Wallace nomination looms amid stormy convention scene
The Democratic convention disrupted by mixed cheers and boos toward Henry A Wallace as vice presidential nominee fronting strong farming support. Wallace, 52, faces McNary in a campaign tied to farm subsidy programs managing over 3.5 billion dollars since 1933.
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Oregon
Wallace
McNary
Henry Cantwell Wallace
Harding
Coolidge
Farmer
Des Moines
Iowa
Crosley Builds Light Car for Army Service
Cincinnati report describes a small automobile designed by Powel Crosley Jr for army use. The four soldier transport or scout vehicle runs at 50 miles per hour on one gallon of gas and uses an air cooled opposed-cylinder engine.
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Cincinnati
Powel Crosley, Jr
Crosley Corporation
May Build Armor Plate Plant Near Portsmouth
Representative Polk of Ohio discussed locating an armor plate plant as defense expansion, with a site at Franklin Furnace near Portsmouth Ohio under review. Rear Admiral Furlong announced a special board to evaluate the need for additional plants and to survey Franklin Furnace and another site near Ironton Ohio.
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Polk
Ohio
Franklin Furnace
Portsmouth
W. R. Furlong
Bureau of Ordinance
Navy Department
Ironton
Willkie Calls Roosevelt Speech Very Interesting
Willkie, in Colorado Springs on the way to a Denver farm conference, said Roosevelt's speech last night was very interesting. He chuckled at times while listening and declined to elaborate on his brief remarks about the nomination. Robert R. McCormick, Chicago Tribune publisher, dined with Willkie and hinted his paper would support him.
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Wendell L. Willkie
Denver
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Willkie
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Robert R. McCormick
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Teeth Exchanged for Road Right of Way
Boyd County Judge and dentist George G. Bell offered Mrs. Margaret Ellis a complete set of false teeth by Thanksgiving in exchange for a county road right of way to build a bridge over Ellington branch of Big Run Creek. The swap became a noted local oddity in Catlettsburg Kentucky.
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Boyd County
George G. Bell
Ellington
Big Run Creek
Margaret Ellis
Bell
Owens Named Labor Relations Assistant in Defense Panel
Sidney Hillman names John Owens as assistant on labor relations for the defense commission. Owens is president of the Ohio CIO Council and of United Mine Workers District No. 6.
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John Owens
Ohio Cio Council
United Mine Workers’ District No. 6
Sidney Hillman
The
Defense Commission
Roosevelt Accepts Term Nomination Amid Boos and Cheers
In Chicago Roosevelt accepts a third term nomination while noting he cannot campaign much due to danger. Wallace selected as running mate amid tumult with Mrs Roosevelt watching and McNutt briefly challenging before supporting Roosevelt’s ticket.
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Henry A. Wallace
Chicago
White House
Ohio CCC To Be Expanded
Washington announced expansion of the Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps from 23 to 28 camps under Director James J. McEntee. Summer units will open in Richland Marion Highland Harrison and Lawrence Counties lifting enrollment to 12 600 youths and 1 404 war veterans with 8 404 in out of state camps. The new camps operate through July August and September.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
James J. McEntee
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Richland
Marion
Highland
Harrison
Lawrence
Ohio
Pensioners Need Not Join Old Age Groups
Ohio old age pensioners were told by Tom W. McCaw that they need not join or attend meetings of pension groups. He noted Hamilton County pensioners went to the Cincinnati office to explain they could not attend a meeting of the Ohio Society of Old Age Pensioners.
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Tom W. McCaw
Division of Aid For the
McCaw
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Ohio Society of Old-Age Pensioners
Heat Wave Grips Midwest With No Break Ahead
Chicago reports a 100 degree heat wave scorching much of the Middle West. Forecaster A J Knorr attributes the heat to a stagnant area of low pressure persisting over the region for 48 hours with no relief seen for two to three days.
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Middle West
A. J. Knorr
Census shows Athens population up 424 in Ohio region
Preliminary counts in 24 Central and Southeastern Ohio counties show 16 cities over 7,500 with most gains since 1930. Athens rose to 7,676 while Ironton fell 781 to 15,840 amid floods and plant closures.
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Charles Q. Blomquist
Zanesville
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Chillicothe
Cambridge
Marietta
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Coshocton
Mt. Vernon
Delaware
Circleville
Gallipolis
Athens
Ships Sunk in South Atlantic
Reports from St Barthelmy Island say two lifeboats reached Fort de France with 41 men from the British steamers King John and Davisian, sunk about 400 miles east. The attacks may have occurred within the neutrality zone among 21 American nations, the first in South American waters since December when Graf Spee terrorized shipping.
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Montevideo
Air Fighters Battle Over Dover Strait
British and German air forces clash over the Dover Strait as a destroyer guards the English coast. A plane is shot down, others chase toward Boulogne and Calais, while Britain readies a looming counteroffensive and demands for vast wartime materiel from the United States. An Illinois man, John E. Hayes, 30, dies in a separate Route 30 crash near Upper Sandusky.
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Upper Sandusky
Franco Eyes Gibraltar as Axis Strategy Moves in World War II
The piece argues Franco seeks Gibraltar to threaten Britain and control the Mediterranean, linking the move to Nazi fascist goals. It frames Gibraltar as a key fortress in the twofold war against Britain and Italy, warning an assault could unfold to break Allied sea power and aid the Axis.
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May Establish Home Defense Units in U S
Washington report says War Department weighs creating state home guards to defend in case of full or partial National Guard mobilization. Shotgun Brigades could replace regular militia for those unfit for combat due to age or family duties. Police powers would stay with states under War Department supervision.
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Germans Claim Mistreatment
A German spokesman said authorities regret acting over alleged mistreatment of Germans in the Dutch East and West Indies. He blamed East and West Indian authorities for the incident and warned reprisals in Holland against well known figures in overseas possessions.
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Berlin
CIO Steel Workers Stage Surprise Strike
About 800 workers at Crucible Steel La Belle plant were idled by an unexplained walkout led by CIO unionists. Company and union representatives knew no reason, with reports pointing to a dispute over non payment of union dues.
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la Belle
Crucible Steel Company
CIO
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Cleveland Tests to Check Reflexes of Serious Crash Drivers
Motorists in Cleveland involved in serious accidents face a new testing regime. Death drivers must answer questions to gauge intelligence while reflex tests and psychiatric examinations may be used to detect mental quirks.
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Cleveland
Hitler warns world is destroyed if Churchill fights on
Adolf Hitler in the Reichstag warns that a world would be destroyed if England presses to a fight to the finish. He frames peace terms as a reasonable offer but insists any settlement would be on German terms and that Churchill would not survive to rehabilitate Britain. He recalls Franco-Polish and Russo-German moves and accuses war-mongers of driving the conflict while praising German strategic gains in Norway and Narvik.
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Britain braces for cross channel raid as Nazi air and sea action escalate
British defenses prepare to greet any cross channel invasion while Berlin asserts harsh wartime rules for civilians. German reports claim sinking of ships and submarines, plus raids on shipping and barracks. Italy, Spain, and Japan claim distant air operations and shifting alliances as Spain's Franco pledges troops and the Japanese seek U S friendship.
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Far East
Head on Collision Kills Father and Six Children
In San Fernando California Clarence Yount 29 and six of his seven children died in a head-on crash between two trucks. The Yount family vehicle burst into flames after the collision as they were leaving Los Angeles for a fishing trip.
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Fisherman’s body recovered after Lake Erie fall
Three fishermen yesterday recovered the body of Charles J. Miller a 24 year old Toledo man who fell into Lake Erie from the Great Lakes Towing Co tug Louisiana last November 19.
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