Congress Overrides Presidential Tax Bill Veto
The Senate saw a dramatic shift as Senator Barkley resigned as majority leader and urged an override vote on the tax bill veto. The piece discusses constitutional limits on vetoes, revenue concerns, and a Chevrolet survey predicting postwar car demand while noting the Wehde twins’ standout basketball season at Iowa and Iowa State.
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Barkley
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Foreign born and prisoner labor debate in farm work
Wallaces' Farmer argues farmers faced rush season demands with Jamaica and Mexico help as well as prisoners of war, while surplus labor sits in southern states. It questions restricting moving labor and urges Congress to remove the labor freezing clause and enable federal direction to move surplus workers where needed.
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Tennessee
Iowa
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Cooperative medical service urged for farm families
Wallaces’ Farmer argues that since access to doctors and hospital beds is often difficult for farm families in winter, an insurance plan paying annual fees for hospital and doctor access would help when urgent care is needed.
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Wallaces
European War May Not End This Year
Le Mars Sentinel reports optimism fading over an early European victory. Italian front progress stalled after Salerno and Anzio landings as Axis reinforcements arrive and weather hampers maneuvering. Belief grows that victory this summer is unlikely.
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le Mars Sentinel
Europe
Salerno
Anzio
Italy
Rome
Axis
Congress Overrides Roosevelt Tax Bill Despite Veto
Des Moines Register reports congressional resentment over Roosevelt's veto tone and votes to override, making the new tax bill law. Leaders publicized the clash, while social security taxes stay unchanged and the Victory tax sits at 3 percent on 1944 incomes. earned income tax credit is affected.
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Des Moines Register
Roosevelt
Congress
Red Cross War Fund Drive Urged to Exceed Quota
War fund appeal notes Red Cross value to soldiers. Blood plasma and surgical dressings from community donations aid field needs. Public urged to contribute more as western front looms and demands rise.
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RED Cross
Western Front
Government taps changes in 1944 tax measures and reports
The measures raise credits on 1944 incomes and increase excise taxes in utility bills and luxury items. Postage rates rise, excess profits tax climbs to 95 percent, and renegotiation appeals ease with end of the year. Non profits must file income reports in the future. Humboldt Independent notes critique of the New Deal penny suspension.
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Executive Department
Congress
Hickenlooper's Fine Record Praises Iowa Governor
Mason City Globe-Gazette notes nearly unanimous praise for Bourke B. Hickenlooper as a capable governor and potential U.S. senator. Breda News recalls wartime youth turning pilots and technicians into capable servicemen. Mt. Vernon Hawkeye Record cites Iowa State College study showing rural Iowa families have a higher living index than urban and farm families in 1940, underscoring Iowa's perceived prosperity.
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Mason City Globe-Gazette
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Towa
United States Senate
Hickenlooper
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye
Ray E. Wakey
Department of Economics and Sociology
Iowa State College
Iowa Farm Economist
United States
Iowa
Navy Chaplain Quips After Scalding Soup Incident
Marine combat correspondent Lt. Jeremiah H. O Leary recounts Chaplain Lonnie W. Meachum of Virginia Beach Virginia being doused with hot soup in a chow line. The chaplain kept his humor asking for a few appropriate words from a layperson.
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Jeremiah H. O'Leary
Marine Corps
Lonnie W. Meachum
Virginia Beach
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Whisky cure claim rejected by House member
A medical-minded member of the House challenged the claim that whisky cures influenza. Dr W S Russell argued whisky has no curative effect on influenza, except in the imaginations of those who drink it. The Humboldt Republican and Sioux City Tribune note archival opinions on church affiliation and civic unions, citing church statistics from 1926 and 1941 42.
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W. S. Russell
Russell
Sioux City Tribune
Federal Council of Churches
Postwar church growth and shared civic duty
The article notes church membership rising to 68,501,186 with gains concentrated in the 50 largest bodies each above 50,000 members. Roman Catholic and Protestant groups show similar increases, while unified action among the mass of denominations is unlikely. It argues for common interest to back a just panel for world problem settlement in postwar readjustment.
Boosting in Local Newsrooms Limits and Obligation
West Union Argo Gazet te discusses boosting local residents through publicity and the newspaper's duty to balance support with restraint. It argues for helping capable locals while avoiding excessive praise that harms credibility and public trust.
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West Union Argo-Gazette
Tankers and Towboats Built by Grain Company
Necessity for conversion to war production has spurred radical changes for many firms. Cargill, Inc., once a poultry and livestock feed maker, now builds ocean going tankers for the Navy at Port Cargill, Minnesota. Six tankers have been launched with two completed, signaling a major shift in peacetime routines.
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Cargill, Inc
Navy
Port Cargill
Minn
Women in Army Corps offer training and postwar paths
You can join the Women's Army Corps for expert Army training and a chance to gain new skills, meet people, and see places. Get full WAC details at a U.S. Recruiting Station or write The Adjutant General, 4415 Munitions Bldg, Washington DC. Release from employer or U S Employment Service required for women in essential war industry.
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WAC
U.S
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
U. S. Employment Service
River Towboats Build for Army Service on Mississippi
Reported by the paper that river towboats, rushing through construction by Cargill, are destined for U. S. Army use on the lower Mississippi and Ohio rivers after long voyages down the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers in Navy service.
Decorah Woman Totals Family War Relics Across Eras
Mrs. Burt Henning of Decorah preserves artifacts from her family including a grandmother's Revolutionary War flatiron, grandfather's Civil War drumsticks, and her father's World War I knives. Her brother Wilbur Davis serves in the current conflict, stationed in England.
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Decorah
Wilbur Davis
Henning
England
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