CIO Shipyards Strike Demands Government Takeover
The massive Federal Shipbuilding plant at Kearny New Jersey faced a CIO walkout with 16 000 workers idle. Union leader Peter Flynn urged immediate government control to resume production protecting bargaining rights while Navy officials warned of steps to restore output. The plant builds cruisers destroyers tankers and merchant ships with several vessels already under construction.
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Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Kearny
N. J
CIO
Peter Flynn
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Flynn
Defense Mediation Board
Atlanta
Navy Department
Bard
Soviet says German onslaughts halted with high losses
Moscow reports the Red Army claims German offensives in Ukraine and Smolensk failed to gain ground. Captured German medical corps papers allegedly show 30 to 40 percent losses. Night battles raged in Korosten Belaya Tserkov Kakisalmi and Estonia while air forces exchanged strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Ukraine
Smolensk
Korosten
Belaya Tserkov
Americans On Nazi Ship Reported By German Gov
The German government told the United States that two Americans, Francis Vicovari of New York and Ned Laughinghouse of Wilson, North Carolina, were still aboard the Nazi raider Tamesis after the Zam Zam sinking. The fate of the two, both injured, remains unclear as the raider and the Tamesis's whereabouts are not disclosed.
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Washington
United States
Tamesis
Francis Vicovari
New York City
Ned Laughinghouse
Wilson
N. C
Dresden
South Atlantic
Vicovari
Donald S. King
King
Senate Plans Restoring Of Big Tax Fund
Washington Aug 9 Senate finance committee plans to boost the House tax bill. Chairman George Ga predicts a substantial rise toward 3.5 billion or more, rejecting a 11 percent starting rate for surtaxes and a joint return proposal. He backs lowering exemptions to 1500 for married and 750 for singles and supports a simplified form for low income groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
Georgia
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Finance
Barkley
Senate
Tucson Property Taxes Set Higher for 1940-41
Property owners within Tucson limits will pay about 79 cents more tax per $100 valuation. School district No. 1 rate rises to about $1.74 from $1.52, county to 33 cents from 1.27, city to $2.73 from $2.01. City total estimated at $6.47 versus $5.68 last year. Higher levies partly due to school deficit, a $12,000 refund to Valley National Bank, and new buildings. City rise also reflects land purchases for a U S Army air base and municipal airport. County decreases due to state taking over school maintenance.
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Tucson
County
City
Valley Natural Bank
Supreme Court
U. S. Army Air Base
France weighs future policy with America
Vichy August 9. Consultations on a matter described as momentous for France’s relations with Germany and the United States were held. Marshal Petain met with Admiral Darlan General Weygand and War Minister Huntzinger as a ministers council session was postponed.
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Vichy
U.P
France
Germany
United States
Henri Philippe Petain
Jean Francois Darlan
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Charles Huntzinger
Council of Ministers
Algiers
Jean Darlan
Paris
Darlan
Sumner Welles
Indo-China
Japan
Arizona Hikes Property Values For 1941 Tax Rate
The Arizona tax rate for 1941 was set at 1.67, the high mark in state history. The tax commission, anticipating 900000 in Boulder Dam power revenue, raised property valuations by 1800000 during hearings as it acted as equalization board. It reported hope for 900000 from the U S reclamation bureau, though Interior Secretary Ickes warned the sum likely would not exceed 736363.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Tax Commission
Boulder Dam
Board of Equalization
U. S. Reclamation Bureau
Osborn
Colorado River
Berkeley L. Bunker
Nevada
John C. Page
Arizona
Ickes
State of
Forgotten Men Of City Must Bow To Police Pension Law
City ordinance and state act mandate taxpayers fund police pensions to a set level while other municipal workers may face layoffs when funds run low. The article notes no deficit clause for firemen, contrasts with waste collection and water department hardships, and cites wage figures for garbage crews as well as anticipated state tax impacts and Boulder Dam revenues.
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Water Department
City Waste
George Houston
Baseball scores from a multi-league card
National League results show Philadelphia routed by New York 15 to 0 with strong pitching and offense. Cincinnati beat Chicago 7 to 2 behind solid hitting and relief work. Boston defeated Brooklyn 8 to 1 as Hutchings and teammates fared well. Pittsburgh and St Louis featured a low scoring clash. American League games included Washington’s 9 to 0 win over Boston and New York’s 8 to 3 victory over Philadelphia with Ruffing Rosar and others contributing. Detroit beat New York 3 to 0 in a pitching duel as Niggeling and Kramer delivered.
Huge Russian Losses In New German Drive
Berlin reports total 341000 Russians killed wounded or captured across central and southern eastern front sectors as German offensive closes in. Authorities claim 25 Russian divisions destroyed including two whole armies and part of a third, with 38 000 prisoners at Roslavl and Korosten seized.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Roslavl
Smolensk
Korosten
Kiev
Moscow
British and Reds Bomb Germans On Two Sides
British and Russian air units conducted coordinated attacks on Germany last night. British forces targeted Kiel shipyards and Hamburg with moonlight raids, while Soviet four motor bombers reportedly reached Berlin. Berlin reported raids on east English fields and coastal targets, with several planes shot down.
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London
Germany
Kiel
Berlin
British
Air Ministry
Hamburg
Moscow
England
Russia
Britain
Extension Of Army Service Hits Snag
In the Elizabeth Barton school a turtle named Terry blocked a drain causing 14 inches of water on the roof and damage to ceilings and furnishings. Officials plan repairs and Terry remains in the drain as rain is forecast. Administration leaders may accept a shorter extension than the 18 months Senate approved to push the legislation through the House.
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Terry
Elizabeth Barton
Robert Morrow
J. H. Glenn
Washington
Up— Administration
Senate
House
New Zealand Receives Two Seized Ships For Refit
The Maritime Commission authorized charter of three Danish cargo vessels to Union Steamship Co of New Zealand to replace diverted British tonnage. Nordhaal and Nordpol, at Los Angeles and Gray's Harbor, will sail under Panamanian flag and run Canada Australia routes. Nordwest moves from Gray's Harbor to Chile for nitrate bound for U S Atlantic ports.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Union Steamship Company of
New Zealand
Nordhaal
Nordpol
Los Angeles
Nordwest
Gray's Harbor
Nordhval
Canada
Australia
Oceanic Steamship Company of
San Francisco
Gray’s Harbor
Chile
U. S. Atlantic
House Divided Over Indefinite Army Service Extension
Washington August 9 with leaders abandoning hope of indefinite army service and pressing for an 18 month extension approved by the Senate. A Republican Democrat bloc could defeat the house bill removing the one year limit for draftees guardsmen and reservists as May insists on unlimited service. Administration efforts seek compromise while votes loom next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Empty Nazi Stomachs Are Cause Of Ukraine Battle
DeWitt MacKenzie argues four main factors push Hitler to launch a major drive into Ukraine. He cites needed breadstuffs and supplies, control of oil and Near East routes, severing Soviet industrial centers and Odessa, and British strength expanding in the region.
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Ukraine
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Eden
Europe
Near East
Middle East
Mediterranean
Far East
Black Sea
Odessa
Fuehrer
Britain
Near
350 Workers Absent At Navy Yard Protest
Philadelphia, Aug 9 The Carpenters and Dock Workers union sent about 350 members to refrain from reporting for duty at the Navy yard in a move to gain double time for Saturday. Officials stated there was no strike and that overtime and Saturday work are decided by time and a half per an agreement with the national union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Carpenters and Dock Workers Union
Navy Yard
Naval
Albert W. Watson
National Union
U S Planes Headed to Russia Under Lend Lease Deal
American built freighter planes are en route to Soviet Russia under a lend lease arrangement. Britain’s consent allows transfer of fighters and bombers to boost Soviet air power, with hundreds involved and destinations and methods not fully disclosed.
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Washington
Russia
Britain
Pacific
Vladivostok
Siberian
Alaska
Bering Strait
Lend-Lease Administration
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Cio Head
Etna
Kakisalmi
Estonia
Air Fleet Active
Red Air Fleet
Tass
Zam Zam
Raider
America
New York
Pearson
Warren
Schumacher
Danning
Cincinnati
Chicago
E. Riddle
Lombardi
Olsen
Presswell
McCullough
Scheffing
Boston
Brooklyn
Hutchings
Johnson
Javery
Kimball
Berres
Masi
Franks
Allen
Davis
Owen
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Butcher
Lopez
Warnecke
Krnst
Mancuso
Chase
Masterson
Zuber
Evans
Grove
Dobson and Peacock
Ruffing
Rosar
Babich
Ferrick
Wagner
Detroit
Niggeling
Kramer
Ferrell
Newhouser and Sullivan
Ned Russell
U.S
Great Britain
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