War Department Train Crew Blamed For Wreck In Ohio
Washington officials prepared for a new hearing on military training limits as the Burke Wadsworth bill faced delay. The Senate postponed action on calling up the National Guard while debates continued on conscription ages and officer exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Ohio
Washington
nate miltary
senate
Natonal guard
Senaor Lee
Okla
Bridges ih
NHA
Extras U S Arrests 31 Foreigners In Canal Zone
Secretary of War Stimson announced 81 foreign agents in the Panama Canal zone have been detained for deportation. He refuted a report that 265 Nazis work on Canal projects and said no aliens employed by the army or Canal zone aside from Panamanians remain. He stated only Americans and Panamanians are involved in fire control equipment and related positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Panama Canal zone
Panama Canal
canal zone
New Deal Power Policy Defended by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt argued the New Deal public power policy supports defense by expanding electricity supply. He cited TVA Bonneville Grand Coulee projects and approved a 68.5 million dollar TVA expansion to aid aluminum production for aviation, targeting Willkie in the political exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley authority
TVA
Grand Coulee
Wendell L Willkie
the
Commonwealth and
Southern
Attorney General Affirms State Net Size Ruling
Madison Wisconsin AP reports the attorney general affirmed the legality of a state conservation department order limiting gill nets in northern Green Bay and Lake Michigan to two and a half inch mesh. Commercial fishermen from Two Rivers challenged the rule, but the state supreme court decision upheld the department’s ruling and its ongoing effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
state conservation department
Green Bay
Lake Michigan
Seneral
state supreme court
department
Democrats Of State Prepare For Campaign
Wisconsin Democratic leaders mapped the fall election effort. John D. Kehoe and Thomas King will play active roles in supporting state and national candidates. The 1940 campaign committee, named May 11 at Madison, elected Kehoe chair and outlined cooperation with candidates and Roosevelt administration support. Campaign HQs to open Monday with William D. Carroll presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John D. Kehoe
Green Bay
Thomas King
Oconomowoc
Madison
Kehoe
Jay B. Glerum
Kenosha
Chester Smith
King
Roosevelt
Wiliam D. Carroll
state central committee
Windsors Sail From Portugal on U S Ship
The Excalibur sailed from Lisbon to New York at 6 40 p m carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor en route to the duke’s new post as Bahamas governor. The ship is due in New York August 9 with the entourage occupying a private veranda area. No schedule details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
New York
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Burns Fatal to Kaukauna Girl Elaine Feldcamp
Five year old Elaine Feldcamp daughter of Mr and Mrs Bernard Feldcamp of Kaukauna Wis died after her clothing was ignited by matches she was playing with in a farm setting. The accident occurred today in Kaukauna and was reported by UP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaukauna
Wis
Elaine Feldcamp
Bernard. Feldcamp
War May Spread Predicts Molotoff
Moscow reports Premier Viacheslav Molotov warned that the imperialist war in Europe could spread to the western hemisphere and become a world conflagration. He blamed Britain for hostile acts, noted improving ties with Germany and Italy, and said the Soviet Union would stay neutral yet sees possible expansion of the conflict among the Pan American states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Viacheslav Molotoff
supreme Soviet
western hemisphere
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Britain
Russia
Havana
Americas
Baltic states
Soviet Union
Finland
Sweden
Rumania
Tur
Air Raids Continue Along English Coast
Air raids persist along the English coast as German bombers raid ports linking the world economy. A southeastern town suffered fatalities from a dive bombing attack as fires erupted and British planes engaged the raider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
ministry of home security
Virginio Gayda
Brita
Dover
Collision Kills 43 in Punjab? (Note: This is incorrect. please provide accurate source text.)
(No valid summary available due to unsafe or unclear source content. Please provide a cleaner excerpt.)
Flynn Named Democratic Party Chairman
Edward J. Flynn of New York was chosen to head the Democratic National Committee effective August 17 succeeding James A. Farley. The announcement came at a White House conference with President Roosevelt, Secretary Wallace, and party officials. Flynn long active in New York politics and a Roosevelt adviser, headed the selection committee that named him. Farley will retire to run the New York Yankee baseball system, with other nominees questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward J. Flynn
New York
democratic national committee
Flynn
James A. Farley
White House
Roosevelt
Farley
national committee
democratic committee
Wallace
Byrnes
Edward T. Flynn
Death List Of Wrecked Train Names Akron Victims
An Akron led list details fatalities and injured from a Cuyahoga Falls train wreck. The record names victims and addresses including Mary Badonsky and Charles Bilderback of Akron, with others from Orrville Cleveland and Bayonne. It notes one unidentified man and woman among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Banff
A. L
Badonsky
Mary
Bilderback
Charles
Orrville
Burke
Albert C
Clifford
Earl CC
Davis
Elmer
Cuyahoga
Dave
F. H
Elienbrook
Adam
Fountain
Louis
Cleveland
Fahrney
Ella Elizabeth
New Kensington
Mary Joan
Frank
Charles W
Gibbons
E. W
Endicott
N. Y
Hartley
Wilbur D
Helmich
Los
Kelly
Bruce
Letzkus
Lawrence C
Pittsburgh
Logan
Margaret
Bayonne
Morris
Cameron
Falls
McKee
Pail
Orem
Robert Edgar
army
Palmer
Fred
Peters
Henry
Schieber
Joanne
Schmitz
William
McMechan
W. Va
Squires
C. T. Jr
Tarleton
C. E
Nina
Perry
Lois
Smock
P. H
Cambridge
Frey urges removal of Wisconsin beverage tax chief
Frey Madison head of departmental research urged Gov Heil to remove John W. Roach head of the beverage tax division for incompetence. The division handles liquor tax stamps and cigarette tax stamps as part of State Treasurer Smith’s office. Frey cited Roach’s public charge that Frey delayed stamp purchases to threaten taverns before the defense tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
August Frey
Julius P. Heil
Smith
John W. Roach
John M. Smith
Frey
Heil
Roach
investige
Also Mentioned on This Page
snate
National guard
Senator McNary
Oregon
mane
Mona
Barkley
Kentucky
McNin
hte
Lee 1Deni
Atenea aaft
Crandler
Serato
Bridges
com- PUNE
watert Roosevelt
friggy Ete House
ae Nieto
U. S
New Deal
Pennsylvania railroad
Democrats
John Kehoe
Windsors
East
Balkans
Japan
high command
channel
Scilly Islands
Lands End
Eng
Gayda
England
Hanover
Arctic
north
Africa
Tokyo
Camel
London
Spain
Pennsylvania Railroad today
E. W. Smith
L. Rickey
Hudson, Q
Silver Lake
Hudson
thei
Eva George
New York Central
Little Falls
O. M. Lodge
Thomas Murrough
H. B. Shafer
Mount Vernon
Ted Wonn
Shafer
Wonn
Democratic Party
New Yorker
John Roach
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!