Balkans under last warning as warships mass near Cyprus
Reports from Budapest and London say Russia issues final warning to belligerents to stay out of the Balkans and hints at intervention if the status quo is menaced. French warships gather near Cyprus while Italy Britain and Germany receive assurances. Hungary's Horthy душе receives Roosevelt letter urging peace. Athens calls up 1934 military classes as a precaution.
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Balkans
Italy
Britain
France
Germany
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Ankara
Turkey
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Dodecanese Islands
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United States
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Nicholas Horthy
Roosevelt
Hungary
Novel defense ideas debated by Senate committee
A Senate military affairs panel heard proposals for wartime defense innovations. Concepts include a liquid cement spray to immobilize troops, parachute bombs to collide with attacking planes, and a magic grease to boost cannon velocity and range.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Europe
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Garner Again Will Run With F D R Democrats Say
Democrats in Washington express confidence that Franklin D. Roosevelt will accept a third term nomination and that John N Garner will be his running mate unless Garner yields to Rep Sam Rayburn. Roosevelt reportedly urged Texas delegates to back Garner as vice presidential choice despite factional pressure for a Roosevelt Jones ticket. Rep Hamilton Fish suggested rumors that Roosevelt would renounce a third term in a fireside chat to depoliticize defense.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
John N Garner
Sam Rayburn
House
Texas
Garner
Jesse Jones
Army Honors Billy Mitchell Belatedly With Ship
The army named a new air corps rescue ship in memory of Gen William Mitchell, once court martialled for criticizing high command. The 77-foot vessel, third of five 72-ton ships, will launch at Greenport Basin Long Island with radio gear, aircraft tow, and medical supplies. The honor comes four years after his death as Roosevelts program expands air power.
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Washington
Army
Air Corps
William Mitchell
High Command
Louis Johnson
Greenport Basin and Construction Company
Long Island
N.Y
Censors In Paris Getting Workout
Censors in Paris were reportedly working overtime as patches received in New York from International News Service show large sections cut. One Paris dispatch states ten words censored and another nineteen words omitted between the Somme and the Aisne.
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Paris
New York
INS
International News Service
Somme
The
Aisne
Kin Of George VI Missing In Action
The Sunday Dispatch reports Lord Frederick Cambridge cousin of King George VI is missing in action. Cambridge, son of the Earl of Athlone, is a captain in the Coldstream Guards, a crack British regiment on the northern Allied front in Flanders.
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George VI
London
Sunday Dispatch
Frederick Cambridge
King George VI
Cambridge
Earl of Athlone
Coldstream Guards
Flanders
Ark Adrift Saga Ends With Court Orders In Anacortes
In Anacortes Washington Paul Satko and family attempt a voyage on an ark-like craft to Alaska. A Seattle judge barred further sailing with the younger children until safety and sanitation fixes are made. Notifications mention a chamber farewell, a restraining order, and questions about who rode aboard.
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Paul Satko
Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Satko
Hazel
William G Long
Paul Luvera
Chamber
Nanimo
B. C
Vancouver Island
Lavera
Ketchikan
la Conner
Hitler Uses Schacht Plan After German Victory
Berlin sources report Adolf Hitler has instructed Hjalmar Schacht to draft a complete economic plan for Europe based on a German victory. Schacht and a large staff are developing reforms including reestablishing capital goods, reorganizing Germany's currency funds, and parceling European markets by regional productive capacity.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Europe
Schacht
Reichsbank
Uwitler
Topeka Man and Legion Leader Ralph O'Neil Dies
Ralph T. O'Neil of Topeka former national commander of the American Legion died late Saturday of heart failure during a meeting of the Kansas Bar Association.
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Topeka
Kan
INS
Ralph T. O'Neil
American Legion
Kansas Bar Association
Landon Criticized by Byrnes Over Third Term Denial
Senator Byrnes accused Alf Landon of misrepresenting Republicans by urging Roosevelt to renounce a third term. Senator Vandenberg supported Landon, saying a denial would unify the nation for defense. Landon had met Roosevelt and talked of shaping the Republican platform with Knox, McNary, and Martin.
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Byrnes
Alf M Landon
Roosevelt
National Defense
Landon
Kansas
Frank Knox
McNary
Oregon
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Capper
Kan
Vandenberg
Woman Seeks G O P Nomination From Philadelphia
Mrs Vera Canode Smith a former Texan now in New York settles in a $65 a month Philadelphia apartment to await the Republican national convention as the sole female candidate for the presidential nomination. She plans to open campaign headquarters about June 20 and says she will carry the torch for womanhood and offer a new leadership.
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Philadelphia
INS
Vera Canode-Smith
New York
Canade-Smith
United States
G.O.P
Dr Howard R Hess Elected Linn County Medical Society President
Dr Howard R Hess an internal medicine specialist was elected president of the Linn County Medical Society to succeed Dr Wayne J Foster on July 1. A Cedar Rapids practitioner for 15 years, Hess is a 1904 Indiana University medical college graduate who did postgraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. He comes from a long line of physicians and resides at 385 Twenty second Street SE with wife Mrs Hess. The slate also names Dr H L Van Winkle as president elect and includes Dr AE Crew as vice president Dr S Challed as secretary and Dr C Locher as treasurer. The group re elected Dr T F Hersch editor of the Society Bulletin.
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Howard R. Hess
Linn County Medical Society
Wayne J. Foster
Hess
Cedar Rapids
Tiskilwa
University of Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
Twenty-second Street
Charles Shepherd
H. L. van Winkle
AE. Crew
Marion
S . Challed
C. Locher
T. F Hersch
B. J. All
Robbery charge dropped after money sack found at store
Investigators tagged a potential robbery at the Home Specialty Store by 224 First Avenues when a bank deposit sack vanished Saturday morning. A clerk later located the sack with cash and checks intact behind a file, leading detectives to drop the case as a false alarm.
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First Avenues
Tom Condon
Wodehouse Stranded With Mrs Wodehouse in France
British humorist P G Wodehouse and Mrs Wodehouse were believed stranded at their Le Touquet villa in France as German forces cut off England, Saturday.
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London
P G Wodehouse
Wartime Role of Agriculture Dept Expands Food Reserves
The Agriculture Department is tasked with building and maintaining vast food and feed reserves to aid wartime needs and postwar Europe. The Commodity Credit Corporation owns or holds under loan about 1 billion dollars in commodities, with Roosevelt seeking 590 million more. The department also plans to expand exports and production, citing CCC loans and surplus programs, while Europe faces famine risks and labor shortages due to war. The reserve includes 963 million bushels wheat under the ever normal granary and a 20 percent rise in hog numbers, with corn stocks at 750 million bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Commodity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A Wallace
Department
Srovers
CCC
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
France
Northern Baptist asks Roosevelt to reconsider Vatican envoy
The Northern Baptist convention urged President Roosevelt to rethink his choice of Myron C. Taylor as personal peace envoy to the Vatican. The vote took place on Saturday in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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N. J
Northern Baptist Convention
Roosevelt
Myron C. Taylor
Vatican
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