Balkan Leaders Called To Conference In Germany
Romanian Premier Ton Gigurtu and Foreign Minister Mihail Manoilescu arrived for a weekend of talks with Nazi leaders in Salzburg. Von Ribbentrop to meet the Romanians, then Bulgaria and later Czechoslovak figures, as Germany seeks Balkan peace and unity under a new era.
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Ton Gigurtu
Mihail Manoilescu
Romania
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Europe
Balkans
Witler
Gigurtu
Manoilescu
Bogdan Philoff
Ivan Popoff
Bulgaria
Joseph Tiso
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Avenol Resigns as League of Nations Secretary General
Geneva July 26 1934 Joseph Avenol Frenchman and secretary general of the League of Nations since July 1 1933 announced his resignation stating the realities of the present times made his office no longer necessary He signed what may be the death sentence of the League as a political body dying since 1932 when Japan's Manchuria war began He had hoped reforms would regroup forces but resigned before September 1936 after meeting Mussolini in Rome as noted in the report
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Geneva
Joseph
JA. C. Avenol
League of Nations
Heague
Japan
Manchuria
Mussolini
Rome
Avenol
Curtain Call and Texas Stage Coach Showings At Two Theatres
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. L. W. Atha of 663 Maple Avenue to tonight's Strand Theatre presentation Curtain Call starring Barbara Reed, and to Dixie Theatre for Charles Starrett in Texas Stage Coach currently playing.
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L. W. Atha
Maple Avenue
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Strand Theatre
Charies Starrett
Dixie Theatre
Prison penalties eyed for peacetime draft dodgers
Washington July 26 The senate military committee studied penalties for draft dodging under the pending conscription bill. It considered five years in prison and fines up to 10000 for men 18 to 65 who evade compulsory service. The committee also examined job protection amendments to safeguard civilian employment for one year of service and outline reinstatement obligations for employers under the Wagner act.
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Sea Battle Off Irish Coast Heard On Shore
BELFAST July 26 Heavy gunfire was heard off the northern Ireland coast as ships and aircraft exchanged flashes. Shore observers said German raiders attacked a convoy and British fighters rushed to the scene. One German plane allegedly was shot down. The raid marked the first observed on a convoy in north Ireland during the war.
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Mother of Former Big Leaguer Dies at 83 in Randolph County
Lydia Ann Phares Gainer, 83, widow of Matthew L. Gainer, died at Harpertown after a brief illness. A member of a prominent Randolph County family, she is survived by seven children, including Deli Gainer deputy U S marshal and former major league baseball player. Funeral services are set for tomorrow.
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Attack On 21 Ships In English Channel
London reports a German air and torpedo attack on a 21 ship convoy in the English Channel sank five merchant vessels and damaged five more while two British destroyers were hurt. The trawler Fleming was lost in a clash with four German dive bombers.
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Mob attacks Red's lawyer in Princeton court
Louis Fleischer New York attorney defending a signer of a Communist nominating petition was knocked down five times and beaten by unidentified townspeople as he left the Mercer county courthouse. Sheriff G H Crumpecker said he was not seriously hurt and no shots were fired. The incident followed by a car ride out of town.
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Communist Party
Bluefield Telegraph
Virginia
Nazis Not Planning To Free French Prisoners
Berlin reports allege a section of the press in unoccupied France urged freeing German held French soldiers to allow France to retaliate after Germany’s military collapse. German informants say Berlin will not release prisoners despite 250,000 Polish war prisoners set for release. eye witness accounts are used to portray French mistreatment of German POWs and interned Germans.
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France
Germany
Landslides Kill Over 100 in Chile Coast Region
Reports from Tocopilla and Antofagasta province say more than 100 people are dead after rare rainstorms triggered landslides along the nitrate coast. Hillsides collapsed burying towns and flooding numerous mines, leaving hundreds homeless in the desert between the Andes and the sea.
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Nazis Suffer Heavy Losses In Air Duels
London reports Nazis suffer heavy losses as British anti aircraft fire and fighters downed 23 raiders. A German bomber jettisoned bombs over a southeast town, causing casualties and house damage. Three Nazis killed in southwest England. one bomber shot down and crew of three killed. An English farmer captured a pilot.
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London
United Kingdom
Britain
England
Two Shanghai Incidents Cleared Up by Americans
A Japanese embassy spokesman said two recent Japanese American incidents at Tsingtao were settled with American expressions of regret. One involved U S sailors clashing with Japanese policemen over a bill dispute. the other saw an intoxicated sailor seize a 16 year old girl, rescued by Japanese petty officers.
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Tsingtao
United States
Domei
Britain Expands Rationing to All Neutral Nations
London reports Britain will reinforce a wide economic blockade by rationing trade of neutral countries to the bare minimum needed for existence. The plan aims to curb re-exports to German-occupied Europe via neutral routes, with details to be announced soon. The Navicert scheme will extend to all world shipments heading to European areas.
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Great Britain
Europe
United States
Italian Planes Unleash New Drive On Gibraltar
Italian High Command reports a second bombardment of the British base at Gibraltar after a long mission from Italian airfields. Unidentified planes roamed over Gibraltar yesterday drawing anti aircraft fire, with prior July 19 raids said to have started fires in the arsenal and dockyard near Hood and Ark Royal.
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Baltimore and Ohio Reports Sharp Rise in 1940 Rail Income
Baltimore and Ohio railroad today reported six month net railway operating income of 12,376,162 dollars for the first half of 1940, up 4,667,941 from the same period in 1939. June income reached 2,840,614 dollars, up 976,731 from June 1939.
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Baldwin to keynote West Virginia Republican convention
Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut will deliver the keynote August 14 at the West Virginia Republican judicial convention in Charleston. He will appear at the night session with Walter S. Hallanan, Charleston, and WV national committeemen. Baldwin and Hallanan backed Wendell Willkie for the presidential nomination. Baldwin, Connecticut delegation chair, is a Wesleyan and Yale graduate and naval veteran.
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Raymond E. Baldwin
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Robert H. C. Kay
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Hallanan
Wendell Willkie
Martin
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Yale
Roosevelt Urged to Start Peace Movement by Dutch Radio
A German controlled Dutch radio in Helversum said a Netherlands peace committee cabled President Roosevelt to discuss an international peace conference at the Hague. The broadcast and committee were quickly disavowed by Netherlanders in London and the group claimed no link to the Dutch government.
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Germany
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Hague
Middle West Cooler Today Brings Heat Wave Break
A trough of low pressure from Utah and Arizona to the lake region pushes stagnant air away. Temperatures drop to moderate levels nationwide by Sunday, though high readings persist south of the cool air belt. The heat wave caused 419 deaths, including 190 heat fatalities and 229 drownings, with Illinois and Michigan among affected states.
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Utah
Arizona
Lake Region
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Illinois
Michigan
Many British Ships Sunk by German Raids
The German high command announced 15 merchant ships totaling 63,000 tons were destroyed by warplanes in raids on British shipping lanes yesterday. They said total British air losses were 23 planes, nine German planes missing, and that raids hit central England air ports and Dover radio stations despite bad weather.
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High Command
England
Dover
Germany denies Brittany autonomy claim Reuters report
Berlin sources deny German recognition of a Brittany autonomy movement in France. The Rennes newspaper cited by DNB reported recognition but officials say the idea was slipped in without authorization and circulated improperly.
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Foreign Office
Germany
Brittany
Rennes
France
DNB
Will resign eight at start of quest for VP nomination
President Roosevelt indicated Wallace would resign from the cabinet once he began active campaigning as the vice presidential nominee. The president recalled Woodrow Wilson’s advice and said precedent suggested not resigning until campaigning. He declined to name possible successors or discuss further campaign strategy.
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Wilson
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Rimty
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Liaya Starke
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Aliley
Argentina Opposes Plan on Western Hemisphere Trusteeship
Argentina declines to back a proposed American trusteeship over European possessions in the western hemisphere. The government warns against general commitments or delegations of power, insisting the future status of overseas possessions be decided by the people without outside intervention.
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Feltina
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