Mexico to Be Refuge for 20 000 Poles
The United States and Mexico plan to relocate about 20 000 Polish refugees from Iran to Mexico as part of a larger resettlement of some 60 000 Poles released by Soviet Russia. The move, supported by Herbert Lehman’s office, would cost roughly 5 000 to 10 000 dollars per person and uses Mexico as a haven agreed with Polish premier General Wadislaw Sikorski after his January visit.
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Iran
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
Mexico
Wadislaw Sikorski
Marshall Urges Congress On War Needs Amid Refugee Debate
The Herald expresses willingness to admit Polish refugees, about 20,000 if facilities permit, while Mexico agrees to take around 5,000. The transfer depends on shipping capacity and international routes including the South Seas and Persian Gulf. Congress discusses wartime needs and refugee intake.
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Journal and Herald - American
Mexico
South Seas
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Africa
Persian India
Dairy Leaders to Meet on Milk Price Ceiling
New York to host an emergency meeting of dairy leaders to appraise the government's proposed price ceilings for farmers milk and to seek protective action. Fred H Sexauer says the session is crucial for U S dairy farmers as vital decisions on milk pricing are near. OPA plans nationwide ceilings pegged from 2 75 to 4 80 per hundredweight with regional variation.
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New York
Fred H. Sexauer
Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association
United States
OPA
Five German Aliens Arrested by FBI in Chicago War Plant Case
The FBI announced the arrest of five German-born enemy aliens in Chicago, including a worker at a war plant making parachute flares for the Army and Navy. The laborer boasted of German aims and admitted thoughts of wrecking trains when intoxicated, according to FBI Chicago chief Spencer J. Drayton.
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INS
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Army
Navy
Spencer J. Drayton
January auto fee collections fall in New York state
New York motor vehicle fee collections for January totaled 17,787,131, down 12,469,161 from a year earlier, per the State Tax Department. Overall tax receipts for January declined 11,256,851 to 17,412,246 as automobile registrations dropped. Corporate franchise taxes rose, boosting total seven month year receipts to 200,009,415 versus 228,882,000 the prior year.
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Albany
New York
State Tax Department
Tax reaction trims fees across gasoline and estates
Officials note declines in taxes during the same period as motor vehicle fees stay steady. Other losses included alcohol and tobacco levies and personal income taxes, with declines also seen in gasoline and transit charges and estates.
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