Conscription Is Urged By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt pressed for peace-time conscription at a press conference saying a selective service training bill is essential for national defense. Former War Secretary Woodring urged reliance on voluntary enlistment, arguing it has not yet failed, while Congress weighs expansion credits and possible tax measures to aid defense production.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Harry W. Woodring
Congress
Woodring
Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S. Army
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Senate Committee
Wooding
Navy
CCC
Senate
Army
McKellar and Cooper Triumph in Tennessee Democratic Primary
In Nashville, U S Senator Kenneth D McKellar and Gov Prentice Cooper secured renomination by large margins with McKellar at 91 percent and Cooper at 83 percent as unofficial returns from 2012 of 2279 precincts came in. Both carried Crump backing and several Republican and Democratic rivals pursued November general election bids.
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Kenneth D. McKellar
Prentice Cooper
Cooper
Edward Hal) Crump
Memphis
Deadline Near For Taxpayers Save Properties From Sale
Delinquent taxpayers must act today to avoid the land tax sale set for 9 Monday morning. County Treasurer Neva Longridge and staff work overtime, opening Saturday afternoon for those unable to visit in the morning. With 826 names on the delinquent list, many will rush in Saturday to pay and avert auction by Monday.
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Neva S. Longridge
McCarl Watchdog of Treasury Found Dead
Washington, Aug 2. John R. McCarl, 60, longtime comptroller general who clashed with New Deal agencies, died today of a heart attack in his law office. He had worked there since retiring in 1936 after a 15 year tenure. Employees found him about 3:30 p.m. EST.
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Washington
John R. McCarl
New Deal
McCarl
Employes
Aliens Not Foreign Agents Detained in Canal Zone
The War Department issued and then corrected a notice saying 81 foreign agents were detained in the Panama Canal Zone. It acknowledged the 81 were primarily European refugees with improper papers, not proven agents. An officer stated the word aliens was mistaken for agents in a verbal report.
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Washington
War Department
Panama Canal Zone
Department
Canal
Germany
Stim- Son
Canal Zone
Army
Windsors Land At Bermuda en Route to Bahamas
The duke and duchess of Windsor aboard the Excalibur may skip the United States and stop at Bermuda on the way from Lisbon to Nassau. U S maritime commission authorized a Bermuda stop. Other passengers include U S Ambassador William Phillips and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr along with George Gordon and Captain John A. Gade.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Lisbon
Bahamas
United States
Bermuda
United States Maritime Commission
British Island
Washington
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Nassau
Excalibur
Windsors
William Phillips
U. S
Rome
Anthony J. Drexel
Biddle, Jr
Poland
George Gordon
Netherlands
John A. Gade
Brussels
Turnpike Labor Day Dedication Planned at Midway
Pittsburgh August 2 A phased plan forms for the Labor Day dedication of the 70 million dollar Pennsylvania turnpike. Turnpike Commission Chairman Walter A Jones approves caravans starting from Pittsburgh and Harrisburg meeting at the 80 mile Midway point near Bedford for formal exercises and a dedication luncheon hosted by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Willkie Bids Roosevelt Clarify Public Issue Questions
Willkie invites Roosevelt to ask him issues questions at a press conference in Colorado Springs. He says he will address conscription clearly in his acceptance speech at Elwood Indiana and will not respond to questions from senators or representatives in the meantime. He notes Edward Flynn’s selection as Democratic chair speaks for itself while Toland endorses him with a long record of Democratic voting. Moore, Oklahoma delegate, warns that the Chicago convention showed extreme demagoguery and trickery.
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Colorado Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Edward J. Flynn
James A. Farley
Fynn
Bronx
Roosevel Willkie
Great Britain
Presiden Roosevelt
Edmunt M. Toland
Congressional Committee
National Labor Relations
Willkie Buttons On Louisiana Lapels
Willkie for President buttons on Louisiana lapels as sugar industry reps press for facts on low sugar prices. Wallace criticized for sugar quota restrictions. 200 industry reps from the Third district attend a hearing where David W. Pipes Jr. runs for Congress on the Republican ticket saying the Democratic party has deserted us.
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Donaldsonville
Louisiana
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
New Orleans
Third
David W. Pipes, Jr
Houma
Congress
Four Jenners Miners Jailed After Boswell Altercation
Four Jenners miners Alfred Johnson 25 Edgar Snowberger Jr 21 Tom Russel 25 and Henry Russell 27 were jailed by a Boswell officer after resisting arrest and facing charges of interfering with an officer drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Each was fined 18.25 or 30 days in jail for inability to pay.
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Jenners
Boswell
Alfred Johnson
Edgar Snowberger, Jr
Tom Russel
Henry Russell
Isaac Kaufman
Boswell Burgess
Relief caseload rises by one in Somerset County
Somerset county relief figures show a one case increase for the week ending July 27. The rolls total 1,154, up from 1,153 the prior week, while total relief recipients rise four to 4,205 from 4,201. Relief work program employed 227 people with a $1,253.60 weekly payroll, and cumulative RWP payroll hits $46,120.40.
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Somerset County
DPA
Richard H. Krissinger
Blairsville Midget Winifred Campbell Dies at 27
A five month illness claims the life of Winifred Campbell a 27 year old midget who performed on stage with circuses. She stood three feet eight inches tall, two inches shorter than her husband George F. Campbell who is currently appearing at the New York World's Fair.
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Blairsville
Winifred Campbell
George F. Campbell
Olive Drab Troops Move North For Summer Maneuvers
Harrisburg July 2 Olive drab Pennsylvania national guardsmen head north for three weeks of summer maneuvers in northern New York joined by regular army units. A fatal accident near West Chester killed 47 year old Luigi Rafaittini of Chadds Ford in a collision with a convoy. Eight others were injured. Troops depart by truck and train from Scranton Bloomsburg Altoona Harrisburg and other cities. The mass movement, aided by Veterans of Foreign Wars traffic duty, prompts route advisories and police guidance as 14 000 state guardsmen and extra units move toward Indiantown Gap and Tobyhanna for final maneuvers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
New York State
Citizens Army
National Guard
West Chester
Luigi Rafaettini
Chadd
Ford
Coraopolis
Scottdale
Martin
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania Guard
Washington Pa
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Mansfield
Qua
Hamburg
Pine Grove
Gettysburg
York
Lancaster
Columbia
Pittsburgh
Huntingdon
Grove City
Ligonier
Philadelphia
108Th Field Artillery
Indiantown Gap
176Th Field Artillery
Pit
Tobyhanna
New York
Body of Des Moines mother found in blood soaked bedspread
Police identified the dead woman as a 20 year old mother. Her husband confessed fear of killing her after a quarrel that stretched into the night. The missing son Robert is thought to have been dropped into the Des Moines river. A neighbor reported seeing a man with a child near a bridge railing over the river.
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Des Moines
Paul Castelline
Simmerman
Wanda Mae
Fred Stisser
Des Mines
Housing Bill To Get Ditch
Washington report says the House rules committee plans to drop a slum clearance housing bill backed by the administration. The measure would authorize 5 million dollars a year to unfreeze 150 million dollars the United States Housing Authority can lend but lacks rent subsidy funds to back. The act originally authorized 800 million for the program and 28 million for rent subsidies, but the USHA says the 28 million only served 650 million, leaving 150 million unusable under current conditions.
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Washington
Aus
House Rules Committee
Congress
United States Housing Authority
USHA
Labor peace effort formed by defense commission
Sidney Hillman, labor member of the national defense commission, announced a four man committee to keep the peace between AFL and CIO in defense industries. The group includes Harvey Brown and George Q Lynch of the AFL and Van A. Bitner and Emil Rieve of CIO. They will use persuasion and negotiation to ease tensions.
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Washington
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
AFL
CIO
Harvey Brown
George Q Lynch
van A. Bittner
Emil Rieve
CTO
British Northern Command drills across three counties in wartime prep
British soldiers maneuver across three counties in a long hot day simulating possible German invasion. Guns fire at sea targets while Bren guns and tanks echo across the land as Yorkshire civilians witness a preview of invasion. Sir Ronald Adam says the army is ready to fight and whip Germany, with improved organization and morale and growing American gun support.
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Drew Middleton
Germany
Yorkshire
France
Hitler
Sturmtruppen
Channel
Dunkerque
Somme
Ronald Adam
Northern Command
End To Bottleneck In Defense See End To Bottleneck In Defense
New York August 2 1944 President Roosevelt said a tax bill would clear up amortization a key issue delaying arms production Leaders say lack of tax provisions to permit deducting plant costs from earnings hinders expanding private defense work Some executives favor government funded plants or guaranteed profits but many prefer private enterprise to finance and operate facilities until the emergency ends Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel delay equipment purchases until tax questions are clarified as they run existing plants at near capacity.
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New York
Roosevelt
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
British Arrest Japs
Tokyo reports Japanese extras claim British authorities have arrested Japanese executives in London as retaliation for British arrests in Japan. Yukichiro Suma declined comment pending embassy reports while Japan accuses Britain of an espionage system. London’s News Chronicle predicts arrests of prominent Japanese citizens, denying a Great Spy Plot.
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Tokyo
London
Japan
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
London News Chronicle
British Empire
Record Wheat Sale Tops One Hundred Million Bushels
Ottawa reports the British food ministry bought 100 million bushels of Canadian wheat in the largest deal in wheat history, with Trade Minister Mackinnon saying the price was considerably above market level. A prior sale of 50 million bushels to the United Kingdom was announced on June 1.
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Ottawa
British Food Ministry
London
Mackinnon
United Kingdom
Russia Annexes Baltic Lands as Finland Suppresses Protests
Moscow reports the USSR expands by incorporating three Baltic states and parts of Moldova, Bessarabia, and northern Bukovina, while Russian troops and police move to quell Finnish demonstrations in Helsinki. Premier Molotov warns Finland to abandon anti Soviet trends. The Kremlin states the Moldavian union republic is formed with Stalin present.
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Moscow
Ussr
Baltic States
Romania
Supreme Council
Joseph Stalin
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Bucovina
Tass
Helsinki
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Finland
Russia
Kyosti Kallio
Social Democratic Party Committee
Social Democratic Party
Red Army
Molotoff
RAF Raids Belittled by Berlin Commentaries
BERLIN reports the capital welcomed Molotov speech as proof of Soviet friendship with Germany and touted Nazi air and sea successes. Berlin claimed 1,230 Allied planes destroyed since the war began, and reported RAF raids over Germany caused limited military damage but civilian casualties near Cologne. Submarine commander Wilhelm Rollmann credited with sinking a British submarine, a destroyer, and 12 armed merchant ships. A Norwich airplane factory raid was also noted with big fires.
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Berlin
Reich
Vyachesalif Molotoff
Germany
Querville
Cherbourg
Messerschmitt
cCnerbourg
Royal Air Force
High Command
Cologne
Netherlands
Wilhelm Rollman
Britain
Norwich
England
Bremen Hit Too London War News On German Raids
The Bremen signal drops as Britain reports continued air raids on Germany. RAF strikes hit Hamburg Kiel Bremen and Essen targets including Krupp works and oil plants. German backfire over the southeast coast and coastal waters is noted. De Gaulle’s forces are cited and a Clermont-Ferrand court condemns him in absentia. More than 1000 German objectives bombed.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Britain
Hamburg
Europe
Royal Air Force
Krupp
Essen
Holland
RAF
Air Ministry
Leeuwarden
Haamstede
Netherlands
Gelsenkirchen
Kamenburg
Reisholz
Hamm
Krefeld
Mannheim
Ministry
Kamen
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Clermont-Ferran
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Cologne
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove
Weather data for a 24 hour span shows a maximum of 78 and a minimum of 45 degrees. A year ago the maximum was 76 and the minimum 60 degrees.
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Somerset
David Grove
U. S
Weather forecast for the mid Atlantic states
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect fair and warmer conditions with showers on Sunday. Eastern Pennsylvania remains fair with slight warming, then fair and warmer Sunday followed by local showers west and north Sunday afternoon or night. Maryland stays fair and less cool Saturday with thundershowers in the west in the afternoon or at night.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
West
Maryland
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