Alabama's Bankhead chosen for keynote role at convention
In Chicago on June 20 the arrangements committee selected William B Bankhead for keynote speaker and recommended Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky as permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention opening July 15 at the Chicago Stadium. Bankhead, Alabama congressman and long time speaker, and Barkley, who spoke at the 1932 and 1936 conclaves, were endorsed by National Chairman James A Farley and President Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Committee On Arrangements Today
William B. Bankhead
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Bankhead
Alabama
Barkley
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Congress
National House
Chicago Stadium
Petain Justifies Armistice In Radio Address From Bordeaux
Old Marshal Petain spoke to the French public admitting losses and fewer friends than in 1914 18 while promising to learn lessons from defeat He cited troop numbers allies and materiel comparing May 1940 to May 1918 and said the decision to seek peace followed a failing military situation with Weygand unable to halt the retreat.
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Associated Press
Bordeaux
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Germany
Verdun
Somme
Aisne
Weygand
Italy
America
Defense Board Seeks TVA Power Increase for Defense Needs
The Defense Commission asked Congress to authorize a 65 million dollar rise in TVA power facilities for national defense. Plans include a 90 MW hydro plant at Cherokee Dam on the Holston River, 90 MW more at Wilson and Pickwick Dams, and a 120 MW steam plant yet to be sited near Knoxville, reflecting expansion by Alcoa and local chemical industries.
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Washington
The
Defense Commission
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Commission
Alcoa
Aluminum Company of America
Knoxville, Tenn
Cherokee Dam
Holston River
TVA
Wilson Dam
Pickwick Dam
Lawrence County Probate Judge Race Heads to Court
Isaac Johnson Jr seeks a writ of prohibition to stop Lawrence County Democratic Executive Committee from proceeding with a challenge to the probate judge election. Judge Bragg alleges voting irregularities. Johnson won 2160 to 2060. Hearing set for 9 am Monday July 8 before Judge Griffith in Moulton.
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Isaac Johnson, Jr
Lawrence County
A. A. Griffith
Lawrence couty-Demcratic Executive Committee
Charlies E Brage
Griffith
Moulton
Johnson
Bragg
Democratic Committee
Horace C. Wilkinson
Birmingham
John C Forney
Miller and
Perdue
Peach and Caddell
Decatur
North Alabama
Judge Bragg
Bankhead Warns Press on World Peace Do Not Be Jittery
Speaker Bankhead told Alabama Junior Chamber delegates to stay calm about the world situation and insisted the administration and Congress have no plans for an expeditionary force to Europe. He urged them to relay this message to their communities while condemning European violence and urging readiness if actions against the U.S. emerge. The report also notes the Republican National Committee seat-claim vote, granting Florida’s 12 delegation seats 68 to 6, but with credentials to be reviewed by the committee and convention.
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Washington
Bankhead
Congress
United States
Alabama
Chamber of Commerce
House
Europe
Congress of the United States
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Florida
J. Leonard Replogle
C. H. McNulty
Allen E Warlker
Winter Haven
Hounds tree two convicts near Tuskegee jail escapees recaptured
In Tuskegee Alabama two of seven Negro prisoners who escaped from Macon County jail were recaptured after being treed by bloodhounds and chased by highway patrols from Montgomery. A farmer reported the crossing of a field and officers followed through fields and woods, with four still at large. One surrendered after crawling through a barbed gate. Captain Kimbrough led the search.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Macon County
Montgomery
Liberty
Twoory
Kimbrough
Hopson and associates indicted for tax fraud conspiracy
June 20. Howard C. Hopson founder of Associated Gas and Electric Systems and three others plus an investment firm were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the government of 1 886 405 39 in income taxes on profits over 17 million in 1929.
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New York
Howard C. Hopson
Associated Gas and Electric System
Hopson
Garrett A. Brownback
Edward F. Huber
Travis, Brownback and and Pason
International Public Investing Company, Ltd
Associated Gas and Electric
Brownback
Charles M Travis
Frederick
Burtroughs
Hugh A. Fulton
U. S
Guards to Field at Mallard Creek for bivouac drill
Captain Woolsey Knell announced the 102nd Engineer Company will bivouac Saturday at Mallard Creek. Report at Armory 3 30 p m with cars if possible. 5 30 p m and 9 p m detachments. Enlistment urged as vacancies exist, unit to train August 4–25 in Sabine river area with about 60 000 National Guard troops in the third military area.
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102Nd Engineer Company
Mallard Creek
Finnell
Europe
United States
U. S. Army
Sabine River
Regular Army
Windsor on Way to Spain
The Duke of Windsor left Cap D Antibes near Cannes by car for Spain while the American born Duchess had already departed. Officials in London denied he had left the army and said he would return to France to visit troops on the Italian border or proceed to Spain by yacht or plane. He indicated he might not return to England.
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France
Duke of Windsor
Riviera
Spain
Cp D’antibes
London
Channel
England
Cap D’antibes
Gulf of Lions
Hull argues against isolation as danger to US aims
Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounced isolation in a Harvard address closing the university’s 304th year. He warned massed forces of tyranny threaten freedom, urging action as nations fall to brute force and fraud.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cordell Hull
America
Hull
Harvard University
TVA Treasurer Frederick L. Davis Dies at 69
Frederick L. Davis 69 treasurer of the Tennessee Valley Authority died today in Knoxville Tenn of a heart ailment. He joined TVA in 1933 after serving as auditor and treasurer of the Charles B Hawley Co in Washington DC and worked on flood control with Dr A E Morgan former TVA chairman in Miami Fla He is survived by his widow and four daughters Virginia Davis Mary Davis Mrs Rudy C Brackdorff and Mrs Helen Ferber all of Knoxville or Washington.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Frederick L. Davis
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Davis
Charles B. Hawley Co
Washington, D. C
A. E. Morgan
Miami
Fla
Virginia —Davis
Mary Davis
Rudy C. Brackdorff
Helen Ferber
Washington
President Roosevelt’s Vatican rep Myron C Taylor seriously ill
Rome June 20 attendants described the condition of Myron C Taylor, Roosevelt’s representative to the Vatican, as serious but not alarming. His illness, partly due to overwork, keeps him in bed at his villa in Florence.
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Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Florence
Nazi advance in France continues as armistice terms loom
In a wartime update from Rome and London the pace of German and Italian conquests in France accelerates while internal French disagreements over surrender terms grow. The piece notes French ministers split on capitulation and suggests occupation could come before an official axis offer is accepted.
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Dewitt
MacKenzie Herr
Hitler
France
Rome
London
Delay In France Spurs Prolonged Resistance Opinion
The piece argues that French desire to fight on persists despite surrender pressure. It notes German efforts to reach the Rhone Valley and link with Italian forces, potentially seizing Lyon and key industrial areas as they push toward the Mediterranean. Reports from Geneva claim the Nazi mechanized army shows signs of wear.
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Marsailles
Mediterranean
Lyon
Rhone Valley
Geneva
Roosevelt Pushes Coalition Cabinet With Knox and Stimson
President Roosevelt submits to the Senate the nominations of Colonel Frank Knox for secretary of the navy and Henry L. Stimson for secretary of war as part of coalition cabinet talks. Knox, Chicago Daily News publisher and 1936 Republican vice presidential candidate, would succeed Secretary Knox. Stimson, veteran of Taft era and Hoover secretary of state, would replace Woodring who resigns. the move follows long debate amid European crisis.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Stimson
Hoover
Taft
White House
Woodring
Charles Fadison
Edison
New Jersey
Dezire
Alf M. Landon
Capitol
Philadelphia
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
356Th Field Artillery
Ike Knox
France
New York City
Island
Philippines
France Bows to Japan on Indo China Trade Halt
Paris announces full acceptance of Japan demands to end transport of war supplies through French Indo China to China and allows Japanese inspectors to monitor the traffic. French Ambassador Arsene-Henry relayed to Vice Foreign Minister Tani that even petroleum trucks have been banned since June 17. The Tokyo press had warned of Japan’s control over key points in Indo China.
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Tokyo
France
Japan
China
Indo-China
Foreign Office
Charles Arsene-Henry
Masayuki Tani
Tani
Asahi
Doctor Lovelady Joins Mayo Clinic Obstetrics Staff
Dr. Lovelady has accepted a permanent appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs WH Lovelady of Hartselle and son in law of Dr. and Mrs Hugh Greer of Decatur. He earned a BA at Vanderbilt in 1930 and an MD from Tulane in 1934. He recently received a Master of Science in Obstetrics and Gynecology from the University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
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Lovelady
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
WH. Lovelady
Hartselle
Hugh Greer
Decatur
Vanderbilt
Tulane
University of Minnesota
Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research
Pageant Cast in Rehearsal for Decatur On The Tennessee
Rehearsals set at Central High School for the Decaturon the Tennessee pageant to mark the 120th anniversary celebration July 4 to 7. Tickets on sale total 15 000 with 3000 reserve seats sent to patrons. Queen candidates include Geraldine Witt amid a field of 27 contenders.
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Decatur
Tennessee
Central High School
Richard Mahar
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Benson Field
The
Tennessee Valley
Bank Street
Second Avenue
Women's Chamber of Commerce
Geraldine Witt
Betty McGehee
Willkie Re elected President of The Commonwealth & Southern
Wendell L. Willkie, seeking the Republican nomination for president, was re elected president of The Commonwealth & Southern Corporation at a stockholders meeting. All directors were re elected and immediately afterward the directors renamed all officers.
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Wilmington
Dic
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corporation
Envois Bring Hitler Terns To Bordeaux
A dated dispatch notes observers expect Hitler terms for a French settlement on an armistice to emerge tonight. Reports from Belgrade and London describe Axis moves to install favorable French leadership and British air raids on German targets. France plans to keep Bordeaux open as a symbolic gesture amid peace talks.
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Bordeaux
France
London
Reuters
Italian News Agency Says Hostilities May End This Week
The official Italian news agency reports that fighting between France and the Axis armies is expected to cease by Friday or Saturday at the latest. The statement frames a near-term end to hostilities amid wartime developments.
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Associated Press
France
French Forces Fight to Break German Blockade in Bordeaux Region
French Maginot line troops using hollow square formations try to force a path to Switzerland as German motorized units move from Lyon toward Bellgarde near Geneva. West of the Loire fighting continues 15 miles south of Nantes with French central army withdrawing toward the Cher river near Bourges.
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Bordeaux
Alsace and Lorraine
French War Office
Lyon
Bellgarde
Geneva
Nantes
Loire
Tours
Cher
Bourges
French plenipotentiaries begin return from talks with Axis leaders
French peace envoys arrived by a snow white plane in occupied northern France and returned to Bordeaux with terms dictated by Hitler and Mussolini. Berlin said news dispatch delays through Spain kept the four French plenipotentiaries from reaching the German government until 1 a.m. today as of 6 p.m. EST Wednesday.
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Bordeaux
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Berlin
Spain
Tennessee River Stationary with 20.1 Foot Gauge and Warm Weather
The Tennessee River remained at 20.1 feet with a high of 88 and a low of 71 in the last 24 hours and 0.86 inches of rain. Alabama sees fair conditions with cooler northern areas and Friday generally fair. light to moderate northerly winds along the coast. Tennessee reports partly cloudy skies tonight with Friday local showers and thunderstorms and little temperature change.
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Alabama
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