Third party talk grows as Wheeler backs Willkie
Washington July 3 A 12 member advisory committee takes charge of Wendell Willkie campaign while John L Lewis endorses Senator Burton Wheeler for president. Wheeler vows to seek the Democratic nomination only if Roosevelt does not run for a third term. Roosevelt avoids commitment while Willkie rejects corporate donations and builds his campaign with Stassen Simms and Ingalls leading. Democrats attack Willkie as “blitzkrieg” backing and Rankin calls for an investigation of Philadelphia convention delegates.
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Deadline Near For Soap Box Derby In City
Sixty plus youngsters have signed for the third annual Soap Box Derby to be held July 24 in North Potomac street. Registration closes at midnight July 16 with a peak field of competitors hoping to set new time records and win prizes plus an all expense trip to Akron Ohio. Cars feature underslung high tread and various brake types. Bring a parent to Hoffman Chevrolet Co North Locust street to sign up before July 10.
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Million Men Should Be Trained Says Reckord
Maj General Milton A Reckord Maryland National Guard commander urged the United States to train at least one million men now to defend homes and the continental United States. He spoke at a Rotary Club in Baltimore stressing long arduous training and top equipment to keep Americans safe.
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Tree Trimming Delayed Until Fall In Hagerstown
Following a conference with State Forester F. W. Besley and Walter J. Quick Jr the Board of Street Commissioners decided to delay Wholesale tree trimming operations in Hagerstown until fall Besley and Quick surveyed the city yesterday finding several branches dangerous to traffic and pedestrians Besley suggested appointing a deputy forester from city staff or a forestry department representative to oversee work He noted many residents oppose trimming yet trimming can improve appearances and was struck by the number of Norway maples and the city’s five parks and urged acquiring an experienced tree man for the city"}
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British Princesses To Stay In England Headlines
King George and Queen Elizabeth refused requests to send Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose abroad fearing invasion. The Daily Mail reported the royal reply that the royal family would face dangers at home alongside British families, sharing the peril with the nation.
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Property Sold at Trego Public Auction
The Perkins property at Trego sold in front of the Courthouse at public auction for 2100 dollars yesterday afternoon. Auctioneer J. C. Snyder led the sale.
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Russian Paratroopers Killed Under Refugee Train Wheels
Russian parachute soldiers were run down and killed by a refugee train near Cernauti as they tried to halt it. Passengers recalled five Soviet mines that overtook the train and fired on the parachutists ahead of the locomotive. Fifteen arrests followed in London in a major Fifth Column roundup, including a prominent Fascist tied to a raid on Fascist offices.
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Busman's Holiday in Bethany on July Vacation
Rural Letter Carrier L A Parks enjoyed a rare vacation time in Bethany Missouri on July 3. He spent the day with Clyde Stratton another letter carrier helping deliver mail and taking a break from routine duties.
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L. A. Parks
Clyde Stratton
City treasurer hints at unclaimed tax grant by mystery envelope
Kansas City reports the city treasurer received an envelope containing three five dollar bills and a note reading 1940 taxes with no name or address. Also mentions Real Estate columns as a hub for home opportunities in the classifieds.
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Mortal Storm at Maryland Theatre Shows Nazi Germany
The moving picture The Mortal Storm adapted by MGM from Phyllis Bottome’s novel, stars Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Robert Young and Frank Morgan. It depicts the rise of Hitler in Germany with rugged mountain and Alpine village scenes and a dramatic escape sequence. The film, banned in three countries for its exposes, aims to reflect historical facts without exaggeration.
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Star Rust Hollywood Story At Henry's Air Conditioned Theatre
Hollywood's Star Rust presents Linda Darnell in a tale of two youths seeking cinema success. John Payne Roland Young and Charlotte Greenwood co-star with Mary Healy singing theme ballad and Mack Gordon contributing two songs. Shows run daily 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
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Charlotte Greenwood
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Donald Meek
Hoagy Carmichael
Mitchell Parish
Mack Gordon
Siwash St Ry Creates Notable Historic Record
A Paramount film display echoes a street railway company’s past with a 1900 trolley car that ran two days before folding. The car’s record reads two trips one crash one closeup, a nod to many rehearsals and a vivid slice of early transit history linked to Those Were the Days.
The Ghost Breakers Opens at Maryland Theatre
Paramount presents The Ghost Breakers a mystery comedy thriller starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard opening tomorrow at the Maryland Theatre The plot follows Paulette inheriting a Cuban island castle as villains plot to derail her visit and force a sale Hope plays a radio commentator uncovering underworld rackets joining the voyage to Cuba amid murder and eerie events
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The Ghost Breakers in Haunted Castle Atmosphere
A hotel floor danger to the heroine escalates aboard a ship with threats and a near murder. Paulette is saved by Bob as a castle guarded by a grim old woman and a zombie son heightens eerie moans and suspense before a shocking climax.
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Tornadic winds hit Thorndale area in deadly July storm
Stornadic winds swept Taylor Texas July 3 smashing the two story high school building at nearby Thorndale last night unroofing several homes a gin and oil mill and plunging the town into darkness No injuries reported as driving rain accompanied the winds
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