Severe Losses In Burma Jungle Fight Reported
The report notes heavy Japanese losses in Burma as Chinese forces push near Loyang and Saiping, with two Japanese columns advancing from Chumatien and entering the Saiping rail town from the north. A Chinese rail line grip is described as threatened near Henan province and Loyang, with actions east of the Yi river.
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Burma
Chumatien
Saiping
Aew
Henan Province
Loyang
Yi River
Roosevelt asks Congress for 15 Billion Army Request
President Roosevelt asked Congress for new army appropriations totaling 15.6767 billion dollars to fund an expanded program through 1945 and to cover aircraft, munitions, and government furnished equipment through 1946. The package includes about 5 billion for lend lease and 562.55 million for civilia relief, with 200 000 Wacs and large unobligated balances aiding the total.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Wacs
White House
Air Force
Mayors Lead In Ohio Gubernatorial Voting
Columbus Ohio Mayor Frank J Lausche captured the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio's primary while Ames Garfield Stewart led the Republican side in Cincinnati. William G Pickrell won the Democratic U S Senate nomination. Senator Taft won the Republican Senate nomination without opposition. Bricker received 50 Republican votes and Democrats 52 for Roosevelt. Congressmen appeared renominated.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Hopkins Leaves Rochester After Short Rest at Mayo Clinic
Barry Hopkins, advisor to the President, leaves Rochester after a brief rest period at the Mayo Clinic. Doctors say he should regain full duties after the additional rest.
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Hopkins
Rochester
ESTER
Minn
Barry Hopkins
Roose
Jay
Mayo Clinic
Washington
Admirals Confer as Burma Front Heats Up in World War II
North central Burma hosts Mountbatten fighters pressing the Japanese along the Mandalay Myitkyina line with new blows. In San Francisco Admirals King Nimitz and Halsey were decorated as they coordinated Allied sea frontier plans. China requests increased Allied aid to stem a Japanese push toward Loyang and central Henan.
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San Francisco
Japan
Chester M. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Nimitz
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Force
U. S. Navy
Associated Press
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Burma
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
King
Pacific
Halsey
South Pacific
Mountbatten
Mogaung
Mandalay- Myitgyina
Manlu
China
Caroline Truk
Loyang
Henan
Chang Pinghsun
Ralhbay
Chang
Automakers seek limits on labor control of war plants
Detroit based Automotive Council for War Production says labor leaders should not run war plants and cites a 3300 foreman strike as evidence of a union driven takeover. Alvan McCauley forwards the statement to Roosevelt and Congress after Ford Motor signs a year long sole bargaining contract with the Foreman's Association of America.
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Detroit
Automotive Council For War Production
Congress
the Council
Alvan McCauley
McCauley
Roosevelt
Ford Motor Company
Foreman’s Association of America
Henry Ford II
Ford Company
Doris Duke Divorce Declared Null and Void in New Jersey
Advisory Master Dougal Herr in Chancery Court found the Reno divorce of Doris Duke Cromwell from James H. R. Cromwell null and void and ordered it set aside. He ruled the decree void in New Jersey and questioned Mrs Cromwell’s competence to reside outside the state if her husband remains in New Jersey. Nevada’s full faith and credit clause was deemed forfeited in sealing testimony. Cromwell’s NJ limited divorce suit will be heard later before Herr.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Dougal Herr
Chancery
Doris Duke Cromwell
James H. R. Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Herr
New Jersey
Cromwell
Reno
Nevada
United States
Sevastopol Falls as Soviet Forces Capture City
Moscow dispatches report Sevastopol falls after a 24 day siege as Tolbukhin and Yeremenko armies drive the last German and Romanian defense belts. Soviet engineers begin port repairs while casualties rise with 100000 Axis troops believed killed or captured.
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London
Crimean
Sevastopol
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Kades I. Yeremenko
Kerch
Yeremenko
Feodor I Tolbukhin
4Th Ukraine
Axis
Tolbukhin
Moscow
Red Star
Report on deferred status for men over 29 in essential work
Washington reports indicate a new selective service policy would defer all men over 29 who hold essential occupations regardless of necessity status. Officials have not confirmed, but expectations point to broad liberalization as under-30 drafts can meet calls for months. Major General Hershey predicts 18 to 25 year olds will be drafted first, 26 to 29 next, with deferments for those in essential jobs.
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Washington
Hershey
House approves boost in nation's debt limit
Acting under war costs pressure, the House passed a bill to raise the public debt limit from 210 billion to 240 billion. The current debt stands at 185 billion and Treasury estimates reach 258 billion by July 1, 1945 if the war endures.
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HOUSE
Washington
Senate
Treasury
Nazis Falling Back In Italy
Allied reports say 8th Army pushed a wedge into Nazi defenses along Italy’s spine and moved toward Sulmona while Germans pulled back to shorten lines. Palena fell as Allied fronts face stronger resistance south of Cassino. RAF bombers harass Genoa ports as Allied aircraft sustain strikes north of Rome amid losses.
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Naples
8Th Army
Italy
Sulmona
Palena
Gelo
5Th Army
Cassino
Genoa
Rome
Information Returns Due Aug 15 for Tax Exempt Groups
The Internal Revenue Bureau set August 15 as the deadline for tax exempt organizations to file information returns on 1943 income and fiscal years ending before April 1, 1944. Returns apply to farm corporations labor unions and other groups not previously required to file.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Allied Air Offensive Blitzes Europe With 2000 Planes
Allied forces deploy about 2000 planes from Britain Italy and the Mediterranean in a multi front attack. Bombing sweeps target Wiener Neustadt Berlin Paris and Annecy with heavy tonnage and rail/industrial strikes amid continued daylight and night raids.
Bombers Reported Lost By Britain and United States
British Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that 1 117 U S bombers and 1 041 British bombers based in Britain were reported lost over Germany and northern France in the first four months of the year.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons Today
U.S
Britain
Germany
France
The RAF Strikes Berlin as Mosquitos Hit Gennevilliers
RAF Mosquitos delivered 4000 pound bombs on Berlin during a night raid while British heavy bombers targeted Paris suburbs Gennevilliers and other industrial sites. The air ministry reported seven RAF losses. Over 4000 planes from Britain attacked continental targets, dumping as much as six thousand tons of bombs on invasion defenses. American heavy bombers faced resistance, with six bombers and seven fighters lost and five German fighters shot down.
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Schweinfurt
France
Paris
Gennevilliers
Britain
Urge Goodland Call Election At Viroqua
Viroqua Wisconsin residents pressed Governor Walter Goodland to call a special election to fill four vacant alderman seats after resignations. City Attorney Olga Bennett ruled resignations effective immediately and said a quorum is four, forcing a special election 45 to 60 days after the order. The mayor agreed to seek the governor's action while residents debated the council's future.
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Urge Goodland
Viroqua
Wis
Walter S. Goodland
Common Council
Olga Bennett
Howard Miller
K. E. Casperson
George Cox
LaMont Thorson
Buford Wintz
Edward Vig
R. E. Johnson
Vig
Johnson
Miss Bennett
Wisconsin
Miller
Roosevelt Gives Up Lunch Hour Business Talks
President Roosevelt has suspended lunch time talks after a south vacation. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the president is taking it easy and does not need to return to a “killing pace” right away, continuing a more relaxed schedule.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
South
Business To Show Drop Says Avery
Sewell L. Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward, predicts a 30 to 40 percent drop in the mail order business during government operation. He says the two weeks yielded no progress, criticizes government action, defends union rights, and asserts Ward's stance against a closed shop and union maintenance. He notes the government made no effective changes and questions its presence at his desk. He also discusses labor relations as a broader policy matter for the company.
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United Mail Order
CIO
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Avery
U. S. Gypsum Company
Wards
North Side
National Labor Relations Board
Sewell Avery
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Holt Trails in West Virginia Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
Circuit Judge Clarence W. Mead led Rush D. Holt in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in West Virginia as of Wednesday. The Republican race remained undecided with Charleston Mayor D Boone Dawson ahead of Raymond J Funkhouser by a slim margin.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clarence W. Meadows
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
D. Boone Dawson
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
Walters Gets Backing After OPA Office Inspection
Chicago support for Rae E Walters regional administrator follows inspection by two deputy OPA investigators who found no grounds for drastic changes and affirmed backing from regional and national offices.
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OPA
Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Rae E. Walters
Nazis On Eve Of Invasion As Air Campaign Surges
London reports of German efforts to strengthen western defenses on the fourth anniversary of the blitz describe a major Allied air campaign nearing a possible invasion. Maj. Gen. Pelz is put in charge of western air forces as Germany reorganizes for defense and the Allies push to gain air supremacy within days of any invasion.
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London
Low Countries
West
Belgium
Netherlands
Dunkerque
France
Adolf Hitler
Pelz
Europe
Hitler
No Decision Handed Down On U S Action
Federal Judge William H. Holly dropped injunction litigation over the government seizure of Montgomery Ward and company Chicago properties without ruling on legality. The court will decide later if the dismissal is with or without prejudice, and copies of the prepared decision were ordered destroyed.
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Coun Rties
Holly
Ward
Chicago
Jesse Jones
Roosevelt
Harold A. Smith
Smith
Shea
William H. Holly
Montgomery Ward and
Chicago Properties
War Labor Board forwards Hummer dispute to White House
Chairman William H. Davis said the board voted unanimously to send the dispute at Hummer Manufacturing Co in Springfield Illinois to the White House for action.
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Washington
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
Hummer Manufacturing Co
Springfield, Ill
Montgomery Ward and Company
White House
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