New Income Tax Forms Simplify 1944 Returns
New forms reduce paper work for about 20 million taxpayers with two questions on the withholding receipt. Higher income filers use regular blanks with tax tables. flat 10 percent charity deduction. exemptions rise to 509 for single, 33200 for married with no children, 250 per child. Citizens only rule for dependents. minor earnings exempt. Tax calendar lists key dates from Sept to March including withholding changes and filing deadlines.
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Washington
Tarome Fevenke Burezu
Church
Red Cross
Canada
Mexico
Dad
Johnny
Alga
Veterans oppose tours for Italian POWs at Niagara Falls
Disabled War Veterans group in Buffalo sent a resolution to Senator Mead and Cen Kresamen protesting a program that brings Italian prisoners of war to view Niagara Falls. They argue trips deny American soldiers and civilian gasoline for pleasure, calling the treatment unjustified after a visit by 32 prisoners from an internment camp at Seneca Falls.
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Niagara Falls
James M. Mead
Cen Kresamen
Walter G. Andrews
Buffalo
Senaca Falls
Jap Supplies Aid Americans In Pacific
An Australian medical officer at Hollandia New Guinea recovered medical supplies captured from the Japanese after escaping from Singapore. He found drugs, syringes, anaesthetics, bandages, and hospital gear, plus a green mosquito net used as an operating theater. He noted primitive hospital conditions among Japanese facilities and uncovered malaria and scrub typhus reference books.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
iNsi
Singapore
Priaierer
Rralder
Russiam
Baas Kittyhaws
Alder
A.ala P
Uring
Flight Engineers Must Be Tops In Service Training
At Lowry Field a new group of B 29 flight engineers is being trained under the Army Air Forces Western Technical Training Command. Applicants face stringent interviews and medical exams, then a ten week course with long hours. Initial weeks focus on troubleshooting supercharger, engines, instruments, hydraulics and electrical systems.
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Focal
Javernight
Albert L. Sneed
Lowry Field
Pacific
Lowry
Lewis Fie
Tomor
ENS
Army Air ‘Forces Western Technical Training ‘Command
T Army
AAF
Peppy Normandy Newsboard Warns on Local Sale Prices
A humorous wartime paper led by Maj. Roy D. Craft in Normandy reports price ceiling rules for individual sales. Articles cover use of price panels, warnings to buyers, and penalties for overcharges on used ranges and other goods.
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Normandy
Peppy
Roy D. Craft
McClearr
Wash
Charles H. Corlett
Espangla
Craft
San Francisco Examiner Staf
Publisher News
Paul R. Crowle
Lakewood
Thomas J. Cardemaone
Yonkers
Gertrude Burns
Total Rationing Board
Yugoslavia Denuded Of Crack Nazi Units
A wartime report states Germany has withdrawn most first line troops from Yugoslavia and is reshuffling the remainder. It cites 17 divisions July 1 reduced to about ten, plus Albanian and Bulgarian formations and Quisling units under Pavelic or Nadic, opposing Tito's Partisans.
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Haly P
Germany
Yugoslavia
Tito
Ante Pavelic
Milan Nadic
Whisky Holiday May Distill Year's Supply
The distillers plan a month long holiday starting tomorrow that will release about a normal year’s supply of whisky and gin to the public. Industry sources say the move follows 22 months of war alcohol production and may tide over demands until Germany’s collapse or another holiday in 1945.
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Washington
Soldiers' Letters Rally Against Glowing War Propaganda
A fragment shows soldiers criticizing flattering press coverage of war, arguing that adults fight for a country at war and for reasons that mature individuals recognize. The author emphasizes the seriousness of national duty over pretty words.
Courage and resilience shine amid war ruined Norman town
Amid shelling and ruin a Norman town shows grit as residents salvage life. A middle aged woman surveys her destroyed home while neighbors help one another and shelter shifts to nearby towns. Local shopfronts reopen quickly and civilians assist authorities in supply needs despite devastation.
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Norsheer
Walls
Beneat
Mos
Hamiets
Untess
Sher
Rate of Malaria Among Troops Being Reduced
Malaria rates among troops are dropping significantly due to improved prophylaxis and treatment. Early war reports indicate a move from high infection levels to roughly one third of previous figures as measures take effect. American casualties remain comparatively lower than allied forces in similar theaters.
MacArthur Strikes Four New Guinea Airdromes
Allied forces led by Douglas MacArthur smashed four Japanese airdromes in the Sorong sector at the northwest tip of Dutch New Guinea. Moezu Sagan Otawire and Utarama were attacked as part of a heavy raid. Mitchell bombers also hit the Halmahera coast to pressure Japanese air and sea movements.
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New Guinea
Douglas J Macarthur
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Moezu
Sagan
Otawire
Utarama
Japan
Halmahera
Halmahera Sea
Philippines
MacArthur
Address Errors Delay Army Casualty Messages
War Department notes delays in casualty notices as 200 to 250 messages daily go to wrong addresses. Errors arise from careless home addresses, deliberate misdirections for personal reasons, and soldiers with no living relatives.
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Washington
War Department
Sie
Texas Democrats Split Over Roosevelt Truman Ticket Factions
In Texas two Democratic factions divided over support for the Roosevelt Truman ticket as state delegates met after turbulent county conventions. Ninety three delegations were instructed to seek Roosevelt Truman electors while twenty nine backed the regular electors. The convention actions in Austin on May 23 were not binding on national ticket decisions.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Battle for Hengyang Continues to Rage
The long bitter battle for Hengyang continues with Chinese and Japanese forces locked in grim fighting inside the city and around the province. Chinese high command reported no position changes in Hunan while Japanese forces reached Ningjiang 32 miles north of Changsha and paused their advance threatening Japanese communications along the Siang River.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
Ningjiang
Changsha
Sienag River
Rites Conducted for 322 Blast Victims at Port Chicago
Memorial services were held at Port Chicago naval magazine depot for 322 dead and missing from the July 17 explosion. Navy planes scattered flowers as 2507 bodies recovered and 32 tentatively identified. 1,000 service personnel stood at attention and a bugler sounded taps on the Suisun Bay shore.
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Port Chicago
Cal
Naval Magazine
Depo
Suisun Bay
San Francisco Bay
Third Armored Division Enters Normandy Offensive
Official reports reveal the Third Armored Division with American troops in France joining the major assault to push German forces from Normandy. The division and allied units are credited with the envelopment of Coutances and driving a steel wedge toward the sands to trap frontline Nazi units near Lessay and Saint-Lô.
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France
Third
Normandy
Guttt
Coutances
Hyeesaner
Lessay-St. Loares
Cohoes Moose Announces Clamsteam Event
The Cohoes Moose Lodge outlines a Cclamsteam gathering led by Loyal Grier at the Ontario temple. Roland Beierase chairs the organizing group with Sporia and Taiunes coordinating notices. Doors open at 2 pm with steam service at 4 pm.
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Aansers
Amaca
Lodze
Grier
Moose
Temple of Ontario
Roland Beierase
Sfrangedienis
Aosrogrem Sporia
Enter Taiunes
Seung
Col Becton
Toni Tre
Ig Seung
Piltip Fountain
Frank Depont
ACLP Seeks to Revise State War Ballot Law
The American Labor Party called on Governor Dewey to end a wartime session of the State War council to enable New York to accept the federal war ballot. The telegram, signed by Benjamin Pleiding, argues the council has power to adopt and implement plans and rules for the war effort. Dewey chairs the council.
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New York
CPI
American Labor Party
Dewey & Telegram
Benjamin Pleiding
War Council
Newark
Dewey
State War Council
Norway to Pay Last Installment On U S Loan
The Norwegian government will pay the final installment of 31,239,000 on a 25,060,000 twenty year loan contracted in the United States in 1924. Ambassador Morgenstierne will hand the payment to National City Bank in New York. Norway arranged the loans in 1923 and 1924, the first of which was paid off two years ago. Total repaid since the Nazi invasion in 1940 is about 16,000,000 plus interest.
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Washington
Morwegian
United States
Boyel Norwegian Information Service
Wilhelm Morgenstierne
DE New York
Norway
Information Service
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