House Rejects Rumi Plan in Pay as You Go Tax Fight
The House voted 202 to 134 against the Senate modified Rumi measure, keeping pay as you go taxation alive. Roosevelt pledged a veto, and the defeat marks the third House setback for the plan. debate centered on tax burden shifts and prospects for a conference bill acceptable to the President.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Dean F. Taylor
Troy
William T. Byrne
Loudonville
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
Doughton
Tax Framing House Ways and Means Committee
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Coughton
D.-N.c
Congress
House Denies Salary Funds for Three Officials
The House approved a $134,000,000 deficiency bill with amendments denying salaries for three government employees and barring use of any President emergency funds for the Farm Security Administration or National Resources Planning Board. An amendment denying pay for Dr Goodwin Watson and William E Dodd Jr of the Communications Commission and Secretary Robert Moris Lovett of the Virgin Islands government passed 317 to 62 after a subcommittee deemed them unfit for public office amid alleged subversive ties.
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Senate
Farm Security Administration
National Resources Planning Board
Goodwin Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Communications Commission
Robert Moris Lovett
Virgin Islands
Appropriations
Old Aztec dog seeks return after weekend sighting
Small brown short-haired chihuahua found near Fourth and Congress Streets last Sunday. The owner offers a reward and requests contact via Troy 2839 or Trey 6100 to recover the valued pet.
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Doc
Fourth and
Congress Sts
Troy
War Labor Board mandate in coal talks
Secretary Ickes reiterated Roosevelt and War Labor Board control in coal mine talks with John L. Lewis. Ickes said no bargaining conferences will occur unless any contract gains WLB approval, following a meeting with James F. Byrnes and WLB chairman William H. Davis. Lewis defied the board’s authority in prior negotiations.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Ickes
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
Lewis
WLB
United Mine Workers
James F. Byrnes
William H. Davis
New York
Senate approves extension of Bituminous Coal Act
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill to extend the Bituminous Coal Act operations until August 23. Howard A. Gray testified that failure to extend would threaten wage settlement efforts and hinder government mine operation. James Lewis of the UMW withheld comment pending talks with officials. Ickes had earlier extended the mine truce to May 31, with no announced change in plans.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Howard A. Gray
Solid Fuels
Lewis
U.M.W
Ickes
President Roosevelt urges free food access for all at UN conference
President Roosevelt told the United Nations food conference that no hindrances in trade transport or internal distribution can bar the world from receiving food. He said society must meet its obligation to provide minimum adequate nutrition to all members in the opening session message.
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
United Nations Food Conference
OPA Drops Plan to Print Grade Labels on Canned Goods
The Office of Price Administration announced it will not require grade labeling on 1943 canned fruits and vegetables. Price maximums will rely on grades shown on dealer invoices with a system for consumers to verify quality, while canners avoid printing grades on each can. Consumer groups argued grade labeling helps shoppers, but producers opposed the extra labor and cost, and enforcement is expected to remain effective through invoices.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Negro Cited For Bravery In Pacific
Charles Jackson French a 23 year old Negro mess attendant from Freeman Arkansas was commended by Admiral William F Halsey Jr for attempting to save about 15 men adrift on a raft during a Solomon Islands engagement last September 5. French swam two hours towing the raft amid deliberate shelling after the destroyer transport Gregory sank.
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Charles Jackson French
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Navy
French
Freeman
Ark
Viney Harris
Solomon Islands
Gregory
Naval Service
Marine saves life with grenade mishap on Guadalcanal
Nash W. Phillips, 22, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, a Marine corporal, survived a grenade blast on Guadalcanal after his paralyzed right hand held the live device. A Jap mortar shell then wounded him in the arm and forehead, but he fell forward into mud and the explosion occurred beneath him, likely saving his life. Phillips, recovering in a West Coast hospital, recalled counting to four but stopping at three as the grenade exploded.
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Nash W. Phillips
Fayetteville
N.C
Metapona River
Guadalcanal
Phillips
Havoc Increases from Bombed German Dams
Destructive floodwaters from RAF blasts on Germanys Mohne and Eder Dams surge through the Ruhr Valley toward Duisburg and the Rhine. New aerial photographs from yesterday show torrents spreading beyond the destroyed dams as Allied air units continue pre invasion bombardment into its seventh day.
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Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Mohne
Eder
Europe
Duisburg
Rhine
Weser
Kassel
Air Ministry
Fire kills three in Glens Falls apartment blaze
A late night fire on the third floor of the Thomson Building in Glens Falls killed three people including the uncle and aunt of Mrs. C. K. Trigg of Troy. An unidentified woman died in another apartment. Nine residents were rescued by firefighters as the blaze, which started about 10 12 p.m. in the business section, took about an hour to control.
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Troy
Glens Falls
Fred Armstrong
C. K. Trigg
Fifth Avenue
Thomson
Nazi Flood Damage Report From German Territory
Berlin dispatch to Neue Zuricher Zeitung says Nazi leaders threaten Jews after a refugee report about dam destruction. Flood waters inundate large valleys. Kassel area and surrounding coal regions with synthetic gasoline plants are flooded, threatening industrial centers and military factories.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
Germany
Reich
Kassel
Eder
Prime Minister Churchill to Speak Before Congress Today
Washington reports that Prime Minister Churchill will address Congress in a major wartime speech lasting about an hour. Four big American networks will broadcast the address starting at 12 30 p m Eastern War Time, conveying the event to a nationwide audience.
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Washington
Churchill
Congress
Fists Almost Fly On House Floor
Washington UP A threatened fist fight on the House floor between Rep Gene Cox and Will Rogers Jr was averted by peace makers. Cox claimed Rogers accused him of taking a bribe and demanded an apology. Rogers denied the bribe remark and said the dispute was a tempest in a teapot.
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Washington
Gene Cox
Will Rogers
Cox
Rogers
Allies Bomb Sardinian Base in Mediterranean Raid
Allied planes struck the port and airfield at Alghero Sardinia as part of Mediterranean air superiority from their North Africa springboard. British navy reports 23 Germans fled Cap Bon to Zembretta Island but ran out of food, while signaling with a lighthouse message as Spitfires and naval craft patrolled the area.
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Alghero
Sardinia
Cap Bon
Zembretta Island
Cape
Soviets Repulse Nazi Attacks Along Eastern Front
Moscow announced that Soviet forces repulsed German assaults around Novorossiysk and along the Caucasus front. The noon communique described heavy fighting and Russian artillery strikes during a day of relatively quiet on the eastern front.
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London
Red Army
Caucasus Black Sea
Novorossisk
Moscow
Novorlossisk
U S Bombers Down 121 Planes Over Europe Raids
United States bombers destroyed 121 enemy fighters in three raids on Europe May 13 14 and 15 according to American headquarters. Twenty bombers were lost in operations including attacks on Meaulte St Omer Kiel Emden Velsen and Antwerp.
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London
United States
Europe
Meaulte
St. Omer
France
Kiel
Emden
Velsen
Holland
Antwerp
Belgium
Army Trap Closes Upon Japs on Attu
The Associated Press reports American forces close in on main Japanese troops on Attu Island as weather permits continued coordinated attacks by land sea and air. The Japanese defense along a ridge south of their Holtz Bay camp is smashed and United States troops seize the heights amid a brutal Monday fight.
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Washington
Attu Island
Oe Beree
Navy
Holtz Bay
United States
Prisoners Over Two Hundred Thousand in Tunisian Campaign
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower announced that the final tally of Axis troops captured in the Tunisian campaign exceeded 200,000. Earlier figures ranged from 150,000 to 175,000 or more.
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North Africa
CPI
Tunisian
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yester
Attu Battle Reports From Naval Communiques
A Japanese broadcast via New York claimed Americans were landing fresh forces on Attu under naval gunfire and air support. U S officials indicated heavy enemy resistance but light casualties for American troops as they seized heights south of Holtz Bay, with planes from Amchitka bombing the area when weather allows.
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Attu
Aleutians
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Ings
Amchitka Island
Holtz Bay
Knox
Gas Book Rationing Possible for Eastern States
New York UP reports Charles Phillips, director of the national OPA automotive supply rationing, says due to a gasoline shortage in 17 eastern states and many coupons outstanding, all B and C books will be reviewed and may be cut by 10 to 12 percent.
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New York
Charles Phillips
OPA
Worst to Date air raid alert in Greater Boston
Boston civilian defense officials called last night’s 23 minute air raid alert the worst to date. Michael T. Kelleher said he would seek Army permission to conduct another test before midnight Saturday.
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Boston
Greater
Michael T. Kelleher
Army
Strategy Still Puts Nazi Defeat First
Washington reports Allied strategy remains focused on conquering Germany and Italy before shifting weight to Japan. Observers note no plan to abandon the European objective, citing six months of detailed prep for a major invasion and the risk of wasting time, training, and supplies.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Chandler
Britain
Europe
United States
Far East
Italy
Mediterranean
Chile Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Axis States
Chile announces the severance of diplomatic relations with Vichy France Hungary and Romania. Earlier the government cut relations with Germany Italy and Japan on January 20, reflecting a widening stand against the Axis.
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Chile
Vichy France
Hungary
Rumania
Germany
Italy
Japan
Shave or Spud Mister New York City Raid at Barber Shop
Mayor La Guardia and a broad city delegation raided a Rockefeller Center area barber shop amid reports three men unloaded 157 potato bags. Potatoes impounded and shop closed. proprietor Charles Falcone cited for storing kerosene. Police questioned the potato owner who paid 343.75 to a Chateaugay farmer. weight around 15,000 pounds.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Rockefeller Center
City Hall
Charles Falcone
Falcone
William Wilson
Nazi Decree Sets Severe Penalty for Dutch Strikes
Reports from Holland say Arthur Seyss-Inquart issued a decree imposing penal servitude or exile for strikes and slowdowns in public services and other sectors seen as severe cases. The Dutch News agency Aneta noted the order also covers physicians, veterinarians, dentists, and druggists amid widespread unrest following the earlier internment of 400000 former Dutch soldiers.
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Arthur Seysz-Inquart
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