Willkie Gains Momentum as He Moves East for Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie 48, a utilities executive, shifts campaign to the industrial east aiming for a strong first ballot showing at the June 24 Republican convention. He plans to speak in Boston Hartford Providence and Brooklyn and forecasts at least 70 votes on first ballot amid claims of growing strength. He notes a trend toward weariness of anti business rhetoric and discusses possible convention choices by Rep Halleck and Rep Barton.
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Philadelphia
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New York
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Barton
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Roosevelt Stance Seen As Answer To Reynaud Appeal
The White House said President Roosevelt's Charlottesville address amounts to a complete reply to Reynaud's plea for U S support to Britain and France. Secretary Early noted Paris messages reached late and that no formal British request had been lodged.
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Reynaud
United States
Roosevelt
Paris
Joseph Kennedy
London
Britain
France
Charlottesville
England
Italy’s War Update Under Badoglio Regime
Ubaldo Soddu rises to vice chief of the general staff under Marshal Badoglio as Italy reports three days into the war with little new detail. An air raid on the northwestern industrial center kills fourteen and injures thirty nine.
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Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Soddu
Refugees on California coast flee in makeshift convoys
The scene shows refugees fleeing toward safety along the California coast with cars stacked with mattresses and bicycles strapped to roofs. An elderly veteran in a beret checks IDs as local defense volunteers patrol for parachutists and Fifth Columnists.
Hull Reemphasizes U S Stand on Civilian Raids
Secretary Hull today condemned ruthless bombings of civilian populations in Japan’s campaigns against Chunking China. The State Department cited reports of extensive bombing of Chunking by over 100 Japanese planes and said the United States remains committed to condemning such attacks wherever they occur.
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Hull
Chunking
China
United States
State Department
Lindbergh argues United States cannot be invaded in our lifetime
Charles A. Lindbergh told lawmakers in a capital informal discussion that the U S could not be invaded in our lifetime He said invading forces would need air bases in Latin America and local factories and noted Greenland trials for a possible Europe air link He suggested Franco German naval moves could still threaten Britain.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Tday
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Lindbergh
Latin America
Western Hemisphere
France
English Channel
England
Germans Close Ring on Paris and Reach Suburbs
Reports say German forces near Paris threaten occupation or shelling as the city faces possible capitulation. French open city status contested. Berlin cites crossing the Marne and Le Havre advances as Axis gains widen. Paris governor declares open city to avert total destruction. Japan Prohibition League convention draws 400 representatives from 3747 branches.
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Zehlendorf
Berlin
Marne
le Havre
Italy
North Carolina Ships to Arm for Defense with New Battleships
Governor Clyde Hoey announced the launching of the battleship North Carolina as the state voices readiness for a national defense program. The vessel features nine 11 inch guns, a 16 inch armor belt, twenty smaller guns, four aircraft, and a crew of 35 000 security measures surrounded the event.
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Washington
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Custody Split as War Echoes in Domestic Court
In Los Angeles a domestic relations case ends with Lulu Comi winning custody of two children from estranged husband Steve Comi while the father gains alternating visitation. Comi cites that the children living in an Italian family face prejudice due to Italy and England being at war.
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Los Angeles
Lily
England
Lulu Comi
Steve Comi
Italy
Vision of American ideals and democracy for a new world order
The speaker vows to defend democratic processes and the American way of life. They express faith in a just God, pray for peace, and envision a rebirth of civilization where Americanism and unspoiled democracy set the standard for citizens’ rights and liberties in a future world.
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North Carolina
Guilford County Realty Transfers Summary
Guilford County real estate transfers list multiple property dealings across High Point Jamestown and Gilmer townships. Transactions include Snow Lumber Company to E D Steele Montheu Avenue lot Beasie Childs Snyder to J O Leonard. E T Embler to W I Brunson Morris Holton parcels. Suits to C L Wood adjoining M C Gilbreath. Hodgin to James G Sullivan Jr on Randolph Avenue. Harry R Smith to Robert F Batchelor on New Street. Greensboro City transfers to H A Henderson C T Morefield Mary Henderson and Roscoe Douglas Graham on Bruce Avenue and Lake Daniel area.
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Anderson Heights
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Gilmer Township
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Morshead Township
Japan Eyes Policy On Allied Troop Movements Across Oceans
The note discusses Japan's special concern over troop denials between the Indian and Pacific Oceans amid a world war context. It links the issue to Germany's occupation of the Netherlands and implies broader strategic anxieties for Japan regarding Allied military actions.
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Indian
Pacific
Japan
Germany
Netherlands
Australian race car wheels through finish on three
At a Lobethal motor meet in Australia driver L Bur rows kept control after a front wheel came off. He steered the machine to the finish line on three wheels, delivering a remarkable finish.
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Lobethal
Australia
L. Burrows
Paris Open City as German Forces Press Toward Capital
French and British forces defend lines near Paris as German troops push from the west north and east. Premier Reynaud appeals to the United States for aid short of expeditionary forces and vows an undying fight from the last corner of France.
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Warsaw
Rotterdam
America
Somme
Beaumont
Reynaud
United States
Tours
Roosevelt
France
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Africa
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Hering
Dentz
High Command
Parce
Wallace calls fresh look at farm surplus problem
Secretary Wallace urged Congress to reconsider farm surplus disposal funding to aid American hungry and European refugees. He framed the ever normal granary as the nation’s tool to help a suffering world amid possible famine, while leaders sought to tidy up the legislative calendar and push final action on a $1.073 billion relief bill.
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Congress
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
Local Weather Summary For Carolinas And Virginia
Regional forecast notes mixed conditions from noon today. North Carolina partly tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon showers possible in west and north central areas. South Carolina partly cloudy tonight and Friday with widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Virginia expects local showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight with Friday partly cloudy and local showers in the south. Coastal winds vary from Sandy Hook to Hatteras with moderate to fresh southwest to west winds and showers. From Hatteras to Jacksonville, winds are mainly south and southwest with overcast skies and scattered coastal showers Friday.
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Lindbergh to Speak on WEAF Address
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is scheduled to speak at 8:15 p.m. Saturday over the WEAF network on Our Drift toward War. The event outlines his views in a broad address from New York.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Weafred
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