Taxes Set a Record to Fund War Effort in 1943 Bill
The 1943 tax bill cleared Congress raising federal revenues by about seven billion dollars. Normal rates rose from 4 to 6 percent while surcharges climbed to 12 3 to 82 percent. A new Victory tax applied to income over 624 dollars annually. Personal exemptions dropped to 1200 for married and 500 for singles, dependents credit fell to 350. Excise taxes on liquor, cigarettes, fuel, travel, and devices increased. Corporations face higher taxes. direct tax rises were avoided.
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Senate
House
Treasury
Fedal
John Q
U.S
Treasury Department
Draft Bill Battle Over 18 and 19 Year Old Draftees
Senate and House clash over 18 and 19 year old conscription adding up to 1.5 million youths to the army as 7.5 million projected by year end. Key dispute centers on draft priority and deferments for married men and those with children, with Hershey opposing strong limits and Taft backing uniform quotas.
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Senate
House
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Ion
Taft
Burndey
Pacific Showdown in Solomons and Aleutian Raids
A report traces the Pacific contest for Guadalcanal and Bougainville Buin with U S forces probing Japanese strength at Buin while Aleutian bombers press daily raids on Kiska shores and Gertrude Cove. It notes long flight1s from Port Moresby and the looming threat of a Japanese comeback in the Solomons.
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Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Buin
Solomons
United Nations
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
U. 8
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Kiska
Aleutians
Gertrude Cove
Attu
Agattu
U.S. and RAF Use Liberia as Base Against Nazis
A report indicates many Naz U boats moved from U S Atlantic shores toward Africa as U S troops arrive in Liberia and RAF planes base there to hunt submarines. Liberia lies 750 miles from Dakar and near Brazil, marking Africa as a potential theater of war.
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U. S, Atlantic
Africa
U. 5
Negro Republic of Liberia
Dakar
French West Africa
Atlantic
Bulge
Brazil
Liberia
U.S
RAF
French workers pressed into Nazi war plants
Pierre Laval of the Vichy government acceded to a German demand for more French specialists to work in German war plants. In a brutal move, the Vichy regime supposedly naturalized 600 Gestapo agents to help round up workers in unoccupied France.
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Pierre Laval
Vichy
Hitler
Gestapo
France
Nazi Drive At Stalingrad Surges As War Presses On
Russia reports desperate Nazi operations along the Volga front with a major push toward Stalingrad and near Mozdok in the Caucasus. The Soviet communique claims 6000 German dead in a single day at Stalingrad while relief movements and stubborn counterattacks shape battles northwest of the city and near Novorossisk in the Black Sea region.
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Russia
Hitler
Volga
Stalingrad
Mozdok
Caucasus
Red
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Farm Wages: Wickard Gets Control
Acting on an order from James F. Byrnes the director of the Office of Economic Stabilization the agricultural department has assumed full jurisdiction for stabilization of farm wages. Secretary Wickard was directed to establish machinery to handle the problem. Officials were considering a plan under which government subsidies would be paid to farm operators to raise farm labor wages. The House agriculture committee warned of a serious farm labor shortage that could cause shortages of many necessities within 12 months. Chairman Fulmer said millions may awaken the public to appreciate those who till the soil.
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James F. Byrnes
Office of Economic Stabilization
Agricultural Department
Wickard
House Committee On Agriculture
P. Fulmer
South Carolina
Churchill Warns Britons Of Severe Nazi Air Attacks This Winter
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned that Nazi air action against British homes this winter could be heavy and require full civil defense. Goering has regrouped the German air force after daylight raids, potentially increasing threat to England.
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Churchill
Winston Churchill
Reich
Nazi Reichsmarshal Goering
England
Marine Private Eugene Moore Fights for Life on Gavuiu Island
Comrade recalls a brutal assault on Gavuiu Island in the Solomons where Marine Private Eugene Moore, battered inside a tank after a grenade blast, was kicked and knifed by a mob of Japanese soldiers. He was left for dead but revived by Navy doctors.
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Eugene Moore
Gavuiu Island
Solomons
Moore
Navy
Bombing Raids Hit Cologne Amid RAF Blockbusters
Miscellany notes Royal Air Force four motor bombers dropping two ton bombs on Cologne for the first time since May 230 when 1130 British planes blasted city districts. The report also records Tokyo broadcasts of Japanese military leaders killed in action during the fall festival at the Yasukuni shrine.
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Cologne
Royal Air Force
Rhineland
Tokyo
Yasukuni Shrine
Officials go to school in Washington in late 1940s policy push
Washington officials from multiple departments enroll in an Inter-American Training Center funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to study Latin America. Dr Henry Grattan Doyle runs the program at George Washington University, with lunches in Spanish and Latin experts guiding the effort. The piece also notes politics around then President Roosevelt and comments from Ralph E. Flanders about a breathing spell for profits amid wartime measures, and ends with a preview of synthetic Christmas toy shortages and a Marines’ Solomon Islands service remark.
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Washington, D.C
Washington
Rockefeller
Inter-American Training Center
Henry Grattan Doyle
George Washington University
Morris Cooke
Brazil
Doyle
Rio
Treasury Department
Latin America
Dean Doyle
Solomon Islands
U. S
Dan Barbey
U. S. Navy
Solomen Island
Maryland
New York Sketches of Broadway Gaiety in a Tight Spot
A city mosaic across Midtown and Manhattan shows showfolk halting amid anti gambling raids at a 40th Street corner, a Broadway playground of social figures, and vivid vignettes from W. 52nd Street to Riverside Drive. The piece lampoons high society, draft boards, and wartime bustle with portraits of editors, actors, and ordinary merchants amid a changing New York.
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New York
Fred Allen
Fred
Manhattan
W. 52Nd Street
Wall Street
Jersey
Riverside Drive
Elmer Davis
West 49Th Street
Questions and Answers on Meat Rationing During War
A satirical Q A column mocks wartime meat rationing rules and civilian shortages. It lampoons weighing steaks in restaurants, home portions, and pet meat bans, with quips about chickens, eggs, and even a dog named Toosey. It reflects home-front humor and public sentiment during wartime shortages.
Meat shortage forces lunchroom veal substitute pie
In a roundabout humorous column a writer notes a meat shortage will push lunchrooms to substitute veal in chicken pie. The piece cites quips about social trends and a jab at wartime rations with mention of a streetcar remark by Merrill Chilcote and a teaser about war bonds.
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Cleveland
Merrill Chilcote
Unity Liberty Charity In All Things Essential
A compact note quotes Rupertus Meldenius on unity in essentials, liberty in doubts, charity in all things, reflecting a timeless motto for conduct and harmony.
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Rupertus Meldenius
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