Martin Charges New Deal With Dictatorship March
Rep Joseph W Martin Jr of Massachusetts, taking as permanent chair of the Republican national convention, accuses the Roosevelt administration of a seven year march toward one man government. He warns of governmental absolutism at home and abroad and says the crusade for Americanism must rally all patriots. The article notes the possibility the nation may be drawn into war. Continued on page three.
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Philadelphia
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Martin
Beito
America
Westerner Is Likely Choice For Vice President
Philadelphia June 25 Former national conventions draw attention as speculation grows on a vice presidential pick. Majority favor a western candidate if an eastern is headed the ticket, with Dewey of New York and Taft of Ohio named in talks, though both deny any agreement.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ator Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Strand and Dixie theatres show top stars tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. W. P. Turner of 601 Maple Avenue to attend screenings at the Strand Theatre featuring Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins in City of Grins and at the Dixie Theatre showing Too Many Husbands with Jean Arthur.
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Grafton Sentinel
W. P. Turner
Maple Avenue
Errol Flynn
Miriam Hopkins
Strand Theatre
Jean Arthur
Dixie Theatre
Willkie nomination gains momentum as Baldwin backs him
Indiana utility magnate's bandwagon grows as Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut announces in Philadelphia that he will second Wendell L. Willkie's bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Indiana
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt halts mosquito torpedo boat transfer to Britain
President Roosevelt cancelled a plan to transfer 20 mosquito torpedo boats to Great Britain after reviewing an informal opinion by Attorney General Jackson. The move ends British hopes for obtaining the 111 destroyers remaining from World War days and relies on a law barring delivery of American built war vessels to a beliggerent.
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Great Britain
Congress
Roosevelt
Jackson
U. S. Navy
Johnson Warns U S Lacks Defense Material Now
Chicago June 25 Gen Hugh S Johnson, former NRA head and WW veteran, says the United States has not the stuff to quickly power a strong national defense program. He spoke at the Advertising Federation of America banquet, warning that despite recent funds, armament will not be ready in time for the crisis. He notes U S land strength trails Czechoslovakia Poland and Belgium at best a toe stubber to Hitler.
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Chicago
United States
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Advertising Federation of America
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Belgium
Hitler
Last U S Link Ends With Petain Government
Washington June 25 Secretary Hull announced that Anthony J Drexel Biddle former ambassador to France is reassigned to London to resume duties as ambassador to the exiled Polish government The move ends Biddles role as the state departments only link with the French government since it left Paris
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Washington
United States
Petain
France
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Bordéaux
London
Hull
Biddle
State Department
Paris
Mussolini Has Great Role In Final Assault
Dewitt MacKenzie argues Mussolini plays a pivotal part in the looming blitz against Britain. He warns that Britain must both resist the English land and air onslaught and keep Italy in line to preserve Mediterranean seapower. The piece frames the war as a two front, life and death struggle.
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Mussolini
Dewitt MacKenzie
England
Herr Hitler
Britain
Norway
Denmark
John Bull
Duce
Hitler and Co
Germany
Dawson Opposes Willkie For Republican Nominee
West Virginia's convention delegation divides with about half opposing Wendell Willkie for president. D. Boone Dawson of Charleston, then GOP gubernatorial nominee, claimed 75 percent of West Virginia Republicans prefer Dewey while 25 percent oppose Willkie. State roll calls suggested changes possible on later ballots.
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Philadelphia
West Virginia
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Dawson
Ex-Governor Fisher of Pennsylvania Dies at 13
Pittsburgh dispatch reports former Pennsylvania governor John Stuchell Fisher died at his home at age 13. A Republican, Fisher served from 1927 to 1931. His tenure brought national focus during the 1926 Ware Senate controversy and the 1928 primary fraud charges.
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Pittsburgh
John Stuchell’Fisher
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Fisher
William 8. Ware
Philadelphia
U. S. Senate
Senate
Hare
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ ‘Association
Son of Late Senator Is Named To His Seat
Governor George D. Aiken of Vermont said he would appoint Ernest W. Gibson Jr of Brattleboro to succeed his father as Republican United States senator. He indicated the younger Gibson would serve until after the November election, after which Aiken planned to run for the seat vacated by the death of Senator Ernest W. Gibson Sr.
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Philadelphia
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson, Jr
Brattleboro
Gibson
Aiken
Ernest W. Gibson
Final Form GOP Platform Hangs On Word Choice
Philadelphia June 25 Republican platform builders labored through the night to refine the party platform amid a pending presentation to the national convention. Chairman Herbert K. Hyde said the resolutions committee could not finish in time and hoped to complete by tomorrow noon. The draft includes a non interventionist foreign policy plank and calls for Wagner Act amendments.
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Philadelphia
Herbert K. Hyde
Resolutions Committee
Hyde
French Fleet Flies Flags at Half Mast for Mourning Edict
In Alexandria on June 25 the French fleet in the Mediterranean lowered flags to half mast under Bordeaux government orders to observe a general day of mourning following the armistice with Italy signed yesterday.
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Alexandria
Mediterranean
Bordeaux
Italy
Italian Camp In Desert Is Attacked
Cairo reports a Royal Air Force communique stating British bombers struck the Italian Rirel Boggie military camp in the western desert in a complete surprise. The raid damaged the encampment tents and troops rushed for shelter, with further damage noted at Aasmara air drome.
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Cairo
Royal Air Force
Aasmara
Willkie Rally Plays To Stop Willkie Move At Convention
Presidental nominating proceedings open as Willkie addresses delegates from Indiana saying other candidacies are fine. Dewey and Taft forces tighten lines against Willkie, with reports of a stop Willkie movement and alliances forming among opposing factions.
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W. B. Ragsdale
Philadelphia
Wentell Willkie
Willkie
Indiana
Taft
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
Russians and Romanians Clash Along Dniester Frontier
Unconfirmed reports say Russian and Romanian troops clashed at several points along the Dniester frontier, triggering Balkan alarm. Over 100 Russian air force planes reportedly conducted reconnaissance over Bessarabia, the former World War I border province. Neutral observers note a possible link to Italian troop concentrations on the Yugoslav Albanian border.
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Dniester
Balkan
Europe
Bessarabia
Russia
Romania
Italy Plans To Press Battle Against Britain
The Italian High Command announced that hostilities against France ceased at 1:35 a.m. today under the armistice terms, while war against Britain continues toward victory. A submarine reportedly sank an 8,000-ton ship, another failed to return, and Allied air raids hit Tripoli Palermo and Cagliari with thirty bombs on Calliero.
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Rome
High Command
France
Britain
Tripoli
Palermo
Cagliari
Calliero
Wiesbaden Named Armistice Commission Seat
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler chose Wiesbaden as the German French armistice commission seat to govern and supervise the armistice execution. General Heinrich Von Stuelpnagel named chairman, with the French expected to notify Berlin of its appointment.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wiesbaden
France
Rhineland
Heinrich von Stuelpnagle
Compeigne Forest
Age Bias In New Deal Politics Sparks Parade Debate
Washington observers argue that ageism colored New Deal policy with critics like Stimson age 73 and a push to limit federal appointments to under 60. The piece contrasts views on aging leaders, court ages, and political resistance to older officials.
French in Australia pledge to aid British war effort
Members of the French colony in Australia advised London they would mobilize energy and resources to continue the struggle against Germany to the end. De Gaulle stated the colony’s resolve and readiness to support France’s fight from abroad.
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Australia
London
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
France Bows In Mourning After Armistice
France ends formal resistance as Germany and Italy conquer, armistice terms to be announced within 48 hours. Britain remains to continue fighting, about half of France occupied.
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Bordeaux
France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Britain
Italy
Germany
Great Britain
Argentine Fleet Sends Patrol After Independence Plans
The Argentine ministry ordered the fleet to patrol 1500 miles of coast cancelling plans to sail from Puerto Belgrano to Buenos Aires for July 9 independence celebrations. The move aims to strengthen vigilance along the Atlantic coast in line with 1939 obligations.
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Buenos Aires
Ministry of Marine
Argentina
Puerto Belgrano
Here
Atlantic
Japan to Act in Far East Watch on Haiphong Ports
Tokyo dispatches warships from the China fleet to Haiphong to observe movements of ships suspected of carrying munitions to China. An admiralty spokesman said inspectors would be assigned to oversee arms shipments, with details linked to Tokyo Indo-China talks and a French plan for a protectorate over eastern territories.
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Japan
Haiphong
France
Holland
Admiralty
Chine
China
Indo-China
Catton
Ten Draw Sentences For Huge Liquor Conspiracy
Federal Judge William E. Baker sentenced ten defendants in Elkins to penalties from one day to four and a half years for conspiracy to violate liquor tax laws. Bennie Spencer and Charles Bell received lengthy terms, with others like Charles Shelley Thomas Dixon Mattie Watkins Minnie Colbert and Frank Henderson among those given one year and a day or short custody terms.
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Elkins
William E. Baker
Bennie Spencer
Charles Bell
Charles Shelley
Thomas Dixon
Mattie Watkins
Minnie Marie Colbert
Frank Arlis Henderson
Howard Ellis Conley
George Freeman
Louise Gordon
U.S
Pair Sentenced to Jail For Activities For Reds
Justice of the Peace V. B. Kirkpatrick said William Riley and Frank Renke admitted receiving a dime each from an unidentified man to distribute handbills criticizing attacks on signers of a Communist election petition. Riley is from Ohio and Renke from Pennsylvania. they were fined.
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Northfore
Petain word breach blamed in Commons report
Churchill told the British House of Commons France failed to honor promises not to let the fleet fall into enemy hands. He noted armistice ships could go to German or Italian control. Caldecott said Britain would press to keep French ships serving the allied cause.
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Churchill
Commons
House of Lords
Viscount Cote
Dominions
Caldecote
Mb A
J. Churchill
Britain
Bordeaux
Reynaud
Persin
Reich Ready for New War Echoes in Berlin
Berlin reports a charged mood as Germany marks recent victory over France and eyes press toward new campaigns. Song tunes proclaim march power while bells ring across cities in celebration. Hitler’s Paris radio link signals new concert of state propaganda and a rising sense of dominance.
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Germany
Nous
Reich
France
Ain
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