia
Rum
Pioneer
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Grandfather Rum
Beardsley Ruml
Wentzie
Salome Beardsley
Cedar Rapids Hospital
New England
Michigan
Sergt
Treadwell Rums
North Africa
Lois Treadwell
Dartmouth
Walter Wanger
Wanger
Carnegie Institute
James R. Angell
Carnegie Corporation
Angell
Yale
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
R. H. Macey and Company
Federal Reserve Board of New York
Ruml
Macey’s
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
U.S
Toromte’s Veteran Doctor Dr Ida Lynd Dies at 66
Dr Ida Lynd, one of Toromte’s oldest medical practitioners, died at 66 at her Dovercourt Road home. Practicing over 50 years she was the second woman in Toromte to receive a medical certificate. Born at Bond Head she educated at Penton and earned an MD from the University of Toronto. An accident six years ago retired her, yet she remained active caring for friends.
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Toromte
Ida Lynd
Dovercourt Road
Bond Head
Lyndh
Penton
University of
Diet and efficiency gains in British and American industry
A British effort fed 1000 men rejected by army medical boards for six months, yielding an 85 percent acceptance rate. In Mansfield Ohio a porcelain clay plant gave workers Vitamin A at 30 000 LU daily, improving output by 40 percent and reducing porcelain rejections to 9 percent, saving $50 000 yearly for a $100 diet cost.
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England
Mansfield
Ohio
Leonard Knott
Wheat popularity in Prairie Provinces last year
Thatcher led with half of total acreage, making it the most popular wheat. Marquis ranked second and iRed Bobs third, shaping the regional planting choices.
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Thatcher
Prairie Provinces
Marquis
iRed Bobs
Food and rations aid shipwrecked sailors in navy exhibit
The Royal Canadian Navy presents emergency ration kits designed for shipwrecked sailors. Each kit contains twelve dried milk tablets, soy flour biscuits, special chocolate bars, and a can of water, packed in a waterproof box with built in drinking measures. Kits float with rafts and endure four to five years in storage, developed by Lt Commander James Campbell and colleagues with industrial support. A $5 War Savings certificate offers a 25 percent gain at maturity.
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Royal Canadian Navy
James Campbell
Toronto
J. E. deBelle
Montreal
R. W. Millard
Vancouver
Royal Navy
United States Navy
Junk From Nazi Planes Treated as Gift and Salvage
The report recalls Churchill's visit to Turkey where 20 British Spitfires lay in a field as a gesture of friendship. It notes Britain gathered downed Nazi plane wreckage in England and sent staff to Turkey to salvage and commission German aircraft lacking repair parts, which Berlin had refused to provide.
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Churchill
Turkey
England
Capture of Field Marshal Paulus at Stalingrad Revealed
Soviet forces describe a targeted night operation to seize Paulus at his headquarters in Stalingrad. Scouts pinpointed the post, guards wiped out, and the German commander surrendered after dawn as lights revealed chaos and cut wires prevented contact with troops.
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Paulus
Stalingrad
Hitler
Third Reich
Germany
Soviet Information Bulletin
Ships and boats in nautical usage explained
Navy and merchant mariners insist on calling sea going vessels ships unless they are oared or paddle powered or a tug. Submarine crews call their vessel a boat but landlubbers should not.
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Navy
Merchant Marine
Moon Gravity Exerts Three Times Sun Pull on Earth Particles
Observation notes that lunar gravity affects earthbound particles with a stronger pull than solar gravity, estimated at about three times. This comparison highlights the moon’s influence on near-surface matter and its relevance to tidal and experimental contexts.
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Earth
The Only Safe Way for Farm Animal Post Mortems
A veterinary officer must perform post mortems on farm animals that die from unknown causes. The text warns diseases of livestock can be transmissible to humans and a dead animal may be dangerous to inexperienced examiners.
Rail Mechanics Make Naval Guns
Canadians adjust to wartime tasks as National Railways Munitions Limited becomes a Crown plant for naval artillery. At Montreal’s modern plant, the first gun was completed in thirteen months and a second larger gun is underway. The outfit, under John Roberts, employs about 1,000 workers with 10 percent women, and manufactures gun carriages, naval devices, marine engine parts, and gun-boring machinery components.
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National Railways Munitions Limited
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
John Roberts
Maurice Couillard
Guys Like These Verse From Brockville Soldier Poem
A poem from Brockville Ontario by George A Wright honors veterans Joe and Sergeant Jean. It praises a disciplined soldier named Montgomery and Beurling admired for air combat feats. The speaker notes drinking customs and military codes, framing courage as a rugged rule.
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Bosche
George A. Wright
Brockville, Ont
Old Father Hubbard Ends Cupboard Quest With Sink Pick
A humorous line recalls Old Father Hubbard finding his cupboard bare and choosing a drink from the sink. It also notes a list of Chinese innovations including silk porcelain tea printing and gunpowder.
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Malvina Stephenson
Treasury
Bocter
Terseete
Hier
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Man
By Alne Brooks
Britain
Tured
Joe
Jean
Red Ravine
Montgomery
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