Senate debates Knox and Stimson cabinet hearings
Washington reports show senators pressing for open hearings on Col. Frank Knox for Navy secretary and Henry L. Stimson for secretary of war. Some members demand public sessions while others push for speed before the July 15 recess, amid partisan war debate and Willkie alignment.
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Washington
Knox-timsot
Sreetec
D-W. Va
Senate
Naval Committee
Col
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Military Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Sheppard
D-Tex
Ellender
D-La
Knox
Nye
R-Nd
Wendell L. Willkie
McNary
R-Ore
Stimson
Wheeler
Willkie
Democratic Party
Senate Naval Committee
Nazi order forces expulsion of envoys from four nations
Berlin instructed the United States and other embassies to discontinue all diplomatic missions in Norway Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands by July 15. Political matters should be handled through Berlin missions while consulates may stay. Denmark retains a different status with both missions and consulates remaining. France is excluded.
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Berlin
United States
Norway
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Foreign Office
U. S
France
Denmark
Parents Object To Love Affair Ends In Youth Death
Cleveland report states parents objected to 17-year-old Claude Murvine courting Miss Ruth Smith prompting a fatal plunge from a fourth story apartment roof. Police noted a week earlier the Smith family asked Murvine to stop visiting.
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Cleveland
Claude Murvine
Ruth Smith
Hattie Smith
Pittsburgh Institutions Buy Milk Across State Lines
Pittsburgh institutions skip state milk prices by importing milk from Ohio. The Veterans Hospital in Aspinwall estimates annual savings of 5600 dollars through purchases from Steubenville Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
State Milk Control Board
Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
Steubenville
Mrs. Rogers Longtime Cleveland Press Conductress Passes
Mrs Wini Fred E. Rogers, 56, longtime conductress of the Mrs Maxwell advice column the Cleveland Press for 14 years, died yesterday after six months illness.
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Cleveland
Winifred E. Rogers
Maxwell
Cleveland Press
Louis Mayer Tops List of 1938 High-Paid U S Figures
Treasury release shows nine teens among the 25 highest salaries in 1938 went to movie stars and executives. Louis B Mayer leads with 688 369 dollars from Metro Goldwyn Mayer while Claudette Colbert Bing Crosby Irene Dunne and others also rank among the top earners in corporate America for the year.
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Louis Mayer
U. S
Washington
Treasury
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Pictures
Corpor
F. A. Countway
Lever Brothers Company
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines Corporation
Claudette Colbert
Bing Crosby
Irene Dunne
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Charles Boyer
Wallace Beery
Cary Grant
Dead and Homeless After Texas Floods
WLLETTSVILLE Texas floods from a cloudburst and swollen rivers killed at least four people and left hundreds homeless in Lavaca Clorado and Guadalupe river areas. A 12 inch rainfall in 12 hours sent a 15 foot wall of water through towns causing widespread damage estimated at more than 500000 dollars.
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Wllettsville
Tex
Sutheast Texas
Lavaca
Clorado
Guadalupe
S. Morgan
Yoakum
Three Men Sentenced For Possessing Unpaid Whiskey
In Columbus federal court Judge Mell G Underwood sentenced Charles D Mills 31 of Rockbridge to 18 months and Luther Barnett 25 and Otis Walker 29 of Allensville to 15 months each for possessing tax unpaid whiskey. Prosecutor Paul Hurst alleged witness tampering to aid alibis during a joint December trial.
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Columbus
Paul Hurst
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Hurst
Charles D. Mills
Rockbridge
Luther Barnett
Otis Walker
Allensville
Fleet in Hawaii Again After Routine Training Exercise
Major U S fleet units, absent last week and causing surprise in Hawaii, returned to Lahaina Roads and were described by Admiral James O Richardson as a routine training exercise.
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Honolulu
United States Fleet
Hawaii
Lahaina Roads
James O. Richardson
GAR leader Captain John E. Andrew dies in Quincy
Captain John E. Andrew a Civil War veteran who served as national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the last ten months died yesterday in Quincy. The teen age soldier who began his service during the war lived to 1).
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Quincy
John E. Andrew
Grand Army of the Republic
Ask Removal of Gallia Celebration Stockade
Gallipolis citizens prepare a petition to the city commission urging abolition of the riverfront sesquicentennial stockade. The request rests on moral and aesthetic grounds and was reported today.
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Gallipolis
Willkie Quits Utilities Post After Sea Trip
Wendell L. Willkie returned to New York to sever his utilities connections and prepare his campaign as the Republican presidential nominee. He disembarked Roy Howard's yacht Jamaro y after sailing from Philadelphia and planned to resign as president of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation immediately. He would take a short vacation at an unselected spot following talks with Republican leaders.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Roy Howard
Jamaroy
Philadelphia
Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Republican Standard
Wendell Willkie
Marine Cooks and Stewards Postpone 72 Hour Strike
In San Francisco the Marine Cooks and Stewards delayed a 72 hour strike by federal request, averting a potential paralyzing action on west coast offshore and intercoastal shipping. The union denounced the Pacific American Shipowners Association as the target of the planned walkout.
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San Francisco
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Rev Warren Former Chauncey Pastor Dies
Oney Warren a former minister of Chauncey Methodist Church died at Bartlett this morning. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at one o’clock.
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Chauncey
Oney Warren
Chauncey Methodist Church
Bartlett
Martins Ferry Child Dies After Shooting Incident
Lottie Marie Jarczyk four years old died at Fairpoint after a shooting incident with a young cousin while playing with a gun. Police are investigating the case as a local homicide.
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Martins Ferry
Lottie Marie Jarczyk
Fairpoint
la Gun
U S Defense Program Accelerates Amid Tax Hike
Washington reports a swift defense buildup with army and navy expansion under way while new taxes raise beer, liquor, and cigarette prices. Officers resume promotions, Reserve officers report for duty, and 50 ships await orders pending Roosevelt's approval. The plan aims to fund defense with about 475 million in taxes plus higher income taxes due next March 15.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Children Held in Death Of Father in Desert
A coroner's jury ruled Charles Sanders of Burley died from exposure after being taken to a desert location six miles north of Klamima and left to die by two sons a daughter and her husband. Sanders had been missing since June 21 and was found Saturday. The four youths were jailed in Shoshone County.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Charles Sanders
Burley
Klamima
Sanders
George Sanders
G. M. Brown
Chamberlain branded sniper by Germans in radio address
Berlin reports labeled Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain a sniper after his radio address last night claiming civilians are part of Britain’s armed force. German authorities say his statement prompts a future reply from German arms.
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Berlin
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Britain
Chamberlain
Excess Profits Tax Planned By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt said he would submit a recommendation for an excess profits tax to Congress immediately. House Majority Leader Rayburn expected a message today if drafted in time. The levy would be similar to wartime taxes and serve as a revenue source and a curb on war time profits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Congress
Rayburn
House
Department Stores in District Show Gains
The Fourth Federal Reserve District reports 18 to 25 percent gains in department store business in the first three weeks of June 1940 over 1939. Weather and payroll increases are cited as contributing factors. The district covers Ohio parts of Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve
Two Dilemmas Loom Over U S Aid to Axis Powers
The War Today column warns of looming U S choices on famine relief to war-torn Europe and the risk of aiding Germany through cash and carry if Berlin controls French Atlantic ports and challenges the British blockade. It frames the policy debate amid hunger in Belgium and potential American sales of raw materials and war supplies to Axis powers.
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United States
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Old World
Belgium
Germany
Atlantic
Latin America
Italy
Nazis Seize Guernsey and Jersey Islands in Channel
German troops capture the British controlled Channel Islands Guernsey and Jersey to gain a base for a projected invasion. Britain reports air victories over France with multiple Messerschmitts shot down and one bomber sinking off the northeast coast.
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Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth
Island Kingdom
Cherbourg
Hitler
Britain
Calais
Messerschmitt
France
Kingdom
Air Ministry
Germany
British Isles
English
French
Bethune
French Losses In War Fixed At 1 500 000
Report from SAN SEBASTIAN estimates French casualties in the final month of the war at 1 500 000 men. Adolf Hitler's mechanized army crushed France's army in about a month of blitzkrieg and occupied over half the country. General Weygand reportedly warned cabinet ministers that cartridges would last only three days. Ministers watched troops melt away along the Somme and Aisne as Germans advanced.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
France
Weygand
Tours
Somme
Aisne
Canton Business Gains From War and Rearmament Plans
The Canton chamber of commerce reports a 25 percent rise in district business for the first half of 1940 over the same period in 1939. Major firms in military work include Republic Steel Berger Timken Roller Bearing Hercules Diebold. Berger announces a $100,000 three story factory and office building contract to be let this week.
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Canton
Canton’ Chamber of Commerce
Republic Steel Corp
Berger Manufacturing Co
Timken, Roller Bearing Co
Hercules Motor Co
Diebold Safe & Lock
Berger Company
Pottery Workers Union Not Seeking Blanket Pay Rise
The National Brotherhood of Potters 49th annual convention opens in Atlantic City. President James M. Duffy says no blanket wage increase this year, but higher pay may be sought for several specific worker classifications.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
A. F. of L
James M. Duffy
East Liverpool
Ohio
Ben Turpin Dies at 65 Noted Comedic Screen Star
Hollywood reports the death of Ben Turpin a veteran comedian known for his crossed eyes. He was 65 years old and had long been a familiar figure in silent and early sound films.
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Hollywood
Ben Turpin
British Will Protect Near East From Axis
London says Britain cannot allow Syria or Lebanon to be occupied by a hostile power. The foreign office clarifies that General Mittelhauser's action in the Near East does not imply France would refrain from opposing any Germany or Italy attempt to seize Syria or Lebanon under mandate.
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London
Foreign Office
Syria
Mittelhauser
Britain
Lebanon
Near East
Germany
Italy
France
Jap Rear Admiral and Staff Die in Tsugaru Strait
Domei reports Rear Admiral Eizo Matsui and eight staff members died in a line of duty accident in the Tsugaru Strait near Omimato naval base in northern Japan. The Tsugaru Strait lies between Honshu and Hokkaido.
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Tokyo
Eizo Matsui
Ominato Naval Base
Japan
Straits of Tsugaru
Domei
Strait of
Tsugaru
Honshu
Hokkaido
Wellsville Opens 50th Anniversary Celebration
Wellsville welcomed 25,009 visitors as it kicked off a three day homecoming marking the town’s 50th anniversary of incorporation with gala decorations and events.
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Wellsville
Soviet Army Lands Tanks From Planes
Soviet forces press toward Rumania as Red army paratroops and baby tanks arrive on Romanian soil. Reports cite clashes on the Prut and Danube fronts with Romanians flooding Bucharest with wounded.
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Russia
Rumania
Carol II
Balkan
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Bucharest
Prut River
Berlin
Geremany
Red Army
Reni
Danube
Prut
Odessa
DNB
Galati
Tass
Bank Robbers Given Life Terms in Pen
Cincinnati jury today sentenced Elmer Whitt 30 of Columbus and Ivan Phillips of Marion to life imprisonment for the May 28 1947 $30119 robbery at the Avondale branch of Central Trust Co.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Whitt
Columbus
Ivan Phillips
Marion
Avondale
Central Trust Co
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