Income Tax Up 100 Per Cent Under Treasury Proposal
Secretary Morgenthau presented a $9.61 billion wartime tax plan to Congress to fund the coming fiscal year. He urged doubling most individual income tax rates, higher corporate taxes, stricter estate and gift taxes, new excise taxes, and $2 billion more in social security taxes. The plan would raise overall taxes while avoiding a general sales tax, aiming for fairness and paying the cost of victory.
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Treasury
Washington
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Jay 1
Evacuation Zones Named for Pacific Coast Defense Areas
Army declares Pacific coast a military area with a 95 to 250 mile inland expanse. Public Proclamation No. 1 orders exclusion and movement limits for enemy aliens and Japanese Americans, with later plans for Germans and Italians. A prohibited coastal strip 30 to 125 miles wide covers key sites.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Arizona- Mexico
J. L. DeWitt
Western Defense Command
DeWitt
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
English Hold In Burma
British forces north of Pegu trap and annihilate small Japanese detachments in flooded paddy fields as they renew efforts to sever the Rangoon Mandalay trunk line. West of the Sittang, patrols mop up infiltrations while Japan’s reinforcements travel by elephant convoys to the east bank. The offensive near the Burmese capital is halted for eight days with wrecked supply and air losses totaling about one hundred aircraft.
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Pegu
Burma
Rangoon
Mandalay
Sittang River
Sittang
Spending Reaches All-Time High in February War Costs
Washington reports February war spending at 2.201 billion dollars, despite one fewer day, beating January by 100 million and nearly quadrupling February last year. After eight months, defense outlays total 12.516 billion, with four months left to reach Roosevelt’s 23.997 billion budget estimate.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Invaders Pushed Back Seven Miles In Java Defense
Reports from Bandoeng Java say Japanese forces were driven back seven miles at one point by Dutch American and British defenders. The item notes Java time and cites Allied efforts during ongoing combat in the island theater.
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Bandoeng
Java
Air attack destroys ninety one planes in Libya sortie
AP reports a daring British desert force of 24 men penetrated axis lines in Libya and destroyed 91 German and Italian planes on desert airfields. In Hollywood a gasoline fire along Vine Street caused multiple car blazes with speculation of deliberate arson by patrolmen.
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Libya
Hollywood
Vine Street
Vine
W. R. Schottmiller
Junior CC To Meet SUN VALLEY
A quarterly meeting of the Idaho junior chamber of commerce will be held here March 14 15.
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Sun Valley
Idaho Junior Chamber of Commerce
Allies Launch Offensive in Java War as Dutch Halt Invaders
Allied forces led by American British and Dutch troops drive Japanese assault away from Java's coast while Dutch high command says three invasion columns have been checked. London sources warn of long term gloom as Batavia shifts to inland Bandoeng and heavy bombing hits Bandung.
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Java
Rembang
Blora
Broken Arrow
Soerabaja
Indramaju Bay
Soebang
Bandoeng
Bantam
Batavia
Tle Associated Press
Japan
London
Tokyo Radio
Bandorne
Reuters
Aneta
Wavell Reassigned as India Commander Amid Java Crisis
In Java's grave moment the Dutch assume supreme command of the Indies forces after Japan's advances split the allied front. Sir Archibald Wavell moves from the Indies to India, with no change in strategic plans, amid talks Britain may offer dominion status to India.
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Washington
Java
Wavell
Burma
Malaya
Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations
Dairymen to Get Victory Bulls in National Program
Jersey bull raisers plan an all-out victory bull campaign to supply 1000 registered bulls to dairymen nationwide. The aim is to boost milk quality and quantity through improved breeding. Eastern Idaho committee leaders Jack Bailey Idaho Falls Victor Hall Lorenzo Jed L Ashton Tyhee coordinate procurement and distribution.
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Jersey
Eastern Idaho Committee
Jack Bailey
Idaho Falls
Victor Hall
Lorenzo
Jed L. Ashton
Tyhee
Construction Progress at St. Anthony Industrial School
Superintendent E P Newby said the St Anthony Industrial School project is about half completed and set to finish next summer. The 1941 legislature allocated funds for a deep well a cannery and a sewage disposal plant at the school.
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Boise
St. Anthony Industrial School
E. P. Newby
Japanese forces shell Philippine ports as Moros rise
Tokyo reports Japanese naval units shell several ports on three Philippine islands and land troops at Zamboanga Mindanao while Major air and ground activity around Bat an is limited. Moros vow fierce resistance against the invaders with pledges from leaders in Lanao and Cotabato provinces.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Macarthur
Lanao
Datu Gumbey Piang
Cotabato
United States Army
Stocer
Deadline Extended for Federal Explosives License in Idaho
Boise report notes the federal license deadline to use explosives has moved from March 2 to March 18. Idaho Mining Association secretary Harry W. Marsh said the extension came after application blanks failed to reach Idaho's 40 licensing agents.
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Boise
Harry W. Marsh
Idaho Mining Association
Idaho
Two Idaho Men Join Marine Corps in Salt Lake City
Two Idahoans enlist in the marine corps district recruiting officers said Tuesday. Shirley C. Kirk 24 of Blackfoot and Richard M. Cleverley 21 of Idaho Falls are the new recruits.
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Salt Lake CIV
Idaho
Marine Corps
Shirley C. Kirk
Blackfoot
Richard M. Cleverley
Idaho Falls
Raiders Hit Suez As Lunar Eclipse Attracts Attention
Allied and Axis air activity reported around Suez and Libyan fronts. Bombers attacked the Suez canal zone early Tuesday causing no damage or loss of life. Rome admitted several merchant ships in Palermo harbor were hit and at least one sunk.
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Suez Canal Zone
Ministry of Interior
Cairo
Rome
Palermo
Sicily
Tokyo Claims Big Losses for United Nations Navy
Tokyo claims 23 Allied warships sunk in Java Sea clashes from Feb 27 to Mar 1, listing six cruisers eight destroyers seven submarines one gunboat and one minesweeper. It says one Japanese minesweeper sunk and one destroyer damaged. Dutch reports contradict with 27 Allied ships sunk or damaged.
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Tokyo
Imperial
United Nations
Java Sea
United States
Houston
Exeter
Perth
Hobert
de Ruyter
Java
Haugland Reports From Australia
Vern Haugland a 6 foot 3 Minnesotan reporter joins the Associated Press staff in Melbourne Australia after volunteering 18 months ago for a war assignment. He started at Missoula Sentinel then Montana Standard before AP Salt Lake City 1936 and Boise brief posting. Now in Los Angeles in 1939 handling general assignments and Hollywood coverage.
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Los Angeles
Vern Haugland
Melbourne
Australia
Associated Press
Haugland
Missoulan
Montana Standard
Butte
Salt Lake City
Boise
Hollywood
Special News Service
Wide World News
Mrs Roosevelt’s Daughter Recovers From Appendicitis
Mrs. Boettiger daughter of President and Mrs Roosevelt is reported doing well after an appendicitis operation on Monday. Mrs Roosevelt flew to Seattle to be with her daughter whose husband is publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and is associate editor of the paper.
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Seattle
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Reds Launch Massive New Assaults Across Front
German and Berlin sources report massed Soviet offensives on a 1200 mile front with 40 to 50 waves. Staraya Russa siege risks surge as 90,000 German troops are encircled, while attacks on Crimea and Donets fronts meet strong resistance. Lisbon authorities warn of German supply delays and rivers frozen by spring thaw threaten push.
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Adolf Hitler
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
16Th
Navi High Command
Crimean
Ukraine
Donets River
Berlin
Switzerland
Sweden
Zunch
Die Tat
Russia
London
Washington
Lisbon
Dnieper
Dvina
U-Boat Fires On Mona Island Off Puerto Rico
Enemys craft shelled Mona Island off Puerto Rico in the war early a first Atlantic side shelling. NYA camp head Rambert Caccaba reported no damage or casualties as shells landed on rocky cliffs. Officials and residents call the raid a nuisance with limited military significance.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Mona Island
Rexford Guy Tugwell
United States
Dominican Republic
National Youth Administration
Mayaguez
Rambert Caccaba
Cassaba
Sam P. Gilstray
The
NYA
Idaho Car Sales Expanded to More Buyers
Idaho officials announced 1,299 new automobiles may be purchased this year under revised rules. Secretary J T McKorkle of the state rationing board and Secretary W G Ash of the Idaho Automobile Dealers association said traveling salesmen, farmers without other transport, newspaper deliverers, certain government workers and mail carriers now qualify for a car purchase.
First Torpedo Sinks Destroyer Jacob Jones Off Cape May
The US Navy reports the destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk off Cape May New Jersey before dawn on February 28 after two torpedoes struck the bow and stern. Eleven crew members survived, nine from the engine room and two apprentice seamen, with over 100 lost including commander H D Black of Oradell New Jersey. The depth charges exploded after the second torpedo, and neither submarine nor torpedo was sighted before the first hit.
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Washington
Navy
Jacob Jones
Cape May
N. J
Trent
H. D. Black
Oradell
Jacob
Nurse Treats Defendant During Trial
The prosecution called a parade of witnesses as Grace Coppard faced murder charges in the August 1920 Soda Springs shooting of Paul Tipton Sr. Coppard fell ill again and was treated by a nurse during Tuesday's session. Witnesses include Eliza Tipton, Bartley, Harriman, Horsley, Whitman, and Nielson, with Tipton testimony confirming spouses’ 1902 marriage and last sighting around 8 p.m. on August 23.
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Preston
Grace Coppard
Paul Tipton
Soda Springs
Seized Deck Guns Fire At Submarine Near Berg Vessel
In San Francisco arming of merchant ships sparked a shell exchange with a Japanese submarine. The tanker William H Berg fired back after an unsolicited attack Saturday night, with deck guns blazing into darkness. No clear hit was confirmed as patrols searched the scene.
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San Francisco
William H. Berg
Standard Oil Company
Kiwanis Luncheon Addresses Income Tax
W. S. Bowen district Kiwanis governor and certified public accountant spoke at Tuesday’s luncheon, outlining features of the income tax. The program featured solo performances by William Leidy with Mrs. J. C. Gardner as accompanist.
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W. S. Bowen
Kiwanis
Bowen
William Leidy
J. C. Gardner
Battle of the seven seas as key to World War victory
War production chief Nelson urges speed in arms manufacture and ship-building as allies fight Java and Burma with scarce ships. Hitler’s U-boat drive intensifies as spring offensives loom, stressing the need to dominate sea routes through resources, production, and transportation.
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Nelson
Java
Hitler
Burma
Russia
Britain
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Brazil Signs U S Pacts For Defense and Development
Washington reports Brazil and the United States signed three agreements to boost Brazilian production of strategic materials and strengthen defense. The deals include an Amazon basin development company to expand rubber output, added lend-lease aid to Brazil, and a $14 million earmark for the Victoria-Minas iron ore railroad.
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Washington
Brazil
United States
Republic
Amazon Basin
Victoria-Minas
Sumner Welles
Carlos Martins
Arthur Desouza Costa
Reconstruction Finance Headquarters
Jesse Jones
Warren Lee Pierson
Export Import Bank
Will Clayton
Draft Takes Boise High School Music Instructor
Boise high school loses its first teacher to the draft as Ernest Green, the instrumental music instructor, departs for service. The local school community notes the impact on the program and announces plans to cover teaching duties during his absence.
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Boise
Boise High School
Ernest Green
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