Senator Warns Taxes Near Maximum to Back Defense Costs
Senator George of Georgia told reporters that federal taxes are near the limit and the defense program must be financed by borrowing over generations. He cited possible national debt of 110 to 150.9 billion dollars and predicted tax receipts for next year around 16 billion against 36 billion in outlays.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Georgia
Poubts
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joint
Byrd
D-Va
Bus Plunges Through Bridge Injuring 14 Near Fernie
In Fernie British Columbia a Greyhound bus plunged through a flood weakened bridge injuring 14 people, five seriously. One woman is missing. Ambulances reached the scene and officials detoured 19 miles around flooded roads as a search for the missing woman began.
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Fernie
B. C
UPA Greyhound
Here
Glacier National Park
Lizard Creek
Hayden Calls Arm For Fight Against Oppression
Senator Carl Hayden told a Phoenix banquet that America must arm the world to oppose Nazi oppression and that the nation will not declare war on Hitler. He warned Japan’s aggression risks war, noting U S ships in the Pacific and a pause in Japanese expansion. Also speaking were Sen. McCarran Sen. McFarland Gov. Osborn and Rufus Holman.
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Phoenix
America
Carl Hayden
Hayden
Japan
Far East
Maricopa County
Democratic Women's Club
U. S
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Rufus Holman
Oregon
China
Navy
Philippine Islands
McCarran
McFarland
Holman
Osborn
Thick Midwest Fog Halts Air Travel And Northbound Traffic
A dense fog blanketed the Midwest disrupting airline schedules from Kansas City to Indianapolis with zero visibility. Ground travel slowed to 10 to 15 mph and numerous minor accidents were reported as hundreds were late for work.
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Kansas City
Middlewest
Indianapolis
Wichita
Kans
Oklahoma
Air Lines
Weather Bureau
Nazi Officer Shot In Paris Area Curtails City Districts
In Occupied Paris the German command says a German medical corps officer was shot last night in Boulevard Magenta. A curfew at 6:30 p.m. was ordered indefinitely for the tenth arrondissement with streets cleared and public places closed. Subways were shut, joining actions in Montmartre, the Latin Quarter and Montparnasse amid threats of harsher measures.
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Paris
France
Magenta
Tenth Arrondissement
Montmartre
Latin Quarter
Montparnasse
Too Close for Comfort in Warren Quail Shot Through Window
In Warren Ohio Harry Gibbs describes a frightful near miss when a shot tore through his kitchen window as he and his wife sat down. A stray quail fluttered in after the hole. He says the incident shows dangerous hunting near his home.
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Warren
Ohio
Harry Gibbs
Nevada land condemnations for national defense program
Edward Williams testified before the House Appropriations Committee on a 1942 defense land program. Nevada totals 2 838 770.03 acres across 10 tracts, Idaho 350 229.70 acres in 14 tracts, Utah 9 087.34 acres in 4 tracts, Arizona three tracts. Nationwide 28 000 tracts totaling 4 832 058 acres. The United States pursues the largest land acquisition program ever for military and industrial defense facilities.
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Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Eadward
Williams
the Lands
Justice Department
National Defense
Arizona
United ‘States
House
Sweeney Funeral Held at Ray
Funeral services were held for William Dawson Sweeney 53 mine level boss for the Nevada Consolidated Copper company who died after a brief illness. Survivors include his widow Bessie a son Dawson a daughter Mrs Blossom Gilpin all of Ray Arizona years in the region noted.
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Ray
William Dawson Sweeney
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Sweeney
Arizona
Bessie
Dawson
Blossom Gilpin
Arthur Pryor Conducted First Band at Age Twenty One
Bandmaster Arthur Pryor directed his first ensemble at age twenty one in Denver, marking the start of his conducting career.
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Arthur Pryor
Denver
Senate Land Probe May Be Opened Again
Phoenix reports that a Senate sub committee may reconvene to hear more complaints about public lands in Arizona. Li P Horrell of Globe urged six points including clearer withdrawal notices and continued fees under the Taylor grazing act. McCarran noted overlapping federal authorities and promised remedial legislation after hearings in Phoenix Kingman and Las Vegas.
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Phoenix
Senate
McCarran
New
Interior
Department To” Motion
National Park
Arizona
Li. P. Horrell
Globe
Arizona Cattle’ Growers Association
Forest Service
Kingman
Las Vegas
Nev
Public Lands
Public Lands Committee
Poison ivy incident retold by sergeant in Florida
In Blanding Florida a private asked Sergeant Conner from company H 167th Infantry what plant he held. The sergeant yelled that it was poison ivy and the private laughed replying he would not eat it.
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Blanding
Fla
Conner
167Th Infantry
Vice President Wallace’s College Experiment With Soybeans
The article notes Henry A Wallace during his college years reportedly tested diet ideas by living a week on soybean products. It highlights early exploration of nutrition by a future U.S. vice president.
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Henry
A. Wallace
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