Senate Committee Pushes Quick Action on Draft Measure
Senate and House committees urged rapid enactment of a revised conscription bill. The majority report argued weapons need men now and training cannot wait. Minority warned against peacetime conscription trends amid wartime pressures.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
John W. Thomas
Ida
Ernest Lundeen
Minn
National Guard
Congress
Excess Profit Tax Bill Near To Completion
A plan for a graduated excess profits tax linked to early amortization of capital to boost defense production nears completion. The tax would apply to 70 000 corporations with rates from 25 to 40 percent and suspend Vinson Trammell limits on aircraft and warship profits. The measure could raise about 300 million dollars in 1940 and 500 million annually thereafter.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
America
British liner Accra torpedoed and sunk off Ireland
The 9337 ton British passenger liner Accra was torpedoed and sunk off the West coast of Ireland while in convoy. Twenty five persons are reported missing, many likely lost when a lifeboat overturned. Rescue ships saved 450 survivors landed at a northwest British port. Elder and Dempster denied claims refugees aboard.
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London
Accra
Ireland
Elder and Dempster Lines
New York
Former French Leaders Arrive for Riom Trial
Georges Mandel and other former cabinet members were reported to arrive secretly in Riom to face charges over France's military defeat. Edouard Daladier Leon Blum and Paul Reynaud were among those arriving. Georges Bonnet is expected to testify linking peace offers to preventing war.
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Riom
France
Georges Mandel
Interior and
Mandel
Meknes
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Paul Reynaud
Georges Bonnet
Benito Mussolini
Poland
Supreme Court
Britain Forms Expanded U.S. Armament Buying Plan
London reports a government push to intensify Britain’s wartime economy by drawing on American defense capabilities. A committee led by Arthur Greenwood will direct policy with Neville Chamberlain and Kingsley Wood. Britain aims to mobilize economically, curb prices, and bolster food stocks while warning ports face enemy focus.
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London
Britain
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
North America
France
Greenwood
Neville Chamberlain
Kingsley Wood
British Purchasing Commission
United States
Britain starts new arms purchase talks for hundreds of millions
Washington reports that on August 7 the British government opened negotiations for hundreds of millions of dollars in tanks artillery and other war materiel. Arthur B. Purvis the chief British purchasing agent outlined the program to the U S Treasury Secretary seeking further Allied orders.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
Treasury
Britain
Mike Jacobs Eyes Purchase of the Dodgers
Boxing promoter Mike Jacobs said a Friday meeting would consider buying the Brooklyn Dodgers. His syndicate seeks 100 percent control, with Brooklyn Trust owning half the stock for the late Charles Ebbets heirs. If the McKeever heirs agree to sell, negotiations would resume.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jacobs
Brooklyn Trust Company
Charles Ebbets
Stephen McKeever
Germany Pressures Romania Over Transylvania Delays
In Bucharest Aug 7 diplomats noted German impatience as Romania delays the Hungary issue. Raoul Bossy Romania's minister to Rome left for Budapest to learn Hungary's minimum demands for Transylvania. Romanian press softened on resistance rhetoric while Berlin criticized Romanian figures in the dispute.
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Bucharest
Hungary
Rumania
Raoul Bossy
Rome
Budapest
Transylvania
Romania
Berlin
Boersen Zeitung
Permanent munitions industry goal outlined by Patterson
Washington reports that a permanent, government funded munitions industry aiming to equip an army of 2,000,000 is a major defense objective. Robert P. Patterson says most of the 60 planned plants will be built for long life and operated as needed to stockpile. Labor shortages challenge loading plant contracts. Du Pont to run a $25 million powder plant in Indiana.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
United States
Patterson
Army
du Pont
Indiana
Maricopa Protest Pima County Tax Reduction
Maricopa County supervisors announced at Phoenix that they would press a Prescott tax conference backed effort to restore a 5 820 681 reduction in Pima county assessments. They warn the cut would shift tax load to other counties and urge the state tax commission to reverse the action.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County
State Board of Equalization
Pima County
Maricopians
State Supervisors Association
State Tax Assessors Association
Prescott
Tax Commission
German Raider Sinks 30,000 Tons Of Ships
Berlin reports a German raider sank 30,000 tons of British merchant shipping overseas. The high command said air raids continue on England targeting airports and munitions plants including Vickers Armstrong in Chester and Swansea plant facilities.
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Berlin
High Command
England
London
South Atlantic
Alcantara
Tynemouth
St. Athan
Vickers Armstrong
Chester
Swansea
Holland
Germany
Italians Bomb Haifa Port In Third Palestine Raid
Italian planes bombed the Haifa port in Palestine for the third time in a major air attack on British positions in the Near East and Red Sea area. Aden and Berbera naval bases faced an effective bombardment with gasoline storage tanks set ablaze. Damage and casualties at Haifa were believed slight.
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Rome
High Command
Haifa
Palestine
Near East
Red Sea
Aden
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Jerusalem
Egypt
Sollum
Mersa Matruh
Alexandria
Stakes Rise as Italian Drive Aims at Egypt’s Suez Channel
The Italian invasion of Egypt, led by a 250000 strong force from Libya, threatens broader African war to seize control of the Suez Canal. Geography and desert conditions pose major hurdles as the Fatimite-era Western invasion echoes in a modern context with British fielded forces wary of mechanized assault.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Suez Canal
Rome
Libya
Mersa Matruh
Nile
Britain
Kelland Warns of Dictator Threat in Third Term Debate
Clarence Budington Kelland, Arizona Republican committeeman and Willkie aide, told the Women’s National Republican Club that a third Roosevelt term would push the nation toward dictatorship. He blamed the Chicago Democratic convention for steering toward such an outcome and warned America must avoid totalitarian rule. Kelland contrasted current prosperity with a potential shift under a third term.
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New York
Clarence Budington Kelland
America
Kelland
Arizona
National Republican Club
Chicago
Harry L. Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Phoenix
Ariz
Wendell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Italy Strikes At Life Line By DeWitt MacKenzie
London columnist DeWitt MacKenzie argues Mussolini seeks a two front distraction for Britain by pushing in Libya toward Egypt and via Ethiopia into Kenya and Somaliland. He warns lowering Suez would cripple British empire control, sever Middle East influence, and aid Japan's regional dominance.
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Mussolini
Africa
England
Hitler
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Egypt
I Duce
Libya
Kenya
Ethiopia
Sudan
Suez
India
Far East
Orient
Japan
Near East
Persian Gulf
Turkey
Italy
Hull Playing Politics. Italian Claim Denial
Rome dispatch reports Virginio Gayda, Italian Fascist editor, rebutting U S Secretary Hull by saying Germany and Italy do not intend to extend the war to the western hemisphere. He accuses Hull of creating a phantom menace for political ends.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
United States
Hull
Germany
Italy
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Truman Victory In Missouri Democratic Primary Returns
Unofficial results from Missouri precincts show Harry S. Truman leading in the Democratic primary for renomination with strong city support. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark trails in rural areas as Truman gains Kansas City and St. Louis votes. Maurice M. Milligan also appears on the ballot.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
United States
Sen
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Maurice M. Milligan
Pendergast
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
U. S
Pendergaston
Italians Enter Zeila and Seize Hargeisa in Somaliland
British communique reports Italian forces entered Zeila in British Somaliland and captured Hargeisa after a 30 mile desert march. Oadweina also occupied by a 2,000 man column with guns and armored vehicles. London circles note Italian divisions mass on Libyan frontier as Britain fears large scale campaign toward Suez.
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Cairo
Zeila
Gulf of Aden
British Somaliland
Hargeisa
Oadweina
London
Mediterranean
Egypt
Mussolini
Suez
Bardia
Africa
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
National League baseball finals first game recap
St Louis won 11 to 9 after a 183 line. Pittsburgh came back to 10 to 9. Great pitching combines from Warneke Hutchinson Shoun and Padgett with Brown MacFayden Lan ning Klinger Lopez. Pittsburgh used Lanier Hutchinson Russell Owen Butcher Doyle and Davis. Many other games listed for Cincinnati Chicago Brooklyn and Boston Philadelphia.
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Warneke
Hutchinson
Shoun
Padgett
Brown
MacFayden
Lanning
Klinger
Lopez
Lanier
Russell
Owen
Butcher
Doyle
Davis
Baseball scores and lineups from New York and Chicago games
New York and Boston faced off in a second game with players Breuer Hadley Sandra Donald Rosar Bagby Johnson Wilson Foxx and Russo Rosar Gatehouse Wilson Foxx among others. Detroit St Louis and Cleveland Chicago matches show runs and notable batters A Smith Eisenstat Hemsley Rigney Tresh with varied inning totals.
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Boston
Breuer
Hadley
Sandra
Donald
Rosar
Bagby
Johnson
Wilson
Foxx
Russo and
Gatehouse, Wilson and Foxx
Cleveland
Chicago
A. Smith
Eisenstat
Hemsley
Rigney
Tresh
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