Oil Tanks at Hanover Hit by British Bombs
Berlin reports British planes bombed Hanover oil tanks causing fires and casualties. One bomber reportedly shot down while attacking the tanks. German sources say raids on industrial targets continue as Europe watches the Balkans and Romania.
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Hanover
Berlin
DNB
Germany
England
Balkans
Rumania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Balkan
Baltic States
Prussia
Reich
Russia
Britain
Willkie Maintains Momentum At Republican Convention
The roll call drama shifts toward Willkie as Dewey fades. On the fifth and sixth ballots Willkie gains solidify support from Illinois and Michigan, with Taft closing the gap. Willkie's 429 to Taft 377 on the fifth ballot seals the rising momentum as Dewey loses ground.
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Willkie
Dewey
Taft Willkie
Utilities
Taft
Vandenberg
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Joseph W. Martin
Illinois
Ohio
Soderberg Gets Chrysler Job After Letter to Chrysler
Five years after writing to Walter Chrysler as a Galva high school senior, Robert Soderberg, now an Illinois University graduate in the top five percent, will join Chrysler as an engineer on August 1. In Oregon a beekeeper rebels against license fees, asking the state to refund three years of payments. The South Pole sun remains in the north, circling the horizon.
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Galva, II
Robert Soderberg
Galva High School
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler Company
Soderberg
University of Illinois
Salem
Ore
Oregon
State Department of Agriculture
German advances threaten French coast and English reach
The report notes 371 bombs falling on German soil, with hundreds dropped on Holland and other German-held areas. German forces move south along the French coast, leveraging an extensive railway system to contact the Spanish border, potentially opening the entire French Atlantic coast to action against England.
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Holland
Germany
England
Missourians Intensify Efforts to Name Short VP Candidate
Philadelphia June 27 AP Missouris delegates to the Republican convention intensified their drive for Rep Dewey Short s nomination as vice president by naming a four man committee to carry the campaign to other state groups Grover C Dalton delegation chairman named vice chairmen Simmons of Mt Vernon Sedalia W D Smith of Sedalia Frank English of Kansas City and Mack Denman of Farmington Short s presidential preference is expected to carry weight as Missourians were instructed to do everything possible to further his vice presidential chances Short had not indicated any presidential choice and Missourians agreed to vote unanimously for Short in vice presidential balloting
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Philadelphia
Missouri
Dewey Short
Grover C. Dalton
Eo Simmons
Mt. Vernon
Short
W. D. Smith
Sedalia
Frank English
Kansas City
Mack Denman
Farmington
Nomination Begin to Shape in Willkie Victory Night
Philadelphia dispatches report Hoover congratulated Willkie on the Republican nomination with a telegram asserting a free convention leads to victory. Dewey Taft and Landon sent messages of support praising the nomination and urging a swift, principled campaign. Willkie’s path through Willkie HQ included a police escort as he left for his hotel.
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Willkie
Lornoe EO
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Wendell Willkie
Licenses Sold in Cole County This Year
County Clerk William H. Tell says 1 950 hunting and fishing licenses have been sold in Cole County since January. Of the total 800 were state hunting and fishing permits and 900 were state fishing licenses.
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Cole
William H. Tellman
Cole County
Acts to Detain French Ships In U S Ports
The article notes U S authority to seize foreign vessels in ports including the San Francisco and Leopold L. BD in New York the Vannes and Wisconsin in Los Angeles the tanker Merope in Chester Pa the Winnipeg in Miami and the Scheherzade in Corpus Christi Texas The power also extends to the Panama Canal governor under similar limits The move ties to securing U S rights and obligations amid French wartime debt talks with the United States worth 4 2 billion dollars.
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San Francisco
Leopold L. BD
New York
Vannes
Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Merope
Chester
Winnipeg
Miami
Scheherzade
Corpus Christi
Tex
Panama Canal
Morgenthau
United States
Stephen T. Early
White House
Treasury
Roosevelt
Advisory Defense Commission
Cabinet
Defense Commission
Wallace
Hemisphere
Hull
Hopkins
William S. Knudsen
Packard Motor Company
America
Philippine Budget Tops 44 Million for 1940 41
Manila reports the Philippine budget bill for fiscal year 1940 41 totals about 44.5 million dollars with 40 million for operating expenses. The act increases the resident commissioner’s Washington office budget by over 50 thousand dollars and allocates 500 thousand for new revenue cutters to combat illegal fishing and smuggling. Early-year estimates predicted a 1 million dollar surplus, now expected to be larger due to rising collections.
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Manila
Manuel L. Quezon
Washington
Massachusetts Plants 80 000 Small Salmon
The State Conservation Department released 80 000 Atlantic salmon into two eastern Massachusetts rivers to reestablish the species. The plan expects the fish to migrate to sea, spend a year or more offshore, then return to spawn in the North and Parker rivers, where dams once blocked their spawning runs.
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Boston
State Conservation Department
Massachusetts
Slamon
North
Parker
Farmer Charles Ickes Reports Triplets From Holstein Cow
Fremont Ohio AP notes farmer Charles Ickes near Helena expected twins from his cow after twin calves last year and the year before. This year the Holstein bore triplets, a remarkable increase reflected in local farm chatter.
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Fremont, O
Charles Ickes
Near
Helena
Churchill Support Stance Shifts Toward Offensive War Plan
The Conservative Party signals a move from defense to offense as war leadership promises long-term policies and intensified production. Ministers Herbert Morrison and Anthony Eden discuss big raw materials orders from the United States and a brighter outlook, while French leaders in exile organize resistence and prepare for potential invasion.
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England
France
Forest of
Compiegne
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
United States
Anthony Eden
Federal Judge James Morton Jr. Retired Judge Known for Prohibition Critique
Fall River Massachusetts reports the life of Federal Judge James Madison Morton Jr. aged 70, who retired last August. He was a caustic critic of prohibition during the dry era.
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Fed
Judgeames Morton Jr
Fall River
Mass
James Madison Morton, Jr
Estimate Pig Crop Lower Than in 1939
The agriculture department estimated the 1940 spring pig crop at 48,007,000 head, an 8 percent decrease from 1939. Missouri alone accounted for about 2,450,000 head.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Government Take Over Railroads Urged by Wilgus
SWAMPSCOTT Mass June 27 AP William J Wilgus a noted engineer urged federal government takeover of the railroads at once arguing it is essential to national defense He warned private ownership of financially strained disunited lines is doomed and said consolidation under federal control would enable rehabilitation and coordination with other transport in the public interest
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Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
England
Adolf Hitler
Erich Raeder
Charles de Gaulle
London
Charles Catroux
Indo-China
Bordeaux
de Gaulle
August Nogues
Africa
Swampscott
Mass
William J. Wilgus
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Engineering Council
Fort Worth ministers log vast mileage for TCU program
In the 1939-40 school year thirty nine student ministers at Texas Christian University traveled 463182 miles and preached 4932 sermons to scattered congregations. John Hughes, a Dallas graduate student, covered 1050 miles by himself.
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Yessir
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Christian University
John Hughes
Dallas
Marmola Pills Promise Fat Loss Without Starvation
An ad touts Marmola tablets as a method to slim the face and figure without strict dieting or strenuous exercise. It claims the product has sold for over thirty years with more than twenty million boxes distributed, identifying Marmola as a thyroid-related aid for adults with hypothyroidism who are otherwise healthy. It urges readers to consult a physician for diagnosis and to buy Marmola from their druggist.
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Foster
Eta
Griesedieck Bros. Beer
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
U.S
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Conservative
Churchill
Kragon
Zac Hinkle
Aspirin Sc
DR. West
Orly
KOTEX
Probak JR
Rede Hare
By Richard Hudnut
Corsica
Sportswear
Jefferson City
Follons
Tolson
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