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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1943
Page
12
In this NEA piece Dr. Thomas Masters explains that enlarged lymph nodes indicate infection somewhere in or on the body or possibly infection of the node itself. Nodes occur in the neck, armpits, groins, and along lymph vessels where they act as filters, enlarging when fighting germs.
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to begin drafting new and higher wartime taxes focusing on higher incomes. Treasury aims for 12 billion dollars in annual revenue above current levels, with no retroactive measures before January 1, 1944. Public hearings set for September to discuss an individual excess profits tax and broader income exemptions. The plan targets wealthier earners linked to wartime gains, while avoiding overburdening any one group.
The text explains that enlarged lymph nodes can persist until infection ends, may become painful, and progress to pus as the center breaks down. It warns against massaging or rubbing the nodes, suggests warm compresses for tenderness, and urges medical consultation if enlargement lasts weeks to locate and address the infection source.
Rep. Maas accuses WPB of pressuring publishers by cutting newsprint while warning that bureaucrats seek to dominate what is published. He cites a magazine warned against printing an article on Pacific command unity and air support, with paper allotments tied to editorial choice. He notes contrasting treatment of new magazines versus established ones.
Canada introduced a cost of living wage bonus tied to the official index, 25 cents per week for each point the index rises. It applies to workers earning $25 or more, with determinations every three months. retroactivity is avoided, and implementation varies by group. If adopted in the U S this would raise payrolls by tens of billions annually for a continued rise in living costs.
In Stafford Springs Connecticut the entire town observes a one week paid vacation for workers in eight woolen mills on Army orders. Employees and employers agreed on a mass vacation with pay marking the first time since 1917 none of the mills operate. A large mardi gras with block dancing sports programs and bond selling is part of the vacation schedule.
The plan operating in the United States would raise payroll by 3 to 5 billion dollars annually. Subsidies might have been easier and cheaper, at that.
The Maritime Commission offered the American President Linea, formerly the Dollar Steamship Lines, for private ownership. It invited comprehensive proposals due by Sept. 15, prompted by inquiries into policy on dollar lines which ran trans Pacific and world services for years. STATE STRIKES DECLINE. New York UP There were sixty strikes in New York State during the first six months of this year, a sharp drop from 154 in the first war year of 1942 and a more than 300 percent decrease from the last year of peace.
Washington report says OPA will relax gasoline restrictions for A card holders in 12 eastern states allowing week long or longer trips to shore areas or summer homes after July 15. Travel must be preapproved by local rationing boards, with new coupons issued July 22, and safeguards to prevent abuse. B and C books remain restricted to non vacation use.
The two week national coal strike ebbed with fewer than 9,000 of 521,000 miners still away, all in Pennsylvania. By today union leaders expect all workers back. Steel mills moved toward near capacity with operations at 96.6 percent, up from 97.5 and 97.0 percent earlier. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Clairton by-products plant reported normal production after dipping to about half capacity at peak of the strike.
Military personnel need travel slots during limited furlough periods. The call urges immediate cancellation of reservations when plans change to free seats or berths that would otherwise be wasted for service members.
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