Germans claim major Soviet losses amid Kyiv offensives
Soviet dispatches say German losses exceed 1.5 million in six and a half weeks of war with 600,000 German dead or missing while denying 895,000 Russians captured. Berlin reports say Germans seized Kiev’s southern flank and captured 30,000 prisoners as operations edge toward Odessa and the Black Sea coast.
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Kiev
Moscow
Adolf Hiller
Aratos
Berlin
Odessa
Ukraine
Adolf
Hitler
Uman
Balkan
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Estonia
Wesenberg
Tallinn
Odessa-Kiev
Been
Roosevelt May Act In CIO Shipworkers Strike
The CIO strike blocking 493 million dollars of naval and merchant shipbuilding at Kearny New Jersey may go to President Roosevelt for action as 18 000 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock workers stay idle. The defense mediation board chief said action could follow if workers do not return soon.
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CIO
Associated Press
Kearny
N. J
Frank Graham
National Defense Mediation Board
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Mediation Board
White House
North American Aviation Company
California
Kearny Shipyard
Navy
Navy Department
President Page
Federal Judge Moore Remarried In Kentucky
Huntington August 8 agents of the federal justice department are probing price fixing or undue increases in southern West Virginia towns. Ten agents are under direction of Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold, who leads the antitrust division.
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Huntington
U. S
L. R. Via
Federal
Department of Justice
West Virginia
Thurman Arnold
The Face Behind the Mask at Strand and Wide Open Town at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Lester Hamilton of 148 Bluemont Street to attend tonight's screenings. The Face Behind the Mask is at the Strand, while Wide Open Town runs at the Dixie. Identification may be required.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
Lester Hamilton
Bluemont Street
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Grafton
Ben Tivites
Sarah E
W. Malt Street
Ameter
Opera House
Great Profile Mauled in Pix
Hollywood scene depicts John Barrymore in a tense interview with Lupe Velez. He endures a slapping and hair pulling sequence as Velez hurls sharp taunts about censorship and the film business.
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PIX
John Barrymore
Lupe Velez
Hollywood
Spitfire
North Carolina Man Replaces Warder as Investigator in Charge
DANIEL E. MC SHANE of Charlotte assumed duties today as investigator in charge of the West Virginia headquarters of the general alcohol tax unit, succeeding Donald 8. Tydings. Tydings moved to head the Maryland and District of Columbia unit August 1, with Frank P. Warder acting in charge. McShane previously served as assistant investigator in charge of the North Carolina unit.
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Charleston
Daniel E. McShane
Charlotte
N.C
West Virginia
Shageral Alcohol Tax
Donald 8. Tydings
Tydings
Maryland and District of Columbia
Frank P. Warder
Grafton
McShane
North Carolina
Morgenthau Urges Broad Tax Increase for Defense
Washington August 8 Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to fund defense by expanding taxes on low income individuals and tightening taxes on married couples and corporations. He pressed for lifting the revenue target of the House bill from 3.206 billion to at least 3.5 billion, signaling openness to further increases. He outlined a dozen proposed changes and warned exemptions cuts without broader sharing of tax burden. He provided no precise figures on exemption reductions, noting past cuts for heads of families and single filers.
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Washington
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Neely Names New Members to Public Safety Board
Governor Neely announced the appointment of Herman P. Dean of Huntington and former State Supreme Court Judge Haymond Maxwell Sr. of Clarksburg to the board of commissioners of the Department of Public Safety.
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Charleston
Herman P. Dean
Huntington
State Supreme Court
Haymond Maxwell, Sr
Clarksburg
Board of Commissioners
Department of Public Safety
Neely
RAF raids on Berlin and western Germany intensify
London denied bombing Berlin while a Soviet sourced report claimed the Red Air Force struck the capital. Germany acknowledged minor Berlin damage and civilian deaths from bombs by a few planes, while Berlin and British spokesmen blamed each other over attribution. Western targets Essen Dortmund and Hamm reportedly suffered large fires and dock damage from British air raids.
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London
Red
Berlin
Essen
Dortmund
Hamm
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
RAF
Extended Army Hitch Bill Sent To House With Senate's Okeh
The House opened fast to Army service extension as Senate approved 18 months, $10 monthly pay boost, and leadership seeks indefinite extension. Chairman May dismissed time limits, urging defense without a cap while Senate added pay increment for those over one year. House aims to vote by Monday, insisting on no fixed maximum.
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House
Senate
Washington
May
D.-Ky
Chamber
Jap naval expert urges German style for Asia
Tokyo reports say Lieut. Comm. Tota Ishimaru urged Japan adopt “the German fashion” to break the economic encirclement by the United States Britain China and The Netherlands. He suggested using Manchukuo China Indo China and Thailand in a co prosperity sphere and tapping Indo China and Thailand for iron coal and rice.
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Tokyo
United States
Britain
China
Netherlands
Japan
Tota Ishimaru
Hochi
Manchukuo
Indo- China
Thailand
Indo-China
Couple Throws Forget War Party for 2 500 Neighbors
Pittsburgh report describes Mr. and Mrs. Albert Curry Jr hosting a six room home gathering for 2,500 guests at a $90 party aimed at better acquainting neighbors and promoting world peace. The couple said the event was a grand idea and politics were banned. An approving caller praised the effort as a meaningful attempt to foster friendliness.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Curry, Jr
House rivers and harbors backs large canal projects
The committee approved 285 million for the St Lawrence sea way and 160 million for the Florida ship canal. Tolls on the Florida canal were urged, while voters rejected tolls for the seaway. Committeemen reported 17 to 8 on the sea way and 14 to 10 on the Florida canal. The measures will go to congress as part of an omnibus rivers and harbors bill.
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Washington
House
New Medical Exam Centers Planned for Selectees
West Virginia officials announced a trial system to centralize medical examinations for selectees at seven mobile stations led by Army officers. Centers will be Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling Clarksburg Martinsburg and Beckley with six doctors visiting monthly for three to five days. The plan aims to replace dual local and induction exams and reduce uncertainty in medical screening. Also, about 275 youths began the 20th annual West Virginia 4-H Boys encampment at Jackson's Mill under C H Hartley with a health champion contest slated for the weekend.
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State Selective Service
Mobile Army Board
Luther R. Lambert
Fort Hayes
Lambert
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Beckley
Army
Jackson’s Mill
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
C. H. Hartley
Italy Mourns Bruno's Death in Pisa Funeral Procession
Mussolini sends Bruno's body to Predappio for burial after a war hero's funeral procession through Pisa. The Duce pauses beside the open casket with two companions who died in an air crash. Count Galeazzo Ciano does not attend. The procession includes Fascist guards, air force officers, and German officers, as locals mourn.
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Pisa
Italy
Mussolini
Bruno
Predappio
Il Duce
Galeazzo Ciano
Duce
Rome
Donna Rachele
Edda Ciano
Lincoln County School Superintendent Indicted
Hamlin August 8 A misdemeanor indictment against Garcia D Pauley who resigned as Lincoln county school superintendent will go to the state Supreme Court for testing its sufficiency Judge John W Hereford ruled yesterday The true bill charges Pauley and Homer Hall former school board president already convicted of bribery with issuing a 120 dollar check to a school teacher Judge Hereford held the indictment specific and clear
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Hamlin
Garcia D. Pauley
Lincoln County
State Supreme Court
John W. Hereford
Pauley
Homer Hall
Hereford
Rotarians Gather For Huntington District Assembly
About 125 representatives and guests from 51 West Virginia Rotary clubs will attend the 185th district assembly in Huntington, meeting Sunday and Monday with officers among the participants.
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Huntington
185Th
Rotary District Assembly
West Virginia
Rotary Clubs
Hull berates Nazi leaders in press conference
Secretary of State Hull said Germany seeks conquest in the western hemisphere while Japan bears responsibility for its Pacific encirclement. He criticized Berlin and Tokyo spokesmen and called their claims propaganda, noting Germany’s record of seizing 15 countries in Europe.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Japan
Pacific
Berlin
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Latin America
United States
Britain
China
Netherlands
Europe
Fairmont Boy Drowns In West Fork River
Fairmont at West Fork river near Fairmont a 14 year old boy Charles McCoy drowned while playing with his brother Edgar both unable to swim. The body was recovered by a passerby yesterday along the river shore.
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Pairmont
Charles McCoy
West Park
Fairmont
Edgar
Nasserby
Alexandria Raid Kills Thirteen in Axis Air Raid
An official report says thirteen people were killed and 23 injured in an axis air raid on Alexandria last night. Some property damage is also acknowledged.
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Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Propeller workers stage strike at Curtiss-Wright plant
Several employees in the Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division halted work in welding and steel blade units over a wage dispute. A company spokesman said the strike affects defense orders worth over $100,000,000. The stoppage followed a national labor relations board election in which Propeller Graft defeated the AFL International Association of Machinists.
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Pany
Office of Prodagement
Visi
National Labor Relations
Fropeller Graft
AFL Internatonal Association of Machinists
Propeller Men
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Magoffin Baptist Institute
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Kentucky
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