Connally urges 50 to 60 percent excess profits tax plan
Sen Tom Connally proposes a high personal excess profits levy to fund wartime revenue. He cites brokers and holders of government contracts as major targets while arguing the tax would be anti inflationary, with a small bottom exemption and deductions for taxes paid.
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United Prose
Washington
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Finance Committee
Connally
American Federation of Labor
Gandhi Rivalry Deepens After Desai's Death
The Gandhi movement faces a new setback as Mahadev Desai dies in confinement with Gandhi at the Aga Khan palace near Poona. Government hesitation over negotiations with Gandhi grows amid ongoing unrest. police fire in Calcutta, Gorakhpur, and Dacca leaves several dead and many wounded as demonstrations flare across the country.
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Gandhi
Mahadev Desai
Gandi
Desai
Aga Khan
Poona
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Gorakhpur
Dacca
Allred and O Daniel Hear 51 Speeches This Week in Texas
Voters in Texas will hear 51 speeches by James V. Allred and W Lee O Daniel this week both on the air and on the stump. The race for the junior U S Senate seat is active with final rallies and last minute campaigning as Lt Governor candidates Smith Beck and railroad commission contenders Brooks Jester also seek votes before Saturday elections.
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Allred
Hillsboro
Senate
Farmer
J. H. Ridlehuber
O’daniel
W. Lee O'Daniel
Ridlehuber
Texas
O'Daniel
Associated Preas
James V. Allred
Pells
John Lee Smith
Harold Beck
W. Gregory Hatcher
Jesse James
Pierce Brooks
Beauford Jester
Jap Fleet Hit in Kiska Bombardment Report
A Pacific fleet task force bombarded Kiska on August 8. One destroyer remained burning after bombardment. two cargo vessels were damaged and a third sunk near the beach. Seaplane attacks and shore batteries faced no ship damage and minimal losses. Over 3,000 artillery rounds set ashore camps ablaze.
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Kiska
Pacific Fleet
United States
Physicians urged to confer with army officer in Lubbock
Local doctors and dentists of the Lubbock area planning Army medical corps commissions were urged to meet Major Oliver C. Seastrunk of Fort Worth at the Lubbock hotel from noon to 5 p.m. He aims to clear up commissioning questions and explain armed forces needs. the local board has set 37 and under eligibility and several have already received commissions.
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Lubbock
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Oliver C. Seastrunk
Fort Worth
Texas Medical Officer Recruiting Board
Lubbock Hotel
Seastrunks
J. T. Hutchinson
Lubbock County
Seastrunk
Hutchinson
Dental Society
Whiteface Schools Set to Open for 1942-43 Term
Whiteface schools will open Monday for the 1942-43 term with six new teachers and three added credits band music and public speaking Supt P S Smith said there will be a fall intermission for cotton picking New faculty include A K Krouse W E Fry Mrs Lorena Smith Mrs Bob Marshall Clearance Stephens and a manual training instructor will be named soon Additional staff cover English coach science and history commercial subjects and several grade teachers.
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Burnet
Lorena Smith
Denton
Bob Marshall
Morton
Clearance Stephens
Charles Coffman
G. L. Detriche
E. W. Jackson
P. ©. Smith
Bystander Stops Runaway Bakery Wagon Horse
In Tulsa on August 15 a horse pulling a bakery wagon bolted along Main Street ignoring traffic signals. Police pursued but could not catch it until an elderly man shouted whoa and the horse halted.
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Tulsa
Okla
O'Daniel Delivers Fire Against Dallas News In Texas Rally
In Hearne on August 15 Senator W Lee O'Daniel urged re election amid attacks from opponents and press coverage. He criticized the Dallas Morning News for slurring him and claimed a Texas antiwar piece linked him to German sympathizers, denouncing it as character assassination.
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Hearne
Dallas Morning News
James Stephen Hogg
O'Daniel
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
O’daniel
Hitler
Russians Repel Nazis as Hungarians Defect Near Don
Soviet communique reports heavy fighting on the Voronezh front with German attacks repulsed and hundreds of German casualties. A Hungarian troop switch to the Red Army is noted along the Don as the Caucasus fight continues, while a flank break threatens Astrakhan and Stalingrad on the Volga.
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Don
Red Army
Caucasus
Cherkessk
Mineralnye Vody
Krasnodar
Maikop
Kuban
Mineralyne Vody
Moscow
Leningrad
Kotelnikovski
Astrakhan
Stalingrad
Volga
Caspian
Persian Gulf
Baku
Russia
Attorney George W. Polk Dies in Fort Worth
Funeral services for George W. Polk a 54 year old Fort Worth attorney and member of a pioneer cattle family will be held at 10 a m Monday in Fort Worth He died of a heart attack in a local hospital Saturday Polk was the son of Capt and Mrs J H Polk early Fort Worth cattle family and a native of the city
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Fort Worth
George W. Polk
J. H. Polk
New Draft Rule Changes Speed Navy Enlistments
Selective service and Navy officials in Lubbock announced enhanced enlistment rules expected to quicken Navy recruitment. Deferments for commissions or enlistments will end August 20, and Navy counts from volunteers will fill local draft quotas. A new V-7 to V-1 transfer rule limits officer training applications to college program paths. Eight men were transferred to Dallas to complete enlistment after acceptance at Lubbock.
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Selective Service
Navy Department
Navy
Lubbock
Army
Marine Corps
Lubbock Navy
Selective Service System
J. E. Calloway
Lubbock Station
Texas Technological College
Dallas
Navy Construction Regiment
James
Local Arts Display Opens Window in Levelland
Pastels and oils by Mrs. R. V. Looney of Levelland are shown in Sansom Paint and Paper window at 1219 Avenue K through Wednesday. The Marine Corps recruiting station in the federal building stays open 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays for enlistment information.
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R. V. Looney
Levelland
Sansom Paint and Paper Company
Avenue K
Buffalo
Hobbs
N. M
Signal Peak
New Mexico
Florida
W. D. Giraud
U. S. Marine Corps
Federal Building
Death of Maj Gen Lord Loch, British home guard leader
Maj Gen Lord Loch aged 69, famed for service with Kitchener at Khartoum and a pioneer leader of Britain's home guard, died Friday in a London hospital as disclosed today.
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London
Lord Loch
Kitchener
Khartoum
Britain
Home Guard
Naval Aviation ground school candidates named by officials
Listing of candidates for Naval Aviation ground school includes Everett Neal Carter and Jerrell Kenneth Davis as enlistees from Lovington New Mexico and several others from Arizona Texas New Mexico and New Mexico communities.
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Robert MecCasland
Douglas, Ariz
Ambrose B. Yarbrough
O'Donnell
Leonard Huel Nolley
Seminole
Charlie Brock Mixon
Avenue E. Lubbock
William P. Johnson
Levelland
Wallace Solon Shahan
Eunice
N. M
Lovington
N.M
Naval Aviation Ground School
Everett Neal Carter
Jerrell Kenneth Davis
Dutch Harbor Location on Amaknak Island
The town of Dutch Harbor sits on Amaknak Island near Unalaska Island and within Unalaska Bay, Alaska.
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Dutch Harbor
Amaknak Island
Unalaska Island
Unalaska Bay
Army Officer Shot in Douglas. Fra ncey Charged
Capt. D. D. Carr 27 attached to Fort Huachuca was fatally shot at the home of Lieut. Col. E. G. Herlihy. Miss Margaret Herlihy, the colonel’s daughter and Carr’s fiancee, was jailed on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The shooting occurred around 1 am in the Herlihy residence with Mrs. Herlihy present. Three bullets were fired. Carr died at Douglas hospital later.
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Carr
Douglas Hospital
Percy Bowden
Herlihy
Wellmaker Rites To Be Held Monday
Funeral services for H. L. Welmaker age 63 of Lubbock will be held Monday at 3 p m in St John s Methodist Church with Rev D L McCree officiating. Mrs Welmaker was visiting in Moundsville West Virginia at his death. Survivors include a daughter Miss Josephine Welmaker and a brother John Welmaker plus a sister Mrs Lou Farrar. Active pallbearers are H L Allen M N Hale G H Nelson W L Bradshaw M H Duncan and Talmadge DeWitt. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home direction.
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H. L. Welmaker
Lubbock
St. John's Methodist Church
D. L. McCree
Welmaker
Moundsville
W. Va
Josephine Welmaker
Washington, D. C
John Welmaker
Van
Tex
Lou Farrar
Edgewood
H. L. Allen
M. N. Hale
G. H. Nelson
W. L. Bradshaw
M. H. Duncan
Talmadge DeWitt
Memorial Park Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
Funeral Rites Set For Lt Hatton W Sumners At Itasca
Funeral services are planned for 2 30 p m tomorrow in Itasca for Second Lieutenant Hatton W Sumners 24 killed when an Army interceptor plane crashed into a bay in San Diego California His father W B Sumners of Itasca and he is a nephew of Representative Hatton W Sumners.
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Itasca
Hatton W. Sumners
San Diego
Calif
W. B. Sumners
Dallas teenager dies in Colorado car crash
Katheryn Louise Carhart 15 of Dallas Texas died from injuries in an automobile collision in Alamosa Colorado. The crash also killed two other persons and left Carhart’s 10 year old sister Lor in critical condition with injuries.
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Alamosa
Colo
Katheryn Louise Carhart
Dallas
Tex
Miss Carhart
Lor
Marines Seize Bases In Solomons Amid Nervy Reports
British and Australian observers weigh U S action in Guadalcanal and nearby islands as Marines consolidate shore positions and reportedly overrun an airfield. Reports mention Gavutu and Makanbo near Tulagi and a possible Japanese airstrip capture.
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U. S
Francis M. Forde
Australia
Solomons
U. S. Navy Department
London Naval
Yorkshire Post
Guadalcanal
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Washington
Makanbo
Gavutu
Tulagi
Reuters
Solomon Islands
Death Claims J H Levy Saturday
J H Levy 86 of 1708 Avenue D former cemetery sexton for 13 years died Saturday afternoon at 2 05 oclock after a paralysis stroke Thursday He had lived in Lubbock since 1909 Funeral services were pending with Sanders Funeral Home Survivors include four sons Lubbock Houston Farwell California and five daughters Lubbock Amherst Borger Portland Ore Abernathy and 47 grandchildren
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J. H. Levy
Avenue D
Lubbock
Levy
Sanders Funeral Home
C. J
L. O
Houston
T. E
Farwell
W. M. Downy
Calif
T. L. Morris
Henry Hilton
Amherst
A. C. Robertson
Borger
Earl Day
Portland
Ore
G. G. Gilliland
Abernathy
Women Bar Drinking Ban Enforced in Cook County
Austin reports a midnight deadline for a city and county ban on serving liquor to women unless seated at a table away from bars. Fines for tavern owners range from 25 to 200 dollars in the city and 50 to 1,000 dollars in the county with possible jail terms. The article also notes that 70 percent of England's wine imports come from its territories.
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Austin
Cook County
Two Cars Collide Near La Vela Pass Claims Phoenix Driver
E. E. Horseman, 50, of Phoenix died after a collision between two vehicles at the foot of La Vela pass near Alamosa yesterday. The crash also involved a second unidentified motorist.
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Raine
E. E. Horseman
Phoenix
Ariz
la Vela Pass
Alamosa
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