Clark Opposes Excess Profits Tax Proposal
Senator Clark charged at a tax hearing that an excess profits levy is sugar coating for deducting defense expansion costs by munitions plants. He argued the plan combines amortization with a 25 to 40 percent tax and cites a $190 million net tax gain in 1940. The Treasury official defended the proposal as a small item in the budget.
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Washington
Clark
D.-Mo
Senate
House
John L. Sullivan
Treasury
Joint Committee
Sullivan
Noted Italian Tenor Alessandro Bonci Dies at 70
Rome reports by radio from Milan that Alessandro Bonci, renowned tenor, died at age 70. The Milan dispatch confirms the death was announced today.
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Rome
Alessandro Bonci
Rome Radio
Milan
Marines Ordered to Cuba to Be Near Central or South America
Washington announces 2900 marines to Guantanamo Bay Cuba for intensive training maneuvers as the Quantico brigade shifts to be ready for quick deployment to Central or South America. The move follows Havana Pan American conference actions and naval ship conversions to support rapid transport.
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Cuba
Central
South America
Washington
United States
Caribbean
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Also Warane Brigade
Quantico
Havana
Minnesota's Fourth Army Maneuvers Begin Amid Mock Battle
In Little Falls Minnesota on August 10 194? tensely awaited the Sunday midnight deadline to start a five day mock battle as part of Fourth Army maneuvers involving about 45000 men. Blue and Red forces clash across 900000 leased acres with 5000 motorized pieces and air observation squads observing from St. Cloud Camp Ripley and other bases.
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Little Falls
Minn
Red
Blue
Fourth Army
Onamia
35Th
Camp Ripley
Lincoln
Lake Alexander
St. Cloud
Seventh Corps
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Missouri
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
113Th Cavalry
Youth shoots self in car near Rolla Missouri
Floyd D. Williamson 22 of Paradise Kansas killed himself with a .22 rifle while sitting beside his sister in a rear seat in Rolla. State Patrolman Clark W. Huston said Williamson fired the shot as he was approached about ownership of the car registered in Kansas in his name.
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Rolla
Clark W. Huston
Floyd D. Williamson
Paradise
Kan
Huston
Williamson
Kansas
Red Crescent Delivers Aid to French Refugees in Turkey
Turkish Red Crescent quickly replies to International Red Cross plea for aid to millions of French refugees near starvation. Fifty truckloads of supplies dispatched to Istanbul region to alleviate worsening relief needs.
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Turkish Red Crescent
Istanbul
Turkey
The
Red Crescent
Turkish Red Cross
International Red Cross
Italians Reach Midpoint in Somaliland Drive Toward Berbera
Italian motorized infantry and guns pressed toward Britain’s main positions in the hills south of Berbera in Somaliland as heavy air attacks hit Italian supply ports. Aden and Torruk raids hit Italian objectives while both sides reported activity from Hargeisa toward Karrin pass and Berbera threatening the Gulf of Aden.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Berbera
Somaliland
Suez Canal
Karrin Pass
Hargeisa
Gulf of Aden
Aden
Gulf
Royal Air Force
Torruk
Libya
Italy
British Somaliland
Qadweina
Aduiens
County Budget Hearing Set for Monday Morning
The public hearing on the proposed county budget will be held Monday at 10 o'clock in the county commissioners' room. The county plans a tax levy of 6.885 mills for the coming year.
Tow Crewless Greek Freighter Reaches Aviles Port
A crewless 8,000-ton Greek freighter Basilio Deustonis was towed into Aviles harbor in Spain by fishing boats after drifting 40 miles off the Bay of Biscay shore. The ship laden with grain was located and moved to safety.
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Port
Opposed Senate Leaders Clash Over Draft Compromise
Senator Barkley says conscription cannot be linked with voluntary enlistments in Maloney plan and predicts strong opposition to final passage. Nye supports peacetime voluntary enlistments but backs readiness for a possible draft. Debate resumes Monday on Burke-Wadsworth bill as compromise talks continue.
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Bill Speawats
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Maloney
Dconn
Barkley
Nye
R.-N.d
Senate
British Raids Hit Guernsey Airfield and German Factories
London reports British bombers conducted day and night raids on the Guernsey airdrome causing fires and damage. They also struck munitions plants at Cologne Ludwigshafen and hit a German base near Brest, with fires, damaged hangars, and oil tanks, while a Brit pilot claimed a direct hit on a transport.
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London
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Air Ministry
Germany
Brest
France
Flushing
Netherlands
Island
Wich
LaPoulmie
Japanese demand control of Shanghai defense zone
The Tokyo press urges transferring the British defense sector in Shanghai to Japanese control citing the actual situation after British troop withdrawals. Japan extends a blockade along the Fukien coast from August 15 and reports troop concentrations near the French Indo China border raise Chinese concern. authorities say monsoon rains and heat will hinder large operations before late September.
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Shanghai
Tairuku Shimpo
China
Fukien
Indo-China
Japan
Lead change in election for county clerk race
Coffeyville Kansas August 10 Pi If absentee votes counted Tuesday fail to change the result again T Fred Archer Grenda will be Republican candidate for county clerk of Chautauqua county Unofficial results from Tuesday's balloting gave Coburn Jones Cedar Vale a ten vote lead But the officials count put Archer ahead twelve votes There are about one hundred absentee ballots outstanding.
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Coffeyville
Kan
T. Fred Archer
Grenda
Chautauqua County
Coburn Jones
Cedar Vale
Archer
Two Die In Explosion At Bakersfield Waste Incinerator
An explosion wrecked a Mohawk oil company waste incinerator west of Bakersfield last night. Lynn S. Graves aged 33 and Charles V. Coulson aged 36 died several hours later. E. L. Rogers 43, the company superintendent, suffered severe burns and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Oil Company
Mohawk
Lynn S. Graves
Charles V. Coulson
E. L. Rogers
Rehearsal at Gibraltar Foreshadows Air Attacks
At Gibraltar La Linea Spain on August 10 anti aircraft batteries and newly arrived airplanes conducted a rehearsal for anticipated air attacks. Shell bursts were initially mistaken for an air raid from the Spanish coast.
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Gibraltar la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Stabbing tragedy rocks Auburn as WPA worker husband dies
Mrs. Jessie Whitlow McIntyre, 30, is held under guard at Auburn hospital after the fatal stabbing of her 26 year old WPA worker husband Ival during a quarrel in their trailer home in Auburn Nebraska.
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Auburn
Neb
CPI
Jessie Whitlow McIntyre
WPA
Ival
Mail subscription described as daily long letter from home
A description promotes a Jour nal-World subscription as a daily long letter from home for readers away this summer. Phone 22.
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The
Journal-World
U. S. to open listening posts in Dakar and St Pierre Miquelon
The State Department said diplomatic listening posts would be established at Dakar in French West Africa and at St Pierre Miquelon off Canada's coast. The Dakar consulate, closed in 1931, will be reopened, as will the St Pierre Miquelon consulate.
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U. S
Dakar
Canadian
Washington
State Department
French West Africa
Africa
South America
St. Pierre- Miquelon
Canada
American Foreign Service
France
Newfoundland
Army Still Walks With the 35th Division in Minnesota
Soldiers of the 35th division march five miles each morning and again in the afternoon near Camp Minnesota with lieutenants joining. General Truman and staff heard the Emporial guard band play at headquarters while officers and men endured blisters and jokes about German tactics. Health remains good as Richard Olmstead rests at the post office and Delbert Richardson arrives to take duties, relieving Elliott Moseley.
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Minnesota
Lawrence
Schiller Shore
France
Accimiental
Emporial National Guard
Ralph FE. Truman
Harry Frazee
Richard Olmstead
Delbert Richardson
M Company
Elliott Moseley
German pilot recalls balloon barrage attack over British convoy
Berlin reports Nazi aviator Hans Theodor Wagner described the first air strike on the British balloon barrage. He said six balloons crashed in blue and red flames near Dover at 2000 meters while German Heinkel bombers and machine guns attacked envelopes and forced flames to rise.
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London
Britain
High Command
English Channel
Berlin
Hans Theodor Wagner
Dover
Japanese Attack South of Swatow
Japanese warships struck Hai men 12 miles south of Swatow on the South China coast and landed troops to assault the Chinese garrison, the German radio reported in a Tokyo dispatch.
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Swatow
Berlin
APA
Haimen
South China
Tokyo
Officer Cleared by City Council
The city council voted 7 to 4 to exonerate Officer Floyd Hunter of all charges in a complaint by Chief Jude Anderson accusing neglect of duty. Hunter is expected to resume patrol tonight, with evidence presented on three of seven charges and testimony from Hunter, Anderson, and several officers.
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Floyd Hunter
Jude Anderson
Hunter
Anderson
F. A. Russell
Ralph Pine
Altho
Winston Smith
Henry Smith
Massachusettstreet
William Hayter
John Ingalls
Woodrow Garrett
Repair Mausoleum Roof and Old City Hall Bids Sought
City council authorized park committee to arrange repairs on the mausoleum roof at Oak Hill cemetery with an estimated cost of about 160 dollars. A bid call for repainting the old city hall roof was also directed. The next city meeting is set for August 26.
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Oak Hill Cemetery
R. O. Barrett
Old City Hall
Canning Kitchen Seeks Mason Jars for Volunteers
The Social Service league canning kitchen in Woodlawn school basement North Lawrence needs Mason jars and two piece lid jars after eight thousand jars and cans of vegetables and fruit were processed by marginal families. Donations or calls to 2884 will arrange jar pickup and delivery. the public is invited to visit the kitchen.
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Social Service League
Canning Kitchen
Woodlawn School
North Lawrence
Photographer to Shoot Kansas Univ Ads for Coffee Series
FE L Robbins of New York agency came to arrange with Earl D Hay at Kansas University for a national coffee ad campaign. The CAA reportedly recommended KU as the subject. A photographer will visit to shoot at the airport on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday for appearances in Saturday Evening Post Collier s McCall s and other magazines.
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K. Us
Chase and Sanborn
FE. L. Robbins
New York
Earl D. Hay
K. U
Hay
Robbins
CAA
Kansas School
Saturday Evening Post
Colliers
McCalls
Roosevelt inspects Boston Navy Yard during New England tour
President Roosevelt, commander in chief, arrival on Potomac follows Portsmouth visit. At Boston Navy Yard eight destroyers launched in a year and $8 million spent on shop extensions and equipment in three years. Tar rant greets the President at the base dating to 1799 with two docks funded by Congress.
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Boston
UPI
Roosevelt
Boston Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
New England
William T. Tarrant
Nomination Stays Debated After Primary Audit
The county board found only minor errors in yesterday’s primary returns and confirmed A W Berger as the state representative nominee in the twelfth district by write in. Berger had 78 votes, seven short of the needed total, unchanged after canvass. State ballots totaling 265 await counting 10 days post primary while absentee ballots from inside yet outside the county will be tallied at the next county meeting.
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Althe
Board of County Commissioners
A. W. Berger
Fifth Ward
Berger
Hie
T. R. Gerhart
Western Tourney Opens With Winners From Four Teams
Great Bend Kansas August 10 Teams from Hays Wichita Geneseo and Ellinwood won opening games in the West Kansas softball tournament Remaining first round games were set for today with the tourney to close tomorrow The winner meets the East Kansas champion for state title Geneseo defeated Tescott 9 to 3 Wichita Stearmans beat Claflin 4 to 3 Hanscold Stanolinds defeated Ellis Y M C 6 to 0 and Hays Coca Cola defeated Hutchinson Bordens 9 to 6
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Great Bend
Kan
Hays
Wichita
Geneseo
Ellinwood
West Kansas
East Kansas
Genese
Tescott
Wichita Stearmans
Claflin
Hanscold Stanolinds
Ellis Y. M. C
Hays Coca-Cola
Hutchinson Bordens
New Army Scout Car Tested In Southwest Washington
The army introduces an armored scout car built after German designs. It weighs six tons, reaches 50 mph, armor 3/16 inch, armed with two 30 caliber and one 50 caliber guns plus a sub gun, eight crew, two way radio, four wheel drive, and tools for obstacle clearing. It aims to scout and harass the enemy ahead of infantry and artillery.
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Yelm
Wash
Hitler
Poland
Washington
Germany
Stock Market Index Edges Down on Trading Day
The stock market index covering 60 stocks sits at 43 after yesterday's 42.8 close, indicating a slight retreat in overall market breadth. Investors monitor sector leaders and regional activity as trading wraps.
Excess Profits Tax Bill Aims to Speed Defense Production
House tax leaders plan quick passage of the excess profits tax to clear bottlenecks delaying defense manufacture. Doughton cites weak opposition as hearings proceed with Treasury experts. projected yield 300 million first year, 500 million annually thereafter. War officials warn tax uncertainty slows plant expansion and shipbuilding amortization.
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Washington
Doughton
D.-N.c
Ways and “Means
Senate Finance
Stimson
Abundant feed assured by rains this fall
Rains this week boost livestock feed across the county. Corn crops may be limited by prior damage, but sorghum and alfalfa benefit, with good hay yields expected. Peas, beans, and beets show promise, pumpkins near harvest, while tomatoes suffered harvest losses and fruit ripens slowly. Moisture aids wheat and fall pastures. ponds fill, easing stock water. Some gardens may be planted for fall kitchens.
Weather forecast: heat returns after brief cool spell
Topeka reports a slight rain shower spread across eastern Kansas with readings as high as 95 degrees expected the next day. Meteorologist D Flora warned of a warm spell returning mid to late next week after cooler conditions and dry skies followed a weekend with lows around 65 to 70 and modest rainfall totals across several towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Horton
Kansas City
Lebo
Garnett
Eureka
Chanute
Independence
Fort Scott
Columbus
Anthony
Dresden
Quinter
Flora
Goodland
Ellis
Geneseo
Tribune
Riggs Tops Prusoff. Reaches Eastern Grass Final
National champion Bobby Riggs defeated Hank Prusoff 6-2 6-2 6-1 on the eastern grass courts to advance to the title match. Riggs did not drop a service as he earned his third win in three meetings with Prusoff and will face Don McNeill of Oklahoma in the final.
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Riggs
Prusoff Rye
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
Hank Prusoff
Seattle
Prusoff
Don McNeill
Oklahoma
Weather outlook for Kansas and surrounding states
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in western and southern Kansas tonight. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer readings in the eastern part while the western areas cool in the afternoon. Week outlook shows little precipitation for Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma with temperatures near normal early and late week. Gas Office readings show 24 hour high 79 and low 68, year ago 89 and 68.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
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