Germans Push on Leningrad Reported Failing
Moscow reports a new German Finnish push to lift Leningrad from the north fizzled out while heavy fighting rages elsewhere near Smolensk and Kiev. The Karelian Isthmus battle near Kakisalmi lasts. reference to ongoing feints around Belogorod lacks change in vital fronts. Reuters notes Soviet confidence Germans will not take Kiev Leningrad or Moscow.
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Leningrad
Smolensk
Ukraine
Red Army
Lake Paipus
Emolensk-arex
Bel Tserkov
Kiev
Reuters
London
CBS
Karelian
Kakisalmi
Losses Declared Low by Germans in Smolensk Battle
Berlin reports German high command says Red Army losses were extraordinarily high at Smolensk while German losses were moderate. Communique claims 310,000 Russians captured, 3,205 tanks and 3,120 artillery pieces seized, and 1,098 planes lost with vast other material. Details follow on Page 6.
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Berlin
Red Army
Smolensk
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
The Grafton Sentinel Invites Miss Jean Lowe to Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Jean Rita Lowe of 15 Dorsey Street to attend tonight's presentation of The Penalty at Strand theater or Wide Open Town at Dixie theater.
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Grafton Sentinel
Jean Rita Lowe
Dorsey Street
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Burl N. Curry
Virginia Street
House. Mals
Russians Deny Border Clashes With Japanese
Tass reports denial of reports that Japanese and Russian troops clashed near the Amur river or elsewhere. Earlier a Japanese spokesman at Shanghai described a minor clash near Manehu North Manchukuo close to the Siberian border.
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Tass
Amur River
Shanghai
Manehulf
Manchukuo
Siberian
Bethlehem Steel workers stage holiday picket in Brooklyn yards
In New York on August 7, about 6000 members of Local 13 IUMSWA left work to vote on a strike and formed picket lines around Bethlehem Steel's two Brooklyn shipbuilding yards. Separate Local 807 Teamsters also joined pickets as police patrolled. no disturbances were reported during stalled wage talks aimed at a 72 cent to 1.00 per hour raise.
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AFL Teamsters Union
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CSO
Local 13
The
Shipbuilding Workers Union
Bethehem
Stoptio
CLO
Captain Skeen To Head State Police Legion
Captain George H. Skeen of Elkins was elected commander of the All-State Police American Legion post to succeed Captain Harry C. Myers of Charleston. Other officers include Lieut E. Clark of Elkins as first vice commander Sergt. Jay Rowe of Elkins as adjutant and First Sergt. J. W. Wooddell of Elkins as finance officer.
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George H. Skeen
Elkins
All-State
American Legion
Harry C. Myers
E. ‘Oc. Clark
Jay Rowe
J. W. Wooddell
Silk Industry Seeks Remedy Amid Stock Freeze
Silk manufacturers and workers met to resolve industry disruption after the government ordered an abrupt stock freeze. A two month supply outlook predicts silk hosiery shortages for American women, prompting talks on changeovers to non silk fibers while preserving fashion appeal. Unemployment concerns rise as mills adjust to new production limits.
Strike Parley Resumed At Huntington Plant
Negotiations to settle the 17 day old strike at the Huntington plant of the American Car and Foundry Co resumed this afternoon. Representatives of the company the Steel Workers Organizing Committee CIO the federal conciliation service and the state labor department have met since Monday to reach an agreement to reopen the plant which will employ 900 to 1000 men once back in operation.
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American Car and Foundry Co
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
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Federal Conciliation Service
State Labor Department
Japan seeks friendly ties with Thailand amid Hull Eden fears
Tokyo says Japan desires friendly relations with Thailand and rejects Hull and Eden warnings as unfounded. The Japanese board of information condemns U.S. and British press reports as worsening sentiment toward Japan and Britain. It accuses British outlets of masking their own plans.
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Thailand
U.S
Hull
Eden
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Far East
Solons Rush Long Duty Bill
Washington Aug 7 Administration leaders pressed for a Senate vote on extending military service to 18 months. Senator Barkley urged strict debate limits to avoid delay, while Pepper warned that further holdups could leave the army short of trained units as national guardsmen are mustered out.
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Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Chamber
House
Pepper
D-Fla
Ghost of Red Army Rattles Chains Amid Nazi Claims
By DEWITT MacKENZIE the ghost of the Red Army rattles chains despite German boasts of victory and vast losses. The Moscow front appears open yet Bolshevists deny the claims, while their defense continues to function in remarkable fashion amid confusing Nazi statements.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Army
Red Line
Moscow
Neely Outlines State Products Plan
Governor Neely outlined an agricultural and industrial program to use all state resources, aiming to cut costly imports and make West Virginia products famous nationwide. The plan was presented to the West Virginia farm bureau during a convention banquet in Jackson's Mill.
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West Virginia Farm Bureau
Neely
West Virginia
Auditor Sims says Fidelity mismanaged in court
Charleston August 7 Federal court heard further witnesses after State Auditor Edgar B. Sims charged faulty management led to the Fidelity Assurance association of Wheeling's insolvency. Sims, ex officio insurance chief, sought receiver ship in Kanawha county court to remove the outfit. The Central Trust Company of Charleston was appointed trustee in reorganization. Five states contested Judge Moore's jurisdiction. Sims would not license Fidelity to do business in the state as a face-amount certificate company. He might allow sale of some certificates if principal business were in insurance. Asset estimate placed at about 28 million dollars.
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Edgar B. Sims
Fidelity Assurance Association of Wheeling
Sims
Insurance and Securities
Fidelity
Ben Moore
Central ‘Trust Comany of Charleston
Kanawha
West Virginia
Moore
Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore dies in Calcutta
Rabindranath Tagore, aged around 80, India's renowned modern poet and 1913 Nobel laureate, died in Calcutta after a prolonged illness. He had been seriously ill last October, recovered briefly, and recently underwent kidney surgery. his works were widely translated and became best sellers in many languages.
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India
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
Indian Poet Page 3 Driver Hurt When Truck Overturns
Edward Crist of Indianapolis was seriously injured when a trailer truck loaded with 400 bushels of peaches overturned twice on a curve near Huntington on route 60 while en route to Charleston. Passenger Ray Green, also from Indianapolis, suffered cuts to legs and head.
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Edward Crist
Indianapolis
Christ
Charleston
Huntington
Ray Green
Axis seeks world control by base demands in Atlantic and Pacific
U S officials link Japan pressure for Thailand with Germany pushing for military and naval bases in French possessions notably Dakar. The coordinated axis plan aims to dominate Atlantic and Pacific bases to isolate the Americas and project a joint sea power.
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United States
Japan
Thailand
Germany
Vichy
Dakar
Atlantic
Pacific
Americas
Connally Seeks Boost in Tax to Aid Defense
Senate votes 44 28 to extend military active service for selectees guard and reserves. Senator Connally proposes a billion dollar tax boost in a $3,206,200,000 bill to offset rising defense costs, arguing defense expenses have surged since the Ways and Means plan.
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House
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Senate Finance
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Finance Committee
Huntington Ends Year With Cash Balance
Charleston August 7 The states largest city Huntington was the first major municipality to have its 1941 42 budget and levy estimate approved by Tax Commissioner George P Alderson. City Clerk Sterrett O Neale said yesterday the city ended the 1940 41 fiscal year with a cash balance of 68041 dollars and no unpaid bills.
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Charleston
Huntinton
George P. Alderson
Sterrett O. Neale
Mutzie Pups Move Clears Defense Plant Site
ST. LOUIS August 1 The government may proceed with a 10 million dollar addition to its small arms plant Mutzie will have her puppies in a new home and not delay national defense any longer Mr and Mrs Mark J Boundy owners of a Boston bull terrier finally moved their house at the center of the new plant site to permit demolition Their refusal to budge until Mutzie s family arrived delayed work three days Enno Kraehe acquisition projects manager said.
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ST. Louis
Mutzie
Mark J. Boundy
Boston Bull Terrier
Enno Kraehe
Strike halts New Jersey ship building
A CIO called strike halted work at a New Jersey shipyard on 493 million dollars of naval and merchant construction. Picket lines blocked 1,000 night shift workers with 16,000 of 17,000 employees in the union. Police monitored with riot guns and tear gas bombs but no disorders occurred. The action precedes other wage disputes involving 38,000 California aircraft workers sent to the National Defense Mediation Board.
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California
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding ‘Workers of America
Federal Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
Union
Schools Seek Federal Help in Expanding Facilities
Three county systems Hancock Mason and Kanawha consider applying for federal aid to enlarge schools for defense driven class increases. Hancock and Mason asked state superintendent W W Trent for information while Kanawha county authorized funds to build new schools and enlarge existing buildings in South Charleston Spring Hill St Albans area.
Lincoln County Names New County School Head
HAMLIN Aug 7 Lawson Adkins of Griffithsville is named county school superintendent succeeding Garcia D Pauley. Pauley resigned July 18 after a four year term but served until yesterday. The board voted July 7 to ask for his resignation and he was assigned to a teaching position at Guys Valley High School.
Benito Mussolini’s son Bruno dies in Pisa plane crash
Bruno Mussolini, 22, second son of Benito Mussolini, was killed in a test flight crash near Pisa. The official release calls his death “glorious,” noting he had fought in three wars and engaged in trans Atlantic flight, air and motor racing, including bombing missions in Ethiopia Spain and the central Mediterranean.
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Bruno Mussolini
Benio Mussolini
Pisa
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Haile Selassie
Spain
Alicante
Barcelona
Valencia
Cartagena
France
Ita
Mediterranean
Bruno
Malta
Finns Praise Red Defenses On Russian Front
A Finnish correspondent notes that Finnish generals and officers show calm confidence and unity with troops. He says the Finnish army excels in defense, prefers woods fighting, and contrasts with the Russians, who are strong in open ground and in 1939-40 efficiency. The piece credits Finnish comradeship and leadership near front lines.
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