Republicans Mull Nominee As Convention Enters Balloting
At Convention Hall Philadelphia delegates prepare for 1940 nomination ballots after a long day of speeches. Ten candidates are listed, with Wendell Willkie and Hoover as focal points amid talk of possible draft moves and ongoing discussions in Hoover’s hotel suite.
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Philadelphia
W. B. Ragsdale
Wendell Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Willkie
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Monroe Merchants Kick Off Good Will Tour
Sixteen Monroe merchants and business leaders left this morning on the annual good will tour. Donned with flashy bands on straw hats they invite neighboring towns to visit "Friendly Monroe" aided by Ed Miller and his Louisiana Playboys. Ten thousand pencils bearing the motto were distributed along the route as part of Chamber of Commerce efforts led by Dave Silverstein to advertise the city.
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Monroe
Ed Miller
Friendly
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Dave Silverstein
Senate Passes Teachers Bills in Louisiana
The Louisiana Senate unanimously approved a bill to pay teachers and bus drivers 12 months of salaries when funds are available. Senator LeBlanc authored the original mandate, while Senator Ellis shifted it to a memorial urging payment. Debate cited a state deficit and prior transfers from highway funds to school funds, with controversy over legality.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Louisiana
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Frank B. Ellis
Covington
Ellis
Sam H. Jones
Elevator Tenders Bill Not Favored
Baton Rouge June 27. Elevator operators will not gain seats in elevators by this biennium. Senate Judiciary committee reported unfavorably a house bill that would require seats for operators in all elevator cars after building superintendents from New Orleans said safe operation requires standing.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Senate
Judiciary
House
Girl 15 Found Dead in University City
Ruth Gornek, 15, was found dead near a wooded path in University City after failing to return from a pool outing. She was strangled with the skirt of her play suit and had a fractured skull with other injuries. An all night search followed her disappearance.
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ST. Louis
Ruth Gornek
University City
Abraham Gornek
City Natatorium Closed Friday for Cleaning
Commissioner C. R. Tidwell announced the city natatorium will close Friday for cleaning and will reopen Saturday.
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C. R. Tidwell
Tidwell
LSU Budget Fight Spurs Open Debate in Legislature
Louisiana lawmakers debated raising LSU funding by more than the appropriations panel recommended as the general appropriation bill moved to a Friday special order. LSU President Hebert urged a larger sum to avoid salary cuts and student employment reductions, while critics warned about process and fiscal limits.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Appropriations Committee
Theo Cangelosi
James Domengeaux
Domengeaux
Paul M. Hebert
Romania Accepts Soviet Ultimatum Ceding Bessarabia
The Romanian government under King Carol signs to cede Bessarabia and northern Bucovina with Russia also seeking control of Constanta Tulcea ports and Danube bases. The grand council reconvened after negotiations as Molotov delivered the ultimatum in Moscow.
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Bucharest
Carol
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Berlin
Russia
Constanta
Rumania
Black Sea
Tulcea
Danube
Davidescu
Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Grand Council
Fat Bruin Is Saved When Aim Of Agent Proves Off Course
In Springer New Mexico a couple chased a fat bear in the mountains. A wheel pinned the bear’s paw and deputy Wild Bill Letcher attempted to stop the menace with a six gun. Three shots damaged the car. a final one forced the bear to flee into the timber and the motorists spared the animal.
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Springer, N. M
Bruin
Wild Bill” Letcher
Letcher
Brain
Germans Claim Raid Successes and Press Clamor in Berlin
Berlin reports German airmen bombed English ports and factory targets at night while German forces advance into the Dordogne coastal region east of Bordeaux. The navy sinks 35,000 tons of British shipping as London resumes night raids. Berlin newspapers call for a “thousand-fold” punishment and denounce British leadership.
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Berlin
High Command
Germany
British Isles
Bordeaux
Dordogne
France
England
French Armistice Delegations Named by Government
A French broadcast states General Charles Hontzigur is chairman of the eight member French delegation to the armistice commission with Germany and Italy. General Duplan heads the Italian French armistice commission. In Kenya Colony, British patrols report advancing into Italian Somaliland with limited resistance as operations continue against Italian territories from Kenya.
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London
Charles Hontziger
Germany
Italy
Armistion Commission
Duplan
Nairobs
Kenya
Italian Somaliland
Britain accepts responsibility for Lausanne bombing raid
Bern Switzerland reports Britain acknowledging responsibility for a June 12 bombing raid on Lausanne. The note says the attacking planes were British and that several people were killed and injured. Planes were returning from a raid on Italy and were believed to be over Italian territory.
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Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Lausanne
Italy
Irish lord reported missing in France amid legion call
A broadcast picked up by CBS says Lord Gormanston Premier Viscount of Ireland and captain of infantry is missing in France. He is the 16th Baron Gormanston and a direct descendant of Sir Robert de Preston who founded the family.
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Gormanston
London
Lord Gormanston
Ireland
France
Baron Gormenston
Robert de Preston
Roosevelt Signs Defense Measure and relief bill
President Roosevelt signed a supplemental defense bill providing cash appropriations of 1.479 billion dollars and contracts totaling 299 million for the war and navy departments. The act, plus regular appropriations, funds the military for the coming fiscal year, with relief financing extending over at least eight months.
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Roosevelt
Washington
War and Navy Department
Congress
Army
Navy
Mussolini Weighs Caesar Era Emulation for Britain Assault
Reports say Mussolini may imitate Caesar by sending Italian forces to attack Great Britain. British and French fleets considered aiding the Royal Navy as German raids continue in Wales and the Ruhr valley with heavy air operations.
Henry Lanauze Dies in Orleans Local Official With 160000 Licenses
Henry Lanauze longtime New Orleans registrar died aged over three score years having issued 160000 marriage licenses and recorded many births marriages and deaths. He served since 1816 under Dr Felix Gaudet and never took a vacation aside from brief illness. He had been bedridden for months before death at city hall.
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New Orleans
Paul Henry Lanaure
Vwner Statiation
Lanwuse
Pelix Gaudet
Board of Health
Lanauze
War at a Glance Across Global Fronts
A panoramic wire service summary notes Romania bows to a Russian ultimatum, Soviet planes threaten Humania, and Axis actions across Balkans. It reports French fleet movements in North Africa, German raids on Britain, Japan’s envoy talks, Indo China tensions, Ford policy protests in Canada, and U S plans for troop increases and new battleships.
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Bucharest
Balkans
Eet Oe
Rumania
Humania
Bomarabian
London
North African
Britain
Berlin
Air Rociia
Tokyo
Japan
Hitler
France
Netherlands
Hong Kong
Ottawa
Ford
Washington
Manhattan
Europe
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Senator Taft
Amare
Auxiliary Territorial Service
RED
Syria
Beirut
Eugene Mittelhauser
Near East
Buckeye Republican Glee Club
4 Voices
McKinley
Pote
G. O
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Pennsylvania
Arthur James
G. O. P. Aasembly
John Townsend
Delaware
Charles M.nary
Oregon
Duce
Charlies de Gaulle
French Foreign Legion
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mussolini
Caesar
Royal Navy
Rome
Biritlah Isles
Thia
Philain Theowgh
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Lune
Thie
Henry Lanauze
Orleans
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