House Invokes Gag Rule To Speed Profit Tax Bill
The House used a strict gag rule to limit debate and amendments on an excess profits tax bill. It would tax corporate profits at 20 to 50 percent, allow five year deductions for facility costs on defense contracts, and suspend existing limits on government order profits. Rep Cooper estimated $300 million in 1940 and $900 million yearly thereafter.
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House
Washington
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Engines of 17000 Planes Contract Approved
The Navy and United Aircraft Corpora tion reached a deal to manufacture 17000 airplane engines for the Army and Navy at 160 million dollars. Secretary Knox announced the agreement with War Department approval, covering all 1941 and 1942 fiscal year needs.
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Washington
Navy
United Aircraft Corporation
Army
Knox
War Department
United Aircraft
Refund Bonds Bid For Two Ohio River Bridges
The State Bridge Commission received bids to refund $3,150,000 in 3 percent revenue bonds for the Steubenville Weirton and East Liverpool Chester bridges over the Ohio River. The Steubenville span, bought for $1.6 million in October 1936, has $400,000 redeemed and $185,000 redeemed to bondholders of the East Liverpool bridge bought in September 1938.
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Columbus
State Bridge Commission
theteubenville-Weirton
East Liverpool-Chester
Ohio River
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Commission
Teen CCC enrollee dies in Cedar City crash
In Cedar City Utah a motor vehicle collision yesterday killed 17 year old Leo J Haskins a Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee from Mantua Portage County Ohio The crash report lists the deceased as Leo J Haskins of Mantua Ohio and notes his CCC status.
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Cedar City
Utah
Leo J. Haskins
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mantau
Portage County
Ohio
Veteran Ends Life at Logan
Logan article reports World War veteran Robert R. Redd age 43 died at his mother’s home after drinking arsenic poison. He was found by his son in a woodland near his home and died at 303 West Second Street. Survived by wife, two sons, four brothers and two sisters. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Logan
Robert R. Redd
Lucy Redd
W. Second St
Redd
William
Robert
Wallace Preparing To Take Up 1940 Burden
Henry A. Wallace to debut as the Democratic vice presidential nominee campaigner in Des Moines Iowa tonight He will lead the party’s speeches after Roosevelt postponed travel to address the international situation this fall and remains in Washington for now
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Wallace
Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt signs act to allow ships into war zones for refugees
President Roosevelt enacts a law authorizing American vessels to enter the European combat area to rescue refugee children. Ships may enter zones forbidden by neutrality rules if belligerents guarantee protection from armed forces and assurances are secured prior to departure.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Trains Hit Semi in Goshen Killing One Injuring Another
Kenneth Murray age 21 of Van Wert Ohio was killed when his semi collided with a train in Goshen Indiana. William Wagner age 22 of East Liverpool Ohio suffered serious injuries in the crash.
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Goshen
Ind
Kenneth Murray
van Wert
Ohio
William Wagner
East Liverpool
London Berlin raid marked by long night of terror
German Stukas hit Britain’s Portsmouth and London in a seven hour raid described as the war’s fiercest air assault on London with fires, casualties, and a new silent technique. RAF retaliated with a three hour Berlin strike, while Vienna talks sought Balkan peace and Romania pulled back forces from the Russian front.
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Britain
Portsmouth
London
Berlin
British Press Association
Germany
Press Association
RAF
Isirl
British Isles
Suez Canal
Far East
Port Said
Ismailia
High Command
Seizure of Industries Approved by Senate Vote
The Senate authorized broad wartime powers to seize manufacturing plants for national defense. The measure, paired with a draft proposal for men 21 to 31, allows condemnation and immediate possession if owners refuse defense orders. This marks the first time since 1917 the Senate granted such sweeping authority.
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Senate
Washington
House
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
War
Navy Department
America
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Vic Donahey
Texas To Split Over New Deal In Third Term Debate
The No Third Term Democratic Party of Texas formed in Dallas led by Mike Hogg to oppose the New Deal third term and back Wendell Willkie in November. The move marks Texas as an early state to organize for a Republican nominee who was once a Democrat.
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Dallas
Wendell Willkie
Texas
Mike Hogg
Houston
James Stephen Hogg
Democratic Party of
Chauncey High School Pre-registration Date Change
Chauncey Dover High School will begin pre-registration for students at 8 30 tomorrow morning Friday August 30 not September 30 as previously stated. Principal Paul Fiske announced the revised schedule.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Paul Fiske
Prisoners of War Held in Paris Area Cell
Thousands of Frenchmen have been rounded up by their Nazi conquerors and imprisoned. A prisoner speaks to his family from a cell in the Metropolitan Stadium near Paris, highlighting the harsh conditions of wartime confinement.
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Metropolitan Stadium
Paris
Wheat Loans in Ohio Pass Million Mark
Ohio wheat growers borrowed 1,021,231 on their 1940 crop. The Commodity Credit Corporation reported nationwide totals of 59,407,169 dollars borrowed on 82,517,510 bushels.
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Washington
Ohio
Commodity Credit Corporation
Balkans War Threat Looms as Axis Needs Peace
In the War Today column, Dewitt Mackenzie notes two key issues shaping the Battle of Britain era. The Hitler Mussolini alliance seeks Balkan peace to secure resources and Russia containment, while Franco British tensions rise over Britain's stance toward Petain and De Gaulle.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Germany
Britain
von Ribbentrop
Count Ciano
Vienna
Romania
Hungary
Transylvania
Balkan
Hitler
Mussolini
Balkans
Russia
Stalin
Petain
Flanders
London
de Gaulle
Alien Admits Voting in Cincinnati for Years
Federal officials report a noncitizen registered and admitted voting in Cincinnati for 27 years He said a politician told him he was eligible and he voted.
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Alien
Cincinnati
Aliens in Ohio to be Removed from Relief Rolls
Ohio survey shows about 3,600 aliens on poor relief, with 3,000 in Cleveland. City relief department says aliens not applying for citizenship will lose benefits. law requires intention to naturalize or proof of applying within 60 days. State Welfare Department notes enforcement rests with local authorities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
City Relief Department
United States of America
State Welfare Department
Foreign-Born Americans Show Loyalty in Jefferson County
Representative Earl Lewis praises a letter from the United Political Clubs of Jefferson County composed of Polish and Slavonic residents. He notes their loyalty to the United States, their approval of conscription, and willingness to fight for the country of adoption.
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Washington
Earl Lewis
Ohio
United States
Jefferson County
United Political Clubs
Lewis
United States of America
Minerton Man Killed By Train in Tunnel
Charles Thacker a 49 year old WPA worker from Minerton was killed last night by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train in a tunnel near Hawks. Two companions passed through the tunnel ahead of him. He is survived by a wife and two children.
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McArthur
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charles Thacker
WPA
Minerton
Hawks
Thacker
German Sub Claims to Sink Seven Ships
Berlin reports a German U boat under Lieutenant Commander Schepke sunk seven armed British merchant ships totaling 43 000 tons. Five ships were said to be sunk from a strongly protected convoy.
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Berlin
Schepke
Dodgers Third Baseman Lavagetto Stricken With Appendicitis
Brooklyn Dodger third baseman Harry A Lavagetto age 25 was suddenly stricken with acute appendicitis today and rushed to Christ Hospital where an operation was performed.
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Dodger
Cincinnati
Harry A
Cookie
Lavagetto
Brooklyn Dodger
Christ Hospital
Passage of Sinai Predicted After Debate Starting Tuesday
The Senate approved the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill by 58 to 31 after a nine hour session. If the House bill mirrors the Senate version, registration for men 21 to 30 would begin, with initial inductions possible by October 15 and total training goals around 800000 within months.
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Sinai
Washington
Senate
House Military Committee
House
Adams
Colo
Congress
Defense Plant At Ravenna To Cover Big Area
The Ravenna defense project will affect 18 000 acres northeast of the city as 4 500 workers prepare to build a 14 215 000 dollar ammunition loading plant. Government purchase papers for the land, including 108 farms and 115 other parcels, were signed for the War Department in Akron.
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Ravenna
War Department
Akron
Col
R. F. Valliant
Quartermaster General's Department
Naval Speed-Up Will Increase Midshipmen
Secretary Knox announced faster construction of smaller war vessels, with schedules ahead by one to eight and a half months. Navy yard employment rose 30 percent. The Naval academy session at Annapolis opens September 13 with 2,396 midshipmen, the largest since 1923.
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Washington
Knox
Aig
Navy Yards
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Pioneer Lumber Dealer Dies at Rainelle West Virginia
Rainelle West Virginia mourns the death of John Raine 76 a pioneer lumberman born in Ironton Ohio. Raine helped establish Meadow River Lumber Company in 1909 with his late brother Thomas and retired three years ago, leaving a lasting mark on the town named for him.
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Rainelle
W. Va
John Raine
Ironton, O
Raine
Greenbrier
Meadow River Lumber Company
Thomas
New World Record for Pulling Made in Ohio
Governor Bricker closed his State House day to take his family to Governor's Day at the Ohio State Fair as a horse team owned by Charles Kiehl of Bradford pulled 4 025 pounds on the dynamometer over 30 feet setting a new world record before 50 778 fairgoers.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Jack
Ohio
New Tobacco Is Developed in Kentucky Experiment
Lexington report from the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station notes a new Burley like tobacco with barley aroma and minimal nicotine. University chemistry confirms average nicotine around 0.02 percent, far below ordinary Burley at about 2 percent and Western dark varieties 3 to 7 percent. The low nicotine leaf results from plant breeding and crossbreeding begun in 1935 under Dr. W. D. Valleau.
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Lexington
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
W. D. Valleau
Spread of Paralysis Is Reported in Ohio
The state health department reports infantile paralysis in 33 Ohio counties with Highland County recording its first cases. Franklin, Cuyahoga and Lucas counties each report one case, bringing the year total to 145.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
Highland County
Franklin
Cuyahoga
Lucas Counties
Order Drunken Drivers To Attend Ceremonies
In Cleveland a crowd gathered on the Mall near Public Square to honor 73 people killed in 1940 traffic crashes. Relatives, friends, and about twenty intoxicated men ordered by municipal court attended the event and stood before white crosses marking the fatalities.
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Cleveland
Public Square
Explosion at Phillips pipeline kills two in Buffalo Oklahoma
A massive explosion on a Phillips Petroleum Co pipeline near Buffalo Oklahoma killed two men and seriously burned 13 others, with one burn victim possibly fatally injured. The blast caused extensive injuries and prompted emergency responders to rush victims to area hospitals.
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Buffalo
Okla
Phillips Petroleum Co
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