Republican convention clashes over foreign policy and Hoover speech
At Convention Hall Philadelphia Rep Joseph W Martin takes chair as GOP fights over interventionism and aid to allies. Hoover delays his address while Dewey Willkie factions maneuver and committee reports trim southern representation. A 25 vote Gannett bloc forms as Wahl continues.
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Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Martin
Wy Gevew Eee
Resolutions Committee
Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Frank E. Gannett
New York
Hanford MacNider
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
U S Cruisers Ready to Aid Uruguay
U S warships Quincy Wichita Arkansas Texas New York arrived near Venezuela and Uruguay as Uruguay acts against pro Nazi groups. Washington ordered Quincy to stay and welcomed the Wichita to join, signaling U S support for Uruguay's anti subversive measures amid regional armament.
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Uruguay
Montevideo
U. S
Quincy
Washington
Seventh Squadron
Wichita
Rio de Janeiro
Chamber of Deputies
Arkansas
Texas
New York
la Guaira
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Germany
Special Commission
South America
Argentina
Bingham County Population Rises as Farms Decline
Idaho Falls June 25. Bingham county shows a population increase of 2,455 while farms drop 255. Population rises from 18,561 in 1930 and farms total 2,228 in 1940, down from 2,483 in 1935. Numbers announced by Ernest T. Spencer, eastern Idaho census supervisor.
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Idaho Falls
Bingham County
Ernest T. Spencer
Idaho
Senator O Mahoney Pushes Wool Growers Role
Senator O Mahoney said the national defense council assured wool growers would be represented at all future wool industry conferences. He urged this policy after learning a New York wool conference had included only manufacturers and dealers.
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Waserington
Lane 25
O'Mahoney
Wyo
National Defense Council
Council
New York
Louisiana Legislature Abolishes Hanging in Favor of Electric Chair
Baton Rouge reports the Louisiana legislature voted 80 to 7 to abolish hanging as a method of execution. The measure provides for a portable electric chair to be taken to any parish where a death sentence is imposed.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Former Governor John Stuchell Fisher Dies at 73
Pittsburgh dispatch reports former Pennsylvania governor John Stuchell Fisher died at his home at age 73. A Republican, Fisher served a four year term beginning in 1927, noted as the farm boy who rose through study to the state’s highest office.
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Pittsburgh
John Stuchell Fisher
Pennsylvania
Fisher
New Tax Bill Becomes Law Expands Defense Funding
President Roosevelt signed a 4.69 billion tax bill to fund defense, affecting about 2 million new ratepayers. The plan raises taxes on cigarettes theater admissions cars radios liquor and more, with a five year revenue target and a permanent heads of family exemption cut and 10 percent super tax. The measure also raises the debt limit and authorizes national defense notes to cover armaments until tax revenue arrives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Lions of
Germany Reveals Armistice Terms With France
Berlin publishes in DNB the armistice provisions affecting France. France to lay down arms of surrounded troops. occupied zone extends from Geneva to Bayonne with German authority. France may form government in the occupied area or return to Paris. French armed forces to be demobilized with German approval.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Europe
DNB
Ministry of Information
English Channel
Geneva
Tours
Bayonne
England
Paris
Italy
Marseille
Switzerland
Rome
Polish Troops Land on West Coast of England
Several thousand Polish soldiers pledged to continue the fight against Germany landed today at a west coast English port from France. Air force personnel were among the arrivals as Britain reaffirms support.
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London
Germany
Britain
France
Australia
Charles de Gaulle
American Victim of Trotsky Raid
Police found Sheldon Harte, secretary guard to Leon Trotsky, dead from a gunshot in an abandoned house near Mexico City. Harte, once of New York City, vanished May 24 after a machine gun attack on Trotsky’s residence. Identification came from Trotsky household associates.
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Mexico City
Sheldon Harte
Leon Trotsky
Harte
New York City
Trotsky
Beaufiful Mountain Woman Adopted by Blackfeet Tribe
Dr Minnie R L Maffett national president of the Federation of Business and Professional Women received the title Beauful Mountain Woman as she was adopted into the Blackfeet Indian tribe at a campfire ceremony near Lake Josephine Glacier National Park Montana. The event capped a buffalo barbecue honoring 400 delegates to the organization's convention.
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Glacier National Park Mont
Minnie R. L. Maffett
Dallas
Texas
Federation of Busines and Professional Women’s Club
Lake Josephine
Trade Declines Through Viladivostok Port
Dr Hues Dalton told the house of commons that trade in war materials through Viladivostok, Soviet Russia's far eastern port, was falling. Britain suspects materials reach Germany and has pressed Moscow to halt the traffic by blockade and diplomacy. Sir Stafford Cripps in Moscow discussed the traffic with Soviet officials.
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London
Hues Dalton
House of Commons
Viladivostok
Soviet
Russia
Britain
Germany
Moscow
Dalton
Stafford Cripps
Baseball Scores National Chicago at Brooklyn night game
National Chicago beat Brooklyn 9 to 15 in nine innings while Philadelphia lost 7 to 14 to St Louis. New York defeated Cleveland 3 to 2 and Boston defeated Detroit 11 to 7 in ten innings. Washington played Chicago at night. Weather outlook partly cloudy with storms over mountains tonight.
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Brooklyn
Idaho
British Chief Accusing Petain of Failure To Respect Promises
British reports quote Churchill accusing Marshal Petain of breaking solemn assurances over the French fleet. Armistice terms cap France’s hostilities as German and Italian forces advance, with bombings continuing in the Low Countries and attacks on English targets.
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KROME
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French North Africa
Associated Press
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Egypt
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Mediterranean
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House of Commons
London
Henri Philippe Petain
Viscount Caldecote
Dominions
House of Lords
Order Fixes Prices In Bituminous Coal Market
The interior department issues an order setting maximum discounts for minimum prices producers may offer to registered distributors and farmers' cooperatives. Director Harold A. Gray says the discounts, 5 to 50 cents per ton, are reviewable by Secretary Ickes and apply to coal sold within the market stabilization plan under the coal act.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Division
Department of Interior
Harold A. Gray
Ickes
Idaho plans expansion of sugar beet industry
At a Boise conference Idaho agricultural officials and growers urged expanding the western beet crop to boost U S self sufficiency in sugar. They urged limiting offshore quotas, noted Idaho led the nation in beet yields in 1938, and cited favorable conditions with about 31 000 acres planted in the upper Snake valley.
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Idaho
Boise
E. N. Pettygrove
Bottolfsen
United States
West
H. A. Elcock
Twin Palls
Amalgamated Sugar Company of
Orden
H. M. Wray
Blackfoot
Blackfoot Beet Growers’ Association
Upper Snake
Snake Valley
Hitler's Blitz War Aims Extend Beyond England
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Britain faces a decisive phase as German air raids target England while Britain pushes into German territory. He warns Mussolini must be kept in check and Spain may edge into the struggle, shaping a broader Mediterranean balance of power.
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England
Herr Hitler
Britain
Norway
Denmark
John Bull
Hitler & Co
Mussolini
Spain
Franco
Hitler
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