Army Leaders Rebuffed by Senate Appropriations Panel
The Senate appropriations committee rejected a 1.347 billion request to buy special ordnance items as part of a plan to equip a potential 3 million man force. The vote followed opposition from Senator Adams and others who argued equipment should focus on current forces, not a larger expansion, with further debate on extending service for selectees and bonuses.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Adams
Colorado
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
United States
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Army
National Defense
Hitler
Luther A. Johnson
Texas
Representative Short
Missouri
Final action on draft bill expected soon
Unusually close house vote prompts questions of procedure as draft measures may skip conference. Senator Barkley says minor house changes could go to the president, with talks planned in the Senate military affairs committee. The bills authorize extending warning periods and allow discharge in hardship cases if compatible with national interests.
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Berkley
Kentucky
Senate
White House
Barkley
House
Edison Against U S Operation Of Ship Plant
War department reports a surge in strikes at war plants affecting army contract output. About 30 strikes involve 23,400 workers, with key disruptions at Curtiss-Wright in Caldwell New Jersey Mack Truck in Allentown Pennsylvania and Ampco Twist Drill in Jackson Michigan. Factory shutdowns idle 900 at Henry Vogt Louisville and wage disputes rise at Curtiss-Wright.
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War Department
Army
North American Aviation Corporation
Inglewood
Calif
A. F. L. International Association of Machinists
Curtiss-Wright
Caldwell
N. J
C. I. O United Automobile Workers
Allentown
Mack Truck Company
Ampco Twist
Jackson
Mich
Henry Vogt Machine Company
Louisville
C. I. ©.Steel Workers Organizing Committee
A. F. L. Machinists
Propeller Craft
National Labor Relations Board
Robert L. Berle
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Canton
Defense Mediation Board
Carburizing Department
Armour and Company
WPA to Employ 300 Men at Camp Polk for Upkeep
At Camp Polk Louisiana three hundred WPA workers are assigned to erosion control drainage improvements grassing and seeding barren ground and tree planting. Labor is coordinated by Shelly H Lee with the 3rd armored division and will support recreation areas a swimming pool and training activities for Bayou Blitz units.
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Camp Polk
WPA
John A. Smith
3Rd Armored
Shelly H. Lee
Alexandria
T53rd Tank Battalion
Second Armored Division Troops Move Through Monroe
Twelve thousand plus soldiers from Fort Benning’s Second Armored Division rolled through Monroe and West Monroe en route to Mansfield maneuvers. The Eighty Second Reconnaissance Battalion led the advance with armored scout cars and jeeps, while trains and hundreds of vehicles carried tanks field guns and ammo for the large peacetime war games in Louisiana.
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Fort Benning
Second Armored
Twin Cities
McGuire Park Golf Club
West Monroe
Mansfield
Monroe
Ruston
Georgia
United States
Louisiana
America
Second Armored Division
Associated Press
Eighty-Second
Uncle Sam
D. White
Sabine River
British Army Reports Grave Ukraine Status Amid Fighting
The British Army notes grave Ukraine status as fighting around Kholm continues. German actions aim to isolate Leningrad, with defenses described as too strong to breach. In Smolensk, heavy fighting near the Pinsk marshes, potential German push toward Kiev grows.
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Ukraine
Kholm
Estonia
Leningrad
Smolensk
Pinsk
Kiev
Hearst and the Spanish American War Reconsidered
The narrative argues Hearst pushed the US into the Philippines Puerto Rico and a Cuban protectorate, claiming his influence dramatized naval weakness and spurred empire status. It contends Hearst inspired aggressive expansion though war costs and naturalization trends followed, with a critique of exaggeration of Spanish atrocities.
Petain acts to crush foes as Darlan takes defense role
France’s Vichy regime consolidates power with Admiral Jean Darlan named minister of national defense and foreign affairs. Measures suspend political parties, discipline officials, purge secret society ties, cut deputies’ pay, expand police power, and create a public power commission to root out obstacles to reform.
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France
Petain
Jean Darlan
Germany
Darlan
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
National Revoluton
Daladier
Reynaud
National Food Supply Bureau
United States
Income of Farm Families in Louisiana Rises in 1940
Louisiana Farm Security administration data show 1940 net income per FSA family rose to 465 dollars from 356 the year before, with over 16 thousand families on rehabilitation loans. Average family net worth increased 23 percent, and debt adjustments paid local taxes totaling about 120 thousand dollars.
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Louisiana
Farm Security Administration
P. G. Boyd
Parish
FSA
E. C. McInnis
PSA
Mr. Boyd
French Stand Prompts US and British Pressure on France's Colonies
Senators and congressmen urge the republics to seize France's Western Hemisphere colonies while some lawmakers push breaking diplomatic ties with Vichy and recognizing de Gaulle's free French regime. London papers describe Darlan as a Fuehrer figure. Petain is 85. On the war front, German advances threaten Odessa and Leningrad as Soviet forces claim defeats on smaller units amid heavy fighting.
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DNB
East Front
Leningrad
Lake Iman
British War Office
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Estonia
Tallinn
France
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
Lord Beaverbrook
London Daily Express
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Fuehrer
Petain
Hindenburg
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Nazi Foreign Office
Hitler
Europe
Black Sea
Ukraine
Odessa
Ochakov
Bug River
Red Army
Semeon Budyonny
Deaths Mrs Tefas rites in Alexandria funeral home
The funeral of Mrs Kopeha Tefas 40 of Alexandria formerly Monroe was held at Davis Lawhead Funeral home Wednesday afternoon. Interment followed at Riverview Burial Park. She is survived by her husband a brother in Ohio and another brother in Greece.
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Kopeha Tefas
Alexandria
Monroe
Davis-Lawhead
Riverview Burial Park
Ohio
Greece
La Guardia Secures Labor Party Backing For 3rd Term
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia is assured of full backing from the American Labor Party for a third term as New York City mayor. The ALP did not nominate any candidate, signaling united support. The Republican primary features John R. Davies and Brooklyn DA William O Dwyer as contenders amid signature challenges and party splits.
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New York
American Labor Party
F. H. la Guardia
New York City
John R. Davies
National Republican Club
Board of Elections
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
Louis J. Leftkowitz
A. David Benjamin
Republican Law Committees
Kings Counties
Davies
Benjamin
la Guardia
Bayou Blitz Umpires Assigned for Maneuvers
Bayou Blitz officers and 30 drivers are assigned to accompany the 2nd armored division as umpires for maneuvers. They report to Major General George S. Patton at Grand Cane Louisiana. The Bayou Blitz will not participate due to its slow training program in the newest armored division.
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Camp Polk
3Rd Armored
2Nd Armored
George S. Patton
Grand Cane
Mansfield
Uncle Sam
Dog Rescues Master From Rattlesnake in Alabama
In Goodwater Alabama on August 13 W H Padgett shucking corn heard a rattler. A large snake struck at him and a dog leaped between man and venom taking the bite. The dog received quick care and is expected to recover.
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Goodwater
Ala
W. H. Padgett
Padgett
Births announced in Grayson and nearby areas
Mr and Mrs Laurie Fore announce the birth of a daughter Ouida Faye on August 6 with maternal grandmother Mrs Hicks of Columbia and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs A D Fore of Grayson Also Lt and Mrs Ivy B Sorrells announce a son Tim Leroy IV born August 8 with maternal grandfather Mr W E Shell and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs T L Sorrells of Grayson Mr and Mrs K Knight Grayson report the arrival of a son at Riverside Sanitarium at 10 15 p m Tuesday
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Kelly
T. L. Sorrells
Grayson
K. Knight
Riverside Sanitarium
Dollar Day 10 in Twin Cities list of participating stores
Friday sale in Twin Cities promises bargains totaling hundreds of dollars across many merchants. Items include shoes from Family Shoe Store and Dress Shop outfits, office supplies, clothing pieces, jewelry, home goods, and appliances from Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, and many others.
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Twin Cities
Family Shoe Store
Standard Office Supply Company
Brook Mays and Company
J. C. Penney Company
Silverstein's
Elias and Son
Field’s
Bunn Music Company
Grayson's
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Dixie Dress
W. T. Grant
Ford Levi
R. and A. Jewelry Company
E. Jack Selig
Woolworth Company
Lamp Home
Montgomery Ward and Company
Guarantee Shoe
Morgan and Lindsey
Woman's Shop
Durrett Hardware and Furniture Company
the Palace
Nellie Don
D. Masur and Sons
Fink the Tailor
United Electric Service
Carlson- Stromberg
Monroe Furniture Company
Peacock's
Paul Sargent
Hunt and Whitaker
Holloway and Thompson
Liggett’s
Sig Haas and Sons
Rembrandt Studios
Gay Clothing Company
Johnnie Smith Elbert
Charm Box
Relief funds feared tied up by state finance shifts
In a petition attorney Close warned that under a state reorganization plan many agencies lost direct control of their finances causing cash shortages. He said welfare sick benefits pensions and payrolls could be suspended and even inmate food and medicine purchases would halt without treasury funding. Judge Womack ruled the treasury auditor had no mandamus duty to supply extra funds.
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Close
Finance Department
State Penitentiary
Southwest Louisiana Charity Hospital
Treasury
Womack
Garden club trial opens with courtroom disruption in Natchez
In Natchez Mississippi on August 13 the garden club civil suit opened before Chancellor Cutter. Spectators laughed and applauded during testimony as two rival clubs seek damages over overlapping spring 1941 pilgrimage dates. Negotiations include $10 000 sought by the Natchez Garden club and $4 000 by the Pilgrimage Garden club plus related business losses and attorney fees.
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Natchez
Miss
Garden Club
R. W. Cutter
Joseph Dixon
Cutter
Dixon
Pilgrimage Garden Club
Natchez Garden Club
Natchez Club
Pilgrimage Club
R. P
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