Opposition develops to Knox as Navy Secretary nominee
Washington dispatch reports closed Senate Military Affairs Committee sessions revealing surprising opposition to Col. Frank Knox, nominated for secretary of the navy. Testimony will follow after Congress adjourns for the Republican convention. debate centers on Knox views and Woodring resignation.
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Knox
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Henry T. Stimson
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Senate
Stimson
Friends
Garner
Wheeler
D.-Mant
Knox-Stimwoh
Johnson
D.-Golo
Clark
D.- Mo
Idaho
Nye
Harry Woodring
D-Mo
Woodring
Typort Telegrams Praise FDR Action
Hype Park New York June 22. President Roosevelt's nomination of Col. Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson to head the navy and war departments has sparked a flood of telegraphs. The temporary executive announces hundreds of messages, with only one unfavorable to the appointments.
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N. Y
INS
Roosevelt
Col
Frank Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
War Departments
British 1910 Class Signs for Services
London June 22 The British military class of Thrh estimated to number 400,000 registered for military service today, increasing the total number of mobilised Brit ish reservists to 42,800,000.
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London
Population totals for San Antonio rise to 253 143
San Antonio's 1840 census total reaches 253 143, an increase of 31 801 from 1930. Suburban figures for Ay or April include Olmos Park 1690 Terrell Hills 1230 and Alsmo Heights 5684. Final figures await Washington confirmation and possible corrections.
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San Antonio
Ben S. Morris
Olmos Park
Terrell Hills
Alsmo Heights
Crristis
Morris Wald
Washington
Vassar Girl Located in New York City
New York police aided by state police located Nancy Darwin Goodrich an 18 year old Vassar college student and granddaughter of a former governor. The exact method of discovery and her current location were not clear but her mother said she is on her way home with her stepfather Louis Haerle after visiting friends in White Plains.
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New York
Hawthorne
N. Y
Natcy Darwin Goodrich
Vassar College
Milas Goodrich
Louise Haerle
Indianapolis
Louis Haerle
Wintte Plains
Freight Cars to Show Route Maps
Chicago reports railroads developing outdoor advertising on freight cars. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe is painting route maps on its box cars while other lines promote scenic spots along their networks.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka de Santa Fe Railroad
St Louis Area Building Permits Hit Record in 11 Months
Clayton Mo June 2. A steady rise in building permits in St Louis county reaches a record 3626 for the first 11 months of the fiscal year. County Assessor Martin L Neal notes 1938 total permits were 1130 for the full year.
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Clayton
St. Louis County
Martin L. Neal
Myron Taylor Shows Signs of Recovery in Florence
Florence Italy June 22 Some improvement noted today in the condition of Myron GC Taylor president Roosevelt's special peace envoy to the Vatican who is seriously ill at his residence in Florence Physicians said his condition is more encouraging Mrs Taylor is expected to arrive tomorrow
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Florence
Italy
Myron GC. Taylor
Raveevelt
Vatican
Canned Varieties Now Total 350
Washington reports the National Canners association estimates more than 380 kinds of canned foods are on the market, including fruits vegetables meats poultry soups fish milk and mixtures, with total varieties at 350.
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Washington
National Canners Association
French Alsace capitulation as German troops seize Maginot Line
Berlin reports French armies in Alsace-Lorraine surrounded have capitulated. Half a million French soldiers surrender including commanders in chief of the Third Fifth and Eighth armies. German high command claims total Maginot Line victory and plans cease fire armistice talks amid wider invasion of Britain.
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FA Film Studios
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Hollywood
Seventh Texas Cowboy Reunion Set for Stamford
Stamford prepared for the seventh annual Texas Cowboy reunion on July 2 8 4. about 1800 members of the association, including C Fox Clark of San Antonio, are invited. Only men who worked as cowhands on ranches for at least 35 years are eligible to join.
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Stamford
Veivan Cowhands
Texas
Japanese Move on Indo China Seen
A Moscow radio report picked up in New York via NBC claims new large Japanese troop concentrations on Hainan island signal an impending offensive against French Indo China. The June 92 broadcast notes the buildup could presage a broader Japanese action in Southeast Asia.
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New York
Hainan
Moscow Radio
National Broadcasting Company
British raid hits Krupp works and Bremen plants
London reports two violent explosions after a British air raid struck Krupp munitions works at Essen, with the Pocke-Wall aircraft works at Bremen also hit. Six supply trains wrecked between Osnabruck and Bremen, and other factories damaged in Bremen Kassel Rothenburg Gottingen amid heavy destruction.
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London
Bremen
Osnabruck
Kassel
Rothens Bur
Gottingen
Nlahh Maida
Pan American Conference Sets Talks on Hemisphere Defense
Secretary Hull announced that about 20 percent of Latin American governments favor convening a Pan American meeting on Western Hemisphere defense and related war issues. The date and venue remain undecided, with discussions expected on military and naval measures, resistance to European territorial transfers, and possible economic solidarity, alongside the inter American trading corporation plan.
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Washington
Hut
United States
Havana
Huh
New World
Hull
Relief Bill to Writehouse Advances to White House
Congress sent a large relief appropriation to the White House for President Roosevelt's signature. The bill totals 1.17 billion dollars with funding for European war refugees and surplus commodities, plus defense project provisions and social security office funding. It limits government contract profiles and includes noncombatant camps provisions.
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WPA
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Bil
WEA
National Defense Fund
Fse
Social Security Administration
Labor Department
Navy
National Defense Program
Nazi Radios Give Thanks to Fuehrer
Berlin dispatch reports radio networks across the Reich interlaced airwaves with praise for the Franco German armistice signing at Compiègne. Announcements urged gratitude to the Fuehrer as a three minute silence followed the message.
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Fuehrer
Berlin
INS
Relch
Compiegne
Italian Sub Ls Captured in Gulf of Aden
London reports that a large Italian submarine surrendered to the British trawler Moonstone after a surface battle in the Gulf of Aden. The Moonstone hit the submarine with four inch shells, forcing the vessel to surrender, despite torpedoes and shells fired at the trawler. A separate item notes Italy and Switzerland signing a commercial pact in Rome.
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London
Gulf of Aden
Tralian Yoderea
British strike damages Scharnhorst in Trondheim area
The German 26,000-ton battleship Scharnhorst was badly damaged by a combined air and submarine attack off Trondheim. Torpedo from a British submarine and three heavy bombs struck her decks despite escort by 50 Messerschmitts and a destroyer. Two German fighters were shot down and five British bombers were lost in the action.
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London
Germany
Scharnhorst
Trondheim
Admiralty
Messerschmitts
Glorious
Borbers
Lames
More Children in School Urged
Austin June 2 State Superintendent L A Woods argues that increasing school attendance cuts state costs and reduces crime. He highlights 100000 children not in school, warning roamers may form bands of pilferers and that returning youths to classrooms halves future criminal wards.
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Austin
JINS
L. A. Woods
Jeirls
Armistice Signed as War Moves Across Fronts
COMPIEGNE FOREST FRANCE Armistice is signed by French and German plenipotentiaries. Berlin reports St Malo L Orient Brittany taken by German troops and 200000 prisoners 260 airplanes captured. Eight killed sixteen injured as British planes bomb Berlin area. Washington says Latin American republics plan conference on defense. London notes 1910 manpower order and claims of a German battleship hit.
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France
Italy
Berlin
St. Malo
L’orient
Brittany
Budapest
Balkan
Carol
Cairo
Egypt
Rome
Iitalian
Marseilles
Bizerta
Washington
Hull
London
Envoys Leave for Talks in Rome
France and Germany signed an armistice in Compiegne and sent a French-German delegation to Rome to pursue a continental peace. The ceremony ended nine months and nineteen days of fighting, with terms to be revealed after the Franco Italian truce. The pace suggested rapid talks toward a permanent peace as Nazi circles projected quick progress.
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France
INS
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Great Britain
Italy
Gol
Wilhelm Kirlewade
Charles Huntziver
Hunisiger
Huntelger
Supreme War Council
Hit Ter
Compiegne
General Keitel
Hitler
Huntziger
Yisagtd
Reitel
Marshal Foch
Reich
Huntinger
Henri Phillipe Petain
Bordleaux
Uad
Windsors Headed to Madrid From Barcelona
The duke and duchess of Windsor left Barcelona for Madrid with an entourage of 22 and more than 1000 people gathered outside the Hotel Rita to bid them farewell. Arrival in Madrid was expected Sunday, though uncertainty remained about a Lisbon stop. both royals appeared well and greeted many in the British colony.
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Barcelona
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Madrid
Rita
Lis« Idon
Fiuchess
Senators in Bordeaux Back Petain in Confidence Motion
One hundred French senators and deputies met in the Athenee theater in Bordeaux and unanimously adopted a motion expressing their entire and absolute confidence in Premier Marshal Henri Philippe Petain under the present circumstances.
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Bordeaux
INS
Chamber, of Deputies
Athenee Theater
Henri Phillipe Petain
Air Corps Units Transferred to Speed Training Program
The War Department announced transfers within the Air Corps to repurpose air stations as training facilities. Changes include Third Bombardment Group moving from Barksdale Field to Fort Benning and Twenty-seventh Bombardment Group reassigned from Banksdale Field Louisiana to Salt Lake City municipal airport.
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Washington
War Department
Air Corps
Banksdale Field
Salt Lake City
Barksdale Field
Fort Benning
Japs Mass Troops Near British Area
Several thousand Japanese troops were lined up along the Hongkong border to pressure British authorities to halt passage of arms supplies to Chungking through Burma, according to a Yeater dispatch from Hongkong.
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London
Hongkong
Chungking
Burma
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Sunday with light to moderate southeast winds. Airport temperatures expect a high Saturday near 72 and a low Saturday night around 72. Sunday high near 92 with east Texas and coastal region showing southeasterly winds. West Texas regions expect more cloudiness and scattered showers or thunderstorms Sunday. Week outlook suggests above normal temperatures early week and milder trends later.
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East Texas
West Texas
Meridland
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