Senate Begins Struggle With War Tax Bill
Washington Aug 10 The senate opened debate on the 2 006 970 000 war tax bill with a substitute from Gore La Follette and Thomas proposing to raise all revenue through income and excess profits taxes Senator Weeks seeks to equalize war profits taxes to ease burden on prewar losers Wheat state senators vow to tax cotton in exchange for wheat measures arguing shell making uses render cotton a war munition
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Potatoes See 100 Million Extra Bushels If Crop Forecast
Washington, Aug 10. One extra bushel per person is predicted if the potato crop meets the government estimate. Leon M. Estabrook of the estimate bureau forecast a 467 million bushel crop, 100 million above the average and 104 million above last year.
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Great shoe stock sale overwhelms Portland retailer
H M Rogers seizes the Larsen Mueller Shoe Co stock in Portland and launches a rock bottom sale. 2000 pairs of sample shoes unpacked for Saturday offers include Walk-Over and Florsheim men’s dress and work shoes, Red Cross and Mary Jane ladies styles, and kids’ footwear with dramatic price cuts. Tomorrow only, all items deeply discounted from $30,000 stock.
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War gardens flourish as Seattle residents boost food effort
Public Welfare Commissioner Callighan and Councilman Holton led a garden inspection tour with Mrs Mary Sutthoff, praising vacant-lot plots that bloom with potatoes cabbages and tomatoes across Seattle. Gardeners like W H Gill and M Strehlan report lush yields and plans to sow Clover cover for next year. Theft and seed quality are noted concerns while community plots spread citywide.
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Rogers Great Clothing Sale Moves Saturday
Mackinaws logger shoes slicker coats and man’s dress and work wear go at the lowest prices ever placed on world’s standard merchandise. Crowds pack the store from morning till night as stock is reduced to about one half original cost. MEN’S CLOTHING MUST MOVE SATURDAY. Two huge lots and a great free offer for the day.
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Private Pay Rises From Fifteen to Thirty Dollars
A reader asks the salary of a private. the reply notes the base pay has increased to $30 per month, up from $15. The exchange appears in Cynthia Grey's Letters, clarifying military compensation.
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Dear Miss Grey Travel Partner Plan
A girl seeks a travel partner to work her way across the country, hoping to save funds by stopping in cities to earn money for the next leg. She asks for advice on finding a like minded companion, noting most friends are married or unwilling to travel.
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Awakening to a New Adventure Opens for a Woman
A fragment suggests a woman has led a life until now and faces a life changing opportunity. The line hints at a shift toward a new, bold journey and personal awakening.
Kipling Publishes New Short Story Volume A Diversity of Creatures
Beryl notes Kipling has not produced new books for seven years and reports a new collection titled A Diversity of Creatures. The piece questions whether Kipling is still writing and marks the first publication in that interval.
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Chaperon's Expenses Are a Good Investment
A letter outlines six girls planning a Vacation camp. They seek a cottage for weeks and estimate total costs per girl at 35 or 40 dollars. The group asks if they should pay the chaperon's fare and living expenses, noting the chaperon may offset costs by her care and responsibility.
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