Tax Bill Enacted In U S History Brightens Roosevelt Clock
Congress passes a major tax bill raising individual rates to new highs and imposing a five percent victory tax on incomes over 12 a week as of November 1. The measure also increases corporate taxes to 40 percent and preserves social security taxes while promising further debates over wartime revenue needs.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Senate
Hinshaw
Calif
Robinson
Sai
Caairma
Dorghion
D-Nc
Ways and Means
Knatson
R -Minn
Disney
D-Okla
Nis Bul
George
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
Great Britain
Answers To War Quix On Page Five
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Greece flag and prices like 18.73 for Army canal car costing 5008, plus slang terms. The text is garbled with phrases about gliders, light weight, and danger. Readable items: Greece flag, a price line, and stray military slang terms.
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Greece
Willie
Chile Cabinet Resigns Over Barros Jarpa Dispute
Chilean Cabinet steps down to give President Rios broad power to replace Foreign Minister Ernesto Barros Jarpa amid pressure from Welles and anti Axis protests. The move follows calls for severing ties with Germany Italy and Japan and various arrests of German agents in Chile.
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Jarpa
Chile
Axis
Freedom of Action
Santiago
Juan Antonio Rios
Ernesto Barros Jarpa
Sumner Welles
Argentina
Welles
Barros Jarpa
Las Ultimas Noticias
Raul Morales Beltrami
Washington
Aue Cenies
Socialist Party
Germany
Ialy
Japan
Bogota
Colombia
WUS
Bartos Jarpa
Hans Borchers
New York
Borchers
Graf Spee
Phila
Separate Commanders For Nazi Army Groups
German reports list four army groups under Hitler with assigned generals. Key leaders named include Georg von Küchler for the North, Günther von Kluge for the Center, Hermann Busch for the South, and suspected changes across fronts such as von Leeb, von Bock, and von Hoth as replacements or reassignments during the war.
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Leidon
Germany
Ano Os
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Georg von Keuckler
Mosenu
Fieid
Guenther von Kluge
Hermann
Caucasus
von Bock
von Hoth
Vyugroslavia
G.cacy
Draughasece
Unpaid Draft Board Members Face Daily War-time Strain
A wartime look at Selective Service local boards shows unpaid members drowning in long hours and relentless scrutiny. They handle hearings, deferment fights, and angry appeals while juggling personal business and public pressure from registrants and families seeking exemptions.
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Selective Service
John Doe
Suk Uno
Mrs. Roosevelt
Harry
George
Joe
Selective Service Board
OPA Cuts Price On Nylon Hose
Price Administrator Leon Henderson lowers nylon hose prices to curb inflationary profiteering. The top price for first quality full fashioned hose drops to 1.65 dollars, with other nylon hose ceilings set from 1.55 to 2.50. Consumers urged to report overcharges and verify quality markings, with triple damages plus costs for violators.
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OPA
Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Mix Office
Wiest
Jail Music Source Hails Mississippi Penal Farm Archive
A brief note credits a Mississippi state penal farm as the best source of SRO folk music in the United States per the Library of Congress. The claim highlights archival merit and national recognition.
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Archman
Ssippi
United States
Library of Hcoig
Probe Of Three Recent Lynchings Is Ordered
Attorney General Biddle ordered the FBI to investigate three Mississippi lynchings, pledging relentless prosecution if a case is made. Two 14-year-old Black boys hanged near Meridian after confessing an attempted assault on a white girl. Howard Wash, 45, lynched at Laurel after conviction for murder. The North Pole is moving south about six inches annually.
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Washington
Biddle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mississippi
Meridian
Quitman
Miss
Laurel
Jones County
Howard Wash
Wash
Mosquito daylight raids strike Hannover Bremen and Wilhelmshaven
RAF Mosquito bombers attacked three German targets in daylight, hitting near Hannover city junction and at Bremen and Wilhelmshaven ports. One plane reported missing, but no further damage details released. The operation marked Bremen's first daylight strike in over a year. The missions followed heavy anti aircraft fire and fighter defences. Separately, Women of the Moose Frederick Chapter planning meetings highlight planned events and initiates.
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London
Britain
Germany
Hannover
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Air Ministry
Oslo
Gestapo
RAF
Luft- Wafe Beta Bi UU
East Anglia
Holland
Farm Machinery Quota Cut By Twenty Percent
The War Production Board ordered concentration of farm machinery production, cutting quotas to 20 percent of normal and shifting most output from large firms to smaller manufacturers. The plan runs 12 months from November, with a rationing system already in place under the agriculture department. Exemptions include tractors and several implements, but the measure aims to save iron and steel and free large firms for war production.
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Washington
Wet Production Board
Fromller
Agricultural Department
Children Help Nail Coffin for Hitler War Bond Drive
Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce launches a public stunting drive to raise war savings stamps by naval and coffin of Hitler. Citizens and children will nail a coffin containing an effigy of Hitler at Market and Church streets and later ship it to Brunswick Emmitsburg Thurmont and county towns to boost stamp sales. Each nail drives a 25 cent stamp and youngsters can hammer for ten cent stamps. A non cleric Jaycee will deliver an obit from the hearse and records will track purchases by town with a prize for the top buyer.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hitler
Market
Church Streets
Jaycees
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Frederick
Winchester Hall
Jaycee
The
C, War Bond Committee
Laval Appeals French to Work for Hitler in Radio Speech
Laval urged French workers to go to Germany as he announced a levy forcing factories to supply workers. He claimed France must pursue an entente with Germany and defended collaboration while De Gaulle urged greater resistance. Observers saw the move as a potential conscription step to meet a 150,000 quota. In Washington, Roosevelt signaled support for Norris’s Senate bid.
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Vichy
Pierre Laval
de Gaulle
Lavel
Clique
Laval
Bern
Switzerland
Bere
Eto
Germany
France
Tam
Hitler
Europe
Ten Gasoline Ration Books Cancelled and Warns Issued
Baltimore October 20 OPA Director Leo H McCormick announced the cancellation of ten gasoline ration books and warned holders of 49 other books after an investigation into autos at Ocean City and Maryland race tracks. The ten books were surrendered voluntarily the rest face possible legal action for a second offense. The OPA enforcements division probes two cases of unsafe remolded tires sold for 20 to 25 dollars each violating price ceilings.
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Baltimore
OPA
Leo H. McCormick
Ocean City
Maryland
McCormick
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Frederick, Md
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
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WFMD
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Blue Ridge Rubber Co
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