Treasury says ten percent sales tax could raise over nine billion
Treasury estimates a 10 percent sales tax would yield more than 9.1 billion in war revenue, even with government purchases and war contractor purchases included. It notes rents and personal services excluded and cites wholesale and manufacturer tax splits. The proposal shifts favor toward sales taxation over higher income taxes amid committee debate.
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Eton i
Sulaithen
Brooklyn
Comerce
Civerigan
British Forces Reinforced By Chinese Troops
Mandalay Burma March 18 Allied forces receive reinforcements from Chinese infantry as they dig in south of Mandalay against an anticipated Japanese drive from Rangoon. British and Chinese troops move south of the city, aiming to bolster defenses while preparing a possible counteroffensive. Rangoon’s fall complicates supply lines and communications for Allied commanders.
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Burma
Ranfoen
Rangeef
London
China
Rangoon
Farlou
Paris
Last Minute Filing Screens at Local Post Office Office
Only a few hours remained for filing income tax returns at the local internal revenue office in the post office basement. Deputy collector Rimbach noted lighter fines and queues, as many filers had already submitted returns and gathered to make payments before tonight’s deadline.
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Rimbach
Internal Revenue
Rimsbad
Weather brief hints at mild south Ohio temperatures
Mild temperatures spread through the southern portion of Ohio with a rise in readings this afternoon and tonight. Showers are forecast later today and again tonight as a weather system moves through. Market news and other items appear on page two.
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Ohio
Gigantic Allied Drive Forming to Attack Japan From India
New Delhi reports a major war front is being built across India Burma and Australia with the United States Britain and China pooling troops tanks guns and planes. Air Chief Peirse says American staff and planes are arriving as US forces prepare to push into Burma and then Japan, while Chinese troops reinforce the Burma front and Cripps sails to India to seek a political pact.
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India
United States
British Empire
China
Burma
Australia
Japan
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Sir Richard Peirse
Jaane
Louis Johnson
M. Wilton
Washington
Mandalay
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Sumatra
Orers
Calcutta
Stateman
Hitler vows summer defeat of Reds amid war memorial doubt
London reports that Adolf Hitler pledged to crush Russia in the forthcoming summer, signaling his belief in Soviet winter defeats. He blamed Jews and Marxists for the war and warned that last winter’s losses would be surpassed in the next campaign. Observers note the remark as an admission of Soviet resilience and a reframed timetable for the German offensives. The article cites Berlin memorial day remarks and references prior predictions of spring campaigns.
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Hitler
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Wither
England
Fear Elyrian Has Fractures Of Both Legs
Robert Bruce Marttan, 40, of 07 Ninth Street, suffered serious injuries in a noon accident on Cleveland Street at the city limits. He was pinned between two trucks when a hoist failed, fracturing both legs. Witnesses said Bruce was between the trucks as a starter failed, and a 2 by 4 became wedged between the vehicles. He and another driver were taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Ninth Street
Riruve
Brace
Bruce
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Tineh
Thiryee
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Serio
Hitler speech signals imminent collapse of Nazi regime
State Department spokesman Sumner Welles told reporters Hitler’s denouncement of the democracies reveals his own recognition of impending defeat. He said the German and Italian peoples, like the nations of the United Nations, know a free world cannot rise until Hitlerism and its gangsters are crushed and defeated.
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Washington
Sumner “Welles
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Welles
United Nations
Hillerism
Elyria Opens Public Bicycle Stand Amid War Era Ration
Elyria unveiled its first public bicycle stand at the corner of Broad Street and Middle Avenue by Ely Park. Built by Adolph Reinke of the city street department, the orange stand holds tight bicycles and will be expanded to three units with potential more as demand from riders grows.
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Ely Park
Adolph Reinke
J. C. Faxon
Crnveni
Faxon
Numerere
Man Held Over Alleged Ordnance Plant Item on Yacht
Detectives jail William A. Grieve, 44, on charges he concealed property tied to the Tom Book Ordnance plant aboard his yacht. Items included tarpan, tins, a wheelbarrow, mail, pipe, and paint. An important notice about Four Five and Six room Defense houses appeared in Tuesday's paper.
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Tom Book Ordnance Plant
Sarhi
E. J. Verzee
Elyria Vald
Tueaday
Adve
Mrs Roosevelt Urges Oberlin Youth to Know Why They Fight
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told Oberlin College Saturday that youths must understand what they are fighting and dying for and work to ensure a peaceful world after victory. She warned against repeating postwar mistakes and urged thinkers to plan ahead, noting money is not riches in the transition from war to peace. Continued on Page 1.
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Walter Godfrey
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Washington
Traffic Crashes Cause Injury Of 6 Persons
Multiple traffic accidents over the weekend injured six people and led to several arrests for traffic violations. A motorcyclist, Nes bit Reeder, 24, of 1043 West Ninth Street Lorain, suffered a fractured skull and severe leg lacerations after his bike side swiped a car on Oberlin Road at 2 am. Williams of Bi Park Avenue, driver of the other car, had a forehead cut and Lois Frye sustained facial injuries. Injured riders were taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Tawrence Williams
Bi Park Avenue
Williams
Alex Moyes
Tetisiana Avenue
Lois Frye
Plaza Apartments
Elytia Memorial, Hospital
Marty Robert North Ridteailie
Weet Beldee Street
Bread
Walter Gough
RL D. 1
SI Albert E. Willams
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Dli
Charce
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Cleveland Street
Marvin Chandler
Za Sretnd Street
Gloyx Bidgen Spencer
Ruth Leiby
Spencer
U.S. Army
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Cailte
Mike Stepic
1610
Eataverur
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Hin
Driver Of Truck Held For The Grand Jury
Lawrence Wright, 40, of Vickery, Ohio, driver in a Route 1A crash west of Wellington, was arraigned on second degree manslaughter charges after Dewey Wilbur Norman, 43, of Cuyahoga Falls, died. Wright posted a $1,000 bond. Norman, president of Falls Screw Products Co., died at Falls Clinic. Mrs. Virginia Knuth, 70, of Cuyahoga Falls, suffered a fractured skull and remained serious. Norman leaves a wife and two daughters. burial in Cuyahoga Falls planned.
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Vickery
Wellington
Dewey Wilbur Norman
Cuyahoga Falls
Wright
Justice of the Peace
M.C. Cummings
Fr Norman
Falls Screw Products Co
Paus Clinic
Virginia BR. Knuth
Cuyahoza Falls
Norman
Falls Clinic
Robert Carneck
Curahe Falls
War Summary Across Fronts and Domestic Incident in Marysville
War briefs report Allied strains in India Burma and China theatres with British and Chinese units advancing toward key junctions in Burma while Australia conducts air strikes on Japanese bases. In the Philippines quiet persists and Soviet claims near Kharkov crest. A Marysville shooting results in the death of a 20-year-old guard who killed a warehouse intruder.
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UTATH
Marysville
Lester Holt
Holt
Duteau
First Lady Mrs Roosevelt Visits Oberlin Event
Mrs Pranktiin D Roosevelt appears at Finney Chapel for the Intercollegiate Student Conference plenary session traveling solo on a Cleveland to Oberlin bus. She speaks calmly to a crowd of students, meets reporters, and declines discussing administration politics, outlining ten objectives on Latin American relations.
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Cleveland
Oberlin
Pranktiin D Roosevelt
Finney Chapel
Suilding
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dorothy Dosch
Picolympe
Sears
Roowrelt
Trally
Rome
United States
Draft Lottery To Be Held Tomorrow
Washington announces the first wartime draft lottery in 24 years. At 6 pm EWT Secretary of War Henry L. Samson will draw the first numbers from the famous roldfich bowl to determine the order in which February 16 selective service registrants will be called up. The ceremony echoes World War I procedures used by Woodrow Wilson.
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Henry
Samson
Woodrow Wilson
Nalion
Sharp Blows Struck At Jap Invaders
Melbourne March 1 Allied air offensive in the southwest Pacific gains emphasis with reports of heavy Allied raids against Japanese bases. An afternoon raid by seven Japanese planes on Port Darwin failed after two formations. A major Allied raid hit Timor, Japan’s main base, while fighter activity increased in the Torres Strait area. Military censorship limits detail.
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Melbourne
Southwest Pacific
Port Darwin
Darwin
Lone American Bomber Raids Jap Airfield at Abaul New Britain
Washington reports a lone American heavy bomber raided a Japanese airdrome at Abaul on New Britain. The aircraft damaged runways and destroyed at least two enemy planes, returning unharmed. The mission targeted the New Britain Theatre of Operations as Allied bombers weaken Japanese supply lines ahead of potential actions toward northern Australia.
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Abaul
New Britain
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Rabaul
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New Gainea
Japanese Raid on Port Darwin Strikes Australian North
Canberra reports Japanese planes raided Port Darwin today. Prime Minister Curtin said the raid caused considerable damage and featured bombing and machine gun fire from enemy aircraft. American air reinforcements have been bolstering Australian defenses.
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Port Dare
Jeb Carefin
Oe Curtin
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