Roosevelt May Act To Reopen Kearny Shipyards
Acting Navy Secretary Bard urged steps to resume work at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock yard in Kearny New Jersey, spurred by Navy and Maritime contracts worth 450 million dollars. Roosevelt could seize the yards if needed, after mediation exhausted its authority and a strike by 16 000 IUMSW members halted ships including the 6000 ton cruiser Atlanta en route to launch.
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Washington
Aug
U.P
Navy
Ralph A. Bard
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp
Kearny
N. J
Roosevelt
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation
Navy and Maritime Commission
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Calif
Atlanta
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers
CSO
Defense Mediation Board
Vote on Army extension faces tough House battle
Washington reports a Senate approved 18 month extension with a $10 monthly pay boost for service beyond one year. House leaders move to vote by Monday, while a Republican group pushes to exempt selectees from extended duty. Chairman May vows defense without time limit.
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Washington
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
Military
Chamber
Rep. Short
Soviet Secrecy German Claims Debunked as Fairy Tale
Moscow reports six and a half weeks of war cost Germany over 1.5 million men, while Soviet losses reach 600,000 dead and wounded. Communique labels Nazi casualty claims as morale boosters and denies a Stalin Line, noting Russian defenses remain intact despite losses. Front sectors Kakisalmi Kholm Smolensk Bel Tserkov cited with location details.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Russia
Russian Information Bureau
Kakisalmi
Kholm
Smolensk
Bel Tserkov
Karelian Isthmus
Leningrad
Kiev
Ukraine
Baseball scores from National League games
In Boston Brooklyn and Philadelphia New York and Pittsburgh matches the box scores show Boston 6 Brooklyn 2 with Tobin Berres Wyatt Owen and Mass Philadel 2 2, New York 3 8 1, Blanton Warren Lohrman Danning, Pittsburgh 4 0 0, Chicago 0 0 1, Lanning Lopez Erickson McCullough.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Tobin
Berres
Wyatt
Owen
Mass
Philadel
Blanton
Warren
Lohrman
Danning
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Lanning and Lopez
Erickson and McCullough
Washington Beats Boston in Eight-Run Rally
Washington defeats Boston with a late surge scoring eight runs to Boston's three in the seventh inning. Key contributors include Sandra Early Wagner Ryba and Pytlak as the offense breaks open the game.
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Washington
Boston
Sandra
Early
Wagner
Ryba
Pytlak
German capture of Soviet commander and siege drives
Berlin reports the German high command says the sixth Soviet army commander was captured near Uman as German forces push from Kiev toward the Black Sea coast. Axis forces, with Balkan troops, seize war material and encircle areas while pincers close on Leningrad from north and west.
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Berlin
Kiev
Odessa
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Black Sea
Uman
Balkan
London
Senate Receives Proposals For Higher Personal Surtaxes
The Treasury officials urged raising surtaxes on personal income starting at 11 percent on the first taxable dollar, with a House-approved bill at five percent. Morgenthau sought broader measures including tighter exemptions, corpora tion excess profits tax, single joint returns, and closing depletion loopholes.
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Washington
U.P
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
House
Arizona Considers 1941 State Tax Rate In Three Scenarios
Arizona state tax rate discussions considered three figures as the state board neared hearings end. Possible levies depend on Boulder Dam power revenue payments from the federal government, with $1.59, $1.67, or as high as $1.90 per $100 of valuation under review.
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Phoenix
State Board of Equalization
Tax Commission
Boulder Dam
Osborn
Japan Sees Encirclement by Allied Powers and Economic Blockade
Tokyo dispatch notes Japanese leaders warn the empire is ringed by the United States Britain China and the Netherlands but could break the economic encirclement by adopting the German fashion. Naval expert Lieut. Comm. Tota Ishimaru proposes leveraging co prosperity sphere links for raw materials and food. Domei reports a special envoy for French Indo China to handle diplomacy and trade talks.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
United States
Britain
China
Netherlands
Japan
Tota Ishimaru
Hochi
Manchukuo
Indo-China
Thailand
Indies
Oéeijiro Tokoda
Firemen Pay Most To Pension Fund In Tucson Story
A Tucson record review shows firemen contributed 3½ percent of salaries to the pension fund in 1940-41, while police would have paid 2 percent under a state plan. Fire tax shares and occupational taxes add to the taxpayer burden, with police and city costs outlined and city limits affecting alarm responses.
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Arizona
Tucson
James T. Manders
Inas
Phoenix
Pima County
Highway Board Snubs Verde Plan In Phoenix Survey
The Arizona State Highway Commission voted to continue surveying the Bush highway to connect Phoenix with northern areas, effectively sidelining the Verde route dispute. Mrs. Claire Phelps warned of ousting governors, while supporters cited military and cost concerns.
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Highway Board
Verde Plan
Phoenix
State Highway Commission
Claire Phelps
Chandler
House of Representatives
Phelps
E. C. Seale
Prescott
Frank Parker
Stimson
Carl Hayden
Black Canyon
E. H. McEachren
Commission
Bush Highway
Construction in West on Increase in July
Western states and territories reporting July contracts totaling 170,139,193. Defense work drove the rise with Utah leading at 39,183,759, California 38,644,832, Arizona 5,214,166, and Nevada 1,494,873. June stood at 102,506,026 and July 1940 at 129,531,348.
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San Francisco
Harold Pyeritz
Daily Construction Service
Utah
California
Arizona
Nevada
Equality Of Firemen Police Pensions Shown
Fire department and police pension data for 1940 41 show contributions by men and matching payments by taxpayers. Firemen total contributions reach 2 866 17 with fire insurance premiums 4 897 51 totaling 7 763 68 toward the pension fund. Police department shows 1 803 08 by men and 1 803 08 by taxpayers plus estimated occupational tax 7 212 32, totaling 9 015 40 and combined pension fund contributions of 10 818 48.
Unemployment Seen From Defense Shift by Henderson
Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson told the House banking committee that defense production shifts could cause 2 to 2.5 million unemployed and plant closures totaling 5,000 to 6,000,000. He argued dislocation would yield a reservoir for increased defense and consumer production as materials are redirected.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
House Banking Committee
England
OPM
Pima Draft Quota Schedule for Next Week
The state selective service board announced the draft quotas by counties for induction. On Monday 78 selectees from Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee and Maricopa counties will be inducted in Phoenix, followed by 75 from Maricopa Mohave and Pima on Tuesday and 57 from Navajo Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai and Yuma on Wednesday.
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Phoenix
Apache
Cochise
Coconino
Gila
Graham
Greenlee
Maricopa
Army
State Selective Service Board
Mohave
Pima
Navajo
Pinal
Santa Cruz
Yavapai
Yuma
Red Air Force Attacks Berlin Nightly Reported
A Soviet sourced claim said Berlin was hit by Red air force bombs last night with no details. German claims spoke of minor Berlin damage and civilian deaths. British and German spokesmen blamed or denied involvement while raids also hit Essen Dortmund Hamm Boulogne docks and Dutch coast shipping.
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London
Red Air Force
Berlin
Essen
Dortmund
Hamm
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Boulogne
Denmark
France
English Channel
Britain
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Sind
Wavell
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Stalin
Henry Morgenthal, JR
Secretary of Treasury
Congress
Pension Fund
Los Angeles
Margaret Wilson Budlong
Jack Budlong
University of Arizona
Young Budlong
Milton J. Budlong
Budlong
Telis
Paris
Russ Saunders
Erroll Flynn
Saunders
Calabasas
All Saints Episcopal Church
Beverly
Police Depai
TMENT
Douglas Aircraft Company
Vultee Aircraft, Incorporated
Northrop Aircraft
Lockheed Aircraft
Aeronautical Lodge
AFL
Lockheed
Office of Production Management
North American Aircraft Company
United Automobile Workers
Douglas, Vultee
Northrop
North American
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