Hoover Joins Anti Willkie Row In Philadelphia Convention
At the 1940 Republican meeting in Philadelphia Hoover hosted talks aimed at opposing Wendell Willkie. Taft Vandenberg and Pew visited Hoover while Willkie supporters saw the same in Hoover’s conferences. Hoover denied pursuing public office but kept open the possibility of a nomination if offered. The foreign policy debate delayed the resolutions committee and Willkie pressed state delegations as Taft Dewey and Vandenberg fought to preserve influence. The Stassen pledge for Willkie awaited clear results as margins remained unsettled.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Stop Willkie
Taft
Ohio
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Michigan
Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Pennsylvania
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Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Resolutions Committee
Wendell
New York
Joseph W. Martin
Martin
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
Japan moves to extend empire in East Asia says report
Tokyo reported a Japanese Monroe Doctrine would deny outside interference in East Asia including French Indo China and the Netherlands East Indies. The plan aims to extend Japan's sphere to Dutch islands near the Philippines and extend into the Indian Ocean. Hongkong reports say Japanese forces encircled Mirs bay and Kowloon, isolating the Crown Colony if needed.
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H. C. Thompson
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China
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Britain
Singapore
Indian Ocean
Philippines
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Far East
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Great Britain
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Privy Council
Dutch East Indies
Hongkong
Indo- China
Burma
Late War Bulletins From Ottawa and Tokyo
June 26 dispatches report M J Coldwell urging Ottawa to seize Henry Ford interests in Canada. Observers fear Japanese moves threaten French and British holdings in the Far East with Hongkong, Singapore, and Indo China activity deterring arms flows to Chiang Kai-shek. Fleet movements and Tokyo’s notes on border posts and railway control are noted amid mounting naval activity.
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Baseball Finals Open With Doubleheader Scores Flooded NL
National League first game Pittsburgh barely scores as Philadelphia runs 7 2 in a 7 2 win. Second game Pittsburgh bats struggle while Philadelphia bats in relief. American League results show Detroit and Chicago losses and New York Boston and Cleveland games with mixed innings and late rallies.
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Philadelphia
Bowman
Lopez
Blanton
Todd
Republican Platform Highlights Pledge Strong Defense and Work Programs
Platform notes Americanism preparedness and peace with no foreign war. It calls a strong army and navy, national defense as vital, and a free economy. It supports local unemployment relief, workers rights, agricultural fairness, and efforts to employ idle resources while expanding relief targeting.
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Philadelphia
Republican Party
America
Arizona GOP delegates open to Gannett on early ballots
The Arizona delegation supports Frank Gannett on the first three or four ballots at the Republican convention but will caucus and scan the rest of the field. They remain open minded and aim to back a candidate who can defeat Roosevelt, with pressure from home steering toward Wendell Willkie after early ballots. Alabama’s move to yield for Dewey ends Arizona’s chance to push Gannett and leaves James Wadsworth as a potential nominator.
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Arizona
Frank Gannett
New York
Hugh Daggs
Wendell L. Willkie
Utility
Alabama
Thomas E. Dewey
Gannett
James W. Wadsworth
British Raiders Strike Nazi Coastline in New Phase of War
British landing parties penetrated the European coastline as German defenses tighten before invasion. Royal Navy and RAF raids inflicted casualties, captured dead and information, signaling a guerrilla campaign to harass coastal bases and disrupt preparations for Britain's defense. Past losses weaken German naval forces while observers see potential for sustained RAF shock troop raids.
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Germany
Britain
Royal Air Force
Reuters
Orden
Norway
North Sea
Channel
Atlantic
Two Large Liners To Get Refugees
The United States plans to send two liners the Washington and Manhattan to rescue American refugees stranded in Galway Ireland and Lisbon Portugal. The Washington sails from New York Friday and should reach Galway on July 4. The Manhattan will depart for Lisbon after repairs. This voyage is described as the last government evacuation effort from Britain and Ireland.
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United States
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Galway
Ireland
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Portugal
New York
State Department
Britain
Arizona Rail Valuation Cut by State Commission
The Arizona state tax commission cut the 1940-41 valuation of railroad properties to 37,434,702 a drop of 208,114 due to abandoned branch lines. Company valuations listed include Apache Railway Arizona Lumber and Timber Atcheson Topeka and Santa Fe Magma Arizona Railway Phelps Dodge Morenci Bay and Gila Valley Southern Pacific Southwest Lumber McNary Tucson Cornelia and Gila Bend Verde Tunnel and Smelter railroad.
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State Tax Commission
Arizona
Apache Railway
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company
Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe
Magma Arizona Railway
Phelps Dodge, Morenci
Bay and Gila Valley Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Company
Southwest Lumber McNary
Tucson, Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad
Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad
Pacific Fleet Cruisers Split From Fleet Move Sparks Questions
The navy announced a third cruiser Phoenix is to visit Valparaiso Chile while Quincy and Wichita already in Atlantic South American ports raise concerns over fifth column activity tied to German victories. Officials offer no comment on Hawaii fleet departure and Far East tensions continue with Japan’s suspected proclamation.
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Navy
Lewis Compton
Phoenix
Pacific
Valparaiso
Chile
Quincy
Europe
United States
Hawaii
Atlantic
Far East
Americas
Ford Refuses Airplanes For Great Britain
The national defense commission said Henry Ford would not manufacture engines for Britain. Ford claimed he could produce 1,000 complete planes daily but refused engines, ending joint U S Britain production plans. William S. Knudsen announced further efforts to find cooperation elsewhere.
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Air Force
Britain
Henry Ford
Ford
Great Britain
National Defense Commission
William S. Knudsen
The
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Germany opens trade offensive to sway South America
A well informed source says Germany has started a strong trade offensive in lower South America to pull Argentina and Uruguay away from close cooperation with the United States. In Moscow the Soviet government enacted a six day working week with one day off to raise production.
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Germany
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Uruguay
United States
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Bombing hits Chungking embassies and missions
More than 100 Japanese bombing planes attacked Chungking dropping 600 to 800 bombs. So viet embassy buildings were destroyed and the German embassy was shaken. Two bombs landed near the U S embassy. The Canadian mission hospital Young Men's Guild mission and both London Friends missions offices were demolished.
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U.P
United States
Young Men’s Guild
London Friends Mission
What Of U S Fleet As Japan Asserts Aims
In a broad analysis DeWitt MacKenzie argues Japan seeks Far East dominance leveraging weakened Britain and France, threatening rich colonial territories and challenging Western powers. He notes the U S fleet’s mysterious Pacific movement may target the region, while Tokyo pushes toward protectorates and halted trade routes through Indo China and Hong Kong.
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Japan
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
France
Orient
Nippon
Far East
Eastern Asia
Britain
Netherlands
British dynamite bridges in Hong Kong frontier defense
British forces detonated bridges over the Shumchun river in Hong Kong as a precautionary defense measure after reports that Japanese troops reached Lungshao in Kwangsi. Chinese accounts say 70 to 80 percent of Kwangchowwan residents fled fearing seizure of the French leased territory.
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Shumchun River
South China
Lungshow
Kwangsi Province
Kwangchowwan
Myron Taylor Undergoes Operation at Vatican
Myron Taylor, Roosevelt's representative at the Vatican, underwent a two hour operation today. The bulletin from Dr. Whipple and Dr. Bastianelli said the procedure removed gallstones and relieved bile duct obstruction. Taylor's condition is described as satisfactory after three weeks of illness.
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Myron @ Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Whipple
Bastianelli
Myron C. Taylor
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