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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1941
Page
5
The report notes a U S shipping loss on the West Coast amid tax figures and fiscal year activity. Cigaret tax receipts for the first five months reached 11 021 493 dollars, up from 10 329 753 dollars in the corresponding 1940 period.
London December 22 Four Laborites were elevated to the House of Lords to bolster the party’s strength in the upper chamber bringing the total Labor peers to 17. King George VI conferred a viscountcy on Squadron Leader William Wedgwood Benn and a barony on Charles Latham and Josiah Wedgwood. The move, described as state policy rather than political honors, aims to balance a coalition government.
Congress opens a two week informal holiday period as war problems loom for the next session. Leaders plan limited recesses while considering a broad agenda including a sales tax, wage withholding, price controls, anti strike measures, and deep cuts in nondefense spending.
A tense conference was recalled without a labor agreement as Senator Mead warned of potential repressive legislation if talks fail. Congress met in a historic session after declaring war on Japan Germany and Italy and expanding the draft to men aged 18 to 61 with service duration for those drafted.
The U S Navy pressed a coastwise hunt using air surface and subs to track suspected Japanese submarines after two tanker attacks off Cape Mendocino and Monterey. Emidio was shelled and partially sunk, with 22 missing per communique but ship crew reports differently, while Agwiworld escaped as submarine fired eight shells before vanishing.
In Kunming a communique reports that the American Volunteers Group shot down six of ten Japanese planes in their first engagement near Chungking on Saturday. The defenders suffered no losses.
New York tax records show October motor fuel sales fell by 1,849,919 gallons from October 1940 amid gasoline conservation. The four cent tax produced 6,645,564 dollars, down from 6,724,696. Alcohol receipts also dropped by 1,530,011 while cigarette levies rose by 187,000.
A motorist claimed eight ghostly reindeer were spotted in Bear Mountain Park on Yuletide day. Keepers explained the animals were elk wandering from their enclosure, dispelling the spooky rumor.
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