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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
7
Washington experts say a flat 25 percent income tax cap after the war would cause large revenue losses and likely deficit in a prosperous year. The Treasury division notes postwar income will be lower, with Reduced overtime pay and war industry declines. They warn against reduced taxes without broader downward revisions.
A furloughed paratrooper jokes that he has made no jumps yet has been pushed 17 times, reflecting wartime training drills and morale. The remark captures a light, stoic tone common in veteran humor about demanding airborne service.
The United States says it sent nearly 2 million tons of lend-lease supplies to the Soviet Union in the first four months, totaling over 10 million tons since October 1941, including planes, tanks, trucks, jeeps, and vast communications stock. Penicillin labs expand in Mexico as American and Chinese engineers build airfields for B 29 raids, while Canadian air strength tops 206,000 with Holland curfew rules tightening in occupied areas.
Austin report warns millions of flies spread typhoid fever and summer complaints across the United States with Texas facing many casualties this year. Dr Geo W Cox urges tight screens on doors and windows keep flies from food and utensils and to cover outside privy vaults and garbage. He notes illnesses spread through contact with contaminated food and calls for eliminating breeding sites and requesting a health pamphlet on fly control.
Roger Q. Evans urges Collin and Grayson County voters to elect him Flotorial Representative, citing historical alternation between counties since 1913 and pledging equal service if elected. He notes past terms by Spradley Barker Barrow Burton Baker Benton and argues Grayson’s time. he seeks no policy alliance and asks for support based on records.
Akron Ohio Summit County Recorder Frank Kroeger reports a World War I veteran from a neighboring mountain state went to the county courthouse to have his discharge papers recorded as required. He explained he wanted the papers recorded again to obtain the mustering out pay claimed in discussions.
Cpl. William W. Watkins formerly of Nashville Tennessee who enlisted in 1940 served on the U S S Memphis with duty in Cuba South America and the China Coast He walked off a ship into the South Pacific during a somnambulistic episode then joined the Army later serving as a physical training instructor at the Newport air field in Arkansas in a light hearted Sun Want Ad style brief.
An English innkeeper near a U S troop camp compares American soldiers of 1944 with those of 1917. Robert George Fox says the 1944 troops are better educated, more polite, and well behaved, though still chasing their nip. He notes they dress sharper and mingle well with British troops.
In Orlando a seven week polio case in the son of Navy Lt. Alex White improved after penicillin treatment. Doctors placed him in an iron lung then administered penicillin revealing rapid recovery. Physicians report the case to the Journal of the American Medical Association and claim it may be the first penicillin use in polio.
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