Treasury Blunder Sparks Tax Clash With Congress
The House Ways and Means committee dismisses a new tax plan from the treasury secretary amid accusations of waste and political manipulation. Critics warn the administration is leaning on an election year stance while Treasury officials debate overdrafts, war funding, and the balance between production and economy.
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Democratic Ways and Means Committee
House
Treasury
England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Congress
Byrd
Wirpte
George
Georgia
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Carrier planes open Pacific drive toward Tokyo
A News Behind The News piece argues the Wake Island carrier buildup signals a Pacific offensive aimed at Tokyo. It notes 15 new aircraft carriers afloat, with some over 25 000 tons, and discusses carrier range across the Pacific and implications for war and postwar policy.
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Washington
Wake Island
Pacific
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Wasp
Hermet
Iran
Civilian Conservation Corps recruits from Bexar county
Ten and twenty years ago items note that 364 of the 10,920 CCC recruits in the Fifth Corps area will come from Bexar county. Another item states that about 100 quartermasters remaining in San Antonio will be removed.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Keranny
Fighth Corps
Bexar County
W. B H. Tutule
San Antonio
Drinking Women and the Gentlewoman Ideal in Norris Series
Kathleen Norris argues against habitual bargoing by women, defending refined conduct and temperance. She contrasts Victorian dignity with modern lives, noting alcohol's impact on families and marriages, and urges societal effort to foster decency, self control, and safe homes for future generations.
Columbus Day Reflections on Freedom and Italian American Heritage
The piece honors Columbus as a faith driven explorer and traces Italian American contributions from colonial days to World War II. It lauds liberty, faith, and patriotism, highlighting figures like Mezzei, Paca, Brumidi, Botta, and Italian American soldiers, and urges unity with Italy against tyranny while envisioning a peaceful, free world.
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Harry H. Schlacht
America
Christopher Columbus
Bethlehem
Earth
Columbus
Jamestown
Plymouth Rock
Filippo Mezzei
Thomas Jefferson
William Paca
Constantine Brumidi
Washington
Carlo Guiseppi Botta
Lincoln
Italy
Tojo
Hitler
Torn O'Reilly
Those Texans By Jame Dr Anson Jones Texas Senator Tragedy
Dr Anson Jones, once minister to the United States, was elected to finish an unexpired Senate term after William i Wharfo died from wounds from an accidental gun discharge. A veteran of San Jacinto, Jones later became Texas president in 1844 and, near Houston, death by suicide in 1858 ended a storied career marked by ties to Houston and Lamar.
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Jame
Anson Jones
van Buren
Texas
United States
Republic
William i. Wharfo
Houston
Jones
San Jacinto
Lke Pexas
Dronon
Meo
Mijas Mary McGrory
Austin
Dr. Jorie
Capito Hotel
U. S
D. Plnckney Renderson
Dr. Jones
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Alexander Hamilton
Bernard M. Baruch
City of
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Kenneth G. Grawford
Crawford
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Dunkirk
Far Pacific
State Department
Elec
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Hinshaw
Henderson
Ride Features Syndicate, Inc
L. A. Light Files
Kathleen Norris
Schumann
Edward
Sally
Hollywood
Diane
Diana
Man
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