Labor adopts new wage tack to pressure President
Labor leadership moves to push the War Labor Board to ask the President to modify the Little Steel wage formula. Four AFL members argue price controls fail to preserve living standards, urging a higher 15 percent wage ceiling and citing a 43.5 percent cost rise since 1941. They warn price increases may follow wage hikes, deepening inflation and squeezing nonunion workers.
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Organized Labor
AFL
War Labor Board
Labor
Labor Department
Service Men Furlough Bring Hope for Returning Veterans
A remembrance written in hopeful tones predicts many service men with overseas combat experience will return on furlough this year. Families anticipate joyous reunions as veterans gain relief from tropical jungles and harsh Italian winters, envisioning healthy climates, clean homes, and the peace of home. The piece argues these furloughs will strengthen resolve to defend the nation and cherish American life.
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Hell
Heaven
Pacific Tropics
Italy
America
Simplifying the Income Tax System Must Start at Source
Washington voices urge tax reform to curb Bureau of Internal Revenue red tape. The piece argues laws and loopholes create delays, advocates on spot settlements by skilled staff, and favors a flat tax up to 5000 with simplified deductions. It criticizes Congress for complex rules and calls for clearer legislation to reduce audits and litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
David Lawrence Day
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Bureau
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Reproduction Rights Reserve
Fifty Years Ago Local Kems From the Columns
Snow began falling around 7 p m and persisted through the night with mild temperatures. A Baltimore and Ohio freight wreck near Catoctin disrupted rail service but caused no serious injuries. William Leonard faces execution tomorrow after a nine day grand jury session that returned 27 indictments and 43 dismissals. North Market Street School is deemed structurally adequate but outdated for pupils. Frederick city criticized for spending 28 000 on a reservoir that fails to hold water. A strawstack collapse in Feagaville kills a cow in G B Cullers barnyard.
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the News
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Catoctin
William Leonard
Montgomery County
Leonard
North Market Street
Frederick City
G. B. Culler
Feagaville
Sugar corn price talks fail to reach agreement in Mt Airy
Representatives from Farm Bureaus of Frederick Carroll and Howard counties meet at Mt Airy hotel to set a sugar corn price for the coming season but no agreement is reached by afternoon. George B. Hoke chairs Frederick county committee as early report notes.
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Frederick
Carroll
Howard Counties
Mt. Airy
George B. Hoke
Richard W. Trapnell
Point of Rocks
Ife
Culler
W. F. Childs, Jr
State Roads Commission
Market Street
Clarence Blethen
Maine
Frederick Blue Ridge
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
Today In History and Birthdays A Chronology Mix
A historical column lists notable events and births from various years including 1803 John A Sulter born in Germany who later faced financial loss in California. 1809 Cyrus McCormick born in Virginia. 1820 Susan B Anthony born. 1845 Elihu Root born. 1764 Laclede founds St. Louis. 1846 Mormon exodus across the Mississippi. 1870 Northern Pacific Railroad groundbreaking near Duluth. 1879 women admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court. 1918 Wilson embargo on cargo space. and 1943 Roosevelt and Chicago mayor killed in Miami. Births include Navy figure Frank Lowry, Joseph Hergesheimer, James Baxter, Abram Sachar, Thornwell Jacobs among others.
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John A. Sulter
California
Germany
Washington, D. C
Cyrus Hall McCormick
The
Reaper
Rockbridge
Chicago
Charles L. Tiffany
New York
Orn Killingly
Conn
Susan B. Anthony
Adams
Mass
Rochester
Elihu Root
Nosel
Clinton, N
Laclede
St. Louis
Louisiana Fur Company
Exodug
Mississippi
Northern Pacific
Duluth
US. Supreme Court
Congress
Isoe
U. S
Maine
Havana
War Department
Wilson
Europe
Roosevelt Swat
Ceemak
Ctago
Miami
Fla
Singapore
Tuna
Dakar
War Interpreted From Pskov Gate on the Russian Front
Russian forces close on Pskov as Leningrad and Volkhov armies converge toward the city from Staraya Russa and the Luga area. German troops hold the Laval bulge and the Lovat flank while a Russian trap risks entrapment of hundreds of thousands. Advances threaten to cut southern approaches and seal the German retreat.
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Pskov
Leningrad
Russia
Baltic States
Lovat
Staraya Russa
Novosokolniki
Peipus Lake
Narva- Pskov
Lake
Peipus
Laval Bulge
Laval Front
Lake Ilman
Loval
Riga
Moscow-Leningrad
Valdai Hills
Lake Kimen
Shimsk
Polna
Lake Peipus
Volkhov
Luga
Novosokolniki-Nevel
Strength For Today by Eart L Douglass D D
The doctor ordered a life away from routine and churches and editors, forcing the speaker to flee sunlit days and clocks. He muses on indolence, schedules, and the so called enemy the clock, now seemingly vanquished, as he enjoys freedom from time’s grip.
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Babson Newspaper Synod
Bible Thought for Hard Times in Psalm Echoes
A compact reflection on turning to faith during trouble. It contrasts Psalms 85 7 with Seneca saying light troubles speak while immense troubles are silent, offering a quiet meditation on divine aid and resilience.
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Seneca
President of Oziethorpe University Profile Noted
The article highlights the university president born in Clinton South Carolina 67 years ago. It praises the president's skill of execution and a purposeful mind, while warning of occasional confusion to be overcome. It promises good fortune from work near home.
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Oziethorpe University
Georgia
Clinton
S.C
Washington miscellany by Peter Edson, Feb 15
Washington chatter on war time economics and price stabilization argues the war must win first before social changes. Readers urged to buy Fourth War Loan bonds as drive ends Feb 17. A. F. Hinrichs notes rising apple prices test cost of living figures, while Lippmann critiques State Dept radio broadcasts as jarring.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Office of
Price Administration
Paul Porter
Kentucky
Leon Henderson
Fred M. Vinson
Office of Economic Stabilization
Porter
America
Bureau
Hinrichs
Mr. Hinrichs
State Department
Hull
U.S
Walter Lippmann
A Regimental Aid Station on the Rapido Front
HAL BOYLE chronicles Leonardo, a 9-year-old civilian wounded by shrapnel at an Italian farmhouse aid station. The boy’s head wound is infected, his family is decimated by shelling, and hospital care seems distant. The medic reflects on civilians’ fate near the front.
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Hal Boyle
Rapido
Leonardo
Thomas Gatana
Boston
Gatana
Dominic
Capt
Alex Brown
Cleveland
Brown
Captain Brown
Krist Passes Induction Physical in Rochester
Howie Krist, 27, a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won it last season, passed his selective service pre induction physical in Rochester. Captain Charles W. Jeffers said Krist, father of one, is subject to Army call after the three week waiting period.
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Krist
Rochester
Howie Krist
St. Louis Cardinals
Selective Service
Charles W. Jeffers
Army
Wife’s influence shapes husbands and homes in Dorothey Dix column
Dorothey Dix argues that a wife often molds a husband’s habits and social circle, noting tradition grants the man headship while in practice his wife directs most choices. She observes husbands lose outside friendships and risk estranging his own family, as wives manage not just household, but kin links and social life.
The Wives Who Shape Men’s Futures
A dated essay argues a wife can make or wreck a husband’s career through financial habits, ambition, and support. It praises wives who push, encourage, and believe in their husbands while warning against spendthrift, nagging, or “social ambition” that drains a man’s drive. The piece claims fortunes rise from wives’ thrift and discipline, urging readers to consider their own influence on their spouse’s success.
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the Bell Sendiccta Inc
Token plan to issue three million containers for token deposits
Washington announces three million standard sized containers for wholesalers to deposit tokens into ration bank accounts. Containers will be available at banks nationwide shortly after the token plan takes effect on February 27. Deposits can be made in multiples of 250 points to facilitate the program.
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Washington
Rep
Office of Price Administration
Court News quity Cases Grace Virginia Engle v James Engle Sr
Court news lists divorce filings and marriage license actions. Grace Virginia Engle sues James Engle Sr for absolute divorce. Several marriage licenses show ages and locations including Eugene Harrison and Thelma Bolinger in Jefferson. Carl Stewart and Ruth Williamson in East Providence. Frank LaGrave and Ruby Sonifrank in Clarksburg. Robert Rondarme and Eleanor Bingman in Mifflinburg. Norman Droneburg and Mary Hood in Frederick. Clark Heffner and Betty Scott in Rockwest. Charles Patterson and Florence Mahoney in Arlington. Property deeds record Agnes Meyer to Paul Fry and wife in county for 25 dollars. Conference Board trustees to Fry. Mary Reddle widow to Oscar Fisher and wife for 10 dollars. Lara Harbaugh to Ruth Wagaman and husband for 300 dollars.
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Frank E. LaGrave
Peru
Ruby V. Sonifrank
Clarksburg
Robert W. Rondarme
Eleanor J. Bingman
Mifflinburg
Norman
Droneburg
Frederick
Mary Ellen Hood
East South Street
Clark Eugene Heffner
Sampson
Betty Jean Scott
Rockwest
Charles M. Patterson
Florence G. Mahoney
Arlington
Agnes E. Meyer
Paul C. Fry
Pennsylvania
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Mary Reddle
Oscar Daniel Fisher
Lara B. Harbaugh
Ruth L Wagaman
Thought for Today War to End and Peace to Stay
War must end and lasting peace be kept with broad good will. We must shed hate and greed and embrace brotherhood to make the boon of peace endure. N. A. Lufburrow offers a call for calm and unity.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Carpenter Accepted for Military Service in Camden
K B R M Carpenter Jr, president of the Philadelphia National League Baseball club, passed his physical examination for military service today in Camden. He is 28 and the father of two.
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David Lawrence
Navy
James Admiral Prank J. Lowry
York City
Naval
Rome
Nelson L Smith
Hopkinton
N.hl
Federal Power Commission
Baltimore
Jozeph Hergesheimer
Philadelphia
James P. Baxter
Williams College
Portland
Abram L. Sachar
Thornwell Jacobs
Eirke L. Simpson
Eart L. Douglass, D. D
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
A. F. Hinrichs
Dorothy DIX
Angel
Angel Face
Y Nea Service
INC_T
U.S. At
Cme
Court News
Grace Virginia Engle
James William Engle
Eugene Franklin Harrison
Thelma F. Bolinger
Jefferson
Carl G. Stewart
Ruth M. Williamson
East Providence
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