Direct tax or consumer impact in wartime notes from Orange California
An editorial urges direct taxation on business production and distribution to avoid hidden consumer costs and national debt. It argues indirect taxes harm all, calls for economies in government, and stresses preparing for defense while highlighting Orange California's pioneer heritage and harvest parade. It ends by asking how much a Russian threat would frighten the Nazi menace.
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Congress
England
Orange
Calif
Golden State
America
West
June Tests for Railroads and War Readiness
Defense chiefs look to June to reveal if railroads can handle the freight surge from the defense program and whether the government must take control. Mobilized 25 000 cars aim to meet Texas crop demand while avoiding storage and delays. Mechanization spreads in the U S Army with Col Eugene Regnier commanding recon units. Only 201 draft religious objectors are approved across eight training camps financed largely by Quakers and Mennonites. Prime Minister Menzies warns Britain must defend now and build a war machine by 1943 with American help to win the war.
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National Defense Chiefs
Texas Panhandle
Europe
U. S
Stimson
Eugene Regnier
Gene
First Cavalry Division
Regnier
Washington
el Paso
Texas
Innes P. Swift
Camp Patapsco
Elkridge
Grottoes
Lagro, Inc
San Dimes
Calif
Richmond
Ind
Marietta
Ohio
Colorado Ae Colo
Cooperstown
N. Y
Quakers
Mennonites
United Brethren
Menzies
Australia
Britain
America
Roosevelt fireside chat sets course for aid to Britain and China
Reactions abroad overshadowed U S responses as President Roosevelt pledged continued aid to embattled democracies and promised wider action. British and German press weighed the speech while Knudsen reported record wartime production and plans to accelerate aircraft and tank output toward grand macro goals.
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United States
Roosevelt
Britain
China
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
U. S
Vichy Active Again and Battles in the Atlantic
Reports show Vichy strengthening German ties as French flag vessels are sunk in the Mediterranean, including a 5,000 ton tanker bound for Tripoli and an 18,000 ton Axis liner carrying German troops. The era’s naval battles underscore air power’s rising prominence and the Hood Bismarck clash reshapes naval warfare debates.
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Vichy
Mediterranean
Tripoli
North Africa
Dakar
Crete Turn, Air Mastery Define War’s Outcome Debate
In Crete the battle split the view between German claims of victory and British notes of gallant defense. British shipping shots down 5000 Germans at sea while air power dictated the tempo. Analysts question if the Crete formula could threaten Britain, while Germany rushes to secure the Mediterranean as American aid looms.
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America
Atlantic Ocean
H. M. S. Hood
Bismarck
Atlantic
Crete
Reich
Hitler
Britain
British Isles
England
North Africa
Balkans
Near-East
Mediterranean
Greece
Norway
France
Low Countries
Germany
Singapore
India
Gailani
Iraq
Suez
Minton Joins U S Court Of Appeals
Ex Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana appointed to the U S court of appeals marking the third judiciary reward for a member of the senate lobby investigation committee whose exposes on utility lobbying helped spur the holding company law. Hugo Black is Supreme Court justice and Lewis Schwellenbach a Washington federal district judge.
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Sherman Minton
Indiana
U. S. Court of Appeals
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Hugo Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Lewis Schwellenbach
Washington
Weekly News Analysis Editorial Voice From Western Union
Analysis columns present editors opinions on weekly events released by the Western Newspaper Union. The piece reflects syndicated viewpoints rather than the paper's official stance and signals the mood of press commentary during the period.
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Western Newspaper Union
KitchenTips From Everyday Household Practices
Practical notes on food storage cleanliness and laundry care. The text advises refrigerating uncooked meats to reduce bacterial growth, limiting soap in laundry to avoid slippery fabric, moistening knives for neater egg cuts, using tea as a punch base, and drying glassware directly from hot suds for a high shine.
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Wright Patterson
Washington, D. C
OPM
Knudsen
Wheeler
Weygand
Near East
de Gaulle
Ethiopia
Petain
Laval
Darlan
Winant
Ambassador Winant
Africa
Merry
Edward C. Wayne
Hemisphere
Rep
Hamilton Fish
New York
Army
Specialists’ Reserve
Fish
Fort Bragg
N. C
J. Fuller
Jerry Link
Doc Wiggins
Colton
Anasing
Francis de Sales
Tacitus
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