Dawes Intervenes To End GOP Platform Dispute
The fifth session of the Republican National Convention opened in Philadelphia amid protests as isolationists dropped their demand for a pledge against spilling American blood abroad. Charles G. Dawes advised Senator Brooks not to split the resolutions committee, paving the way for final platform draft approval. Pepper left the room in protest over revised foreign policy language amid ongoing tensions within the GOP.
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PHILADELPHIA
UCB
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
U. S
Great Britain
C. Warland Brooks
Tinois
Henry P. Fletcher
Pepper
Drafting Committee
George Wharton Pepper
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
the
com
Roosevelt
Republican party
Pennsylvania
commiitee
British Blockade Extends to France and Iberian Ports
London reports the British blockade now covers France with ships to and from axis-occupied ports under normal contraband control. It also extends to vessels trading with Spanish ports on the occupied territory border and to ships to and from Portugal, now liable to search.
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LONDON
France
ministry of economic warfare
Portugal
Ohio Outlook: Cloudy With Showers Tonight Into Thursday
The forecast notes cloudy conditions in Ohio with local showers tonight and Thursday. Temperatures remain steady with not much change. A high pressure system over the Gulf States and Northwest and low pressure over the Central Plains and Northeast influence the national weather pattern. Cooler conditions are seen in the Ohio Valley and Atlantic States as recent precipitation confines in that area.
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OHIO
Gulf States
Northwest
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Lake region
Atantic States
United States
Fireworks Stand Blast Kills Dog in Elyria
A Fourth of July preview blast at a Cleveland road fireworks stand destroyed supplies worth about 100 dollars and killed a police dog. Two teens, Roy Stich and Harry Phillips, escaped unharmed as firemen fought the blaze. Police Chief E J Stenkard warned officers to clamp down on fireworks within city limits and enforce age restrictions, with enforcement extending beyond the city boundary.
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rtsk
Cleveland road
Harry Daugherty
Harry Phillips
Winckles street
Roy Stich
Concord avenue
Daugherty
Stih
E. J. Stenkard
Elyria
Hoover backs any GOP nominee for president
Former President Herbert Hoover said he would support any presidential nominee chosen by the Republican national convention. He avoided discussing his own candidacy and endorsed an open convention with no interference by delegates. He reaffirmed, two years ago he announced he would not seek public office.
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PHILADELPHIA
Herbert Hoover
Republican party
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewer
Robert A. Taft
Wendell L. Willkie
California
Stassen
Willkie
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Patrolman Walter Gehrke Named to Elyria Police Vacancy
Safety Service Director I. D. Faxon announced Walter Leo Gehrke 27 of 237 Gates Avenue as patrolman to fill the vacancy created by Patrolman C. L. Miller’s promotion. Gehrke scored 85.8 percent on the civil service exam, has 25 years in Elyria, and will start Monday on a three month probation with a Class C salary of 1720 dollars rising to 1776 and then 1920 in year three.
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Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Walter Leo Gehrke
Gates avenue
C. L. Miller
Gehrke
police civil service
Faxon
Elyria
Estria high school
Elyma Foundry Co
Fall of Turkish Cabinet Expected
Istanbul despatch reports the cabinet likely to fall over Prime Minister Refik Saydam and Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu due to pro British leanings. A Turkish policy shift toward strict neutrality and closer ties with Russia was anticipated, with Saracoglu's retirement seen as certain due to limited Russia sympathy.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey
Refik Saydam
Sukru Saracoglu
Russia
Saracoglu
Taft Chances Not Hurt by Minnesota Stassen Endorsement
At Taft headquarters in Philadelphia campaign manager David S. Ingalls said Stassen's endorsement of Wendell Willkie does not damage Taft's path to the nomination. He asserted no one is unfavorable to Taft as a second choice and expressed confidence Taft will be nominated.
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PHILADELPHIA
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Siassen
Minnesota
Wendell L. Willkie
Taft
David S. Ingalls
Gov. Stassen
Sen. Taft
Ingalls
Presidential Race Still Wide Open At 1940 GOP Convention
Philadelphia dispatch reports a wide open Republican 1940 presidential race as nominating speeches loom. Front runners Dewey Taft and Willkie jockey for position amid Hoover background chatter and party factions. Stassen backs Willkie. Dewey and Taft forces explore behind the scenes moves as McNary and Gannett support shift.
New London Sewer Project to Begin July 5
Official word to Mayor Blackman says New London will start its 140000 sewer system and disposal plant on July 5. About 200 WPA workers from Huron County will begin work. A resident engineer arrives this week and bids for machinery and equipment will be advertised. Completion is planned within twelve months through the winter. The project is the county's largest WPA job.
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NEW LONDON
Clark A. Blackman
NeWPA
Huron county
Blackman
WPA
Lightning Strikes House Damages Roof Dormer
Firemen were called to the home of William Gibbons at 228 Prospect Street at 11 12 a m today when lightning struck the north dormer tearing slate from the roof and asbestos shingles from the side. There was no fire.
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William Gibbons
Prospect street
Italy Prepares For Prominent Part In Attack On Britain
Rome reports intensified Italian war preparations aimed at a leading role in attacking Britain and its colonies. Armistice terms with France authorize demilitarized zones, base demobilization, and Italian control over weapons and units tied to enforcing the accord.
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France
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Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Corprus
Palestine
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Egypt
Libya
lnes
Tunisia
Algeria
Djibouti
Somaliland
Djbouti
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Germany
French North Africa
Syria
Armistice Terms May Shape U S Naval Posture
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports German and Italian armistice terms include pledges not to claim possession of the French fleet. Hitler seeks to influence U S sentiment and deter western hemisphere fears while Mussolini avoids full occupation of French North Africa, shaping postwar naval power.
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Germany
Italy
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Hitler
Hohenzollern
Mussolini
France
British raid coast as war broadens across theaters
United Press reports Britain launched landing party raids on the German held European coast and intensified bomber strikes on targets from Norway to Italy. Air and naval operations targeted German bases, industry, and morale while Japan extended pressure in China and Indo China, and American defenses veered toward the Panama Canal amid global war tensions.
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United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Gucal
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far East
Europe
London ministry of information
British Isles
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
France
Britain
midlands
Birmingham
Italy
Hong Kong
United States
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Honolulu
Uruguay
Havana
German Planes Intensify Attacks as Blitzkrieg Looms
Berlin reports German planes attack British air fields and uprene plants in the English midlands as Britain and Germany move to enforce armistice terms. The high command says attacks killed four, with limited material damage, while submarines torpedoed the British steamer Saranac and other enemy ships. Germany prepares to control much of France and coastal zones under the armistice, aiming to strike Britain.
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British Isles
high command
Adolf Hitler
feld
Germany
Stavanger
Norway
Ireland
Saranac
Britain
France
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Atlantic
Briain
Hitler
Gironde
Bordeaux
Driver Bound Over In Traffic Death
Luther Castleberry of Mansfeld was bound to the grand jury under a $1,000 bond after a preliminary hearing on a second degree manslaughter charge in the June 1 fatal crash on Lake Road near Vermilion. The wreck near Cleveland killed Frank Bennyhoff and injured Leola Bennyhoff and two others. Castleberry and his daughter Dorothy sustained minor injuries.
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Mansfeld
justice of the
H. C. Cummings
waffe
Frank Bennybet
Vestry avenue
Cleveland
Lake road
Vermicon
Castleberry
Dorothy
Cedar Pot
Bennyhof
Leola Bennyhoff
Robert Reed
aso
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