Vote to Freeze Social Security Tax at 1 Percent
Republicans push to keep Congress in session to override a potential presidential veto on a bill freezing the payroll tax at 1 percent for both employer and employee for a year. The House approved 262 to 72 and Senate Finance aims to move it forward despite pending presidential action.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Utah
Idaho
Henry C. Dworshak
Compton S. White
Practical English usage Q and A from the Word Handbook
A compact guidance piece detailing correct usage in English grammar and style. It covers subject verb agreement after phrases like each of you, choosing between read minutes is read. raises vs rears. divert versus digress. and forming plurals when dictionaries omit them.
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Corre
Oklahoma
Dewey
Former Pitcher Dies in Toronto
Toronto obituaries report former lefthanded pitcher Frank MacDonald of the Maple Leafs IBIL dies at home following a heart attack yesterday.
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Toronto
Frank MacDonald
Toronto Maple Leafs
Bowman Receives Flying Cross for Extraord. Bomber Service
Sgt. Richard E. Bowman 20 of Pocatello is awarded the distinguished flying cross as a ball turret gunner on Eighth Air Force B 17s. He previously earned the air medal with four oak leaf clusters for meritorious achievement in bombing missions including Leipzig Brux and Polite refineries and Nazi plants. He flew with the 96th bombardment group cited for its Posen and Regensburg missions. Bowman enlisted in 1942 and earned his gunners wings at Tyndall Field Florida.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Richard E. Bowman
Pocatello
Germany
Bowman
Leipzig
Brux
Polite
P Fpresion
Maquis
France
96Th Bombardment Group
Focke-Wulf
Posen
Poland
Third
Idaho Public Works Commission Act Outlined in Boise Visit
H. Flood of Boise, president of the southwest district of the Idaho Society of Engineers, toured Pocatello to promote the Idaho Public Works Commission Act. The measure would remove the state highway department from politics and vest full authority in a new Public Works Commission.
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H. Flood
Boise
Idaho Society of Engineers
Pocatello
Idaho Public Works Commission
State Highway Department
Department of Public Works
Idaho Soldier Earns Bronze Star on D-Day
Washington reports an Idaho solider among 750 infantrymen of the First Division who received the Bronze Star for bravery on D-Day. Pfc Merlin D Yeates of Idaho Falls was cited for actions in Western Europe. son of R F Bowman of Pocatello.
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Washington
Idaho
War Department
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
England
Pfo
Merlin D. Yeates
Idaho Falls
Idaho Aviation group seeks model code and 2.2 million airport funds
The Idaho Aviation Association backs a model aviation code for a non partisan commission and a 2,200,000 two year appropriation for airport development. The plan calls for a four member governor appointed commission and allows counties and towns to levy funds for airports and navigational aids. A telegram from Gossett to association president Hughes expresses continued support for the aviation council of the northwest.
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Lewiston
Idaho Aviation Association
Idaho
State Aeronautics Department
Gossett
W. P. Hughes
Association
Aviation Council of the Northwest
Army to Appeal for Musical Instruments During September
The Army Air Forces will run a public drive September 10 through 17 asking for musical instruments still playable and not in use. Donated instruments should be delivered to the nearest air base or field and will be sent to service clubs and recreation rooms overseas. Chromatic harps and other instruments in good condition are welcome. A German monk is credited with inventing cannon in Europe.
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Army Air Forces
Pocatello Army Air Field
Special Services Officer
Pelt Prices Fall for Idaho Beaver Furs
John Boyle of Idaho reports pelts show lower prices with top furs around 39.50 and averages near 35 for high quality. About 6,000 pelts are taken annually in Idaho with poorer grades down to about 5. Last year’s high was 42.
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Boise
John Boyle
Idaho Fish
Idaho
Boyle
Early Distress Calls Before SOS CQ and CQD Used
The historical note states that before SOS was adopted at sea the signals used were CQ and CQD. The passage emphasizes the transition from these codes to the modern distress call.
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