Roosevelt appoints Stimson Knox to cabinet in wartime move
President Roosevelt names Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war and Col. Frank Knox as secretary of the navy to bolster allied support. The action sparks debate on a possible third term and dominates Capitol Hill as Congress speeds a $1,777,489,788 emergency defense bill and related rearmament measures.
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Herbert Hoover
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Kentucky
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Republican Party
Senate
Congress
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War Department
Burke
D., Neb
Party Leaders Expel Stalwarts For War Cabinet Posts
The Republican National Committee formally reads Col. Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson out of the party for joining President Roosevelt's cabinet. Chairman John D. Hamilton says they are no longer speaking for Republicans. The move follows Stimson and Knox accepting roles in the administration as the party braces for a possible war stance.
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Republican National Committee
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Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
John D. Hamilton
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Stimson
Herbert Hoover
Repubican
Hamilton
Washington
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Alf M. Landon
Landon
Frank Gannett
Rochester
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Anzacs Reach British Port In Wartime Show of Resolve
Bombed yet defiant Britain welcomes 50 000 Anzac troops from across the empire while preparing to register 31 to 34 year old men for fourth home defense classes. Eden hails an imperial front as RAF raids and German bombers roam Europe.
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London
Britain
New Zealand
Anthony Eden
Admiralty
New York
Eden
Anzacs
Canada's Manpower To Be Conscripted
Ottawa reports the senate passed a wartime conscription measure to control manpower finances and industrial resources for Canada. Royal assent by Earl of Athlone will make it law tomorrow with overseas service remaining voluntary for Canadian men.
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Senate
Canada
House of Commons
Earl of Athlone
Winston Churchill
England
Hallanan warns of national crisis before convention
West Virginia Republican leader Walter Hallanan in Philadelphia says the current crisis is as grave as 1776 and 1860. He urges open debate and unity at the convention to "save the future of the United States" and foresees plans that will secure freedom.
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United States
Continental Congress
Walter Hallanan
Blican National
West Virginia
Hallanan
Philadelphia
Feuchtenberger Denies German Spy Allegations
West Virginia Bakers association president L. D. Feuchtenberger, a Huntington native with Bluefield roots, issued a formal denial after rumors claimed he was pro German or connected to German government. U S Commissioner Thomas H. Scott said no warrants or complaints exist and no investigation was made. Feuchtenberger runs a bakery employing about 175 Americans.
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West Virginia Bakers Association
Charleston
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Huntington
W. Va
United States
Thomas H. Scott
Scott
U. S
Bomb blasts injure nine in two Manhattan sites
Two explosions within an hour shook downtown Manhattan injuring nine. The first hit the Whitehall building at 17 Battery Place housing the German Trade and Commercial Service and the consulate area, while the second struck 35 East 12th Street housing the Daily Worker offices. District Attorney Dewey began an inquiry into possible crackpot or organized action, noting similar construction in both blasts.
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Communist Party
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Dewey
Jacob Rosenblum
Whitehall
Battery Place
Manhattan
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German Trade and Commercial Service
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Young Communist League
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Clarence Omar
Daily
Worke
Compiegne Site Echoes 1918 Armistice As Nazis Press Demands
Berlin dispatch notes Hitler plans to present peace terms to France at Compiegne the historic car where Foch signed 1918 armistice. Emissaries fly to meet the Fuehrer amid German gains and looming peace terms, while France endures occupation and calls for resolve.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Compiegne
Marshal Foch
Germany
Maxime Weygand
Foch
Scapa Flow
Hitler
Victor
Britain
Fuehrer
Jap Vessels Move Near Indo China
The Japanese navy concentrates units including an aircraft carrier off Hainan opposite Haipong raising fears of action if the French surrender accelerates. Reports say troops from the Yangtze valley move south, with estimates of 100000 troops on Hainan for a potential landing, while a loss at Ichang may reflect a river setback.
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Italy Warns France as Mussolini Plans Savoy Occupation
Rome reports France sought a separate armistice via Spanish intermediaries as Mussolini orders troops to seize Savoy regions in southern France. The move aligns with a German advance from St Dizier through Lyon to Clermont Ferrand, with Vittorio Emanuele returning to Rome and meeting the Soviet envoy.
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Savoy
Vittorio Emanuele
Nicolai Gorelchin
Moscow
la Tribuna
St. Dizier
Clermont Ferand
Stefani
Refugees Flood Swiss Border as Allied Troops Arrive
Swiss frontier guards disarmed about 40,000 mainly French and Polish soldiers who crossed near Gourmois seeking safety. Many refugees are wounded or exhausted as Nazi forces advance, with Poles among the evacuees. The retreat from the Maginot line leaves three French front lines visible from Switzerland, including alpine, Italian front, and German thrust zones.
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France
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Maginot Line
Senate Bills Orders Military Service Training
Washington reports a draft bill to require 40 million men 18 to 65 to register for possible service with eight months of training for a 4,000,000 strong reserve. It sets age bands for active duty and home defense, with pay, deferment rules, and reserve commitments, amid warnings of grave threats.
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