Roosevelt hails Russian resistance as magnificent in press remarks
President Roosevelt praised Russia's stand against the Axis as magnificent and even beyond expert expectations. He indicated no immediate decision on additional lease lend aid until Hopkins returns from Moscow and London as the mission continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Moscow
London
China
Far East
Japan
Britain
OPM To Act In Aluminum Plant Strike
CIO aluminum workers seek elimination of a wage differential between Badin North Carolina and Alcoa Tennessee and New Kensington Pennsylvania. Aluminum Company of America rejects demands and Hillman plans Washington talks. Meanwhile shipbuilders vote on a possible strike and New York electricians return to work as a large expansion project stalls. A preliminary Perkins report shows June strikes idle 1.375 million man days, down 39 percent from May.
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CIO Aluminum
Washington
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
N. A
Zonarich
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Hillman
Badin
N. C
Alcoa
Tenn
New Kensingon
CIO
Jersey City
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
AFL Electrical Workers Brotherhood
New York City
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Consolidated Edison Company
Perkins
Japs Demand Control Of Siamese Products
London reports Japan demands military bases in Thailand and control of rubber rice and tin. Tokyo allegedly offers Laos and Angkor in exchange, and Bangkok faces possible forcible occupation if bases are refused.
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London
Japan
Thailand
Laos
Angkor
No Agreement Reached In Strike at Columbus
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee members at the Timken Roller Bearing Co. plant in Columbus failed to settle at their first conference. A federal conciliator was scheduled to meet again to seek a settlement as peaceful picketing continued with only minor disturbances reported.
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Columbus
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Timken Roller Bearing Co
State Fireworks Ban Takes Effect Across State
Columbus reports the new state fireworks law is effective today prohibiting retail sales and restricting use to permitted celebrations with sheriff or police chief approval. Cap pistols and caps are exempt.
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Columbus
Marriage Licenses Set Record in Gallia Co
Gallia County probate court issued 161 marriage licenses in July, a new monthly record. The figure covers the month ending yesterday and was announced by the staff.
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Gallia Co
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Congress Debates Army Extension Deadline
Congress blocked by debate on a bill to extend selectees reservists and guardsmen in service beyond Aug. 1 as Army Chief Marshall warns of demobilizing units. Senators Clark and Vandenberg charge the move could keep soldiers in service for life while administration leaders say votes favor a two to one victory next week. House action uncertain with possible conference to resolve changes and delays.
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Washington
Congress
Army High Command
Senate
Clark
D-Mo
Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
George C. Marshall
Army
Senate Military Committee
Marshall
Bridegroom Goes To Pen In Tax Evasion Case
Enoch J L Johnson a Camden based Republican leader is sentenced to 10 years and fined 20000 dollars for income tax evasion. He married 35 year old Florence Osbeck after the wedding hosted in Atlantic City where he told guests to eat drink and be merry before jail. Johnson admitted he evaded taxes on 124000 dollars income in 1936 and 1937 mainly from numbers games.
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Camden
N. J
Enoch JL
Nucky) Johnson
Atlantic City
Johnson
Florence Osbeck
Philadelphia
West Point Returns 338 Americans Amid Cheers at Pier
The U S Navy Transport West Point docked with 338 passengers mostly consular staff, as about 2 400 relatives and friends lined the New York pier. Joyful embraces and tears echoed 1919 homecomings as the camouflaged ship tied up and those aboard came ashore.
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New York
West Point
Heavy sugar hoarding drives price rise despite assurances
Washington reports that American consumers have hoarded sugar to build reserves amid fears of wartime shortages. Despite higher quotas in response, prices have climbed to their highest since 1939, prompting talk of reviving drastic measures used in the first war year.
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Washington
Ohio Close to $8 Million for Military Road Plan
State Highway Director Hal G. Sours said Ohio could receive $8 million from a $50 million federal road fund for military roads. About $2 million would fund access roads and $6 million for widening strategic routes with contracts possible soon in Akron Sandusky Dayton Canton and Columbus. work already underway at Lockland Ravenna and Camp Perry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Federal Road Fund
Washington
Sours
Akron
Sandusky
Dayton
Canton
Lockland
Ravenna
Camp Perry
Souis
Firestone Employees Die As Ship Sinks Off Africa
Fourteen people are dead after a lighter struck a sandbar and capsized off Marshall Liberia last week. Firestone Tire officials identify two company representatives among the drowned including the wife of one, and list the victims as Mr and Mrs Robert Henninger of Havana Illinois Klaas Vandermeer of Holland and eleven stevedores.
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Akron
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Marshall
Liberia
Firestone
Robert Henninger
Havana
Klaas Vandermeer
Holland
Dive in shallow water ends life of Oak Hill athlete
James Walter Kinnison 17 Oak Hill High School senior and football fullback died after diving into shallow Ophir Falls near Wellston. He was treated at Gallipolis Hospital where he passed away.
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Gallipolis
Ophir Falls
Wellston
James Walter Kinnison
Oak Hill
Time and Place of Mees Funeral Changed
Floyd F. Mees funeral services moved to Saturday at 2 PM at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Visitation at Finsterwald Funeral Home ends Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.
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Mees
Pomeroy
Floyd F. Mees
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Finsterwald
Alpine nation marks 650 years of independence
In Schwyz Switzerland cannon fire signaled celebration as fires burned for freedom. Citizens observed a landmark 650 year anniversary of independence in a solemn national display reflecting alpine pride and historic sovereignty.
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Schwyz
Switzerland
New Law Protects State Pension Rights for Military Service
In Columbus a new law guarantees pension rights for state employees called to military service. It also tightens procedures for circulating petitions for constitutional amendments and referenda, allowing withdrawal of signatures before certification and giving the Secretary of State power to disqualify even verified signatures.
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Columbus
Secretary of State
More Canadian Troops Arrive in British Isles
The Canadian Army's third division arrived in the United Kingdom joining the Canadian corps. The convoy, the second to pass unmolested through the North Atlantic danger zone within a month, strengthens imperial defenses.
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United Kingdom
Empire
North Atlantic
Illiterates Deferred by State Selective Board
In Columbus officials said 427 Ohio selective service registrants were deferred as of July 15 for failing to meet fourth grade reading and writing standards.
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State Selective Board
Columbus
Ohio Selective Service
Swimming Mouse Used as Bait in Montana Derby
In Livingston Montana fishermen practice for Sunday’s $1 000 trout derby by using live mice as bait. The mice are placed on a raft and floated over a still pool while the angler jerks the raft to simulate swimming. The fisherman who lands the largest trout wins a $1 000 prize.
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Livingston
Mont
Montana
Air Corps Plans Four Armored Target Ships for Bombing Practice
The Air Corps told a House subcommittee it will build four armored target ships at about 1 million dollars each to train aviators in bomb runs on battleships. Two ships would be placed in the Atlantic and two in the Pacific, each at 20 knots speed and 175 feet long, able to host 30 to 40 crew and endure week long sea duties, simulating capital ship track and speed with sand bombs from 30 000 to 40 000 feet.
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Washington
Air Corps
Col. W. Moore
Quartermaster Corps
House Appropriations
Atlantic
Pacific
The
Union Chiefs Meet in Pittsburgh on Policies of Great Importance
Presidents of CIO SWOC locals from four Little Steel plants Bethlehem Republic Inland and Youngstown Sheet and Tube were summoned to a Pittsburgh meeting. The gathering targets a policy outline affecting about 150000 workers amid lingering postwar labor tensions.
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Pittsburgh
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Little Steel
Bethlehem
Republic, Inland
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
SWOC
U S Accepts Japan Apology For Attack On Gunboat Tutuila
The State Department closed the incident after Japan apologized for the Tutuila attack near Chungking. Acting Secretary Welles announced Roosevelt approval of the apology. Senate debates Indo China actions and the Philippines status, with calls to reexamine independence timing and possibly postpone it.
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Washington
Tutuila
State Department
Congress
Philippines
Welles
Roosevelt
United States
U. S
Chungking
China
Senate
Indo-China
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Austin
R-Vt
Jap liner Tatuta Maru refuses unload cargo for U S
San Francisco reports the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru awaiting a Department of Justice release to sail despite libel suits. The ship carries 5,588 bales of raw silk valued at about 2.5 million dollars with teas furs egg yolks albumen and straw braid aboard. New York importers claim payment for the goods.
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San Francisco
U. S. Department of Justice
Japan
New York
Bremen Boys Try To Jamb Rail Tracks Frustrated
Two Bremen boys were scolded and released after they placed old rail sections on a line near Lancaster. Capt. C. C. Carson, New York Central Railroad police, said a track walker found the obstruction shortly before a freight train was due to pass.
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Lancaster
Bremen
C. C. Carson
New York Central Railroad
FD Opens Income Tax Collection by Purchasing $1,000 Pre-Payment Note
The Treasury launches a new tax pre payment note program to collect next year’s income taxes in advance. President Roosevelt is expected to purchase a $1,000 note at the opening ceremony. Notes come in two series, A and B, with varied denominations and interest, usable for estimated taxes after January 1, 1942.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Morgenthau Sgaid
No Sign of Red Defeat Across Fronts in World War II Reports
Reports from London Moscow and Berlin describe stalled Soviet fronts near Smolensk and advancing German actions at the Dniester. Stalin receives Hopkins for talks on U.S. war material output while Tokyo denies quarrel but presses Asia policy.
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NEA Radio
Moscow
Harry L. Hopkins
Russia
Europe
Stalin
Solomon A. Lozovsky
Joseph T. McNarney
Hopkins
Ivan D. Yeaton
U. S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Adolf Hitler
London
Hitler
Fuehrer
East Front
DNB
Dniester
Cetatea-Alba
Black Sea
Odessa
Berlin
Leningrad
Smolensk
Atlantic
Mexico
Roosevelt
Manuel Avila Camacho
Sinarquistas Movement
Argentina
Edmund von Thermann
Buenos Aires
Ezequiel Padilla
Rudi von Collenberg
Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
U. S. Basel
United States
Britain
Japan
China
East Asia
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Silk
NEA Telephoto
Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Africa
British Isles
U.S
Suez Canal
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