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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
16
Cecile Madison, a San Francisco chauffeur and city resident, was brought to court on speeding charges. She testified she was rushing to feed her seven year old son. The judge suspended her license and issued a caution.
Washington May BCI Resignations from the Office of Civilian Defense reached such proportions that top officials have delayed transfers of personnel to other agencies. Higher and lower ranks reportedly shopped for new posts as resignations spread, especially in the civilian participation division once led by Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt. Jonathan Daniels, son of a publisher and former secretary of the navy, now heads that division and denied a mass defection.
Philadelphia report on a borrower claiming a Farm Security Administration supervisor miscalculated his budget. He argued the plan lacks enough food, noting food shortages over two months. The borrower stated he married a widow with five children around two months prior.
Adolf Hitler named a storm trooper general as police chief of occupied France to curb resistance. In Tromorantin, three more hostages were executed, raising recent reprisal killings in France to ninety three as Reinhard Heydrich and Gen. Oberg tighten wartime policing.
Plans for the Spring meeting of the men of the First Congregational church are nearly complete under Clyde J. Robinson. Spencer D. Irwin of the Cleveland Plain Dealer will speak on America Takes the Offensive with a question period to follow. Reservations should be made at the church office. Hand embroideries shipped from Madeira to the United States last year were valued at 1,350,000 dollars, up 150,001 from 1340.
The House Ways and Means Committee debated Treasury and White House tax ideas with a focus on reducing exemptions. Proposals would lower exemptions for married couples, singles, and dependents, shifting tax burden toward middle income groups and potentially raising war revenue.
Bulletin from Washington reports two medium merchant vessels torpedoed in the Caribbean area. Survivors have been landed at an East Coast port. The brief item notes a treasury tax exemption discussion and mentions a women’s group forming a “hatless brigade” en route to South Africa.
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