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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1944
Page
7
Washington reports Congress considers a plan to waive tax returns for individuals earning up to 5000 dollars, replacing withholding with a simple statement. Doughton says the proposal would merge victory, normal, and surtaxes into one rate while preserving returns for higher earners and pre March 5 1943 income.
Five veterans organizations urge the government to pay armed forces members bonuses up to 3500 for home service and 4500 for overseas service. Seven House members introduced the Veterans Adjusted Service Pay Act of 1944 with a 3 per day home and 4 per day overseas credit, plus 500 extra for wounds. All above 300 would be paid as tax free government bonds, redeemable in limited amounts with 3 percent interest for five years and 3 percent compound for the next five. Sponsors include Veterans of Foreign Wars, Army and Navy Union, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and Red War Veterans Association.
Dixie Walker, 33, Brooklyn Dodger outfielder, reported at Fort McClellan Alabama for a physical examination as a preliminary step toward possible induction into the armed services. The examination was not completed late today.
Court actions include bills for absolute divorce for James S. Orem Marie Disney Orem Melvin L Harshman Mildred Ann Harshman Herbert R Pendergraft Frances J Pendergraft and property transfers. Marriage licenses list Bruce Deese Mary Crum Arrin Snow Betty Burns Laws Everett Young Catherine Dove Albert Altevogt Mildred Herr Julius Siske May Stokes Stuart Rothman Barbara Cohen George Holland Shirley France Earle Sheppard Edith Reinsnider. Storms kill a boy and injure dozens in Northeast Alabama as Pine Grove School collapses.
A Washington column argues that federal executive publications waste taxpayer money by publicizing banal instructions and war-time tips. It notes 1/250th of the government budget funds educational and promotional materials, cites past scuffles over pamphlet excess, and recalls a 1932 Fann Board issue.
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, Republican presidential hopeful, urged a strong two party system in all states and asked the Democratic solid South to join in ending the New Deal. He spoke to Florida Republican leaders in Jacksonville about likely GOP victories in November. He voiced confidence that Southern sentiment aligns with a broader political shift.
Bricker addressed GOP leaders claiming most Americans oppose the New Deal and will vote Republican in 1944. He characterized liberalism as expanding rights and called the New Deal the most reactionary philosophy in years. He urged postwar cooperation with other nations on equal terms.
Over 5,000 tons of Sicilian sumac leaves were imported annually prior to the war to extract tanning substances for leather processing.
A detailed report by executive secretary Mrs William C. Roderick covers recent activities of the Children’s Aid Society. A foster girl in Baltimore has sent 70 to her foster parents for bank deposit, and the Society will receive 20 a month from the Government to support a child whose father is in Army service, to be deposited in a bank. Board members present included Dr T C Boutson, James H Gambrill III, Rev Dr Benjamin W Meeks, Lou L Wilson, Mrs Jacob Rosenstock, Miss Margaret Steiner, Rev Samuel Johnston, Mrs Edgar H McBride, Virgil W Doub, Mrs Elmer E Michael, Mrs M Ritchison, Mrs W W Nicodemus, Mrs George P Holland, and Charles McC Mathias, president.
Actress Betty Jane Greer 19 says she has parted from Coast Guard Lt Rudy Vallee after three months of marriage and will file for divorce. Vallee 41 remarks they may remain together despite the divorce as he travels away from the city. Greer seeks no alimony and plans to return to acting while Vallee battles with producer Howard Hughes over her film contract.
Allied officers in Italy investigate a new remote controlled mini tank said to be Hitler's secret weapon. The five foot long craft weighs 780 pounds and carries a 130 pound charge. It is powered by a two cylinder engine and uses an electrical control cable of 600 yards to base. It overturns easily and has proven ineffective so far.
An unsolicited letter testimonial claims Kellogg's All-Bran ended years of constipation after daily use for about a year. Scientists attribute benefits to dietary cellulose elements aiding colonic flora. The ad emphasizes All-Bran is a regulating food, not a purgative, and urges water intake and to insist on genuine Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek.
Federal grand jury today indicted Julius Fisher, 31 year old man of Washington, for the killing of Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, 37, assistant librarian. Reardon's body was found last Thursday in a pit off the unnamed location.
Fragmentary notes report a secreted Fisher movement on Thursday night and a signed conte stan near a site described as a underground crypt associated with Woodrow Wilson remates and a nearby workplace.
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