Special Session Fuels Bricker Campaign Strategy in Ohio
Columbus AP reports a special session released campaign fuel for Gov. John W. Bricker. Republicans push a straight ticket to lessen federal influence, while Democrats cite sour notes. Proposals include $1.8 million more for poor relief, $2 million for old age pensions, raising monthly pension to 39, boosting aid to the blind, and authorizing local funds to cover pre Jan 1 1940 relief deficits.
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Italian Editor Says U S Not To Enter War
Italian fascist editor Vir inlo Gayda of Giornale D Italia argued Washington shows hesitation toward European adventure and warned that American intervention could set a precedent for European meddling. He claimed Germany and Italy planned attacks against Britain and its empire to peel away smaller nations from ties to Britain.
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Widow Faces Five Year Term for Embezzlement
In Columbus, Mildred Karshner a 53 year old widow and Circleville bank bookkeeper faced a federal sentence after confessing to 14 000 losses over four years funded by racing bets. She described false entries begun four years ago to support a family as losses mounted.
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Charlie Chase Dies at 46 Movie Comedian Succumbs
Charlie Chase, Hollywood comedian known for six feet of loose jointed humor in early thirties two-reel comedies, died yesterday at home from a heart attack. He devoted most of his 26 years in film to giving the public laughter as a mainstay of theatrical entertainment.
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Drowns Trying To Cross Settling Tank Tragedy Stuns City
Police theorize Agnes Thie pean, 65, mistook heavy scum on a settling tank for footing and drowned while crossing. Her body was found yesterday, three days after she was reported missing. A second item notes Marion School Board appointing Snydar as principal at Harding High School at $3,000 annually.
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Nazis Seize France’s Battleships in Yards
In a chaotic update, reports claim German forces seized two 25,000-ton French battleships amid ongoing talks on colonies and non recognition of ships under construction. The amid-ship details remain murky as governments respond to the rapid shifts in naval power and territory.
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Drought Forecast Warns of Long Dry Spell Ahead
Seattle report cites Halbert P. Gillette of Chicago predicting the worst droughts of the past 20 centuries may resume. Based on rock strata and 15 years of moisture cycles, he says dry periods starting 1930 could continue until 1900. He argues relief policies in dust bowl areas will prove futile and envisions wholesale migrations.
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Bombings Hit German Office and Communist HQ in New York
In two blasts separated by about 40 minutes, ten people were injured. The first explosion damaged a German money exchange on the 18th floor of the Whitehall Building near Battery Park, where the German consulate offices were located above. A second blast targeted the Daily Worker building uptown, breaking a door step and shattering windows. Authorities increased security for belligerent nation representatives in the city.
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Roosevelt cabinet shake sparks cross party uproar
Washington faces a tense Senate session as Roosevelt defends foreign and defense policies amid surprise nominations of Henry Stimson as War Secretary and Col. Frank Knox as Navy Secretary. The moves provoke protests within both major parties and calls for cabinet reorganization.
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Abandon Hunt For Fishermen Abandoned After Erie Search
LORAIN OHIO Coast Guard crew spent three hours scanning Lake Erie off Avon Lake then concluded two missing fishermen likely saved themselves by swimming ashore. Merle McCune said shore tracks indicated both men walked there. Avon Lake Marshal W Arnold reported a third man among youths. The rowboat reportedly overturned amid rocks.
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GOP Drops Stimson Knox For Accepting Cabinet Jobs
GOP leaders at the 1940 national convention push an antiwar platform after a hostile national committee meeting that ousted Henry L. Stimson and Colonel Frank Knox for joining Roosevelt's cabinet as war and navy heads. Rumors swirl that Roosevelt may skip a third term. Landon aides caution about assurances, while subcommittees draft a brief platform aligned with the Frank report and a foreign affairs panel led by Landon prepares to begin work.
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Foreign Affairs
Summer Arrives With Chilly Cleveland Reception
Summer officially began at 8 37 am but Cleveland met a cool reception with a 50 degree morning, a dip from yesterday and topcoats in use. Gen John T Thompson aged 80, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, died today after a long career in arms design and wartime government service. British air raids over the Ruhr and Rhineland reported with some success, leaving two planes behind.
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Bitter Opposition to Youth Training Program Leader Heard in Congress
In Washington the debate over a national youth training program intensified as critics questioned a union leader's fitness to head the effort. President Roosevelt pushed for $225.59 million and a broad enlistment to train 400000 workers for defense needs, while supporters like Sidney Hillman urged swift action to organize a large-scale program alongside the War and defense agencies. The Senate approved an emergency defense bill totaling $1.78 billion, sending it back to the House for concurrence.
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Armistice Parley Rehearsed In Historic Rail Car Scene
The article describes a Nazi led ceremony in the Compiegne railway car, the 1918 armistice venue, with Hitler and Reich officials present as French plenipotentiaries awaited the terms. It notes German forces claiming captured planes and tanks, and mentions Mussolini’s role and a continuing Allied bombing context.
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Religious Sect Seeks Use of Ohio Fairgrounds
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood scheduled a preliminary conference with Jehovahs Witnesses after the state denied fairgrounds use for a convention. The Watchtower Society seeks to enjoin Gov Bricker from canceling a July meeting contract citing violation of assembly and free speech and religion rights. Petitioners Knorr Hessler and two Columbus residents filed the action.
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John W. Bricker
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Nathan H. Knorr
Charles Hessler
Pittsburgh
Wheat surplus to be swelled as 1940 harvest nears
Chicago statisticians report a 1940 wheat surplus rising toward harvest. Prospective 4.6 billion bushels for principal cereals including wheat and corn suggest a harvest only a few million bushels smaller than last year. Market value may lag behind the past five years if grain prices do not improve.
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Solar Halo Seen Over Cincinnati Area
A solar halo was visible in the Cincinnati region described as infrequent. Dr. Everett J. Yowell of the Cincinnati Observatory explained the halo forms when sunbeams reflect off minute ice crystals high in the upper atmosphere, producing rainbow tones.
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Everett J. Yowell
Cincinnati Observatory
Washington liner docks with 1785 refugees after perilous voyage
The United States liner Washington arrived safely in New York after a dramatic encounter at sea. About 1,785 passengers, most American citizens, fled European danger and sought refuge aboard the ship.
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