Roosevelt urged to run or be drafted by Massachusetts leaders
Massachusetts Rep McCormack and Democratic Chairman Burke pressed President Roosevelt at Hyde Park to run or consent to a draft for the Chicago convention. They noted Farley’s strong hold on delegates but pledged loyalty if Roosevelts offers a third term. Roosevelt planned further defense funding and policy work before any public stance.
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Roosevelt
Massachusetts
James A. ‘Farley
Chicago
Farley
Representative McCormack
William H. Burke, Jr
White House
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McCormack
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Far
Canal Zone
National Democratic
Hyde Park
N.Y
Newsman Ordered Out of Paris by German Authorities
Walter Kerr of the New York Herald Tribune was advised to leave Paris after Germany shut its Berlin office. Kerr, Syracuse native, has reported from France and neighboring regions for three years and had sought permission to travel.
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Paris
Walter Kerr
New York’ Herald Tribune
Berlin
Kerr
Syracuse
N. Y
France
Germany
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Finland
Permiasion
Rieck
Over 100 Dead In Mexican University Violence
The incident at Mexico's National University during a summer session left over 100 dead and several wounded. Participants include Ivah Hasslacher son of the Brazilian embassy attache, Durso and Maloney Jr. among injured witnesses. Police fired as crowds fled on Avenida Juarez. Durso shot before entering a doorway.
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Amercans
Mallen-and-Durso
Ivah Hasslacher
Pauo Hassacher
Washington
Georgetown
Dursy
Parkman Clancey
Tacoma Park. d
Francis’ E. Maloney, Jr
Washington, D. C
Thetown
Mexico
National University
Mallen
United States
Durso
Hasalocher
Clancey
Maloney
Avenida
Young Fresno Boy Recovers From Severe Burns
Robert Draper nine, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Draper of Fresno California, is improving after months in Fresno General Hospital from burns caused by a gasoline explosion. Doctors expect another year for full healing with surgery to correct a dislocated shoulder and graft skin. Draper dreamed of being a pitcher since age six and recently received encouragement from athlete Glenn Cunningham who visited Fresno for the national AAU meet. Willard Hershberger of the Cincinnati Reds also sent an autographed ball to him.
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Robert Draper
Earl Draper
Fresno
Cal
Fresno General Hospital
Robert
Glenn Cunningham
Cunningham
Willard Hershberger
Cincinati Reds
Reports of Petain regime as Franco-like successor in waiting
A Paris dispatch circulated via unoccupied France press forecasting Petain as chief of state with Laval Weygand and Marquet forming a governing triumvirate. It says the present ministry seeks last concessions to dying rights through a special Vichy drawn legislature, though officials warn forecasts may reflect known plans.
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Geneva
France
Henri Phillippe Petain
Petain
Francisco Franco
Spain
Vichy
le Petit Dauphinois
Greeble
Lebrun
Pierre Laval
Maxime Weygand
Adrien Marquet
Bordeaux
Kansas City Safety Record Ends With Fatal Smash
Kansas City ends its 85 day motor car safety record as a fatal crash under the intercity viaduct claims the life of Walter Sanders Sandstrom 51 a foreman for the federal barge lines. Police and an ambulance arrived at the scene following the collision with a steel upright.
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Kansas City
Walte
Journalism Grad Fockele Heads to DeLand Sun News
Louis R Fockele, a Northwestern MS in journalism graduate, stops in Lawrence on his way to DeLand Florida to join the Sun News advertising staff. He previously worked in Leroy Kansas for his father, publisher of the Leroy Reporter, and in Chicago on marketing research for the Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago Daily News
Noes
DeLand
Eloise Moore Dance Troupe Plans University Concert
Eloise Moore and a 12 dancer company present a varied solo and group program at Hoch Auditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow under the University Concert Series. The lineup includes Flamenco and Spanish pieces with Jose Castro and several University staff, followed by an intermission and additional chapters from the ensemble.
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Eloise Moore
Hoch
University of Chicago
Miss Moore
Harold Kreutzberg
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Jose Castro
Guadalajara
Castro
Spain
Vienna
Oakland
Belden Tahr
Rose Postel
Edde Armstrong
Olga
Leonard
Tornheim
Romero
Jose Castor
A. A. Milne
Chang Chinmen
A. Milne
Rotarians Report on Havana Convention and Photos
Rotary members heard a report on the Havana Cuba convention read by Neal Wherry district governor and past Lawrence club president. A slide show of trip photos impressed attendees as Wherry noted Rotary Internationals 5090 clubs and about 200000 members with 3719 registrations at Havana. Next years meeting moves from Canada to Denver Colorado due to war prep. Phyllis Wherry accompanied her parents on the trip.
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Rotary International
Havana
Cuba
Neal’ ‘Wherry
Lawrence Club
Altho
Europe
Canada
Denver
Colo
Wherry
Phyllis
Kansas
French Mottoes May Be Replaced in New Constitution
A Vichy dispatch reports Pierre Laval's talks with senators and deputies indicate Liberté Égalité Fraternité could be replaced by Travail Famille Patrie in the draft constitution. The assembly will seek a brief text granting Premier Petain and his government power to draft the constitution, risking their prestige and government life.
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Grenoblé
France
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
le Petit Dauphinois
Pierre’ Laval
National Assembly
Petain
Robert Wiedemann Elected Lodge Chairman at KU Union
The Witan local lodge elected officers at a meeting in the Union building at Kansas University. Robert Wiedemann son of Mr and Mrs Franz Wiedemann of 1947 Veont Street was chosen lodge chairman, succeeding Sandri Marion Haynes. Haynes was elected secretary and treasurer, replacing Haven Glassmire. The slate includes Arthur Nelson Spencer Bayles and Allan Fisher as the delegation to the upcoming Witpanetinei convention in City, Kan, July 13.
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Witan
Union
K. U
Robert Wiedemann
Franz Wiedemann
Ve Ont
Street
Sandri
Marion
Haynes
E. L. ‘Haynes
Aisha Atrest Street
Haven Glassmire
Arthur Nelson
Spencer Bayles
Allan Fisher
Fe Wit Panetinei
Convention City
Kan
Tapestry Stolen From Studio In Local Arts Building
A large tapestry reproducing an 18th century concert scene was reported missing today from the administration building. Valued at about 50 dollars, the wall covering was purchased by the school of fine arts about 25 years ago along with three other tapestries. Only this one was taken while others still hung in the room.
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Rewall
Charles Sanford Skilton
Skilton
School of Fine Arta
Prepare for Defense of Netherlands East Indies
Batavia reports a 8.5 million guilder preliminary contribution to form civic guards in 10 cities including Batavia. Air raid trenches grow as mine fields are laid in territorial waters and shipping is restricted to Borneo oil harbors without permission. About 100 Dutch aviation students who escaped German occupation will soon begin training locally.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Borneo
Arakan
Balik Papan
Netherlands
East ‘Indies
Lawrence closes hours redefine summer schedule
Summer closing hours go into effect this evening in Lawrence with stores closing at 5 o clock daily through September 3 except Saturdays. City council to meet at 8 o clock tonight. Architect Joe W Radotinsky named to remodel the Stanton home near Lecompton. William Docking and grandson Robert Docking left for a three week fishing trip to Winnipeg and Lake of the Woods. Weather records show a 92 degree peak with 93 degree previous day. Lone Star lake motorboat ban adopted along with state lake regulations prohibiting motorboats by county commissioners.
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William Docking
Robert Docking
Winnipeg
Canada
Lake of the Woods
Hudson’s Bay Post
Lone Star Lake
Captured by Housewife in England A German Parachutist Detained
A British housewife, Mrs Nora Cardwell, captured a German aviator who parachuted to earth in northeast England after his plane was shot down by Spitfires. She ordered him to surrender, took his revolver, and marched him to a backyard where authorities arrived.
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London
England
Nora Cardwell
WPA orders removal of murals deemed Communist at Floyd Bennett Field
New York July 8 an acting administrator ordered three of four recently hung murals in the Floyd Bennett Field administration building removed as obviously Communist. Protests by several groups cited depictions of the Wright brothers in Russian peasant garb a red Stalin statue with a fallen aviator a red star over a U S naval hangar and a Soviet plane flight. One artist tied to the project was discharged for failing to sign an affidavit denying Communist or Nazi Bund membership. August Henkle named as a longtime contributor.
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New York
Brehon
Kitty Hawk
Joseph Stalin
U.S. Naval Reserve
Upscowy
California
WPA
Communist Party
Nazi Bund
August Henkle
Menace Compared With That Witch Conquered Norway
A Northern Ireland source warns of a potential fifth column threatening Ireland. Extremists from the outlawed Irish Republican Army and Germans and Italians in Ireland are cited as dangers. The spokesman says Ireland must hold on and assist the British army when needed. The note compares the menace to the Nor way, and asserts well-equipped men are ready to act.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Norway
United Kingdom
French Carrier Commandant Teste Reported Safe in Port
Berlin radio citing Vichy government says the French aircraft carrier Commandant Teste is in a French port with the crew completely unharmed.
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Berlin
Commandant Teste
Vichy
Settlement reached in Dodge estate dispute in Michigan
Oakland county probate court disclosed an agreement settling the $11 million Dodge estate litigation. The plan awards Daniel Dodge’s widow about $2.5 million plus a $1.25 million cash payment from his sisters. Provisions direct 75 percent of the trust funds to Daniel’s mother and 25 percent to the widow and three surviving children.
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Pontiac
Mich
Daniel G. Dodge
Oakland County
Matthew H. Bishop
Mathilda R. Wilson
Daniel
Johns F. Dodge
Arthur E. Moore
Annie Laurine
McDonald Dodge
Gore Bay
Ont
Daniel Dodge
Ontario
John F. Dodge
Dodge
Michigan A
Detroit
British ships seized in Gulf of Tonkin reprisal move
A CBS report relayed by PA and July 8 from New York states all British ships in the Gulf of Tonkin off French Indo China have been seized on orders of the French government. The action is described as a reprisal for Britain’s seizure of French warships.
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New York
CBS
Gulf of Tonkin
Indo-China
Bee
First Italian Casualty List From Fronts
Rome reports the first official tally of Italian casualties with 18 killed 2,982 wounded and 315 missing from western Alpine and East African fronts.
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Rome
Roosevelt seeks $5 billion defense fund for expanded arms
The report says Roosevelt plans a $5 billion defense fund to arm a second million men and expand munition facilities for rapid scale up in emergencies. A formal recommendation to Congress is expected by midweek, fueling talks of a tax increase to cover defense costs and potential allocations of $4 billion for the army and $1 billion for the navy.
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Dent Roosevelt
Congress
George
D-Ga
Army
Navy
P—Press
Macdonald Named Defense Minister in Nova Scotia Cabinet Shuffle
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Premier Angus L. MacDonald of Nova Scotia as defense minister for naval services. A new post was created and the cabinet underwent a broad reorganization to reflect the changes.
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Canadian Post
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Angus L. MacDonald
Nova Scotia
Naval Services
Wichita Author Dies at 56 in Kansas News
Wichita July 8 Mrs William B Howell 56 a Wichita club woman and author died today after several years illness She is survived by her husband a motor car dealer and oil operator a son and a daughter
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Wichita
Kan
William B. Howell
Wichita Club
Woman Named Trinity Lutheran Organist in Columbus
Mrs. Neil H. Manley of Columbus has been appointed organist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus. She is formerly Miss Mildred Reuter, former organist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. Her husband, Mr. Manley, is assistant educational director at Franklin University in Columbus and a former Lawrence resident and University of Kansas graduate.
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A. C. Reuter
Neil H. Manley
Columbus
Ohio
Trinity Lutheran‘church
City
Manley
Mildred Reuter
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence
Mani
Franklin University
University of Kansas
De Gaulle Defends British Attack On French Fleet
Gen Charles de Gaulle speaking from London described the British attack on the French fleet at Oran as cruel yet said it was better the fleet be destroyed. He argued enemies would have used it against Britain or the French empire and spoke via BBC. In Bern deputies urged immediate identification and punishment of those responsible for the French debacle. In Washington the Senate considered Col Glen Edgerton to be governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
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Charles de Gaulle
New
National Committee
Oranag
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
France
Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
Havas
Canal ‘Zone
Washington
Senate
Glen E. Edgerton
Kangas
Ma Canal Zone
Clarence S. Ridley
Coloney Edgerton
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