Congress Adopts Rapid Vacation After War Measures
Congress closes major business for a lengthy recess through September 14, approving about 4.3 billion dollars in appropriations and ending several disputes over food subsidies crop insurance and other wartime programs. The Senate and House set the vacation schedule with minimal opposition and stipulations for possible recall by President Roosevelt and legislative leaders.
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Russians claim progress as Kursk battle continues
On the fourth day of the German offensive, Soviet forces report gains in the Orel Kursk area and say they destroyed 304 German tanks and 16 planes, raising four day totals to 1,843 tanks and 310 planes. They claim 5,000 German deaths in one sector and note German wedge threats in Belgorod and Kursk Grel sectors are being countered.
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Charges Navy Used Deception In Elk Hills Contract
Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littell told the House Public Lands Committee the Navy report on the Elk Hills oil contract amounts to major deception. He said the Navy ignored Roosevelt's clear instruction to condemn the Standard Oil of California reserve if prompt satisfactory arrangements could not be reached. The Navy contract with Standard was cancelled.
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Classified Ads Endure When Service Is Good and Priced Right
Classified ads always carry their message and perform if the article or service is good and properly priced. They can fail only when value or presentation is weak, so invest in quality and honesty to maximize response.
Grocery Prices Rise Under New OPA Markups
Washington UP I reports that price ceilings stay at April 8 levels while three fixed markup rules raise some grocery costs. Effective August 5 dealers add percentage markups to net costs on most foods, with small increases in rice at independents and varied rises in chain stores for canned fruits vegetables berries and relishes.
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Floods Cut City Water Supply
Steubenville Ohio 35 000 residents lack normal water as high water washes out pumping lines to filtration plant Emergency crews repair the break while domestic use is restricted to conserve water for fire fighting State health department plans typhoid immunizations for residents in Columbus
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Youngest in State Haight among three teens dies in chair
Three teenage killers died in Sing Sing last night. Edward Haight, 17, became New York State’s youngest electric chair victim after the Bedford Village slayings of Helen Lynch, 7, and Margaret, 8. Benitez, DeJesus, 19, and Diaz, 18, convicted in the Harlem mugging slaying of Prof. Edwin Berkowitz, followed in the same hour. Haight spoke beforehand, saying he was a fool and questioning why he acted.
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Wealthy Gold Miner Dies Mysteriously Wassau Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes American-born mining engineer aged 69 died at his Nassau home under mysterious circumstances. A coroner's inquest was ordered behind closed doors as investigators from the Miami Police joined Nassau authorities. Oakes attorney Walter Foskett prepared to travel to Nassau to manage affairs. burial planned after transport to Miami and then north.
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Roving Pickets Swell Coal Strike Ranks
National Maritime Union calls on the Attorney General to invoke sedition laws against John L. Lewis. The union urges miners to weed out Lewis aligned elements, placing enmity to war policies above miners and country. In Pittsburgh, United States Steel cancels three blast furnaces as roving pickets grow to 22,000 idle miners.
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Scoreboard snapshot shows key baseball results
National League games: Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 5. Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 0. 14 innings. Pittsburgh 8 Brooklyn 2. American and Eastern leagues list several scores including Chicago 1 New York 0, St Louis 5 Boston 2, Cleveland 5 Washington 2, Detroit 3 Philadelphia 1, Binghamton 8 Albany 0, Elmira 7 Utica 3, Scranton 3 Springfield 1, Springfield 7 Scranton 4, Wilkes Barre 2 Hartford 1, Wilkes Barre 8 Hartford 2.
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Cite Editor As Jap Aid Charged In Secret Role
Frederick Heizer Wright a New York Daily News copy editor was indicted by a federal grand jury for serving as a paid agent of the Japanese government for ten years through Pearl Harbor. The indictment alleges a conspiracy to publish Japanese subject articles while hiding his role from News editors and the public.
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Allied Patrols Clash Near Munda Air Base
Allied forces repulsed a Japanese patrol near the Munda air base on New Georgia Island and another near Rendova Island. Rendova was seized by Americans on June 30 as the Pacific offensive began. American submarines sank ten Japanese ships and damaged four more, raising total sunk or damaged to 283 since the war started.
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South Africa Supports Smuts in General Election
Pro-Prime Minister Jan Smuts won strong backing as South Africa held its general election. Voters rallied to the government and war effort, with observers predicting Smuts’ coalition more than doubling its majority from 22 seats. About 400 pro war candidates were elected versus fifty isolationists. Smuts spoke on the vigorous outcome.
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Black Box secret boosts Fortress gunner aim over Nazi fighters
The article reveals the Sperry automatic computing sight used on the Flying Fortress. It compensates for bullet drop deflection and target distance, guiding gunners via two white light gates in a peep viewer. When gates align with enemy wing tips, a trigger ensures a hit, giving bombers an edge over fighters at close range.
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Robert C. Wiliams
Sicily and Sardinia Get No Rest
Allied HQ reports heavy aerial offensives across Sicily and Sardinia on Wednesday with 19 assaults on the Gerbini airfield network. Stormy skies limited Italian defense as Allied raids continued. five Allied planes were lost and ten enemy aircraft destroyed. Other hit targets included Paterno, Seiacca, E Berizzo, Milo, and Comiso.
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Thief Abandons Car and Baby Los Angeles
Fifteen month old James William Clay rested as an officer recovered his mother's automobile, stolen Wednesday night. Mrs. Marie Clay, 34, cried that she never left him alone, after returning from a roller skating rink to find car and child missing.
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