Taft Shifts Foreign Policy Emphasis in 1940 Campaign
Senator Robert A. Taft signals a pivot toward foreign policy in the 1940 race, urging that the New Deal be judged by early war outcomes and stressing financial stability. He supports limited arms embargos and cash and carry while opposing expanded executive power, facing challenger Arthur Vandenberg on neutrality. Taft plans a five state rally in Vienna, Illinois, Sept. 30 to outline his revised stance.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Far West
Taft
Seattle
Wash
Europe
Roosevelt
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Britain
France
United States
Congress
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Vienna
Til
French mine layer explosion rocks Casablanca harbor
An unconfirmed report claims the French mine layer Pluton exploded in Casablanca Harbor during loading. Up to 400 people were killed and injured, with extensive damage to city buildings and surrounding areas.
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Acme Telephoto
Casablanca
Morocco
Four youths missing after Ohio River tragedy near Apple Grove
Nearly two dozen boats scan the Ohio River below Apple Grove Dam for four missing Apple Grove and Millwood youths aged 19. June Farra Dorothy Knightling Ralph Donahue and Robert Friend were last seen after crossing the river Sunday evening. A cap and broken oar-lock were found as life-saving crewsassist.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Apple Grove
June Farra
Dorothy Knightling
Ralph Dorfahue
Robert Friend
Millwood
W. Va
Middleport
Ernest Shank
Ford Farra
Charles Knightling
Ralph Donahue
George Donahue
Roy Friend
Dean of Ohio State Graduate College Dies
Dr. George F. Arps 65 dean of the Ohio State University graduate school dies after several months illness from myeloma. Private funeral services set for Tuesday morning in Columbus.
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Ohio State Graduate College
Columbus
U.P
George F. Arps
Ohio State University Graduate School
Democrats sue to block civil service reform referendum
In Columbus the Democratic state headquarters pressed a court action to force a November referendum on the Bricker administration civil service reform bill. Judge Dana F. Reynolds restrains Secretary Earl J. Griffith from enforcing the act, as Limbach seeks a mandamus to certify petitions for signature verification.
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Columbus
Bricker
Secretary of
Earl J. Griffith
Arthur L. Limbach
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
Griffith
Limbach
Common Pleas Court
Secretary of State
Civil Service Commission
Cleveland alienist testifies in Fink murder trial
Dr. Louis Karnosch was called by the defense to testify in the Velma Baker Fink first degree murder case. The 22 year old defendant, whose 11 week old son Halden was drowned in Green Creek on June 13, testified for 90 minutes saying she cannot remember whether she killed the baby or not.
Canadian Flying Boat Forced Down at Sea
The Swedish steamer Pollux reported reaching a Canadian flying boat forced down at sea about 75 to 100 miles off Sydney. Pollux stood by ready to rescue the crew if the boat sank before a tug from Sydney, Nova Scotia arrived. The flying boat said it was forced down by a broken aileron.
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Chatham
Mass
U.P
Pollux
Sydney
N. S
Romanian Towns Bombed Near Polish Frontier
Two military planes of unknown nationality flew over the Romanian frontier and dropped bombs on the village of Cristiateh killing six people and burning several houses. Another unidentified plane killed three more and destroyed a house in Cotringen. Cristiateh and Cotringen lie in Romania near the Polish border.
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Bucharest
U.P
Cristiateh
Cotringen
Rumania
Japanese fliers depart for Miami from Florida
Seven goodwill aviators representing Osaka Mainichi and Tokyo Nichi Nichi newspapers left Miami at 6 10 a m EST heading westward for a round the world flight.
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Florida
Washington
U.R
Osaka Mainichi
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Miami
Fla
North Olmstead Block Destroyed by $60,000 Blaze
A two story Burns Block in North Olmsted’s shopping district burned, six stores a barber shop a dentist office and a dance hall were housed there. The fire started by an electrical short circuit and was fought by five suburban departments.
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Cleveland
WU P
North Olmsted
Freighter Rio Branco Grounded Off Boston Harbor
The 3 175 ton Norwegian passenger freighter Rio Branco ran aground about 100 feet off Eastern Point Gloucester while en route from Trinidad to Boston with five passengers and a $200000 cargo. Attempts were made today to refloat the 300 foot vessel after Captain Thor Oraig mistook harbor lights for Boston light.
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Gloucester
Mass
U.P
Rio Branco
Eastern Point
Boston
Trinidad
Thor Oraig
Sherman Meister Found Dead by Hanging at 50
Sherman Meister, a 50 year old contractor and builder, was found hanged today in an apparent suicide. Authorities reported no immediate signs of foul play as the body was discovered.
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Napoleon
U.P
Sherman Meister
Stay Denied in Bergdoll Court Martial Proceedings
Federal Judge Alfred C. Coxe refused Bergdoll's request for a stay in the Army court martial. The ruling allows the court martial to proceed while a habeas corpus writ by Bergdoll's attorney is heard, with Coxe noting a potential future action could pause the military case if the writ is upheld. The civil case arguments were brief.
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New York
Alfred C. Coxe
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Coxe
Two Americans Lost As Ship Strikes Mine
Oslo report says the 5136 ton Norwegian steamship Ronda struck a mine near Terschelling Island Holland. Seventeen aboard are missing and believed drowned including two Americans Miss Nan Etchinson of Richmond Virginia and Gordon Felts of Odessa Missouri and an unidentified Canadian.
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Oslo
Norway
U.P
Ronda
Terschelling Island
Holland
Miss Nan
Etchinson
Richmond
Gordon Felts
Odessa
GOP Leaders To Meet With Roosevelt Wednesday
Alfred M. Landon and Frank Knox, 1936 GOP nominees, will join President Roosevelt in a pre-Congress conference with congressional leaders to discuss neutrality issues and the agenda for the upcoming special session. Roosevelt invited them to participate to promote partisanship adjournment amid the European war crisis.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Alfred M. Landon
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
GOP
Congress
Landon
Knox
Businessmen Seek Law to Keep U.S. Out of War
The United States Chamber of Commerce board urged Congress to enact laws and resolutions committing the nation to remain at peace unless attacked. The appeal closed a three day meeting in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
U.P
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
United States
West Virginia High School Gridder Killed
Weirton High School left guard Robert Donnell, 17, died after a neck injury from a Friday night game with Follansbee high. He passed away yesterday, marking the season's first West Virginia football fatality.
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Weirton
W. Va
U.P
West Virginia
Robert Donnell
Weirton High School
Follansbee
Ohio Coal Output Drops One Fourth During 1938
Ohio mining shifted toward mechanization in 1938 with machines producing 83.8 percent of output. Total tonnage fell 6.2 million from 1937 as 21 169 workers were employed, down 21.1 percent, with wages down 31.7 percent. Fatalities dropped from 70 to 42.
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Ohio
Columbus
George A. Strain
Bricker Warns of Internal Threats to Democracy
Gov John W Bricker of Ohio warned in Chicago on Constitution Day that while no foreign nation can easily attack the United States, internal forces threaten the democratic system He cited revolution appetite hunger and need as undermining the constitutional order and warned against replacing law with force
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Chicago
U.P
United States
America
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Gov. Bricker
Ohio Sheriff Is Held On Charge of Speeding
Sheriff Merton F. Pinney of Delaware County, 51, was arrested by Columbus police while en route to Franklin County Jail to fetch two inmates. He was released on a recognizance bond to appear in traffic court Wednesday after a chase by Motorcycle Patrolman Stanley Dodds at 62 mph.
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Columbus
U.P
Franklin County
Merton F. Pinney
Delaware County
Central
Pinney
Stanley Dodds
Moscow Declares Invasion Is Emancipation Mission
United Press reports Stalin says Soviet troops moved into eastern Poland on a mission to protect White Russians and Ukrainians. Berlin and Moscow signaled a new frontier line as German forces press east toward Brest Litovsk and Lwow while Poland retreats toward Bucharest.
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Moscow
Poland
Brest-Litovsk
Drohobycz
Lwow
Berlin
Warsaw
Bucharest
France
Benito Mussolini
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
London
Paris
Soviets Indicate Partition Plan for Polish Territory
Izvestia published a map outlining a boundary through Poland as Soviet troops push 500 miles into Polish land. The line from East Prussia to the Slovak frontier would cut the eastern third of Poland while Western White Russia and Western Ukraine fall under Soviet control.
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Moscow
Poland
Izvestia Today
Red Army
East Prussia
Izvestia
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
Soviet Union
Courageous Sunk by Submarine First Warship Destroyed at Sea
London reports His Majesty's Ship Courageous, a 22 500 ton aircraft carrier completed in 1916, sunk by an enemy submarine. Survivors rescued by destroyers and merchant ships. sub doomed allegedly by destroyers. Courageous served with reserve fleet since August, previously converted 1928 from cruiser.
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London
Ministry of Information
Courageous
Ministry
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Baltic
Information Ministry
Germany
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U.S
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Soviet
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