Government postwar plans outline aid for smooth transition
Washington outlines Baruch and Hancock proposals on demobilization, surplus disposal, and contracts. It notes the need for unemployment safeguards, quick settlement of cancelled war orders, and potential Senate action to extend presidential powers after the war. Also mentions labor concerns and ongoing legislative efforts. Wichita wheat receipts rise to 11.673 million bushels in July, largest since 1931.
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Washington
Congress
Germany
White House
Bernard M. Baruch
John Hancock
Altho
Baruch - Hancock
Will Clayton
Senate
Clayton
Fran Hines
Veterans Administration
Baruch-Hancock
C.10
A.F L
Labor
Kilgore
D.w.va
Bill Ceck
Murray D
Wichita
Kan
D.L., Mullen
Board of Trade
Deserter Front Inn in No Man's Land Becomes Peaceful Oasis
In France near the American lines, a cozy frontier inn served as a neutral haven for both American patrols and German sentries. The owners fled with scarce liquor, leaving the hospitality intact until recon units halted the revelry by destroying the liquor and shutting the taps. The patrols stopped their midnight returns, and the inn’s unlikely truce collapsed.
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A.E.F
France
No- Man’s Land
Battlefront
Mmerry
Frontier
Asa Gardiner
Baltimore
Germans Flee Istanbul for Ankara Ahead of Turkish Assembly
Overnight express from Istanbul brings Germans and families to Ankara while a special plane delivers another group, as Turks prepare to announce breaking relations with Germany at the assembly meeting on Wednesday. Blackouts planned along Black Sea and Mediterranean coasts.
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Ankara
Istanbul
National Assembly
Germany
Marbara Sea
Bulgaria
Mel Ott Injured In Giants Victory Over Reds
Mel Ott, Giants slugger and home run leader with 22, twisted his right ankle sprinting to first in the seventh inning of a win over Cincinnati. He was carried off the field and will have X rays to check for fractures. possible two week absence expected.
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New York
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Ott
Francis Sweeney
Birthday of Air Force marks age and milestones
Washington Aug 1 Army Air Forces turns 37 today while tomorrow marks 35th anniversary of its first flight machine. From a three man beginning the aviation branch grew to 2 300 000 officers and men with 75 000 aircraft. Walter F Roth and Grace Col Mann of Topeka obtained a marriage license at Douglas County Court House and were remarried by Judge J B Wilson Pro bate.
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Washington
Army-Air Forces
Court House
Walter F. Roth
Grace Colemann
Topeka
Douglas County Court House
Probata
J.B. Wilson
Funeral for Miss Marguer ite Le Hand in Cambridge
Miss Marguerite Alice Missy Le Hand 46 longtime personal secretary to President Roosevelt is mourned in Somerville as funeral services set for St John’s Church North Cambridge at 10 am tomorrow Burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery Mrs Roosevelt expected to attend following her death at Chelsea naval hospital from cerebral embolism She retired December 18 1942 due to ill health Divorce Action Filed Nora May Courter sues Ellis Courter in Douglas County district court yesterday.
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Somerville
Mass
Marguerite Alice
Missy) le Hand
Roosevelt
St. John's Church
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
le Hand
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Russian Newsman Rough on Hitler
Washington reports from inside Germany indicate the Nazi regime has crushed the bomb plot factions and absorbed the attack with firm control. Hitler’s grip appears secure for now, while Himmler purges suspected figures, and Soviet comments forecast harsher consequences for Germany.
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Washington
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Heinrich Himmler
Himmler
Rts
Ya Ehrenburg
Russia
Europe
Rumor of Bulgarian Armistice Talks Via Vatican Unconfirmed
Rome reports widespread chatter that Bulgaria sought armistice through the Vatican with Romania possibly involved. Officials at the Vatican and Basil Grigorcea denied knowledge of such negotiations, with a Vatican attaché adding that they could not disclose any information if true.
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Rome
Bulgaria
Vatican
Holy See
Basil Grigorcea
Romania
Advance on Florence Slows as German Last Stand Stiffens
Allied report says Eighth Army presses a slow, methodical advance on Florence against five German divisions in retreat to the Tuscan capital. German counterattacks widen along a semi circular front, defense lines anchored by three divisions with Tiger tanks and wire booby traps. West of highway two Eighth Army troops hold San Michele. La Romola taken.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Italy
Highway Two
San Michele
Eighth
la Romola
Struggle Shifts as Forces Hold Front Lines Near Pisa
Reports say the Fifth army maintains a lull on its front while artillery eyes the leaning tower of Pisa, now alleged to be used as an observation post by Nazi forces. In the village of San Andrea, fighting subsides following a counterattack repulse.
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San Andrea
Fifth Army
Pisa
Divorce cases rise on Kansas dockets
Topeka kansas reports that divorce cases increased from 4288 in 1933 to 6108 in 1943 while criminal cases fell from 3834 to 1638 and other civil actions dropped from 14622 to 6832, according to a legislative council study.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas District Court
Legislative Council
Americans in Normandy tire of guarding German prisoners
U S forces in Normandy report a company in 43 hours rounded up over 1 000 German prisoners, more than five times its own count. Troops complain they are overburdened by the task slowing the advance from Coutance to Avranches and Cherbourg’s aftermath, with guards unable to manage the numbers.
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U. S
Normandy
Coutabeee
Avranches
Aroughbors
Cherbourg
Three Men Captured After Escape From Army Barracks
Geneva Nebraska sheriff Harry A Hulse reported capturing three men who escaped from a military detention barracks at Camp Phillips Salina Pa. Names include Cloyd Cully Fairbury Neb and Kenneth Wescott Saratoga New York City, with one man reported hitching a ride with Cully to Geneva. Also mentions a four line classified ad offering fall week ads for 96 cents.
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Geneva
Neb
Aux
More County
Harry A. Hulse
Camp Phillips
Salina
Maryland
John Rescinto
New York City
Kenneth Wescott
Saratoga
T . Lally
Costa
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