AMERICA.
REVENUE THOM LUXURIES. Received 10.40 a.m. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Mr Kitchen, chairman of the Finance Committee, estimates one billion dollars can be raised by war taxes for luxuries, principally motor ears, cigars theatres, and jewellery. AMERICAN MAN-POWER. j 300,000 A MONTH ARRIVING I IN FRANCE. t j j Received 10.40 a.m. ! WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. > It is understood the War Departments object is to secure 5,000,0;00 men for the American army by April 1919, whereof 3,000,000 are for France. Now upwards of 1,300,000 Americans are in France or on route. The present monthly movement of troops to France is about 300,000.
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Taihape Daily Times, 3 August 1918, Page 5
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101AMERICA. Taihape Daily Times, 3 August 1918, Page 5
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