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October 1, 1941

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BUYING SPLURGE TO SAVE 10% TAX GETS A NEW SPUR; Consumers Hedging Against Inflation in Merchandise and Gems, Stores Say LEVY BEGAN AT MIDNIGHT Every Effort Made to Deliver Purchases Before Deadline -- Rulings on Law Awaited BUYING SPLURGE GETS A NEW SPUR

By Unknown Author

"Beat-the-tax" buying of furs, jewelry and cosmetics, on which 10 per cent retail excise taxes go into effect today, spread yesterday into a general buying spree that carried department-store and other retail sales figures far above a year ago.

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Among Those Executed; ARRESTS CONTINUE IN CZECH UPRISING

By Unknown Author

Reptd executed in Czecho-Slovakia

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OIL CUT EXTENDED TO TAXIS, TRUCKS; OPM Takes Over Curbs, Makes Them Mandatory -- Easing After October in View OIL CUT EXTENDED TO TAXIS, TRUCKS

By Frederick R. Barkleyspecial To the New York Times

OPM takes over curbs, makes them mandatory; cut extended to taxis and trucks; Ickes offers hope for Oct deliveries; Amer Auto Assn repts gasoline fair price schedule violations

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ARRESTS CONTINUE; 256 Seized in Bohemia -- New Sabotage Acts Are Reported There WARFARE IN YUGOSLAVIA Italian Warships and Planes as Well as German Guns Used to Crush Revolt

By the Associated Press

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