Statements Of Finances To Be Required
The Senate voted 43 to 34 to require labor unions and similar groups to file annual financial statements with the Treasury. A wartime amusement tax rise to 20 percent was approved, with debate prompting opposition from labor unions. Senator Clark led a failed bid to strike the provision. The body also rejected a plan for a single annual statement and accepted an installment option for 1942 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Revercomb
R-Wva
Clark
D-Mo
Progressive Party
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
May Continue Bonus Payments To Teachers
Governor O Conor announced a future joint meeting of the Board of Public Works and county commissioners to discuss extending the 1943 $1.9 million teacher bonus program. State officials were asked to determine if counties could cover costs through January 1, 1945, with counties paying one third and the state two thirds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Board of Public Works
O'Conor
Maryland
Thomas G. Pullen
One Third of Maryland Doctors Serve in Armed Forces
Baltimore January 18 One third of Maryland physicians are in the armed services. Dr Charles W Maxson head of doctor procurement reported 938 Maryland doctors in service from a total of 1593 registered physicians. He noted 299 were formerly on Johns Hopkins or University of Maryland teaching staffs and hospitals.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Charles W. Maxson
Rotary Club of
Maxson
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland
Simultaneous Pressure In Europe And Asia
President Roosevelt disclosed at a press radio briefing that he had conferred with General Dwight D. Eisenhower Admiral William F. Halsey and Lieutenant General George C. Kenney on coordinated efforts to apply maximum simultaneous pressure against the enemy in Europe and Asia. He stressed ensuring adequate supplies for all war theaters and noted the presence of Allied leaders in recent weeks in Britain and the Pacific theater amid rumors of potential talks with German officials about a separate peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William F. Halsey
George C. Kenney
Europe
Asia
Eisenhower
England
Halsey
South Pacific
Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Pravda
Moscow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Army Freighter Nevada Lost in North Atlantic Storm
Survivors tell of a five day battle with a raging North Atlantic gale that sank the Army freighter Nevada with 35 crewmen lost from a 64 man crew. Captain Turiga of Beacon New York and others are missing presumed dead after aborting ship in heavy seas. Coast Guard rescue followed as two life boats with 32 men each were lowered. three in the remaining boat perished while awaiting rescue. The ship dumped cargo before abandoning ship and the log describes a brute sea and lost rudder control.
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Boston
Jan
Nevada
George F. Turiga
Beacon
N. Y
North Atlantic
W. H. McKown
Turiga
Coast Guard
Comanche
Bushmasters Break Japanese Line In Arawe Jungle
American forces of the 158th Infantry Regiment advanced 1000 yards into Japanese territory on the Arawe peninsula in New Britain. They captured part of an artillery battery and 28 machine guns while sustaining light losses. The unit, known as Bushmasters, is composed of troops from Arizona and New Mexico and trained in jungle warfare in Panama.
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New Guinea
Arawe
New Britain
158Th
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
Arizona
New Mexico
United States
Walter Krueger
Krueger
Sixth Army
Cape Gloucester
Saidor
MacArthur
Umtingalu
Cape Merkus
Thunderbolt
Hansa Bay
Bogadjim
Erima Plantation
Hudini
Woman War Industrialist Refuses December Tax Payment
Kansas City January 18 Miss Vivian Kellems from Westport Conn war industrialist announced she had not paid her December 15 income tax. She urged all businesses to save postwar reserves from taxes asserting government resists allowing reconversion funds. She criticizes taxation and renegotiation as barriers to private business and warns of bankruptcies if financing stays government controlled. She cites lack of funds and pressure on her accountant as reasons for nonpayment.
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Kansas City
Vivian Kellems
Westport
Conn
Roosevelt vows victory only after seizing Berlin and Tokyo
President Roosevelt declared that the war must continue with major operations ahead and urged support for the Fourth War Loan drive. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau began the sale to Vice President Wallace for the $14 billion bond issue, emphasizing that every dollar strengthens offensive power and hastens unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Berlin
Tokyo
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Wallace
Baltimore Laundries Behind Schedule After Holidays
Baltimore laundries report delays of up to six days in delivering bundles as owners cite holiday absenteeism. Managers say plants have not returned to wartime schedules due to Christmas and New Year holidays and several intervening days.
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Baltimore
Bombers Strike Ambon Harbor As War Front Advances
Liberator heavy bombers flew 600 miles northwest of Darwin to Ambon harbor on Amboina Island and set fire to a 9,000 ton cargo vessel. Ambon, a Dutch naval base before the war, reported the action with one enemy fighter shot down.
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Ter
Gali
Darwin
Australia
Ambon
Amboina Island
Maryland Western Shore Commissioners Meet to Reorganize
Ten of fourteen Western Shore counties accepted invitations to Friday’s 11 o'clock meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel to reorganize the Western Shore County Commissioners Association and discuss emergency legislation for a special legislative session. Frederick and Washington counties sparked the session. welfare and teacher bonus issues are on the agenda. I Keller Shank is a leading candidate to head the reconstituted body.
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Western Shore
Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Western Shore County Commissioners Association
Harford
Howard
Carroll County
Frederick County
Garrett
Allegany
Baltimore
Anne Arundle
Calvert County
Washington County
Prince Georges
Montgomery
Charles
St. Mary's
Mary's
Frederick
Washington
Keller Shank
Washington County Board
Paying Tax Early In Baltimore For Federal Assessments
Baltimore January 18 tax payers are filing returns early to ease March workload. Maryland internal revenue collector George H Hofferbert says about 100 people daily seek deputy help at the Custom House. Early filings allow auditing staff to process returns sooner and prevent auditors from a March rush.
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Baltimore
Custom House
George H. Hofferbert
Maryland
Internal Revenue
Hofferberts
Dispute Over Veterans Discharge Pay Splits Congress
Washington January 18 a House battle over discharge pay for war veterans opens amid broad disagreement on adequacy. Debate centers on a $300 proposed maximum with amendments to raise to $500 or $700. Proponents stress budget limits while critics call the plan insufficient and warn against Treasury strain.
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Washington
House
Oothers
Military Committee
Senate
Rep Short
Missouri
Short
Chrismas
Rep. Lemke
R-N. D
Congress
Fraley Status Army Affair Involving Frederick Draft Board
Frederick County draft officials say the case of Harry F. Fraley of Thurmont is an Army matter outside their jurisdiction. Fraley, treated for a foot wound from a small caliber bullet, was discharged from Frederick City Hospital and did not report for active duty as scheduled. A transport contingent proceeded without him, and details were forwarded to Fort Meade.
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Frederick County
Fraley
Frederick
War Department
Thurmont
Howard V. Tull
Emmitsburg
Fort George G. Meade
Frederick City
Draft Board Two
Fort Meade
Draft Board
Fandure
Induction Board Says Fraley Status Not With Local Board
The reception center commander and acting corporal of the contingent were informed that Fraley was to report there. The local board no longer handles Fraley's status, the clerk said yesterday. Inductees are sworn Army personnel, making the center commander responsible for their behavior, status, and whereabouts under the orders issued. Fraley's present location is unknown to the board and there are no orders to reopen his file.
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Iby
Fraley
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