Economists Propose Tax Plans to Fund Defense Output
A Philadelphia report recaps economists proposals to finance heightened defense production. Colm urges borrowing with rising taxes as production lags, Sprague favors immediate tax hikes including excess profits and selective levies, Ballantine calls for nondefense Cuts and well timed borrowing, while Cornell economists argue making war material more profitable than consumer goods and limit taxes on profiteers.
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Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Gerhard Colm
Bureau of the Budget
Colm
M. W. Sprague
Harvard University
Arthur A. Ballantine
The
Treasury
Texas hunters face universal license debate amid licensing totals
Texas ranked sixth in population and duck hunters but twentieth in hunting license sales. A 1939 Texas license total reached 123,355 while other states with universal licenses show far higher figures. Advocates push for universal licenses to boost state game funds.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Service
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Game Department
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Lone Star
Texas Ducks Stamp Sales Rank in 1939
United States Fish and Wildlife figures show Texas sold 63,460 federal duck stamps in 1939, placing sixth same as 1938. Minnesota led with 120,034. Michigan 86,064. Wisconsin 84,075. California 74,644. Illinois 66,434. Total stamps sold were 1,111,561, funding refuges for migratory waterfowl.
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Lone Star
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Texas
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
California
Illinois
Federal Service
White bass stocking expand in Texas lakes this spring
The Texas Game Department cannot stock streams from its hatcheries for months but is stocking many lakes with white bass. White bass migrate upstream to spawn and are difficult to hatch in tanks, yet seining has allowed stocking last spring. Reports show thriving populations in over a dozen lakes, with hopes to stock remaining suitable lakes this spring.
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Texas Game Department
Lone Star State
Game Department
Department
Bobcat Killer in Mecklenburg Chicken House
Arthur Kraetz of Mecklenburg in Fayette County found a 17 pound bobcat in his chicken house after chickens went missing. The predator measured 26 inches and killed five chickens the night it was slain.
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Arthur Kraetz
Mecklenburg
Fayette County
Kraetz
Bigger Crop Loans Expected Soon by Administration
Government farm officials predict the administration will propose higher price support loan rates for crops to lift farm income. Cotton loans may rise from 9 to 12 cents a pound and wheat from 65 to about 85 cents a bushel, with corn left at 61 cents. Parity-based pricing would guide market prices and loan eligibility.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
How Grandma Treated the Flu
The piece recalls grandma’s old fashioned flu remedies, contrasting la grippe era care with modern scientific treatment. It recounts being put to bed in a feather bed with wool quilts as turpentine and goose grease were heated and applied to the chest and respiratory area.
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Woods
O. K
Grandma
British marksmen rival Kentucky shooters in flare defense
London reports a German air attack inspiring British marksmen to perform with precision. A group of twenty home guards claimed to have downed all Nazi flares in a single raid, describing flares as metal bows that explode when hit by bullets.
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London
Outmoded Home Remedy For Nervous Worry Described
Homer M. Price in Marshall News Messenger describes a drastic old fashioned treatment involving hot flannel rags, wool wrap, hot iron, hot lemonade, and castor oil. The method claimed to calm worry and produce a lethargic outlook on recovery within a half hour. Lost articles noted with Want Ads.
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Homer M. Price
Marshall News-Messenger
Daylight Saving Time May Be Indefinite
New York reports daylight saving time set to begin April 27 may be kept for the duration of the national defense emergency. Industry notes year round daylight time could ease electric load for lighting and free power capacity for defense production. Canada has already adopted year round daylight saving.
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New York
Canada
United States
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