British Attitude Still Unchanged Showdown Nears
British stance on Indian independence remains firm as Gandhi and Nehru push for self rule. Cripps reiterates war-time limits while urging patience, with mass non-violent resistance looming. Hull signals no liberty without action, as U S officials weigh possible appeals to Gandhi.
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Preston Grover
Bombay
Dag K. Gandhi
Britain
India
London
Stafford Cripps
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
United Nations
Ygut
Noronger
Washington
State Department
Hull
Roosevelt
Gandhi
Resolution Urges Federal Sales Tax
A resolution urging a federal sales tax was adopted yesterday by representatives of state chambers of commerce from 32 states. It proposes a 45 percent combined normal and surtax levy on corporations to be presented to the Senate Finance Committee on August 12 by Chicago attorney Arnold Baar.
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Chicago
State Chambers of Commerce
Senate Finance Committee
Arnold Baar
Dutch Premier Urges Patriots for Second Front Aid
Premier Pieter Gerbrandy told Dutch listeners in exile to prepare for the call to actively participate in opening a second front. Moscow radio said Britain and the USSR will implement the agreement soon. Reports described intensified Nazi fortifications along western Europe and Norwegian coast as tensions rise over the invasion plan.
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London
Pieter 5. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Moscow Radio
Britain
U.S.S.R
Europe
Russia
Caucasian
Stockholm
Switzerland
Lofoten
Norway
Woman interprets sugar coupon as bonus and protests
A Keene New Hampshire woman took the No 7 coupon in her sugar rationing book as a literal bonus of two extra pounds. She went to the rationing board asking whether the coupon was a onus and was told it is not. The storekeeper had charged her for it.
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Keene
N. H
Sky Dragons Name Adopted for American Volunteer Unit
A Chinese army spokesman said Hankow authorities are jittery as the United States Army Air Forces 1st American volunteer group formerly known as the Flying Tigers is now nicknamed the Sky Dragons. The change follows July 4 restrictions on the unit and reflects bold new tactics praised by Chinese sources.
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Flying Tigers
Sky Dragons
Chungking
United States Army
Hankow
Chicago Women Must Sit Down To Drink Their Liquor
Chicago Aus 6 The city council unanimously passed an ordinance to require women to sit while drinking at taverns effective Aug 18. Mayor Ward J Kelly, aiming to curb rowdy behavior, said the rule targets bad women but may affect respectable patrons who enjoy a drink at the bar.
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Chicago
Aus
Madani
Baruch Chosen to Lead Rubber Committee After Veto
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to create an independent rubber agency and instead appointed Bernard M. Baruch to chair a new committee to study the rubber problem. The panel also includes Dr. James B. Conant and Dr. Karl T. Compton to map a wartime synthetic rubber program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ain
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Baruch
James ‘B. Conant
Harvard University
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Capitol
Donald M. Nelson
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Joseph B. Hastman
Defense Transportation
Robert P. Patterson
White House
Baruch Committee
Pasa Congress
Eo Acsder
War Toda Present War May Strengthen Bonds Of Empire
DeWitt Wide World analyzes the India nationalist demand and argues England must unite the empire to resist forces threatening Britain. The piece warns a British defeat in the Far East and Singapore could signal the empire’s unraveling, even if Axis defeats come later.
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Dewitt
MacKenzie
Isis
Britain
England
Far East
Ne Fal
Singapore
Fugliand
Bastiat Empire
Mackeenzie
Acquit Moodie in Aberdeen as Judge Orders Verdict
Circuit Judge Van Buren Perry directed a verdict acquitting Arthur J Moodie rural credits secretary at the close of the state's case. The judge denied similar motions for William Douglas state treasurer and Earl Hammerquist lands commissioner. The trial centered on alleged payoffs linked to Phill Burns profits from a 3 220 000 pond exchange in June 1935 and featured testimony from Morgan and Burns.
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Aberdeen
van Buren Perry
Arthur J. Moodie
William Douglas
Earl Bammerhuist
Perry
Moodie
Pat Morrison
Phill T. Burns
Burns
Pond Exchange
Hugh Agor
Hammerquist
Douglas
Jdge Perry
Ch. Morgan
Rel Company
Spokane
Wash
Tras
Morgan
Burns Co
Elmer Thurow
Bee Burns
War Dependents to Receive Immediate Cash Aid
Representative Rankin introduces legislation to require the war and navy departments to begin immediate cash payments to service members dependents under the pay allotment and allowance act. The measure aims to ease hardships and fast track support, with no opposition from the military affairs committee, though setup before November 1 was in question.
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Washington
Aug
Opa
Rankin
Democrat
Mississippi
War and Navy Departments
Military Affairs Committee
Alough
Defense Councils Gather Here in South Dakota
The Huron Council of Defense hosted a meeting at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel with R. P. Harmon state coordinator of civilian defense. Officials said the discussion covered the role of defense councils in organizing citizen defense corps and training volunteers. A planned rally at Campbell Park was canceled by state officials.
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Huron Council of Defense
Intig C
Marvin Hughitt
R. P. Harmon
South Dakota
Citizene Defense Corps
Campbell Park
Detroiter Max Stephan condemned to death for treason
Max Stephan, German born American citizen, was sentenced by U S District Judge Arthur J Tuttle to be hanged on November 13, 1942, for aiding the flight of a Nazi flier from a Canadian camp. The first treason conviction in 148 years in the United States, Stephan faces execution inside Milan Michigan’s federal detention prison.
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Detroit
Ea — Stephan
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Prizon
Milan
Mich
Max Ste Orphan
Unistates
Tuttle
al Algo
Germans Report Fall Of Tikhoretsk Railroad Center
German mechanized armies close on the upper Caucasus reporting the fall of Tikhoretsk on the Stalingrad-Novorossisk railway. Soviet forces counter with reserves east of the Don while battles rage near Stalingrad. Allied second front talk grows as European capitals weigh invasion defenses.
Church Elder Is Found Guilty Of Mail Murder
Oscar Albertson 43 of San Pedro, a church elder and blacksmith, was convicted of first degree murder in the death by mail of John Kmetz last Oct 12. The verdict carries no clemency recommendation, mandating the death penalty.
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Los. Angeles
Oscar Albertson
San Pedro
John Kmetz
Albertson
Kmetz
S. Kmetz
Eva Albertson
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Commi
Baltimore
Max Stephan
Tikhoretsk
Stalingrad
Roger D. Greene
Associated Presa War
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Black Sea
Kerch Strait
Moscow
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