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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
1
Washington faces a seventh deficit year as a billion-dollar tax bill passes Senate. Higher income, estate, and production taxes loom to fund an “emergency” defense program not to be fully delivered before 1943. President Roosevelt notes much of defense is still on order.
Warnings rise over changes to wage hour and defense production rules. National Defense Commission inquiries show current policy stifling essential industries. Critics compare proposed measures to France’s Popular Front era and its impact on aviation and utilities.
Former NRA administrator Hugh S Johnson recalls his two year leadership in the inner White House circle and argues the Recovery Act authorized spending to re employ and defend. He cites 1934 1983 as years of major policy writing and accuses the administration of wasteful allocations including a 3 300 000 000 grant to Harry Hopkins in the Hitler era.
Attorney General attacks Congress for attempting to deport Harry Bridges the west coast labor leader active in the CIO and blamed for organizing strikes. Supporters include Madam Perkins of the Labor Department and powerful backers while Dies Committee gains public credibility. Some call for action against John L. Lewis to end sit-down strikes.
The piece recalls 23 years of prewar missteps with powder plants, guns, grenades, planes, and ships that failed to reach the front while Pershing and Mayo led a costly recovery. It urges Congress to ensure future billions reach trusted businessmen and to inform lawmakers of public expectations.
The 1940 Revenue Act takes effect July 1 increasing cigarette taxes by 12 cents per pack and 25 cents per thousand for regular sizes, 115 cents per pack for large cigarettes, with floor and return forms to be issued. A floor tax applies to distilled spirits, with inventory dated July 1 1940, and higher taxes per barrel on beer and per gallon on liquor.
A 1940s era public notice argues for strict immigration screening and counting underrepresented groups, while detailing tax increases on gasoline radios admissions and consumer goods. It calls for a national mobilization funding war material, higher wages, price controls, and a shift to expand incomes across classes to fund defense.
Wilfred Shaw of the Illinois Agricultural Association told the Western Branch of the American Public Health Association in Denver that dairy complaints about milk ordinances are partly justified. He urged local appeals boards, reduced inspector costs, and removal of provisions that hinder milk flow without improving quality, noting the higher prices demanded by strict rules.
The piece notes government workers funded by WPA and other agencies include Communists Nazis and non citizens. It says relief recipients must swear they are not aliens Communists or Nazi Bund members or lose relief. It mentions penalties for false statements and cites an awakened Congress.
Mr and Mrs Porter Simcox Jr and son Loy of Greenville visited Mrs Louie Wasem Sunday. Mrs D W Troyer and daughter Helen were guests at the wedding dinner of Max Bryan and Elsie Williams in Vera Sunday. Dean Wilson of DuQuoin visited last Thursday with Ingvald Settem and N Cruse.
The Loyal Workers class of the Christian Church and Aid held their regular meeting at Mrs. Dollie Wooters home in Centralia Illinois. Pearl Hudspeth led devotion followed by song and scripture. Members enjoyed social hour with gifts for June birthdays and embroidered tea towels.
The text attacks Hillman as a Communist organizer and questions his appointment to the National Defense Advisory Commission, arguing no action by the President could ease public distrust given his position on a body handling US security.
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