Defense Group to Speed Production for 2 Million Force
Washington July 27 Defense chief Knudsen said the United States can gear up to equip 2,000,000 men by expanding naval shipbuilding and building a $92 million aircraft plant near Cincinnati to raise engine output. He noted progress on financing and production, with plans to boost U.S. warplane output to 25,000 annually by July 1, 1942 and to supply 3,000 planes monthly for Britain with additional plants and time.
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Washington
United States
Defense Industrial’ Chief
Naval
William S. Knudson
Defense
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Edward R. Siettinius, Jr
Defense Commission
House Appropriations
Senate
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
RFC
Cincinnatii
Fhrst
Seaboard
Wright
Lord Beaverbrook
England
Mexico Oilmen Consider 18,000-Strong Strike
Mexico's petroleum workers union with 18,000 members threatened drastic action against Cardenas economy decrees. They accuse oil officials of causing a 16,000,000 peso deficit in early 1840 and prepared a 24-hour strike at 10 a.m. next Monday. The union seeks removal of top oil administration executives and a labor board change.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Petroleum Workers Union
Lazaro Cardenas
Government Oil Administration
Secretary of Labor
Federal Labor Board
Oil Administration
Labor Board
Cardenas
Youth shoots at girl friend in Philadelphia incident
A 20 year old man fired two shots at Mary Wagner 18 at her home after she refused to go steady. He fled in a pickup crashed into a utility pole sustaining injuries and leaving him in critical condition. Wagner suffered a scalp bullet wound and a fractured thumb and was hospitalized at Delaware County Hospital. Police cited motive as rejected relationship advances.
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Philadelphia
Mary Wagner
Delaware County
Post Session 10 Starts at ISTC
Dr M J Walsh announces the post session begins Monday July 29 with registration from eight to ten thirty and classes to follow. Enrollment this year is expected to exceed last year’s 185. Courses span social science government history geography education biology business music and literature attracting diverse student interest.
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M. J. Walsh
Pennsylvania
Process server hunts ghost in Hollywood divorce case
A process server pursues the spirit named Sho Sha to appear for the resumed divorce suit of Mrs. Lillian FE Boyce against Dr. William A. Boyce, Hollywood eye specialist. Mrs Boyce, 56, testifies she never knew Sho Sha as a soul mate, calling the spirit a teacher from her spiritualist meetings. The spirit’s real name is Sheland Shaimond.
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Los Angeles
Sho Sha
Lillian FE. Boyce
William A. Boyce
Hollywood
Woman Hurt in Blairsville Auto Crash
Mrs. Irene Compton, 40, of Black Lick, was admitted to Indiana Hospital after a car driven by her husband Harvey J. Compton wrecked on the William Penn Highway near Blairsville. Doctors fear a possible skull fracture.
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Irene Compton
Black Lick
Indiana Hospital
Harvey J. Compton
William Penn High Way
Blairsville
Pennsylvanians claim surplus skilled defense workers
Harrisburg July 27. James L. McDevitt president of the AFL State Federation of Labor says Pennsylvania has more than enough skilled workers for national defense industries. He protests federal plans to move workers from interior regions eastward, save in one or two specialized classifications.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
National Defense Industries
James L. McDevitt
Afl-State Federation of Labor
Willkie Plans to Hit Machine Politics Hard
Wendell L. Willkie drafted his acceptance speech with a focus on attacking machine politics. He aims to blast the Kelly Nashes Haguey and Crumps and expects a rough draft by tomorrow. Willkie plans to discuss the speech at Elwood Indiana on August 17 and weighs a southern third party to win Democratic votes there.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Kelly-Nashes
Haguey
Crumps
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
South
New York
J. Russell Sprague
Republican
Thos. E. Dewey
Sprague
Dewey
Harrisburg Labor Day opening eyed for new turnpike
Harrisburg officials expect to dedicate the $70,000,000 Harrisburg to Pittsburgh turnpike on Labor Day with ventilations systems at last hurdle. Chief Engineer Samuel W. Marshall said ventilation should be finished by September 1 and the tunnel at Allegheny near completion. Blue Knob Killtany and Laurel tunnels remain open to traffic, and full beautification will take years.
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Harrisburg
Turnpike Commission
Samuel W. Marshall
Harrisburg-Pittsburgh
Marshall
Alle- Khoeny Mountain
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Westmoreland County
Blue Kittitany
Franklin County
Laurel
Red Cross Lifesaving Courses Offered at Central High
Red Cross first aid and water saving courses start July 39 at Central High School Johntown. Mrs Helen Glasser says preliminary training completes eligibility as local secretary. Instructor is Robert Zubrod national lifesaving representative.
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Red Cross
Johntown
Helen Glasser
The
Robert Zubrod
Health officer warns public on typhoid cases in county
Indiana County health officer Dr James E Peterman cautions residents as typhoid season begins after two deaths in the same family at Clymer. He urges vaccination and precautions: use clean water, guard raw milk, and control flies. Other infectious diseases include two diphtheria cases in Saltsburg and Center Township, plus four mumps cases in Robinson and Saltsburg.
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Indiana
James E. Peterman
U.S. Army
Peterman
Clymer
Homer City
Saltsburg
Center Township
Robinson
U S Envoys Leave Rome for Brief United States Visit
U S Ambassador William Phillips plans a trip to the United States with daughter Beatrice, leaving Rome Monday for a short vacation. He will be joined in Madrid by Ambassador John Cudahy returning from Brussels, after Germany urged foreign diplomats to depart Belgium and the Netherlands. They sail from Lisbon on the Excalibur August 1 aboard the American Export Line.
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Rome
U. S
William Phillips
United States
John Cudahy
Washington
Brussels
Cudahy
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Phillips
Madrid
Beatrice
Alexander W. Weddell
U. S&s
Spain
France
Lisbon
Poor widow with $10000 nests cash and stock found
Pittsburgh July 27 An 82 year old widow Mrs Mary Salay was hospitalized after pneumonia. Neighbors called her pauper but nurses found a nest egg of 10000 dollars in cash and steel stock. She refused neighbor help and remained in serious condition at Braddock General Hospital. Allegheny County Assistance Board reports she and has received 2000 dollars in relief since 1934.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Salay
Wage dispute halts work at Certain-Feed plant
A wage dispute halted operations at the Certain-Feed Products Company leaving 346 employees idle after union and company representatives failed to reach an agreement. Quarry Workers International Union of North America official H.C. Ledyard pressed for a 15 percent raise while the company offered two and a half cents per hour.
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Ile
H.C. Ledyard
Quarry Workers International Union of North America
Ig Ggiring
Argentina to yield on plan for colonies
Havana July 27 Argentin a hold out in the Pan American conference was reported ready to yield on signing an agreement to protect the Western Hemisphere against threats from European possessions. Optimism grew that a compromise acceptable to Argentina would be reached soon as U S delegates sought unanimous action. The plan envisages a general declaration and temporary machinery to deter transfer of sovereignty while preserving trade relations.
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Havana
Argentina
Peace Commission
Buenos Aires
Jose Maria Cantilo
Cordell Hull
United States
Europe
New World
Wallace May Resign Position Amid Campaigning
Washington July 27 Secretary Wallace plans to leave the Agriculture Department while campaigning for the vice presidency. He would resign or take a leave of absence without pay, denying that farm programs would be used as a political machine. He said the AAA regulations for the 1940 crop year were drafted months ago and his departure would occur soon after his acceptance address in August.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
AAA
Roosevelt
Farley
Clearfield man dies at 114 with nickname First Aid
John Morris, a Clearfield resident aged 114, died yesterday. Known as First Aid for his longtime involvement in emergency aid as a former coal mine inspector in the Altoona district, relatives said he reached 114 years.
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Morris
Altoona
Heat Wave Grip Tote State With Record Temps
Pennsylvania endures extreme heat with Lancaster hitting 102.5 and Philadelphia near 93 as deaths climb to at least 50. Forecasters predict cooler weather and showers over the weekend though readings remain high in many cities. Industrial plants halted, several workers collapsed, and drought concerns persist amid the heat.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Hazleton
York
Reading
Scranton
Pottsville
Allentown
Elizabeth S. Scott
Mercury
Fayette County
Haston
Meadville
State Tourist Trade To Grow In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 27. Pennsylvania's income from tourism this year will exceed a half billion dollars, says J Herbert Walker, director of tourist information. Last year tourism brought in 400 million dollars. This year three times as many out of state residents have asked for Pennsylvania information, with Valley Forge and Gettysburg cited as principal interests.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
J. Herbert Walker
State Department of Commerce
Walker
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
Lafayette College Forms Defense Coordination Committee
Easton July 27 Lafayette College sets up a defense coordination committee in cooperation with the government. President William Mather Lewis announced Professor Paul B. Eaton as chairman. The college offers its facilities to train machinists and shopworkers, selecting 60 from 600 applicants for summer work.
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Easton
Lafayette College
William Mather Lewis
Paul B. Eaton
Never Too Soon Sharon Fire Damages Gable Hotel
Sparks from remodeling at the Gable Hotel ignited a wall during fireproofing work. Firemen fought the small blaze as crews completed repairs. damage described as slight and contained to the wall area.
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Sharon
Gable
Balkan Peace Talks and War News Across Europe
AP reports Berlin war mood on Balkans as Hitler and Mussolini resist forcing will on Balkan states while seeking stable order. Rumania-Bulgaria-Hungary triangle eyed. Britain claims ships held at Port Said. London reports nightly raids and casualties.
Night Luftwaffe raids resume over Britain and Mediterranean actions
London reports two enemy planes shot down over the English Channel as Germany resumes its assault on Britain. Britain says 29 Luftwaffe planes were downed in 48 hours, with raids extending into the Mediterranean including Italian stores at Assar and Malta air defenses. Royal Air Force fighters kept up patrols as Britain claims 286 German planes downed since June 18.
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London
English Channel
Britain
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Defense
Scotland
Royal Air Force
British Isles
Germany
Mediterranean
Assar
Mille
Eritrea
Derna
Libya
Malta
France Swiss report on German release of French soldiers
French soldiers held by Germany are being released and pushed across the demarcation line into French ruled territory. Unoccupied zone homes welcomed the return but Vichy officials fear feeding the released men. German plans to repatriate 250000 Polish prisoners were noted, complicating relief efforts. Traveling observers report soldiers crossing the line regardless of home location.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Sone
Germany claims naval air gains as Balkans moves unfold
Berlin reports submarine successes sinking six British merchant ships totaling 33 700 tons and others, plus a destroyer Whirlwind and steamer Sambre, with off England four merchant ships sunk by speedboats and raids on Cardiff Hastings Tunbridge Wells. Germany says Western air attacks caused little damage and urges Balkan states to settle bilaterally in a spirit of justice while Hitler and Mussolini resist imposed status quo.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Balkans
Germany
Whirlwind
Sambre
Whirki
England
High Command
Cardiff
Abersthaw
Wales
Hastings
Bulgaria
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Berlin- Rome-Tokyo
Rumania Seizes British Oil Ships In Retaliation
In July in Bucharest sources said Romania seized three British oil ships as retaliation for British confiscations of Romanian oil interests. The 4001 ton vessel and two tankers were named Oltenia and Sliton Steaua Remang, with reports of another unconfirmed casualty and retaliatory actions on the River.
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Bucharest
Ministry of Marine
Oltenia
Man
Rumania
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