Senate Votes To Lower Exemptions In Tax Bill
Washington September 4 The senate approved by 43 to 23 a plan to raise about 303 million by broadening the income tax base and cut roughly 40 million from a revenue bill by resisting higher amusements taxes. It backed a cut in personal exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married and from 800 to 750 for singles amid debate over tax fairness and defense. Debate included opposition from Follette and Clark and continued with a vote split along party lines.
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Washington
Senate
Keeving
Juan Folletta
Wis
Clark
Congress
Germans Claim Red Landing On Black Sea Halted
Berlin reported thwarting a landing on the Black Sea coast and finishing two divisions in the central sector. Leningrad status remained unclear with officials noting it may be encircled but not entirely ringed. Air battles were extensive as 229 Russian and 17 German planes were downed in early September.
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Berlin
Black Sea
Leningrad
DNB
High Command
Hsel
Dnieper
Ukraine
Churchill and King Seek Expanded U S Aid for Britain
In London on September 4 AP reports Prime Ministers Churchill and King urge United States support for Britain against Germany across all fields. King calls for a pledge mirroring Churchill's stance toward Japan to prevent world chaos, urging full cooperation among nations outside current power ranges. Churchill lauds Kings declaration as momentous and emphasizes need for continued aid and shared resolve.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Churchill
Britain
MacKenzie King
Canada
Japan
Roosevelt
King
Inncheon
King's Pres
Information
Brendan Bracken
City Builds Record Loans Drive Montana FHLA Loans Peak
Eleven FH A insured loans were made to Helene residents to build or buy new homes during August, one of the city's biggest construction months in years. Montana builders secured 354 500 in FHA insured loans in August, eight month total 2 937 000, a 4 percent rise. Great Falls led with 12 new construction loan applications, Helena 11, Billings 7, Missoula 6, Butte 5. State total applications August 84, 58 or 70 percent for new construction, with 294 FH A financed homes now under construction.
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F.H.A
Helene
Ben
Hill
Federal Housing Administration
Montana
Great Falls
Helena
Billings
Missoula
Butte
Canadian Pilot Killed In Plane Crash Near Calgary
Pilot Officer B. A. McCallum, 21, of Mundare Alberta, was killed when a training plane crashed 22 miles northeast of Calgary during a routine instructional flight. Lac. T. C. Lang from Leeds England was injured in the same incident.
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Calgary
Alta
B. A. McCallum
Mundare
Lac. T. C. Lang
Leeds
Yorkshire
England
John Munski Ordered To Report For Draft Sept 16
John Munski, national intercollegiate mile champion in 1940 and recent University of Missouri graduate, was ordered by the draft board to report to Columbia Mo on Sept 16. He was vacationing in Lewistown when the notice arrived and left to comply tonight. He has competed as an independent while finishing studies and was classed A-1 earlier this summer.
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Lewistown
John Munski
Columbia
Munski
University of Missouri
Helena Firemen Begin Regular Ladder Drill Training
Helena firemen under Acting Chief Dick Coe started an arduous drill schedule focusing on ladder climbs safety belts and pumps to improve readiness. Otto Krieg announced skull drills for fall and winter while city engineer A K Richardson prepares a map of fire plugs and alarm boxes to guide accurate location and quick hose deployment.
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Montana
Dick Coe
Otto Krieg
Public Safety
A.K. Richardson
Helena
Mexico City Demonstration Split by Federal Forces
Federal troops police and firemen used tear gas and rifles to break up a 3000 strong demonstration of railroad workers in front of the National Railways offices in Mexico City. Stones and bricks were thrown before dispersal. Several were injured.
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Mexico City
National Railways
Soviet Army Firm at Leningrad Holds Against German Assaults
Soviet spokesman Lozovsky reported fierce day and night battles around Leningrad and Novgorod with the northern army fighting well on distant approaches. German efforts to cross the Dnieper in the south were met by tremendous Russian counterattacks that cost the Germans heavy casualties and slowed progress.
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Moscow
Vriday
Red Army
Leningrad
Dnieper
Baltic
S. A. Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Klementi Voroshilov
Novgorod
Kiev
Ukraine
Axis
Soviet Union
Odessa
U.S. Destroyer Engages Submarine in North Atlantic Clash
A submarine fired torpedoes at the destroyer Greer en route to Iceland and the Greer counterattacked with depth charges in what was described as the first hostile action against an American warship since the war began. The U.S. Navy said results were unknown as headlines spread worldwide.
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Sherwood Picking
U. S. Navy
London
Canada
England
Iceland
Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Greer
Atlantic
Avy
U.S.S
Berlin
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Says 1937 Fight Quelled Alien Government Threat
President Roosevelt, in Collier's Weekly, says his 1937 Supreme Court fight eliminated the danger of the United States adopting an alien form of government. He calls 1937 a turning point and credits the clash with preserving democracy amid a court barrier to New Deal progress and reform. The essays will cover 1937 through 1940 as introductions to public papers.
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New York
Roosevelt
Collier's Weekly
Supreme Court
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Nazi Sergeant Shot in Vichy Incidents Rise
A German army sergeant was shot last night in Paris near his Duc de Strasbourg hotel as he walked with his fiancée. Officials said the wound was not serious but warned of possible reprisals and that German authorities would handle the case.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Duc de Strassbourg
New Division Aims to Help Small Business in Defense
Washington Sept 4 The Roosevelt administration created a division of contract distribution in the office of production management to spread defense contracts to smaller plants Floyd B Odlum of Atlas Corp named director The move follows talks with war and navy undersecretaries and other officials aimed at ensuring fair shares for small firms while preventing industrial distortion and unemployment Baruch criticized the defense setup and price controls as inadequate, urging a single administrator and blanket price ceilings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of
Floyd B. Odlum
New York
Atlas Corporation
Mr. Roosevelt
Robert Patterson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
William §. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
O.P.M
Emory
Land
The
Maritime Commission
White House
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Wallace
Yellowstone Park closes after record travel year
Yellowstone National Park prepares for the off season after its best travel year. Camp Roosevelt lodge closes today and lodges at Old Faithful Lake and Canyon shut Sept. 8. Park hotels close Sept. 12 and cabin camps Sept. 23. Informal accommodations remain at Old Faithful Lake and Fishing Bridge until Oct. 15 or later if weather allows. Roads stay open to Oct. 15 with sixty miles Mam moth to Cooke City kept open all winter.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Camp Roosevelt
Old Faithful, Lake and Canyon
Park
Old Faithful, Lake and Fishing Bridge
Teast
Mammoth
Cooke City
Weather Update for Montana Friday and Saturday
The Montana forecast calls for cloudy conditions on Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Winds light and a slight chance of isolated showers near mountain areas.
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Montana
Tanker Arrives Safely at Vladivostok With War Supplies
A U S tanker bearing 95 000 barrels of gasoline reached Vladivostok with promised war supplies for Russia. Secretary Hull avoided comment on the voyage amid Japanese protests. The Maritime Commission confirmed the port call, as the United States and Soviet Russia faced Tokyo’s objections.
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Washington
Vladivostok
Russia
Hull
Soviet Pacific
Maritime Commission
Los Angeles Ang
Tokyo
United States
Soviet Russia
Japan
Soviet Plane Reaches Sand Point Field
The first of two Russian flying boats from Moscow arrived at Sand Point naval air station at 4 25 p m today on a flight from Sitka Alaska en route to the United States The arrival marks one leg of the Moscow to U S route with a stop at Sand Point Seattle-sized notes omitted.
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Seattle
Moscow
United States
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Sitka
Aiauks
City of Oakland Sunk in Gulf of Suez Raid
Berlin reports the German air force sank a 3,000 ton merchant ship identified as City of Oakland during a raid on the Gulf of Suez. Lloyds lists the vessel as City of Oakland 8,336 tons built 1914 with Liverpool home port. Also notes Swiss-German comms cut off at 21 00 and Bulgaria’s King Boris meeting Raeder amid Soviet battleship seizure at Nikolaev.
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Berlin
City of Oakland
Gulf of Suez
D.N.E
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Auckeland
Liverpool
Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Erich Raeder
Germany
Geremany
Nikolaev
Production of Planes In August Shows Substantial Increase
Washington reported the Office of Production Management said military aircraft manufacturers delivered 1,854 airplanes in August. The figure marks the highest monthly total this year and a 394 rise from July. Details on recipients and aircraft types were not disclosed.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Great Britain
United States Army
Navy
Jurors Find No Blame in Lincoln Auto Crash
Lewis and Clark county coroner's jury ruled Otto Johnson of Butte died from injuries in a two car collision east of Lincoln Tuesday night. No blame attached to either driver. Witnesses included Rokala and Watters, plus Sherman and patrol officials.
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Lewis and Clark County
Otto Johnson
Butte
Lincoln
Eli Rokala
Ronald Watters
Watters
St. Peter's Hospital
Johnson
Mat Frantl
Rokala
Harold Grimes
John Gillan
Hugh Potter
Russians discuss campaign plans for next spring
London reports confident Russians plan campaigns in spring with 9 million troops already in action and 4 million more readiness. British source says Soviet losses run into millions, German casualties high, while Britain ships planes and rubber to aid Moscow as it prepares for winter.
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London
West
Britain
Soviet Union
Momcow
America
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Red Port
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