Romanian Grand Council Yields to Red Demands
Bucharest reports the Romanian grand council under King Carol decided to accede to a Soviet ultimatum for ceding Bessarabia and northern Bucovina while seeking time to negotiate. Russia may claim control rights over Constanta Tulcea Danube ports and base access, with reports of large Soviet air movements over the provinces as the deadline nears.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Russia
Carol
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Berlin
Constanta
Black Sea
Tulca
Danube
Ultimaturh
Constania
Davidescu
Moscow
Peace rumors widely heard in Britain Germany talks
Dewitt MacKenzie notes rumors of peace between Britain and Germany. Reports claim Sir Samuel Hoare discussed peace via Spain while a Berlin radio commentator suggests contacts with the axis. The author says such rumors arise easily and doubts overtures but not speculation.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Britain
Germany
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Berlin
The Dixie Theatre Presents Seventeen and In Old Mexico
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. O. F. Hancock of 210 Beech Street to tonight’s double bill at Dixie featuring Seventeen with Jackie Cooper and Betty Field and In Old Mexico with William Boyd, followed by Nurse Edith Cavell at the Strand theatre, with identification possibly required for admission.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
O. F
Hancock
Beech Street
Seventeen
Jackie Cooper
Betty Field
Old Mexico
William
Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd
Dixie Theatre
Edith Well
Anna Neagle
Strand
Thea
French Fleet Refuses Surrender and Reassembles in Africa
Reports say major French warships refuse to surrender under Vichy terms and gather in Casablanca and Algiers to continue fighting the Axis under British direction. Fleet movements from Gibraltar and Algeciras indicate a regrouping to Casablanca, with Allied support continuing in North Africa.
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London
Petain
Germany
Italy
Auguste Nogues
Nort Africa
Casablanca
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Algeciras
Algiers
Mediterranean
Indo China Governor To Resist Japanese Forces
London reports General Catroux will resist any invasion of French Indo China. General Nogues, commander in chief in northern Africa, is taking steps to organize resistance. De Gaulle says the French national committee believes aid from colonial and navy leaders is being marshaled to oppose Germany and Italy.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Catroux
Bordeaux
de Gaulle
French National Committee
August Nogues
Africa
Germany
Italy
British Troops Move Into Italian Territory
Nairobi Kenya Colony June 17 British ground patrols penetrated 20 miles into Italian Somaliland without opposition noted by a British commander. British South Africa detachments report operating against Italian territory from Kenya.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
British Comunique
British South Africa
Move 10 Halt Jap Invasion Across Indo China Frontier
French Indo China authorities prepared for invasion as Japanese spearheads moved along the Chinese side of the frontier. Women and children were moved inland from the coast and Haiphong readied a liner to evacuate civilians if needed. French officials said Tokyo aimed to tighten control of Far Eastern possessions, signaling a stronger Japanese hand.
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Hong Kong
Indo-China
Kwangsi
Yunnan Province
Indo- China
Haiphong
Chiang Kaishek
Chungking
Tokyo
Rhododendron Festival Opens In Webster Springs
Webster Springs celebrates the Rhododendron festival welcoming an expected 40,000 visitors. Miss Mildred E. Moon of Preston County is crowned Rhodora III with Governor Holt officiating. Events include a boxing show, barn dance, coronation pageant, cabaret ball, and contests by lumberjacks and miners.
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Webster Springs
Rhodora
Mildred E. Moon
Preston County
Miss Moon
Holt
Langer Wins Republican Nomination For Senator
Fargo N D June 27 William Langer twice governor of North Dakota is the Republican choice for U S senator after defeating Lynn J Frazier and State Senator Thomas Whelan in Tuesday's primary. His November opponent will be Charles Vogel. Fargo won the Democratic nomination.
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Fargo
N. D
William Langer
North Dakota
U. S
Lynn J. Frazier
Senate
Thomas Whelan
Charles Vogel
Keel Laid On U S 45,000 Ton Super Dreadnought
The United States laid down the keel of its first 45,030 ton super dreadnought at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Navy orders three more ships to the South Pacific, expands wartime materials programs, and aims to boost Latin American rubber and tin via a $20,000,000 Export-Import loan to Argentina as Nazi activity rises. Refers to Packard engine talks and Ford contract developments.
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Washington
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Reconstricts Finance Corporation
Argentina
South America
South Atlante
South Pacific
National Defense Commission
Packard Motor Company
Henry Ford
Iowa
Thomas Lee Burchinal dies at 76 in Fairmont
Prominent local contractor and civic leader Thomas Lee Burchinal of Fairmont died last night at his home from a heart ailment. Born February 26, 1864 in Stewartstown Monongalia County, he is survived by his son J. C. Burchinal of Fairmont. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the home.
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Fairmont
Thomas Lee Burchinal
Burchinal
Stewartstown
Monongalia County
J. C. Burchinal
Huntington Mayor Greets Veterans At State Parley
Huntington delegates to the state VFW and VFW auxiliary convention held a joint session with Mayor George Seamonds delivering the welcome. H G Hooks of the U S Veterans Hospital and Joseph F. Graham of the VFW national organization were among scheduled afternoon speakers.
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Huntington
State Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Auxiliary
George Seamonds
H. G. Hooks
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Joseph F. Graham
VFW National Organization
Dewey Holds Strength On First Ballot
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Republican national convention ballot snapshot with state delegation splits. Dewey leads in many states, Taft and Willkie pick up scattered votes, and last minute shifts hint at a possible Willkie backing if Gannett is eliminated.
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Dewey
Philadelphia
Alaska
Taft
Thomas
Alabama
Arena
Frank Gannett
Willkie
Gannett
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Patt
Oth
Syettterea Ceomontiet Itteen
Gov
Baldwin
Onev
Delaware
Rep
Mar
Vandenberg
Air raid on Valletta kills and wounds many
In Valletta Malta on June 27 a Italian air raid killed 23 people and wounded many others. Five attacks occurred after two days of quiet as seventy bombs fell on the working class suburb under pressure from fighters and anti aircraft batteries.
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Valletta
Malta
Mediterranean
Lesen
Holt Reviews Hartman Clemency Plea Record
Governor Homer A. Holt studied the Upshur county circuit court record on Byzantine Hartman for clemency. Hartman, who pleaded guilty, faces execution Friday at 9 p.m. for shooting Deputy Sheriff Waltur Gruub during an April arrest attempt amid a beating charge against his mother.
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Charleston
Homer A. Holt
Upshur County
Byzantine Hartman
Hartman
Waltur Gruub
Grubb
A. M. Maruman
Kennedy Prompts Americans Abroad to Return on Washington
In London on June 27 1940 United States Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy urged Americans with no urgent reason to stay abroad to sail home on the U S liner Washington from Galway on July 4 The Washington is likely the first American ship to cross to the United States until after the war He warned that it may be the last such voyage for the duration and urged those abroad to return with no delay.
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London
United States
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Washington
Galway
New York
Kennedy
The Washington Parade By Carlisle Bargeron
The writer reflects on leadership, editors as leaders of men, and the ethos of a newspaper editor seeking influence. He recalls World War I service, questions the desire for political office, and muses on the responsibilities and powers of editorship. The piece frames editing as a noble, freer form of leadership.
New Heavy Attacks by British Air Forces
British bomber forces launched new very heavy daylight raids on the Ruhr, targeting mill works and plants. One aircraft reportedly penetrated east of the Ruhr and struck the center of an off plant, according to Allied circles citing daylight operations over Germany.
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London
S. _Ruhr
Genes
Ruhr
Army Opposes Huge Increase In Army Size
The War department counsels a temporary halt in expansion and backs a 400,000-man army as the feasible size to be organized trained and equipped in the near term. Despite this, proposals for rapid growth toward a million men face Army opposition.
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Washington
War Department
House
General Staff
Army
Heavy Rains Close WV Highways and Damages Bridge
Heavy rains swelled streams across southern West Virginia forcing temporary closures of a bridge and water covering three feet of U S Route 60 at Rainelle. The Guyan Creek bridged state Route 2 near Cabell Mason counties. rainfall totals reached 1.84 inches in Charleston and 1.5 inches in Huntington as Marmet dam reported a four foot rise.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Rainelle
Cabell-Mason County
Commission
Huntington
Marmet
Kanawha River
Ford Flayed by Canadians in War Motor Debate
Ottawa on June 27 reports a stormy Commons debate over Henry Ford refusing to build airplane motors for Britain. Demands rise for a Canadian government ban on Ford sales and seizure of the Ford plant. Conservative Leader R B Hanson says public opinion in Canada and likely the United States will pressure Mr Henry Ford.
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Ottawa
Henry Ford
Great Britain
Ford
Ford Canadian
House of Commons
Senate
R. B. Hanson
Commons
Canada
United States
Hen
British Frontier Post Is Seized by Italians
Cairo dispatch reports a strong Italian detachment with tanks attacked and occupied a British frontier outpost on the Ethiopia Somaliland border. The British garrison repulsed the assault after four hours. no British casualties were stated, and no further Libyan front details were available.
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Cairo
Ethiopia
British Somaliland
German Troops Take Over East of Bordeaux Area
Berlin reports the occupation of a region of France east of Bordeaux under the German armistice plan. The daily communique says attacks by weak naval forces on northern French coast were repulsed June 24 25. German planes again bombed English port facilities and aircraft industry facilities.
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Berlin
France
England
City Ordinance license display notice for business houses
All business houses must display their licenses at their place of business by Monday July 1 1940. City clerk must be notified before noon on the specified date.
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Bee
Draft Hoover Buttons Seen This Morning At Convention
At the Philadelphia convention hall on June 27 delegates gathered for more nominating speeches before balloting for the 1940 Republican nominee. Draft Hoover buttons appeared in hotel lobbies signaling interest in the former president though Hoover avoided stating he sought office. Meanwhile Wendell Willkie’s prospects and talks with Gov. Harold Stassen pointed to a possible nomination tonight as speakers like Dewey and Taft weighed in on the race.
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W. BR. Ragsdale
Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
Hoover
Willkle
Renae
Republican party launches peace and preparedness campaign
Philadelphia June 27 news reports the Republican party shifting from domestic issues to promote a platform of strong defense and peace through preparedness. Officials described the party as American and prepared as it seeks voter support for a robust national program avoiding war.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
Vention
Party of
Neas
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