Roosevelt Outlines Broad Anti-Inflation Plan to Congress
President Roosevelt proposed a fourfold program to curb inflation including price ceilings, wage freezes at existing levels, heavy taxation on income above 25 000, and government siphoning of corporate profits not essential to production. He urged quick action on taxes and farm price parity while defending overtime pay for defense workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Labor Board
House
CCC Downsize In World War II CCC Camps
Washington. A retrenchment in Civilian Conservation Corps operations reduces camps to 350 and personnel to 70 000. CCC says the cut is an adjustment to war time conditions and youth employment. Of 600 camps, 202 to close before May 31 and 48 more in June. About 85 000 enrollees remain.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
CCC
McNutt
Britain’s No 1 Ace Takes 31st Plane
Acting Flight Lieutenant Brendon Paddy Finucane, Britain's top ace, shot down his 31st plane during RAF sweeps over the continent. It marked the sixth victory since he left hospital in March after February injuries.
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London
Britain
Brendon
Paddy) Finucane
RAF
President Roosevelts plan to cap after tax income
President Roosevelt proposed cutting his own salary and the pay for hundreds of top executives by changing tax rules so no one could keep more than 25 000 after taxes. He noted the current scale lets a 40 000 earner keep about 25 000 and suggested allowing state tax deductions in 25 states.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
England
Canada Votes For Free Hand In Using Troops Abroad
Ottawa results show plebiscite grants the Mackenzie King government authority to deploy conscripted soldiers anywhere in the world. Quebec largely opposed this change, but early returns indicate strong overall support for freeing the government from domestic service pledges.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
Quebec
Mackenzie King
WPB Cuts Battery Production For Passenger Cars
Washington reports the War Production Board restricts batteries for passenger cars and light trucks, reducing sizes from seventy five to fifteen. From now to September 30 output must drop to 75 percent of last year’s sales. after April 30, retailers may not sell new replacements without a trade in of used batteries. The program aims to save millions in lead antimony and rubber.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
OPA fixes price of paints varnishes in 60 day order
The Office of Price Administration freezes manufacturers prices for all paints and varnishes using drying oils at April 12 levels for 60 days. The rule covers housepaint wall paint enamels varnish undercoats floor deck barn roof and all oil based stains and colors. The order may become permanent after an OPA cost study on labor linseed oil and other materials.
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Washington
Ste
OPA
U S Probes Slavery Claims in Georgia Case
Attorney General Francis Biddle named two Georgia lawyers to assist a Federal Grand Jury in Macon in investigating alleged slavery practices by William Toliver Cunningham of Lexington. The appointees are Barry Wright of Rome and William Anderson Suther.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Georgia
Macon
William Toliver Cunningham
Lexington
Barry Wright
Rome
Willian Anderson Suther
For Sale Fine registered Here ford Bull
Want ads advertise a fine registered Here ford Bull from J. M. Parrish of Whitewright Texas. Also promoting baby chicks from Whitewright Hatchery, blood tested and suitable for cash crop production.
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J. M. Parrish
Whitewright, Texas
G. W. Ford
Whitewright Hatchery
Justice Dept Probes Ogelthorpe County Plantation Slavery Claims
The department announced investigations into claims that Cunningham operated a system of slavery on his Ogelthorpe County plantation, with cooperation from T Hoyt Davis, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia.
Jersey cattle electrocuted at Houston dairy
Forty six Jersey milk cows were electrocuted Sunday in a barn at a dairy near Houston. Homer J. Moore, owner of the dairy, said the animals were killed when a three horsepower motor shorted and sent 220 volts of current through the barn wiring.
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Houston
Homer J. Moore
Electrified Vacuum Pipe Delivers Current to Cows
A barn experiment used a vacuum pipe along the feed trough to transmit electricity. The current moved to cows via chains around their necks connected to the pipe, creating a live feed system.
Music Makes Them Swing and Sway in Georgia Study
Georgia psychologist Dr. A S Edwards of the University of Georgia tested 1600 people aged 3 to 70 to measure body sway with a machine he built. He found music and noise increase sway, deaf and insane individuals sway most, and sway persists despite practice. He challenged the Romberg sign as a diagnosis for paresis.
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Atlanta
Georgia
A. S. Edwards
University of Georgia
Georgia Academy of Science
Edwards
Liberty or Death Quote by Patrick Henry
The message proclaims a devotion to liberty over peace bought with chains and slavery. It invokes divine sanction and expresses a personal resolve to choose freedom, regardless of the consequences.
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Patrick Henfty
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Joe Johnson
Ethel Gordon Short
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Leon Johnson
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