Britain Says Thailand In Peril From Japanese Move
London officials warned of an increasingly acute situation around Thailand and Manchukuo as Japanese forces mass near Harbin and the Korea border. Estimates place 100000 reinforcements to Manchukuo, with Soviet Far East forces divided into three main groups. Thai defense counted at about 50000 with limited equipment but good air assets.
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London
U.P
Thailand
Manchukuo
Harbin
Korea
Japan
Port Arthur
Dairen
Camranh
Saigon
Soktrang
Singapore
Siemreap
Bangkok
Senate Votes To Hold Selectees 18 Months Final Vote Approaches
Washington august 7 the senate backed extending active service for Army selectees guardsmen reserves and enlisted men by 18 months after their current terms a 44 28 vote accepted Senator Thomas Utahs amendment setting maximum liability at 2 years for selectees and guardsmen three year enlistees could be retained 414 years the measure allows further extension by congress if defense needs rise and may be halted by concurrent resolution
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Thomas
Utah
Congress
Russians say German push on Leningrad fizzles
Moscow dispatch reports a new German Finnish push toward Leningrad from the north failing. Heavy fighting continues south of Leningrad in Smolensk and on the Ukraine front near Kiev. The Karelian Isthmus fighting near Karisalmi persists as Red Army is said to be strong along Lake Ladoga shore.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Smolensk
Ukraine
Karelian
Red Army
Lake Peipus
Bel Tserkov
Kiev
Reuter’s
High Command
London
CBS
Karelian Isthmus
Karisalmi
Lake
Ladoga
Russia
Finland
Billion dollar defense tax hike urged in Senate
Senator Connally urged a billion-dollar boost in new taxes to offset rising defense costs. The proposal aims to add about 323 million in revenue after the house rejected joint filing changes and Senate finance members discussed revamping the tax measure.
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Washington
House
Connally
Texas
Senate
Senate Finance
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights from the American League
Baseball box scores show New York and Boston in a tight game with late runs. Detroit and Cleveland played a dusted matchup, while Washington and Philadelphia posted even innings with key pitchers contributing.
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American League
New York
Boston
Gomez
Bonham, Branch
National League pitchers duel with late Cincinnati run
Pittsburgh and Chicago open with limited scoring as Heintzelman Dietz and Lopez face Mooty and McCullough. St Louis falls to Cincinnati 1 0 in a low scoring tilt with Cooper Mancuso Walters and West contributing.
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National League
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Heintzelman
Dietz
Lopez
Mooty
McCullough
St. Louis
Cincinnati
M. Cooper
Mancuso
Walters
West
Japanese Plots Press Russia and Southeast Asia
Shanghai reports say Japan asked Russia to demilitarize Vladivostok and border zones, seek Siberian concessions, and require U S base guarantees. Observers question Russia’s willingness, while Thai and Burma front dynamics draw Western warnings and British Chinese cooperation talks. Chiang Kai Shek mobilizes divisions for southwest China defense and Burma aid.
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Burma
Domei
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Kwangsi
Yunnan
Hunan
Kochin
HouseAffirms FDR Veto Of Highway Bill
The House sustained President Roosevelt's veto of a 320 million defense highway bill killing the measure. Roll call 251 to 128 fell short of the two thirds needed to override. Senate had voted 57 to 19 to override. Speaker Rayburn ordered a recapitulation as time ran out.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Rayburn
Wage controls urged to curb inflation in price bill
Price Administrator Leon Henderson told the House banking committee that wage provisions are not needed in the price control bill but warned that wages must be kept within bounds to prevent price inflation. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau backed wage and installment purchase restrictions and urged Fed action. Baruch may testify next week as Henderson noted real wages drop for non strategic workers amid inflation.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House Banking Committee
Henderson
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Iron and Steel Workers
City debating taxes to fund pensions and services
A council finance member sketches how to fund half-salary pensions for police and firemen and 150 other municipal workers. Proposals include a 50 cent monthly sewer tax and a $5 10 increase in occupational taxes, with dentists doctors and lawyers likely to bear the cost. The note hints at little public input as a pension bill moves forward.
Martin Claims Rent Paid For Fire Hydrants
Andrew P. Martin told Tucson Lions Club at the Pioneer hotel that the city pays the water department about 17 000 dollars yearly to rent fire hydrants and predicted 18 000 dollars next year. He also attacked tax exemptions figures and questioned state tax allocations to education and counties with copper interests.
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Martin
Lions Club
Water Department
Tucson Fire Department
Andrew P. Martin
Pioneer Hotel
State Tax Commission
Aviation gas shortage seen amid expanded refining capacity
Defense officials warn U S aviation gasoline supplies will wane without more refining. Harold Ickes says shipments to Russia Britain and Western Hemisphere will continue using American tankers and drums. Separately CIO AFL strikes halt nav y and defense shipbuilding at Kearny Brooklyn and Staten Island with billions in stalled work.
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Washington
U.p)—Defense Petroleum
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Ickes
Russia
U. S
Britain
Axis plan to dominate seas linked to Japan and Germany
United States officials say Japan's bid to control Thailand fits a broader Axis strategy to seize key oceans. The pattern parallels Germany demanding French bases in Dakar and elsewhere, aiming to bar Allied routes and allow a combined Pacific Atlantic dominance.
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Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Japan
Thailand
Germany
Vichy
Dakar
Atlantic
Pacific
Americas
Strikes Halt Work On Defense Ships
Indications from the defense mediation board point to sending the strike dispute at the Kearny New Jersey shipyards of the Federal Ship Building and Drydock Company to the White House if production does not resume soon. A work holiday affecting 6000 Bethlehem Steel shipyards workers in Brooklyn will end when the night shift reports at 6 30 p m.
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Kearny
N. J
Brooklyn
Staten Island
N. Y
CIO
AFL
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
New York Yards
Bethlehem Steel Company
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
White House
New York
Nations pledge war supplies to Thailand against Japan
The United States and Great Britain pledged war supplies to Thailand to resist Japanese aggression and warned Japan to halt demands for bases. Tokyo rejected the warnings as unfounded. American aid focuses on war materials while Britain promises full military support, including troops, with potential evacuations of over 600 Americans stranded in Tokyo and possible refugee exchanges aboard selected ships.
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Japan
Thailand
United States
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Washington
U.P
Great Britain
Britain
Tokyo
Burma
Singapore
U. S
President Coolidge
Far East
Orient
Bid Received For Stein's Pass Work
Phoenix August 7 The Lee Moor Contracting company of El Paso submitted a low bid of 234 891 08 for the final 9 5 mile link of Stein's Pass highway from Benson to the New Mexico line. The project must be completed by April 30 1942. Work began seven years ago and the Texas firm will grade drain and surface the final strip from 17 miles northeast of Benson toward Willcox. A contract will be awarded when the highway commission meets Friday.
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Phoenix
Lee Moor Contracting Company
el Paso
Stein’s Pass
Benson
New Mexico
Texas Company
Willcox
Highway Commission
Plan To Smash Japs Ready In Burma
A Singapore ministry of information dispatch quotes that in Burma and South China all preparations are ready to smash any Japanese attempt to cut the Burma road or move farther westward. The report notes potential moves from Indo China into Thailand or into Yunnan and cites Hull and Eden warnings as well as reinforcements and a possible British fleet assertion in the Pacific.
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London
Reuter
Singapore
Ministry of Information
Burma
South China
Thailand
Indo-China
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