Draft Bill Delayed Again by Senate Committee
The Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill faces delay as the Senate Military Committee seeks more War Department testimony. Amendments carve out exemptions for ROTC cadets and divinity students while the registration requirement for ages 21 to 30 remains intact. Action postponed to Monday.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Lee
D-Okla
Bridges
R-Nh
Austin
R-Vi
Chandler
D-Ky
Guffey
D-Pa
Baseball Finals National League First Game Upset
Pittsburgh from the 1st to 9th innings defeated Brooklyn 8 to 7 in extra play. Heintzelman Klinger Bauers and Lopez led Pittsburgh while Wyatt Mancuso and teammates contributed. Brooklyn tallied late but fell short as Butcher Brown W Davis Head Grissom Hamlin Casey and Phelps worked the defense.
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Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Heintzelman
Klinger
Bauers
Lopez
Wyatt
Mancuso
Butcher
Brown
W. Davis
Grissom
Hamlin
Casey
Phelps
Baseball Scores From American League Show Early Results
Scores detail early season games across the American League with teams including Philadelphia Chicago Boston Cleveland New York Detroit and pitchers Potter Ostermueller Breuer and Tebbetts among others. Results note run totals and key at bats in brief game summaries.
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New York
Detroit
Breuer
Dickey
Rowe
Tebbetts
Cool Winds Bring Relief To Nation After Intense Heat
Cooling winds from the northwest spread toward the Atlantic coast bringing relief after 12 days of abnormal heat. The U S weather bureau said temperatures returned toward normal nationwide. The heat killed about 800, damaged crops especially corn and other crops in central and western states. Temperatures fell to the 70s around the Great Lakes after a week near 100. A New England seacoast storm with wind lightning and rain caused about 1 500 000 in damage.
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Atlantic
U.S. Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
New England
Reductions In Pima County Highlight Prescott Tax Conference
At the opening session of Arizona’s state tax conference in Prescott, a large list of reductions in Pima county valuations was under review. Pima County Assessor C M Taylor warned of possible challenges, noting Maricopa’s valuation growth outpaced Pima’s since 1934 and calling for adjustments to the inter county set up.
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Prescott
Pima
Arizona
Tax Commission
Pima County
C. M. Taylor
Maricopa County
Maricopa
Ajo
Windsors Sail On Ship For America
Lisbon reports the S S Excalibur sailed at 6 40 p m for New York carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor en route to the Bahamas governor post. The couple’s entourage occupies a private veranda area on board and no schedule details or navy cover information are available.
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Lisbon
Portugal
New York
Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Preliminary Nazi Air Offensive Moves on British Isles
German observers say preliminary dive bombing studies on the British Isles could be repeated at other key ports. In raids near Dover five British fighters and two balloons were shot down. British losses totaled eight planes while two German planes were missing. Night raiders targeted ports and searchlight positions as ships were bombed in the English Channel.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
British Isles
Dover
British
Britain
High Command
Hanover
Senate approves 500 million fund for Americas economy
The Senate banking committee approved a 500 million dollar fund requested by President Roosevelt to aid the western hemisphere. The plan would raise Export Import Bank capital and lending authority from 200 million to 700 million. Chairman Wagner noted split opinions and Taft planned a minority report. Supporters included Barkley Bathead Maloney Radcliffe Wayne Frazier Townson Danaher Tobey and Adams.
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Roosevelt
Senate Banking Committee
Wagner
D.-N.y
White House
Taft
Ohio
Barkley
D.-Ky
Bathead
D.-Ala
Maloney
Tobey
New Hampsshi
Adams Colorado
Britain Battles U Boat Campaign Expands In August
London reports a new U boat campaign against British shipping with coordinated torpedo boats sea raiders and aerial strikes. The move aims to choke Britain as invasion talks waver while air raids target southeast England.
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Britain
London
U.P
British Isles
Great Britain
Atlantic
Arctic Circle
North Africa
Japan defies Britain's extended blockade order
The Japanese foreign office will defy the blockade, according to a broadcast cited by the Tokyo Asahi. Japanese vessels would refuse to obtain navicerts from British ports for ships heading to neutral Spain Portugal or other neutrals, the report said.
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New York
Comei
Tokyo
Asahi
Foreign Office
Britain
Spain
Portugal
Iris Asahi
Japan
Flynn Chosen By Democrats To Lead Party
Ed ward J. Flynn of New York accepted the Democratic national committee chairmanship effective August 17. Flynn was selected at a White House conference to succeed James A. Farley, who will retire to run the New York Yankee baseball operation.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Democratic National Committee
Flynn
James A. Farley
White House
Roosevelt
Farley
National Committee
New York Yankee
Democratic Committee
Akron Wreck Blamed on Engineer Orders Lapse
Investigators blamed Engineman Thomas L. Murtough for failing to heed operating orders on the Hudson Akron line. The head-on collision between a 73-car freight and a gasoline electric coach killed 42, with five children among victims. Fire raged as crews and volunteers removed bodies amid a two hour grim effort.
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Teer Fe
Thomas L. Murtough
L. M. Wolcott
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Murtough
Wolcott
Silver Lake
Murrough
J. F. Allenspaugh
E. W. Smith
Hudson
Columbus
R. E. Amos
Japan Outlines Greater East Asia Plan Amid Global Tensions
Tokyo announced a long planned policy to build a greater East Asia order linking Japan, China and Manchukuo as central partners and to overcome obstacles. In London, British sources warned relations with Japan could worsen toward possible pressure but doubted Japan would risk total war with Britain due to U.S. or Soviet involvement.
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Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Southeast Asia
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
U.P
Greater East Asia
China
Manchukuo
London
Britain
United States
Russa
81 Agents Of Other Nations Held At Canal
Secretary of War Stimson said 81 foreign agents are detained in the Panama Canal Zone awaiting deportation. He denied a report that 265 Nazis were working on Canal projects and stated the number illegally present.
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Canal
Washington
Stimson
Panama Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
England Takes War Offensive PS BY J. W. T. MASON
Great Britain now controls the European war offensive with a total blockade of the continent. Germany and Italy are pushed onto the defensive as British air raids are answered by retaliatory strikes. London abandons defense plans against invasion and prepares immediate attack on landing forces. Concrete barricades are removed to speed British maneuvering. Dr. Robert Ley acknowledges England's great power while predicting German victory remains possible.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Europe
Great Britain
European
Germany
Italy
British Isles
Britain
London
Robert Ley
German Labor Front
England
Ley
Hitler
Dr. Ley
Premier Believes U S Will Aid England
Moscow August 1 Foreign Commissar Molotov said imperialist designs in the United States may turn the war into a world imperialist war and predicted intensified conflict with England aided by the United States against Germany and Italy.
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U. S
England
Moscow
Molotoff
United States
Germany
Italy
Molotov Reaffirms Soviet Neutrality at Kremlin Address
Premier Foreign Commissar Molotov told 1,200 deputies at the Kremlin that the Soviet Union remains neutral in the war. He noted Latvia Lithuania Estonia join the USSR and Russia’s annexations from Romania. Stalin received a five minute ovation as officials entered the former Czars’ throne room. The talk covered Europe’s four months events, Italy’s entry, France’s capitulation, and the continued pact with Germany despite British efforts to weaken it.
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Henry Shapiro
Moscow
U.P
Kremlin
Viacheslav M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Molotov
Baltic
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
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Klementi Voroshilov
Lazar M. Kaganovich
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
France
Germany
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East
Europe
Tass
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
England
United States
Nogales Doctor Named Chairman of War Unit
Dr. Charles S. Smith of Nogales was named Arizona chairman of the American Medical Association national committee to organize medical facilities in time of war. He joins 50 chairmen to coordinate state country and district societies and organize county medical preparedness committees for civilian health and potential wartime service decisions.
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Charles S. Smith
Nogales
Arizona
American Medical Association
National Committee
State Committee
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America
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By Wallace Carroll
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