Tax bill moves through Congress with broad excise hikes
Washington Jan 31 revision of a wartime tax measure allows a corporate deduction for veterans organizations gifts as a business expense and advances a plan to raise liquor to nine dollars a gallon. The bill imposes a 20 percent levy on furs jewelry cosmetics luggage and 30 percent on night clubs cabarets. It also tightens taxes on telephone service movie admissions clubs wines beers and other services while boosting postal rates corporate excess profits and individual income taxes. Main disputes linger over War Contracts Renegotiation Law amendments.
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Not Guilty Is Briggs Plea in Hopkins Case
George N. Briggs pleaded not guilty to forgery charges over the Hopkins letter. The former aide to Secretary Ickes asked for three weeks to file pretrial motions while bonds remained at 33,000. Briggs called himself a victim of power and politics after the debated letter surfaced in Washington.
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Bomb Torn Berlin Strikes As Allied Air Attacks Grow
Allied air forces pound Germany and northern Italy with daylight and night raids. In Brunswick and Hannover massive bombing by American bombers and Liberators. 91 Nazi planes downed. Frankfurt heavily damaged. overall four days of heavy action dump about 7000 tons of bombs. U S table silver taken by federal employees as shortages bite. Maj Gen Guy Simonds promoted to acting lieutenant general and command of a Canadian corps.
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Hitler Warns Of Bolshevism If Nazi Germany Falls
The article reports Adolf Hitler claiming nations like England ignored Jewish influence and would fall to Bolshevism after a German defeat. He warned the Kremlin would erase the German people in victory, and that international Jewry sought Europe’s destruction, with dire forecasts for cultural survival and a Purim-like celebration if Europe is destroyed.
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Make Up Your Minds Italian SS Corps Recruiting Call
The Neofascist puppet government in Cremona urges Italians to enlist in the new Italian SS Corps described as Europe’s best armed and most glorious military formation. Recruiting offices are set up in Undine Venice Province. inquiries promise to retain army rank and offer short training for heroic military honor. My Honor Is My Fidelity.
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Allied Drive Anzio Bridgehead Pushes Through German Defense
Allied forces press the Anzio area advance with a flanking move around Cassino after engineers span the Rapido with a log bridge and corduroy road. American infantry exploited tank advances while air power hit German nests and supplied bases in northern Italy. Casualties and wreckage mounted as commanders warned of possible withdrawal toward the mountains near the Cassino corridor.
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Jap Regiment Cut to Pieces On Ledo Road
New Delhi reports Brig. Gen. Hayden Boatner says a full Japanese regiment was hacked to pieces by Chinese troops along the Ledo Road in Burma and another is being drawn in for a similar fate. He also notes Stilwell’s forces have penetrated about 100 miles into Burma as part of a three pronged operation.
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14 Jap Ships Sunk by Subs In Marshalls
The report outlines Japanese ships sunk by submarines during the Marshalls operation. It notes Allied shelling and bombing of Kwajalein Maloelap and Wotje, with broadcasts forecasting a major invasion. Pearl Harbor dispatches indicate a large U S task force, possibly landing, as Allied forces push toward Japanese holdings in the central Pacific.
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Petersons Ointment Advertisement Promise Relief
Advertisement touts relief from itching pimples eczema and skin blemishes with Petersons Ornament Ointment priced at 5 cents. Claims soothing action for irritated tired feet and between toe skin. Money back if not satisfied at one location.
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Oswego Tax Office Extends Hours for 1944 County Taxes
Oswego city chamberlain announces extended hours until 4 PM to collect county taxes. Today is the final day to pay 1944 county taxes without penalty, warned City Chamberlain William A. Leask.
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Household Finance Loan Installment Offer
You may repay your loan in 2 to 12 convenient monthly instalments. The sooner you repay the less your loan costs. At 214 percent per month a 100 loan repaid in six instalments of 18.15 costs 8.90. A 300 loan repaid in three instalments costs 13.59. Money to solve your problem. You may get cash to pay old debts taxes doctor bills help relatives. For extra cash phone write or visit Household Finance.
Dignitaries Attend First Roosevelt Ball in Moscow
In Moscow at the Spasso House, diplomats and soldiers from many nations gathered for a first presidential birthday ball for Franklin D. Roosevelt. British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr sent regrets while high Russian officials attended, including Maim Litvinoff and V. G. Dekanozov. Attendees toasted the President, enjoyed a buffet of American and Russian dishes, and danced to a Soviet jazz band.
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Labor Shortages Base in Massena And Utica Regions
The War Manpower Commission reports January changes in labor areas. Massena New York moves from Group 1 to Group 2 indicating tight labor and potential shortages within six months. Framingham Marlboro Massachusetts enters as Group 3 with slight reserves after six months. Utica Rome shifts from Group 2 to Group 3. Group 4 areas show substantial reserves after six months.
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Town Auto Kills Man in Hanover Route 20 Crash
Jamestown coroner probes the death of 62 year old Marko M. Mogus after an official Hanover vehicle struck him on Route 20 in Sheridan. The car was reportedly driven by Constable William H. Fawdrey.
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Yugoslavia Treaty Plan Rejected by Moscow
Moscow turned down a proposal for a treaty of alliance and friendship from King Peter's government in exile, saying the time is not yet. Tito leads the Yugoslav resistance. King Peter's exile government is disavowed by partisan leaders, with fighting continuing in Montenegro and the Croatian coast.
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