Roosevelt hopes to keep United States out of war
President Roosevelt told reporters Americans oppose war and hope the U S can stay out even if conflict is unavoidable. He cited a record spending program totaling about 40 billion dollars for defense relief labor agriculture and district needs, with further measures pending approval.
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Hyde Park
United States
America
Hamilton Fish
R-N.y
New York Daily News
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Daily News Publishes First War Poll Results
The New York Daily News released first results of a state wide poll on entering World War II to aid Britain. About 2,102 voted no and 861 yes from 696,011 mailed ballots. early returns came from Manhattan, Albany, and Ulster counties with sampling from registration lists.
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New York Daily News
New York Daily News Today
United States
Britain
New York State
Manhattan
New York City
New York County
Albany
Ulster
America
America First Committee
Representative Fish
Orange
Dutchess
Putnam
Army Reserve
Washington
Fort Bragg
N. C
States urge budget cuts to aid U.S. during postwar shift
Rhode Island Governor McGrath Ohio Governor Bricker and New Jersey Governor Edison urged state and federal coordination to trim deficits. They called for economies in non-defense spending, preserving essential services, and sharing federal revenues via grants to sustain social programs and postwar planning.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Ohio
New Jersey
McGrath
John W. Bricker
Charles Edison
N. J
Edison
Bricker
Firemen Speed Off Too Quickly Destructs Ladder Truck
Firemen from No 16 engine house sped away in a hurry and crashed their ladder truck into a parked car two blocks from the station. The rear wheels slipped off a pickup post leaving no one aboard as Russell Wyatt failed to board. Fire Chief Ed Welch said haste prevented the climber from reaching the truck.
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Columbus
No. 16
Engine House
Ed Welch
Tillerman Russell Wyatt
New Soviet Warship Reaches Completion
The Red Fleet organ announced today the completion of a new Soviet warship built by Soviet workers and engineers. The piece called it the last word in shipbuilding technique and noted a recently launched second ship without disclosing tonnages or other details.
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Moscow
Red Fleet
War in Syria Described as Sad and Stupid by R Mowrer
In Haifa July 2 a CBS radio report by Richard Mowrer condemns the Syrian conflict as the saddest and stupidest war in Bible lands. British forces push into Syria to block German moves while Vichy French troops resist. prisoners express defiance amid brutal fighting.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
Haifa
Sword’s Point
Transjordanian
Syria
Near East
Egypt
1500 Strike On St Louis Defense Job
The AFL Building Trades Council at St Louis orders 1500 to 2000 workers to stay off a $4 million Jefferson Barracks project to protest 75 WPA painters. WPA official says workers will stay on site and project is defense related.
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Associated Press
WPA
A. F. of L. Building ‘Trades Council
St. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
E. M. Basye
North American Aviation, Inc
Lew Michener
West Coast
Ci.o.u.a.w
C.I.O
Phillip Murray
Washington
Richard T. Frankensteen
C.I.0
Aviation
National Defense Mediation Board
Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Navy
Martime Commission
San Francisco
C.I
A. F. of L
Oakland
Calif
Hitler
Bendix
Bendix Aviation Corporation
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Alton
Ill
A. F
S. Chem
Ica
Western Cartridge Company
Oswego
International Longshoremen’s Association
W. L. Smith
Charles O’brien
Big Fish Snatches Angler Off St. Petersburg
F J Wessling of Hermann Missouri baited a heavy line off St. Petersburg to see what he would catch. A huge jewfish seized the bait, pulled him overboard, and he surfaced after a moment still gripping the line. He said he tried to hold on but the fish got away.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
F. J. Wessling
Hermann
Wessling
Walter Craft
Canadian Graduates Fly Bombers Over Sea in Air Course
Three Canadian graduates of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan in England are the first fliers posted to the transatlantic ferry service to speed their training as fighter pilots. Squadron Leader N. B. Peterson of Winnipeg P. Davoud of Kingston Ontario and Flight Lieutenant M. Lipton of Halifax flew Hudson Bombers across the Atlantic and were sent to an operational training unit on arrival. They are now taking instruction in night fighting, the finishing touches for combat flying.
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London
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
England
N. B. Peterson
Winnipeg
P. ¥. Davoud
Kingston
Ont
M. Lipton
Halifax
Central Flying School
Trenton
Atlantic
Acquittal for Major Delves Broughton in Erroll murder case
Nairobi July verdict acquits Major Sir Henry John Delves Broughton, 57, WWI veteran, in the Earl of Erroll murder. Jury deliberated three and a half hours after a trial spanning months in the colony courtroom. The Earl, widower, was shot after attending a dinner with Sir Henry and his bride Diana.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Henry John Delves Broughton
Earl of Erroll
Scotland
Henry
Sir Henry
Diana
Durban
South Africa
Hope Gone For All 37 On 'Jinx' Ship
The Dan excursion craft carrying picnickers from Rumford and Mexico sank in Casco Bay after an apparent explosion. Officials differed on loading levels while searchers recovered ten bodies and pressed the probe into the disaster that claimed 37 lives, including local workers and graduates.
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Harpswell
Maine
Casco Bay
John Stevens
Rumford
Mexico
James A. Trott
Portland
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Coast Guard
New England
Mackinac
Narragansett Bay
R. L
Portsmouth
N. H
Don
Thomas J. Sampson
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Henri Petain
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Verdun
Syrian
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