Tke
?B42
year
| DEBUT
The year be fan uith then* im
portant events:
January
1? OPM bam retail ?alt of new
, cars, trucks. (
2? Manila and Cavil* naval
bases fall to Japs.
8? In message to Congress.
President Roosevelt order*
60,000 plane*, 45,000 tank* in
victory program.
11? Japs invad* Netherlands
East Indie*. *
26? AEF lands in North Ireland.
THE WAR
J anuary
1? Hitler takes command of retreating
Nazi army on Moscow front.
2? Manila falls to Japs.
12? Dutch East Indies invaded by Japa
nese; Mac-Arthur's men again hurl |
enemies back on Luzor..
Id? Japs take Burma port, Tauoy.
2a? Australia calls on U. 8. for help.
25? Dutch and Yanks take tall of 93 Jap |
ships in Macassar strait.
29 ? U. S. AEF lands in North Ireland.
31? Malaya falls? Japs drive on for Sing
apore.
February
3? Nazis rush air and taffk reinforce- |
ments to southern Russia battlefront.
4? AEF si?eeds aid to Far East Allies.
e? Key oil town in Borneo captured by |
in? HlFler'i fleet escapes from Brest to
Kiel.
15? SINGAPORE FALLS TO JAPS.
16 ? Dutch destroy 100-million-dollar otl
fields in Sumatra.
19? First Jap bombing of Darwin. Aus
tralia.
20? New cabinet for Churchill. Japanese
land on Timor island.
21? U. S.-Dutch air fleet sink or damage
19 Jap ships.
28 ? British 'chutists and Commandos raid I
France.
March
1? Japs unload 90 transports on Java.
3 ? W a veil dropped as Allied chief taiu.
u,v"d?'l?eW Guirfu il lnM
u^ya^Jks" LAND IN AUSTRALIA.
17? Mac Arthur and aides escape from
i'hilinpines, land in Australia.
19 ? Jap Invasion fleet heading for Aus
tralia s rt ashed by Allies.
-U. S. navy rips MakJ
miles off Jap capital.
27? Chinese smash Burma trap, relieve
29? U. S. navy rips Makin Island 1.000
retreating British.
29? British Commandos wreck NasJ-beld
St. Naxaira port.
April
1? Hand-to-hand fighting with J a pa on
Bataan.
??Navy admKa threa U. 8. warahipa
aunk by Jap planea.
??Axis desert (orcea move against Brit
ish in Libya.
9 ? BATAAN FALLS . . . *.000 U. t.
SOLDIERS TAKE!* PRISONERS.
10? British-Indian self-rule parley col*
lapses.
13 ? Laval named vice premier of Franco. ,
Its ? RAF blitz on German industrial cen
ters roars into fifth day.
18? TOKYO BOMBED BY U. S. AIR |
FORCE.
22? Commandos raid Franco at Bou
logne. rout Nazis.
SO? RAF again bombs Parla Industrie*.
May
1? Hitler. Mussolini meet at Salzburg,
leave Japan out.
8 ? British, backed by U. 8.. occupy
Madagascar.
0? CORREGIDOR FALLS TO THE
JAPS: 7.000 U. S. TROOPS SUR
RENDER.
5? U. S. sinks and smashes IS Jap war
ships in southwest Pacific.
?.V ? Allied plane sinks Axis sub off Brazil.
S7 -?Nazis launch terrific Libyan attack.
June
2 ? Nazi city of Essen smashed by 1.1
RAF planes.
4? Dutch Harbor, Alaska, bombed twice (
by Japa.
?--Japs attack Midway Island.
6 ? U. S. navy smashes Jap fleet at Mid
way island.
lo? British announce 18S.S80 casualties
during first two years of war ending
September 2. 1M1. Including 40*73
killed. 48.363 wounded.
12? Japanese land in Aleutians. Risks
harbor named by U. S. dispatches.
21? Tobruk. British stronghold, held since
Jsnuary 22, 1941, surrender* to Nan |
desert fighters.
25? Rommel drives 00 miles Into Egypt;
British abandon Solum, Sidl Omar.
Juljr
6? U. S.-made General Grant tanks bat- I
tie Nazis In Afrlcsn war.
5? Nazi 35.000-ton ship Tlrpito.
. doed twice by Soviet sub.
18? Soviets p!r :o German losasa for pe
riod. May 15- July 1ft. at 900,000 men.
Admit 399,000 of their own killed to |
action.
S3 ? One of the largest U. 8. .
(the fifth) to cross Atlantic reaches
North Ireland.
50? U. S. pilots in action over France,
flying British Spitfires. One Ameri
can-piloted Spitfire shot down by
Nam.
27? Russians admit Rostov, gateway to
Caucasus, falls after evacuation of
troops.
51? According to U. 8. naval official. 10.
000 Jap soldiers stationed to the Aleu
August 5
10? Marine* land In Solomon*,
raid* Jap Klaka position* la
it? German military begin* march on
Stalingrad.
1?? Ten ~
Cana. _ .
mando* and a few *cor*
ger* raid Dieppe, rranc*. for nine
Four*. Caaualuea he* *7 on both
aide*. Overhead 1.000 British plane*
engage the enemy.
11? Jap* attempt to rataka Solomon la*
land pocltlon*. Repellad by U. >. ma*
rlne*.
12? Fifteen Jugoslav
bomb Axl*
column* w*
September
t?U. S. pilots ?am Oerman T ocksjWUU I
lungraa.
n thousand Allied troop*, mostly
nadlan*. supported by British Com
indo* *nd a tew *cor* (7. I. Raa
Jugoslsv guerrilla planes
1* garrison and Mas! troop
?**t at Balgrarte
bomber near Iceland, rei
military authorities.
?? Lieut. Qen. SUlweU's haadauarters ft
Chungking announce* Sat boon
^ loaded U. 8. lighter* htt Japa In ive |
f- Field Marshal Erwln Rommtl'i Aril
forces begin retreat toward starting
joint. Allies bomb Axis African sec- |
?--All 1.900 passengers and crew mem
bers saved when 24. 289- ton U. 8. navy
transport Wakefield (formerly lux
ury finer Manhattan) swept by fire
at sea. Wakefield saved and brought
to Atlantic port by tugs.
li? New type Nazi strstosphere bomber
reported flying over Englsnd on re
connaissance Bights at 40.000 feet.
18- U. 8. 19.000-ton carrier Yorktown re
ported sunk on June 7 during Battle
of Midwsy. Vichy French officers re
Set armistice terms offered by Brit
h occupying Madagascsr.
S3 ? Tobruk attacked from sea while Brit
ish mobile units raid Axis African
positions 900 miles behind lines.
October
3? U. 8. army troops, supported by
navy, occupy Andreanof group of the
Aleutian islands, between Jap held
Kisks. and Alaskan Dutch Harbor.
W? U. 8. troops arrive In Negro Repub
lic of Liberia.
SO? Total of 530 Axis submarines an*
noUnced destroyed by British and
U. 8. navies since war becan.
mining installations in North Chi
by U. 8. plsnes In suc
cessful attack.
St ? British start African campaign to
drive Axis out of continent.
35 ? First U. 8. air raid on Hong Kong
destroys Kowloon docks.
98 ? Nsvsl officials announce that air
craft carrier. Wasp, sunk off Solo
mon islsnds on September 15; seri
ous fighting continues on Guadalca
nal with heavy Jap losses.
SO? Nasi conscription of Belgian labor
for work in German factories pro
tested by Belflsn exile government
In London.
November
1? Army troops reinforce marines on
Guadalcanal; Aussies and Yanks
push Jsps back on New Guinea; U. 8.
air force bombs Japs dally on Aleu
tian Klska.
7? U. 8. TROOPS LAND IN FRENCH
AFRICA (FRENCH MOROCCO, AL
GERIA) UNDER COMMANDER IN
CHIEF LIEUT. GEN. DW1GHT D.
("IKE") EISENHOWER TO FORE
STALL SUCCESSFUL AXIS INVA
SION WHICH WOULD ENDANGER
AMERICA.
S? Vichy government breaks relations
with U. S. for first time since 1778.
Nazis retreat to Libyan border.
11? Axis forces Invade unoccupied
France; Italians also land on Cor*
sic a. Under orders from Adm. Jean
Francois Dsrlan French North Af?
rica surrenders to U. S. troops. Tu- |
nisia continues fighting.
IS? Second naval battle of the Solomon |
islsnds begins.
10? U. S. naval authorities announce
crushing defeat of Jap navy in sec
ond nsvsl battle of Solomons; 23
ships sunk, 7 damaged, with enemy
casualties near the lO.OOO mark.
IS? Marshal Petain appoints Pierre La
val dictator of Nazi-occupied France.
94? Russian offensive smashes across
Don, Germans lose 50.000 men in
pincer drive.
97? French scuttle fleet at Toulon. <9
ships sent to bottom of harbor to
avoid seizure by Hitler.
99 ? Prime Minister Churchill appeals,
via radio, to Italian people to over
throw their dictator, sue for peace
December . ... ]
1? l^ussis continues to advance in two
large-scale offensives; Allied chutists
seize airfield near Tunis.
5? PEARL HARBOR DISASTER RE
VIEWED; 10 ships, floating drydock
sunk or damaged; 947 planes de
stroyed or disabled; 4.575 casualties.
7? Office of War Information reveals
58,307 casualties In first yesr of war.
14 ? Nazis retreat from stronghold at El
Agheila In Libya.
15? U. S. troops capture Buna, following
fall of Gona. in New Guinea.
IT? Units of Rommel's retreating Nazi
forces cut off by British In Libya.
DOMESTIC
January
1? Sale# of n?w cars banned pending
rationing.
9? Concrete reconvenes, tackles war
far draft of 10-44 announced.
11? OPM orders halt to private home
building.
14? Donald Nelson, Chicago, now chief
of all war production.
It? Welles asks Pan-American anti-Axle
front at Rio. \
lg? Roosevelt asks congress for another
dollars.
SI? OPM abolished by Donald Nelson.
SS ? South American anti-Axis compact
completed.
aa? Nation told ?0 Nazi U-boats off East
coast.
JO? Price control bill passes; President's
00th birthday.
February
* ? Confresi working on loans to China.
5 ? Giant Jap spy ring dlacloaed on Wot
coast.
10? House kills so-called "frivolity" la
OCD.
10? U. 8. registers nine million more
for draft. 10-44.
10? Two waves of planes over Los Ange
les. immediate blackout.
M? Bill to end 40-hour week defeated.
March
1? Auto rationing begins.
1? Army air force now an equal branch
of army.
0? All new. used typewriter sales halted.
a? Supreme command of all U. S. naval
operations given to Admiral King.
11? U. S. fixes used tire prices.
11? House farm bloc kills sub-parity bill.
10? First wartime lottery since 1111.
14? U. S. takes over strike-bound Toledo.
Peoria and Western railroad.
17? U. S. unifies command to end U-boat
90? EaborCflgh ts restrictive legislation la
April
1? Senate defeats ban on 40 hour weak,
closed shop upheld.
1- All' bicycle safes halted.
T? Plan to halt production of moet dur
able gooda.
13 ? U. S. -Vichy France break seems
aaar.
13 ? Sugar for restaurants and other food
services cut 10 per cent.
14? U. S. opens sedition quis of suspects.
II? Thirteen million sign 40-00 labor quee
May
1? Plana to draft woman lor war aacjr
lea temporary* abandon ad.
f Director of Defanae Transportation
Zastman announces restriction at
competing train and bus aanrtaa.
?? National sugar registration for ra
tion books begins. first of four days,
if? Housa pasaes 7 103-40) Increase In pas
to 180 for army and marina pri
vatsa, nary and coast guard appren
tice seaman.
IS ? Earl Browdar, former secretary of
the American Communist party, has
four-year federal aentance commut
ed to 14 months already
1?? Bast coast (ss rationing to be put on
national scale, Roosevelt bints.
fT ? Total of 13,600 woman apply aa candi
dates for officers' training school of
the Woman's Army Auxiliary corps:
WAACs.
M ? On the grounds ha to
-On the grounds he la s Communis!
party member Harry Bridges. Aus
tralian born West coast So leader,
snCarmsr Attorn*y <ss
TEN BIGGEST"
EVENTS OF 1942
8 ELECTED By: BAUKHAOE
(WKU W xMkingtom Coritipomdiat.)
Establishment at a second front
In North Africa.
The rationing of essential war
materials and foodstuffs.
The fall of Bataan to the Jap
anese.
Republican tains In November
elections.
Germany's failure to destroy
Russian army.
Tokyo bombed by U. 8. air
force.
Eight Nasi saboteurs appre
hended; six executed.
Japs establish strongholds In
Aleutian Islands.
The battle of Midway and South
Pacific.
Eisenhower-liar Ian agreement.
??"Silver Shirt" William Dudley Pel*
ley indicted by Indianapolis. Ind..
grand jury.
IS ? Prime Minister Churchill makes third
visit with the F resident of the United
States, at Capitol.
It? Naval expansion bill of over ilfc bil
lion dollars passed by senate for
1,900,000 tons of ships.
27? EIGHT HIGHLY TRAINED NAZI
SABOTEURS CAUGHT BY FBI.
FOUR LANDED ON BEACH IN
FLORIDA, OTHER FOUR LANDED
ON LONG ISLAND. NAZI SUB
USED IN OPERATIONS. LONG IS
LAND LANDING EFFECTED ON
JUNE 13, FLORIDA LANDING
FOUR DAYS LATER.
July
1 ? Navy's giant 70-ton patrol bomber.
Mars, makes official testa over Che*
apeake Bay. Md.
?-Seven-man military commission, ap
pointed by President, begins secret
trial of eight Nazi saboteurs in Wash
ington.
10? Elmer Davis, director of the new
Office of War Information, names
new assistants, says OWI shall try
to give American people an accu
rate picture of nation's war ac
tivities.
17? Super-powered, troop carrier com
mand announced by Lieut. Gen. Ar
nold, chief of army air forces.
August
1? Local police and FBI agents round up
more than 80 Japs, Nazis, and Ital
ians in New York city and pfeiladel'
phla.
??Lindbergh testifies at sedition trial at
William Dudley Pelley, Indianapolis.
??Six of eight Nazi saboteurs <
' i the electric chair at Wai
J. C. Two others (who turn*
evidence) sentenced to | *
, I
1 lS?Jan
I of New York, defeats
favorite. Sen. James M. ___
Democratic gubernatorial nomina
tion.
25? Pending stabilization of farm prices
and wages st present level hinted by
the President during *
?nee.
September
??John McCloy. assistant secretary of
war, savs 500.000 American fighting
men and technicians are now abroad.
10? Creation of Women's Auxiliary Fer
rying command, headed by Mrs.
Nancy Harkness Love, announced by
war department.
13 ? Selective Service Director Mai. Gen.
Hershey says married men with i
dren face draft In '42.
21? WPB Chairman Donald Nelson fore*
casts great civilian economy to win
war.
October
1? President Roosevelt ends two-week,
secret circle trip ftf nation.
*? Office of Economic Stabilization cre
sted by the President to stabilize
(arm prices, rents, wages and sal* i
7? United Mine Workers Cincinnati eon*
vention votes to withdrew its 500.000
members from CIO.
0? U. S.. Britain announce willingness to
five up extra -territorial rights in Chi
ns; Ethiopia joins United Nations:
WPB orders all except small sold
mines to cesse operations. Raise in
11? Department of justice's petition for
injunction against James C. Petril
lors bsn on commercial recording
dismissed by Chicago U. 8, District
court.
14? Wendell Wlllkle strives in Washing
ton to report to President Roosevelt
on his s?000-mlle trip. AFL resi
dent Green re-elected st close of red
erstion's convention in Toronto. Can*
ada.
SI ? Army to furlough 4,000 experienced
miners because of shortages in ooq
per. lead, molybdenum, tungsten.
20? In s New York broadcast Wendell
Wlllkle. reporting on his ? *
cling trlD, renews his d
second front in Europe.
27 ? WMC Director McNutt snnounces
plan to freeze all necessary skilled
dairy, livestock snd poultry workers.
??War Secretary Stlmson snnounces
srmy trucks now using all of the
1.071 mile Alcan highway.
November
I? U. 3. takes over sll short-wave
.broadcastings for use by the Over*
> sess Division of Office of War Infor*
f matlon.
/%?' To relieve growing coal shortage In
West. UMW executive committee au
thorizes seven -day week.
4? Republicans make new gains: If In
senste, 42 in the house of representa
tives.
0? President scores Prance's chief of
government, v Laval sxprsssss li?
gret that Lsval forced dlplomatle
Break of u. S. and France.
14 ? Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. 52. and
crew members rescued.
H President orders registration of 000.
000 youths who reached 10th birth
day after July 1.
20 ? Women's Auxiliary Reserve In tie
Coast Gusrd termed "Spars."
24? Saboteurs sentenced In Cnlcsgo: Men
Jet desth, womsn 29 yesrs In jalL
11 wsr industries continue working
while nstlon celebrstes Thanks gtv
rginla conference of the Methodist !
Church South demsnds through their
official organ that song "Praise the
Lqrd" be eliminated from radio
broadcasts.
New rstion book (No. S) to be Is*
sued toward end of year, or first
*T? Viri
part of '41/
St ? National ' ~
4-H club congreaa raeeta at
Chicago (or Ita Slat Msaton
December
I? Gaa rationing begin. on natfon-wMa
S? Gov. Herbert B. Lehman of New
York becomea director of fonlfn re
lief and rehabilitation.
4? Preaident order, Worka Prograoa ad
mlnlatratlon aboUahed.
T? Harrlaon ? Spangler, Iowa, namad
chairman of Republican party.
11? Approximately M0, 000 war worker,
frozen to )obe In Detroit.
IS? OPA order, change In heating aO ra
tioning for North una. _
IT? Leon TTertdefaort, airagtar a I Oaea m
Igration.
spouts
January
1? Football results: Rom Bowl. Dip
ham, N. C.? Oregon State 30. Duke
18; Sugar Bowl. Row Organs? Ford
ham 2, Missouri U: Naw York? Chi
cago bears 35, National Football
League All-Stars 14. *
7? Heavyweight champ Joe Lotus knocks
out Buddy Baer. first round. Madi
son Square Garden.
14 ? Joe DtMaggfto. Yankee outfielder,
named "player of the year" for 1841
baseball season.
23 ? Willie Hoppe wins third straight
world thrve-cushion billiard cham
pionship st Chicago, besting Walker
Cochran 50 31 In 38 inninga.
February
??Pole vaulter Cornelius Warmerdara
sets new record. IS feet % inches.
Madison Square Garden.
17? Gregory Rice of New York A. C. sets
new world Indoor three-mile record
at National A. A. U. meet with time
of 13:45.7.
March
15? New York Rangers win National
Hockey league championship.
It? eastern Intercollegiate Basketball
league championship won by Dart
mouth, defeating Princeton 4MI in
play-off match tl Philadelphia.
25? West Virginia wins National invita
tion basketball tournament, defeat
ing Western Kentucky State. 47-49.
Madison Square Garden.
April
4? Yale wins National A.A.U. swimming
championship at Yale pool. New He
ven, with 80 points.
12 ? Baseball season opens: Dodgers beat
Giants. 7-8; Yankees defeat Sena
tors. 7-0.
34? Joe Louis' trainer. Jack ("Chappie")
Blackburn. 88 Negro, dies after ap
parent recovery from pneumonia.
Ma y
3? Shut Out. Wayne Wright up. wins
88th Kentucky Derby. Wins largest
purse In history of the race: 884,118.
18? All New York city night baseball
banned for duration by New York
police commissioner. Sky glow ear
dangers shipping.
Juno
1? National and Amarloan leafua l.ad
S';Wf:rattT^
July
ft? National
U JE& f ? __.
rSSFsvs:
- rwissw'1-*'"'
August
?? With ? perfect IN. Or. teroy W.
Chlldi, tike Kerr, ria.. win* 19
ftitfe national amateur .keet title
?^6LxKSMh5i >!.nYi.ygy.rn,timn
p~ Breaking wa own record lor 1.000
meter run In Stockholm, Guilder
paegg. Swedish track star, makes
28? Professional footbali champions. Chi
cago Bears, defeat College All-Stars.
114, before 101,100 fans at Soldier
Field. Chicago.
September
standings m minor league 1
International league; llewark,
92, U 91; American >?s>sj
era association; tittle Rock. W. IT,
L 89: Texas league: Beaumont. W.
Ec^mA, gR ?"8. >WU*:
23? Prior to entering the army. Leland
Stanford ("Lara?*) MacPh aft. 92. re
s^^s^rsssjenr:
October
?-Cardlnala but Yankaea. ??*. at Mew
York, to win their fourth straight
victory and the WorM Seriaa title;
N.0U (ana.
M? Whirl, wa; win. WaaNnfton Handi
cap .t^Laurel. Md. Earning. now
XT? Morton Cecil Cooper, St tenia Car
dinal Pitcher, voted National toapie'a
tsujSLr. sSStr?
29? Branch Rickey. 92. former business
manager of it. Louie Cardinal..
named oresldent and central man*
weSa
November
*? Baaeball Writer. aMotlKk. commit
tee name. Joe Cordon, Yankee .ae
on <1 baxman. aa American leagua'a
moat valuable playar.
Du^htr, aly^aoutrart wltlj
club prealdent. ' to manage Dodger.
K? Steve O'lfelML' former Cleveland man.
ager. named manager at Detroit
flcera.
December
I? American Bowltnf CongraM tourna
ment onana at Chlaaga.
1J? Connie Schwoeglar win. nattonal
bowling chamclonahip crown, de
throning Ned Day. r
It ? St. Lout. Cardinal, named "?rt
.tending team at the year."
DISASTERS
January
Jsssai
In # st Mount i
rh wh.n.'all. ^d4Ayw<l ?pk
inuoi oui w nuwn uvw.
February
?? Tornsdoos la Arkan
Alabama. Ttnnnim
gsma, Jss
March f
?too h?rs Dm. 11. lMl. kilted 1>.
1*? Tornadoes again map southern and
gsgEtaS
Ore. "tout othmkuSS'l*
April
U-Near Urermore. Calif.. 14 Uteri
? Wiled when two aavr bombers crash.
M? Hlfh apecd Hudson ft Manhattan i "
road train w
city. *.
Hudson ft Manhattan rail
-TM fc'C
roar through Oklahoma.
IdmngSHOOi iloK5S
I thl* area.
Midwest.
? explosion near Morgan
?T. Va... traps 56. Twenty
persons. Had^B
With M Oea^^HHP^m
??While en hazardous, experimental
mission, two U. 3. blimps crssh off
Ifew Jersey cosst; 11 dead, includ
ing five civilian scientists and tech
nicians. Only one survivor.
11? Oklahoma City struck by tornado;
It dead, more than 80 Injured.
Inly
I? Army air crashes near Welch, W. Va.,
and March VieM. Calif., kill 3u srmy
men.
4? Independence day traffic accidents 1
claim 144 lives, drowning 90 more;
1M1 total. 628.
94? Army observation plane crash near i
Waynesboro. TCnn., kills Maj. Gen.
Frank Mahin. 54. commanding off)
cer of 38rd division. Camp Vorrest,
Tenn.. and two army Were.
August
14? Army plsns crashes into Berkshire !
Hills near Pittsfleld. Mass.. kiUlng 17 !
of 10 in crew. Nine more die in
army bomber crash near Hastings.
September
14? Twenty dead as two Washington
bound B. Ik O. passenger trains
smash, Involving freight train on ad
Joining track, near Dickerson. Md.
October
1? U. 8. army transport plane crashes
In interior of Puerto Rico with 18
deaths.
4? American plane carrying 37 passen
gers crashes near Botwood. New*
toundland, killing 11. injuring eight.
19? American Airline plane collides with
army bomber near Palm Springs.
Cain.; 13 die. Bomber pilot charged
by amy with manalaugnter.
"~StL
when Detroit but jammed
___ Khool children and war-wwfc
erjTatruck by speeding passenger
November
B ? Five hundred die when Boston.
Man., ntKht club burna. Fire atart
ed when but boy atrlkea match to
jeplac?M|ejllng electric bulb removed
December
J?? Fire take* 11* M?ea to St. Johna.
i Newfoundland, dance hall. Many
service men preaent.
11? Eight aoldlera loee live* when army
bomber craahea. explode* at BVythe.
C?Ut. air baa*.
DEATHS
Augwt
January
4 ? Dean of American (Ufa, OUa Skin
Witness sine# 1918.
February
??Composer of tone. "Back Horns to
Indians." Jsmca F. Hanley. IB.
It? Famous Midwestern artist. Gram
Wood, on eve of 90th birthday.
17 ? Frank Lucius Packard. 6ft. author ot
"Jlmmie Dale" stories.
SI? Double suicide: Stefan Zweig. to.
world-famous Austrian-born author,
and wife. Elizabeth, 30. of poiaon
Petropolls. Brazil.
March
It? Francis Irenes Du Pont. 68. research
chemist on smokeless powder.
April
lft? Hufh t. Johnson. 88. NRA adminis
trator during 1933-34.
IT? Dr. Alfred Herts. 68. conductor ol
San Francisco symphony orchestra
from 1818-1938.
HARVEST AlL-tIMc RECORD
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FINIS
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14 ? Nazis retreat Irorit-stron
hold at El Afheila in Libya.
15? U. S. troops capture Duna In,
New Guinea.
16 ? Adm. Jean Darlan, high com-,
mlsstaner -of Trench Africa,
declare! French fleet will.
Join Allied naval unlta. I
IT? Leon Henderson, director of
the Office ot Price Adminis
tration, announces his resig
nation because of "? recur
rent physical difficulty .'y
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200
99.10
30
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1.60
2.10
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3.10,
3.60
4.10
4.60
5.10
5.60
6.10
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10
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5% ot
the ex?
cess
over
|200
FOR MONTHLY
PAYROLL PERIOD
II tha ^ Tkw
t 52 % 60 %0JO
60 80 .?
80 100 1.50
100 120 290
120 140 3.90
140 160 4.90
160 200 6.40
.200 240 8.40 /
240 280 10.4Q.
280 320 1140,
320 360 14.40.
360 400 16.40*
<00 440 18.40
440 480 20.40 J
<80 520 22.4Q
P" 560 34.40
560 600 *40
WO 640 28.40
M0 600 30.40 V
680 720 32.40
120 "60 34.4ft
J? 800 S6.40.
800 840 38.40
?0 M0 42.40
2" *0 44.40 i
960 1000 46.40
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/ 5% of
M the ex
?
- ' , $1000
There's a new deduction (rom
your paycheck this month at the
Victory Tax of 5 per cent go??
into effect. Since tha S per cent
is t&kvrn just on wages over (12 .
weekly or $624 annually, the tax
does not amount to S~-?er coat ;
of your pay. Majority of employ
ers will make deductions a* shown ?
on this table prepared by the
government to eliminate necessity
of figuring out the S per cent fon
each individual case. Any adjuafr
ments necessary are made at tsd
of year when employee filla s#
Victory Tax return.
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