Promoted to Sergeant L. C. Miller Heads Police Promotion
Patrolman Loren C. Miller rises to sergeant after Civil Service certification. He tops nine on the promotional list and will fill the vacancy from Sergeant Arthur Hurd’s retirement. Miller, 34, joined the force Feb 8, 1931, and serves in traffic with motorcycle duty. his appointment takes effect July 1.
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Loren C. Miller
Safety Service
J. D Faxon
civil service commission
Miller
Arthur Hurd
Hurd
Millers
University of Michigan
schoor
E. J. Stankard
Loren, Jr
Geraldine
Ninth street
Faxon
WPA Shutdown May Not Affect La Porte Project
Commissioner Edward DeChant received a letter from Congressman Don W. Harter noting a possible exception to a Summer WPA shutdown for the LaPorte water line project. The letter included Carl Watson's view that a case could be made to allow completion. The board had earlier asked Harter to intercede on the LaPorte project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
La Porte Project
LaPorte
Edward DeChant
Don W. Harter
Harter
Carl Watson
Ohio
Watson
Oscar Dunn
Lost Town of 80 Families Found in Peruvian Jungle
In Madre De Dios Peru Captain Conterno leads Peruvian aviators of the Wenner Gren Expedition to a village at the mouth of the Rio Pinquen. The 80 white families, isolated for 25 years, were unaware of World War I and asked for a school and radio telegraph station.
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LIMA
Peru
Rio Pinquen
Conterno
Department of
Madre De Dios
Mother of God
Bolivia
Brazil
Coniterno
Weather summary with warm trend and scattered storms
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions with evening showers in extreme north portions. Sunday remains partly cloudy and warmer with possible late afternoon or night thundershowers. High pressure holds over the Eastern States and Northwest, while a Plains disturbance centers over South Dakota. Moisture has spread from the Great Plains to the Atlantic with precipitation from Lake Michigan to Montana and toward the Texas Panhandle.
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Northwest
Plains States
South Dakota
Great Plains
Atlantic
Lake Michigan
Montana
Texas Panhandle
Congress To Seek $1 Billion For New War Factories
The administration will ask Congress to authorize one billion dollars for new factories and expanded facilities to manufacture vital war supplies. The move follows Senate approval of a bill restricting sale of army and naval equipment to allies as part of a broader naval expansion plan.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Great Britain
army
navy
naval chief of operations
army chief of staff
Naval Affairs
David I. Walsh
Britain
White House
national defense commission
British Naval Base Razed By Italians
Italian airplanes destroyed the British naval base at Mersa Matruh Egypt and bombed Marseilles and Bizerte in Tunisia. The Italian communique claimed several Allied ships sunk or damaged east of the Balearic Islands and raids on Tobruk Port Sudan and Sicily.
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ROME
Mersa Matruh
Egypt
Mediterranean
Italy
Marseile
Bizerte
Tunisia
Balearic Islands
Naval Hospital
Port Sudan
Africa
East Africa
Tobruk
royal naval hospital
Sicily
Turin
Leghorn
Somaliland
Algiers
Britain
German Battleship Scharnhorst Damaged in June Air and Naval Attack
London reports the 26,000 ton German battleship Scharnhorst was seriously damaged by a combined naval and air attack on June 13. The attack, acknowledged by the admiralty and air ministry, saw 13 attacking planes shot down by German fighters or anti-aircraft fire.
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LONDON
admiralty
air ministry
Berlin
Scharnhorst
Shell Explodes Killing Sergeant at Fort Knox
Army authorities at Fort Knox investigated a shell explosion that killed Sergeant Joseph Shiffern and injured Lieutenant Russell Mason. The blast occurred Sunday as officers said the men attempted to explode a shell that had failed to detonate initially, with a theory that an instantaneous fuse was used by mistake.
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FORT KNOX
Joseph Shiffern
Russell Mason
Toled
Army
Outskirts of Berlin Bombed Injuring Seven
Berlin raids injure seven as German hopes rise for France’s armistice acceptance. Incendiaries hit near Babelsberg station. three men, three women and a child wounded. Bremen and Essen raids reported with minor damage.
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BERLIN
France
Adolf Hitler
Babelsburg
Potsdam
Bremen
Essen
Frances
UFA Film Company
United Press
Armistice Terms Reported In London Unofficially
Unconfirmed reports from London state Germany would occupy France with Italy until war end and would cede Alsace and Lorraine. France would surrender war stores gold foreign currency reserves coal and other deliveries in kind for a fixed period.
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LONDON
Germany
France
Britain
Alsace
Lorraine
Confusion Among Republicans on Eve of Convention
Philadelphia June 22 Republican leaders faced a deadlock or deal choice as Dewey Taft and Willkie contend for the nomination. Three key developments shaped the scene: platform disputes over aid to the Allies, a rising Willkie boom, and Roosevelt cabinet appointments. A split over foreign relations policy ponders aid extent while Landon pushes support for Allies.
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PHILADELPHIA
Cay
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Willkie
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
United States
London
National Defense committee
Great Britain
France
Herbert K. Hyde
Oklahoma
Kansas
Maj Gen Smedley Butler Dies at 58 in Philadelphia
Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, 58, famed Marine Corps officer and anti interventionist, died in Philadelphia after a long abdominal illness. The noted “Fighting Quaker” received virtually every major decoration and twice earned the congressional Medal of Honor. Butler entered hospital May 27 after a long speaking tour on isolationist views and had stirred an international incident in 1931 by criticizing Mussolini.
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PHILADELPHIA
Smedley
Darlington Butler
United States Marine Corps
Butler
society of friends
Mussolini
Italy
Rome Newspaper Forecasts Fatal Hour for England
The semi official Relazioni Internazionali weekly warned today that the fatal hour for the British Isles is about to strike and that England will be totally occupied and the British Empire cut into pieces.
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ROME
U.P
Relazioni Internazionali
British Isles
England
British Empire
Work At Top Speed On G. O. P. Platform
The Republican resolutions committee ordered a tentative platform draft by tomorrow after blocking Nebraskas religious objections and denying more time to Alf Landon on the foreign affairs plank. Subcommittees must report planks by 5 p m EST with a full committee meeting tomorrow to receive the draft from George Pepper headed committee.
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PHILADELPHIA
Republican resolutions committee
Nebraska
Alf M. Landon
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Robert Smith
Smith
Roosevelt
Defense Funds Bill Advances After House Approval
The House approved the conference report on a 1.48 billion supplemental defense bill for army and navy expansion. It raises the army strength to 375,000, adds 3,000 planes, and funds 68 new warships, while deleting 8.13 million for rivers and harbors work before sending the measure to the Senate.
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WASHINGTON
House
Senate
Bombers Burst Over Britain In Repeated Air Attacks
German planes struck southeast northern and eastern England in waves for the third time in four nights. A fire started in an eastern county, and a family died in Suffolk while seeking shelter. Windows shattered across a three mile area, and the British BBC halted programming for about 15 minutes.
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LONDON
England
Suffolk
British broadcasting company
Youths Discuss War Hysteria Problems in Ohio Conference
About 500 Ohio youths gathered in Columbus for a discussion of how war hysteria threatens youth. Sponsored by the American Youth Congress and local Youth Councils, the event opened with three minute talks on jobs unemployment and education. Speakers included John Owens of the Ohio Industrial Union Council and Joseph Cadden of the American Youth Congress.
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COLUMBUS
Ohio
American Youth Congress
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
John Owens
Ohio Industrial Union Council
Joseph Cadden
Lineman Electrocuted Near Bellevue
Charles Giddings a 42 year old lineman for Toledo Edison Company was electrocuted while working on a high tension line for France Stone Company two miles southwest of Bellevue on June 22.
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BELLEVUE
Charles Giddings
Sandusky
Toledo Edison Company
France Stone Company
Terms Not Public Until Conclusion Of Italy France Agreement
New York June 22 reports say a Franco German armistice will take effect after an Italo French agreement is reached. CBS and NBC said terms will not be released until that accord ends. six hours after France and Italy seal pact hostilities cease.
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France
Forest of
Compiegne
Germany
Britain
NEW YORK
U.P
Italy
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Compiegne Forest
William Shirer
CBS
Wilhelm Keitel
high command
Charles Huntziger
William C. Kerker
NBC
Kerker
Rome
Adolf Hitler
BORDEAUX
council of ministers
Albert Lebrun
Frances
Marshal Henr Petain
United States
England
Rhone
Lyon
Alpine
Philippe Petain
Maxime Wergand
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