Morgenthau urges wider taxes to fund defense plan
Washington reports Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to expand the income tax base and hike taxes on married couples and corporations to raise at least 3.5 billion dollars. He warned two thirds of costs require bigger revenue and proposed simpler forms for small taxpayers while pressuring for quicker passage of defense funding measures.
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House Ways and Means Committee
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Mr. Roosevelt
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Air Raid Hits Chungking In Large Japanese Attack
About 140 Japanese planes attacked Chungking and suburbs in two waves. A water front shelter collapsed killing more than 15 Chinese and wounding at least as many. Eight raiding formations crossed the Yangtze safety zone but dropped no bombs there. The assault lasted almost two hours and marked the 24th bombing raid of the season.
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Yangtze
United States
Rumor Deflator Reports Kremlin Ruins Not Confirmed
AP notes on July reports that German bombs damaged the Kremlin, a claim widely reprinted but unverified. It records July 28 talks between Harry Hopkins and Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin as part of ongoing wartime diplomacy.
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Will Abandon Silk in Philadelphia Fashion Shift
Smartly dressed women in Philadelphia plan to drop silk stockings to conserve supply for the army and navy. Debutante Sall Cassard's grandmother recalls cotton stockings, while Nina Liggett embraces makeup for legs. Catherine Littlefield, ballet founder, urges nylon production boost.
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Paris
Mussolini Buries Son Bruno in Predappio Funeral Procession
In Predappio the body of Bruno Mussolini lies in state at the Fascist headquarters as crowds fill Pisa for the burial. Il Duce follows the casket with Donna Rachele and Countess Edda beside, while Galeazzo Ciano remains in Rome due to illness.
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Cessna Announces Blanket Wage Increase for 2300 Workers
Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita announced a blanket wage increase of five cents per hour for its 2,300 employees. Officials said the raise, tied to meeting production quotas, will add about $6,000 weekly to the payroll. Cessna builds training planes for the United States and Canada with scales starting from 50 cents an hour.
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United States
Canada
The Journal World Classifieds In Town Busy Market
The classified page describes a bustling local market in town with numerous listings across jobs, services, housing, and goods. It highlights active shoppers and merchants engaging in buying and selling within the community.
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French Officer Interned in British-Occupied Syria
Reuters from Beirut reports General Henri Dentz the former French high commissioner and commander in chief in the Levant has been interned by the British in British-occupied Syria. Thirty-five other Vichy officers were said to be interned for not releasing some British and Free French officers prior to the armistice.
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Syria
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Levant
Dentz
Japan warns of emulating German fashion amid encirclement
Tokyo reports Lieutenant Ishimaru says Japan could break the economic encirclement if it adopts the German model. Domei notes Toyoda may appoint a envoy to French Indo China for negotiations. Ishii questions British troop movements near Thailand as encirclement tightens.
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Netherlands
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Netherlands East Indies
Koh Ishii
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Anthony Eden
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Malaya
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New Highway Bill Stalled After Roosevelt Veto
Washington August 8 The house roads committee plans to introduce a defense highway bill to replace the 320 million measure vetoed by President Roosevelt Chairman Cartwright Oklahoma authorized to summon the group after a fall recess in September or October with indications the new bill will keep key provisions of the vetoed measure Some members urged reintroducing the identical bill that failed by two votes to override the veto as the house voted 251 to 128 to override the veto The Senate missing continuation not provided.
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House Roads Committee
Roosevelt
Cartwright
D-Okla
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President’s Highway Aid Standoff Wins Narrow Override
A legislative split shows 57 to 19 votes to override but warns both parties that some supporters may be displeased. The complaint centers on the President wanting to retain full control over federal roads funds to bypass congressional population-based apportionment. Cartwright concedes defeat but pledges to defend federal highway aid principles.
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Cartwright
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Plastics Rise in Defense Program, Commerce Reports
The Department of Commerce reports plastics are increasingly important to the defense program, highlighting greater use in military applications and related industrial policy.
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Defense
Department of Commerce
Thirteen Survivors Land After Greek Freighter Sinking
Thirteen survivors of the 3576 ton Greek freighter Nikoklis were landed at Las Palmas Canary Islands after 20 days in a lifeboat. The ship, in British service since Greece fell, was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Azores.
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