Legislature to be polled on borrowing
The Senate debated a $540 000 appropriation for the finance department and approved sending to Governor Jones a request for authority to borrow that amount with liquidation board support. Many senators attended the caucus including Sevier who later left for a funeral.
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Finance Department
Jones
Senaitor Smith
David E. Brown
Ferriday
A. K. Goff
Ruston
Grove Stafford
Alexandria
W. G. Jones
Denham Springs
Tugwell
Senate
John W. James
Columbia
Anatole Keller
Donidsonville
Nat J. Amy
Opelousas
Aucoin
Ville Platte
James Oo. Dolby
Lake Charles
Lionel G
Battalion in War Games Is Lost 72 Hours
A detachment of 500 to 700 men in a war game exercise is reportedly lost for 72 hours. Faulty maps and poor compass readings hindered progress as troops traversed woods and rough terrain with machine guns and mortars. They survived on berries after sandwiches ran out. one man broke an arm and another was injured.
Roosevelt income tax returns spark fresh call for disclosure
The piece argues that presidents and Roosevelts have hidden income data and urges breaking government seals to reveal returns. It cites Jimmy Roosevelt's disclosed earnings from a promoter group and claims a formal analysis of all Roosevelts' tax forms is needed to fairly discuss Mrs. Roosevelt's finances.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
Treadway
Jimmy
Roosevelt
Soldiers complain price hikes and prostitution during maneuvers
Soldiers describe higher prices for cigarettes and hotel rooms during the maneuver area. A camp Shelby group notes beer price cuts after threats. Stores in Leesville and DeRidder show normal dry goods costs. Prostitution was dispersed by a police drive, with officials favoring regulated restricted districts under military oversight.
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Camp Shelby
Leesville
DeRidder
British Reds Meet Little Resistance at Abadan Front
British and Russian forces reported sweeping advances across western Iran from Iraq with light opposition. Tabriz fell to Soviet troops while British control expanded near Abadan and oil installations. Prisoners, artillery and armored cars were captured as Tehran warned of ongoing operations and potential peaceful settlement talks.
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Abadan
Madrid
Simla
Iraq
Gilan
Sar-I-Pul
Paytak Pass
Iran
Persian Gulf
Bandar Shahpur
Royal Air Force
Tabriz
Caucasus
Caspian Sea
Moscow Radio
Shahpur
Ardebil
Caspian
Sissar
London
Teheran
Daily
Heraald
Berlin
Iran High Command
Nafti-I Shah
Tie-Up Threat Ends After 61 Hours Of Talks
Settlement gives about 9000 Western Electric workers a six cent hourly raise retroactive to July 2 with a wage progression plan. The union gains national bargaining recognition and an arbitration pact, plus a reopen-on-March 1 clause. Estimated annual cost to the company is $1.5 million. Meanwhile C I O actions ripple at Du Pont Belle WV and National Lead St Louis plant.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Yards
Kearny
N. J
Navy
Harold G. Bowen
L. H. Korndorff
New York
United Popular Dress Manufacturers
United Better Dress Manufacturers Associations
Harry Uviller
Imperial
C. I. QO. United Clock Workers’ Union
New Haven Clock Company
New Haven
Conn
Cesar Guazzo
Western Electric
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
C. O
National Lead Company
St. Louis
Mao
Second Phase of War Ends As Armistice Halts Fighting
The Second Phase of the war ends with an armistice four hours after a coastal invasion begins. General Krueger orders ceasefire as the Eighth forces roll back Fifth corps lines on a one mile front. General Daley’s Second Armored Division cuts off the Eighth’s supply and seizes prisoners in a dramatic flank. The 38th Division captures Chicago’s 22nd anti-aircraft battalion with four batteries near Kisatchie using roughly $1,000,000 in equipment.
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Fifth Corps
Eighth
Walter Krueger
Third Army
Daley
Eighth Corps
Strone
Alexandria
Krueger
Ben Lear
Arkansas
Daniel J. Sultan
38Th Division
22Nd
Chicago
38Th
Kisatchie
Land For Army Base Near Here Allocated
A Second Army post near here will open a military post office on September 3 with space at the Missouri Pacific booster hall allocated for the base, Major Poulsen said.
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Monroe
Second Army
Missouri Pacific
Poulsen
Walls of Fire Over Tallinn Port Amid War Advances
The report notes a blaze above Tallinn as Soviet forces push toward Iran meanwhile Britain and Japan react to US war supplies. Navy and air actions unfold across Europe with mentions of fuel shipments to Russia and a rising conflict climate. The piece ties Alaska’s 1880 1932 gold output to broader wartime economics.
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Bayendar
Tass
Red Army
Iran
Persia
Dilman
Teheran
Russia
Japan
United States
Far East
Domei
Vladivostok
Siberian
Tokyo
Cordell Hull
Pacific
Nomura
Sea of Japan
Germany
Kukomin
East Asia
Manchukuo-Siberia
Chungking
Washington
China
Moscow
Luga
Leningrad
Dnieper Head
Dnieperopetrovsk
Berlin
Dnieper
Semeon Budyonny
Doneta River
Donets
Don
Black Sea
Caucasus
Dnieper Derme
Washington job snobs delay defense work
Hartford Powell, director of information for the U S treasury Civil Service Bureau, told a Los Angeles audience that Washington civil servants hinder defense efforts by clinging to red tape and resisting outside experts, slowing decisions and harassing dollar a year workers.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Hartford Powell
United States Treasury Department
Civil Service
Powell
University of California At
Controversy Roils Veterans Group Convention
Illinois VFW chief Southard denounces accusations of war monger speakers and urges freedom of speech as a battle over convention floor control. Menendez cites 45 of 48 state leaders backing Roosevelt defense policies and warns against internal efforts to delay peace.
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Southard
Illinois
Menendez
Roosevelt
Senate Moves Tax Cuts and New Levies in Budget Bill
Senate committee boosts the bill by adding 357 million to revenues while offsetting 300 million from rejecting mandatory joint returns. A tax cut to 1.25 per thousand targets corporations and new levies on sporting goods and night clubs are under consideration. Pressure from individuals and groups grows for nuisance taxes as the House approved earlier measures. Senate gains are projected at 203 million from broadening the individual income tax base.
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House
Senate
Tax Bill Changes Raise Revenue From Misc Provisions
The committee boosted the bill's revenue by removing lower exemptions for couples across eight community property states and adding 51 million dollars, plus 3.2 million from raising the normal corporate rate on firms earning 25 thousand dollars or less annually. It also increased taxes on wines brandies and related beverages beyond prior House votes.
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House
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