Must Be Mathematician To Figure Proposed Tax Bill
A sample taxpayer Joe Joed Doekes faces the 3 percent victory tax in the Senate Finance plan. Married with two children, earning 3000 yearly, he must calculate credits and deductions. The piece walks through credit limits, deductions for life insurance, a sewing machine, and war bonds, ending with a potential credit of 52.27 and a balance of 154.80 in regular taxes.
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Joed Doekes
Senate Finance Committee
Anaily
Joe
Hos
Treasury
Double Weddings at Holiness Church Parsonage Keymar
A double wedding was held Tuesday evening September 8 at the Holiness Christian church parsonage in Keymar. Pearl R Stitely wed Ralph J Bollinger and Nellie M Barnes wed Truman O Stitely in ceremonies by Rev Paul Taylor. Best man Nev in L Long and maid of honor Hazel P Clemm. Couples to be at home with the Stitelys at Keymar for about a month. Also note Quebec Canada produced 287542 fine ounces of silver in early 1940.
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Holiness Christian Church
Keymar
Pearl R. Stitely
William Stitely
Ralph J. Bollinger
Garland Bollinger
Middleburg
Nellie M. Barnes
Howard Barnes
Littiestown
Truman O Stitely
Paul §. Taylor
Nevin L. Long
Hazel P Clemm
Taylor
Wm. Sutely
First Fall Meeting Of W S C S Held At Calvary Church
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Calvary Methodist held its first fall meeting in the church parlor. Devotions on giving substance to youths’ dreams were led by Mrs. M R Etchison with assistance from Mrs. Raymond I Ford and Mrs. E R Peart. Mrs. Gaither F Warfield, new to the country from Poland, spoke after being introduced by president Mrs. Ernest C Webb. The business session, led by Mrs. Webb, reported on various committees. A special offering totaled thirty five dollars. Refreshments were served to the executive committee including Mrs. Ernest C Webb and many others.
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Womans’ Society of Christian Service
Calvary Methodist Church
M. R. Etchison
Raymond I. Ford
E. R. Peart
Gaither F. Warfield
Poland
Ernest C. Webb
Webb
Wedelary
Ernest C Webb
B. W. Meeks
L. L. Wilson
Literary Institute Begins 115th Year
St. John's Literary Institute opened its one hundred fifteenth scholastic year with Mass by Rev. William F. Sauer to bless the school. He visited classrooms and congratulated the Sisters on the administration as the faculty, led by Sister Mary Paul as principal, welcomed students and introduced teachers for Latin mathematics Spanish English religion history music typing and shorthand.
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St. John’s Literary Institute
William F. Sauer
St. John’s Church
Fr. Sauer
Mary Paul
Mary Etta
Mary Rosita
Mary David
Maryalina
Joseph Marie
M.maria
M. LaSalette
Writ Of Habeas Corpus Denied To Prisoner
A Baltimore man imprisoned for embezzlement was denied a writ of habeas corpus by Chief Judge Edward S. Delaplaine. The ruling held the petitioner not entitled to release, having been indicted, tried, and sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction. The article also notes a British bomber crash in North Sweden with three dead and two rescued after five days. The piece ends with a historic claim about the first locomotive in the United States being bought in England.
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Baltimore
House of Correction
Edward S. Helaplaine
Ronald E. van Atta
Harold E. Donnell
Delsplaine
Delaplaine
Thhe House of Correction
Stockholm
Sweden
McKeldin Tagged For Overparking After Rotary Talk
Theodore R. McKeldin Republican gubernatorial candidate faced a parking ticket incident after addressing the Rotary Club. In a light moment he toured downtown distributing campaign cards and meeting citizens. He stated the test of a candidate is the will to answer questions about background and deeds.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Frederick County
Rotary Club
McKeldin
Court House
Battle Of The Bees Threatens Indiana Honey Supply
Wide World Features reports Indiana honey production faces a warlike crisis as bees kill elders to feast on honey stores amid sugar rationing. Beekeepers halt farm production to avert a civil bee war, with premature spring showed boosting offspring and depleting reserves. Experts urge sugar relief to prevent mass colony losses and protect the industry.
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Wide World
Indianapolis
Indiana
Na'den
A. ©. Smith
M& Vernon
Ind
Shipping 15 VITAL London Dispatch on U S Army Supply
Brig. Gen. Robert Littlejohn of the Army Quartermaster Corps outlined the wartime logistics of supplying American forces in Britain. He said ten and a half shipping tons move one soldier to Britain and one and a half tons per month sustain him locally. He stressed that shipping must win the war and cited the A ration at six and a quarter pounds per man daily, totaling about 900 pounds monthly per person.
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London
Britain
Robert Littlejohn
United States Army Quartermaster Corps
Littlejohn
Voters Turnout Tops In Party Primaries Across Contests
Primary contests for Sheriff and State's Attorney drew the largest voter shares. Democratic turnout neared forty percent, about 6,000 of 15,899 Democrats voted, while 3,000 of 12,431 Republicans cast ballots. GOP Sheriff race had 2,886 votes with seven precincts missing. Governor and other contests posted lower totals.
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Register of Wills
Ickes Ready To Quit As Oil Coordinator
New York September report says Interior Secretary Harold Ickes has offered to resign as oil coordinator unless given authority to enforce his orders. Conference delegates urged Roosevelt to grant Ickes more power, noting opposition from various departments and leaders including Nelson Henderson Jones Eastman.
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Cece Tua Ou
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
Ickes
Clyde G. Morrill
John W. Frey
Ralph Davies
Frey
Morrill
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Atlantic Coast
Tnusly
First WAVES Group To Train In Mid west News
The Navy announced enlist ed personnel for the Women’s Reserve and said 4 000 WAVES will be trained at three Mid Western colleges. Five hundred at the University of Wisconsin for four months in radio. 600 at Indiana University and 500 at Oklahoma A and M for yeomen. Applicants must be 20 to 36, childless or with certain allowances, high school or equivalent, health qualified, and meet height and weight standards.
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Washington
Navy
Womens Reserve
U. S. Naval Reserve
University of Wisconsin
Indiana University
Oklahoma, Agricultural and Mechanical College
Office of Naval Office
Memorial Concert At Antietam On Sunday
Ninth annual memorial concert to the Blue and the Gray set for Sunday September 13 at 3 PM at Antietam National Battlefield. Features parade through flags, National Anthem, flag lowering by American Legion, and guest groups Masonic Choir of Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Band led by David Kretzer. Dr. J Walter Coleman, coordinating superintendent since 1942, will be principal speaker.
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Antietam National Battlefield
National Cemetery
American Legion
Antietam
Masonic Choir
Hagerstown
Sharpsburg
David Kretzer
Dry. J. Walter Coleman
Gettysburg National Military Park
Dr. Coleman
Antietam National Battlefield Site
Brunswick Seeks Full Authority Rationing Board
Brunswick leaders demand a full authority rationing board as the town watches a receiving station open Tuesday under OPA guidance. The Board of Managers of the B and Railroad Y M C A urged continued fight for a centralized board, noting residents fear ongoing trips to Frederick for gasoline and tires.
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OPA
Brunswick
Board of Managers
B & © Railroad
E. E. Bowers
C. H. Feete
Booster's Club
Boosters
Reuben Oppenheimer
Baltimore
Maryland
Feete
Frederick County
Frederice
Japanese attack on Siberia possible says Mexican general
Gen Jose Luis Amezcua, newly returned from Tokyo as Mexican consul general, says a Japanese attack on Siberia could come at any moment. He estimates Japan has about 2,000,000 troops available for a strike on Russia.
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Siberian
Mexico City
Siberia
Tokyo
Jose Luis Amezcua
Mexico
Russia
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