Hoover's Name Projected Presence at Republican Convention
June 26, Philadelphia. Hoover not seeking public office but says no interference with vice nomination. Fore ign policy dispute delays convention opening as Willkie and Dewey factions vie for delegates. Dewey leads Illinois and faces binding challenges while Dewey and Vandenberg clash over platform. Delegates, spectators thin at 1 p.m. session. Glee Club energizes floor as Martin orders the hall cleared.
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Elphia
Herbert Hoover
Oover
Nations Committee
Wendell Willkie
Ohio
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Thigan
Thomas FE
Dewey New York
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Dewey
Neska
New Yorker
Vandenberg
Herbert H. Hyde
Oklahoma
Doutier
Republican Glee Club
Jumbus
Joseph W. Martin
British Deny Pittman Defense Critique in London
The British ministry of information rejected Senator Pittman’s view that Britain is unprepared for defense and that U S aid can only delay victory. Pittman warned of Hitler’s likely domination of Europe. In Rome civilians killed in Trapani raid numbered 12 men over 60, four women, four children. seventeen injured. Berlin reports renewed German attacks on central England airports and factories.
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Ministry of Information
Pittman
United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
United States
Hitler
Europe
Rome
Trapani
Peged
Berlin
High Command
England
Ford Refuses British Order Over Defense Motors
The Allied defense program stalled as Henry Ford rejects making aircraft engines for Britain, insisting motors and planes be produced only for the U S government. Knudsen said the Anglo American joint order collapsed and other automakers may be tapped. Edsel Ford confirmed the arrangement as satisfactory to Ford officials. Roosevelt had just outlined a broader defense buildup.
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Britain
Henry Ford
Ford
Great Britain
National Defense Commission
William 8. Knudsen
Defense Commission
Knudsen
General Motors
Detroit
United States
Edsel
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Roosevelt
Asian powers clash as Japan eyes East Asia doctrine
In Hongkong British forces dynamited bridges on the Shumchun River while Japanese troops advance in South China near Lungchow. Across the frontier in Tokyo Asahi reports Japan will issue an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine to shield East Asia from European spoils and resist territorial changes.
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Shumchun River
South China
Lungchow
Kwangsi Province
Kwangchowwan
Here
China
Indo-China
Kwangchownan
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
Germany
Italy
East Asia
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Mitsumasa Yonai
Hachiro Arita
Soviet Extends Working Week to Six Days for War Defense
The Soviet government adopted a six day work week with one day of rest to boost production for wartime defense. Working hours rise to eight for most categories, replacing the Bolshevik era five day week. The All Union Central Council of Trade Unions calls out capitalist overwork and efforts to militarize the economy worldwide.
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Moscow
All Union Central Council of Trade Unions
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Asia
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Africa
Australia
Suspects rounded up in death of former Duke student
Mexico City police pressed a roundup of suspects in the gunshot death of Sheldon Harte the former Duke student and secretary-guard to Leon Trotsky His body was found in a shallow grave autopsy showed two bullet wounds one from the back of the head Trotsky called Harte kidnapped during an attack on him American consulate arranged to fly Harte to New York once formalities are complete
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Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Duke University
Leon
Trotsky
Harte
Trosky
U. S. Embassy Opens in Monts France at Bedaux Chateau
Temporary American embassy offices established in the Bedaux chateau near Tours, with staff including First Secretary Hugh S. Fullerton and others. The chateau lies close to Tours, selected as interim capital after leaving Paris, as the French government moves toward Bordeaux.
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France
Berlin
Charles E. Bedaux
Duke
Tours
Paris
Robert Schow
Jack Sterling
Bordeaux
Exchange Telegraph
United States
William C. Bullitt
Disappearance of Walter Zellen Follows False High School Finish
Pittsburgh reports a 17-year-old Russian immigrant Walter Zellen vanished just before his supposed high school graduation. His parents, John and, Mrs. Zellen, say he had secretly attended three years of hockey and never enrolled in school. Police were asked to locate him. They describe the boy as tall and thin with a scar on his left cheek and wearing a blue suit. The family had prepared for a graduation portrait and new suit before his disappearance.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
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Walter
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Germans Push Occupation Of French Nation
Berlin reports rapid occupation of France’s Atlantic coast under an armistice that bars British ships from continental ports except Spain and Portugal. German high command says the move aims to cripple England’s war effort while not foreclosing postwar European reorganization by Hitler.
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Portugal
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British Isles
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Bayonne
Germany
Stavanger
Norway
Bordeaux
Paris
Clermont-Ferrand
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Laly
Adolf Hitler Makes Incognito Paris Stop At Napoleon Tomb
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler conducted a secret visit to Paris and toured Napoleon’s tomb at Les Invalides. He wore a brown duster over his uniform and paused at the memorial tablet while both German and French guards saluted at the gates.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Napoleon
Hitler
Hotel Des Invalides
Seine
Irish Ready For Invasion
Dublin reports an atmosphere of vigilance as Ireland readies for possible attack with patrols and armed police visible in streets. Recruitments are described as satisfactory and an Irish welcome is promised to any attacking force. Ulster authorities tighten migration controls to keep out subversive elements.
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Dublin
Shamrock Isle
Atlantic
Irish Sea
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Northern Counties
Myron Taylor Undergoes Two Hour Operation
Myron Taylor, a Roosevelt representative at the Vatican, underwent a two hour operation in Rome. The hospital report described his condition as satisfactory and his wife Mrs. Taylor attended the hospital during the procedure.
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Myron Taylor
Rome
Myron
Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Italians Claim British Fliers Fail At Naples
Rome reports that British bombing raids on Naples were driven off by Italian anti aircraft and fighter units and described as unsuccessful. The communique notes additional attacks on Asmara and Diredawa in East Africa failed with two planes shot down. End of message mentions armistice terms including demilitarization of French Somaliland and use of the Jubuti Addis Ababa railway.
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Naples
Asmara
Diredawa
East Africa
North Africa
Aswara
France
Jubuti
Europe
Africa
French Somaliland
Italy
Jibati
Addis Ababa
British Raids Reported Along German Coastline
London dispatch notes British landing parties struck along the continental coast behind which Germany readies for an invasion. Casualties on German troops were reported as naval and military raiders gained contact and captured several, with much information obtained. The raids are seen as reconnaissance and diversion during tense preparations for Britain’s defense.
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Associated Press
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Germany
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North Sea
Channel
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Belgium
Ministry of Information
Increase in CCC borrowing eyed to aid 1940 41 tobacco outlook
Washington reports a plan to boost Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing by 509.6 million dollars as a potential aid to the tobacco market for 1940 41. House delays stalled passage. experts expect a repeat of last year’s credit scheme to help British importers secure their normal share amid an embargo on American tobacco.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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House
United States
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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