Roosevelt Urged To Address Plea For Negotiated Peace
Washington July 2 two foes of policy urge Roosevelt to use Independence Day address for a negotiated peace in Europe Wheeler Nye say it would quickly defeat Hitler Taft favors private peace efforts without publicity and cautions against forced peace on Britain Officials say such a move would resemble a Hitler dictated peace and decline to intervene in any settlement all sides note the Russo German war shifting the peace calculus
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Great Britain
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Britain
Germany
Russia
Taft
Europe
Newsmen Convention Set for Blowing Rock Dates
R Alton Jackson president announced the annual conventiin of the News and Editorial Association, composed of working newspaper men, would be held at Blowing Rock July 10 11 and 12.
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Winston-Salem
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Enrollee Requests Name Change to Barbara Ann Richards
Edward Price Richards 29 seeks a court name change to Barbara Ann Richards after a long history of gender expression. Born April 2 1912 in Essex County Massachusetts he states predominant male traits and prior to aging wore men’s clothes while planning to live as a woman.
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Los Angeles
Edward Price Richards
Superior Court
Barbara Ann Richards
Richards
Chaster B. Anderson
Essex County
Massachusetts
Marcus Graham
American Medical Association
Physican
Army Chief Of Staff Urges Longer Service And Wider Reach
General George C. Marshall urged keeping draftees reserve officers and National Guardsmen in service longer than one year and removing restrictions preventing U S forces from operating outside the Western Hemisphere In a biennial report to Secretary Stimson he warned that rapid spread of war could reach new areas and urged authority to extend service for selectees reserve corps officers and National Guard units He noted 120600 men in overseas garrisons including Alaska and Newfoundland and said restrictions affect the whole army with selectees in mixed units subject to limits Turn to Page 2 Col 3.
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George C. Marshall
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National Guard
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Newfoundland
Earthquake rocks Mendoza region. no casualties reported
Heavy quake hits Mendoza and western Argentina along the Andes causing structural damage with no reported deaths. In Cairo a Turkish commander in Ethiopia surrenders with about 4,200 men under terms mirroring Amba Alagi capitulation. British Middle East HQ notes. Military advices from Ein Syria Vichy report.
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Cairo
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Debra Tabor
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Middle East
Duke of Aosta
Amba Alaji
Capitol Hill balks at troop use abroad policy
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders rebuffing a push for authority to deploy U S troops overseas. Representative Cliff Woodrum of Virginia blasts war talk as dangerous, noting U S troop and equipment shortages. Senator George warns against backdoor belligerency and party power clashes shape aid to Britain and hemispheric defense.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Deveous
U. S
Capitol Hill
White House
House
Cliff Woodrum
Virginia
Chamber
Ickes seeks arrests to stop jackrabbit starts and fuel waste
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said he will request city police and state patrols in the East to arrest motorists wasting gasoline with improperly adjusted cars and making jackrabbit starts. He warned measures will go beyond persuasion as fuel shortage fears grow on the seaboard. He noted laws against wasteful combustion exist in many locales. Ickes also announced Secretary Knox agreed to deploy two large Navy tankers from the Gulf Coast to the East to ease the anticipated shortage, with tanker operation sites yet to be determined. He met with agency representatives to report on steps to relieve the petroleum delivery bottleneck.
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Ickes
Seaboard
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Navy
Gulf Coast
Vichy Acknowledges Fall of Palmyra Stronghold
The Vichy government said Palmyra, a key resistance post to the Allied invasion of Syria, had fallen. New RAF daylight raids struck northern France and targets in Germany including Cologne, Duisberg, and Bremen. Four bombers reported missing amid heavy attacks on Bremen and ships in Rotterdam.
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Fuel Oil Shortage Threatens Tobacco Curing in Grange Action
July 3 report from Belfast Grange says fuel oil for tobacco curing faces an acute shortage. Belfast Grange wires Rep Barden and Sons Bailey and Reynolds seeking help. lawmakers and the department of agriculture pledge immediate attention. Goldsboro oil dealers report no current shortage but warn a future lack may develop.
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Grange
Barden and Sons
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Department of Agriculture
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Reynolds Stock Gift Reported to Securities Commission
Washington July 3 report states James W Glenn of Winston Salem D C gave 1000 shares of R J Reynolds Tobacco Company common stock and the gift was reported to the securities commission. Donors are not required to name recipients of gifts.
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R. J Reynolds Tobacco Company
James W. Glenn
Winston-Salem
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Securities Commission
Japanese Ship Requisitioned In Manila Alert
Reports from Manila say the Japanese merchantman Kyu su Maru carrying coconut oil hemp chrome ore and sugar from the Philippines to the United States was requisitioned by the Japanese government and ordered not to proceed. Officials gave no reason while speculation said all Philippine waters ships may be recalled. The Nozima Maru in Manila Bay was said to be ordered to unload its 6 000 tons of chrome concentrate.
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Bank Call Issued by Comptroller for National Banks
Washington reports the comptroller issued a call for a statement of condition for all National banks as of the close of business Monday June 30. Raleigh also notes state bank supervisory officials issuing a similar call for all-state banks as of the close of business Monday June 30.
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Gurney C. Hood
State Commissioner of Banks
Russians and Nazis Locked in Major Eastern Battle
Russian and Nazi troops clash along a vast front from the Arctic to the Black Sea as Soviet defenses claim their main thrust toward Moscow is blocked. DNB notes obstinate resistance, bad weather, and snow in the Lnow region while Britain hints at a looming invasion of the continent. Stalin urges scorched earth and guerrilla warfare as reports of stalled German advances filter through authoritative London sources.
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Deputy Sheriff Killed During Dairy Strike in Virginia
In Rutland Virginia on July 3 Deputy Sheriff Ray Russell of Monkton was killed when striking dairy farmers blocked a milk truck bound for New York. He fell from the running board and was crushed as the vehicle rolled over him. The dairy farmers union had declared a milk holiday to press for a $3.00 per hundredweight price, up from $1.88, with milk dumped en route in several towns as strikers halted trucks.
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Ray Russell
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New York
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Waltham
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Bridgeport
Fair Haven
Dairy Farmers Union
Addison
Germans Pleased With Japan Declarations
Berlin reports authorized German sources praised Japan for clarity and plainness in declarations on imperial policies amid wartime developments. The government announced a decision had been reached but gave no public indication of policy direction, suggesting Berlin was briefed on an outline.
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Japan
Tokyo
Advance Income Tax Payment Is Planned
The Treasury proposes collecting income taxes up to a year in advance with monthly payments and a small rebate, enabling taxpayers to budget by paying ahead and reducing borrowing costs. The plan, developed with the Federal Reserve and Laughlin Currie, would apply mainly to income taxes and could extend to excess profits and other taxes. The Ways and Means Committee advanced a defense tax measure, estimating higher tax revenues.
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Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Laughlin Currie
Sam
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States Endorses Uruguay Defense Pact Plan
The United States endorsed Uruguay’s proposal for benevolent neutrality in the Americas urging all republics to join. The plan would bar belligerent status to any American nation in war defending its rights and could permit use of bases and facilities across South and Central America if the U.S. enters a conflict with the Axis.
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