10 Thomas Calls Labor Whipping Boy Of War
LADELPHIA Aug 28 The CIO head R J Thomas told the International Executive Board that labor is the whipping boy of wartime legislation urging 800 000 members to oppose a federal sales tax He warned a sales tax would heighten labor resentments as wage gains lag living costs and defense salary limits shift with congressional loopholes left open
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Thomas
Ladelphia
Pan
Mtime
R. J. Homes
Eerie
Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
CIO
International Executive Board
Roosevelt
Congress
War Today: Mackenzie on Stalingrad and morale in war
The column argues the fight near Stalingrad threatens American morale and calls for fuller, graphic wartime reporting. It cites Marine actions against a Japanese force, stresses the public’s right to information, and recalls the 1921 ZR-2 disaster to illustrate why transparency matters.
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Stalingrad
Volge
America
Russia
Volga
Caucasus
Solomons
Hull
England
United States
Britain
Atlantic
Norman C. Walker
Rigger
Commerce
Texas
Walker
Howden
Fair at the grounds promotes oddities and contests
The Fair presents a "Lucky Girls" revue led by a singing master of ceremonies with a slow motion acrobatic number. Horse pulling and heavy team contests are scheduled, with a Pet Show Friday. Bring scrap metal or rubber for defense plants. uniformed military personnel admitted free. War Stamps for entries and prizes offered.
War fronts shift as RAF raids hit Germany and Stalin's forces hold
Allied and Axis actions unfold across Europe and Asia. RAF bombers strike key German cities in the Rhineland while Soviet forces fend off German attacks near Stalingrad and in the Caucasus. German reports claim advances toward Stalingrad and the Volga as Japan repositions toward new targets in Asia, with Chiang Kai-shek noting Japanese withdrawals from Chekiang and Kiangsi provinces as Chinese forces press back.
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Paye Nements
Trans
Persia
Iraq
Egypt
Middle East
Caucasus
RAF
Germany
Rhineland
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Vichy
Lyon
France
Stalinsyad
Red Army
Semeon Timoshenko
Kletskaya
Don
Fedor von Bock
Stalingrad
Kachalino
Abganervo
Hitler
Volga
Europe
Asia
Prokhladneski
Grozny
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Temryuk
Sea of Azov
Novoross
Siberia
India
Australia
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chekiang
Kiangai
Chiang
Demand for Outside Judge in Fayette County Inquiry
State Senator Cavalcante called for a visiting judge to preside over a second grand jury probe into Fayette County fiscal affairs amid racketeering and gambling charges. Attorney James J. Marsh was appointed to lead the investigation, with ongoing disputes over supervision by local officials and questions about a $10,000 fee.
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Uniontown
Anthony J. Calvagante
Fayette County
Horatio F. Dumbald
Claude T. Reno
Harrisburg
James J. Marsh
Pittsburgh
H. Vance Cottom
Calvacante
Reno
Albert Montgomery
Fayette
Dumbauld
Cavalcante
Countyard
Grand Jury
Cottom
Watchmaker Marcus Korh Goes Into Army
A public notice by Marcus Korh, a New Orleans watchmaker, states he is enlisting to help fix “Hitler’s clock.” He notes Wednesday is his last day, asks for repair work to be collected or arranged, and signs off with thanks to friends.
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New Orleans
Marcus Korh
Hitler
Dewey Begins Second Gubernatorial Bid Campaign
In New York at Saratoga Springs Dewey renounces 1944 presidential plans to seek a second NY governorship. He faces John J. Bennett Jr and Dean Alfange as rivals from Democratic and American Labor parties. California Mississippi and South Carolina voters chose candidates for Congress and state offices with Dewey pledging full wartime support.
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Associated Press
California
Mississippi
South Carolina
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Manhattan
Empire State
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
N. Y., Astaight
John J. Bennett, Jr
U. S
James M. Mead
Dean Alfange
American Labor Party
Alfange
New York City
Mead
Roosevelt
Labor Party
Herbert Lehman
Earl Warren
Olson
Pred Dyster
Alonzord Riggs
Free Heart
Wall Doxley
Pat Harrison
Ross Collins
Burnet R. Maybank
Senate
Supreme Court
James F. Byrnes
Eugene Blease
Cole Blease
Congress
Barbs and Plans Stir Brief Postwar Tidings
Rudy Vallee becomes band master with the Long Beach Coast Guard. Hollywood stars endure wartime dimming as a 550 mile pipeline is planned from Longview Texas to Salem Illinois to ease eastern oil shortages. Postwar autos expected to use smaller, lighter engines.
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Rudy Vallee
Long Beach
Calif
Coast Guard
Longview
Texas
Salem
Market Reports and Shipping Policy Notes
Markets in Pittsburgh show fair produce demand with apples and potatoes steady. Livestock prices move lower for hogs and steady for cattle calves and sheep. lambs and ewes show mixed changes. Argentina endorses neutrality while routing ships away from Axis routes. Argentina and Chile retain relations with the Axis.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
W. Va
Melitwsh
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
United States
Straits of Magellan
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Stock market roundup lists major corporate movers and mergers
A crowded table of company names shows activity across industries including chemicals, defense, autos, steel, airlines, utilities, and railroads. Notable entries include Anaconda, AmCan, Chrysler, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors, U S Steel, Studebaker, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, Woolworth, Pennroad, and Reading with references to Penn Central style consolidations. The list reads as a snapshot of ticker symbols and corporate entities undergoing change.
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Aly
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mfg
Budd
Ches and
Chrysler Corp
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
Curtiss Wright del Lack
West Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Obituary notices for Bowers and Popovich continue details
Obituary item continues on page one naming Mrs. William Bowers of Echo and Mrs. H R Godhour of Manokin Md with services at Strongstown Methodist Church 10 30 am Thursday and interment Union Cemetery Funeral notices for John Popovich list wake at his Lucernemines home and services at Homer City Greek Catholic Church 1 pm Wednesday Rev Father John J Bayoura officiating with interment St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana
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William Bowers
Echo
H. R. Godhour
Manokin
Cleo Stiles
Strongstown
Strongstown Methodist Church
Union Cemetery
John Popovich
Lucernemines
Homer City
John J. Bayoura
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
Senate Group Cons Tax Plan Advances in Finance Committee
Washington report notes Treasury proposes a credit up to 260 dollars for old debt payments life insurance or government bond purchases. Senate Finance Committee considers expanding or limiting credits while weighing changes to the earned income credit and other revenue measures. Debate outlines include medical expense deductions, dependent credits adjustments and military exemption rules. The panel also eyed taxation of future state and municipal bond interest, with limited immediate revenue impact.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Treasury
Senate
House
Navy reports counterattack at Tulagi area meets strong resistance
Solomon Islands action shows Japanese efforts to recapture Tulagi met by United States forces. Army bombers hit a large Japanese carrier, while carrier based aircraft damaged a smaller carrier the Ryuzyu and attacked several cruisers and a battleship. American forces also indicate occupation of Tulagi harbor.
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Solomons
Tulagi
Tulagi Harbor
Treasury balance and debt report with daily changes
Washington on August 22 receipts totaled 21 million 874 thousand 428.58 while expenditures reached 194 million 779 thousand 528.22 leaving a net balance of 3.988 billion. The total debt stood at 85.701 billion with an increase of 20.499 million from the prior day.
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Washington
Opposition to civilian fingerprinting fades in wartime era
Harrisburg reports Lieut. Paul J. Roche of the state Bureau of Criminal Identification says civilian fingerprinting for identification is decreasing as war needs rise. He notes 150000 of 750000 prints are noncriminal, personal, and that 40000 yearly are buried as unidentified. Banks in Pennsylvania use prints to verify checks. a Steelton bank uses inkless chemical methods to avoid smudged hands.
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Harrisburg
Paul J. Roche
Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information
Leutenant
State Bureau
Rovhe
Niger
China
B. C
Edward Henry
Sir Henry
St. Louis
Roche
Pennsylvania
Steelton, Pa
Drafte es Continues as Senate Debates Soldier Vote Bill
Drafted continuations bog the bill permitting servicemen to vote by mail as a quorum issue stalls passage. Barkley demands quorum call amid debate, aiming to override poll tax limits and let soldiers vote without home-state levies. College programs train 16,000 for war work with 7,000 advancing. future courses planned for women and older men under national supervision.
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Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
George N. P. Neethh
State College
Pennsylvania
Penn State
Wommon
U. S. Office of
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