Drafted fathers face tax questions during wartime draft
The article explains how service deferments affect withholding and estimated taxes, noting that draftees can postpone certain payments under the soldiers and sailors relief act. It covers dependents, exemptions, and how a spouse's income alters tax obligations, with practical steps for managed relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers and Sailors Relief
Internal Revenue Collector
Internal Revenue Bureau
Army
Navy
Tax forgiveness for fallen service member urged by lawmakers
The text notes that if he dies in service his back taxes are forgiven, offering his family relief. It also mentions an expectation that Congress will pass a wartime tax forgiveness law similar to the previous conflict, potentially wiping part or all of the service member's taxes.
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Congress
Farm Slaughter License Listed
Texas farmers may slaughter and sell hog meat without a permit until February 17 under a 90 day War Food Administration program routed through A and M College Extension Service. Sales must follow OPA ceiling prices and ration point rules. monthly reports to the local war price and rationing board are required.
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College Station
Texas
A. and
M. College Extension Service
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Price and Rationing Board
Many Yanks Will Be Permanent Cripples
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports modern battlefield surgery saves many lives but forecasts American families must prepare for more permanently crippled veterans. Col. Joseph I. Martin cites land mines booby traps and air bombs as causes of leg amputations and severe injuries while noting improved front line care. The piece cites Elizabeth Blackwell as the first US woman doctor.
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Allied
Algiers
Joseph I. Martin
Rockford
Ill
Fifth Army
Italy
Wartime Rationing Notes and Draft Guidance Update
The notice outlines A-9 and Green and Brown stamp validity through January and December 1943 to 1944, with changes to tire and gasoline rationing, and warns farm workers to keep their draft boards informed. It notes meat ration shifts, tax deadlines, and the Consumer Advisory Committee’s price guidance recommendations.
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East Coast
ODT Urges Early Christmas Shopping and War Bond Gifts
The ODT asks readers to shop and mail early for Christmas, carry packages, and give War Bonds and Stamps as practical gifts. It notes car owners must record new license numbers and tire inspection records on ration books under a recent OPA rule, with T coupons for use.
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ODT
Santa Claus
OPA
1944 Vehicle Coupons Issued as Strips Instead of Books
The plan assigns 1944 commercial vehicle and taxi coupons to strips like motion picture ticket rolls with each coupon serially numbered.
Pistol Packing Mamma Sends Colt to Treasury War Aid
A Niagara Falls woman mailed a 38 police special Colt pistol with holster and shells to the treasury, declaring the weapons should be used to further the war effort. The item was described as a pistol packin mother surrendering arms for national service.
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Washington
Treasury
Niagara Falls
Atlantic Ocean Lies West of Pacific at Panama
A geographical note explains that the Atlantic Ocean lies to the west of the Pacific side at Panama. It clarifies the regional waterway arrangement and the positioning of ocean basins around the Isthmus.
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Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Panama
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Gomer May
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Selective Service Board
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Midwest
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Packin
JU. S
Kingston Drug Store
Denison
Rexall
Lone Star
Rice
Navarro County
Cayage
Lone Star Organization
Lone Star Wh Gas Company
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