Odessa Target Of New Nazi Drive In Ukraine
Allied reports say German forces pushed into southern Ukraine near Uman after routing Red Army units and capturing more than 30,000 prisoners including the Sixth Army commander. London and Berlin offered conflicting accounts of overnight bombings of Berlin as Russian and British planes clashed in the air.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Ukraine
Red Army
Uman
Kiev
Sixth Army
Black Sea
Odessa
Oman
Berlin
London
Washington Scene at Mayflower Lounge
In the Mayflower Hotel lounge a North Carolina isolationist senator and Major X of the Quartermaster Corps share flattery and banter about defense support. The exchange pivots on wartime unity and the lieutenant’s boast of a million backers. The politics of Congress and New Deal opposition surface as House Republicans oppose labor laws and NAERB efforts amid national defense stakes.
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Washington
Mayflower Hotel
Bob Reynolds
North Carolina
Major X
Quartermaster Corps
Reynolds
Bob
Congress
House
House Republicans
National Labor Relations Board
Hoffman
Michigan
Coffee
Nebraska
Tabor
New York
Short
Missouri
Rich
Pennsylvania
CADS Coming Into Notice In Short Time
Washington August 8 CADS Civil Air Defense Services heading for national rollout. Captain Gill Robb Wilson outlines CADS plan to organize civilian aviation for emergency with Wing in every state and 2,000 nonmilitary airports to be guarded. New certificates require citizenship proof and fingerprints. Courier service and radar range security feature.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
CADS
Civil Air Defense Services
Gill Robb Wilson
National Aeronautic Association
National Defense
Wilson
National Aeronautics Magazine
United States
Civilian Aeronautics Administration
Seven Strikes Tie Up Defense in Uncertain Situation
Seven strikes are tying up the defense as the situation remains uncertain. Details are sparse but officials acknowledge the impact on operations and safety, with no resolution in sight. Further updates are awaited from relevant authorities.
Labor Disputes Stall U S Shipyards Production
Acting Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard said CIO workers at Federal Shipyard in Kearny halted 493 million dollars of naval and merchant shipbuilding. A defense board official warned the strike could be sent to President Roosevelt. In Caldwell New Jersey several hundred AFL workers walked out at Curtiss Wright propeller division, imperiling defense orders and delaying thousands of jobs. Plant officials cited higher pay requests with no written demands.
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Associated Press
Ralph Bard
Navy
Ress
Kearny
Bard
CIO
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Defense Board
Roosevelt
AFL
Curtiss Wright Corporation
Caldwell
New Jersey
Harold Pearson
AFL International Association of Machinists
Alfred Thurston
AFL Metal Polishers Union
Mussolini Proud Over Son Bruno's Death Burial
In Pisa on August 8 Premier Benito Mussolini sent his son Capt Bruno Mussolini's body to Predappio for burial after a crash killed him and two companions during a test flight. Mussolini, arriving early, viewed the casket at Fasciest headquarters with a stoic, sorrowful expression noted as emotional pride. Meanwhile J J Meherin of Hill Brothers Coffee returned to Juneau after a nine week fishing city business trip.
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Pisa
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Bruno Mussolini
Predappion
Il Duce
Flower
Tewn
Mussolini
Bruno
J. J. Meherin
Hill Brothers Coffee
Juneau
Ketchikan
Interned French Army Officers in Chungking Amid Bombing
In Chungking China August 8 British authorities announced that General Dentz and 34 senior Vichy officers in Syria and Lebanon were interned in camps for failing to honor the armistice. A Japanese air raid near Chungking killed and wounded civilians as 140 planes attacked the city, with cave-ins and debris rescue operations reported.
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Beirut
Dentz
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Chunking
China
Yangtao
Morgenthau Seeks Major Tax Hike for Defense Funding
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to expand taxes by reducing personal exemptions and widening levies on married couples and corporations to lift revenue from 3.206 billion to at least 3.5 billion dollars, with a possible higher target. He said deficits could demand about 2 billion more revenue, as government outlays for the year were projected at 22 billion with a 12 billion deficit.
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Washington
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Congress
Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
House
John Sullivan
the Treasury
Sullivan
Big Seaway and Canal Projects Approved by House
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee approved two major projects, the 285 million dollar St. Lawrence Seaway and the 160 million dollar Florida Ship Canal, to be submitted to Congress. Senator Ernest Huntley and his wife traveled via Juneau aboard the Prince George on a Alaska vacation stop.
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Washington
House
St. Lawrence Seaway
Florida Ship Canal
Congress
Ernesto. Huntley
Juneau
Prince George
Alaska
Berlin and Tokyo Faces in Far East Crisis Deepens
The Far East crisis grows with charges and counter charges as Hull accuses Germany of eyeing Western Hemisphere and Japan of sole responsibility for Pacific tensions. Berlin claims Roosevelt aims to expose him in Latin America while Tokyo says Japan is encircled by the United States Great Britain and The Netherlands. Australia voices alarm yet notes stronger defenses since 1939. American fighter planes are said to be delivering to British bases in Burma, ready to counter Japan’s moves in Indo China and to defend the Burma Road.
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Sumner Welles
United States
Kichisaburo Nomura
Washington
Orient
France
Japan
Nomura
Associated Press
Far East
Cordell Hull
Germany
Western Hemisphere
Pacific
Berlin
Tokyo
Acomses
FDR
Roosevelt
Latin America
Great Britain
Netherlands
Australia
Robert Menzies
Menzies
Reuters
Singu
Ministry of Information
Burma
Indo-China
Singapore
Burma Road
New Canadian Unit Mobilizes in Canada
Ottawa Aug 8 Defense Minister Ralston announced that authority is granted to mobilize the Sixth Canadian Division Active Army Service. He said precautions will be taken for the defense of the Pacific Coast in light of the Far Eastern situation.
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Ottawa
Ralston
Pacific Coast
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U. S
Canada
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