Roosevelt Defends Knox and Stimson for National Solidarity
President Roosevelt charged that opponents of his national solidarity cabinet act from partisan motives. He defended nominating Col. Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson as navy and war secretaries to solidify the United States amid a grave international crisis.
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National Solidarity
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Henry L. Stimson
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United States
Knox Accepts Navy Secretary Nomination
Col. Frank Knox announced he accepted the nomination for secretary of the navy. He said the President asked for his help and that national defense should have united public support beyond party lines. Knox noted Congress recently acted with substantial unanimity on defense proposals.
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Frank Knox
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Congress
Roosevelt declines to discuss Landon cabinet claim
President Roosevelt refused to comment on Alfred Landon’s assertion that cabinet appointments signal a pledge not to seek a third term. He said he reviewed the cabinet matter after a special train departure and that his views align with many others about patriotic versus partisan motives amid wartime tensions.
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Stark Accused of Slush Fund Ties in Missouri Campaign
Washington AP report says the Senate campaign expenditures committee found abundant evidence that Missouri state employees were coerced indirectly into contributing to Governor Lloyd C. Stark's senator campaign.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Missouri
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Baer Revisits Old Monroe Doctrine Quotes
ARTAUR "BUGS" BAER reprints excerpts dated December 1 1938 discussing the Monroe Doctrine. He frames the doctrine as a fragile framework Europe seeks to undermine and warns it could fuel future conflict while urging firmness and readiness.
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Nye says Woodring resigned over bomb sight order
Sen. Gerald Nye claims a senate investigation will show War Secretary Woodring quit after orders to deliver the American bomb sight to the Allies. Hearings on Henry L. Stimson’s nomination as secretary of war will follow Republican caucuses. Navy nominee Col. Frank Knox also faces confirmation action, with expected Senate support.
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Woodring
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Propaganda and the Power of Words
A critique of propaganda and its techniques. The piece warns that loud rhetoric and glamorous slogans mask falsehoods. It cites name-calling testimonials and appeals to patriotism as tools to sway public opinion.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Detroit Population Rises to 1.62 Million in 1940 Census
The Census Bureau on Friday reported Detroit's population at 1,618,549, up about 50,000 from 1930 when the city had 1,568,662 residents.
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GOP Hopes Ten Brand For A War Party At Convention
At Philadelphia Republicans gathered for the national convention to brand Democrats as the war party and advocate a no war platform. Former Gov Alf Landon chaired the foreign relations sub committee as leaders face a potential presidential deadlock and division over non interventionist policy. Knox and Stimson acceptance into Roosevelt's cabinet provoked isolationist reactions and efforts to read them out of the party.
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Alf M. Landon
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New Jersey
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New Hope
Dewey To Speak On National Radio Tonight
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential hopeful, will address the nation from CBS facilities tonight from 8 to 8:30 PM Central Time. The program titled Roosevelt Must Go will be aired across the CBS network and via WMT Cedar Rapids.
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Pennsylvania GOP eyes James MacNider ticket for national convention
Philadelphia reports say Pennsylvania leaders favor a ticket with Governor Arthur H. James and Col. Hanford MacNider for the Republican platform. MacNider's camp says he will seek nomination only if urged by supporters, while local figures pledge strong backing for James.
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Iowa
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Children at Health Camp Show Encouraging Weight Gains
In ten days at Camp Good Health the children have gained an average of one pound. The smallest child added half a pound and is looking better, while an older girl shows noticeable improvement. Fight Fan sent winnings to support the fund. Continued on Page 3 Col 2.
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Roosevelt nominates Moorhead for Omaha postmaster again
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Harley G. Moorhead as postmaster in Omaha Nebraska Moorhead currently serves as postmaster of the city The move keeps Moorhead in the chief postal role pending Senate confirmation
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Italy Reports Heavy Damage From RAF Raids On Malta And Bizerta
Italy claims major air raids caused heavy fires at Malta and Bizerta, with Italian planes destroying 10 Allied aircraft and 40 British tanks on Libya frontier operations. It says Mersa Matruh and Javello bases were attacked, two British planes shot down, and Imperia and allied raids caused minimal damage. Rome forecasts armistice terms with France and anticipates concessions including Nice, Tunisia, Corsica, and possibly Jibuti.
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Hitler seals armistice in Compiègne forest ceremony
Adolf Hitler met French envoys in Compiègne forest to issue armistice terms that surrendered France. He sat at Foch's 1918 chair as German officers watched the delegation sign and the band played Deutschland Über Alles. The scene was guarded by German troops and flew the Nazi war banner.
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Vacationers urged to notify The Gazette before leaving
The Gazette asks readers to call 2-1121 or inform their carrier when they go on summer vacations. The notice emphasizes keeping subscriptions active and deliveries uninterrupted during absences.
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Railroad Car Recalled As Historic Peace Meeting Site
Berlin dispatches describe the same rail car used in 1918 and now a dramatic symbol in the ongoing talks with Hitler's emissaries. The scene at Compiegne forest copies past terms while German officials press for a take it or leave it armistice with France.
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Preamble Read To France Restates Hitler’s Thesis In Woods
General Wilhelm Keitel presented a preamble to the armistice terms in the Compiegne woods restating Hitler’s claim that Germany followed promises by Wilson and that the 1918 armistice ended a war unwanted by neither the German people nor their government.
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MacNider Criticizes Roosevelts War Party Shift
Hane ford MacNider of Iowa a favorite son candidate for the Republican nomination says he is sorry about the departure of Henry Stimson and Frank Knox from the GOP into the war party. He calls the move a result of hysteria and notes the strange bedfellows it creates.
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