Defended Monroe Doctrine Stir in Congressional Debate
Senator Pittman and other lawmakers defend the Monroe Doctrine as a basic U.S. policy against hemispheric aggression after Germany questions its validity. Secretary Hull stresses steadfast policy while signaling coordination with other republics ahead of Havana talks.
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Washington
Germany
Pittman
D-Nev
Hull
United States
America
Joel
Western Hemisphere
Havana
State Department
Roosevelt
Meth- Ss
Europe
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Vandenberg
Rmich
Conmeeuk
Monroe
The
Reich
Possible NLRB Change Seen as Madden Term Near End
Washington reports a looming shift in the national labor board as five year term of J Warren Madden ends August 27. Speculation grows that Madden may be replaced with a candidate from the defense program labor policy effort. John G Winant of Geneva International Labour Office is mentioned as a potential new security board member.
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Washington
Rovezentent
A.F.L
C.I
National Labor Board
J. Warren Madden
John G. Winant
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Overnor
New Hampshire
Plan Colonization of Italian African territories contemplated
Rome reports cabinet approval of a law to repatriate Italians abroad for colonization in Libya and Ethiopia. An appropriation of 265000000 lire funds naval base improvements. Graziani named governor general of Libya. Ciano aids travel to Berlin for talks as Balkans moves unfold.
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Rome
Italy
Capuzzo
Birleman
Africa
Catania
Rodolfo Graziani
Libya
Italo Balbo
Balkans
Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Youth Congress Defines Defense Policy Amid Debate
A New Youth Group at Lake Geneva backs national defense and opposes foreign war intervention and compulsory military training. The American Youth Congress adopted a defense resolution 384 to 19 after a lively session that sidestepped a pro American revolt backed by Gene Tunney.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
American Youth Congress
Congress
Seleane
Gene
Tunney
A.Y.C
Youth Congress
Chambers of Commerce
Williams Bay
U S Request To Delay Expulsion Rejected in Bucharest
In Bucharest on July 6 the U S legation’s demand to delay the expulsion of three British oil men operating American owned properties in Romania was rejected. Those involved include William R. Young and Albert A. Luce of the National Supply Corporation New York and H Wistior Retail Incorporation an Independent Oil company. The legation sought time to liquidate holdings.
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Bucharest
U. S
Legation
Rumania
William R. Young
Albert A. Luce
National Supply Corporation
New York
H Wistior Retail Incorporation
Fourth of July notes and oddities from Lawrence
In Lawrence this Fourth of July weekend readers noted a mix of local happenings. A tall pink hollyhock at A M Potter's yard drew attention, while residents pondered the day’s calm, the stadium fireworks, and farm work on University grounds as hay was raked and fed.
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Potter Lake
English Port Receives Heavy Artillery Units
An undisclosed shipment of heavy artillery arrived at a port in England to bolster the British Isles defense against the threat of German invasion. The arrival strengthens already bristling coastal defenses as of July 6.
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England
Npse
Heavy Artilles Ery
Ia Port
British Isles
Bomb scare and deadly blast hit British pavilion at fair
New York police traced two threatening calls to the British pavilion warning to evacuate before an eight day clock timed bomb exploded. The blast killed two detectives and wounded six, tying to a May dynamite theft and an extremist link. A $25,000 reward proposal was brought by Mayor La Guardia.
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Marjorie Ser
Rosder
la Guardia
Board of Estimate
Detectives Endowment Association
Central Park
West Side
Bund
Caesar Kroeger
Kroeger
United States
British submarine sunk and Prien sets cruise record
Berlin reports a British submarine sunk in the North Sea and oil tanks bombed at Plymouth. Lieut.-Captain Gunther Prien returned to base after a cruise during which his submarine sank 66 587 tons of enemy merchant shipping, a record for a single voyage.
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Ge High Command
North Sea
Plymouth
England
High Command
Gunther Prien
Ippine
Prien
800 Student Soldiers Prepare for Four-Week Training
Plattsburg New York July 6 eight hundred student soldiers, aged 25 to 50, from 3000 applicants join a four week schedule of drills marches and weaponry. They paid 43.50 for transport and study soldiering while 2000 youths attend the Citizens Military Training camp for free and about 1000 are paid on day one of training.
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Plattsburg
N.Y
Hun
Citizens Military
Cat killed by shotgun on roof during Fourth of July
Police investigated a cat killed on a shed roof after a Shotgun blast from a 410 gauge weapon. Owner R D Fink reported the incident from 1621 Vermont Street but could not identify the shooter. Officers found only one gun in the area with cobwebs in the barrel.
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R. D. Fink
Vermont Street
Fink
Ulster government seizes fortune of francs in Belfast
In Belfast an Ulster government seizure confirmed a cargo from Brest containing over 120 bags of thousand-franc notes with a face value above 4.6 million dollars. The money is under armed guard as officials decide its disposition.
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Belfast
Brest
Dodgers End Bees Streak With Eighth Inning Homer
Brooklyn pitchers Presswell and Errickson duel until a two run homer in the eighth gives Brooklyn a 2-0 win over Boston. Pirates, Cubs, Giants, and Tigers games noted with scattered hits and key homers in separate line scores.
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Boston Bees
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Bees
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Errickson
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Paul der. Finger
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Frank McCormick
Cincinnati
Stan Hack
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Paul Dean
Jim Lynn
Philadelphia
Highe
Atwood
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Lynn
Danning
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Sewell
Janehan
Dance Troupe to Perform at K U Hoch Auditorium
Eloise Moore and 12 dancers present a varied program Tuesday evening at Hoch auditorium as part of the summer session at the University of Kansas. Jose Castro the Spanish dancer joins, with admission for students and faculty via tickets and general public 50 cent omissional.
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Hoch
Hoch Auditorium
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University of Chicago
Harold Kreutzberg
Moore
University
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Jose Castro
Guadalajara
Hollywood
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Orpheum
Blackfriers
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School of Fine Arts
Nichols calls for Midwest united action on defense plants
Kansas City realtor C P Nichols urged midwestern states to unite for rapid action to attract shifting industries from the seaboards. He took a $1 yearly post as director of the defense commission procurement division and asked forming a regional organization to stay in touch. Nichols warned the nation is near an industrial war and the central area must participate to gain, planning ahead before he returns to Washington.
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P—J. C. Nichols
National Defense Commission
Nichols
Defense Commission
Washington
Threat to Plant as Dynamite Found Near Du Pont Site
Sheriff reports four sticks of dynamite found last night near a wire fence around a $20 million Du Pont Ethyl plant. A mysterious caller claimed three men carrying the explosive were seen. no witnesses or detentions followed. Explosive was unprimed and under investigation for fingerprints. Bloodhounds traced to Baton Rouge with no clue.
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Baton Rouge
Rouge
Dunkerque Bombed Again by British Airmen
British warplanes scored six hits on the grounded French battleship Dunkerque at Oran. The 26,500-ton vessel was damaged and driven ashore after heavy air attacks on July 3 and today. Two British aircraft failed to return. The admiralty confirmed continued operations without warning.
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Admiralty
Oran
Cefcenel
Dunkerque
Belgian King appeals for Red Cross relief effort
Brussels July 6 King Leopold III broke weeks of silence to urge Belgians able to donate to the Red Cross for countrymen returning to homes left at the war’s start. He spoke as a fellow Belgian rather than a monarch, living largely as a recluse at Laeken castle after his surrender, remaining a virtual prisoner of war.
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Brussels
Leopold Til
Belgium
Red Cross
Laeken
Government to quiz aliens on U S attitudes in new draft
Washington reports officials plan to draft a set of questions for the 3,600,000 aliens to answer under oath during the September registration period. The probe aims to uncover entry data, activities, intended work, length of stay, and criminal records, with possible queries about organizational affiliations.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Francis Biddle
Barkley Teases Speech Omission at Democratic Conclave
Senator Barkley of Kentucky said he may forego delivering a formal speech as permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention. He joked that he might simply declare, You have heard enough speeches already, and you may hear more before the convention is over, then bang the gavel to proceed with business.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Music graduate Don Wood joins Paramount Studios chorus
Don Wood, KU business graduate 1939, completed USC music studies and sings with a chorus at Paramount studios. He was a member and piano accompanist of the men's gleen club on the Hill and is a Sigma Nu member playing in a West Coast dance band. His Los Angeles address is 516 West 31st Street.
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Don Wood
K. U. School of Business
University of Southern California
Paramount Studios
Wood
Deaths and Funerals for Miss Sophia Nesbitt
Miss Sophia Nesbitt, age 62, died at her home in Kansas City Missouri. She lived in Lawrence where her family were early settlers and the Nesbitt homestead lay near the Governor Robinson place on Knowledge Hill. She is survived by an aunt, Miss Martha Campbell. Funeral services will be held Monday in Kansas City and the body will be brought to Maple Grove Cemetery for burial.
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Sophia Nesbitt
Kansas City
Lawrence
Nesbitt
Governor Robinson Place
Knowledge Hill
Martha Campbell
Maple Grove
Train Porter Carl Scott Dies in Kansas City
Carl Scott, a Union Pacific train porter for 22 years, died at St. Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City Kansas yesterday at age 48. His home was 712 Walnut Street. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Rhea of Kansas City Missouri and Joyce at home, plus two sisters and two brothers. Services will be at St James A M E Church in North Lawrence Monday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Maloney, with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Carl Scott
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
Walnut Street
Rhea Scott
Joyce Scott
St. James A. M. E
North Lawrence
Mr. Maloney
Maple Grove
Ceme- FY
Public Library Announces Summer Hours
Lawrence Free Public Library will begin summer hours Monday as announced by Librarian Miss Lillian Constant. Adults and Children’s departments open 10:00 to 12:30 and 6:00 to 9:00 on weekdays with regular Saturday hours.
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Lawrence Free Public Library
Lillian
Constant
Children’s Department
Caught in Hay Rake Injures Local Pressmen
Harold Johnson a pressman for the World Company suffered painful lacerations and bruises when his right foot became entangled in a hay rake. He was riding the rake while helping William Neustifter move the rake near Neustifter's place outside Eudora.
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Harold Johnson
E World ‘Company
Johnson
William Neustifter
World Company
Neustifter
Eudora
Vacation subscription offer for the Journal-World
An old hometown notice promotes a vacation subscription to the Journal-World priced at 85 or 40 cents per month, with contact by phone number 22 for details and sign up.
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Journal-World
Dies at 63 Frank Harland Wells of Baldwin
Frank Harland Wells aged 63 died yesterday at Lawrence Memorial hospital. His home was in Baldwin. Survived by wife Mrs. Wells, daughter Mrs. Lois Wells Molinar of Wellsville, grandson Charles Wells, grandson Howard Wells and great granddaughter Jeanine Wells of California, sister Mrs. Emma Mathews of Tampa. Funeral service Tuesday at Barnet funeral home Baldwin with Dr. James Chubb officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery Lawrence.
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Frank Harland Wells
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Baldwin
James ‘Chubb
Oak Hill Cemetery
Lawrence
Willkie Calls Anti Semitism a Possible American Threat
Wendell Willkie in an interview published in The Day labels anti Semitism in America as a possible criminal movement and says anti Semites are traitors to America. He stresses his stance against race hatred and Hitlerism and warns of widespread anti Semitism if it spreads in the United States.
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Hull
Japan
Far East
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
New York
Wendell ‘L. Willkie
America
Israel
Pegas
Card of Thanks from Rexroad and Greenwood families
The Rexroad and Greenwood families thank neighbors and friends for help during the death of their son and brother. They also thank for the floral offerings and Rev. Harold Barr for comforting words.
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Harold Barr
Voters Absent From the State May Vote by Mail
Douglas county residents away from the state for the August 6 primary may cast ballots by affidavit. They must file two copies with the county clerk, one to send a county ballot and one to the secretary of state for a state ballot. The voter completes and notarizes the ballots and returns them through the clerk.
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Douglas County
Secretary of State
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