Romania Fears Invasion on Two Frontiers
Rumania rushes troops to its Hungarian and Bulgarian borders amid reports of simultaneous attacks on frontier posts. Diplomatic notes hint at possible alliance talks with Germany after Romania's withdrawal from Allied guarantees. Germany rumored to offer full military support if Bucharest settles Hungary and Bulgaria claims.
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Navy Largest in World Now
Official figures show the United States Navy nearing two ocean strength with 395 completed combat ships totaling 1,327,320 tons. Britain trails with 313 ships and 1,277,189 tons as of June 20, while $500 million in new warships and nearly 100 vessels under construction await addition. Continued on page 4.
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Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Skaggs to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRS M E SKAGGS of 208 West Washington to tonight's screenings of Lillian Russell starring Alice Faye Don Ameche and Henry Fonda at the Strand theatre or Two Girls On Broadway starring Jena Turner Joan Blondel and George Murphy at the Dixie theatre.
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Panzer Corps Formed With Adna R. Chaffee to Lead
Brig. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee is named to head a newly formed panzer corps comprising two divisions. The corps will be armed with 1,400 tanks 600 artillery pieces and more than 13 000 automatic and semi automatic rifles in the U S Army’s only mechanized force at the time.
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Panzer Corps
Profits Tax to Be Fought by Roosevelts Plan
Washington July 2 Opposition grows to an excess profits tax on individuals with a possible levy on corporations. Senator George said such an individual tax would likely be enacted for defense funding. House Ways and Means Chair Doughton noted the WWI tax “didn't work so well” and was dropped after a year. Roosevelt urged a steeply graduated tax applying to all individuals and corporations to distribute burdens equitably. Continued on page three.
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John Lewis to Address Pensioners at Townsend Meeting
John L. Lewis proposed a broad labor coalition including youth old age negro and farmer elements to pressure politicians and statesmen. He spoke at Monongah West Virginia by soft coal miners last April and invited groups to join his effort amid the Townsend national convention plans. William Green of the AFL was invited but could not attend.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Doorkeeper M Kenna Dies After 37 Years at White House
Doorkeeper to presidents Pat McKenna died yesterday from a kidney ailment at age 65. He joined the White House staff in 1903, and President Roosevelt led official Washington in mourning the longtime doorman who had become a city character on the staff anniversary.
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Heavy Death Toll On State Highways In June
West Virginia highways saw 38 fatalities in June a record for the month since 1936. State Highway Safety Director Will C Easley reported six month totals with 171 deaths in 1940 compared with 142 in 1939. Kanawha County led with 16 deaths.
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Will C. Easley
Kanawha
Quartet Held in Murder of Their Father
Four juveniles and their in law spouse face murder charges in Idaho for the exposure slaying of Charles Sanders a 48 year old retired storekeeper in Yale. The quartet George 16 Joseph 20 Florence 18 and Chester Phillips 22 were questioned at length before confessing to mistreating Sanders and to killing him during a ride in a desert slip. They lured him into a rumble seat and dumped him after the top was closed.
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Yale
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Many Civilians Removed From Menaced Hongkong
Hongkong under tight military rules as civilians flee war threat. The President Coolidge sailed at dawn with hundreds of refugees while British authorities set departure deadlines for German and Australian Jewish refugees and Italian priests. Authorities aim to remove about 4,500 women and children by July 5. First shipload of British left yesterday aboard a Canadian Pacific liner.
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Manila
Two Detroit Youths Are Held For Armed Robbery
WEIRTON July 2 Police held two Detroit youths on armed robbery charges after stealing an automobile and robbing a shoe store. Sheriff Herbert Traubert said Wendel Westlake 22 of Independent Pennsylvania identified Stanley Walchak and Charles Dixon both 19 as the robbers who bound him to a tree after giving them a ride. Deputies trapped the pair when they returned to the stolen car, pursued by the shoe store owner A Herman who reported the men tied his hands at gunpoint and took $96.
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Herbert Traubert
Wendel Westlake
Independent
Stanley W. Walchak
Charles Dixon
Traubert
A. Herman
German subs renew drive on shipping
London report details a fresh wave of submarine warfare by German and Italian subs, claiming heavy losses for British merchant shipping in the week ended June 23. Italian submarines are said to be increasing raiding in the Mediterranean and possibly the Atlantic, aided by disrupted Allied escort arrangements during troop withdrawals from Brest to St. Jean.
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Italians Blunder Fire On Their Own Troops at Moyale
A British communique reports an Italian blunder on the Abyssinia Kenya border. Italians mistook a patrol of Italian natives for British troops at Moyale and opened fire. Several natives were killed or wounded and Italian casualties occurred when natives returned fire.
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Willkie weighs new three man campaign team
New York July 2 A proposed national campaign setup under consideration by Republican nominee Wendell L Willkie includes a three member leadership trio one to be campaign manager another national party chairman and a third Willkie's personal representative John D M Hamilton the current head of the RNC and Russell Davenport former Fortune editor are named as likely members Davenport accompanied Willkie on a weekend yacht trip after the convention and is described by the nominee as a trusted confidant.
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Wendell L. Willkie
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John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Russell Davenport
Fortune
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Man
Abdication Drive Among Iron Guard For King Carol
Belgrade July 2 reports say fascist inclined Iron Guard members urging King Carol to abdicate. Dispatches from Bucharest allege leaders returning from Rome and Berlin blame the monarch for Romania losing Bessarabia and northern Bucovina to Russia.
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British Lose All Influence With Balkans
Berlin reports Romania renounced French British guarantees, described as a death blow to British influence in southeastern Europe. German papers call the move a liquidation of Britain in the region, with threats against England and satisfaction over Romania’s shift.
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Turpin Funeral Service Wednesday is Private
Hollywood July 2 Rosary tonight for Ben Turpin film comedian who died yesterday at 71 from a heart attack Requiem mass set for Wednesday at 10 am in the Church of the Good Shepherd Beverly Hills Turpin’s widow requested private interment in his heyday Chaplin and Arbuckle were his top rivals for earnings
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Texas Flood Death Toll Tops Ten in Southwest Texas
Flood waters in southwest Texas are subsiding after widespread destruction. Ten deaths are confirmed and damage is estimated at five million dollars. Authorities believe all persons in the flood area have been accounted for.
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Hallettsville
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Hollywood Romance Reignites Between Shaw and Turner
Hollywood reported a brief revival of Artie Shaw and Lana Turner as Lana visited the radio studio where Shaw, his health improving, resumed leading his band after a long absence. The scene drew flash bulbs and prompted questions about a reconciliation.
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Lana
Stalin Move Displeasing To Nazi Head
Dewitt MacKenzie argues Stalin’s Balkan maneuver harms German aims, complicating Hitler’s plans to crush Britain. The piece notes Soviet actions threaten Balkan war food supplies and strengthen Soviet defenses, potentially hastening a wider confrontation while England benefits from German distractions.
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First German Prisoners Placed In Canada Camps
Québec July 2. The first German prisoners of war have arrived from Great Britain and are held in inland Canadian internment camps under guard. A detachment of 250 British officers and men guarded the crossing. The prisoners include Nazi land air and sea forces and enemy aliens. One climber went through a porthole and was lost at sea.
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Italy Suffers Big Losses On Sea Four Submarines Sunk
Cairo report states four Italian submarines and the destroyer Espero were sunk by British air forces over the eastern Mediterranean between June 27 and 29. Forty-four survivors were rescued from the destroyer and unofficial word suggests some submarine survivors reached Italian airfields and oil dumps amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Turkish Army Mobilizes as Soviet Advances In Balkans
The Turkish army chief Marshal Feuzi Cakmak mobilizes border forces facing Russia amid reports of Soviet movements into the Balkans via Romania. Russia allegedly seeks a share in control of the Dardanelles, according to late reports.
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British seize Indian leader Chandra Bose in Calcutta
Calcutta July 2. Chandra Bose, leftist leader of the Indian Nationalist Congress and former Indian Congress president, was arrested today at his home under defense regulations. Bose, a controversial figure who has met Mussolini and Hitler, had long differed with Mohandas Gandhi over Congress policy.
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Mussolini Reports Hard Fighting On Western Front
Mussolini announced to the world that four days of hard bloody fighting occurred on the western Alpine front before the June 24 armistice with France. In a letter to Crown Prince Umberto he praised Italian troops who reportedly fought through French defenses along a 120 mile front from eight to 32 kilometers.
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French Foreign Legion Reported Disbanding
A BBC overseas service broadcast picked up by CBS shortwave claimed the French Foreign Legion is being disbanded under the armistice terms. The French speaking announcer said Legionnaires who fought in Norway and returned to England may join General Charles de Gaulle’s free French forces.
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Newly Named War Chief At A Senate Probe
Henry L. Stimson testified before the senate military committee that his nomination as secretary of war had no political motive and he had not discussed a third term with President Roosevelt. Col. Frank Knox, nominated for secretary of the navy, told the senate naval committee he accepted the post without seeking the president’s views on a third term. Stimson warned of unprecedented peril and urged compulsory training as defense.
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OMI Shores
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Taft
Hungary Easier Today Amid Border Tension Reports
Budapest July 2 Reports suggested a slight easing in the Romania Hungary border dispute as both sides pulled back from the frontier to curb incidents. A lengthy German mediated conference between Count Ivan Csaky and Otto von Erdmannsdorff discussed the troubled situation. Continued on page A.
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