Romania King Carol II Abdicates in Fascist Coup
Romania faces a crisis as King Carol II abdicates after a fascist coup led by the Iron Guard. Gen Ion Antonescu becomes military dictator, with Michael, age 18, proclaimed king as crowds support change. In the United States, Congress debates a peacetime draft and 60 day voluntary enlistment trial, while Roosevelt expands mobilization and wartime base agreements with Britain to fortify the Atlantic and protect the Panama Canal.
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World diamond market to shift to New York says Oppenheimer
Trend reports that New York could inherit from Amsterdam the title of the world’s diamond market, as Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, chairing two firms with 95 percent of global production, makes the claim. The piece also notes Britain’s possible relocation of its capital to Toronto if London is evacuated, and highlights Treasury concerns over rising hoarding prompting banks to restrict large withdrawals.
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Political clashes over government power to seize industries
The Senate debated a clause allowing government seizure of industries refusing national defense contracts, provoking House opposition and a rush to a conference. Wendell Willkie denounced the amendment as socializing industry and called for a presidential defender of the defense program. The piece also notes wheat outlooks for 1941, a top Iowa baby, South Carolina liquor votes, a fatal airline crash in West Virginia, Dominican Republic censorship, and a drop in July highway deaths.
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National Safety Council
Casualties Strike Sudan Outpost in Italian Air Raid
Dr. Robert Grieve, 28, an American medical missionary, and his wife, about 25, were killed at an isolated Anglo-Egyptian Sudan post near the Ethiopian border during an Italian air raid. Independent Mexican presidential candidate General Juan Andreu Almazan arrived in Baltimore refusing to comment on unannounced election returns.
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Baltimore
Queen Wilhelmina Celebrates Quiet Birthday in London
On her sixtieth birthday the exiled Queen Wilhelmina of Holland marked the day in her London home, declining to join in celebrations for her subjects abroad. In Amsterdam a theater faced a flag ban and displayed British and American banners while its Nazi governor ordered closure until further notice.
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Appeasement talk and war pressures influence Kennedy aid
A Pacific and Atlantic view outlines Kennedy’s appeasement stance amid British hangups over naval losses and delayed destroyers. It notes Churchill’s goal of long term U S cooperation and public resolve to fight on, while Wall Street talks hint at possible Nazi deals and British factory damage mounting costs. It also covers Willkie praise from reporters and a surge in government stenographer hiring with high wages and a flood of applicants.
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Roosevelt
France
Roosevelt's record sparks debate on leadership and democracy
Washington column argues Roosevelt fosters a perpetual presidency using war and economic powers. It criticizes farm relief failure, unemployment, debt, and defense neglect while warning of a shift toward centralized rule. It questions Willkie's stance and laments democratic erosion amid war talk.
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