Americans urged to seize Caribbean colonies to defend Monroe Doctrine
A 1940 letter to Hearst urges U S action to take French Caribbean colonies including Guiana Trinidad and the Bahamas to secure the Monroe Doctrine and fund defense. The writer criticizes “hyphenated American” politics and calls for immediate military buildup and air naval bases in the new possessions.
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Hiter
Spain
Drova
Europe
Royal Air Force
Hitler
Hull
Goiana
South America
Martinique
Guadeloupe
St. Martin
Caribbean
Thrie
France
Ramet
Brussolini
Germany
Italy
Hrstein
United
Osnade
Bulla
Hal
Puttnam
Bunker Hill
Dudley Pield Malone
Americas to reject Nazi warning in Havana talks
Central American foreign ministers including Costa Rica's Echandi plan a united reply to Dr Otto Reinebeck's note urging Havana to abstain from action against Germany. Honduras President Carias backs Secretary Hull's denunciation of German activities as delegates prepare to meet July 20.
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San Jose
Costa Rics
Otto Reinebeck
Havana
Germany
Alberto Echand
Rafael Calderon Guardia
U. S
William Hornibrook
Senor Echandi
Central America
Colombia
Honduras
United States
Carias
Hull
Seaplane Tender Albemarle Launched by Navy
Camden N J July 13 in the navy s newest seaplane tender the 20000-ton U S B Albemarle slid down the ways at New York Shipbuilding in a double ceremony that included keel laying for Chevaland cruiser Albemarle christened for Mrs Lewis Coton wife of the assistant timer Albemarle will carry supplies tools and quarters for the seaplane squadron to be placed in service on the east coast
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Camden
WN. J
Navy
U. S. B. Albemarie
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Cheveland
Albemarle
Lewis Coton
Court Pay Ruling Impacts S A Firm in Texas
The Kingston Manufacturing of San Antonio is named among two Texas textile firms affected when the U S Court of Appeals stayed an order by Col Philip Fleming setting a general minimum wage without differentials. Eight Texas firms had challenged the $31 2 35 37 2 and 40 cent per hour rates and sought differential rates.
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Kingston Manufacturing, Company
United States Court of Appeals
Philippe Fleming
Wags-Hour
Fleming
Texas
Japs Unsatisfied by Reply of Peck
Shanghai dispatch reports United States Marine Commander Colonel Dewitt Peck failed to give a satisfactory reply to Maj. Gen. Saburo Miura’s protest over the arrest of 14 Japanese plainclothes men on July 7. Miura and Peck conferred for two hours as Japan voiced a strong attitude on the incident.
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Shanghai
Gol. Dewitt Peck
United States Marine
Domai
Saburo Miura
Peck
Miura
Demet
Japan
Argentine Exports to U S Increase in 1940 Half
Buenos Aires July. The American chamber of commerce of Argentina reports a 4.42 percent rise in Argentine exports to the United States in the first six months of 1940 compared with the same period in 1930. US purchases totaled $41,187,818 versus $27,802 in 1929. Wool and dairy products drive the gain.
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Buenos Aires
American Chamber of Commerce of
Argentina
United States
Churchill to Speak on Radio Sunday
London July 13 Prime Minister Winston Churchill will broadcast an address tomorrow night at 9 oclock two and a half hours. It will be transmitted over the air and last about 18 minutes.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Nazi Starvation Blockade Gains Momentum for Britain
Berlin reports fresh successes in the blockade against England with seized ships and damaged British tonnage. High command claims air blows to ports and armament plants, sinking several merchant ships and destroying eight British planes on the ground.
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Berlin
England
English
Shipting
Ping
High Command
Paarevar
Bootlant
Two Die After Apartment Shooting in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a 22-year-old former Wisconsin teacher Gertrude Fiertting and a 44-year-old railway mail clerk Arthur Slater were found shot dead in an apartment. Detectives called it murder and a possible self-inflicted wound. The bodies were discovered by apartment manager Mrs. Margaret Sharp.
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Angeles
We- Consin
Gene Bechte
R. Lopez
Gererude Fiertting
Wauwatosa
Wis
Arthur Slater
French Ports Put Under Navy Rule
French ports and harbors from the Seine to the Spanish frontier were placed under the French navy by decree signed by Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, published in the official journal at Vichy. The move covers Mediterranean, North African, channel, Atlantic and Bay of Biscay coastlines, with unclear implications for occupied zones.
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Grenoble
France
Seine
Eldesson River
Mediterranean
North Africa
I Henri Philippe Petrin
Vichy
Channel
Atlantic
Bay of Biscay
Mooresville Sect Members Held at Odd Fellows Hall
About 60 Jehovahs Witnesses gathered at a Mooresville Odd Fellows hall for a meeting when a group of men surrounded the crowd and raised an American flag, demanding salute before release. K H Shuler, a sect member, said many ministers refused saluting, citing Bible teaching against revering man-made objects.
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Mooresville
Ind
Jehovah's Witnesses
Odd Fellows Hall
Extral
K Shuler
Anderson Seeks U S Hospital Aid For Green Hospital
County Judge Charles W. Anders plans conferences with WPA and federal authorities to obtain aid to add two floors to Robert B. Green hospital. Estimated cost 918,000 with WPA labor. county hopes to cover 10,000. Seeks federal help for 73,000 annual maintenance budget. unsure of exact procedures but confident it can be arranged.
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Charles W. Andersn
WPA
Robert B. Green
Anderson
Mobilization Plan Arouses Washington Daze
Mobilization plans before Congress face delays as President Roosevelt seeks partial mobilization of 40 000 militiamen from the national guard and coast defense units. The Army chief Gen George C Marshall supports massively mobilizing the guard for training. Congress returns July 22 with debates over authority and defense measures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Guard
Ara
Simeon
Congress
Capitol
White House
Rooservelt
Army
George C. Marshall
Senate
19 Dead as Miyake Volcano Erupts Near Tokyo
Reports say 19 people killed or injured with 30 missing after Miyake volcano eruption. Thousands of islanders seek rescue ships as lava and ash threaten villages. Food and medical supplies sent. evacuation and forest fires complicate relief efforts on the 18 mile circumference island with about 5200 residents, many fishermen.
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Tokyo
Voland Miyake
Smup- Unn Today
Nichi Nichi
TanYy
H Senne
Ts Tkro Boy
Italian and British Warships Battle Reported Near Somalia
Rome reports Italian bombing planes continued pursuit of British ships after the July 18 naval clash, claiming hits on a battleship and at least two cruisers. Officials say Italian forces seized a village near Moyale on the Kenya frontier after a siege. British defenses at Moyale reportedly held since dawn Wednesday amid heavy shelling and on the way, reinforcements were sent. An Italian destroyer was lost to enemy bombardment but the crew survived. Two of four British pursuit planes were claimed shot down in reconnaissance over the Mediterranean base of Malta. an Italian land plane forced down south of Africa but its crew were rescued by seaplane.
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Rome
Moyale
Kenya
Ethiopia
Patrobi
High Command
Josa
Ttallang
Malta
Stefani
Woods touts gains in Texas schools at Plage Hotel
State superintendent L A Woods addressed a Plage hotel audience praising a rise in state educational funding from 316 to 2250 and claiming Texas schools ranked eighteenth nationwide from thirty seventh when he took office eight years ago.
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L. A
France to peg franc to dollar say Vichy dispatch
Grenoble dispatch reports Le Petit Dauphinois says the Petain government will detach the franc from the pound and peg it to the American dollar. The rate is not yet announced but could set the franc at about 43.30 to the dollar, replacing the old 17.4 to the pound.
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Grenoble
France
Petain
le Petit Dauphinois
Vichy
Dover
Rail Executive Dies in Accident in New Orleans
July 12 New Orleans reports capdevielle railway official aged 58 died from injuries after an auto crash Wednesday. Ray M McWilliams another railroad man was killed outright. Capdevielle was New Orleans general agent and assistant treasurer of Southern Pacific lines and had been unconscious since Thursday with head injuries and fractures to his neck and arm.
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New Orleans
Capdeviiele
Ray
M. McWilliams
Capdevielle
Aouthern Pacific Lines
Thutehey
Knife Victim and Son-in-Law Fight in Dark Street
In a midnight street altercation Victoriano Herrera died from stab wounds and his son-in-law Luciana Lopez was injured and arrested. Police say a pocket knife and a half-inch pipe were used. Lopez, estranged from Herrera's daughter, was charged with murder.
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Victoriano Herrera
Souis Richter Street
Luciana Lopez
Grenet Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
LZAD
Pires Poller
C. A. Detean
Ditton
Lopes
Herrera
Icident Am
Herrerand
Lopez
Garba Do
Weather Mixes Warmth With Showers In San Antonio
Weatherman J. H. Jarboe reported cloudy periods with local showers ending the week’s heat in San Antonio. Saturday showers are likely to continue into the night with Sunday forecast as partly cloudy.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Provisions Theft Ring Held in Brooklyn Case
New York on July 1 reports 817 men jailed over a scheme to steal 175000 dollars worth of meat and provisions from a Brooklyn wholesale house in two years. Three conspirators, including an assistant district attorney, were tied to the firm and moved shipments totaling thousands of pounds daily to a connected provision company without returning funds to the wholesale house.
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New York
Brooklyn
Amistant
J. Kenneth McCabe
Fire Threatens Campo In California Fire
Flames licked trees and brush threatening Campo and nearby summer centers in San Diego County mountain area. Campo, about 150 residents, was isolated when the fire cut the San Diego El Centro telephone line. Last reports placed flames under five miles from the town.
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San Diego
Calif
Campo
Ban Diego County
San Diego-El Centro
England Agrees to Japan Demand on War Materials to China
Tokyo reports Britain has agreed to ship war materials including munitions and gasoline to China via the Burma road after a Japanese demand. Somerset, Pa notes a compromise following an army inquiry into a bomber crash that killed the pilot Lieut. N. R. Dick of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who bailed out but died in the crash.
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Tokyo
Grest
Jagno
Port
N. R. Dick
Tulsa
Otis
British Envoy and Japanese FM Confer Over Agreement
A conference between British ambassador Sir Robert Craigie and Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita led to a reported agreement. The talks focused on diplomatic relations, with officials indicating progress and a cooperative stance toward resolving outstanding issues.
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Robert Craigie
Hachiro Arita
War Fronts in Europe and Africa Under Global Tensions
Ampliated Frew reports air force hits on a British battleship and two cruisers, while a destroyer is lost and a village is captured near Moyale in Kenya. Romania contemplates leaving the Balkan pact and imposes new anti Jewish laws as demobilization boosts production. Britain mobilizes more, summoning 3.3 million, while Germany and Japan posture over England and Burma. France's Laval rises in Petain's regime, the franc is pegged to the dollar, and Mexico's Camacho leads with 94 percent votes amid elections.
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Frew
Rome
Saya Air Force
Moyale
Kenya
Africa
Bucharest
Romania
Balkan Entente
London
Britain
England
Wales
Scotland
Vichy
Laval
Council of 12 Ministers
Petain
Weygand
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Balkans
Tokyo
Burma Road
Ching
Mexico City
Administration Party
Anys
Camacho
Almaran
Reid Almatan
Snixe
Coyote Bites Four in Rabid City Incident
Four persons were bitten by a coyote on Friday in San Diego, with officials believing the animal was rabid. The coyote was captured by humane society officers following the attack.
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San Diego
Pour Fennhs
Hinane Society Offtelats
Weather Forecast San Antonio and vicinity details
Cloudy with local showers Saturday night in San Antonio and vicinity. Sunday partly cloudy. Light to moderate easterly winds. Airport temperatures show a high Saturday near 74, Sunday around 99, high Friday about 85 with Saturday morning low 74. East Texas stays cloudy Saturday night, then partly cloudy Sunday. West Texas sees scattered showers and thunderstorms in the south Saturday night, clearing Sunday with afternoon showers and storms.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Baturay Hight
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