Martin Names Willkie Campaign Leader In pres election drive
Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. named chairman of the Republican national committee and director of Willkie’s campaign with John D. M. Hamilton as executive director. Willkie announced subcommittee actions approving the nominations and pledged a united bid with Senator Charles L. McNary as running mate.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Republican National Committee
Willkie
John D. M. Hamilton
Martin
Wendell L. Willkie
National Committee
Walter S. Hanlanan
West Virginia
Hallanan
Sinclair Weeks
Samuel G. Pryor
Connecticut
Hallowan
Grace B. Reynolds
Ind
Elsie Fitzsimmons
Rhode Island
C. B. Goodspeed
Nanois
Harold Mason
Vermont
Henry P. Fletcher
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
McNary
Congress
New York
Red Cross Volunteers Produce War Garments in Indiana County
The Red Cross under Mrs. W. F. Wettling leads volunteers in cutting and distributing dresses for war relief across Indiana County. Parishes and groups from Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, and various churches, plus local clubs, have completed over one hundred dresses. Yarn and sweaters are packed and sent countywide under chairs Maurice Coulter and Roy Maloney. Continued on page Three.
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Red Cross War Relief
W. F. Wettling
Indiana
Clinton File
B. M. Clark
Harry White
Paul Gill
Chapter House
Warstricken
Europe
Pounds and Allison
Presbyterian Church
Miss McCoy
Methodist Church
Cassel
Episcopal Church
Marcus
L. W. Robinson
Brushvalley
Mead
Evangelical Church
Webb
Saltsburg
Kenneth Baird
Blairsville
W. P. Graff
Cherrytree
Frank Zeigler
Clymer
Templeton
Glen Campbell
B. Wilmoth
Homer City
A. M. Frederick
Maurice Coulter
Roy Maloney
Motor Corps
Indiang Fore Red Cross
Yoes Causes Public Stir With Shorts Incident
In Oklahoma City Ralph Yoes walked Main Street in shorts prompting patrolmen to detain him for disorderly conduct. Police questioned if he was a fraternity pledge or bet participant. He says he merely wanted to wear shorts and cites women’s wardrobe. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
Ralph Yoes
Yoes
Main Street
Marvin Murray
Bat inking accident at Welt Creek fishing trip
Archie McCutcheon fished at Welt Creek's upper dam when darkness fell. His lure struck a bat that came into the water, tangling the hook and injuring him as others rushed to assist.
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Grove City
Archie McCutcheon
Welt Creek
Indiana High Adopts Full Vocational Agriculture Program
The Indiana High School board approved a twelve month vocational agriculture program under the Smith Hughes Act. Charles Jay McWilliams of Ebensburg will take on duties as agricultural teacher and head football coach, replacing Joseph Shane who resigns. The plan leverages 45 percent federal plus 35 percent state salary reimbursements to lower district costs while expanding farming related studies for a large student body including many non residents.
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Indiana High School
Joseph Shane
Board of Education
Charles Jay McWilliams
Ebensburg
Indiana
Jack Martz
McWilliams
Cambria County
Indiana High
6000 French Join English at Ankara
July reports say about 6000 French officers and staff under General Mittelhauser crossed into Palestine and joined British forces there. Tension rose in Syria due to Arab disorders and mixed French troop sentiment as British moves from Palestine were anticipated. General Mittelhauser had announced a ceasefire in the Near East, signaling the end of collaboration with the British there.
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Ankara
Syria
Eugene Mitterhauser
Palestine
Mittelhauser
France
Near East
Love Church Founder Dies At 72 In Oklahoma City
Dr. William A. McKeever psychologist writer and educator who founded the Lovers Church died last night from kidney failure and complications. He had in recent years started a Lovers Church and founded the Maturates Society for people over 70, promoting slogans like old age is a delusion and life begins at 70. He invited lonely individuals to join for companionship and many found romance and marriage there.
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Oklahoma City
William A. McKeever
French Embassy Burns Records in London Fire
A plume of smoke from the French embassy in London indicated records were being burned after the severance of diplomatic ties with England. Embassy staff said they burned papers not worthy of shipment to France to keep them from waste-paper dealers.
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London
England
France
British damage French warship and fleet moves in Mediterranean
British authorities agreed to take over the entire French fleet at Alexandria. The Richelieu was crippled by depth charges off Dakar after two further operations since the July 3 Oran attack. Seven French capital ships now accounted for as Britain shifts strength against Italy.
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Alexandria
Oran
Algeria
Mediterranean
London
Richelieu
France
Dakar
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Commons
Alexander
Germany
R. H. Bristowe
Evidence Grows Against German Consuls in U S
Los Angeles July 8 Acting U S Attorney William Palmer says he has plenty of new material to present to the federal grand jury tomorrow for the indictment of Dr Herbert Hoehne held on a charge of failing to register as a German agent. He weighs action against German Consul General Fritz Wiedemann and Chancellor Herman Loeper of the San Francisco consulate. Hoehne was held after a letter signed by Loeper accompanied him. it claimed Hoehne would carry diplomatic mail from Berlin to Latin American posts. A grand jury warrants against the consular officials could be issued if Palmer files a complaint.
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Los Angeles
U. S
William Palmer
Herbert Hoehne
Palmer
Washington
Fritz Wiedemann
Herman Loeper
San Francisco
Hoehne
David Head
Loeper
Buenos Aires
Argentine
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
Mexico
Panama
Guatemala
Head
Notue Aecredied Agen
Stimson Knox Nominations Face Senate Divisions
Washington July 9 Amid charges the administration is creating a war cabinet the Senate leadership pressed for quick approval of Roosevelt appointees Henry Stimson to secretary of war and Frank Knox to secretary of the navy. Debates centered on war risks with critics branding the move as a step toward war while supporters claimed national unity during a national emergency.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Navy
Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
Stimson
Knox
Sheppard
D-Texas
Military Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Gee Stimson
Axis Partners Reveal Plans for Threefold Attack
Rome reports an Italian German axis plan to blockade Britain, sever empire ties, and win at home and overseas. Italy would hit Egypt from Cyrenaica and East Africa, strike Kenya and British Somaliland, and disrupt British seapower in the Mediterranean with actions at Sollum Kassala Moyale Aden and Perim.
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Britain
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
British Isles
Il Giornale D'Italia
Italy
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Egypt
Cyrenaica
Libya
Sudan
East Africa
Kenya
British Somaliland
Sollum
Kassala
Moyale
Aden
Perim
Civil War veteran George E. Hamilton dies in Mercer
Mercer Pa July 9 George E Hamilton Mercer counties last Civil War veteran died Sunday at his home aged 96 He served five years with Company I 140th Pennsylvania volunteers and fought at Gettysburg Military and patriotic groups attended his funeral knowing his service and era endured for years
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Mercer
George E. Hamilton
Mercer Country
140Th
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Gettysburg
Berlin claims to down 12 RFC planes
Berlin reports all 12 British bombing planes attacking the Stavanger Sola airport on the Norwegian coast were shot down. German planes claimed 11 victories and anti aircraft fire accounted for one more. The official news agency DNB said there were no German losses.
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Berlin
Stavanger-Sola
DNB
Was It A Democratic Rally In Kansas City
In Kansas City on July 9 a Democratic rally featured former Senator James A. Reed introducing Maurice M. Milligan as the party’s U S Senate candidate. He posed who would run the nation next eight years and the crowd shouted Willgie.
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Kansas City
James A
Reed
Maurice M. Milligan
U. S
Willgie
France's Chamber Approves Bill for Petain Dictatorship
In Vichy France the Chamber of Deputies backed a bill granting Premier Marshal Petain full power to draft a new constitution by decree. The vote was 395 to three, sending the measure to the Senate and then the National Assembly for formal approval. The move signals the end of the Third Republic and a shift in European power amid Nazi pressure.
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Vichy
France
Chamber of Deputies
Marshal Henri Petain
Edouard Herriot
Chamber
Albert Lebrun
Senate
National Assembly
Petain
Jules Jeanneney
Herriot
Perre Laval
Arctic Explorer Stefansson to Speak at College Meeting
Vilhjalmur Stefansson America's leading Arctic explorer and international Arctic authority will address summer session members and townspeople at the college auditorium on Tuesday evening July 9 at 8:00. He is a U S Government appointee reporting on Far North living conditions for defense prep. Tickets at the door for nonseason holders.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
America
U. S
Stefansson
Iceland
New World
Europe
North America
Chicago
Berlin
North Dakota
Iowa
Harvard
Australia
Dour
Harrisburg plans $1,000,000 job training program
Pennsylvania educators gathered to map a national campaign to train workers for defense industries. Details of the project, drafted for presentation at a State Department of Public Instruction meeting with school superintendents and vocational-education officials, reference a $15,000,000 appropriation and potential allocation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Défense Indusstries
State Department At Public Instruction
Prosdamt
Reavey
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