Taft Leads First Roll Call At Republican Convention
The June 27 official tabulation at Convention Hall Philadelphia lists top vote getters: Dewey 360 Taft 189 Willkie 105. Other candidates include Vandenberg 76 Hoover 17 McNary 13 Bridges 28 Gannett 33 Martin 44 MacNider 34 Capper 18 James 74 Bushfield 9.
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Demands Granted As Carol Rushes Army To Oppose Hungarians
In Budapest on June 27 a Balkan telephone exchange noted Romania had cut all external lines while Russia’s ultimatum to Romania expired at 10 o'clock as Carol leads troops to confront Hungarian demands.
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Germany Faces Quandary With Soviet Moves
J W T Mason reports that Romania accepted Russia's ultimatum surrendering Bessarabia and northern Bukovina while the Hungarian question over Transylvania looms large. Russia speeds armament with a six day week as tensions rise in the Balkans and Germany recalibrates policy toward the new Soviet gains.
Hoover Tests Strength as 1940 Nomination Sparks Balloting
Delegates at the Republican convention in Philadelphia discuss Herbert Hoover as a potential candidate while early ballots gauge support against Wendell Willkie. Taft Vandenberg and Dewey are also floated, with nominating speeches underway and Hanford MacNider first named for consideration.
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Famed Bridge Expert Ralph Modjeski Dies in Los Angeles
Ralph Modjeski, 79, renowned bridge engineer and chairman of the consulting board for the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, died at his Los Angeles home. He designed the Trans Missississippi bridge in New Orleans the Mid Hudson bridge in Poughkeepsie the Delaware River bridge in Philadelphia and the Columbia river bridge at Celilo Oregon. He had been ill for seven years and bedridden for three. Survived by his widow Mrs Virginia Modjeski a daughter Mrs Sidney Pattison of Tucson and a son Charles Modjeski of Philadelphia.
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Baseball Finals Highlighted By National League Scores
Baseball finals note Chicago 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 9 Brooklyn 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 9. Lee Todd Carleton Tamulis Phelps credited with runs. New York Philadelphia night game listed as scheduled.
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Peace rumors swirl as ballots in Republican nominating race begin
A divergent landscape of peace chatter surrounds Britain and Germany while voters in Delaware and other states cast the first ballot for the Republican presidential nomination. Rumors cite Sir Samuel Hoare and a Berlin radio commentator, but London officials deny any peace moves. The piece tracks early state tallies and notes the story’s weak origins.
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Pan-American Parley Set for July 17 in Havana
Dr. Miguel Angel Campa Cuba secretary of state announced that the Pan American conference of foreign ministers will meet in Havana on July 17. Topics include continental defense closer economic cooperation among American countries and issues of European colonies in the Americas.
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Second Large Defense Bill Signed By FDR
President Roosevelt signed a 1.77 billion dollar supplemental defense measure to raise army enlisted strength to 375 000 men and add 3 000 planes while funding 68 new warships for the navy. The bill totals 5.36 billion in defense authorizations and cash, boosting peacetime defense outlays.
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Nazi Invasion Of England Nearing Reported By German Fleet
United States and British sources report Germany massing small boats in Nazi ports for a potential invasion of Britain. Berlin observers speculate Hitler could address peace terms before an invasion attempt, with Stavanger cited as a Baltic port for crafts bound for Scotland.
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Arizona Student Takes Final Exam at Oxford
Six American Rhodes scholars forced from Great Britain by the war take their final Oxford examinations at Swarthmore College Swarthmore Pa June 27 A P Dana K Bailey University of Arizona among those students
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German peace overture to England sparks market chatter
New York financial sources report they received credible but neutral reports that Germany proposed a sensational peace plan to England. It allegedly offers England about 95 percent of its empire while internationalizing Gibraltar and the Suez canal. The approach would go through Generalissimo Franco in Madrid, though German circles dismiss peace talk as nonsense.
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NYA To Train Local Men In Defense Work
The National Youth Administration will train 50 to 100 young men in vocational subjects as part of the defense program. A resident training center will be set up here after July 1, with a training shop planned at the Ochoa community center. Eligible are men 18 to 24, non military instruction noted.
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Outside copper price declines in New York market
The outside market for copper traded around 11 cents a pound, about 4% below primary producers, as weak consumer interest pulled unofficial quotes lower. Producers held at 11% cents, with many wellselling ahead, while export prices eased to roughly 10.90 cents alongside ships.
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Hitler Approves Hungarian Plans To Seize Lands
Budapest reports that Adolf Hitler told Count Teleki Hungary's territorial claims will be met as Bulgaria and Hungary study Romania’s capitulation to Russian demands. The letter signals a Balkan realignment after Germany’s victory in France and Hungary’s favorable war stance.
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