OPA Liberalizes Sugar for Home Canning and Jam
Washington reports a new regulation allows one pound of sugar per four quarts of canned fruit plus an extra pound per family member for jams preserves and fruit butters. Previous limits were five pounds per ration card. regulators urge minimum immediate need. Also notes high voluntary returns of gasoline ration cards and continued public cooperation with rationing rules.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
OPA
Henderson
Ration Board
Itate
HR. P. Droneburg
Droneburg
Skeleton Found Buried In Bentz St. Cellar
Police recovered a skeleton from under the Bentz street cellar floor at 319 N Bentz street. Plumbers unearthed the bones during sewer work. Dr Kefauver will examine the remains, which are from a middle aged white man. The skeleton was found piled, not in proper burial.
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Frank Dorsey
Oiicer
Norman Dietz
E. C. Kefauver
N. Bentz
Kefauver
Harry Rowe
Dill Avenue
Bentz Street
Effie Starner
Starner
Income Taxes Are Going Up in Major Tax Reform
Washington May 20 The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively approves a drastic rise in individual income tax rates. Normal tax to 6 percent, surtaxes up to 81 percent on high incomes, and a $400 credit for dependents retained. Proposals also cut single and married exemptions and reject Roosevelt’s $25,000 after tax cap. The panel considers Morgenthau’s plan to tax 19 percent of taxable income weekly. An unrelated note cites an estimate of 25,000,000 insects per square mile.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Isolationism Gone, He Says at Rotarian Lunch
Dr Wesley Marsh Gewehr chair man of the history department at the University of Maryland told Rotarians and wives at the Francis Scott Key Hotel that America has engaged in wars each generation since 1776 and has never fully recognized Britain’s seapower. He argued neutrality failed due to changing conditions including air power and balance of power in Europe, urging an end to isolationism and a role for the United States in the post war world to secure peace. The speech, introduced by Rev B W Meeks, was broadcast on WFMD.
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Wesley Marsh Gewehr
Department of History
University of Maryland
Rotarians
America
Francis Scott Key
Gewehr
United States
Europe
U. S
Bismarck
Germany
Tme
B. W. Meeks
Club
WFMD
Control Of Glamor By WPB Is Due Soon
The War Production Board said it will survey cosmetics and toiletries and order fewer shades of lipstick rouge and face powder at some future date. Essential means having eye appeal, the spokesman said. The board aims to curb glycerine alcohol waxes and colors, trimming overlapping products from drug store counters while ensuring plenty of essential items remain available.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB to Curtail Use of Critical Materials in Cosmetics
The cosmetics branch of WPB promised to assist the production of toiletries and cosmetics for essential civilian needs where possible without interfering with war production. The move targets lipstick holders, compacts, and cosmetic packaging, urging voluntary curtailment and conservation by manufacturers and consumers.
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WPB
Cosmetics
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Kemp
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