Franklin D Roosevelt hosts Summer Student Leadership Institute at Campobello
Mrs. Roosevelt writes about social and intellectual events at the Campobello summer home near Eastport Maine. Justice Felix Frankfurter attends and gives talks. The editor notes skepticism toward the Summer Student Leadership Institute and the International Student Service, suggesting many such groups are fronts for Communist influence as flagged by the Dies committee.
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Harold Ickes
Charles Lindbergh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
International Student Service
United States
Campobelo Island
Eastport
Justice Frankfurter
Congress
Roosevelt
Student Leadership Institute
Dies
Knox predicts military move in Far East
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said a new Far East military move is likely soon citing Japanese radio and cable censorship. He declined to specify direction of any move and said the fleet is ready to carry out policy if needed. President Roosevelt noted the censorship as significant while directing questions to the State Department. Sumner Welles planned to meet the Japanese ambassador amid growing signs of U.S. action.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Far East
Knox
Navy Department
Roosevelt
State Department
Orient
Sumner Welles
United States
Japan
Navy
Berlin Papers Highlight Roosevelt as Big Play in News
Berlin morning papers push Roosevelt to the front page amid attacks linking him to Bolivia policy and U S threats. DNB claims he seeks a status akin to colony independence. a Masonic lodge photo with his sons sparks Nazi-driven controversy.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Germany
Bolivia
DNB
United States
Congress
Seemasonry
Eld
French Yield to Japs in Indo China Report
Washington and London watch anxiously as Paris and Hanoi negotiate Japanese protection terms for French Indo China. Reports say Japan demands southern access to airfields and bases, with French authorities signaling concessions amid British troop movements. Berlin and British dispatches note potential for broader regional conflict involving Singapore and U S aid implications.
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Indo-China
Vichy
France
Hanoi
Paris
Georges Catroux
FCC opens broad inquiry into newspaper ownership of radio stations
The FCC rejected ANPA bid to end the ownership probe and announced a general inquiry into newspaper applications for FM stations. Chairman Fly said this approach fits the high number of filings and that no conclusions were reached. ANPA counsel Elisha Hanson noted four subpoenaed individuals were advised not to appear, deeming the investigation illegal.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Newspapers Publishers’ Association
James L. Fly
Fly
Elisha Hanson
ANPA
Edwin Ss
Ellender Predicts Service Extension and Camps
Senator Allen J. Ellender forecast a likely extension of military service by Congress, prompting more training camps for the Alexandria area. He said defense public works would bring funding to rebuild access roads, with the government covering full costs after inspecting Camp Livingston and Camp Claiborne.
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Alexandria
Allen J. Ellender
Congress
Senator Ellender
Irving A. Fish
Camp Livingston
Camp Claiborne
New Orleans
Welles Pledges Fair Peace to World Amid War News
British raids on Southwest Germany hit Frankfurt and Mannheim with high explosives and incendiaries, yet the German high command reported negligible damage and 15 RAF planes lost yesterday. German defenses claimed 11 British planes shot down, plus four boats. A 5,000-ton merchant ship was sunk off Britain as air raids continued.
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Berlin
Germany
High Command
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Britain
The
Humber
England
Government Cotton May Go On Market
The agriculture department studies open market sale of government owned cotton to curb price spikes. Officials cite ample overall supplies, with about 6.1 million bales owned by the government and 1.0 million bales under grower loans, plus 5.0 million bales owned by industry and a 131 crop forthcoming.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Welles Sets Postwar Aims Unity and Opportunity
Sumner Welles announced American postwar objectives to assure fair peace and equal economic opportunity for all nations. In Washington he spoke during the laying of a cornerstone at the Norwegian legation, signaling aims aimed at Nazi conquered Europe and encouraging resistance to Hitler.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Legation
Nine year old boy admits arson triple fire in Ohio
A nine year old boy from Canal Winchester said he started three fires with matches, including a church parsonage and a paint store, with the last blaze killing his four year old half sister Mary Lucile Hedrick. Coroner F E Smith says incendarism suspected. the boy was placed in a detention home. Fire chief C H Zeller noted the arson pattern.
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Columbus
F. E. Smith
Canal Winchester
Donald Hedrick
Mary Lucile Hedrick
C. H. Zeller
Donald
Canal Winchester Times
H. D. Hartman
Becomes Bride by Receiving Papers in Proxy Marriage
In Tri vieres Belgium Maria Louise Can tingnalaux wed Lieutenant Camille La Force via signed documents sent from a Bavarian prison camp. Paul Dubuy, the village schoolmaster, delivered the papers making the ceremony legal. It marks the first long distance proxy marriage arranged by German and Belgian officials.
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Brussels
Belgium
Maria Louise Cantingnalaux
Trivieres
Camille la Force
Paul Dubuy
Marshall decries anti extension protests as sabotage by outside groups
General George C. Marshall attacked organized efforts to block extending draftees and guardsmen service, saying messages from Fort Dix protests aimed to keep troops from Trinidad would not be tolerated. He warned that participators must be treated as soldiers.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
House Military Committee
First Army
Marshall
Hugh Drum
Trinidad
Britain
Fort Dix
N. J
Wheeler
Democrat
Montana
Housing Authority to Start Two Public Housing Projects
A US Housing Authority representative will visit Monroe within five days to finalize land purchase for two proposed white-only rental housing projects. Final plans and construction dates will follow after meetings with the local housing board. The $500,000 program includes $450,000 for construction and $50,000 for ground and project costs on Jackson Street near the city limits.
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United States Housing Authority
Fort Worth
Tex
Monroe
Joseph S. Guerriero
Roosevelt
Newt V. Mills
Allen J. Ellender
John H. Overton
Washington
Sam H. Jones
USHA
Jackson Street
West Point Arrives in Lisbon Harbor with Exiled Diplomats
The U S naval transport West Point steamed into Lisbon harbor at 820 a m with 500 passengers including expelled German and Italian diplomats and agents on its first transatlantic voyage from New York. US naval attaches and diplomats observed the arrival as four trains carried officials toward the Portuguese frontier.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
West Point
Tagus River
America
New York
Germany
Italy
Spain
Monsignor Vandegaer Invested With Robe Of Prelate
Monsignor Nicholas F. Vandegaer was invested as domestic prelate to Pope Pius XII in a ceremony at St. Matthew's Church presided by Bishop Daniel F. Desmond of Alexandria. Clergy from north Louisiana attended as a large crowd watched the investiture and a testimonial dinner was planned that evening.
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News-Star
Daniel F. Desmond
Alexandria
Nicholas F. Vandegaer
Pope Pius XII
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
North
Louisiana
St. Matthew's
St. Matthew's Church
World War II Crises Deepen Across Europe and Asia
World Today reports Japan demanding new bases in southern French Indo China as a springboard for an attack on Singapore. Far East dispatches say French yield, US fleet ready to carry out policy in Pacific. Washington and London tense over crisis as Vichy notes British troop buildup on Indo China borders.
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Associated Press
Japan
Indo-China
Singapore
Far East
United States
Pacific
Knox
Washington
London
Vichy
Moscow
Hitler
Ukraine
Smolensk
Polotsk
Red Army
Germany
New Plan Implemented for State Finances in Louisiana
Baton Rouge officials announced an amended government finance plan aligning with Governor Sam Jones reorganization aims while honoring a restrictive supreme court order. The finance department retains mass purchase control and bookkeeping, with partial restoration of the treasury and state auditor offices as described by State Treasurer A P Tugwell.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Supreme Court
A. P. Tugwell
Department of Finance
Jones
Finance Department
Tugwell
Treasury
Bulgarian premiers depart Rome for Venice after visit
July 23 4 Bulga rian Prime Minister Bogdan Philoff and Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff left Rome for Venice on their return to Sofia after a three day official visit to showcase Italian Bulgarian amity. Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciasio saw them off at the station.
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Rome
Bogdan Philoff
Ivan Popoff
Venice
Sofia
Galeazzo Ciasio
Germans Claim Soviet Armies Falling Back Across Front
German claims of Russian retreats and heavy losses spread from Moscow to Kiev and Polotsk as Berlin and Moscow issued divergent tallies. German reports spoke of 92 tanks destroyed near Kiev and deep advances, while Soviet briefings described the Moscow raid as a fizzle with limited Luftwaffe successes and ongoing fighting in core zones.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Red Armies
Kiev
Ukraine
DNB
Lake
Ladoga
Berlin
Polotsk
Red Army
Powder Warehouse Explosion Rocks Seville
An entire powder warehouse near Seville exploded with terrific force. Fire swept the building and shattered windows across the city. Casualties were not immediately known as families were moved from weakened homes in Heliopolis and Triana.
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Seville
Spain
Here
Heliopolis
Triana
Axis air offensives hit North Africa and Ethiopian fronts
The Italian high command reported German and Italian air attacks on British forces in North Africa and British air raids on Bengla, axis Libyan supply ports, and Gondar in Ethiopia.
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Rome
North Africa
Gondar
Ethiopia
High Command
Front-line clashes erupt along Ecuador Peru border
Ecuadorian officials say Peruvian troops began a general attack on a 12 mile frontier front but were repulsed and driven from several outposts. Ecuadorian forces pursued across the river to capture posts at Aguas Verdes and Brancamoro as Peruvian planes bombed Puerto Bolivar.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Zaramilla
Aguas Verdes
Brancamoro
Puerto Bolivar
Monroe City Safety Report Shows Yearly Accident Totals
The record lists accidents to date this year 316 versus 262 last year, personal injuries 42 this year versus 41 last year, and deaths 4 in both years. The traffic rule of the day prohibits riding or driving an animal in city streets between sunset and sunrise unless a light visible 500 feet in all directions is displayed.
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City of
Monroe
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