Haskell Denies New Deal Poll Link to Roosevelt Aides
New York October coverage reports Haskell stating a lieutenant governor race should not gauge New Deal strength. He emphasizes his record as soldier and administrator and pledges wartime support, while outlining postwar aid plans and campaign stops in Albany and major counties.
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cPi
New York State
Bol
Haskell
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Albany
Troy
Rochester
Westchester County
Queens County
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bronx
Richmond County
Alfred E. Smith
James A. Farley
Owen
Alben
Nazi Collapse Looms As Front Breaks Toward Poland
London strategists see a fall retreat across the Russian front possibly dragging Germany toward Poland and East Prussia while Allied forces press from the south. Hitler and Speer demand resolve as RAF and US air raids intensify, signaling a shift to home front blame.
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Poland
Prussia
London
Queab
Genndl
Becam
Hitler
Nazi Party
Des Lat
Farm Tool Rationing to Be Reduced
A War Food Administration official announced that farm machinery rationing will drop from 91 to 31 items starting October 15. The plan retains tractors harvesters and milking machines on the list with three schedules for production and distribution controls, expanding state level controls for some equipment while allowing higher manufacturing authorizations.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Lee Marshall
Office of Materials and Facilities
WFA
Scheduling for Tractor Equipment Distribution
Marshall described a plan to use three machines with a focus on tractor-mounted or tractor-drawn equipment. Distribution will align with tractor production and existing tractors, with no purchase restrictions. The plan allocates 80 percent of production to distribution and reserves 20 percent for adjustments.
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Marshall
U S Chamber Backs Sales Tax Plan Amid War-Time Debate
The U S Chamber favors a uniform nationwide sales tax at a 10 percent level could raise over 6 billion in 1944 but calls for no exemptions and no additional federal levies on retail purchases. Alvord argues postwar needs demand tax reform and ending excess profits taxes for corporations. Representative Robertson counters GOP savings claims as war budget reductions end.
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Alvord
Daa Wae Ba
A. Wills Robertson
D-Va
Ways and Means Committee
Wartime contract reforms reflect shift in spending
A quote notes potential savings had cost plus contracts and overtime pay reforms been adopted earlier. The speaker says the wartime expenditures phase is over and dismisses dwelling on past losses, saying there is no use talking about spilled milk.
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