Petain assumes dictatorial powers in France amid occupation
In Vichy 84 year old Marshal Petain signs a constitutional act giving himself combined powers as president and premier. He aims to govern with personal responsibility during the transition to a new constitution while Lebrun resigns. The old Senate and Chamber of Deputies grant him power. referendum planned. France’s government structure shifts under German occupation.
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Vichy
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Albert Lebrun
Lebrun
Petain
Council of Ministers
Napoleon III
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Versailles
Nazi Trend in Romania Impacts U S Investments
In Bucharest a $163 million American stake in Romania faces sharp change as King Carol's monarchy shifts to a totalitarian state aligned with Nazi powers. Americans fear losses on $36 million in investments and $127 million in loans, including a $122 million World War era loan, amid Mediterranean war effects on trade and shipments.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
Germany
Italy
U. S
Mediterranean
Romania
Roosevelt endorses wage hour act stance on defense jobs
President Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference the administration will keep current wage hour standards for defense work. The Navy Department had awarded contracts totaling 136 million 743 thousand 900 dollars as part of building Pacific and Atlantic defenses. He cited a letter from Col. Philip B. Fleming confirming no need to raise the overtime ceiling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
Col
Philip B. Fleming
Marshall
National Guard
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Naval Quonset Point Air Station
Rhode Island
Senate Military Committee
War Department
H. L. Twaddle
Witness Confirms Champlain Destruction Sighting
Michel Weill of San Francisco testified he witnessed the French liner Champlain sunk by an airplane mine in La Rochelle harbor on June 27 as the Nea Hellas arrived from Lisbon. His account settles conflicting reports about the liner's destruction with an American passenger’s confirmation.
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Hoboken
N. J
Champlain
Nea Hellas
Lisbon
Portugal
Michel Weill
San Francisco
la Rochelle
France
Athens Home Telephone seeks $2 service charge change
The Athens Home Telephone Co. asks the State Utilities Commission for authority to substitute a $2 service charge for its current charges for moves and changes.
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Columbus
Athens Home Telephone Co
State Utilities Commission
Explosion at Holcomb mill kills three workers
A boiler explosion at a Holcomb sawmill killed three men and seriously injured six others. The deceased include farmer W. L. Compton, 55, who had come to fetch lumber, and mill workers Luther Davis, 25, and Elmer Smith, 28. The injured were taken for treatment.
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Holcomb
W. L. Compton
Luther Davis
Elmer Smith
Pickets protest non union labor at cathedral
A picket gathered in front of St. Francis De Sales Cathedral Toledo with a sign complaining that painting and decorating are being done by non union labor from Detroit. The demonstrators urged relief for union workers involved.
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Toledo
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
Detroit
Five die in hospital fire trap on third floor
Cincinnati report says five residents of the Holy Family Home died and at least two others were burned when basement laundry flames blocked stairs. Thirty people were trapped. others escaped via fire escapes or rescue efforts.
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Cincinnati
Holy Family Home
St. Francis Hospital
Mary Rose Watkins
Mary Theders
Hamilton
Minnie Brandhoff
Regina Niekamp
Rosaline Burns
Attorney Refuses To Give Up His Position In Cleveland
David Copland disbarred for life as an attorney remains a Cleveland municipal judge and refuses to resign his $750 monthly post. At 51 he reports daily to City Hall but has had no case since May 31. Copland says the salary goes with the position, not the individual.
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Cleveland
David Copland
City Hall
Copland
Poulson Leads Move to Oust Sawyer and Jaster at DNC
A Democratic group led by former state chairman Francis W. Poulson announced plans to remove Charles Sawyer and Mildred R. Jaster from the Democratic National Committee. Sawyer is the Ohio delegation’s favorite son for the upcoming convention opening Monday in Chicago.
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Columbus
Francis W. Poulson
Charles Sawyer
Mildred R. Jaster
Democratic National Committee
Sawyer
Ohio
Chicago
Stork in Elevator Delivers Boise Boy in Lift
In Boise Idaho a jammed hospital elevator trapped Mr and Mrs Truman Dodds and a nurse locking out the obstetrician. The baby Thomas Truman Dodds was born in the lift during the delay.
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Boise
Idaho
Thomas Truman Dodds
Mrs. Truman Dodds
Trustees weigh reestablishing Alfred Holbrook College as junior college
Manchester trustees of Alfred Holbrook College, stripped of accreditation, study the possibility of rebuilding the institution as a junior college.
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Manchester
Alfred Holbrook College
Monarch Leaves Raided Town as Planes Arrive
British Spitfires shot down eight German raiders as King George VI narrowly escaped a heavy attack. In Scotland a bomb killed 10, with many wounded. Churchill’s government tightened domestic controls amid air raids and U boat threats. Italian and British losses and shipping claims sparred in war of attrition. Emperor Haile Selassie’s government was recognized as Ethiopia’s lawful ally with coordinated forces to attack Italian positions in Africa. Nairobi reports say Kenyan troops repelled a three day assault at Moyale on the frontier.
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George VI
Great Britain
Portsmouth
Burton-on-Trent
Plymouth
Lowestoft
George
Jutland
England
Winston Churchill
British Isles
Hitler
High Command
Straits of
Dover
Hull
Germany
Land
Africa
Libya
Egypt
Kenya
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
East
House of Commons
Nairobi
Moyale
Kenya-Ethiopia
Willkie Sees Victory Ahead in Colorado Springs
Wendell L Willkie spoke at a cowboy themed dinner in Colorado Springs predicting victory in November. He urged supporters to rally on the range and promised a brighter future after January.
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Willkie
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L
Denver
Colorado Republican State Committee
Potomac
Weirton Board Rules on Company Unions in Weirton Fight
The National Labor Relations Board orders Weirton Steel to disestablish independent company unions at Weirton West Virginia and Steubenville Ohio plants. Seventeen of 300 workers dismissed for outside union activity to be reinstated with back pay. CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee petition for bargaining agent denied for 12 000 employees.
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Pittsburgh
Weirton
W. Va
Ernest T. Weir
New Deal
NBA
Weir
National Labor Relations Board
Steubenville
CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee
National Steel Corporation
Naval reserve mechanic dies after para chute incident
Clayton Riedel 38, a naval reserve mechanic from Mt. Clemens, died at St Josephs Hospital after being injured in a delayed parachute drop Sunday.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Clayton Riedel
St. Joseph's Hospital
War threat to Britain if Nazi forces invade Ireland
The article warns that a German invasion of Ireland would worsen Britain's food crisis by severing access to essential imports. It notes Ireland's neutrality guarding Britain from a continental move, while Germany already blocks key markets and increases shipping risks. It also discusses the difficulties of amphibious landings and the Irish defense.
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Ireland
Eire
England
Britain
Holland
Denmark
Hudson
Commons
Kaiser
John Bull
English Channel
North Sea
London
Emerald Isle
Powerfully Armed Tank Army Aims in Roosevelt Defense Plan
Washington reports a new defense program proposing about 6,000 tanks including 70-ton land battleships, doubling current stock and signaling a 1,200,000 troop army. The War Department seeks rapid recruitment and full mobilization, with Congress to be told of a $2 billion shortfall to field 1.2 million active troops and 800,000 reserves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Europe
War Department
National Guard
Congress
Sales Tax Income Higher Than in 1939
Columbus Ohio a sharp upsurge in June purchases to avoid the imminent federal defense tax boosted first half 1940 sales tax receipts to 10.4 per cent above the 1939 period. Beer malt wine and cigarette excise tax revenue rose 10.3 per cent. State Treasurer Don H Ebright reported 1940 sales tax collections of 24 472 873 compared with 22 176 162 in 1939.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Toledo Relief Load Drops From 1939 Levels
Toledo city officials say relief demands for 1940 are easing after the June report by Clarence Benedict, commissioner of poor relief. The relief rolls show 12,746 people on relief in June 1940, down from 13,149 in May but still far below 25,299 in June 1939.
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Toledo
Clarence R. Benedict
Dems Certain Roosevelt Will Be Candidate
Delegates arriving for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago express mixed views on Roosevelt’s path to a third term. Governors, senators, and officials weigh the likelihood of Roosevelt's nomination while others back Garner or consider Farley as a candidate. Senator Glass signals potential Farley nomination if he enters the race.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Lucas
Illinois
Garner
Farley
Washington
Senator Glass
Virginia
Glass
AAA Officials Favor Continued Restrictions
Washington report states a national conference of State AAA committeemen favors keeping federal production limits on major crops in place next year. Officials note European demand failed to rise as expected due to ongoing war, dampening farm exports.
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Washington
AAA
Highway bids let for 52 miles of road in 14 counties
The State Highway Department received bids totaling about half a million dollars for projects to improve 52 miles of roadway across 14 counties. The largest project covers three miles of the Ports mouth Columbus Road on U S 23 in Pee Pee Township Pike County, with A W Burns Construction Co of Columbus submitting the low bid of 109 883 dollars on a federal aid job estimated at 121 730 dollars.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Portsmouth-Columbus
U. S. 23
Pee Pee
Pike
A. W. Burns Construction Co
Three Killed Eleven Injured In Toledo Area Bus Crash
A Detroit bound bus collided with a cattle truck near Waterville southwest of Toledo. Two bus passengers and the driver died and 11 passengers were injured. The deceased were Jose Copeland of Detroit and Beulah Curd of Muncie.
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Toledo
Waterville
Jose Copeland
Detroit
Mich
Beulah Curd
Muncie
Ind
Windstorm piles up planes at Oklahoma City's airport
A powerful windstorm last night at Oklahoma City's municipal airport reached 70 miles per hour and overturned or damaged about a dozen airplanes. Authorities investigate causes and assess damages as crews clear the tarmac and secure the facility.
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Oklahoma City
Army Chief Backs Immediate National Guard Mobilization
Gen George C Marshall told the Senate Military Committee he favors mobilizing the National Guard immediately for training and endorsed the Burke Wadsworth bill for compulsory selective training of all male citizens 21 to 45 with minor amendments.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
National Guard
Army Chief of Staff
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
War Stimson
War Department
Stimson
Walter A. DeLamater
National Guard Association
Charles H. Grahl
Adjutants General Association
Senator Burke
Dneb
Rep
Wadsworth
RNY
Roosevelt dodges third term question at press con feren ce
President Roosevelt avoided answering questions on a possible third term and clarified thoughts on mobilizing the National Guard. He supported a compulsory training bill and outlined War Department plans to raise regular army and guard strength, with large contracts for Pacific and Atlantic defenses.
Uruguay approves compulsory military service for youth
Montevideo reports the chamber of deputies approved the bill 48 to 8 after the senate had passed it. Uruguay will become one of the few Latin American states to require army service of its youth.
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Montevideo
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Uruguay
Falls to death on Cincinnati roof after heat relief nap
Edward Buckingham aged 52 sought shelter from heat by resting in a chair on a roof adjoining his room. He dozed and fell to his death.
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Cincinnati
Edward Buckingham
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