Vote on Tax Bill Faces Late Decision on Joint Returns
The Ways and Means Committee decided not to seek extra revenue if the House removes the joint income tax return provision from the $3.53 billion bill. Roosevelt urged changes including exempting earned income and revising excess profits tax, but the panel rejected all three proposals and planned final action around 4 p.m. EST.
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Washington
Ways and Means
House
Roosevelt
Dingell
Mich
Doughton
D-Nc
Legislative
Coughton
Rayburn
Doughtin
Americans Speed Plans To Leave Indo China
In Saigon American firms rush to shift local offices to French staff and send American employees on the first ships out of Indo China. About 100 Americans remain in the southern area with Japan occupying new bases. two thirds are expected to depart by week’s end. Between 35 and 40 million arres are departing soon.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Ohio Boy 14 Killed by Shotgun of Playmate
Middletown report says 14 year old Joseph Bohannon died when a shotgun discharged in the hands of a 13 year old playmate. Deputy Sheriff Arthur E. Linkens states both boys believed the gun was unloaded.
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Ohio
Middletown
Joseph Bohannon
George Craft
Arthur E. Linkens
Ohio Army flier hanged self at MacDill Field
Private Wilshire Henderson aged 26 from Montgomery Ohio hanged himself with an electric cord at MacDill Field Tampa Saturday night. The body was found Sunday. He served in the 27th Air Base Group.
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Tampa
Fla
MacDill Field
Wilshire Henderson
Montgomery, O
Army Air Base
27Th Air Base
East Tries Ickes Curfew on Gasoline Across East Coast
The Eastern Seaboard largely complied with Harold L. Ickes curfew ordering gasoline stations closed from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. only a few New York independents stayed open. Daytime gasoline sales rose above August norms while highway traffic stayed near normal with many stranded motorists and some resorting to horses in New England towns.
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Associated Press
Eastern Seaboard
Maine
Florida
New York City
Harold L. Ickes
Seaboard
Long Island
New England
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
No Danger of Sheer Hose Shortage This Year
New York AP reports hosiery makers deny an impending sheer stocking shortage differentiating from all silk. A major silk producer says supply should last six months, possibly two years with changes to silk content. Robinson Hosiery Mills notes raw silk freezes limit hope, with weeks of stock in mills and throws ters inventory plus large retailer warehouses.
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NEW York
Lee I. Robinson
Robinson Hosiery Mills
Totais
Soldier Killed In Camp Riot At Fort Knox
Pvt. Carl B. McClellan, 19, of Bicknell Indiana, died after a guardhouse riot at Fort Knox Kentucky. Guards fired over the heads of 350 prisoners and used a fire hose. a ricochet killed McClellan. Ballistic tests will identify the shooter for a military court manslaughter charge.
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Fort Knox
Carl B. McClellan
Bicknell
Ind
N. Butler Briscoe
Briscoe
McClellan
Man Wanted in 1938 Robbery Surrenders
Frank Chako, 23, walked into the Youngstown police station and surrendered as one of three men sought for the $35,000 daylight robbery at the Railway Express Co. office in 1938. Two others, Nick Lukovich and Steve Yaddoite, remain at large.
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Youngstown
Frank Chako
Railway Express Co
Chako
Nick Lukovich
Steve Yaddoite
London
British Raid Southern Italy Destroys Planes
British forces raided Reggio Calabria in southern Italy destroying a large number of Italian fighter aircraft on the ground. The RAF said Maryland bombers, flown by South Africans, carried out a heavy attack on Axis positions near Tobruk.
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Egypt
Reggio Calabria
Italy
RAF
Middle East
Tobruk
North Africa
Suez Canal
Port Said
Alexandria
Kiev
Ukraine
Red Army
Zhitomir
Bel Tserkov
Kiv
Korosten
DNB
Izvestia
Moscow
Berlin
London
France
Germany
England
North
Africa
Eugenio di Savoia
Emanuele Biliberto
Duca D'Aosti
Ohio couple killed in car crash near Van Wert
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Herminghuysen of near Van Wert died when their car struck a culvert abutment six miles north of the city last night.
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Ohio
van Wert
A. L. Herminghuysen
Here
Set One Physical Exam For Potential Draftees
Col H E Boucher announced that about 750 men from 10 Northeastern Ohio counties would report to Cleveland August 18 to 22 for Ohio's second single physical exam for potential draftees. Local draft boards will notify. accepted men learn immediately and recalled entrants have 30 to 60 days to prepare.
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Columbus
H. E. Boucher
Selective Service
Ohio
Cleveland
Central Armory
Boucher
Ohio Wife-Slayer Is Captured in Washington
Yakima County Deputy Sheriff Bert Guns said Lester Wilson, 40, of Hamilton, Ohio, grocery store owner, was arrested for the death of his wife on June 24. He had been living at a farm labor camp near Union Gap, Washington, as Leonard Moore signed a statement claiming Wilson shot his wife after a year of domestic trouble.
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Yakima
Wash
Yakima County
Bert Guns
Lester Wilson
Hamilton
Ohio
Guns
Wilson
Union Gap
Leonard Moore
Mother and four children killed by fast train
Erie Railroad passenger train struck an automobile stalled on tracks near Aurora yesterday. Mrs. Nelson Pulsifer age 30 of Chesterland and her four children Patricia eight Janice four Wallace seven weeks Elsie died in the crash.
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Akron
Erie Railroad
Aurora
Nelson Pulsifer
Chesterland
Patricia
Janice
Wallace
Elsie
Blackout Planned for Times Square by IBEW Workers
New York officials say striking electrical workers will stage a 30 minute blackout in Times Square tomorrow night. Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers announced that all large outdoor ads and Broadway marquees would go dark at 8 p m leaving only street and store lights.
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New York
Times Square
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Broadway
Defense Tool Plant Shut After Theft Suspected Sabotage
Majestic Tool and Manufacturing Corpora tion in Detroit reported a raid that tied up the night watchman and looted 300 to 400 micrometers, gill blocks, and master micrometers from 120 workers. President John W. Parker said the theft appeared sabotage and affected orders for Frankfort Arsenal, Springfield Armory, and auto defense contracts.
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Detroit
Majestic Tool and Manufacturing Corporation
John W. Parker
Corporation
Frankfort Arsenal
Bridesbury
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Hold-Up Man Slays Three in Seattle Nightclub
A jittery gunman opened fire in a basement Seattle nightclub before daybreak on Sunday. Three men lay dead and seven others wounded, including the shooter, who entered to rob the place. Police responded as two officers were wounded. a bystander injured the gunman with a bar stool and the melee ended.
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Seattle
Parrot Restaurant Destroyed by Fire at Bowling Green
A night fire swept through the Parrot Restaurant, a popular off campus gathering spot for Bowling Green University students, causing an unofficial estimated loss of $30,000. The blaze destroyed the Mecca of College Students venue and prompted an on scene investigation by local authorities.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green University
Japs Cancel All Sailings To America
Reports say Japan halted all steamship departures to the United States. The British Warspite may be in Asiatic waters signaling stronger resolve against Japan. About 600 Americans stranded in the empire as Tokyo considers mobilization to meet economic pressure from the U.S. and Britain.
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Warspite
Gulf of Siam
Japan
Indo-China
Britain
Singapore
Far East
United States
Royal Navy
Suez
Japan Times and Advertisers
Tokyo Foreign Office
Police To Quiz Wife Slain by Akron Gunman
Akron police awaited a chance to question Edward Hudson 47 a machinist after he shot his estranged wife and a bus driver and wounded three others before wounding himself. The victims included Mrs. Hudson and friend Mrs. Pearl Tonguette 40 at a bus stop. Hudson fled but shot himself near the heart as a radio cruiser overtook him.
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Akron
Edward Hudson
Hudson
Hoboes Work for Uncle Sam In Wartime Drive
Cleveland dispatch quotes Jeff Davis the king-emperor of the League of Hoboes saying the real hoboes are off the road and working in ammunition plants and on farms. He notes 40 000 hoboes are in the armed forces and 100 000 in factories and on farms, urging hoboes to support the war effort rather than tramp.
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Cleveland
Uncle Sam
Jeff Davis
League of Hoboes
Knights of the Road
Army
Navy
Marines
Jeff
Wheeler Seeks Army Use Outside Western Hemisphere
Senator Wheeler charges the army aims to use selectees and guards beyond the Western Hemisphere if the service extension bill passes. He backs a prompt vote on the bill but vows opposition to any move to authorize outside-hemisphere deployment.
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Washington
Wheeler
Mont
Senate
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Hill
Alabama
Congress
High Command
Expert Urges Farmers To Grow U S Imports
Columbus reports an industrial research expert urges American vegetable growers to produce raw materials the United States has been importing. Dr. Paul Kolachov of Louisville addresses the 33rd annual convention of the Vegetable Growers Association of America.
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Columbus
United States
Paul Kolachov
Louisville
Vegetable Growers Association of America
Ex Loyalist Flier Dahl Marries Ontario Bride
Belleville Ontario Harold Whitey Dahl former United States flier who fought for the Republicans and spent two years in a Spanish Nationalist prison married Eleanor Bone on July 26. The ceremony at St Andrews Presbyterian Church was announced by Rev W J Walker. Dahl came to Canada in June last year and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force as a sergeant pilot and has since become a flying officer. Eleanor Bone is the daughter of a former mayor of Belleville.
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Belleville
Ont
Harold
Logan Team Defeated 1-0 by Cincinnati in Legion Tourney
Columbus game opened with the Logan squad losing to Cincinnati 1 to 0 in the American Legion Junior baseball tournament. Wylie and Scott pitched Bricker and Woods batted for Logan as Cincinnati scored the only run in the middle and late innings.
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Logan
Columbus
American Legion
Cincinnati
Wylie
Scott
Bricker
Oods
Resume Work On Two Ohio Shell Plants
Sandusky reports that Plum Brook and Ravenna shell plants restarted as 3,200 AFL crafts men returned to work. A 25 cent wage demand keeps 600 carpenters at Plum Brook idle, with no negotiations yet and War Department referral possible. 1,200 plus 2,000 craftsmen resumed at Plum Brook and Ravenna after overtime rate adjustments, while overtime pay reductions sparked protests.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Army Ordnance
Plum Brook
Ravenna
AFL
Ordnance
War Department
Ohio C of C Official Opposes Seaway Project
Washington report shows Ralph P. Ward, director of Industrial Relations for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, testifying before the house rivers and harbors committee against the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. He cites three years of opposition and argues it would harm Ohio industrial and labor interests.
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Washington
Ralph P. Ward
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ohio Chambers of Commerce
Ohio Chamber
Ohio
Roosevelt on Atlantic Cruise Aboard Potomac
The White House Yacht Potomac carried President Roosevelt on a secretive Atlantic vacation voyage. He was piped aboard at New London last night and the vessel sailed for a week or 10 days with press coverage restricted.
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New London
Conn
White House
Potomac
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Naval Submarine Base
Britain Plans Invasion Push Across Europe
German forces push toward Kiev from Zhitomir as Soviet defenses crumble east of Smolensk. Reports claim 2,300 Soviets killed, thousands captured. 71 tanks fallen. Kiev’s proximity sparks talk of a northern front and possible British expeditionary action.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Smolensk
High Command
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Leningrad
London
Britain
Finland
Goteborg
Sweden
Arctic
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Middle East
Tobruk
Libya
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