Georgia Florida bright leaf tobacco markets buoyed by steady prices
In Valdosta M M T Almand reports 569246 pounds sold for 145596.17 at 25 59 average with slow leaf movement due to late curing. Moultrie sales reach 51624 for 121606.66 at 22 04 average. Tifton area similar to prior sessions with 690408 pounds sold for 169632.26 at 24 56 average. Nashville reports 578820 pounds sold on Wednesday.
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Valdosta. Ga
Georgia- Florida
Valdosta
MM. T. Almand
Leaf
Moultrie
C. E. Isom
Tiftor
Nashville
Frank Park, Jr
Shipyards in New Jersey and Brooklyn Hit by CIO AFL Walkouts
Defense contract yards at Kearny New Jersey and Brooklyn New Jersey were shut down by CIO and AFL walkouts. CIO workers at Kearny affected total about 22 000 while Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn yards faced AFL teamsters pickets. Wage dispute cited with a flat pay increase demand from 72 cents to 31 an hour. James B Carey pledged CIO support to Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America in the strike at Kearny.
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the Associated Press
Kearny
N. J
Brooklyn
CIO
AFL
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Brooklyn
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Chris Matheisen
AFL Teamsters
Bethlehem
Teamsters
James B. Carey
National Organization
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Reds Will Get U. S. Tankers
Farold L. Ickes, defense petroleum administrator, said four American tanker ships were being turned over to Russia to haul aviation gasoline. He warned of a possible aviation fuel shortage in the United States unless production capacity for high octane gasoline is expanded immediately.
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Washington
Farold L. Ickes
Defense Petroleum
Russia
United States
Ickes
Atlantic Seaboard
Am* Verica
Japan defends Thai policy amid Hull Eden warnings
The Japanese board of information rejected U S and British reports accusing Tokyo of planning to seize Thailand. It asserted Japan seeks friendly ties with Thailand and has no designs on Thai land, while noting press claims of British moves toward Singapore. The piece cites The Japan Times and Advertiser and mentions suspected Malaya base occupation.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Thailand
U. S
Hull
Eden
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Far East
Malaya
Japan Times and Advertiser
Foreign Office
Singapore
Senate Votes Extension Of Army Training
Washington August 7 The Senate voted to extend Army training for selectees National Guardsmen reserves and enlistees to 18 months beyond current active service. An amendment to raise the maximum service liability to 214 years passed 44 to 28.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Thomas
Dutah
Roosevelt tax clash shatters House harmony in closing days
Washington by Ray Tucker reports a stormy Ways and Means session over President Roosevelt’s last minute tax return intervention. Democrats attack the plan to allow separate returns, citing projected benefits for the Roosevelts and Cabinet members while faulting past anti wealth rhetoric. The conflict puts Rayburn and McCormack in the line of fire as party tensions rise.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
House
Supreme Court
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Treasury
Administration
Iever
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Mussolini's Second Son Dead in Plane Crash
Captain Bruno Mussolini aged 23, son of Premier Mussolini, was killed when testing a long range bomber near Pisa. He led a detachment aboard the aircraft. two others died and crew members were injured. Bruno, born April 22 1913, served in three wars and was a noted boxing enthusiast and head of Italy's Boxing Federation. He left a wife Gina Roberti and a child Martha. The premier now has four other children.
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Associated Press
Rome
Bruno Mussolini
Pisa
Bruno
Milan
Young
Il Popolo D'italia
Brung
Ih Duce
Francisco Pricalo
Nightman
Italy
Gina Roberti
Martha
Mussolini
Edda Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano
Anna Maria
Vittorio
Romano
Extension Backers Push For Quick Senate Showdown
Washington Aug 7 Leading administration figures pressed for a fast Senate vote on a bill to extend military service for 18 months to keep garrisons ready at distant outposts. Senator Barkley urged curbs on debate to finish before sundown while Pepper warned delays could force premature demobilization and hinder general staff plans amid National Guard pulls and Hawaii needs.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Pepper D-Fla
George C. Marshall
Military Committee
Congress
Hawaii
Marshall
Pepper
Billion Boost Seen In Tax Bill To Aid Defense Costs
Sen Connally proposes adding about one billion dollars in new taxes to the House approved 3.206 billion tax bill to offset rising national defense costs. Finance Committee members weigh revamping the measure to cover revenue losses from a rejected joint return proposal and potential tax exemption cuts for married and single filers.
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Washington
House
Sen
Connally
Financial Committee
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
The
Treasury
Model Farm Exhibit on Tour Through State
The Soil Conservation Service’s four car train with a model farm exhibit and erosion control films arrived in Charlotte today. The tour continues tomorrow in Shelby and Lincolnton, with the State Extension Service and Seaboard Airline Railway cooperating in the exhibit’s nationwide effort.
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Charlotte
Soil Conservation Service
Shelby
Lincolnton
State Extension Service
Seaboard Airline Railway
Cone Awarded Huge Cotton Contract By War Department
The War Department announced contracts valued at more than $5 million for cotton cloth. Cone Export and Commission Co. of Greensboro, N.C., received 2,750,000 yards of cotton cloth worth $611,275, among other orders.
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Cone
War Department
Washington
Department
Cone Export and Commission Cr
Greenshoro
N.C
Wage Ceiling Not Wanted In Price Fixing
The Associated Press reports Leon Henderson of the Office of Price Administration stated wages should not be included in a price fixing bill. He testified before the House Banking Committee that a price control bill should not attempt to regulate every cost factor and warned against indecent wage increases while stressing a close agency relationship to keep costs in check. He noted no other country combines wage control with price fixing.
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iBy
Associated Press
Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Army Boards Study Fights Fatal Fayetteville Bus Fare Clash
Military inquiry examined a Fayetteville incident near Fort Bragg in which a military policeman and a Negro soldier died and others were wounded after a bus fare dispute. At Wilmington near Camp Davis a knife stab wounded another MP amid a separate clash between white and Negro soldiers. Captain Bar nette said 12 Negro soldiers were jailed.
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Associated Press
Military Forces of Inquiry
Fayetteville
Fort Bragg
Wilmington
Camp Davis
Jeff Barnette
E. L. Hargraves
Ned Turman
Fay- Cheville
Soviet Stalls New Push On Leningrad
Soviet and German dispatches describe heavy combat near Leningrad and Smolensk with massive German prisoner captures and tank losses. Reports note continued fighting in the Smolensk corridor toward Moscow, with eyes on Kiev and Bielorussia fronts as high command claims proportional German losses and withheld precise figures.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Smolensk
Moscow
Russia
Poland
France
Balkans
Ukraine
High Command
Reichswehr
Bialystok
Minsk
Vitebsk
Polotsk
Mogilex
Leningrad
Karelian
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Bel Tserkov
Kiev
Reuters
London
CBS
Karelian Isthmus
Kakisalmi
Karelian Ishmus
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Belo Tserkov
Axis plans linked Japan and Germany to world control
United States officials describe a coordinated axis strategy with Japan expanding in Indo China and Thailand while Germany presses France and Spain for bases to dominate the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Hull flags it as clear proof that conquest by force is under way and warrants stiff diplomatic resistance.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Thailand
Germany
Vichy
Dakar
Atlantic
Pacific
Americas
Indo-China
South Pacific
Hull
Europe
Asia
France
South Atlantic
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Spain
Gibraltar
Atantic
Malaya
Singapore
Philippines
East Indies
Burma
India
Iraq
Iran
Roosevelt Keeps Up With Affairs Aboard Yacht
President Roosevelt on a yachting vacation off New England was reported kept in close touch with international affairs by navy radio. The Potomac dispatch said fishing luck was good and weather excellent as the cruise continued toward early next week.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New England
Navy
U. S. S. Potomac
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Potomac
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