Big cost hike predicted by Henderson
Washington August 5 The head of the Office of Price Administration Leon Henderson told the House banking committee the nation faces the strongest rise in the cost of living even if the price control bill becomes law immediately. He warned of an inflationary risk despite new powers and noted the price structure nears 1929 levels and 1919 peaks as Congress weighs ceilings on most commodities and defense rents. Republican members discussed a possible substitute bill.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Congress
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Germans Drive 70 Mile Salient Toward Moscow and Leningrad
German panzer forces push 70 miles into the Soviet defense between Moscow and Leningrad while Pravda and Berlin report two vast battles of annihilation. Soviet units struggle to break out near Smolensk as encirclement advances. In the Far East, US ships reach Brisbane while British Indian forces and RAF entries reach Singapore and a massed Chinese army gathers on the Burma border.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leningrad
Berlin
Communist Party
Pravda
Hitler
Red Army
Kiev
Ukraine
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
Far East
Brisbane
Australia
Navy Department
Washington
United States
Northampton
Salt Lake City
South Pacific Ocean
Singapore
Saigon
Indo-China
Burma
House Approves Large Defense Tax Bill With Changes
The House passed a $3.206 billion defense tax bill by 369 to 30, stripping the joint return provision after Roosevelt's opposition. The measure would provide a large cut in the national income tax, but lawmakers warned further tax increases may be needed unless revenue is raised. The bill heads to the Senate for possible major revisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Ways and Means Committee
Capitol
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Germans hunt Gaullist agent in Caen amid Bastille Day wreath incident
Caen police seek a man described as a top de Gaullist agent after he wreaths a war memorial on Bastille Day and evades capture. A Caen police chief dies after being shot during a car stop. Paris Soir cites an Englishman named Jean Hopper with ties to a family in a concentration camp.
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Vichy
France
de Gaullist
Caen
Normandy
Paris
Paris Soir
Jean
Jean Hopper
Monroe Housing Projects Move Forward After Funding Granted
Monroe's half million dollar housing program advances as the local housing authority signs loan and government contributions. Joseph S. Guerriero and Ira Cagle will file papers in Fort Worth to clear final approvals. Roosevelt authorized the units and construction should begin within two months. The white project on Jackson Street will have 80 units on 10 acres. the Texas Avenue site will house 76 black units at about 300000.
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Monroe
Joseph S. Guerriero
Guerriero
Ira Cagle
Monroe Authority
Fort Worth
Tex
Roosevelt
J. W. Smith
Jackson Street
Fair Officials to Meet Tonight Over Fair Dates
Officers and directors of the Ouachita Valley Fair association will meet in the office of President C C Bell at 7:30 p m Tuesday to decide whether to hold the fair this year and set new dates if needed. Grounds are needed for army maneuvers, possibly delaying the event to a later week in October.
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Ouachita Valley Fair Association
C. C. Bell
Colombia acts to curb totalitarian indoctrination in army
Colombia announces a crackdown after detaining 40 to 200 people and seizing documents in an anti subversive probe linked to Nazi influence in the armed forces. War Minister Castro Martinez says the situation is controlled with no active soldiers detained and a Congress briefing held in secrecy.
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Bogota
Colombia
Castro Martinez
Legation
Congress
Eduardo Santos
Naziem
Panama
Panama Canal
National Senate
Hugo Fernandez Artucio
University of Montevideo
Uruguay
Artucio
Washington
Warning Issued On Bombing Ranges In Kisatchie Forest
Colonel Charles T. Phillips of Barksdale Field warns the public to avoid two bombing ranges in Kisatchie National Forest now used by Barksdale bombers. Locations cover parts of Natchitoches and Winn parishes near Goldonna Calvin Winnfield Gum Springs. Practice bombs carry only black powder and cause damage only on direct hit.
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Shreveport
Kisatchie National Forest
Charles T. Phillips
Barksdale Field
Barksdale
Goldonna
Township 13
Natchitoches Parish
Calvin
Winnfield
Gum Springs
U. S. 84
Township 11
Winn Parish
Army Quartermaster Group Arrives in Monroe for Maneuvers
About 200 soldiers from company M, 128th quartermaster regiment, Second Army, camp at Bernstein park until October 15. The unit oversees feeding roughly 200000 Second Army troops during late month maneuvers, with Monroe as a supply base. A warehouse at Walnut and Olive streets is rented for food and clothing, plus ten more storerooms nearby. The Ouachita Valley Fair grounds are leased for motorized units, with $1.5 million in government gear stored at the donots. Payroll exceeds $6000 daily. funding will come via public subscription this week.
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128Th Quartermaster Regiment
Second Army
Bernstein Park
Quartermaster Corps
Walnut and
Olive Streets
Army
Warren
Ouachita Valley Fair Association
West Monroe
Donots
Fair Association
W. A. Cunningham
Fourth Corps
Camp Beauregard
R. B. Wilson
George Pipes
John Birdsong
C. C. Bell
Association
G. E. Tyner
Fair Heard
Joe Ford
H. H. Benoit
George Holland
Chamber
Iml Safety Record Highlights Year to Date
IML safety report shows accidents to date this year at 334 compared with 2s last year. Personal injuries number 42 this year versus 47 last year. Deaths stand at 4 this year, equal to last year.
World War II Tensions Rise as Ships Move and Battles Loom
The World Today reports U S warships reach Australia for a training cruise as Far East tensions mount. Germans push a 70 mile thrust between Moscow and Leningrad while Berlin claims vast battles. Hitler’s command notes a widening break through east of Smolensk. The United States pledges aid to the Soviet Union and weighs using American ships via Vladivostok despite Japan’s hints of opposition.
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Associated Press
United States
Australia
Far East
Navy Department
Northampton
Salt Lake City
South Pacific
Bangkok
Japan
Thailand
London
Russia
Manchukuo
Moscow
Leningrad
Berlin
Hitler
Smolensk
Soviet Russia
Vladivostok
German Pressure Moves on Vichy Deepens Global Tensions
London reports authoritative circles say Germany has intensified pressure on the Vichy government though exact demands remain unknown. Vichy defends its Indo China policy amid British and American discourse on Axis encirclement and Syria.
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London
Four Gunmen Rob Bank Workers for 76000 in Stroudsburg
Four gunmen wearing dark glasses held up two First National Bank employees in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania at 9 am sending the money to the federal reserve. They escaped in a black sedan with a bag of 76000 dollars in mixed bills and fled into New Jersey across the Delaware River bridge. Police noted the car had two license plates and was possibly stolen in Easton. The money was insured and the men were unmasked but wore straw hats.
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Stroudsburg
First National Bank
Ralph Rheinfels
Lewis Heiney
Federal Reserve Bank
Philadelphia
Heiney
Delaware River
New Jersey
Easton
A. J. Barry
Barry
Rheinfels
Pennsylvania
Soldiers Head for Louisiana Maneuver Readiness
Dusty columns of Texas troops push toward East Texas and Western Louisiana where 500000 men will rehearse under warlike conditions. About 8000 from Camp Bowie march 12 miles to a new bivouac near Fairfield as part of toughening drills ahead of September maneuvers. Second division with roughly 7000 troops left Fort Sam Houston at 5 am in trucks and scout cars.
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Associated Press
Texas
East
Louisiana
Camp Bowie
Fairfield
Fort Sam Houston
Man-Eating Trout Story Wins Prize
In Livingston Maine John Gould of Yarmouth won the Liars' club prize at the Livingston Trout Derby for a tall tale about a man-eating trout in Royall's river Maine. The story notes Gould plans to use the prize fly rod though he jokes about using a baseball bat on blueberry pickers.
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Livingston, Mont
Royall’s
Maine
Massachusetts
John Gould
Yarmouth
Liars’ Club
Gould
Boat Built To Make Dodo Of Hitler Floats In Kansas City
A 22 ton cigar shaped craft named the Squid floated on the Blue River in Kansas City after two dozen witnesses watched its launch. Designer A J Haskins plans two 250 horsepower diesels to drive the vessel via water pumps, promising 50 knot speeds for potential blockade running and signaling desire to impress the federal government and England.
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Kansas City
A. J. Haskins
San Francisco
England
Hitler
Chamber of Commerce
Ruby Spiker
Blue River
Mrs. Spiker
All Japanese Vessels Leave U S Harbors
All Japanese ships had departed United States Pacific coast ports with reports from Tokyo that no Rising Sun flag vessels would appear in American ports for some time. The last ship, Heian Maru, sailed from Seattle after unloading silk valued at 1 million dollars. Tatuta Maru left San Francisco with 2.5 million dollars in silk.
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San Francisco
United States Pacific Coast
Tokyo
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Seattle
N. Y. K. Line
Japan
Food prices still mounting in 18 city survey
A bureau of labor check shows July 14 to 29 retail prices rising in meats canned vegetables navy beans and oranges. Pork chops up about 5 percent chuck roast 3 percent round steak 3 percent, butter down about 3 percent. Cleveland led with 3.6 percent and Boston followed at 3.1 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Cleveland
Boston
French saboteurs cut lines at Lyon junction
French authorities report saboteurs cut railway telephone and signal lines overnight at Lyon, a major French railway hub. Police seek suspects who also severed telephone lines near two Lyon freight stations several days ago.
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Vichy
France
Lyon
United States Moves Cruiser Fleet as Russia Aid Declared
The navy said two heavy cruisers arrived at Brisbane Australia on a training cruise amid new plans to supply all feasible economic aid to Soviet Russia. A larger squadron had visited Australia and New Zealand in March, with Japan tightening Pacific naval forces over Sino Japanese tensions.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Pacific
Brisbane
Australia
New Zealand
South Pacific
Britain
Japan
Indo- China
Thailand
Russia
Kunio Akiyama
China
Shanghai
Manchuk
Vladisvostok
State Department
Hosiery Tests Seek Cotton Substitutes for Silk
In Beltsville Maryland a three year government sponsored hosiery project aims to replace silk with cotton. The Agriculture Department reports 150 cotton based hosiery styles from cobweb mesh to service weights. Director David H Young notes the goal is usable durable cotton products rather than direct silk substitutes.
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Beltsville
Congress
Pew
Japan
Department of Agriculture
David H. Young
105-Year-Old Doctor Killed by Auto in California
In Oakland, 105 year old Dr S J Von Hirsch was fatally struck by a car while walking with a cane. A retired physician who finished medical study in the early 1900s, he also led the New York Metropolitan Orchestra and gave a recital on his 104th birthday. He attributed longevity to walking and daily routines.
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Oakland
Calif
S. J. von Hirsch
von Hirsch
New York
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