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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1942
Page
2
Frederick County Agricultural Society weighs delaying the October fair as war conditions, gas and fire restrictions, and labor shortages affect concessions and attendance. A final decision is expected Tuesday night with a full board present. contracts already made risk penalties if cancelled under thirty days.
Sixteen Maryland farmers across ten counties received Jersey bulls through the Victory Bull Campaign led by the American Jersey Cattle Club. Governor O Conor presented the bulls at the University of Maryland on August 22 after Local breeders donated animals from Cecilton Bel Air Easton and more. Fifty five applications were received from which sixteen were chosen amid a national over subscription of bulls.
Quinine serves malaria patients primarily but is also used, though less, in tonics and medicinal preparations for various ailments. It appears in toiletries and in culinary and beverage applications as a flavoring and additive.
Local residents and visitors are mentioned in brief items from New Windsor. The mayor and council upgraded the council chamber with Venetian blinds. Mrs Waller Getty and Mrs Edward Richards visit Ocean City with Richards’s daughter Mrs Cox. Various residents plan moves and visits including the Coe family moving into a new apartment, Buckey and Bixler families spending time in Ballimere, and trips to Bowling Green Kentucky to see caves and the Grand Old Opry in Nashville.
Norman Magin of the Navy visits his wife and daughter for a few days. Sergeant John Thomas from Camp Pickett Va spends the weekend with his mother Mrs Marie Thompson and grandmother Mrs Lulu Smelser.
Senator Chandler urged holding Alaska at all costs and driving Japan from Kiska. He warned a Japanese move via the Aleutians could threaten the U S mainland and urged immediate action. The report to Admiral Leahy recommends removing Japanese forces from Kiska. A closing note mentions black pepper’s global production, not grown in the Western Hemisphere.
Washington Sept 4 A proposal to couple a 5 percent retail sales tax with a percent payroll levy to raise 5 360 000 000 annually was advanced by Senator Guffey D Pa as the Senate Finance Committee deferred action on tax schedules for individuals in the new revenue bill Guffey said he planned to force a showdown at the next Committee meeting Tuesday on adopting a sales tax in lieu of a Treasury levy plan He also outlined a flat 5 percent payroll tax yielding 3 060 000 000 and a 5 percent sales tax on every thing except essentials raising 2 300 000 000 Treasury opposition and debate over a 10 percent stamp tax proposal followed.
Officials testified that advancing collection of regular income taxes and postwar rebates would not raise new revenue. Critics warned of a potential black market for stamps priced below face value. Congressional experts said a 1 per cent retail sales levy could raise about $2.5 billion annually.
Chicago September 4 grain prices moved in a narrow band as traders awaited the President s anti inflation program speech. Wheat and corn rose briefly then eased. white corn hit a five year peak at 106 while other futures showed mixed gains and losses amid government and Canadian market signals.
The text lists seed price ranges and terms such as seed per hundredweight and various nominal values including Nmathy and alaike. It mentions figures like 460-485 and 16,00-1950 along with colors like fancy red top and quantities 700-750, but the context and exact item are not discernible.
Senator Clark announced a subcommittee of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee will start hearings September 14 into the American Federation of Musicians ban on recording for radio and coin operated machines. Clark alleges Petrillo uses gangster tactics to threaten musicians.
Clark described a preliminary hearing plan to shape the investigation. Plastic disks bearing name birth date school registration number and home city have been issued to 1 600 000 New York city school children as part of the program.
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