New tax withholding rules and questions answered
A summary of the 1943 Victory tax provisions covering weekly pay deductions, forgiveness amounts, payment schedule, dependents credits, current status for individuals and military personnel, and employer withholding responsibilities including penalties for failures to report changes in family status.
Ordnance cuts steel use in war crates and bands
Lt. Colonel Byron Rife reports conservation progress at Kankakee and Elwood plants. Crates use smaller cross bands and top bottom plate designs saving steel for 413 half track armored cars. Paper bands replace steel on bombs, plastic fuze bodies reduce aluminum use, boosting wartime production and postwar planning.
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Hirohito
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Army Ordnance
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Byron Rife
Kankakee
Ordnance Department
Rife
United Nations
Citation of praise for Pantelleria explosives works
Lt Col Byron Rife commander of Kankakee and Elwood ordnance plants received a praise from Brig Gen R C Coupland for high explosives used in bombing Pantelleria. Pantelleria island surrendered June 11 after intense aerial bombardment. The Army Air Forces commended the workers whose efforts made the attack possible. Information Please and Quiz Kids are mentioned as amusing aside.
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Byron Rife
Kankakee
Coupland
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