Limiting Taxes: A Postwar Constitutional Debate
The piece argues for a 25 percent cap on income tax rates via a proposed twenty-second amendment. It notes broad support, with fourteen states calling for action and thirty-two needing to push Congress, then three-fourths of the states for ratification. Advocates claim lower taxes spur investment and employment, aiding national income and debt repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Committee For Constitutional Government
March 1901 and 1911 war parallels loom large in headlines
The piece links a temporary Allied-Nazi stalemate to pressing crises and forecasts decisive developments in March, comparing World War I momentum of March 1918 to looming March 1911 events. It notes Germany’s 1918 last major offensive and weighs current grim prospects against uncertain collapse before another war winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaly
France
Germany
Nazi Germany
Europe
War strain on Nazidom grows as Soviet push advances
The March wartime outlook notes Nazi surrender of the last Dnieper segment above Kiev and a German retreat from Russia. Weather and Allied bombing from Britain and Italy threaten German industry while signals point to an impending Anglo American assault from the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnieper
Baltic
Black Sea
Moscow
Soviet Russia
All Russia
Russia
Germany
Britain
Taly
Allies press at Anzio as German assault stalls
Berlin loudly claimed a quick breakthrough at Anzio but Allied firepower and steady defense kept the beachhead. American and British forces repelled repeated Nazi assaults, while sea guns pounded the lines. The Luftwaffe and armored units failed to break the Allied positions as weather improves, signaling a possible push toward Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Anzio
Berlin
Americans and British news censorship on the European invasion
The piece argues Americans deserve rapid, uncensored invasion updates while Britain imposes restraint. It notes the Rome bridgehead pleased the public, questions why progress seemed slower, and cites a harsh Italian press censorship clashing with U.S. warnings from Washington about excessive optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Washington
Roosevelt
William Turpin Listed Safe in England From Shady Spring Family
Private William C Turpin has landed safely in England with the army quartermaster corps after enlisting February 18 1943 and training at Camp Young California Fort Pierce Florida Camp Shank New York and is stationed at 3204 Q M Serv Co AP O 649 care of the postmaster New York N Y He asked friends to write and attended Shady Spring High School. His twin brother Robert Turpin lives in Shady Spring.
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L. E. Turpin
Shady Spring
William C. Turpin
England
Army Quartermaster Corps
Turpin
Camp Young
California
Pierce
Florida
Camp Shank
New York
W. C. Turpin
Q. M. Serv. Co
N. Y
Leutenant Frank Williams
Edwight
Finis Stovall
Lakeland
Kentucky
Ordnance Division
Army
Siece
Williams
W. B. Smith
William Hornsby
Whitesville
Central State Hospital
Charles Edwards Williams
Army Infantry
Italy
George Barbour
Virginia Longley
Jonben
Fort Bliss
Texas
Corporal Clifton Barbour
Tuscon
Arizona
Camp Pilot Knob
Sergeant Roach
Armed Forces
Egypt
Tunisia
Sicily
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Shady Spring High School
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Alderson
Claypool
Howard TE Little
Raleigh Register
Little
Beckley
Fort Lewis
Washington
Clarence Hancock
Moose Club
W. Va
Fort Douglas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Globe
Phoenix
Bluefield
Oak Hill
Gauley Bridge
Americans to be exchanged for German nationals from Lisbon party
In Biarritz German authorities will move about 350 American civilians interned in German territories to join the American diplomatic mission at Lisbon for exchange. They are to cross into Spain February 28 and be repatriated aboard the Gripsholm with 37 wounded U S prisoners diplomats and several hundred newspaper correspondents and other civilians.
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Irun
Biarritz
France
Lisbon
Spanish Frontier
Gripsholm
United States
Vienna Evacuation Prepared Amid March 1 Start
A Budapest dispatch reports Morgen Tidningen stating Vienna authorities plan to evacuate the city starting March 1 as tensions rise and safety measures are organized. The move reflects escalating risk in the region and coordination with national authorities.
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Budapest
Morgen Tidningen
Vienna
Cook Town and Circle Distances Stir Reader Letters
Readers debate how much distance changes with altitude 20000 feet. Cadet Falletty cites pi based math to argue 23.9 miles extra travel, while Shanklin and Owen offer similar figures. Notes on Hell's Angels bomber movie, Cook Town lore, telephone outages, and a soldier in England add local flavor.
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W. N. Shanklin
L. P. Owen
Sylvatus
C. T. Falletty
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
Long Island
Brother Shanklin
Brother Owen
Falletty
U. S. Merchant Marine Academy
Hallanan Attacks Funkhouser in Republican Split Fight
West Virginia Republican tensions flare as Walter Hallanan denounces Raymond Funkhouser at Kanawha County gathering. Hallanan accuses Funkhouser of lies about party loyalty and Dem connections while Dawson garners local support. The clash underscores a fracturing GOP ahead of primary battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Fuller
Associated Press
Charleston
Republican Party
National
Walter 5. Hallanan
Raymond J. Funkhouse
Hallanan
D. Boone Dawson
Funkhouser
Kanawha County
Republican Executive Committee
Daniel Boone Dawson
Dawson
Republican National Committee
M. M. Neely
Charles Town
U. S. Senate
Posses
Paresons
Filkins
Neely
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Committee Vn
Fairmont
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
Rush D. Holt
Weston
J. Blackburn Watts
Robert Li. Ramsay
Follansbee
Ramsay
Token System In Effect Tomorrow
The office of price administration announces a simplified rationing shift with red and blue tokens. Stamps in war ration book four will be worth 19 points each, tokens worth one point will be used for changes, and stamps remain valid for about two weeks. Grocers and government expect savings in time and printing costs as the program rolls out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administrate Item
OPA
Robert G. Wilbourn
Wilbourn
Willbourn
Five Whitesville registrants join the armed forces
Five men from selective service board number two in Whitesville have been inducted. The inductees are Ray Junior Charles, Neneil Callas Staver, Blonza Milton Sexton, Junior Iden McMyHon and George Francis Brewer Jr. One registrant remained silent as he entered the contest and withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Whites~ville
Armed Forces
Ray Junior Charles
Neneil Callas Staver
Blonza Milton Sexton
Iden McMy
George Francis Brewer, Jr
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