Airplane workers to get wage increases under stabilization plan
Los Angeles Aug 8 UP Beginning employees at Douglas Vultee and Northrop will receive a new minimum wage scale retroactive to July 1 under a stabilization agreement. Start wage 60 cents with 5 cent steps every four weeks to 75 cents. skilled workers under study with government review. Douglas plans 15,000 hires by Jan 1.
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Los Angeles
Douglas
Vultee
Northrop
North American
United Automobile Workers
KU to Offer Same Language Lineup as Earlier Years
University of Kansas will offer the same number of German Italian and French courses as in prior years per dean Paul B. Layson. Demand for German and French declined last year amid war leanings while Spanish rose in popularity with increased enrollments nationwide. The language list also includes Latin Greek and Portuguese with several students from the elementary Portuguese class expected to advance.
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University of Kansas
Paul B. Lawson
United States
Understanding Inflation and War Time Prices
A brief explainer defines inflation as rapid price rises with easy money and low interest. It links defense buildup to shortages, substitutes, wage gains, and speculation that can fuel a price spiral and potential collapse. It cites price controls, taxation, and borrowing as means to limit inflation and reduce buying power.
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Congress
W.S.R
Insurance Companies Ease Liability Rules on Cars
Washington August 8 The Defense Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced that insurance companies have eased liability rules allowing motorists to share their cars on a pro rate cost basis to conserve gasoline. Drivers may carry passengers for charge without higher premiums or voided policies, aligning with work commutes and neighbor car pooling to reduce gas use.
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Washington
Defense Petroleum
Ickes
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Cora M Shimmons
Mrs Cora M Shimmons age 79 a former Lawrence resident died at her Joplin Missouri home this morning She was the wife of the late George Shimmons who died years ago A graveside service is set for 2 o clock tomorrow at Oak Hill cemetery She is survived by two children Arthur Shimmons of San Diego and Lelia M Shimmons of the home She was sister of C W Straffer who died three years ago
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Cora M. Shimmons
Lawrence
Joplin
George Shimmons
Oak Hill Cemetery
Far East Crisis Elevates Tense War Coverage
German claims of RAF losses and a volatile Far East crisis dominate reports. Prime Minister Menzies warns of ominous turns for Australia while Britain and the United States brace against Japan. Singapore cites U S fighter deliveries to Burma as a counter to Japanese moves in Indo China.
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Far East
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
United States
Great Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
Menzies
Reuters
Singapore
Indo-China
Burma Road
Indo- China
Berlin Papers Push Back on U S Base Expansion
Berlin evening papers deride American plans for 121 naval and air bases in Central and South America under the guise of civil aviation. They publish maps and run harsh headlines accusing the United States of pressure, "Roosevelt's Widespread Aggressions" and hints of bases in Greenland Iceland and future sites in Europe and Africa.
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Berlin
ALI
United States
Central
South America
Roosevelt
Washington
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Greenland
Iceland
Ireland
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Dakar
Freetown
Liberia
William Grant Deskins Dies At 79 In Clinton Home
William Grant Deskins aged 79 died this morning at his home 1114 Mississippi street. Funeral services will be held from Rumsey chapel Saturday at 2:30 PM with burial in Clinton cemetery. He is survived by his wife Anna Deskins and five daughters, two sons, and a brother, Fred Deskins. Electrocuted for Burglary Montgomery Alabama August 8. Frank Bass, a 22 year old Negro, died at Kilby prison early today under a 1935 Alabama law making burglary of an occupied dwelling at night a capital offense.
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Mississippi Street
Rumsey Chapel
Clinton Cemetery
Anna Deskins
Edith Rowland
Gladyg Leeman
Lawrence
Lillian Oliver
Independence
Maria Schuster
Youngstown
Ohio
Hulda Wood
Topeka
Clarence Deskins
Los Angeles
Calif
Donald Deskins
Kansas City
Fred Deskins
Clinton
Montgomery
Ala
Frank Bass
Kilby
Alabama
Damage to merchant ships in Ochakov raid
German air raiders heavily damaged several merchant ships and transports in an attack on Ochakov a Russian Black Sea port east of Odessa. Luftwaffe headquarters reported the raid occurred yesterday.
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Berlin
Russian Black Sea
Ochakov
Odessa
Luftwaffe
Paving contracts awarded to local firms across counties
Local paving projects listed with firms Blue River Sand and Gravel Metzger and others win contracts in Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley and Wabaunsee counties for resurfacing seeding and roadside work. An Aug 8 convention session in Joplin delays the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers meeting possibly extending into next week.
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Bert Chambers
DeSoto
Marshall County
Blue River Sand and Gravel Company
Blue Rapids
U.S
Freto
Pittsburg
Nemaha County
Harry Henry
Ottawa
Henry
Perry Lambert
Hiawatha
Lambert
Pottawatomie County
Riley County
Metzger
Wabaunsee County
Kansas Landscape and Nursery Company
Kansas City
Kan
Oscar Schmidt
St. Joseph
Joplin
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Temporary unemployment feared as defense shift may force layoffs
Washington reports Leon Henderson warns the defense program could cause the temporary layoff of about 2,000,000 workers as production shifts and some plants close. He cites England style unemployment levels and urges 50 percent cuts in auto production amid backlog of defense orders. In Pine Bluff Arkansas, the body of John J. Sekora, 28, Ravenna Nebraska trainee at Camp Robinson, is recovered from the Arkansas river. he had been missing since July 18 and was confined to quarters for illness.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
House Banking Committee
England
Henderson
Pine Bluff
Ark
John J. Sekora
Ravenna
Neb
Camp Robinson
Arkansas River
Repulse of Soviet Attacks Reported on Karelian Front
Finnish forces reported repulsing a series of Russian counter-attacks on the Karelian front including a parachute troops assault. Helsinki confirms no gains by Soviet forces in the Aug 8 action.
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Helsinki
Finland
Karelian
Cairo Starts Government Marriage Bureau for War Widows
In Cairo on Aug 8 a government sponsored bureau seeks husbands for Egyptian girls whose parents were killed in air raids. The agency reports 200 applicants seeking marriages.
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Cairo
Stevenson Inaugurated As Governor Of Texas
Stevenson, a 53 year old Texan with a varied career from farm hand to publisher, was inaugurated governor of Texas today succeeding W Lee O Daniel who left the post to join the United States Senate. He is a Democrat.
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Austin
Tex
Robert Stevenson
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
United States
Stevenson
Frying chickens and local bets appear in Lawrence notes
Lawrence items note a Salina merchant advertising chicken prices by cut, and report executives changing posts in Salina. Local bids open for road work attract about 50 men while 28 contractors reserve rooms at Eldridge hotel. O T York improves after lightning injury and Robert Ellard’s stalk tops a bank contest display.
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State Highway Commission
Court House
Eldridge Hotel
Robert Ellard
Linwood
Lawrence National Bank
I. J. Meade
Ellard
Oklahoma bandits captured near El Reno
Two gunmen who robbed a salesman at Elk City fled with jewels valued from ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars. Highway patrolmen trapped them near El Reno with shotguns and a blinding spotlight. They surrendered, and seven cases of jewels were found in a rear compartment of their car.
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el Reno
Okla
Elk City
Here
Oldest Army Reenlistees Serry Westervelt at 73
Supply Sergeant John W. Westervelt, 73, at Selfridge Field Michigan, claims to be the oldest man in the U S Army and sparks a post to-do over his ninth reenlistment as of August ninth.
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Selfridge Field
Mich
Air Corps
John W. Westervelt
U. S. Army
Dodgers Top Braves to Regain NL Lead on Wyatt Six-Hit Gem
Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Boston Braves 6 2 as Whitlow Wyatt pitched six hits for his 15th win and moved Brooklyn back to first in the National League by a slim margin. Also Babbe Young hit his fourth home run in four games to lift the New York Giants 3 2 over the Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings. Other scores include Pittsburgh at Chicago and Washington over Boston in the American League with varied results.
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Whitlow Wyatt
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Boston
Tobinand Es
Masi Wyatt
Owen
New York
Babbe Young
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Bill Lohrman
Giants
Cy Blanton
Philadelphia
Blanton
Warren
Lohrman
Danning
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Lanning
Lopez
Erickson
McCullough
Washington
Sandra
Anderson
Early
Wagner
Ryba
Pytlak
St. Louis
Dietrich
Tresh
Harris
Ferrer
James Webb Burns in Fire After Pipe Incident
James Webb, 73, was burned about the hips when a fire started after he dozed in a chair while smoking his pipe in Columbus Kansas. He was hospitalized with non serious injuries and expected to recover.
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Columbus
Kan
James Webb
Columbus Hospital
Sailors Aid in Recapturing Baltic Village
Soviet sailors from the red navy joined red army land operations on the Baltic front and recaptured a German held village after a three day battle. The force marched 50 miles to enter land combat and stormed the village in a bayonet charge. Life in Leningrad and Kiev remained normal, with Kiev described as a fortress of defense.
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Moscow
Red Navy
Red Army
Baltic
Baltic Fleet
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Gas service kept for Union Gas System in Kansas City hearing delay
The Federal Power Commission announced that Cities Service Company of Bartlesville Oklahoma would continue to serve the Union Gas System of Independence Kansas. A hearing scheduled for August 8 in Kansas City was postponed indefinitely.
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Federal Power Commission
Cities Service Company of
Bartlesville
Okla
Union Gas System, Inc
Independence
Kan
Kansas City
Olver and Maytag Triumph at Broadmoor Invitational
In Colorado Springs on August 8 CPI John Olver of Amarillo Texas defeated Will Price Jr of Wichita Kansas 2 up in the Broadmoor Invitational feature quarterfinal. L B Maytag of Colorado Springs who previously won the invitation in 1981 and 1932 eliminated Francis Fleming of Evansville Indiana 3 and 2.
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Maytag
Colorado Springs
Colo
CPI
John Olver
Amarillo
Tex
Icity
Will Price
Wichita
Kan
L. B. Maytag
Francis Fleming
Evansville
Ind
Unusual Party a Success in Six-Room Home
A young married couple in Pittsburgh hosted 2,500 guests at a $90 reception to foster acquaintance and steer away from war talk. Attendees enjoyed the informal gathering and the hosts called it a great success.
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Pittsburgh
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