Treasury chief urges tax exemptions cut in new plan
Secretary Morgenthau asks Ways and Means to reduce personal exemptions, proposing single filers drop from 750 to 600 dollars and family heads from 1500 to 1200, with dependents from 400 to 300, aiming to add about 1.1 billion to revenue. Lawmakers reacted with surprise and mixed views on sales tax prospects and inflation fears.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Congress
Morgathan
Doughton
D-Nc
Rep
Boland
D-Pa
Morgenthau
Youth Hurt In Rail Accident Near Antietam Street
Richard Henson aged 16 suffered a compound fracture and other injuries when a moving train knocked him down yesterday evening near Antietam Street in the Western Maryland yards. He was taken to Washington County Hospital by Goodwill ambulance after stumbling along the tracks and grabbing a car. Western Maryland officials launched an investigation.
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Richard Henson
Elizabeth Street
Maryland
Antietam Street
Harvey Maugans
Washington County Hospital
Latest Victor Records Spotlight Puts Pinafore and Dorsey On Top
The Victor Musical Smart-Set leads the newest disc releases featuring Gilbert and Sullivan’s H. M. S. Pinafore with the Victor Light Opera Co. conducted by Emile Cote. Also out are Tommy Dorsey’s Not So Quiet Please and I’ll Take Tallulah with the Pied Pipers. Other new waxings include Jersey Bounce, Heavenly Hideaway, You Can’t Hold a Memory in Your Arms, My Little Cousin, and Full Moon plus If You Are But a Dream, with Fox trots and rhumba foxtrots shaping the season.
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Victor
Victor Light Opera Co
Emile Cote
Tallulah
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy
Pied Pipers
Cy Oliver
Elaine Beatty
Cleveland
Sammy Kaye
Tommy Ryan
Johnny Doughboy
Ireland
Hal McIntyre
Daisy May
McIntyre
Glen Island
King Sisters
Jersey
Joan Merrill
Joan
Rubenstein
Lutheran Drive Set for Sunday Appeal Nationwide
Lutherans in Hagerstown and Washington County join a national drive titled Lutheran World Action to raise 650000 for Lutheran services including 250000 for ministry to service men. Rev Harry M Young notes 31000 centers nationwide, with 25000 monthly visitors, plus support for chaplains and naval services.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Harry M. Young
Lutheran Ministerial Association
A. J. Traver
Frederick
Western Conference
Maryland Synod
British Honduras Leads in United States Mahogany Supply
British Honduras remains the largest source of mahogany used in the United States, supplying a significant share of the national market and supporting associated industry and trade patterns.
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British Honduras
Hero Tells Of Hazardous Trip
Lieut John D Bulkeley and three PT boat officers recounted the Philippines mission to rescue General MacArthur at Corregidor saying it cost four ships and two armored landing boats, with one Japanese cruiser sinking in about 20 minutes and 50 Japanese drowning after an enemy attack. They said they took two prisoners, a captain and a private, as Bulkeley spoke at a press conference with Kelley Akers and Cox.
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San Francisco
John D. Bulkeley
Douglass MacArthur
Corregidor
Philippines
Hirohito
Long Island City
N. Y
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bulkeley
Lieut
Robert Kelley
New York City
Ensign Anthony B. Akers
Beverly Hills
Calif
George E. Cox
Watertown
Sugar rationing ends as 71 229 register in county
Washington county completes four day sugar rationing registration with 71 229 registered, 67 634 books issued and 3595 withheld for excess sugar. Daily totals peaked at Antietam Street School with 1397. stamps cover May to June. Gasoline rationing registration to follow May 12 across about 18 000 expected registrants.
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Washington County
Antietam Street
Winter Street
Broadway
Surrey School
Thomas Building
Board of Education
Sugar rationing registration ends in Baltimore region
First county last evening in Western Maryland handed in its final report to the Baltimore office of OPA. Registrants for sugar rationing books in Baltimore were expected to exceed Wednesday's 250,000, but a smaller percentage of the 350,000 presumed unregistered. On Wednesday night, at schools, final registration day closed as 3,000 volunteers aided 3,800 teachers who had worked since Monday.
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First
Maryland
Baltimore
OPA
Island of Malta Size and Area Noted
The island of Malta covers 122 square miles in area, as recorded in the geographic summary.
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Island of
Malta
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