Party Leaders Uncertain Over GOP Presidential Choice
Republican leaders remain unsure who will capture the 1940 nomination as delegates and crowds fill Philadelphia hotels before the convention. Taft is seen by some as edging ahead while Dewey’s camp predicts about 400 first-ballot votes. Dark horse talks include Willkie and James, with Bridges Garratt Vandenberg MacNider among others as alternatives. The convention crowd expects a mass-driven choice rather than a smoke-filled room selection.
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William K. Hutchinson
Re. Philadeephta
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkie
Arthur H. James
Pennnsylvania
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Frank E. Garratt
Arthu H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Hanford MacNider
Town
Huy
New Castle
Workmen Paint Mall Boxes in Fresh Olive Green
City workers apply a new olive green coat to roadside utility boxes improving curb appeal despite weather. Early cherries show ripening on trees and a mild night with a 41 degree low. Autoists from other regions appear more numerous in New Castle as Sunday services approach Cascade Park.
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Run R
Aom
Lawrence County
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for Friday in United States
The 24 hour period ending 6 pm Friday recorded a high of 70 and a low of 41 with 0.01 inches of precipitation. River stage stood at 5.4 feet. Year ago the same date showed a high of 85 and a low of 55 with 0.01 inches of rain.
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United States
Anti-War Stand Steals G O P Platform Spotlight
Republican leaders wrestle over foreign policy claims as isolationist and aid-to-allies factions seek a clear anti-war declaration. Orville Bullington of Texas warns against any straddling and vows floor action if a firm stand is not adopted. A flood of telegrams supports an outright noninvolvement position.
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Griffing Bancroft, JR
International News Service
Philadelphia
Republican Party
National, Defense
Orville Bulington
Texas
Peace
Bullington
Battle lines form around cabinet appointment dispute
Senate battles over Franklin D. Roosevelts cabinet shifts intensified as Republicans split and a strong Democratic faction pressed for confirmation of Henry L. Stimson as War Secretary and Col. Frank Knox as Navy Secretary. Delays in committee stalled action, signaling a hard-fought path to approval.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry L. Stimson
Mr. Roosevelt
Stimson
New Castle
All of American Countries Desire Early Conference
Secretary Hull announced that all twenty Latin American governments want an immediate Pan American conference on Western Hemisphere defense and other wartime issues. The meeting was urged by notes to replace the October Havana plan with a date and place to be decided, as soon as practicable.
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International News Service
Washington
Hull
United States
Havana
French Troops Interned Across Swiss Border
Geneva reports confirm mass internment of French soldiers crossing into Switzerland with about 50 000 in custody, 7 000 horses, and large war materiel quantities. Many Polish troops refused internment to return to front. Alsace civilians also crossed into Switzerland as thousands of women and children fled. In Florence Myron Taylor Roosevelt envoy to the Vatican shows improvement and his wife plans to join him.
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International Navy Service
Geneva
Switzerland
Alsace
New Castle
Taylor
Florence
Italy
Myrond
Roosevelt
Vatican
Dies Suddenly Charles Chase 47, Veteran Film Comic
Charles Chase, 47, a veteran film comedian who left the stage for movies, died suddenly in Hollywood from a heart attack. He had been a top notch comic in 1914 and later years, with strong ties to early cinema. Now in New Castle, the report notes the distant connection to his career.
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Charles Chase
Hollywood
Chase
New Castle
Two U S Warships May Remain In South America
The Wichita and Quincy, 10000 ton cruisers, are in Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro on a goodwill visit. Officials say no orders to sail back have been given and refueling as well as stores restocking proceed without difficulty. The move is framed as a show of U S presence in Latin America rather than a response to fishing activity.
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International News Service
Washington
United States
Wichita
Quincy
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rio de Janeiro
Navy
Latin America
Navy Department
South American
Department
Neighber
New Castle
French Tankers Hoist British Flag In Istanbul Transfer
Six French tankers at Istanbul have been transferred to British ownership and hoisted the British flag, according to a British radio report picked up in New York by CBS. In another item, two German ships were sunk and a German pursuit plane destroyed by British forces at Willemsoord harbor in Holland. one British plane was shot down.
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International News
New York
Columbia Broadcasting Sysstem
Istanbul
New Castle
Cinternational News Service
London
Jung
Willemsoord
Holland
Congress Edges Toward Final Action On Defense Tax Bill
Congress moves to enact a $1,000,000,000 defense tax bill and wrap up appropriation measures before a week’s recess during the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Leaders aim for a July 1 recess. Senate snags could derail plans as $14.5 billion in appropriations would complete the record for the year.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Senate
German High Command reports drive into France progresses
Berlin announces continued siege of France with multiple bridgeheads extended on the Loire and Lorraine Vosges. French towns St Malo L Orient Gerardmer fall, over 200000 prisoners taken including a Spahi brigade and high ranking officers. Large booty of arms ships planes sunk and attacks on England coast persist.
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International
Berlin
France
St. Malo
L'Orient
Jower Loire
Thonays
Lorraine
Vosges
Gerardmer
Spahis
Naval
Stuka’ Squadrone
Strasbourg
Wissembourg
Lite
Gironde
Lotre
England
Billingham
New Castee
Still Fighting France Reports Still Fighting France Reports
Bordeaux June 22 Continued fighting in France was announced by the French war bulletin today Local engagements occurred south of the Loire at Mont Contour Lig eull Chatillon Sur Indre Sb Eiienne and Roanne on Rhone A detachment of Spahis after a sharp Necht repulsed enemy elements numbering one battalion and including tanks Italian forces unsuccessfully attempted no few local attacks in the Alps
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Bordeaux
France
Loire River
Mont . Contour
Ligéull
Chatillon- Sur-Indre
Italian raids damage Marseilles Bizerta and sink ships
Rome report says Italian air raids inflicted heavy damage on Marseilles and Bizerta. Three enemy ships were sunk and one cruiser was hit. Enemy planes raided Sicily and northern Italy, attacking Turin and Leghorn as announced by the war communique.
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International News Service
Rome
Marseilles
Bizerta
Sicily
Italy
Turin
Leghorn
New Castle
New Nazi Raids Made On Britain
Waves of German planes raided England during the night killing three and injuring three with little material damage. Early morning heavy gun fire reported over southeastern England. A joint communique said three killed and three wounded. bombs dropped sporadically in several east coast counties. Anti air defenses and British fighters prevented wider damage as Britons spent the night in shelters.
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London
England
Heinls
New Castle
Air Raid Alarms Ring Cairo and Alexandria in June
Cairo reported its first air raid alarm of the war with four injured by falling shrapnel after a 1:50 a.m. warning and 5:00 a.m. all clear as Italian planes were sighted and anti air batteries engaged. Alexandria logged three warnings with bombs dropped in the first raid, alarms at 1:30 a.m. and all clears by 3:00 a.m., then a second warning until 6:15 a.m. and a third from 6:26 to 7:12 a.m.
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Aullaetin
International News Service
Cairo
Alexandria
Huy
New Castle
Wishart Heads Board of George Junior Republic
The Rev William K Wishart of Sharon was elected head of the board of directors of the George Junior Republic boys school, succeeding L S Levine who resigned after 31 years. Morgan Barnes of Grove City was named secretary and H P Forker of Sharon became treasurer. The report also notes two strong earthquakes recorded near Fordham University.
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Conternational News Service
Grove City
William K. Wishart
Sharon
The
George Junior Republic
L. S. Levine
Pittsburgh
Morgan Barnes
Grave City
H. P. Forker
New
Gastle
Fordham
Britain Moves to Prevent German Seizure of French Fleet
Washington dispatch reports Britain taking measures to ensure the French fleet does not fall under German control if France makes peace. French ships are reportedly seeking British bases or joining British squadrons to resist any seizure, with officials noting the fleet in the Mediterranean is prepared to continue fighting. American officials welcomed the news amid fears of a stronger German naval power. No exact dispositions of ships are given.
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International News Service
Washington
Europe
France
Reich
Mediterranean
HKUY
New Castle
General Butler Taken By Death
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, two time Medal of Honor recipient and famed Marine leader known as the Fighting Quaker, died at Philadelphia naval hospital at age 69 after a routine checkup. He served 33 years with actions in Cuba Philippines Central America Mexico China the West Indies and World War I. London meanwhile reports the British military class of 1910, about 200,000, registered for service today, raising total registered reservists to about 2,800,000.
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Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
General Butler
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Bubler
Quaker
Marine Corps
Cuba
Philippines
Central America
Mexico
China
France
Naws Seavvier
London
German Battleship Scharnhorst Damaged by Bomb Hits
London reports the German battleship Scharnhorst heavily damaged by three direct bomb hits from British aircraft. The unit that sank the carrier Glorious in Norwegian waters a fortnight earlier also saw two German fighters shot down and a destroyer torpedoed, though it is unclear if the torpedo hit occurred in the same raid.
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International News Service
London
Scharnhorst
Glorious
Weather outlook for coming week by region
Weekly weather outlook reports showers and moderate warmth across the North and Middle Atlantic States and the Ohio Valley with cooler periods later in the week. In Philadelphia, New Castle Convention Hall will be dry next week as the Republican convention meets, after liquor board blocks license transfer.
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International News Service
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Yennessee
BUV
New Castles Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Death Record for Bettie McCormick and Others in 1940
Death notices list Elizabeth McCormick at 318 East Wallace Avenue and Bennett Perrine age 68, with Jackson Cotter and Julia Bishton aged 81 from Youngstown. The fragment records brief identifications of individuals and locations in a dated obituary-style notice.
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Elizabeth McCormick
Wallace Avenue
Thomas
Bennett Perrine
Jackson Cotter
Julia Bishton
Youngstown
Peace talks resume as French German armistice terms loom
Reporting from Compiegne confirms a renewed Franco German armistice discussion with Hitler's terms still unrevealed. French plenipotentiaries travel to Rome while Italy’s stance looms, as Britain and Germany trade air raids and Bordeaux hosts continuing cabinet deliberations.
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International News Service
Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
France
Hitler
Bordeaux
Compicene
Paris
Political Pageant Signals Kandidat Nominations
The article describes a rallying scene as orators prepare, bands play, and delegates ready themselves to nominate a president. It highlights the crowd’s anticipation for the "peerless leader" with supporters optimistic about favorites and the upcoming big showdown as candidates vie for the presidency.
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Rishe
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