Civil pilots eager for army assignments after training
Washington observers note the civilian pilot training program will feed a three million strong air force promises four hundred thousand pilots. Enlisted reserves face slow calls, pay gaps, and long waits as they await final military instruction and college-based training announcements.
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America
Civil Aeronautics Authority
United States Army Air Force Reserves
Army
Air Force
Air
Ngs
Tealy
CAA
W. E
ABC
Uncle Sam
Washington
Br iefs from Engineer School Read Mail For Ideas
At the engineer school in Fort Belvoir Virginia incoming mail is read with anticipation. The school uses a suggestion system where any enclosed envelope may hold a revolutionary idea. The program is over a year old and 11 percent of suggestions have been approved and used. More submissions are sought.
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Engineer School
Fort Belvgir
Dalat
Aing
Bey Doan
Doan
Many Deductions Allowed by Treasury On Income Tax
Wartime tax hike explained with eligible deductions. The piece notes that all workers may claim legitimate credits under the new levy and encourages careful use of deductions. It emphasizes using experts for larger taxes and outlines impact for low income brackets.
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Treasury
Union
Uncle Sam
Congress
Deductions for Contributions and Farming Expenses 1942 Rules
This summary covers deductions for charitable contributions including churches and organizations like USO Red Cross and Boy Scouts, and deductibility of taxes licenses transportation and insurance. It also explains business travel, car use, and farm expenses depreciation and depreciation limits, with specifics on medical deductions and labor costs for farmers.
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United States
USO
Army and Navy Relief
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Voters Leagues
Bar Association
Medical Association
Prohibition Association
Record Income Reported for Nation in 1942
The United States national income in 1942 rose to about 114 billion dollars as factories ran at high capacity and farmers produced record crops. Agriculture put farm income at about 16 billion, equating to roughly 2800 dollars per farmer. Wages and salaries totaled 79 billion, with about 58 million people employed by year end.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Noted WAAC family service links in Olivia Eubanks unit
Olivia Eubanks of the Second WAAC training center has 300 relatives in service but she is the only WAAC. Her husband, Technical Sergeant Sidney J Eubanks, serves overseas in the signal corps, seen as leading among those in Auxiliary Eubanks' circle.
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Olivia Eubanks
WAAC
Eubanks
Sidney J Eubanks
Signal Corps
New York Heartbeat and Film Notes in Wartime Press
Commentary from Eric and Wm. Shirer on British resolve and fascism in official circles. Reviews cover The Siege of Leningrad, Andy Hardy films, Stand By for Action, For Ever and a Day, and war essays in Germany's First War Against Mankind.
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New York
the Wireless
Eric
Shirer
Edgar Mowrer
North Africa
Leningrad
Rooney Kid
Andy Hardy
Andy
Iowa
Clifton Fadiman
Germany
New Republic
Hitler
Elmer Davis
OWI
Harper's
Michael Darrock
Joseph P. Dorn
Washington
C. B. DeMille
John Durant
DeMille
Collier
K. Crichton
Hwood
Movietown
Jimmy Young
Japan
American Legion Mag
Howard Brubaker
The
New Yorker
State Department
Hull
Adolf
First Nighter Anecdotes and Sharp Wit From Stage Insider
A column recalls John Barrymore’s alert mind and a public putdown after a distracting actress earned a bow from the star. It also shares jabs from Alexander Woollcott and quips about Mark Twain, Ed Murrow, O Henry, Punch, and Heywood Broun in a collage of theatrical and literary humor.
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John Barrymore
Barrymore
Ed Murrow
Henry
Heywood Broun
H. Klurfeld
Andie
Prince Albert Tobacco Gift for Service Men Ad
A wartime ad praises Prince Albert tobacco as a favorite among soldiers and sailors. It suggests emergency repairs for torn tins, promotes a pound can as a gift, and urges local dealers to feature the National Joy Smoke for those in the Army Navy Marines or Coast Guard.
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Marines
Coast
Prince Albert
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
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la Semaine
Paris Soir
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Atlantic City
Mark Twain
Twain
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Ohio
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