Tax battle looms over sales levy on Capitol Hill
Washington reports a major fight over new taxes centered on a sales tax. Randolph Paul, foe of broad levies, argues inflation drives wage demands and higher prices. He advocates steep taxes on high earners, stiff corporate taxes, excess profits taxes, loophole plugging, and luxury excises. The piece also notes Henderson’s access problems, Biddle reviews alien hearings, and defense bond booster L Earle Davidson.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol Hill
Wall Street
Randolph Paul
Ford
Standard Oil
Paul
Toto
Morgenthau
White House
Congress
Senate panel backs bill to curb price control powers
The senate agriculture committee approved a bill to block Secretary Wickard from using surpluses to keep farm prices down unless wheat cotton and corn prices rise 10 percent above parity. The move would limit the President's plan to hold prices down to spur livestock production.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Wickard
Landis succeeds LaGuardia as OCD head amid relief spending fight
James M. Landis assumes control of civilian defense after Fiorello LaGuardia resigns to focus on New York and national defense. Critics point to health and entertainment choices in OCD. an amendment bans public entertainment spending while $1 million funds masks and firefighting gear. Meanwhile MacArthur reports success against Japanese in the Philippines and Siamese actions edge toward Singapore as Yamashita earns top decorations.
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LaGuardia
OCD
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Securities and Exchange Commission
Eleanor Roosevelt
Little Flower
New York City
Landis
Lafayette
New York
U. S. Navy
Malaya
Singapore
Britain
East Indies
Yamashita
Johore
Burma
Navy
Jap Isles
Senate
Normandie
Spy Raids on West Coast Hit Japanese for Arms
FBI raids along the Pacific coast capture 60,845 rounds of ammunition and a truckload of weapons. Notable arrests include former Tokyo police officials and a Buddhist temple raid in Monterey County. A new tea rationing agency forms amid five pound tea buying panic. Dutch reports cite guerrilla action and wary Dutch officials as Java battles intensify. Arrival of Admiral Leary’s forces in New Zealand signals supply line setup for the United States.
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FBI
G-men
Pacific Coast
Salinas
Calif
Tokyo
Monterey County
U.S
WPB
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations
Sourabaya
Java
Celebes
Axis
East Indies
Macassar Strait
Japan
China
Southwest Pacific
New Zealand
Leary
United States
Traveling in Wartime From Raleigh to Florida Diary Notes
A wartime travel diary recounts Ambassador Daniels greeting in Raleigh and a tour of rural clinics near Durham and Santa Rosa Island. The piece highlights a county clinic model for rural eye and dental care, civilian defense in Pensacola, and travel delays on trains and a Pensacola broadcast.
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Ambassador Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Santa Rosa Island
MacGruder
Barancas
Santa Rosa
New England
Pensacola
Florida
Washington
Flomaton
Ala
Sam
Weekly News Analysis Editor's Note
Opinion column explains that statements reflect the analyst and not the newspaper values. notes distributed by Western Newspaper Union as the release channel.
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Western Newspaper Union
Silk stock sale order issued by government
Washington announces all silk processors must sell their entire stocks to the government within 48 hours or face commandeering. Congress is told the scrap metal shortage stems from previous heavy shipments to Japan before the war declaration.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
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