Senate Rejects Limitations on Draft Measure
Senate military committee rejects a 400000 to 500000 draft cap proposal and 90 day voluntary enlistment plan for Burke Wadsworth bill, Roosevelt vocalizes support for selective service. House and Senate debate continue as first draft group plans to begin around October 1. divinity students face possible exemption.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Lee
D-Okla
Senate Committee
House Military Committee
Senate
Army
National Guard
Guffey
D-Pa
Second Largest German City In Ruins Damaged From Air
German occupation troops move between the Belgian frontier and the Spanish border toward northwestern France seaports. Armored divisions push to the coast while detachments hold Bayonne Saint Jean de Luz Bordeaux La Rochelle. Refugees move north as traffic restrictions ease between zones.
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Grenoble
France
U.R
England
Loire River
Hendaye
Bayonne
St. Jean de Luz
Bordeaux
la Rochelle
Tours
Poitiers
Angouleme
Das
Ra Cae Poulose
Baseball finals results across games between Cincinnati, Boston, St Louis, New York and Chicago
First game saw Cincinnati win 36 to 10 with Turner and Baker and Strincevich and Berres on the mound. Second game Cincinnati failed to score while Boston won 1 to 0. Other matchups featured St Louis defeating New York 4 to 1 and Chicago beating Brooklyn 4 to 1 with listed pitching lines.
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Cincinnati
Boston
Turner
Baker
Strincevich
Berres
St. Louis
New York
Cooper
Russell
Owen
Padgett
Melton
Brown
Lynn
Joiner
Danning
Baseball scores from Washington Chicago New York Cleveland Boston Detroit games
Washington defeated Chicago 16 to 10 with Hudson Carrasquel Krakauskas Ferrell Lee and Tresh contributing. New York beat Cleveland 11 to 0 with Russo Rosar Milnar Dobson Andrews and Hemsley involved. Boston edged Detroit 5 to 1 in a 5 to 1 game paced by Johnson Wilson Foxx New Som Seats and Tebbetts.
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Washington
Chicago
Hudson
Carrasquel
Krakauskas
Ferrell
Lee
Tresh
New York
Cleveland
Russo
Rosar
Milnar
Dobson
Andrews
Hemsley
Boston
Detroit
Johnson, Wilson and Foxx
Newsom
Seats
Tebbetts
Willkie Ticket Seen Having Good Arizona Chance
Clarence Budington Kelland a Arizona Republican committeeman told officials that the Willkie McNary ticket has an excellent chance in Arizona. He spoke with Joseph Martin Jr and Sen Charles McNary noting the New Deal resentment and broken party lines in the state.
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Washington
Clarence Budington Kelland
Arizona
Republican National
South Seas in Greater Asia Plan of Japs
Tokyo August 2. General Kuniaki Koiso said friction may develop between the United States and Japan over the rich rubber resources of the Dutch East Indies as he is expected to head a Japanese mission to the Indies shortly.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Kuniaki Koiso
Indies
Japan expands sphere of influence in greater East Asia
Tokyo reports confirm South Seas areas fall within a broader East Asia influence. Foreign Office spokesman Yukichiro Suma avoids listing exact regions and whether the Philippine Islands are included. Domei notes Premier Konoye may appoint Gen. Koiso as envoy to the Netherlands East Indies, signaling stronger ties with Dutch possessions.
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H. C. Thompson
Tokyo
U.P
South Seas
Greater East Asia
Japan
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Suma
Philippine Islands
Netherlands East Indies
Domei
Fumimaro Konoye
Kuniaki Koiso
Hokkaido Island
Gen. Koiso
Showdown over Tucson police chief as council weighs Hays
The city faces a pivotal Monday vote to decide whether Chief Hays, praised for enforcing gambling and prostitution ordinances, will remain in charge or be replaced by a more controllable successor. Public opinion splits between strict impartial enforcement and a liberal approach. The article urges civic turnout at the council meeting.
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Hays
Henry L. Hilles
Fire Department
Sunshine Climate Club
Chamber of Commerce
All States Club
Tucson
Janstad
Chloride Postmaster Approval Is Sought
The nomination of Charles L. Kinsey for postmaster at Chloride Arizona was sent to the Senate for confirmation yesterday by President Roosevelt. Kinsey, who had been acting postmaster, was named to succeed G. R. Livingston.
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Washington
Charles L. Kinsey
Chloride
Ariz
Senate
Roosevelt
Kinsey
G. R. Livingston
Phelps Dodge Earnings Surpass Five Million Mark
Phelps Dodge corp and subsidiaries report six months to June 30 net profit of 5 804 538 dollars or 1 14 a share up from 4 601 038 dollars or 91 cents in the first half of 1939.
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New York
Phelps Dodge Corp
Molotov speech warns allies and foes of Russian mobilization
Premier Molotov told the Soviet parliament Russia must stay on a war footing amid threats of attack. He praised cordial talk with Germany and Italy but stressed readiness along the German border and reports of Russian moves near Poland, warning Berlin and Rome of potential danger.
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J. W. T. Mason
Premier Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Germany
Italy
Baltic
Balkans
Rumania
Hitler
Berlin
Rome
Zero hour nears as Italy vows action against Britain
The Corriere Padano editor Giuseppe Ravegnani declares Italy will join in “the zero hour” against the British Isles, claiming Italy’s Mediterranean attacks suffocate the British empire and foreshadow invasion plans.
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Italy
Rome
U.P
British Isles
Corriere Padano
Italo Balbo
Giuseppe Ravegnani
Benito Mussolini
Balbo
Mediterranean
House Group Pushes Defense Plant Tax Deductions
The House tax subcommittee approved a plan allowing defense contractors to deduct full expansion costs from taxable earnings, with 20 percent yearly amortization for five years. The panel also urged combining this with an excess profits tax and suspending Vinson Trammell act limits on warship and aircraft profits in a single bill.
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Washington
House
National Defense
Ways and Means
Cooper
D-Tenn
Defense Commission
War Or
Navy Department
Absent French General De Gaulle Sentenced To Death
General Charles De Gaulle, who formed a provisional French committee in London to continue the fight, was condemned to death in absentia by a military court in Clermont-Ferrand. Charges included treason attacks on state security and desertion to a foreign country during war. De Gaulle is in London.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
Charles de Gaulle
London
Germany
Frere
de Gaulle
Reynaud
Gamelin
Restoration Of Pima Valuation Requested
County assessors of Arizona asked the state tax commission to restore Pima county valuations to the level before a 1940 cut. The request, deemed an arbitrary measure, aims to reestablish balance and fairness across the state. The commission postponed action until Thursday morning for study at the capitol.
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Prescott
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Pima
Arizona Tax Conference
Tax Commission
State
Arizona Good Roads Association
C. M. Taylor
Maricopa County
Hungary warns foreign press on Axis censorship policy
Hungary's foreign office press bureau told foreign correspondents to avoid reporting that contradicts Axis policies or highlights differences with Germany or Italy. The warning signals Hungary aligning its censorship with Rome Berlin partners and avoiding any portrayal of Axis attempts to subjugate smaller nations.
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Budapest
Foreign Office
Germany
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Russia
Italy strikes British fleet and sinks ship near Formentera
Rome reports Italian air bombardment south of Formentera in the Baleares sank a battleship and hit several other warships. The Oswald submarine was torpedoed and sunk in the Ionian Sea. Italian forces also seized Dabel in Kenya and destroyed eight British armored cars near Kassala amid East Africa air raids.
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Rome
Italian High Command
Formentera
Baleares Islands
Stefani
Gibraltar
Baleares Group
Mediterranean
High Command
Oswald
Middle
Ionian Sea
Ugolino Vivaldi
David Fraser
Dabel
Moyale
Kenya
Kassala
Sudan
Diredawa
Divello
Asmara
Massawa
East Africa
Phoenix Chamber Backs Eight Day Arizona State Fair
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce endorsed an eight day state fair set for November 9 to 17 in Phoenix. Directors announced a horse racing meeting will accompany the event, the first state fair here since 1932. William A. Thompson, chairman of the state fair commission, briefed the group.
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Phoenix
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
William A. Thompson
State Fair Commission
British raids pound German cities and Essen Krupp works
Allied air forces extended strikes to more than 100 German cities and towns claiming Hamburg was pulverized and the Krupp armament works at Essen attacked. RAF daylight and night raids hit airdromes at Leeuwarden Haamsterde and numerous industrial targets including Gelsenkirchen Kamen Homburg Reisholz Hamm Krefeld Mannheim Duisburg Duesseldorf Wesel and Bremen docks and factory sites. The admiralty reported three German raiders downed in the North Sea, one plane sinking on the Highlander, as Canada’s second division arrived in Britain eager to resume offensives on the continent.
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London
U.P
Hamburg
Germany
Air Ministry
Krupp
Essen
Leeuwarden
Haamsterde
Holland
Gelsenkirchen
Kamen
Homburg
Reisholz
Hamm
Krefeld
Mannheim
Bremen
Fockewulf Aircraft
RAF
Duisberg
Duesseldorf
Wesel
Ruhr
Admiralty
North Sea
British Isles
Britain
Leipzig
Dortmund
Wernigerode
Cologne
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Willkie Willing to Answer Roosevelt on Conscription
Willkie tells reporters in Colorado Springs he would answer Roosevelt’s questions on conscription. He adds he will speak clearly on conscription in his acceptance address and would gladly reply to any questions from the president in the meantime.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Washington
Willkie
United States
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