Composer Zo Elliott Relates Napoleonic Inspiration Behind Song
Zo Elliott the Yale trained World War veteran and composer visited Butte and spoke about Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow inspiring his song The Long Long Trail. He arrived from Spokane and stayed for the Marine Corps flag ceremony while performing vocal and instrumental solos at Cliff House Roosevelt Drive.
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Federal Union to Hold First Convention in Cleveland
The first annual convention of Federal Union Inc will be held in Cleveland June 28 29 Clarence K Streit president announced Speakers will include James D Mooney William Chenery and Russell Davenport The organization formed July 15 1939 now has 80 chapters with Denver youngest Morris C Bakke Colorado Supreme Court head of the Denver chapter Streit spoke in Billings en route to Missoula about the union plan modeled on the 1860 Constitution Union idea.
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Roosevelt Receives Oxford Honorary Degree in Harvard Yard
President Roosevelt, responding by proxy, accepts an Oxford University honorary doctorate in Harvard Yard after Lord Halifax reads the citation. He declares Americans would rather die on their feet than live on their knees, reaffirming commitment to freedom in a historic ceremony shared with Lord Halifax who receives a degree himself.
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Pommer Receives Private Hollywood 25th Film Birthday Honor
Erich Pommer of RKO is presented with a private golden plaque by Frank Fay and a Hollywood delegation marking his 25th film birthday and his major contributions. Pommer originated boom crane and dolly shots and produced classics like The Last Laugh Variety Cabinet of Dr Caligari The Blue Angel Hotel Imperial Lillium They Knew What They Wanted.
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Italian Vessel in U S Possession
The Maritime Commission has seized the 6131 ton Italian freighter Clara, the first Axis ship taken under requisitioning. Agents took it at Savannah and will send it to Newport News for drydocking before entering service. Terms of payment to be notified to the owners.
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Dog Rowdy Granted Stay: Probate Court Must Rule
In Oakland on June 19 a brown and white fox terrier named Rowdy won a temporary extension from a judge who required a probate court order to end his life. Judge T W Harris secured a pledge from the will executor’s attorney that Rowdy would not be killed before a permanent injunction hearing next Monday. Soldiers in Tasmania protest待遇 to dogs on trains and soldiers.
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Egyptian soldiers smoke Italian cigars as stocks rise
Egyptian warehouses hold large Italian cigars after Italy entered the war while British East Africa exports nearly 5,000,000 pounds of coffee to the United States in a recent month.
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