Congress weighs excess profits tax aims and objections
Washington August 9 Congress moves toward a quick excess profits tax bill for defense production. Rep Voorhis opposes amortization allowing deduction of plant expansion costs. National Lawyers Guild objects to repealing Vinson Trammell limits on warship profits. National Economy League urges moderate rates to avoid dampening defense investment. Hearings set to begin with Ways and Means and Senate Finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aus
Congress
Rep
Voorhis
D-Cal
National Lawyers Guild
National Economy League
House
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
Legisation
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
DWC
Lawyers Guild
Economy League
Found Slain Princess Has Son
Rome reports the Princess Maria, youngest daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele, gave birth to a son today following her marriage to Prince Louis of Bourbon Parama in January 1939. The ceremony linked the royal families amid the ongoing crisis following the princess’s death.
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Rome
Soni
Maria
Virrello Emanuele
Louis of
Bourbon-Parama
Deaths and obituaries from Beaver Creek and nearby towns
Notices of Mrs Charlotte R Eccard of Beaver Creek who died in Huntedale Pa after fifty five years there with surviving children in several towns. Harry C Margal of Greencastle who died aged 82 with several children and grandchildren. Warvel Pangborn former NYC CPA died in Brooklyn aged 79 with brothers listed. John H Rohrer of Roanoke Va died aged 74 with sister in Funks Town and plans for interment in Hagerstown. A R J Fred Palmer 56 of Cleveland burned in Hudson wreck noted as uncle of Frank Knapp Jr with reference to YMCA contacts.
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Chariotte R. Eccard
Nathan
Joe Newcomer
Carlisle
Calvin N
William W
California
Harry C
Margal
Greencastle
Waynesboro
Trinity Reformed Church
Order of Owls
Claire
Luther W
Stephen
Greencastie
Gold Clopper
Washington
De’einck
Brooklyn
N.Y
Pangborn
Thomas ‘W. Pangborn
John
Hagerstown
Brookyn
Biblic, Accountants
Pangborn & Fanghorn
New York City
N. Y
John H. Rohrer
Roanoke
City
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Josima D. Rhodes
Funkstown
J. Fred Palmer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Hudson
Frank Knapp
Would Extend Conscription Age to 41 Years
The measure would raise the conscription age to 41 and require reservists with dependents to resign within 20 days after enactment. It faces Senate opposition and debate on deployment limits, with estimates of 296,000 guardsmen and reserves eligible for a year's service, and early talks of September registration and a phased drafting start.
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Chamber
Adams
in-Colo
Continental
United States
Philippines
Hemisphere
Latin America
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Don. George. Marshall
Army
Guard
National Guard
Beef Economy Tragedy in Kansas City Carcass Salvaged
In Kansas City on August 9 Robert Proett, a 20 year old, 750 pound cart operator, died after his vehicle struck a truck. Neighbors gathered as county farm agent Wayne Sister suggested on the spot salvage by butchering. Using knives and axes, the carcass was shaved, washed, and quartered for a neighborhood barbecue.
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Kansas City
Robert Proett
Xand
Robert
Wayne Sister
Preett
U.S. Producing 10,800 Planes A Year at Navy Yard
Defense commission reports aircraft factories turning out about 900 planes monthly. By January 1 output rises to 1,500 monthly with growth thereafter. Employment climbs from 56,800 to near 75,000. Contracts totaling 1.792 billion dollars set, including 7 million for combat planes. Overtime rules expand to 96,000 shipyard workers. 40 hours plus overtime pay.
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U.S
Navy Yard
Washington
America
The
Defense Commission
Wiliam S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Commission
Hillman
Knox
Tragic death in jail reported in Ocala
In Ocala Florida a mother visiting her 19 year old son on bicycle theft charges found him dead, his body hanging from a belt tied to a cell window. Desk Sergeant J F Williams said the youth Carl Holmes had asked a janitor for comic papers to read moments before the discovery by police officer Kenneth Alvarez and the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocala
Fla
J. F. Williams
Carl Holmes
Kenneth Alverez
Tearful Debut in Alton Ends With Tear Gas Incident
Customers touring a new store in Alton Illinois on August 9 were impressed by the modern quarters yet overwhelmed by a tear gas bomb misfire. Employees demonstrated security devices as the blast caused tears and the crowd toEvacuate, leaving the shop temporarily empty.
Slow Trolleys and a DOVE Nest Story
A Denver report notes motormen told to ease past a South Denver switch plate as a mourning dove nests nearby with hatchlings expected soon. In Baltimore a 19 year old mother Mrs Margaret Soper drowns during a dawn swim at Patapsco river near Hanover street bridge. Another Baltimore ship worker Alvin Gray Franklin, 28, is killed when a vehicle crashes into the cemetery wall at Holy Cross cemetery Cedar Hill near Glen Burnie.
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Denver
Baltimore
Spring Gardens
Patipsco
Margaret Soper
Alvin' Gray Franklin
Holy Cross
Cedar Hill
Glen Burnle
Ritchie Highway
Four Of Original Cabinet Remain
Washington August 9 James A Farley resignation as Postmaster General leaves in office only four of the ten members of President Roosevelt's original cabinet. One of that quartet Secretary Wallace plans either to resign or take a leave of absence when he begins campaigning later this month for the vice presidency. Secretary Hull Interior Ickles and Secretary Perkins then will be the sole remaining representatives of the group sworn in after the President's first inauguration. Neptune Ducked Venice Cal Aug 3 To all the pictures King Neptune arising from the sea is a majestic figure but he was a sad bedraggled sight last night. The King and 0 members of his court were dumped unceremoniously into the Pacific when a ramp leading from his brilliantly sighted Coat to the pier collapsed as he arrived to start the annual mardi gras parade.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Agriculture Wallace
Hull
Interior Ickles
Labor
Perkins
Neptune
Venice
Calif
King Neptune
Pacific
Man Convicted After Slot Machine Alibi Backfires
In Goldsboro on August 9 a county court found a man guilty after he claimed the illegal slot machine he owned had been out of order for years and that he used it to store money. The court ordered four tests and a single nickel produced a 4.05 dollar jackpot. The defendant was convicted.
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Goldsboro, N
Hughes offers free space to rival in assembly race
Raymond E. Hughes a Democratic state assembly candidate and newspaper editor says he will provide free space to his political rival after being accused of using newspaper space to push his own campaign. He notes the offer comes to correct perceptions of an unfair advantage in publicity.
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Redlands
Cal
Raymond E. Hughes
Democratic State Assembly
Death of Wray Lemon a Camden official found dead
C Wray Lemon former manager of the Hagers town Chamber of Commerce was found slain in a vacant lot at Oaklawn near Camden New Jersey A knife lay nearby Coroner Franklin P Jackson says the death was by own action Lemon had wide Chamber of Commerce and newspaper experience and was executive secretary of the Camden County Chamber of Commerce at his death He had been despondent since a serious operation last March and left a widow and three children
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C. Wray Lemon
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Oaklawn
Camden
N. J
Franklin P. Jackson
Lemon
Chamber of Commerce
Camden County Chamber of Commerce
1Ocal Chamber of Commerce
Wiliam A. Tobias
Ford Co Must Stop Discouraging Union
The National Labor Board ordered Ford Motor Company to post notices in its plants stating it would not discourage unionism by violence or espionage. The board found Ford engaged in a war against union organization at its Dallas Texas plant and accused the company of using a strongarm squad against union members and organizers.
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Washington
National Labor Board
Ford Motor Company
Dallas, Tex
Sidewalk mix up ends with heavy stone blocks found
In Dunkirk New York Aug 9 Miss Mabel Miller reported a missing 30 feet of sidewalk in front of her home. Patrolman John Reilly traced the stone blocks to a yard two blocks away where a man had bought sidewalk flag stone and removed it in error. In London London Aug 9 Mrs Caroline Grosvenor artist and novelist died at Oxford. She was widow of Norman Grosvenor and mother of Lady Tweedsmuir widow of the retired Governor General of Canada.
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Dunkirk
Mabel Miller
John Reilly
Miller
London
Caroline Grosvenor
Oxsford
Norman Grosvenor
Lady Tweedsmuir
Governor General of
Canada
Guard unit arrives for maneuvers in Concord
Concord NG unit set up camp and prepared to raise the flag but forgot it. An autoist, Hugh M. Hyerline, 29, of Virginia Avenue, was fined ten dollars and costs by Justice A. K. Barber at Williamsport after arraignment on reckless driving charges following an incident on the Sharpsburg pike involving Lester Mose's car. Deputy Sheriff B. C. Bender investigated. Wendell L. Willkie plans a week end meeting with former President Herbert Hoover in Colorado Springs.
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Concord
N.gc
National Guard
Maneuvers
Hugh M. Hyerline
Virginia Avenue
Justice of the Peace
A. K. Barber
Williamsport
Everline
Lester Mose
Sharpsburg Pike
B. C. Bender
Hoover
Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Ghostly rapping traced to woodpecker in furnace
In Grand Island Nebraska on August 9 a three day siege of rapping in a home basement ended when Harry Paulsen traced the sounds to a woodpecker inside the furnace. The bird apparently mistook the chimney for a hollow tree and fluttered about.
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Grand Island, Neb
Harry Paulsen
Paulser
Chicago Grain Market Quotation Sheet from Mackubin Legg Co
Market quotes for wheat corn oats and rye from Mackubin Legg Co at Wareham Building Hagerstown with Sept Dec May futures and bid high and low figures in a telegraphic style reflecting daily grain prices and market activity for Chicago.
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Mackubin
Mackubin, Legg
Factors Favor British Victory in the War Analysis
The piece argues for British strength over Germany, highlighting air defenses and daily improvements in fighting planes, bombing superiority, and British unity versus Hitler’s troubles in conquered lands and the Balkans. It warns of a possible long attrition war with blockades, stressing grain imports as pivotal. Neutral experts favor Britain in a drawn battle over time due to greater resources and sea control.
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United States
Britain
Berlin
Hitler
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