French Fleet Action Reinforces Britain and Defense Shifts
United Press analysis notes Great Britain gains a material boost from recent seizure of French ships, improving coastal defense and naval patrols. It argues France is out of the war, freeing Mediterranean focuses and potentially hindering German invasion plans as Britain concentrates ships and minesweepers for home waters.
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Woman Nominated for President by Greenback Party
INDIANAPOLIS Ind UP Mrs Anna Milburn Seattle Wash widow Friday headed the national greenback party ticket as its presidential candidate believed to be the first woman ever nominated for that office She spent five years pushing the party money and banking reforms and was selected unanimously by the party council Mrs Milburn a native of Iowa has been a party member four years but never ran for office
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Towa
Camp Good Health Needs Donations to Help Children
Community fundraiser flags a $700 shortfall to keep Camp Good Health open for physically handicapped children from Cedar Rapids. The Public Health Nursing association runs the program with donations to the Camp Good Health Fund. If funded, 46 more children aged 6 to 12 will get a three week health start this summer.
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Needle in haystack tale ends with hippo tank ring return
Detroit AP report says zoo attendants hunted a ring dropped by Betty Baysle of Springfield Illinois into a hippo wallow. They drained a 2500 gallon tank and sifted mud until Friday when the mother's diamond ring was returned to Mrs Katherine Baysle.
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Springfield, II
Zoo
Katherine Baysle
Public misinformed on Legion defense plans says Kelly
National commander Raymond J. Kelly told a radio audience that premature reports about American Legion defense plans mislead the public. He denied any intent to form a private army and said home guard units were considered only after an intensive study with official cooperation.
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Kelly
Italian Fascists Planned Mexican Uprisings
Mexico City report says El Popular accused Italian fascists linked with the Italian legation of plotting nationwide disturbances during Sunday’s presidential election. Interior officials cited fascist influence, foreign intervention, and a clandestine network seeking to sway Mexican youth, with El Popular backing Gen Manuel Avila Camacho’s campaign and Almazanistas linked to foreign reactionaries.
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Todo
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Government Party
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France Plans Ultra Modern Democracy Constitution Change
Vichy dispatch reports Pierre Laval to draft a drastic new constitution for an ultra modern democracy. The plan fuses presidency and premiership into a single chief of government elected for a fixed term. A restricted assembly would replace the senate and chamber with limited powers.
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Vichy
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Laval
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National Assembly
Clermont-Ferrand
United States
Acrobat saves wife after losing thumb mid act
Acrobat Frank Torrence torn thumb off when a trapeze swivel snagged during a carnival show in Osceola Mills. He continued the act gripping the strap in his teeth to keep his wife from danger as she swung below, then finished the stunt.
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Osceola Mills
Frank Torrence
Terrence
Status Quo Kept In French Indo China
Singapore AP says British communique states the status quo is maintained by British and French authorities regarding French Indo China and French naval forces in the area.
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Indo-China
Singapore
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