Taft urges voluntary training plan to build 1.5 million force
In Washington Taft proposes a permanent voluntary military training system as an alternative to conscription. He envisions a 1,500,000 man reservoir through a separate army training corps with age limits 18 to 34 and a year of active service, plus higher pay.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
United States
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House, Military
National Guard
Sheppard
D-Tex
Burke-Wadsworth
Norris
Ind.Neb
Burke
D-Neb
Chamber official urges caution on excess profits tax
Ellsworth V. Alvord of the U S Chamber of Commerce told a joint Senate house tax hearing there is no need for extravagant haste in enacting an excess profits tax He urged immediate action on defense plant amortization separate from the tax plan and warned companies cannot know tax liabilities in advance of defense contracts
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Ellsworth V
Henry B. Fernald
Montclair
N. J
Executive Tax Committee
American Mining Congress
Alvord
Stimson
Defense
William S. Knudsen
Chamber
Rail workers thwart German pilot in downed plane
In southeast England a German pilot was helped from a crashed aircraft by railwaymen who then used a novel tactic to stop his escape. They removed his shoes and socks, leaving him barefoot as he remained immobile.
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London
England
SINGING STAR crossword puzzle clues and answers
A large list of across and down crossword clues with numbered entries and some indicated answers such as SINGING STAR and TAM. The grid appears themed around actors, metals, fabrics, and basic objects, with clues for both horizontal and vertical entries and final answers referencing various common words and proper nouns.
British Withdraw All Troops From China
Peiping Aug 13 British forces completed withdrawal of all troops from China for the first time in over four decades. Two officers and 30 men of the East Surrey regiment left the British embassy guard barracks and boarded trains for Tientsin to join other units departing.
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Peiping
China
East Surrey Regiment
Tientsin
Britain
Woodring's Son Injured In Porch Fall
Cooper Woodring aged 83, son of former secretary of war Harry H Woodring, was reported on the road to recovery after a brain concussion from a porch fall at his Topeka home.
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Woodring
Topeka
Cooper Woodring
Harry H. Woodring
Roosevelt reports progress in defense program during New England tour
President Roosevelt, returning to the White House, said the national defense program is making progress after touring defense projects from Maine to New London Connecticut. He noted faster conversion of dollars into ships guns and submarines and expansion of recruit training facilities.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New England
Maine
New London
Conn
First Army
New York
Vermont
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Kittery
Boston Navy Yard
Watertown
Mass
Army Arsenal
Massachusetts
Naval War College and Training Station
Newport
R. I
Navy
Quonset Point
Potomac
Obituary of Janie M. Smith Born 1866 in Lewisville Ind
Janie M. Smith daughter of Josiah and Ruth Cobb was born near Lewisville Indiana on March 4 1866 and died July 30 1940 at age 74 years 4 months 26 days. She married Willis L. Smith and they lived in Indiana until the birth of two sons and one daughter.
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Janie M. Smith
Janie M
Josiah and
Ruth Cobb
Lewisville
Ind
Willis L. Smith
Indiana
Lawrence Woman Dies After Long Illness and Family Moves
Mrs. Smith dies at her daughter’s home in Lawrence after a life spent on Kansas farms from Kiowa county to near Lawrenc e. She was a Birthright Quaker and attended Friends Church. Survived by husband five sons and two daughters etc.
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Ter
Ruth Titterington
Connecticut Street
Smith
Friend's
Lawrence
Blanche
Kiowa County
Everette
Ottawa
Horace
Orville
Elgar
Otis
Chester
Mellouth
Agnes Mohler
Overbrook
Harvey Cook
Kansas City
Kan
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Tam
Spain
Elliott Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Mr. Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wm. Powell
Myrna Loy
Booth Tarkington
Little
Orvie
Patee
Hawthorne
Zanzibar
Tautog
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Thresher
Boat Company
Hubert Lewis
Michigan Street
Merica
THE
Kansas Electric Power CO
Kansas
Chanute
East Lawrence
Florida Street
Mr. Chip
Rebecca
Mary Boland O'Sullivan
Laurence "Arson Olivier
Edna May Oliver
Maureen Ann Rutherford
Fredainescort
George Olsen
Sportlight
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Merle Oberon
Rex Harrison
Johnny Downs
Peggy Moran
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