Flynn Named Democratic National Committee Chairman
Edward J. Flynn of New York accepted the post as head of the Democratic National Committee with a vow that 1940 would mirror the 1936 victory. The selection was announced by James A. Farley as he retires and Flynn takes over August 17.
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Washington
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Democratic National Committee
Flynn
Roosevelt
Wallace
Bronx
Roosevelt Wallace
James A. Farley
Chicago
Farley Farley
New York Yankee
Frank C. Walker
Paul McNutt
Federal Security
Byrnes
D-Sc
Farley
White House
Democratic Committee
Heat Wave Grimly Grows Across Missouri as Death Toll Rises
Temperatures topped 100 across Missouri with Warsaw at 106 and Clinton Jefferson City at 102. Two heat deaths were reported in Jefferson City and five in St. Louis alongside 1,002 nationwide deaths from heat and drowning as scattered showers and a cool breeze were forecast.
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Sedalia
Missouri
Warsaw
Clinton
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Chillicothe
Columbia
Harrisonville
Lamar
Macon
West Plains
St. Louis
July Weather Summary From State Fair Greenhouses
Dr J E Cannaday reports July 1940 weather from the State Fair Floral greenhouses. Maximums reached 1038 F in July 1940 and 103 F in July 1939, with a 52 F minimum in July 1940 and 58 F in July 1939. Mean max 92.6 F in 1940 vs 95.7 F in 1939. Mean min 67.1 F in 1940 vs 70.3 F in 1939. July averaged 77.5 F over 25 years. Rainfall 2.45 inches in July 1940, 4.41 inches in 1939, 3.89 in 1938. 25-year July average 4.44 inches. July had 26 clear days, 3 partly cloudy, 2 cloudy.
Governor Signs Emergency Relief Bill in St Louis
The $1,500,000 emergency relief appropriation passed rapidly in the special session and was signed by Gov Lloyd C Stark in St. Louis. He is in the city campaigning for the Democratic Senate nomination. The signed bill was sent to the secretary of state in Jefferson City.
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ST. Louis
Lloyd C. Stark
Secretary of State
Jefferson City
Wm. R. Finnell Dies Thursday In Sedalia
William Robert Finnell 82, retired Missouri Pacific engineer, died at home after about three months illness. He lived at 735 East Fifth street and had a long career with the Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe, and earlier life in Tennessee. Surviving are his widow Linnie M. Finnell and several children, with services expected at Epworth M. E. Church under Rev. R. E. Hurd and Rev. May.
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William Robert Finnel
Missouri Pacific
East Fifth Street
Mr. Finnell
Tennessee
Sedalia
Santa Fe Railroad
Adella Anderson
Ada Mason
Linnie Blythe
Linnie M. Finnell
Charles Finnell
Nettie May Payne
East Sixteenth Street
Helen Owens
Lillian Green
Kasas City
Hazel Smith
Ted Finnell
John Finnell
Kansas City
Anson Finnell
Kenneth
Buford
Earl
Roy
George Finnell
Pueblo
Topeka
Kas
Gillespie Funeral Home
Epworth M. E. Church
R. E. Hurd
May
Death of Fred J. Speiser ethical Sedalia rail crafts leader
Carl H. Speiser of 1000 West Sixth street notified of the sudden death of his brother Fred J. Speiser 52 a Sedalia resident known among Missouri Pacific Federated Shop Craftsmen. Death due to a heart attack. Survived by wife of Houston sister Eva Younger of Little Rock Ark and brothers G W Speiser San Antonio and C G Speiser Sedalia.
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Carl H. Speiser
West Sixth Street
Fred J. Speiser
Sedalia
Missouri Pacific Federated Shop
Speiser
Railway
International Association of Machinists
Houston
Eva Younger
Little Rock, Ark
G. W. Speiser
San Antonio
Texas
C. G. Speiser
Record Gasoline Tax Collections Reach New June High
Jefferson City reports gasoline tax collections for June totaled 1,278,794 dollars, a June record. Roy Cherry state oil inspector says the figure is 128,263 dollars above June 1939 and brings six month total to 6,526,904 dollars, 371,882 dollars over the prior year.
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Jefferson City
Roy Cherry
Crash Claims Two Lives Near Crystal City
Injuries from the Monday airplane crash near Crystal City prove fatal for Roy Myler 42 of Festus Mo garage owner and for amateur pilot Martin Pruneau who died shortly after.
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ST. Louis
Roy Myler
Festus
Crystal City
Martin Pruneau
Foreign Agents Detained in Panama Canal Zone Cleanup
Secretary of War Stimson announced a broad cleanup detaining 81 foreigners described as foreign agents in the Panama Canal Zone. All aliens, except Panamanians, have been discharged from Army or Canal Zone employment to protect the vital defense link. The disclosure came as Senate delays hit peace-time draft and mobilization measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Turner
Washington
Panama Canal Zone
War Stimson
National Guard
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Senate
Sedalia Sees 6.5 Percent Retail Rise In June
Census bureau analysis from 898 Missouri stores shows Sedalia retail merchants up 6.5 percent in June compared with June 1939. First half 1940 sales also rose 5.6 percent year over year with groceries and florists as the only laggards. Other gains cited include men's clothing 18.3 percent and car dealers 15.9 percent.
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Sedalia
Census Bureau
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Springfield
Joplin
Cape Girardeau
Jefferson City
Charges Filed Against Mrs. Miller in Missouri Case
Joplin Missouri reports two felonious assault with intent to kill charges and a highway robbery count against 27 year old Mrs Bessie Miller held in Columbus Kansas. She surrendered with brother Ernest Potter and Robert Howerton after a night long manhunt during which patrolman Walter Grammer was lightly wounded. Potter and Howerton waived preliminary on similar felonious assault charges and sought hearing on the robbery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Roy Coyne
Bessie Miller
Columbus
Kas
Ernest Poter
Robert Howerton
Walter Grammer
Potter
Howerton
Flag on American stamps sparks department dilemma
The U S Post Office confirms no flag has ever appeared on an American stamp amid patriotism flurry. San Diego stamp club president H E Rhoads proposed an unfurled flag air mail design prompting wide debate on cancel damage and preservation concerns. The department will not decide yet.
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Post Office Department
Whistler
H. E. Rhoads
San Diego
Calif
Farley
Rhoads
San Diego Stamp Club
Air Mail
Roosevelt aviation gasoline ban sparks wary responses
The admiralty spokesman in Tokyo says the embargo against aviation gasoline to outside the western hemisphere aims to pressure Japan and deter Axis powers while warning foreign powers against interfered espionage roundups. He notes potential repercussions and stresses national secrets during wartime. London sources fear deteriorating Japanese British relations amid global tension.
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Tokyo
Roosevelt
Admiralty
Japan
Germany
Italy
Rome-Berlin
America
White House
United States
Jaly
Britain
France
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Melville James Cox
Morin
Sedalia National Guard units to camp Ripley Minnesota
Sedalia's 140 national guardsmen, including 10 officers, depart at 6 AM Sunday by truck for Camp Ripley Minnesota for three weeks of extensive maneuvers. They join Missouri's 5,800 guardsmen and other units in a large training encampment with several stops along the route.
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Sedalia
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Missouri
128 Field Artillery
Eugene Hansman
P. J. Handley
Robert Neely
James W. Dale
H. O. Berry
Milton Mathews
James’ Blue
John C. McLaughlin
James E. Norlin
Eugene Wolf
Indianola
Iowa
Owatonna
Onamia
Mille Laces Lake
Seventh Corps
U. S. Army
Lewis M. Means
Jefferson City
Missouri National Guard
Marshall
Ames
Lake Ahquabi Park
Farmington
Fiery Death to 43 in Akron Train Wreck
A head-on collision near Akron between a gasoline electric coach and a 73-car freight killed 43 aboard and injured others. Investigators cite an inexplicable mental lapse by engineman Murtough and crew disobeying orders for a switch to a siding, with fatal flames consuming the coach.
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Akron, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cuyahoga Falls
F. W. Krick
Thomas L. Murrough
Harry Shafer
Krick
Hudson
Akron
R. E. Amos
Murtough
Condition of Mrs. Grinstead Unchanged
Mrs Miranda Elizabeth Grinstead, 107, remains in about the same condition after a paralytic stroke several days ago. Few changes were noted today in her medical status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grinstead
Miranda Elizabeth Grinstead
Grinstead
New Japanese State Plan Aims at Greater East Asia Order
Tokyo reports Premier Konoye's government outlines a new centralized Japanese state based on totalitarian rule at home and an independent foreign policy. It seeks to extend dominance over French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies, backed by a Yen bloc currency system. The plan shifts Japan away from Rome Berlin axis and toward extensive rearmament while remaining non involved in the European war for now.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Greater East Asia
Yosuke Matsuoka
Soviet Warns Imperialist Plot Threatens World War
Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov told the Russian parliament that imperialist designs in the United States could widen the war into a world imperialist conflict. He said England with U S aid would fight Germany and Italy and urged heightened vigilance for national security at home and abroad.
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Moscow
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Russia
England
United States
Germany
Italy
France
Molotoff
Baltics
Finland
Britain
Japan
Soviet Union
Several Killed As Nazi Raider Bombs An English Town
German raider bombs English town killing several residents and causing extensive damage. Report notes the attack amid broader wartime actions including German forces capturing Mitau in Russia.
Wealthy French Exiles Face Confiscation of Property
Berlin reports a Vichy decree depriving citizenship and confiscating assets of prominent Frenchmen who left between May 10 and June 30. The list includes Rothschild barons Edouard and Maurice and other leaders, industrialists, and journalists. The radio notes many claim they left to protect France, but faces confiscation unless proven otherwise.
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Berlin
France
Petain
Vichy
Rothschilds
Baron Edouard
Baron Maurice
Baron Maurice de Rothschild
Montreal
Baron Robert de Rothschild
Britain
Edouard
New York
Harri Mayer
Lazare Freres
Edouard Jonas
Paris
Louis Rosengart
M. Solenski
Raoul Buchard
M. Huysman
M. Coen
Beaux Arts and Nations
M. Levitan
Louis Louis-Dreyfus
Elie J. Bois
le Petit Parisien
Genevieve Tabous
L’oeuvre
Pierre Lazareff
Joseph Kessel
Paris-Soir
Henri de Kerillis
Andre Geraud
Geraud
Pertinax
Madame Tabous
United States
Vichy Radio
Simon Thorington Injured In County Home Fall
Simon Thorington suffered a right hip injury after a fall at the county home. He was taken to Bothwell hospital by Gillespie ambulance for treatment. condition was not determined last night.
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Simon Thorington
Bothwell Hospital
Gillespie
German air raids hit Britain drop Hitler peace leaflets
German air raiders bombed southeastern and southwestern England while pamphlets called last appeal to reason fluttered over the countryside. Explosions struck northeastern Scotland as wardens collected the four page leaflets dropped over towns.
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British Isles
Scotland
England
German Bomber Strikes Southeastern England Amid Air Raids
A German bomber attacked a southeastern English town causing fatalities and fires. British fighters pursued the raider as Germany continued coastal bombardment and RAF raids on Nazi targets. The air ministry reported an enemy fighter shot down and two of ours missing.
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London
England
Germany
Air Ministry
Ministry of Home Security
Thames Estuary
Bristol Channel
Hamburg
Bremen
Anatolian quake death toll nears thousand
ANKARA Turkey Aug 1 The Anatolian earthquake Tuesday pushed the death toll above 1000 with many injured. The Turkish Red Crescent sent relief expeditions to 14 ruined villages.
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Ankara
Turkey
The
Red Crescent
Turkish Red Cross
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Democrats
J. E. Cannaday
Wm. R. Finnell
U.S
Ed V. Izac
Helene Eichenlaub
Pittsburgh
Kirke L. Simpson
Rome
Herr Hitler
British Empire
Hitler
Norway
Reichstag
Soviet
Mitau
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