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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1940
Page
8
Fragmentary notice announces Morris Mutehler dead in Jaburben Ren rore area in 1851. The text indicates he is survived by two daughters and possibly other relatives though details are unclear. Readability limited by garbled OCR.
In Bucharest on July 24 a German spokesman said Premier Ion Gipurtu and Foreign Minister Mihail Manoilescu will attend a conference at Salzburg with Hermann von Ribbentrop invited. They will discuss Romania's ties with Germany and a proposed popular government for King Carol's monarchy amid tensions with Russia and Hungary. The talks follow a Soviet-Romanian conciliatory move after the invasion of Bessarabia, signaling Germany’s aim for peace and stable relations in southeastern Europe.
The notice promotes a vitamin enriched white bread with added minerals and vitamins. It touts improved appetite and growth for children, claims a "delicious wheat" flavor, and offers home delivery by telephone or mail order through Syracuse.
An authorized German source said Bulgarian Premier Isa and Foreign Minister Tran Popoff will meet German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop in Salzburg this Friday. The Berlin summit continues Munich talks with Hungary, Romania, and Italy cited as discussing southeastern European reorganization and regional economic unity amid tensions over territorial claims and German-British conflict.
Pravda and Soviet press hail Baltic parliaments elections in July as a clear expression of the people’s will. Editorial claims Red Army occupation and propaganda created a new bright history, wiping out past bourgeois rulers and delivering the working class from misery and unemployment under Soviet power.
Borotza, now France's director of sports, aims to raise physical education to equal status with intellectual education in schools. The Le Petit Dauphin newspaper quotes Horaira, noting the move as part of a revolutionized educational plan to reduce the nation's softness and previous indifference.
The Central China Daily News said three conditions must be met to end the Settlement turmoil in Shanghai: hand over to Nanking arrests, deport foreigners banished by Nanking, and shut down newspapers bought by foreigners. It warned of police rights and direct rule if unmet, criticizing U.S. policy and calling Shanghai no longer governed by law. Barry Johnston, 19, a Brighton fireman and former high school athlete, died in a warehouse fire.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions United States Army figures with unclear ranks and units, including a commander general of the First Hour and references to Gen. Hugh A. Dram and the Second Corps, but the text is severely corrupted, providing no coherent event or outcome.
The report describes French soldiers and others slipping into Switzerland via the Nord border and through Jura regions as German patrols push, with some captured, others reaching safety. It notes British and Polish unit travelers and Swiss patrols tightening controls while authorities in Vichy coordinates with Germany.
A survey by the American Society of Tool Engineers finds a shortage of skilled tool and die workers and mechanics as U S industry expands for defense orders. Ford F Lamb, executive secretary, cites 41 per cent lacking tool and die workers, 68 per cent short of skilled workers, and 67 per cent of industrial organizations short of mechanics. The report also notes a population decline in the area from 37,795 in 1890 to 27,703 in 1940 per census official Joseph O'Brien.
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