President To Get Tax Bill On Wednesday
The bill would raise government revenue to about 42.24 billion dollars for the year, with $664.9 million from individuals, $502.1 million from corporations, and $1.051 billion from higher excise taxes. It tightens taxes on luxury items, beverages, travel, and entertainment while delaying some Social Security payroll tax changes and reworking war renegotiation provisions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roose‘velt
White House
Senate House
Senate
House
Crawford
R-Mich
Voorhis
D-Calif
Izac
Knutson
R-Minn
Congress
Ed Reulbach Beats Dodgers Nine Times in 1808
Chicago Cubs pitcher Ed Reulbach defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers nine times in a remarkable stretch during 1808. The feats highlight Reulbachs dominance on the mound as he led his team to key wins.
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Ed Reulbach
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
National Award Is Received By Pangborn Plant
A regional office notified Pangborn Corporation president Thomas W Pangborn that the National Security Award honors employees and management for superior protection against air raids fires sabotage and accidents. The citation credits volunteer U S Citizens Defense Corps enrollment and training and notes collaboration with local defense councils and compliance with blackout and dimout directives. The Cellanese Corporation of Cumberland also received the award in Maryland.
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Henry A. Beninger
Office of Civilian Defense
Third Civilian Defense Region
Baltimore
Maryland
Thomas W. Pangborn
Pangborn Corporation
Maryland State Council of Defense
Board of Review
United States Office of Civilian Defense
Washington
Pangborn
United States Citizens’ Defense Corps
Henry A. Reninger
Cellanese Corporation of
Cumberland
U. S. Citizens’ Defense Corps
Russians Tighten Noose Around Cherkasy Pocket
Soviet forces under Generals Vatutin and Konev reduced the Cherkasy pocket to about 40 square miles by taking five key fortified towns. Artillery softened German airfields as Nikopol Krivoi Rog area defense broke under the Dnieper offensives, threatening vital manganese supply and a major German war industry setback.
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Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan S. Konev
Cherkasy
Dnieper Pond
Nikopol- Krivoi Rog
Germany
Reich
Nikopol
Two Hagerstown Boys Meet in Italy
Two local youths from Hagerstown Kretsinger and Vernon Davis met in Italy. Kretsinger son of Mr and Mrs L Kretsinger of 2415 Virginia avenue located Davis through a Red Cross register and visited. They traded stories of mutual acquaintances back home and spoke for about an hour.
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Hagerstown
Italy
Cpl
Stanley L. Kretsinger
8. L. Kretsinger
Virginia Avenue
Pfc
Vernon Davis
Morning Herald
Kreisinger
Davis
Red Cross
Japan War Tactics Warn Of Acute Stage Invasion Threat
A radio broadcast warns Japan faces an acute war stage with American tactics aimed at destroying strategic targets. It notes enemy activity across the Pacific and Asian theaters and urges Japan to rapidly boost material fighting strength, including planes and ships, to counter overwhelming air power on all fronts including the mainland.
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North Pacific
South Pacific
India
Burma
China
United States
Radio
Regional Meeting Planned Here With Farm Bureau Leader
R C F Weagly, president of the Maryland State Farm Bureau Federation, will preside and address the Southern States Regional Board meeting at the Hamilton hotel on Tuesday evening February 15 at 7 30. The program includes policy discussions on patronage refunds stock vs cash voting stock outstanding and mail nomination of directors. District Manager L O Brumback will speak on farm supply prospects for spring and W V Fielder will review Southern States Cooperative activities in late 1943. Attendees include advisory boards and boards of directors from Maryland towns and counties across the region.
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R. C. F. Weagly
Maryland State Farm Bureau Federation
Southern States Regional Board
Hamilton Hotel
Southern States
L. O. Brumback
Winchester
W. V. Fielder
Baltimore
Southern States Cooperative
Southern States Advisory Boards
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Smithsburg
Clearspring
Myersville
Hancock
Middletown
Big Pool
Williamsport
Gapland
Keedysville
Robbersville
Amaranth
Watfordsburg
Dott
Waynesboro
County Over Top In Bond Campaign
Bank figures report the total of E Series sold in this county at 396 787 50 dollars. Savings and loan associations state wide have purchased 6 524 000 in war bonds during the Fourth War Loan Drive. John L. Fisher, state chairman of the United States Savings and Loan League, reported yesterday. Howard W. Jackson said most of the total will be credited to Baltimore and the counties. Federally insured associations bought 4 012 000 of the total while state chartered firms bought 2 512 000. Harford county has exceeded its quota by 98 977, the third county to do so after Baltimore and Howard counties. State totals reach 149 001 000 or 88 percent of the 187 805 000 quota.
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Savings and Loan Associations
John L. Fisher
United States Savings and Loan League
Howard W. Jackson
Maryland War Finance Committee
Baltimore
Fisher
Home Builders Savings and Loan
Federal Savings and
Harford County
Harford
Howard
German Guns Batter Beachhead in Cassino Area
Allied reports say German guns battered the beachhead but most formations were broken up before reaching their objectives. Flames throwers and tanks were used by Germany in the last major effort against the bridgehead west of Cisterna. Allied air forces shot down twenty four German planes and two gliders while heavy artillery pounded Cassino and surrounding areas.
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Cisterna
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Rome
Viterbo
Leghorn
Work Begins on New Jail Office in County
A new office at the Washington County Jail started yesterday after recommendations by three grand juries and approval by the Board of County Commissioners. The enlarged space will serve Sheriff John B. Huyett and deputies. the current office will become a bedroom. The design adds two public entrances while linking to the sheriff’s residence and the jail, with completion expected in about a week.
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Board of County Commissioners
Washington County
John B. Huyett
Man Arrested Here On Charge Of Rape
Joseph Osborn Carver about 23 was arrested yesterday afternoon at Williamsport by sheriff s officers at the request of Sheriff Dewhill of Essex County Virginia in a telegram here. He is charged with raping a 16 year old white girl at Rappahannock Virginia and the sheriff plans to extradite the prisoner in a few days.
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Joseph Osborn Carver
Williamsport
Dewhill
Essex County
Dew Hill
Carver
Rappahannock
Now She Shops Cash and Carry Headline Ad
An old style advertorial touts kidney health relief for backache and fatigue. It claims tired kidneys cause pains and urges readers to ask for Doan’s Pills to flush wastes and restore energy. It mentions Dean's Pills as a trusted solution with decades of use.
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Dean
Famine Warning on Beef and Pork Shortages
Washington reports a civilian famine prediction for beef within 60 to 90 days and pork by 90 days, from P C Wilson of the National Livestock Producers Association. The Agriculture Department says civilian meat needs will be limited as military and lend-lease demands rise, with non civilian use consuming a larger share of predicted 1944 meat output.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
P. C. Wilson
National Livestock’ Producers’ Association
Wilson
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Two-Year-Old Boy Severely Scalded in Home Accident
Gerald Graham aged two, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Graham of 1217 West Washington street, was severely scalded yesterday afternoon when he knocked a teakettle of hot water from a stove in the family kitchen. He was taken to a doctor for first aid then to Washington County Hospital, where his condition was described as fairly good last night.
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Gerald Graham
Carl Graham
West
Washington Street
Graham
Washington County Hospital
Townsend Club to Meet at Western Enterprise Hall
Townsend Club No 3 will hold its regular meeting at Western Enterprise Hall Tuesday evening February 8 00. All members are urged to attend. Local quotations by Kiras Bros show prices for wheat bacon butter onions fowl country ham eggs and other farm staples.
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Townsend Clubs
Townsend Club No. 3
Western Enterprise Hall
Kiras Bros
Beorgirls
Senators Admit Confusion Over Soldier Vote
Senators grappled with the soldier vote issue in a stalled debate that included Taft pushing a state over federal ballot order and Ellender quipping Sam confused. The plan shifted toward a fresh vote on Green-Lucas war ballot when the rules allow, with two amendments advancing to require servicemen name their chosen federal ballot and to have OWI pick party consultants for overseas campaign news. A separate item notes a 16und coast artillery gun mount costing about $750000, needing 47 days to build and 13 railcars to move.
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Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
Ferguson
R-Mich
Ellender
D.J
Sam
Brewster
R-Me
Office of War Information
Passenger in car sustains injuries near Indianapolis Springs
State Trooper Tucker at Hancock investigated a crash near Indian Springs in which a male passenger suffered a broken leg. The driver was the chauffeur, and the injured man, presumed to be a Baltimorean, left the scene by taxi to Baltimore.
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Tucker
Hancock
Indian Springs
Baltimore
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Pangborn Plant
Cauffman
E. Washington St
Triangle Food Stores
Japan
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
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Robert Cummings
Universal
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Robert Benchley
Edgar Barrier
Edward G. Robinson
Thomas Mitchell
Aubrey Smith
Anna Lee
Dame May Whitty
Charles Boyer
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Charles Winninger
Walter Hunt
Pal
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Best Haven Chapel
Tunte
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