GOP Leaders Refuse to Rush With Program
Philadelphia June 21 AP The slogan peace and preparedness dominates Republican platform writers as Alf Landon and subcommittees study foreign affairs. Some leaders push for two platforms one concise and a longer elaboration based on the Frank report. London says no hurry and notes fast changing world may affect conclusions amid debate on France terms under Hitler.
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Philadelphia
Tero
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Jonath
Republican Program Committee
Glenn Frenk
London
Subcommittee
Adolf Hitler
Population gains in the South statewide study says
Census Director John Lennon reports West Virginia’s population rising in the southern counties due to expanded coal mining and chemical manufacturing, while the north around Fairmont Moundsville and Wheeling declines from exhausted coal oil and gas resources and mine machinery. Page 2.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
John Lennon
Lennon
Fairmont
Moundsville
Wheeling
Panhandle
Mamma objected to servants cleaning up dirt
Willie Willis recalls his mother’s objection to having a servant tidy up dirt while someone else was paid, describing her disapproval of dirt and the use of outside help.
Carol Lines Up With Germany in Nazi Pattern
In Bucharest on June 21 King Carol moves toward a totalitarian alignment with Germany. He forms a new party of the nation following a Nazi fascist pattern and drafts decrees to remake Romania. The iron guard and strong peasant party will figure prominently in the setup as he plans a national broadcast tomorrow.
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Bucharest
Romania
Carol
Germany
Party of National Rebirth
Iron Guard
Kanawha Forest May Be Closed
Kanawha State Forest on Davis creek faces closure for the 6,700 acres unless destruction and depredations stop. Director H. W. Shawhan of the state Conservation Commission warned that the recreation area, acquired two years ago with hunting and fishing license receipts, will close until the Tull development is completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Kanawha State Forest
Davis Creek
Tull
Civilian Conservation Corps
H.W. Shawhan
State Conservation Commission
Shawhan
General Butler Dead at 59 in Philadelphia Hospital
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, famed as the Lighting Quaker for his dramatic career and two congressional medals, died late today in Philadelphia Naval Hospital at age 59 after a retirement marked by lecture tours and brief political incursions.
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Smedley D. Butler
U. S
Marrige
Philadelphia
Naval Hospital
Lfe
Japs Believed Poised To Seize Indo China
NBC reports Moscow radio hoard says Japan concentrates troops on Hainan Island signaling an imminent offensive against French Indo China. The English broadcast aired from Moscow and was logged in New York on June 21.
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Indo-China
New York
Moscow Radio
NBC
Hainan
Shrine of 18 To Be Moved From Compiegne Forest
In a wartime update Chancellor Hitler ordered the historic 1818 railway coach armistice memorial moved from the Compiegne woods to Berlin. The parlor car and dial linked to Mars Foch will go to Berlin, while related plaques are to be destroyed. The Gallic Triumph statue will also be relocated to Berlin as a symbolic capture.
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Germany
France
Compiegne Forest
Marshal Foch
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelm Keitel
Eft
Walther von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Berlin
Compiegne Woods
Fuhrer
Mars Fock
Cormpiegne Forest
Hiler
Bertin
Ura
Airmail Pickup Service Expanded to Seven States
Washington reports the House approved expanding airmail pickup service to seven states including West Virginia. The bill lets the Civilian Aeronautics Authority issue non stop service licenses. An examiner had deemed the pickup service experimental and requiring congressional authorization. The AM American Aviation application covered Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware Kentucky and New York. West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania service was deemed efficient by the post office.
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Washington
House
West Virginia
Civilian Aeronautics Authority
CAA
AM American Aviation, Inc
Ohio
Pennsyl
New Jersey
Delaware
Kensy
New York
Post Office
Pennsylvania
Waves of Reich Attack Roils Britain and U.S. Leaders
German bombers hit Britain in a third major raid of the week with incendiaries and explosives, while in Washington Senator Nye urged Roosevelt’s resignation over foreign policy. Hyde Park discussed Stimson Knox appointments as part of a war cabinet debate.
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London
Britain
Hyde Park
Henry L. Stimson
Woodring
Col
Frank Knox
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Chicago
Senate Military Committee
Naval Committee
Sen
Clark
D-Mo
Roosevelt
White House
U.S
Senate
Pepper Id Fia
Great Britain
Hitler
Holt
Pepper
Sen. Holt
W. Ya
U. 5
President Roosevelts Critics on Pan American Plan
Hyde Park June 2007 President Roosevelt defends a pan American economic defense program aimed at coordinating resources and exports outside the western hemisphere. He rejects partisan motives among critics and warns against Axis influence while linking economics to national security.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
pan-American Economics Organization
Western Hemisphere
Frank Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Fis
Navy
Americas
Acros
Atlantic
Fight Must Go On French Fleet and Armies Refuse to Quit
French official sources in Alexandria say the Mediterranean battle fleet and Middle East armies in Syria will continue fighting alongside the British despite France accepting or rejecting German peace terms. They state it is impossible to believe France would surrender and that the fight must go on.
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Alexandria
Middle East
Syria
France
Carfierrs
Crevts
Conferees Agree on Bill To Raise Defense Funds
Washington news reports a Senate House conference committee reached agreement on a defense revenue bill. The measure would raise income taxes and bring about 2 million more taxpayers, with personal exemptions cut to 2000 for married filers and 1000 for singles, yielding about 1 billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Comper
Tenn
France Faces German Armistice Demands At Compiegne
Reports from Washington and Compiegne forest describe Hitler presenting peace terms to four French leaders. France debates surrender details as Petain government weighs handing over navy air force and industry to the axis. Additional French warplanes reported heading toward Algeria. some French ships reportedly with Britain.
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Bulletin
Washington
Great Britain
England
North Africa
Vards
Brest
Compiegne Forest
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Bordeaux
Henri Phillipe Petain
Fuehrer
Britain
Reuter
Petain
Exchange Telegraph
Brodeaux
Madrid
Targona
Spain
Mediterranean
Algeria
Alexevandria
Foch
Steimph
Marshal Ferdinand Foch
Imperial Germany
Lnden Forest
Wilhelm Keitel
Bombers Hit Calais Guns in Channel Raid
British naval air force bombers attacked Calais positions with long range German guns across the Channel supported by Hurricane fighters. Simultaneously Royal Air Force crews dropped over 400 incendiaries on Rouen, an occupied port on the Seine estuary.
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London
Naval
Calais
English Channel
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Rouen
France
Seine
Channel
Flanders
England
Red Cross Fund Drive Report from Charleston Area
Yesterday contributions reached 448.60 with total to date 14 867 30. Previous gifts 514 217 10. Charleston quota 530 000 00, still needed 15 393 70. Contributors included Ever Ready Workers class of Bream church and staff from Homestead restaurant Diamond department store Lincoln hotel Crake company Baldwin Supply Mathews Storage and Kanawha Valley Bank.
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Bream Church
Homestad
Diamond Department Store
Lincoln Hotel
Crake Company
Baldwin Supply Company
Mathews Storage Company
Kanawha Valley Bank
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