Senate Okays Measure For Final Action
The Senate gave final approval to the 3.5554 billion tax bill sent to Roosevelt to fund defense. It raises taxes on individuals and corporations starting at six percent and rising to 77 percent for high incomes, with most new levies effective October first. About 22 million filers would be sent tax returns, though not all would owe taxes.
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Senate
Roosevelt
House
Barkley
D-Ky
Enate
Message from Churchill read to American Legion convention
MILWAUKEE Wisconsin September 17 a greeting message from Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain was read to the American Legion national convention by Commander Milo J Warner. Churchill thanks the Legion for aid to the common cause and weapons for our arsenals. POWELL GETS FEDERAL JO BIRMINGHAM Alabama September 17 Charles G Powell former official of the North Carolina unemployment compensation commission named as assistant to regional coordinator of health welfare nutrition and rated activities of the Social Security Board at annual salary 1 le
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Milwaukee
Wis
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
American Legion
Comander Milo J. Warner
American Legionnaires
Ourildren
United States
Powell
Joe Birmingham
Ala
Charles G. Powell
North Carolina Uemployment Compensation Commission
Social Se“rcy Board
Cafe Operator Killed in Fayetteville Crash
Fayetteville car crash leaves cafe operator Christ Poulos of Raleigh dead. Two others, including Arthur Gamalopoulos of the Ninth Division artillery, suffer arm and leg injuries and a concussion. Patricia Pennington of Raleigh hospitalized with severe contusions.
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Fayetteville
Christ Poulos
South Street
Raleigh
Arthur Gamalopoulos
Ninth Division
Fort Bragg
Patricia Pennington
Blount Street
British Front Positions In Tobruk Area Shelled
Caero Egypt September 17 Heavy Axis shelling of British forward positions in the Tobruk area was reported by British Middle East headquarters as North African desert warfare quickened with the seasonal heat ending. In Gondar Ethiopia remnants of the Italian army besieged since the fall of their main forces report resumed British offensive operations due to improved weather.
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Egypt
Tobruk
Middle East
Gondar
Ethiopia
Sidi Barrani
Alexandria
Libya
Greece
Army of the Nile
Washington Shakeup Looms Over War Department Woes
President Roosevelt faces a drastic review of military production and planning after a wartime briefing by insiders accusing the General Staff of repeated errors of omission. Akin to a White House conference, the critique urges rapid rearmament and industrial expansion to avert further strategic missteps amid the war.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
War Department
O. FP. M
White House
Hartiman-Batt
Russia
Staff Officers First Arrivals In Teheran
Russian and British staff officers entered Teheran as their mechanized forces surrounded the capital after Reza Shah’s abdication. Soviet troops pitched camp north of the city while British forces approached from the southwest. Iranian troops guarded streets awaiting possible occupation by the two powers.
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Teheran
Iran
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Voaps
W. A. K. Fraser
Sultanabad
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
Palestine
London
Tranian
Unity Desired In Hemisphere Unity In Solidarity Speech
Milwaukee September 17 American Legion convention heard Josephus Daniels the U S ambassador to Mexico advocate continental solidarity to uphold democracy and resist totalitarianism. He said mutual defense by New World republics strengthens them beyond material arms and cited shared history sacrifice and resolve across nations from Bolivar to Roosevelt.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Josephus Daniels
U.S
Mexico
American Legion
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Navy
New World
Thei
Bolivar
Roosevelt
Americas
British Action In Libya Seen As Next Step
London reports signs of increasing North Africa activity as Britain's army of the Nile reinforced by American planes and tanks may prepare a new Libya offensive. Cairo skirmishes indicate both sides are probing ahead of a larger action, with officials suggesting the desert could boil by early October under Auchinleck.
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London
Britain
North African
Libya
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Middle East
Explosions Sink Swedish Destroyers Killing 31 In Harbor
Three Swedish destroyers exploded and sank at Vaarfsjaerden harbor near Stockholm. One officer, six non commissioned officers, and 24 sailors were killed, with 11 others injured. Rescue boats and ambulances rushed to the scene as authorities sought cause and full casualty figures.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Vaarfsjaerden
Baltic Sea
Goteborg
Klas Horn
Klas Uggla
Hanrsfjaerden
Court OK for Raleigh expansion and other rulings
The state Supreme Court allowed Raleigh to extend its limits to include northern residential districts, striking the tax service proviso as unconstitutional. It upheld Al Thomas's second degree murder conviction in the Will Matthews case and awarded $5,000 damages to Lucy Plympton’s estate against Asheville.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
al Thomas
Surry County
Will Matthews
Lucy E. Plympton
Asheville
Robertson Wall
Reilly Named By FR to NLRB
President Roosevelt completed reorganization of the Labor Relations Board by nominating Gerard D. Reilly of Massachusetts to replace Edwin S. Smith. Reilly has served as solicitor of the Labor Department since 1937 and would be the youngest member if confirmed. He turns 35 on September 27 and would serve a five year term from August 27.
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Roosevelt
Tay
Labor Relations Board
Gerard D. Reilly
Massachuset
Edwin S. Smith
Reilly
Boston
Labor Department
Senate
Congress
William 2. Leiserson
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pennsylvania
Leiserson
H. A. Millis
Chicago
J. Warren Madden
Pittsburgh
Senator Gillette Proposes Neutrality and Lease-Lend Revisions
Washington Sept 17 Senator Gillette proposes revising the Neutrality and Lease-Lend Acts to clarify Congress’s intent amid Roosevelt’s orders to the Navy He argues a careful review is essential while other foreign policy foes vow a last-ditch fight and Nye predicts slow action with votes to defeat changes.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Iown
Roosevelt
Congress
Edward R. Stettinuius, Jr
Stettinius
White House
Nye
RND
Red forces claim major central front counteroffensive gains
The Associated Press reports 10,000 killed or wounded as Soviet forces drive German troops back near Smolensk after an eight day battle. Leningrad defenders retook a crossroads village, damaging German plans for a new push toward the city. Nazi high command acknowledges a broad operation but offers no specifics while German panzer columns push toward the Donets basin and rail lines from Moscow toward Leningrad. Advices from London say Hitler’s forces aim at Bologoc along the Moscow to Leningrad rail corridor, potentially hampering Red Army supplies.
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Russia
Smolensk
Red Star
Yartseva
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Adolf Titler
Dnieper
Donets
Nazis Extend Paris Hostage Shootings to All Classes
German authorities in Paris announce new reprisal policy raising hostage shootings beyond Communists to all Paris classes. A German officer died from wounds after an attack as authorities search for assailant and kidnappers of Manuel Herteaux, son of Legion official Lieut. Col. Alfred Herteaux. An appeal to a witness woman is published amid police efforts to locate those involved.
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Paris
France
Army of Occupation
Manuel Hereteaux
Alfred Herteaux
Veterans’ Legion
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