Duke of Kent Dies in Iceland Flight Crash
Britain's royal court entered four weeks of mourning after the Duke of Kent and 15 others died when a Sunderland flying boat crashed in rugged Scottish moorland near its Iceland route. Bodies were recovered as searchers scoured the scene. The king and queen prepared to receive the remains at Windsor, with the funeral planned at St. George's Chapel.
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Detroit
Newport
R. I
Strutt
Joseph Wasington Frazer
Chrysler Motors
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo
Wall Street
New York
Canada
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St. George's Chapel
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Senate examines corporate tax cuts in revised revenue bill
Congressional fiscal experts urged a 40 percent combined rate on normal and surtax income and 80 percent on excess profits, opposing treasury 45 and 55 percent rises. Stam omitted rebate plans, while Byrd pressed to lower House rates and the panel asked for a 15 percent reserve for corporations before deciding on postwar credits. The committee considers current individual tax payments and a 5 percent withholding levy pending the treasury report.
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Army Probes Sale of Smokes for Yanks in Egypt
Army officials opened a probe into reports that cigarets sent to U S troops in an Egyptian camp were charged for. Officials suggested a shipping mixup may have misdirected free cigarets and that some intended for free distribution were sold instead.
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Egypt
Two destroyers launched at Kearny yards
Two destroyers the Glennon and the Jeffers slid down the ways Wednesday at the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company yards in Kearny New Jersey.
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Chinese push to recapture Chuhsien air center and surrounds
Chinese forces attack the walls around Chuhsien Chekiang and press toward Lishui after recapturing 15 county seats in Chekiang Kiangsi. Japanese defenses along the Hangchow Nanchang rail line suffer continuing losses as Chinese drive intensifies.
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Roosevelt to outline plan to curb living costs in radio addresses
President Roosevelt will deliver two major broadcasts this week, one on September 3 addressing global youth and another August 31 at the Bethesda Navy Medical Center. He plans a Labor Day speech on stabilizing wages and farm prices to fight inflation. The youth address targets United Nations students and will be heard aboard ships and stations worldwide.
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Small Dutch Vessel Sunk in Caribbean During World War II
The Associated Press reports a small Dutch merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk in mid August in the Caribbean. One crew member was killed, four missing, and 23 survivors mostly burned were rescued 45 minutes later by a U.S. naval vessel. Survivors described extensive flames aboard as the ship went down in four minutes.
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Associated Press
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J. Wols
17 Indians Killed In New Outbreak
London AP Reuters dispatch from Lucknow reports 17 Indians killed in United Provinces in an exchange of fire between an armed band and a police patrol.
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Reuters
Lucknow
India
United Provinces
Debarkation of Refugees From Gripsholm Speeds Up
Refugees leaving the Swedish liner Gripsholm arrived in Jersey City under state department orders to reveal nothing about their conditions. Witnesses described mistreatment by Japanese captors, including confinement, scarcity of food, and reports of prisoners not returning. The first evacuee to leave was Raymond Moyer of Oberlin Ohio, who had been trapped in Hong Kong and recalls a harsh 15 by 17 foot cell with thirty others and rice meals.
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Stanley Prison
Four to Study Plan to Concentrate Civilian Production
Washington AP reports four officials of the War Production Board were named to lead the concentration of civilian production. Joseph L. Weiner was named chairman, with Armory Houghton Lou Holland and Wendel Lund as members. The panel will decide which civilian plants shut down or convert to war use and which remain as nucleus producers. Industries eyed include typewriters farm machinery cutlery bicycles with cooking appliance firms already concentrated.
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War Production Board
Joseph L. Weiner
Armory Houghton
Lou Holland
Wendel Lund
WPB
Fraser in Capital Praises U.S. Army in New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser, visiting Washington at Roosevelt's invitation, lauded American troops as he arrived for a ten day stay. He praised "your men" fighting in New Zealand and across the Southwest Pacific.
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Peter Fraser
Roosevelt
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Southwest Pacific
Cedar Rapids Sees 0 Inch Rainfall Update
Weather report notes Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday forenoon with little temperature change. Wednesday morning rain measured .60 inch, temperatures at 2:30 p.m. 64 with humidity at 80 percent. High of 77 reached Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. and Wednesday's low was 63 between 3:30 and 7:30 a.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Wild Bird Chronicles Start in Gazette Thursday
Elizabeth Vernon presents Wild Bird a tale of Ginnie Riven a carefree girl drawn into a cruel entanglement. The story follows her search for happiness amid hardship and a brighter world promises to delight readers when the feature begins in The Gazette Thursday.
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Ginnie Riven
Japs Bid to Retake Solomons Sparks Major Naval Battle
The navy reported a counter attack in the southeastern Solomon Islands leading to a great sea and air battle. More than half a dozen Japanese ships were damaged including a transport and a cruiser set afire near Guadalcanal. One large and one small aircraft carrier were heavily damaged by bombs. The attack came from the northeast, possibly from bases northwest of the Solomons.
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Solomons
Three Nazi Drives Near Stalingrad Pressed by Germans
Moscow report says a German battle force of 750,000 with about 25 armored divisions closes in on Stalingrad from three directions. Nazi advances lie within 40 miles west of the city with fronts north and south and heavy fighting along a 105 by 40 mile area between the Don, the Volga and rail lines. Soviet counterattacks are reported costly but the front remains critical. railways out of service impede Volga communications.
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Allied planes pound convoy and bases in Pacific war raid
Gen Douglas MacArthur reports a bold air strike 700 miles west of the Solomons hitting a Japanese convoy and bases at Gona Buna Rabaul and Gaminata on New Britain. Bombers sank a gunboat damaged transports and set fires on airfields while fighters destroyed zeros and supply boats amid treetop ranges.
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Owen Stanley
Buna
North New Guinea
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Gaminata
New Britain
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Timor Island
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Hughes Field
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Crone
Brisbane
Nazis Condemn Five Czechs to Death in Bruenn Trial
Five Czechs were condemned to death by the Nazi court at Bruenn for possession of arms and ammunition, a Prague dispatch to Der Neue Tag reported from Bern, Switzerland.
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der Neue Tag
Theft reported of shotgun from Angelus Temple desk
An employee told police a 16 gauge shotgun was stolen from the information desk at Aimee Semple McPherson's Angelus Temple in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Solomon Islands Battle Encouraging Naval Communique
The Navy reported six more Japanese ships damaged in the Guadalcanal area as American forces held their positions. Destroyers and four miscellaneous vessels were set afire by American air and sea action on August 24, with prior hits on a cruiser and transport noted. Air power and fighter success were highlighted, and overall results to date were described as encouraging.
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Solomon Islands
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Guadalcanal
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U. S
Help Wanted Ad Sparks Nearly 100 Calls Near Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Troy Winegar of Twin Towers west of Cedar Rapids promotes Gazette Help-Wanted Ads that recently kept telephone wires hot. The ad sought a caregiver for two children and cabin camp help with no cooking or laundry. Salary described as good. Call 9532.
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