Westward through the country a congressman recalls
The columnist reflects on former New York congressmen, Westward travel with a 1906 See America First expedition, and the shift in attitudes toward the western territories. He recalls Tim Sullivan and Considine, ethical standards, and the impact of travel on public service and relations between government and citizens.
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New York
West
Tim Gulivan
Tammany
Daniel Webster
Big Tim
East Ride
Tammany Political Workers
East
Missouri
John W. Considine Jr
Considine
Tim Sullivan
Considine and Sullivan
Tim
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America
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Senate
Had You Heard Its Summer Arrives In San Antonio
The weather outlook from forecaster J H Jarboe says Friday will be the longest day with 14 hours of daylight and only partial clouds. Rain chances appear limited though a movement of the storm area is possible, keeping air conditions warm and humid through the weekend.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Priday
Jarboe
United States
Oliver Resigns as League Chief
Washington dispatch reports Oliver resigns as executive vice president of Labor's Non-Partisan League. He opposed John J. Lewis's stance against a third Roosevelt term, and cited inability to carry out policies supporting Roosevelt's re election. Oliver believed labor ranks favored a third term for the president.
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Washington
Candidate Asks Foes to Lunch Rally Invite in Dallas
Lang Mills of Dallas, candidate for raiload compassioner, invites all gubernatorial foes to a Dallas lunch. He says guests can bring aides and picture cousins if they want, hoping nineteen men attend for a high campaign crowd average this year.
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Austin
MNSI
Lang Mills
Dallas
Raileoad Compassioner
Toe
Mils
Fire crews close perimeter of Chipmunk Creek blaze in park
In Yellowstone Park four hundred men battled the Chipmunk Creek forest fire and tightened lines around a 2000 acre blackened area. Crews expected to finish closing the perimeter today and then begin mop up in the worst blaze the park has seen in years.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
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Myron Taylor’s Condition Worsens During Illness
Rome June 21 The condition of Myron C Taylor Roosevelt’s representative to the Allied Supreme Headquarters in Florence is reported as somewhat worse. At the Vatican Pope Pius XII expressed grief and asked to be kept informed. Mrs Taylor travels from the United States by air.
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Myron C. Taylor
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Taylor
United States
French Front Warfare Near Bordeaux Slowed by Armistice Talks
French resistance slowed as armistice negotiations continued in Bordeaux amid cabinet deliberations on remaining in the city or moving. Charles Pommaret and Jules Jeanneney met with Edouard Herriot while Marshal Petain held audience with ex-Premier Reynaud. German forces advanced to Riom and Vosges resisted. Italy reportedly made no land attack.
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France
Charles Pom
Aret
Jules Jean Neney
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Paul Reynaud
Riom
Vichy
Adolf Hitler
Loire
Cher
Riem
Vosges
Mediterranean Sea
Rome
Air Raid Squads Planned for U S Civilian Warnings
Washington June 21 Ins mobilization plans call for a vast civilian air raid warning force across the United States due to gun shortages. Officials say postmasters state officials veterans and others will form local defense zones with alarm links to army stations. The plan targets the Atlantic coast Gulf of Mexico and Texas border areas. Only 1600 antiaircraft guns are available with 1000 gun types in service as part of the defense buildup.
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United States
Washington
INS
War Department
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Atlantte
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
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Congress
Navy
Ordit
French Army Holds Lyon Front Near Rhone
French forces around Lyon and the Jura Alps reinforced by units from the Maginot line reportedly held German motorized units south and southeast of Lyon. They drove back Nazi advances northwest of Grenoble with heavy losses as long freight trains arrived at Geneva from Marseille. German forces near Lyon awaited reinforcements before attempting to break the Alpine line along the Rhone and eastward toward the rearguard.
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Navy to Build 25000 Ton Aircraft Carrier at Norfolk
The navy announced its Norfolk yard was designated to build a 25000 ton carrier for the U S fleet. Planned to carry 100 planes, the vessel is expected to cost over 60 million dollars with estimated construction cost 48 million without armor armament and ammunition.
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Washington
Navy
Teddy
Norfolk
United States
Poison in Coffee Feared by Woman
Violy Vaski of 110 Grace street handed a cup she believed was poisoned to police for analysis. She said a man she knew, who visited Friday morning, dropped something into the cup when she looked away.
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Violy Vaski
Grace Street
Canadians Reach England in Fourteenth Contingent Arrival
Ottawa dispatch reports the arrival in Great Britain of the fourteenth contingent of Canadian troops announced today by the director of public information. Peace prayers are urged as a nationwide appeal for contemplation and calm during wartime.
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Ottawa
Onl
Fourte
Great Britain
the Gang
Nazis Seize Dwarshds Too In Widening Conquest
German official communique reports rapid advances in Normandy Brittany and the Loire estuary region on schedule. French ships Clemenceau and Rishelleu seized at Brest. air and ground operations press in Alsace Lorraine Burgundy and Maginot line sectors. Civilians killed in British air raids. German submarines claim English merchant ships sunk.
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Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light to moderate southwest winds. Airport highs around 90F, lows about 72F. city high near 87F, low around 73F. East Texas fair with northeast winds. West Texas sees showers and thunderstorms early tonight through Saturday afternoon, warmer on Friday.
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Frigny
East Texas
West Texand
Preamble to Peace Terms Read in Compiegne Forest
Text of Adolf Hitler's armistice terms to France read for four envoys in Compiegne. It frames 1918 promises as broken, cites 1939 war renewal, declares France conquered, and outlines three German aims: prevent renewed fighting, secure guarantees against Britain, and lay groundwork for a new peace based on reparation and German security.
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Adolf Hitler
France
Fallowa
Wilson
England
Germany
Great Britain
Britain
German Reich
India Ganges Stand On War
A Reuters dispatch from Wardha reports the Indian National Congress working committee renounces the principle of non-violence in opposing external aggression. Also dated London June 21 states Polish Premier Sikorski and his staff arrived by airplane from France.
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INS
Reuters
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Natonalist Congress
Wladyslaw Sikorski
France
Romania Turns to Nazism as King Carols Party Advances
In Bucharest a sweeping German victory in the battle for influence led King Carol to form a new totalitarian party modeled on the Nazi pattern. The organization called the party of the nation will supplant the present national rebirth party with pro Nazi Iron Guard slated to play a major role in a nationalistic Christian racial program.
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UPI
Rumania
Carol
Ib Wil
Party of National Rebirth
Iron Guard
Carel
War at a Glance Dictated Peace Terms Across Europe
AP dispatch reports Hitler pressing envoys for axis dictated peace terms in Compiègne with swift ceasefire unless France accepts. Berlin notes call for preventive war measures and wartime guarantees to continue conflict with Britain. Germany advances on Maginot Line while Brest battleships are seized. Other cities note strikes, conscription in Canada, and shifts in US and Italian diplomacy amid an active wartime climate.
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Armistice Terms Read In Compiegne Forest Meeting
June 21 1940 Paris reports Adolf Hitler personally received the French envoys in the Compiegne forest to present the armistice terms that would end French resistance. Keitel read the preamble outlining aims including cessation of war with France and continuation against Britain.
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Compiegne Forest
Previch
Charles Huntziger
Leon Noel
Poland
Lelue
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