Britain hikes income tax to 42 percent for war budget
Britain's leadership raised the income tax to 42 percent to fund an emergency war budget of 13.868 billion dollars. The measure, approved by Chancellor Kingsley Wood, also increases the weekly rate to 8s 6d and gives the government dictatorial powers over Britons and their possessions. The move comes as wartime austerity tightens home consumption, with continued resistance to Hitler's peace bid noted.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
England
House of Commons
Kingsley Wood
Winston Churchill
Nazis ready to make more war on Britain
Berlin reports widespread raids on British harbors and airports as high command states the war against Britain is on in earnest. Germany intends a staggered escalation of air and naval activity toward a general offensive with troop landings, targeting Pembroke Chatham Sheerness Edinburgh and Aberdeen in overnight strikes.
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Berlin
High Command
Britain
Briain
Adolfitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Lord Halifax
England
Scotland
Pembroke
Chatham
Sheerness
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Buck Benny Rides Again at Strand Strand and Waterlod at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRE. R. C. Ringler to tonight's showings of Buck Benny Rides Agu at the Strand and Waterlod with Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor at the Dixie, both presented as current attractions.
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Grafton Sentinel
R. C. Ringler
West Main Street
Jay Benny
Buck Benny
Agu
Strand
Waterlod
Vivien Leigh
Robert Taye
Dixie
Conscription Plan Flayed by Senator Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg criticized peacetime compulsion for military training and questioned reliance on volunteers to fill forces. He spoke amid closed Senate deliberations on the Burke Wadsworth bill and warned war department mobilization plans could disrupt guardsmen and families.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Senate Military Committee
Burke-Wadsworth
War Department
National Guard
Navy
Navigation Improvement Of Big Sandy Is Studied
U S Army Engineers report studies on a major lock and dam system for the Big Sandy river and its tributaries to access new coal fields. A nine foot navigation stage and deepening of Tug River and Levisa Fork are planned with a feasibility report due by October 1. Roller gate dams would replace wicket dams on the main stream and lower reaches.
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Huntington
U. S. Army
Big Sandy
Tug River
Virginia
Levisa’ Fork
Kentucky
F. H. Falkner
Tug and Levisa
Falkner
Lewis urges quick passage of coal mine inspection bill
CIO President John L. Lewis urges House members to promptly pass the Neely Keller bill for federal inspection of coal mines. He cites 1,538 miners killed and four major disasters since the bill was introduced and now passed the Senate and before a House subcommittee.
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Washington
CIO
John L. Lewis
House
Neely-Keller
Senate
Lewis
Bergen Seaplane Base Attacked by Dive Bombers
British dive bombers attacked the German seaplane base at Bergen yesterday, sinking an anti aircraft ship, despite poor weather and low visibility hampering hits. The raid on the Norwegian port occurred just before dawn, with raiders unable to strike all objectives due to conditions.
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London
Admiralty
Bse
Bergen
Daon
Higher Taxes Planned in England as War Costs Rise
Britain faces a £750 million rise to fund wartime costs with expected income tax expansion and higher cigarette taxes. Foreign Secretary Halifax rejected Hitler's last peace offer on radio as Churchill prepared to speak in Commons. German raids hit Britain from Thames Estuary to Scotland with limited damage and no fatalities reported.
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London
Germany
Lord Halifax
Fuehrer
Hitler
Churchill
Britain
Thames Estuary
South Wales
Scotland
Two Former Convicts Held For Postoffice Job
Charleston July 23 Two former convicts identified by State Trooper C L Walker as suspects in a Zalhoun county postoffice robbery and four Kanawha county thefts were brought to Charleston for questioning. The men Denzil Looney 29 and Smith Russell 26 of Calhoun county were armed at arrest but no shots were fired. They will be questioned about cattle thefts in Calhoun and Roane counties.
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Charleston
C. L. Walker
Zalhoun County
Kanawha County
Walker
Oakey
Calhoun County
Denzil Looney
Smith Russell
Calhoun
Roane
Webster Springs Pair Held in Havana as Suspected Spies
Webster Springs businessmen and Lions Club members Charles E. Dodd, funeral director, and Hanse McCourt, motor company owner, were detained by Cuban gendarmes in Havana while attending the Lions International convention. They left a cinema and were escorted to the Havana clinic. relatives were notified but reports of their release were unclear.
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Webster Springs
Havana
Dodd
McCourt
Argentina Alarmed Over Future Trade Clash At Pan American Meet
At Havana on July 23 the Pan American Conference began committee work as 21 republics debate U S security and economic proposals. Argentina shows hesitation on broad commitments that could affect future trade with Europe and fears uneven benefits from joint actions. Secretary Hull was elected president of the peace commission as delegates work through clashing viewpoints.
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Havana
Cordell Hull
United States
Peace Commission
J. C Stark
Western Hemisphere
Argentina
Europe
Hull
Balkan Statesmen Are Summoned By Germany
A German spokesman announced a tri power meeting in Salzburg attended by Ion Gigurtu Mihail Manoilescu and German minister Fabricius to discuss Romania relations with neighbors including Russia. Bulgaria's Bogdan Filoff and Ivan Popoff reportedly to attend while the conference may address a Russian note on a popular government for King Carol and Romanians German relations.
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Bucharest
Balkan
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Romania
Russia
Ion Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Fabricus
Salzburg
Berlin
Bogdan Philoff
Ivan Popoff
Bulgaria
Carol
Constable Hobart Gunter Conviction Upheld
In Pineville on July 23 a judge refused a new trial for Hobart Gunter Center district constable, whose second degree murder conviction for the November Oceana slaying of Wilbur Pack was upheld. Gunter said he acted in self defense during an intoxication arrest and Pack interfered, a stay for state supreme court appeal was granted for 90 days.
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Pineville
Hobart Gunter
D. M. Easley
Gunter
Wilbur Pack
Oceana
Pack
Easley
State Supremegourt
Auto Records Shattered at Bonneville Salt Flats
Ab Jenkins in the Mormon Meteor powered a 24 hour run at Bonneville setting or tying 21 world speed records across 50 km to 3 000 miles with an average of 161.18 mph. He completed the effort, briefly assisted, on the salty tracks as deep ruts formed on the salt flats.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Ab Jenkins
Saline
Salt Lake City
Hey
Professor Whetsell resigns from Davis Elkins post
Prof. Harry E. Whetsell announced retirement August 1 after 21 years at Davis and Elkins College ELKINS July 23 He served as acting president between Dr Charles E Albert’s resignation and Dr R T L Liston’s arrival from Memphis Liston accepted the post Whetsell also held roles as business manager secretary of the board of trustees assistant treasurer and associate professor.
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Elkins
Harry E. Whetsell
Davis and Elkins College
Charles E. Albert
R. T.L. Liston
Memphis
Tenn
Whetsell
Excess Profit Tax to Return Huge Treasury Revenue
A high administration official predicts the excess profits tax will enrich the treasury by 500 million to 750 million dollars annually, pushing federal income next year to about 7.5 billion. Planned for social aims, the levy is becoming a major revenue source, eclipsing defense taxes expected to raise about 715 million in the first year and 994 million in subsequent years.
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Washington
Treasury
Three Anti Third Term Senators Support FDR Vote
Three Democratic senators Van Nuys Adams and Wheeler who opposed the third term principle said they would vote for President Roosevelt again in November. Van Nuys noted many voters see the third term issue as a significant factor.
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Washington
van Nuy
Indiana
Adams
Colorado
Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
van Nuys
Willkie Goes Into Far West
Republican nominee Wendell L. Willkie begins a two day western swing with stops in Denver Cheyenne Salt Lake City Ogden rodeos to watch western sports and plan his acceptance address accompanying Mrs Willkie from Colorado Springs to Denver by plane then train to Cheyenne and beyond.
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William Bardery
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Wyoming
Utah
Willkie
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Admiralty: Nazi sinking claims far excess to actual losses
The Admiralty reported in London that in the week to July 14 nine British merchant ships totaling 23 963 tons four allied ships totaling 7 335 tons and six neutral ships totaling 20 734 tons were sunk by enemy action. An authoritative source disputed German claims of a huge merchant shipping loss saying the figures mixed naval and mercantile losses and used vague terms.
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London
Admiralty
French Flee German Rule From Metz To Swiss Frontier
113 French soldiers reached the Swiss frontier before dawn bearing arms after a month’s flight through German occupied regions. They split into small groups from a company near Metz on June 19 and moved largely at night across a 120 mile route to Switzerland, surrendering their arms to Swiss patrols.
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Charles 8. Foltz
Bern
Switzerland
France
Switizerland
Metz
Neely Warns Union Labor of Perils of Our Times
U S Senator M M Neely warned the West Virginia CTO that current times bring more perils to union labor and free people than any era since history began. He urged making West Virginians the best governed in the U S and said if Britain’s resistance ends, threats of hemisphere attacks may follow. He warned workers to be ready for sacrifices if war comes and underscored a job for every willing man and woman as the safeguard.
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Morgantown
U. S
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
CTO
West
Tobacco Road to close in August after record run
New York July 23 The play Tobacco Road by Jack Kirkland will close at the Forrest Theatre August 17 after 2,847 Broadway performances in six years and nine months. It began as critics disliked it but became a long running Broadway staple based on Erskine Caldwell's novel about poor white trash.
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New York
Tobacco Road
Forrest Theatre
Jack Kirkland
Erskine Caldwell
Heat Wave Claims Dozens Across Nation
The Associated Press reports severe heat across the country with temperatures surpassing 100 degrees in multiple states. About 180 deaths are linked to the heat, with crops under stress and drought conditions expanding in the central and western regions. deaths attributed to heat span 12 states as citizens seek relief at shelters and cooling centers.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Rockies
Montana
Minnesota
Arizona
Vigtims Sone
Anderson
Ates General Agricultural Statistician
Ab. Neb
Sudgn
Phoenix
Ariz
Yuma
Rapid City
N.D
Garner Says His Goodbyes at Washington
Vice President Garner, on a Texas day, left the capital with no clear plan for a future run. He told a reporter he would not hasten decisions and indicated no immediate shift away from Roosevelt. Farewell scenes occurred at his hotel and at United Stations, where he met old friends who recalled his 1903 start in Congress.
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Garner
Ward
Texas
Yelt
Bushy-Browedan
al Garner
Miyledder
Roosevelt
S’o
Dad
Rep
Rayburn
D. Tex
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