Merit-Rating Step Forward in New York Employers Bill
The Legislature passed a merit based payroll tax reform to reward employers with stable employment records and rebates for good performance, while rejecting a fixed percentage reduction plan. The measure aims to reward reliability and reduce turnover, despite complex calculation methods and opposition from labor unions and some employers. It emphasizes incentives for stability and worker security, though the compromise falls short of perfection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longas
Jong
New York State
Philadelphia
Peace Offensive Foe’s Last Chance in Pacific War
The speech warns Japan may press a peace offensive after many U S soldiers return home. It cautions against believing Japan’s claims of nonmilitarism and urges total defeat of Japan to prevent a revived empire. It argues invasion of home islands is the only certain route to lasting security.
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Pacific
Europe
Manchuria
Japan
Hitler
Easault
Russia
Siberia
North Africa
Isier
Italy
Belgium
Luftwaffe
Teutons
Germany
Rhine
Eastor
South
France
Kentucky
Rome
Marjorie Quigley
End of the Trail: Hitler and Allies in Final Phase
The article frames Hitler as a doomed, criminal figure facing inevitable defeat. It lauds Allied advances across the Rhine, notes German options shrinking, and portrays the Nazi leadership as corrupt and doomed. It contrasts wartime crimes with calls for budget balance and New Deal-era policy critiques.
Byrd committee cuts save $3 billion in federal costs
The Joint Congressional Committee on Reduction of Non essential Federal Expenditures led by Senator Harry F Byrd says three year efforts reduced waste and saved $3 billion. It recommends abolishing the Civilian Conservation Corps saving $238,966,000 and cutting the Works Progress Administration saving $140,511,000.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Projects Administration
Byrd Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Byrd
Bretton Woods Debate Shows Deep Partisan Echoes
Treasury panel hearings on Bretton Woods toll for international finance draw mixed responses. W Randolph Burgess of the American Bankers Association urges a veto share and separate currency stabilization. Caution urged against viewing pacts as all solution to economic warfare amid looming San Francisco talks and postwar tensions.
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Treasury Department
House Banking and Currency Committee
Bretton Woods
San Francisco
Morgenthau
W. Randolph Burgess
American Bankers Association
Bank
Monetary Fund
Burgess
Committee On Economic Development
A.B. A
Uncle Sucker
Uncle Shylock
Britain
United States
Shylock
Morgenthaum
Wren
Paris
Curfew Debate From Troy Teens Draws Reader Letters
Letters defend and critique a midnight curfew and wartime youth roles. Marjorie Quigley and Donaed Quigley of Troy respond to public opinion, urging military sacrifice and community service, while readers press for balanced youth engagement and Red Cross support.
Route to Valley Forge from Albany
Roy J. De Vo asks for the shortest route to Valley Forge Pennsylvania to visit a son in hospital. The Concordance answer suggests traveling via Kingston and Port Jervis in New York and Emstown Doylestown and Morristown in Pennsylvania.
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Valley Forge
Albany
Kingston
Port Jervia
New York
Emston
Doylestown
Morristown
Pennsylvania
The American Role in Rebuilding Europe and Aid Policy
Washington calls for sustained altruism to aid Europe over the next two years, urging candor and avoidance of secrecy as the United States sacrifices goods and food. It warns against high pressure demands, stresses open oversight, and argues for large exports of food, money, and materials to rebuild Europe’s economy and prevent perpetual unrest.
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United States
Yalta
Washington
Europe
Wacker
Congress
Germany
Norway
France
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Polabdt
Balkas States
MacArthur blocks medical chief inspection trip
Washington column reports Major General Norman Kirk, chief of the U.S. Medical Corps, was prevented by Douglas MacArthur from inspecting Manila hospitals while in Leyte, provoking anger from top medical officers who say the ban hinders operations and may cost lives. The dispute draws in War Secretary Stimson as it echoes broader wartime leadership tensions.
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Kirk
Leyte
Philippines
MacArthur
Kick
Manila
Guy B. Denit
Pacific
General Denit
Myesrthur
Stimson
Winged Justice and Pegler Influence in Fay and Bove Trial
New York prosecutors plan to seek sentences up to 18 years for union bosses Joseph S. Fay and James Bove after their March 15 conviction on conspiracy to extort and specific extortion from contractors on the New York City Delaware water project. The case highlights Westbrook Pegler’s journalism as a force in exposing racketeering and pressuring legal action, with supporters and critics noting the columnist’s influence on labor corruption coverage.
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New York
Joseph S. Fay
James Bove
New York Supreme Court
William H. Munson
George Scalise
Serviece “International Union
Grand Lacceny
Westbrook Pegier
Scalise
Pegier
Fay
Bove
Iran
New York City- Delaware
Walsh Construction Co
International Operating Engineers’ Uaion
International Hod Careers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union
Pegler
Iiad
Far
Boye
Puliver Prize
Fay-Bove
Pegles
Moses Polakoff
Willie Bick
Bioff
Chicago
Biot
Pronunciation Tales From A Word Lover's Column
A reader asks about syllable breaks for words like deteriorate and corroborate and discusses pronunciation quirks. The column notes long words with single vowels, asks for longer one, and invites readers to request a BUSINESS ENGLISH pamphlet by mail.
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Jong
Poe
Italy
Jan
Sin Fernando
J. G
Frank Colty
Pam Phiet
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HESS
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Cipaietes
Roosevelt
Aero
Churchill
Arabia
Sonny
By Denys Wortman
Bee US & Pa
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Yailta
David Brooks
Trus
Loch‘invac
Lochinvar
Lansingburg
Red Cross
LaAlso
Troy High School
Quigley
Roy J. DE VO
Crescent
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Norman T . Kirk
Pacific Theater
Wainwighy
Payol
OPA
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Bob Hannegan
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