Increased Tax but Not Until January
Washington reports that wartime tax increases are being debated with assurances no new income tax burden will take effect this year. Congress may draft a new tax law this fall, but major provisions likely start January 1. Discussions touched on higher excise rates for liquor and cigarettes, and the possibility of greater revenues from income and luxury taxes.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Roosevelt
Doughton
D-Nc
Taxwilling Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt backs subsidies to curb food costs and fights czar idea
President Roosevelt endorsed subsidies to hold down consumer food prices and said he would not create a centralized czar over food matters. Congress shows signs of a fierce clash over central food administration, price control, and potential coordination by the new Office of War Mobilization as debates continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Prentiss M Brown
Enire
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester GC. Davis
Davis
Office of War Mobilization
OW ™ M
Army Bombers Crash Near Ruidoso Killing 19 Die
Two large Army bombers collided and crashed in the White Mountains of south central New Mexico killing 19 airmen. Sheriff Stover said one crewman parachuted to safety. The site lay near a road seven miles from Ruidoso in the Lincoln National Forest.
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Carrizoro
White Mountains
New Mexico
A K Stover
Ruidoso
Lincoln National Forest
Sold-20 Calls at 240 11th St Troy in Sterling deal
A local listing notes a $25 call at 240 11th Street Troy with contact via town exchange, stating a gag combination and condition as part of the sale. The reference includes a Black Sterling cost detail and a phone listing for Troy 7345.
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Tove
11Th St
Troy
Troy woman orders stave demand in classifieds ad
The Record Newspaper notes Teporte, a Troy resident, showed interest in a classified ad asking for staves and had inquiries. The item remains unneeded by the demander yet drew attention in the notices.
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Troy
Record
King George VI Visits Allied Forces in North Africa
Buckingham Palace announced King George VI arrived in North Africa to visit Allied troops with Sir Archibald Sinclair and Sir James Grigg aboard. He would honor Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath during the visit amid Axis invasion rumors.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George VI
North Africa
British Isles
Archibald Sinclair
Air
James Grigg
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
British Broadcasting Corp
Empire
African
Sicily
Europe
Dwight D Eisenhower
The
Order of the Bath
House committee backs US membership in international peacemaking group
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a one sentence resolution urging Congress to favor the creation of an international organization with power to establish and maintain peace. Democratic Leader McCormack praised the action as farsighted and plans to seek early House consideration.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
United States
McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Fulbright
D.-Ark
House of Representatives
Senate
Argentine provisional government vows practical Pan Americanism
General Pedro Ramirez, head of the new provisional government, stated that Argentina will let the eloquence of its deeds demonstrate its desire to pursue practical Pan-Americanism. The message was revealed last night in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Murray Urges Roosevelt to Veto Anti Strike Bill
CIO chief Philip Murray told Roosevelt the Connally Smith measure would provoke stoppages and disrupt work. He condemned the no strike pledge as aiding the ruling party while warning the bill weakens the War Labor Board, allows subpoenas, and permits secret ballots that could invite industrial spies.
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Washington, PI
C. I
Philip Murray
Roosevelt
Murray
White House
Secretary of
Perkins
Bureau of the Budget
CIO
War Labor Board
Four German Drives on Orel Halted by Russians
German counterattacks in the Orel region were repelled by Soviet forces after two days of fighting. The Soviet midnight bulletin said about 400 Germans were killed, tanks and materiel damaged, and a Russian advance near a town north west of Mtsensk was repelled.
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London
Orel
Mtsensk
Monitor
Kuban
Caucasus
Senate panel debates WAVES foreign service bid
In the Naval Committee hearing, Senator Walsh questions extending overseas assignment to WAVES, noting changes from past limits. Commander McAfee says many WAVES seek foreign duty. bill would cover Navy Coast Guard and Marine Corpswomen, offering full pay and benefits, with spouses not treated as dependents.
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Washington
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Maldred H McAfee
Women's Fleet Auxiliary
Navy
Randall Jacobs
Naval
Continental
United States
House
McAfee
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Mexico Seeks Damages Over Zoot Suit Clash Victims
Mexico asks Washington to press for damages for Mexican zoot-suiters involved in clashes with American minors in Los Angeles. In its first official statement the government asserts its nationals’ rights and expects American justice to deliver proper redress for innocent victims.
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Mexico
Liberators Raid Rabaul in Largest Allied Bomber Strike
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports the 19 four engine Liberator bombers attacked the Rabaul base in New Britain in a two hour raid delivering 23 tons of bombs. The June 14 night operation extended into yesterday as the fourth assault in 31 days by General Douglas MacArthur's air force. Despite heavy anti air fire and seven enemy fighters, all bombers returned to base.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Airc
Douglas MacArthur
Swamps combed in search for missing boy George Fonda
Ithaca police firemen and Sea Scouts combed flooded swamp lands and wooded ravines near here yesterday in a continuing but unsuccessful search for George Fonda seven, who has been missing since he left his home Sunday afternoon.
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Ithaca
George Fonda
Ingenuity Wins Pair of Shoes at Texarkana Store
In Texarkana Arkansas Billy Seman could not reach Watson's shoe store crowd and retired to the telegraph office. He returned with a telegram for Mr. Watson. The message requested a pair of shoes and was signed Billy Seliman.
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Texarkana
Ark
Billy Seman
Watson's
Billy
Watson
Bombings Force Mass Evacuation of German Cities
Wartime dispatch reports massive air raids on Germany with RAF big bombers targeting the Ruhr especially Oberhausen. German defenses seen over England and France as continued night and day bombardment disrupts steel and coal centers. No casualties reported from limited German attacks on two southeast English towns.
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London
Avis Europe
RAF
Ruhr
Oberhausen
Rhine-Herne Canal
Germany
France
Low Countries
Royal Air Force
Essen
Agreement On Coal Discarded in Port of Portal Pay Clash
Washington UP The Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association and the United Mine Workers abandoned their oral agreement on $130 a day for portal to portal pay and could delay a lasting settlement for a year. Charles O Neill announced the collapse of writing the deal while UMW President John L Lewis would not comment. The policy committee met planned for today.
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Washington
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Portal
Charles O'Neill
Producers’ Association
U MW
John L Lewis
Nazis Call Up Dutch Youths
A Paris radio broadcast quoted by The Associated Press says Germany ordered nearly all of Hollands youngest and fittest men to be transported to Germany to help fill the Reichs labor shortage. The Hague decree would keep older workers in the Netherlands while youths starting at 19 and 20 years old are sent to work in Germany.
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London
DNB
Paris
Germany
Plenty of Fuel Oil Says OPA
The Office of Price Administration stated fuel oil for heating would be ample before winter. Officials assured consumers of sufficient supply amid rising demand as the heating season approaches.
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Opa
Cleveland
Baseball Scoreboard National and American League results
National League results show New York 6 Brooklyn 5 and Pittsburg 4 Chicago 2 plus St Louis 3 Cincinnati 1 and Philadelphia leading Boston. American League includes New York 9 Washington 5 and St Louis 5 Chicago 2 with Philadelphia, Boston and others winning. Eastern League reports Wilkes Barre Albany Scranton Utica Binghamton Springheld Hartford Elma scores.
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New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
St Lous
Detroit
Cleveland
Wilkes-Barre
Albany
Scranton
Utica
Binghamton
Springheld
Hartford
Elma
Invasion Pattern Cocoa-Smeared Marines Sail Ashore
A forecast of the initial Allied invasion describes cocoa smeared Marines landing from flotillas that can lay smoke screens and provide fire support. The plan envisions a detailed assault to breach Hitler’s Atlantic wall with specialized landing craft and a coordinated beachhead attack along Britain’s coast.
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Britain
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Europe
Frontier in Levant Shut by Turkish premier speech
Premier Sukin Saracoglu of Turkey reaffirmed neutrality at a peoples party congress after reports that Allies had closed the frontier with Syria. Some Allied quarters viewed the move as to block news of military preparations and as a potential step toward an attack on Crete, Greece, or the Dodecanese.
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Associated Press
Sukin Saracoglu
Turkey
Peoples Party Congress
Syria
Crete
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Doctor Admits False Testimony at Compensation Hearing
New York physician Charles L Engelsher of Parkchester General Hospital admitted before Commissioner William F Bleakley that he lied at the June 7 Workmen’s Compensation hearing. He said funds declared as part of the $19,000 payment were used to cover his brother’s debts, with $600 given to mob figure Marty Krompier. He also disclosed two incorrect answers from February 19 1942 asserting no proprietary interest in the hospital while acknowledging he and his brother shared net profits.
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New York
Charles L Engelsher
Parkchester General Hospital
Bronx
Wiliam F Bleakley
Dr Engelsher
Zangwil Engelsher
Marty” Krompier
Arthur (Dutth Schultz) Flegenhemer
Krompier Krompie
Engelshher
Hermann Stich Iman
Vincent Rao
Joseph Freedman
Tesified Freedman
Zangwill Engelshers
Engelsher
Evacuation under Fire Moves Germans to the Countryside
German press reports a mass evacuation of civilians from war torn cities to rural areas as Allied air attacks intensify. Officials warn morale risks while noting halted construction and labor redirected to the war effort. Evacuees chiefly from western Germany express anxiety, and farmers fear housing strain.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Mulhauser Tagblatt
Das Reich
Westphalia
Legislators Refute Davis Amid Propaganda Minister Claim
Washington lawmakers push back after Representative Short labels Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information as a propaganda minister. Majority Leader McCormack says propaganda is a necessity in war and defends OWI leadership against alleged mismanagement of New Deal related efforts.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
OWT
Representative Short
R-Mo
McCormack
D-Mass
Milk Shortage Warns of Possible Winter Shortfall
Dr C J Bland ford administrator of the metropolitan milk marketing area said today that the present record demand for milk for fluid and manufacturing could create a special condition next November when product is at its seasonal ebb. The area cannot produce enough in the short term to satisfy all calls for milk.
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New York
UPI
C J Blandford
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