New York Times Editorial Sees Tax Plan as Taxing Middle Class
Reprinted from The New York Times the piece criticizes the Treasury tax proposal to raise rates and introduce hidden taxes. It argues the plan fails to broaden the base simplify returns and hits middle income groups while seeking to fund defense spending. The editorial calls for a broad reform and fairer distribution of the burden.
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The
New York Times
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States
London and Berlin clash over Norway in war reports
News from a distant front notes British troops holding Norway while Berlin and London claim opposing advances. The feature highlights sport results with Paul Plumley defeating H B McCormac for the city ping pong championship and Mary Steck named queen of the festival.
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Norway
London
Berlin
Paul Plumley
H. B. McCormac
Mary Marshall Steck
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
National Guard
Cornelia Larus
Richmond
D Reid
American Planes Outperform German Messerschmitt? But Mass Production Edge
A captured Messerschmitt fighter examined by Vultee engineers in California showed the German design was not superior in equipment or pilot protection. Interchangeable parts and production methods gave Germany advantages in mass production, while American and British work increasingly matches or exceeds those efficiencies. The plane carried two engines, five machine guns, two cannons, radio, and a 375 mph top speed with five to six hours of range. The study implies Allied air superiority stems from manufacturing methods rather than inherent equipment or personnel talent.
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England
United States
Vultee
California
Messerschmitt
Germany
America
Britain
Passing of Elsie Lobelia Ends Hollywood Career
The obituary recalls Elsie Lobelia, stage star who rose in New York, then at the New York World's Fair, later in films and parties from New York hotels to Finnish relief work. A traffic accident ended her brief comeback tour as she was bound for a New York engagement.
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Elsie
Hollywood
New York
Lobelia
Repatriation gaps show 1500 Americans still in Nazi France
The State Department counts 1500 Americans still in occupied Paris and Northern France after prior notices urged evacuation. Many plan to stay despite food scarcity and daily hardships, defying expectations that nearly all would depart.
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State Department
Washington
France
Paris
America
Inside Pages Read By Most Newspaper Subscribers
A survey by the ANPA Bureau of Advertising finds 97 percent of subscribers read inside pages and 92 percent read illustrated pages. Women read ads more than the picture page. right versus left page position is not decisive and back sections are read as much as front sections. Strong ads rely on well written copy and effective display rather than position.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bureau
Anpa Bureau of Advertising
Winchester student leads in Chicago water carnival
Miss Martha Campbell of Winchester, a second year student, has a leading role in the water carnival held by the Chicago Normal School of Physical Education. The Winchester and Clarke area is noted in the report.
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Martha Campbell
Winchester
Chicago Normal School of Physical Education
Winchester and Clarke
Omps Wins Narrowly in Back Creek District Supervisor Race
R L Omps defeats H P Whit acre by two votes in the Democratic primary for supervisor from Back Creek district. Local fishermen scoff at reports that floods washed Potomac bass away, arguing fish move upstream during high water.
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R. L. Omps
H. P. Whitacre
West Virginia
Maryland
Potomac
Answers To Questions By Frederic J. Haskin
A reader query column from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau answers questions on CCC pay the savings allotment daily life canned goods for military use and flag history. It notes CCC enrollees get 8 for personal use and 15 in savings and lists figures on air raids and lightning damage with brief historical and organizational details.
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Civilian Conservation Corps
Chief of Finance
War Department
Washington, D. C
Letters on Sunday movies and sacred observance stir Winchester
Ira Humphries of 312 S Kent Street criticizes readers who oppose church stands on Sunday movies and moral reform. The Winchester Council of Religious Education urges closing open amusements on the Lord's Day and reestablishing spiritual observance.
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Ira Humphries
S. Kent Street
the Star
Winchester Council of Religious Education
Winchester
Book note on Edwin C. Hill column about Nat Palmer and Antarctic voyage
A nostalgic essay reviews Edwin C. Hill on Russell Owen's The Antarctic Ocean. It highlights Nat Palmer of Stonington Conn as the first verifiable sighting of the Antarctic continent aboard the Hersilia in 1819 and Palmer’s later career as a clipper captain and Connecticut legislator.
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Heaven
Russell Owen
Antarctic Ocean
Whittlesey House
Nat Palmer
Stonington, Conn
Mr. Owen
Antarctic
Stonington
Shetlands
Falklands
Espirito Santo
Buenos Aires
Palmer
Young Nat
Sheffield
Seal
Young Palmer
South Shetlands
Hero
Antarctica
Connecticut
Virgil
Unmatched Explorer Reporter Probes Polar Realms
A first class reporter, Mr. Owen, blends camera eye and disciplined writing to recount South Pole expeditions from Ross to Byrd. He debunks myths of mineral wealth, arguing true riches lie in ocean life and lessons learned from polar winds and rocks.
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Owen
South Pole
Ross
Scott
D’urville
Wilkes
Cook
Wedell
Biscoe
Palmer
Shackleton
Amundsen
Byrd
Mr. Owen
Won Pulitzer Prize for Byrd Articles
Mr. Owen, an ace correspondent, is noted as having won a Pulitzer Prize for his articles on Byrd. The report highlights his reporting excellence and the recognition from the prize committee.
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BYRD
Mr. Owen
Ace Corres
Star Quiz Answers on Page 2
A set of trivia questions asks about the April birthstone gem Tropic lines Ulysses S Grant rank Appian Way top raisin producer metals lighter than water presidential era of good feeling Buck Pulitzer Freckles author and child nationality for US births to immigrant parents.
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Ulysses
Grant
U. S
Eee Buck
United States
Scarlet tanager color differences by sex in seasons
The text explains that adult male scarlet tanagers are brilliant scarlet with deep black wings in spring and summer, while adults females show olive green on the upper parts and grayer on the belly and scapulars. It notes color variation by sex and season.
Bovine Tuberculosis and Public Health Questions
Dr. Clendening and a Halifax reader discuss bovine tuberculosis in cattle in Hants County, noting human transmission risk and U S Department of Agriculture efforts. The piece compares U S and English campaigns, cites declines in bovine cases, and includes reader questions on eye care and surgery with brief answers.
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Logan Clendening
M. D
Halifax
N.S
Hants County
Halifax Chronicle
United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Dakotas
Utah
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Harrisonburg Teacher's College
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Wilson
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Roanoke Times
Army
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Black Maria
Thomas Edison
West Orange
New Jersey
United States Flag Association
Flag Association
Voice of the People
By Fred Neher
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Virginia
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Edwin C. Hill
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