18 Month Extension Nets Narrow House Victory
The House approved an 18 month extension of army service by a 203 to 202 vote after a ten hour debate. The measure extends training for selectees, National Guardsmen, and reserves to 30 months and removes a 900,000 draftee cap. Final action by weekend expected. 21 Republicans joined 182 Democrats in support.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Senate
War Department
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Hitler
Luther A. Johnson
D-Tex
Shore
R-Mo
May
House Military Committee
Dollar Days planned for Friday and Saturday in Athens
Friday Aug 15 and Saturday Aug 16 bring DOLLAR DAYS to Athens with hundreds of values. Athens Merchants Association sponsors the semi annual event with many stores including wear, groceries, hardware and more marking items at or near $1. Chapter leaders are James P. Cumley president A B Wolfe vice president Rolland Jones treasurer and John W Bolin executive secretary. Thursday's Messenger will carry store messages with details.
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Athens
Ohio
Athens Merchants Association
James P. Cumley
Merchants’ Association
A. B. Wolfe
Rolland Jones
John W. Bolin
Hitch-Hiker Killed By Car Near Warren
Warren reports a 19 year old hitch-hiker, Roger Gouir, was killed early today on Route 422 two miles outside Warren after a car swerved to avoid another vehicle. The victim was on his way home when struck.
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Warren
Roger Gouirand
Route 422
Governor Urges Against Seizure of Shipyard Plant
Governor Charles Edison urged the government to refrain from seizing the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock plant in Kearny New Jersey. Navy Secretary Knox and OPM co director Sidney Hillman planned further talks with shipbuilder L H Korndorff. A prior conference failed to reach a decision on the offer amid strike pressure and mediation debates.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny, N. J
Navy
Charles Edison
New Jersey
Eee Rreen Weer
Knox
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
L. H. Korndorff
Shipbuilding
Korndorff
Peter Flynn
CIO
Defense Mediation Board
Curtiss-Wright
Caldwell, N. J
AFL
Propeller Craft
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Canton
Ohio
Carburizing Department
Still No Word From Potomac
Washington D C The capital waited for messages from President Roosevelt aboard the yacht Potomac with four days passing since the last dispatch. The Navy Department had no comment on the silence. Roosevelt began the New England cruise on August 3 expecting a week or ten days away. radio dispatches were to be sent to the Navy Department but officials warned there was no guarantee of regular updates.
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Washington—C
Senate Rejects 1.347 Billion Ordnance Fund Request
Washington amid a possible reversal of Senate action on a Defense Supplement. The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously rejected a 1.347 billion dollar request to buy ordnance items including tanks anti aircraft guns and other mechanized equipment for an expanded army. Army officials argued the fund would support a force beyond the 3 million planned buildup.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Army
Steel May Replace Aluminum in Planes
Crosley Corp engineers announce a new process, hydrogen brazing, allowing steel to replace aluminum in airplane parts with no weight gain and possible savings. Lewis E. Clement, engineering director, cites feasibility and efficiency gains.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Corp
Lewis E. Clement
Crosley Engineering
Withdrawals Stopped Between U. S. and Italy
Bankers report that withdrawals from blocked accounts are suspended as U S authorities bar Italian account holders from accessing funds in the United States. The measures affect accounts blocked after mutual freezes in June targeting credits of nationals of each country.
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Rome
Italy
United States
U S Seeks Brazil Air Bases to Counter German Threat
Washington reports the United States is negotiating with Brazil to secure airbase sites to offset a German threat to Dakar. State Department discussions aim to resume Brazil's control of an Italian airport near Natal, 1 620 miles from Dakar across the South Atlantic.
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Washington
United States
Brazil
Dakar
French West Africa
State Department
Natal
South Atlantic
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Western Hemisphere
Weygand
Vichy
Roosevelt suspends 8 hour day for defense workers
President Roosevelt issued an executive order suspending the 8 hour day for mechanics and laborers employed by the War Department on public works essential to national defense. The move, announced at the White House, aims to complete military projects as quickly as possible.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
United States
White House
Former Butler County Sheriff Dead in Suspected Suicide
Coroner Garret J. Boone ruled a death by own action in the death of Alvin J. Sloneker, 64, former Butler County sheriff. His body was found yesterday near a vacant house with a 38 caliber revolver nearby.
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Oxford
Garrett J. Boone
Alvin J. Sloneker
Butler County
Germans Drive Through Fire Across Ukraine Front
German captioned image from Berlin describes a soldier leaping a stream during an assault on the Ukraine front as comrades clear out enemy resistance. A night attack by tanks and infantry moves through a burning wheat field, likely in the rich grain areas of Ukraine, according to the caption.
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Ukraine
Berlin
Russia
Dnieper River
Odessa
Black Sea
British War Office
London
Nikolaev
Joseph Stalin
von Rundstedt
Dnieper
Ochakov
Bug River
Red Army
Leningrad
Hitler
Semeon Budyonny
Moscow
Danube River
Cerna-Voda
Bucharest
Constanta
DNB
East Front
Lake Ilman
Strike Threat Mounts Over Bell System Dispute
The Association of Communication Equipment Workers reported most locals in 13 cities voted strike authorization amid a dispute with Western Electric. State mediation chair James W. Fitzpatrick arranged a meeting to avert a nationwide stoppage. The union warned any strike action would nearly halt Bell System operations across the United States.
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New York
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company, Inc
James W. Fitzpatrick
State Mediation Board
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
United States
New Milk Marketing Law Takes Effect Tomorrow
Columbus report outlines a new milk marketing law protecting farmers from unscrupulous operators. The agriculture director will oversee guaranteed payments, dealers must be licensed with fees from 1 to 20 dollars, and weighers testers and samplers pay 2 dollars yearly. Producer distributors handling two thirds of their product are exempt from licensing. Bonds or trustee securities may secure dealer financial guarantees.
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Columbus
Director of
Autumn Temperatures Sweep Nation Except Jacksonville Heat
Nationwide chill contrasts with Jacksonville Florida where an intense heat spell persists. Frost appears in parts of New England while most of the U S cools 16 to 30 degrees below normal with lows 52 to 61 in Indiana and near the Chicago 58 degree mark.
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Jacksonville
Fla
New England
Chicago
Oklahoma
Montana
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Indiana
Urges Continuance of USO Drive in Ohio
AKRON claim by H. S. Firestone Jr. as Ohio USO chairman notes the state oversubscribed its $801,950 quota and calls for an extension as more than a million servicemen are in the field and USO aid is needed in new defense areas.
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Ohio
Akron
United Service Organization
Campaign For Money
H. S. Firestone, Jr
USO
Firestone
France's Vichy Might Aid Nazis and Threaten Hemisphere
In The War Today column, Dewitt Mackenzie outlines concerns over Vichy France under Petain aiding Germany, potentially granting bases at Dakar and in North Africa. The piece notes U S Brazil talks for an air base to counter Dakar access and hopes Weygand may resist surrender of colonial bases, though uncertainty remains.
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Petain
Hitler
Vichy
Americas
Dakar
North Africa
New Drought Threatens Midwestern Corn Crop
A new drought endangers the corn crop across the Midwest with especially harsh conditions in the Eastern Ohio Valley and parts of Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Kansas. The Weather Bureau calls for soaking rains and Agriculture Department officials warn of weaker prospects as grain supports national defense reserves and shipments to Great Britain.
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Washington
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Six Young Children Die In Doylestown House Fire
Mrs Ernest Love learned five of her six children perished in a blaze that swept their home in Doylestown Pennsylvania. The WPA worker husband brought the news and the father later slept in the hospital after recounting the tragedy. The mother suffered burns and remained in care for weeks.
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Doylestown
Ernest Love
WPA
Love
60 Hour Work Week Implemented at Plum Brook
A 60-hour work week was ordered at the Plum Brook ordnance plant to speed construction of the $40,000,000 arsenal. About 3,000 workers shift from 48 to 60 hours weekly. Construction slowed last week due to AFL carpenters strike.
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Sandusky
Plum Brook
Frank Ray
AFL
Petain’s Pro-Nazi Move Triggers Franco American Strain
From Paris to Washington a storm over Petain’s new pro German policy dominates headlines. Berlin hails the shift as guiding France into Hitler’s European order while U S officials weigh access to air bases in Brazil and impose possible shifts in colonial policy.
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Petain
Berlin
Nazi
France
Marshal
Hitler
New Order
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Darlan J
Germany
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Daladier
Reynaud
Reward Offered by Red-Faced Officers in Santa Monica
Santa Monica police watch remains unsolved as $5,700 vanished from the department safe. Two weeks into the mystery, officers have pooled $500 to entice tips and close the case.
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Santa Monica
Ex Footballer Named Principal of Portsmouth High
Olin B. Smith, 41, former professional football player, is appointed the new principal of Portsmouth High School by the Board of Education to replace Dale Sherman who served 13 years.
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Portsmouth
Olin B. Smith
Portsmouth High School
Board of Education
Dale Sherman
Granary Collapse Victim In Serious Condition
Otto Helberg, 47, trapped under oats when a granary on the Helen Schliesser farm near Napoleon collapsed. He was reported in serious condition today at Memorial Hospital by attendants.
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Napoleon
Helen Schliesser
Otto Helberg
Memorial Hospital
Bathing beaches reopen in Lake County after paralysis scare
Lake County bathing beaches, under quarantine since last Friday due to infantile paralysis, were ordered opened today by County Health Commissioner C. B. Elliott. Local officials lifted restrictions as the epidemic threat subsided and crowds returned to the water.
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Painesville
Lake County
C. B. Elliott
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