Senate tax plan pressures higher revenue to fund defense
A House tax bill faces Senate push for more revenue as Connally backs raising rates and reducing exemptions to curb defense costs. Finance Committee members discuss boosting taxes, nuisance levies on liquor and soft drinks, with open hearings planned and a Sept. 1 target for floor action.
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Hugo
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Ways and Means Committee
George
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Treaston
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Treasury
Congressional
Morgenthau
George Gard
Senate
Vigg
Nazi Losses At Smolensk Called Mild
German communiques claim mild losses at Smolensk while areas around Vitebsk Polotsk and Mogilev faced heavy fighting. High Command notes three field marshals and four generals involved and shift of focus to the Ukraine as new operations begin farther east.
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Black Sea
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Ukraine
Mussolini's Son Bruno Killed in Plane Crash
Bruno Mussolini, son of Il Duce, died in a test flight crash near Pisa while piloting a new aircraft. A veteran aviator, he held speed records for various weights and once flew a bomber route to Brazil. He married Gina Ruberti in 1938 and had a daughter in 1940, with Fascist officials attending the ceremony.
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Russian advances threaten Dnieper region amid Baltic front chatter
August 7, 1944 dispatch reports German claims of large scale Russian encirclements between Zhitomir and Ukraine’s capital with the Dnieper and Black Sea fronts at risk. Nazi outlets tout extensive Ukraine operations and early bridgeheads near Polotsk, Mogilev, and Vitebsk as strategy moves in ongoing Smolensk era battles.
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Brunos and Vittorio: wartime pilots and a grim telegram
The passage recalls Bruno and Vittorio, brothers tied to a military aviation family, with Vittorio flying over Ethiopian ranges and Bruno rising from student pilot to captain for bravery in Ethiopia and Spain. A condolence telegram to Mussolini marks a somber note in the era’s wartime narrative.
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Mussolini
Royal condolences from Queen and Victor Emmanuel
A fragment from a royal correspondence expresses heartfelt condolences for a grave mourning. Signed by Your affectionate cousin, Victor Emmanuel, the message conveys shared sorrow and sympathy from the Queen and the writer.
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Desre
Victor Emmanuel
Soviet Reds rout Germans as 2500 Nazis fall in battle
The Red Army repelled a German assault with heavy artillery and bayonet charges destroying tanks, armored cars, and weapons. Luftwaffe raids on Moscow failed with six attackers downed, while Soviet night fighters and anti aircraft fire kept most bombers away from the capital. Casualties and weapon losses were reported for both sides amid claims of German air force activity near Moscow. Funeral notices appear alongside the chaotic clipping.
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Bare legs approved for stenographers in Albany college
Albany Aug 7 AP Mrs Jane Hummel adviser at Albany Business College says bare legs for stenographers and other working girls are approved. She notes stockings were required for job applications but due to the present emergency in the silt industry it seems right to permit bare legs.
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Jane Hummel
Albany Business College
Montmorency Falls Goes Dry For First Time
Montmorency Falls in Quebec City ran dry for the first time as a drought slowed the flow to a trickle. The 76 foot falls, usually pouring millions of gallons per minute, nearly ceased as all upper river dams were closed to conserve water for power turbines while the Quebec Power Company repairs the dams.
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