Career Of Gen MacArthur Dims Exploits Of Fiction's Heroes
NEA Service presents a three article portrait of Douglas MacArthur tracing a career from West Point to chief of staff and battlefield commander. It highlights his early life, marriages legends, athletic interests, and pivotal roles in the Philippines, World War I, and World War II era, noting his return from retirement at Roosevelt's request. The piece previews further installments.
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Gen. MacArthur
Philippine Island
Douglas MacArthur
NEA Service
U. S. Army
Philippines
Tom Swift
West Point
France
P’ Artagnan
MacArthur
U. S
Roosevelt
P. S
Arthur MacArthur
Missionary Ridge
Father MacArthur
Manuel Quezon
Douglas
Philippine Army
Uch
Little Rock
Ark
Army
New Mexico
Army Post
Doug MacArthur
Academy
Washington
Manila
Japan
Mukden Hill
Philippine Scouts
Yugoslavia
Baker
Rainbow Division
America
Tax Exempt Items From Federal Income Tax Explained
The text lists categories exempt from federal income tax including life insurance proceeds paid on death, amounts under life or endowment contracts up to premiums paid, and annuity tax rules. It also notes gifts, bequests, certain state and federal obligations prior to 1941, accident and health insurance benefits, veterans’ pensions, ministerial housing rental value, alimony, and separation allowances as non taxable.
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District of Columbia
United States
Narrower ship plates urged by WPB in wartime
The War Production Board urged shipbuilders and steel plate users to switch to narrower steel plates from continuous strip mills, even changing specifications if needed. Officials said this could ease the bottleneck at shearing mills, affecting tanks, ships, armor, defense plants, and aviation fuel projects. Stanley Adams called the situation the real bottleneck in steel production and warned delays could impede arsenals, synthetic rubber, aluminum plants, and related facilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
Stanley Adams
Iron and Steel Branch
Snowball fun ends with boy struck by car in storm
Baltimore reports an eighty year old, John Hopkins, was hit by an automobile while throwing snowballs with neighborhood children. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and patrolmen warned about greater care in the snowstorm.
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Baltimore
John Hopkins
Hopkins
McKinley High Debaters Enter Invitational Tourney
McKinley High School varsity debate team will join an invitational practice tournament at Bellaire Saturday. Coach Clayton M Schindler announced three rounds in the morning and a luncheon panel on the topic What Is the Job of an American Boy or Girl to Aid Uncle Sam at the Present Time. Team members are Marjorie Gamble and William Borman affirmative and Richard Davies and Robert Newman negative.
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McKinley High School
Bellaire
Clayton M. Schindler
Sam
McKinley
Marjorie Gamble
William Borman
Richard Davies
Robert Newman
New Industries Open Land Rush in Nevada
Nevada state surveyor-general Wayne McLeod reports a surge in land claims as new industries enter the state. Las Vegas city attorney Harry Austin filed for 4,000 acres in Clark County, while Muda Townsend claimed all state public domain across White Pine Lincoln and Eureka counties.
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United Press
Carson City
Nevada
Wayne McLeod
Harry Austin
Las Vegas
Nev
Clark County
Muda” Townsend
Ely
White Pine
Lincoln
Eureka
McLeod
Chillicothe Plea to Reconsider Army Camp Site
Citizens of Chillicothe Ohio pressed for reconsideration as a potential site for a large army camp. War department officials said plans near Chillicothe were abandoned due to high land prices. Agriculture estimates put cost at 6 million dollars or 150 dollars per acre. A Chillicothe delegation urged officials to buy land for not more than 3 million.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Chillicothe
Department of Agriculture
Robert Patterson
Richard R. Moore
M. Clifford Townsend
New Jersey to Buy Home of Navy Hero
The state of New Jersey will purchase the brick birthplace of Capt. James Lawrence, born 1787, and maintain it via the historical sites commission. Lawrence died after the Chesapeake’s 1813 defeat to HMS Shannon, uttering Dont give up the ship, a phrase now emblematic of navy spirit.
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New Jersey
NAVY
United Press
Burlington
N. J
James Lawrence
America
State Commission On Historical Sites
Lawrence
Chesapeake
H.M.S. Shannon
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Louisville & Baltimore
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Bath
Naval Plant
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Ohio Bell Telephone Company
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