Russians Strike Back In Smolensk Front Battle
Soviet dispatches report heavy German losses as red counter offensives push back infantry and tanks near Smolensk. Pravda claims successful counter blows while Berlin asserts renewed threat toward Moscow and encirclement near Vyazma.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
99Th
Berlin
Vyazma
Beresee
DNB
Nevel
Novorzhev
Zhitomir
Russia
Leningrad
Vichy Defers Break With Germany Over Dakar Fleet Pact
Vichy chief Petain resisted expanding collaboration with Germany staying within existing terms despite pressure for a Dakar alliance and fleet handover. Cabinet discussed indemnities and routine affairs with Fernand de Brinon traveling from Paris on a German-linked mission amid press calls for stronger collaboration.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Germany
Dakar
Iniormon
Paris
Reich
Casablanca
Algiers
Fernand de Brinon
Pierre Laval
Paris-Soir
Les Nouveaux Temps
Senate debates extended service for army troops
Senators push for longer active duty plus a six to twelve month extra period for selectees guardsmen and reserves. Taft leads opposition seeking six extra months for selectees with a year for guardsmen and reserves. US also condemns Vichy France for collusion with Japan undermining Indo China and American security.
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Washington
Senate
House
Thomas
Utah
Military Committee
Congress
Taft
Wheeler
Mont
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Tafti
No Break in Heat Dominates Topeka Forecast
Topeka records extreme heat with forecasts near 98 to 100 degrees across eastern and southern areas. Skies carry scattered clouds with light showers in scattered locales and night lows from 70 to 77 in the east and south and 65 to 70 in the northwest. Local rainfall reports show minor totals, Independence at 0.70 inch and other towns recording trace to 0.22 inch.
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Topeka
S. D
Mercury
Independence
Coffeyville
Columbus
McPherson
Wichita
Anthony
Winfield
Elis
Ashland
Geneseo
Flora
Japanese cruiser docks at Saigon amid Indo China tensions
A freshly painted Japanese cruiser, first of its size seen since Japan began taking over French bases, arrived in Saigon with transports discharging men and munitions. Tanks and motorized artillery moved through Saigon streets later, heading to undisclosed countryside destinations.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
Stock Market Index Dips Slightly Yesterday
The 60 stock index averaged 44. Yesterday the index stood at 44.1, indicating a minor decline in overall market performance. Investors monitored daily movements amid cautious trading and mixed earnings signals from major companies.
County Commissioners Adopt 6.24 Mills Tax Levy
The county board approved a budget calling for an ad valorem tax levy of 6.24 mills. A public hearing on the budget and levy is set for Friday morning August 15 at 10 o clock. Minor changes were made from the tentative budget, with no effect on totals.
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Board of County Commissioners
Wheeler to Address Union Young People Meeting
Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler will speak at the Union Young People's group gathering tomorrow evening at 6 30 at the First Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond H. Wheeler
Union Young People’s Group
First Methodist
Silk and Hosiery Mills to Close Under Defense Order
The United States orders silk and hosiery mills to halt by midnight impacting about 175000 workers. Government plans include boosting rayon output, aiding workers, and reorganization with federal funds under a joint management labor and government committee.
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U. S
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Japan
Stettinius
Washington
Emil Rieve
C.I.0. Textile Workers Union of America
Rieve
OPM
Sidney Hillman
United States
Battle on tax item foes press for joint returns
Washington August 2 opponents of mandatory joint income tax returns for married couples push to remove the provision from the 3.529 billion bill. House members recess after three days of debate as Ways and Means aims for a final vote with a special rule letting the joint return issue come to a roll call. Both parties forecast passage of the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doctor Dolen Returns From Vacation
Dr. H X Dolen has finished a vacation and will resume work at his office on Monday morning.
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Dr. H. X. Dolen
Silk cargoed ships unload raw silk for defense
Great slingloads of raw silk worth about 2.5 million dollars were lifted from the Tatuta Maru in San Francisco and the Heian Maru in Seattle. The silk, claimed by eastern importers in libel actions, prompted a production freeze to secure military needs while Nippon tankers tested oil imports. Unloading of the Tatuta Maru was nearing completion and clearance was guaranteed by the state department.
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San Francisco
America
Seattle
Winches
United States
Office of Production Management
State Department
Congress Rejects Roosevelt Tax Change Proposals
Washington reports Chairman Doughton announced the House Ways and Means Committee rejected three Roosevelt tax ideas for the $3.5 billion bill. They dismissed lowering personal exemptions from 800 to 750 for singles and 2000 to 1500 for married couples and a joint return proposal. The panel kept the current tax framework, noting potential revenue loss and vote uncertainty after recess.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Coughton
Altho
Treasury
Defense airport work set for Kansas four projects
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced a 624000 defense airport program for Kansas selecting four airports Dodge City Winfield Arkansas City Topeka for construction or improvement. Each site will add runway extensions grading drainage seeding and lighting with hangar work limited to government sites.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Kansas
Civil Aeronautics Administrator’s Office
Secretaries of War, Navy and Commerce
Dodge City
Winfield
Arkansas City
Pane
Topeka
Dodee City
Gardner
Whitney Horse Wins United States Hotel Stakes at Saratoga
John Hay Whitney’s Buster raced to victory in the United States Hotel stakes at Saratoga on August 27, two lengths ahead of B F Whitaker’s Requested. Amphitheatre trailing by a head finished third. Buster paid $16.10 to win with $5.10 place and $2.80 for third, earning $9,675 for backers.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
John Hay Whitney
Buster
B. F. Whitaker
Charles Shipman Payson
Defense plant strikes halt work at four sites
A F L construction unions across four major defense plants idled 5,500 workers over overtime pay from double time to time and a half. Projects include an 89 million dollar munitions plant near St Louis and 34 million dollar TNT facility at Weldon Springs Missouri.
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St. Louis
Weldon Springs
Plum Brook
Ohio
Ordnance Works
Ohio, Ordnance Works
Ravenna
Lake City
A.F.L
Lynn C. Barnes
Building Trades Council
Perrin D. McElroy
Executive Council
Buildings Trade Department
The
Barnes
A.fl
Phim Brook Ordnance Works
Army
Ousting Nazi Consuls Suggested in Mexico
Mexico City Aug 2 suggestions rose that Germany recall its minister and expel Nazi consuls after Mexico rejected a German note urging protest against the Washington blacklist of pro axis Mexican firms. Senator Alfonso Flores called for declaring German Minister Rudi von Collenberg persona non grata. Berlin showed little concern over the incident.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Washington
Alfonso Flores
Senate
Rudi von Collenberg
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
United States
Axis
Householders urged to conserve on electricity
Washington Aug 2 Householders urged to save electricity for national defense by keeping radios on only when listening turning off basement lights and operating refrigerators efficiently Harriet Elliott head of the consumer division of the office of civilian supply urged preparations for possible shortages and noted economies are vital where demand may exceed supply.
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Washington
National Defense
Harriet Elliott
Office of Civilian Supply
Officers to Far East 25 to Philippines
The high command announced transfer of 25 officers to the Philippines to strengthen the United States army forces of the Far East. It was not announced if troops would accompany them, but increases in officer numbers imply a larger garrison. A group of officers was to sail from San Francisco around August 7.
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Adolf Hitler
Kiev
Russian Ukraine
Smolensk
Washington
Army Hich Command
Philippines
United States Army
Far East
War Department
San Francisco
Allocation of 21 Million For NYA Student Work Program
Washington announces 21,088,125 for the national youth administration to aid about 500,000 needy students in 1941-42. Secondary students earn 3 to 6 dollars per month, college undergraduates 10 to 20 dollars, graduates 10 to 30. An $85,000 special grant aids negro college and graduate students with state allocations listed.
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Washington
CPH
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
NYA
Congress
Williams
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Printers Wind Up KU Conference With Four-Color Demo
The two day Printers Mechanical Conference at the University of Kansas concluded with a four color print from a single halftone plate at the World Company press room. Morning lectures covered composing machine care costs imposition and various mechanisms.
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University of Kansas
World Company
Kenneth Breedlove
Imperial Type Metal Company
Thomas C. Ryther
K.U. Bureau of Printing
Edwin B. Harding
South Dakota State College
Everett G. Stith
Leroy Brewington
Pittsburg Teachers College
Robert Pugh
The
J. E. Barnes
K.U
Oren Bingham
K. U. Photographic Bureau
Memorial Union Building
Worldompany
Moll and Rankin Leave For Army Early Monday
Roy W. Moll Jr and Charles C. Rankin plan to depart Lawrence on Monday for induction into the army. Moll, first alternate for August 11, will leave with Rankin, a local justice of the peace, en route to Ft. Leavenworth via Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific trains. Moll had a spring deferral to finish radio engineering studies in Kansas City. Rankin previously deferred to attend to business matters.
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Roy W. Moll,Jr
West Ninth Street
Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Moll
Charles C. Rankin
Rankin
Kansas City
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Union
Argentine urges tone down propaganda bureaus
The Argentine foreign office asked both Britain and Germany to curb their propaganda bureaus in Argentina to avoid possible shutdowns. The notes were sent today as tensions over wartime information activities persist in Buenos Aires.
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Argentina
German Tanker Sunk Off Belgian Coast by Air Attack
London reports a 2,000 ton German tanker was torpedoed by coastal command planes in daylight off the Belgian coast. The vessel was set aflame and sunk, according to the air ministry.
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London
Belgian
Air Ministry
Silk Hosiery Runs Dry As Women Hoard Stock
Lawrence shops reported a heavy run on silk stockings as women purchased multiple pairs to avoid substitutes. Stores noted dwindling nylon and lisle supplies, with some fearing depletion within days as orders rush in and shipments are disrupted by silk shortages.
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Lawrence
United States
OPM
Plan to Transfer Silk Workers to Defense Jobs Announced
Washington reports a CP A plan moving thousands of silk industry workers to defense employment after a government order to halt production at midnight. Paul V. McNutt says regional labor offices will register threatened workers, noting many are skilled women suitable for light assembly and munition manufacturing.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Bureau of Employment Security
New England
South
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Sumner Welles
French Indochina
Syria
Lawrence Building and Loan _ Association
Mass
St. Adv
Pacific
Whitney
High Command
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