Global late news bulletins August 1 1940 roundup
Ottawa reports ban on Pravda circulation under defense regulations. Canberra notes conscription for Australian men aged 20 to 24, with 21 already called. Buenos Aires cites a possible clash between British and German raiders near Trinidad, a German supply base. Harvey missing and captured as a POW in London. Moscow announces trials for factory executives over production waste. Chamberlain shows progress after operation. Bombay reports Congress push for immediate independence and central government after war.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Buenos Airres
Buenos Aires
Alcantara
Trinidad
Some Refugees Return In France Vichy
Refugees in the German occupied zones of France will resume repatriation on a reduced scale. Certificates will be limited to agricultural workers and their families and to government service members returning to Paris with their families.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Senator McNary Sets Westward Campaign Speech Plan
Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican vice presidential nominee, said he plans five or six major campaign speeches mostly in the West and may give several radio talks from Washington.
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Washington
Senator McNary
Oregon
West
Why England Slept and a New American Youth Emerges
Dewitt Mackenzie reflects on John F. Kennedy's 23 year old study Why England Slept and argues that a new proactive American youth is rising across college campuses seeking truth and civic involvement. He recounts discussions at Hamilton College where curious students ask how they fit into a changing world and war prospects.
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John F. Kennedy
Court of St. James
England
John Kennedy
Joe’ Kennedy
Labor Party
Labor
Chamberlain
John
Yale
Vassar
West Virginia
Duke
Syracuse
Georgia
Hamilton
Civic Sun
Hamilton College
Japan Opposes U S Gasoline Ban Across Axis Nations
Tokyo officials interpret Roosevelt's aviation gasoline embargo as targeting Japan Germany and Italy with economic pressure and potential repercussions. The move is tied to a broader espionage roundup. Relman Morin faced hours of questioning over dispatches on Melville James Cox whose death is described variously as suicide or not by own action.
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Tokyo
Roosevelt
Admiralty
Japan
Germany
Italy
Rome-Berlin
America
Associated Press
Relman Morin
Melville James Cox
Cox
Comei
Dispatch
Radio highlights feature Canadian guests and wartime talk
A roundup of radio listings from WMAL WJSV WRC and WRC shows invites by Emile and the Dionnes with Dr Dafoe and notes on Gen Chan and Bert Hall. Programs feature music news and talks by Oswald Garrison Villard and others through midnight with news and orchestras.
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WMAL
Emile
Yvonne
Cecile
Marie
Annette
Canada
Dionnes
Silly
Dr. Dafoe
WJSV
Gen
Chan
Bert Hall
WRC
Henry Aldrich
Jenny Lind
P. T. Barnum
Helen Jepson
Rudy Vallee
Oswald Garrison Villard
the Nation
Committee On Militarism and
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Farmers unite with labor leaders in Virginia institute
Dr. Ralph Hetzel of the CIO told a VPI rural affairs institute audience that farmers will join hands with labor to build a domestic market for full production in America. He urged workers to ensure families with low incomes can buy more farm products as part of agriculture industry and labor interdependence.
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Blacksburg
Ralph Hetzel
CIO
Institute of Rural Affairs
America
Chris L. Christensen
University of Wisconsin
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
J. M. Peck
Fincastle
VPI
H N. Young
Guard's Red Face After Nantucket Harbor Tow Involves Oar Break
Nantucket August 1 Coast Guardsman Alexander Majerski had his face reddened to the ears after a row in Nantucket harbor. He broke an oar and needed Coast Guard assistance to be towed ashore. The page also notes a Q&A about Navajo sacred plants corn squash beans and tobacco used in sand paintings.
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Nantucket
Mass
Coast
Winchester Ladies Clinch Golf Victory Over Hagerstown
The Winchester Golf Club Ladies beat Hagerstown 7 to 5 on the local links. Scorers were Kardy Russell 3 and Sue Hedrick 3, with Coffey 0, Boyd 0, Ginn Rosenberger 0, Carson 0, Libby Glaize 1, Brookie Benham 1. Kardy Russell won the July ringer with 76, followed by Emma Ginn Rosenberger 77 and Claudia Coffey 81.
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Winchester Golf Club
Hagerstown
Winchester
Kardy Russell
Claudia Coffey
Virginia Boyd
Emma Ginn Rosenberger
Sue Hedricks
Caroline Carson
Last year the federal budget ran a surplus in 1930
The national budget last balanced in 1930 when receipts exceeded expenditures. Receipts were 4,177,942,000 dollars and outlays 3,440,269,000 dollars.
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Thorne
Smith
Adolphe Menjou
William Gargan
Carole Landis Verree
John Hubbard LE Mary Astor
Robert Young
Maureen O’sullivan
Lewis Stone
Sporting
Andy Hardy
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Happy Hardy Family
Palm Beach
Jantzen
Arrow
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
John Deere
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Spring Crest Avenue
Hable’s Real Estate
George W. Kurtz
Farmers and Merchants
Farmers& Merchants National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ottawa
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
Defense of Canada
London
G. A. D. Harvey
Moscow
Neville Chamberlain
Bombay
Maulana
Abdul Karan Azad
All-India Congress Party
McNary
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Avenue
Dewitt MacKenzie
League of Nations
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Godesberg
Munich
Mr. Keen
Fred Waring
John B. Kennedy
Bob Crosby’s Orchestra
Amos 'N
Andy Lanny Ross
Vox Pop
Aldrich
T. R. Ybarra
Toronto Streamliner
Bing
Major Bowes
Crosby
Amateurs
Music
Hall
Glenn Miller
Arch McDonald
Two Cities
T. Dorsey
Bankhage Lewis’ Orch
E. C. Hill
Xavier Cugat
Orchestra
Noble
Coleman Hawkins
Ray Herbeck
Orch
del Courtney
Royal Crown Cola
Ripley
Royal Crown
Nebi Corp
Anth Nehi Bottling CO
Winchester, VA
UCRO
C. L. C. Speaker
Winchester Milling Corp
Hable
Tom Hown
Mischa Auer
Parker-Dinn
Martin Spellman
ZORRO
Glaize and
Brookie Benham
Gray & Eddy
E. Piccadilly
Bath
Capon Lake
Joe Bayliss
C. R. Anderson
Morgan St
J. C. L. Nicodemus
Peyton St
Loudoun St
Fairmont
Pineco Ae
Amherst
E. Piccadilly St
W. Pall Mall
N. Kent St
Kent
Steward Fawcett
H. E. Brent
Willys
Barr's Orchard & Farm Supply
Harry H. Willis
Clara Fultz Bentz
Joe
J. B. Daniel
Woodland Ave
Plymouth
S. Main
Lew Henry
c/o Gen
Del
Martinsburg
W. Va
State Theatre
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Richmond
South Washington Street
Deadstock
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Hansbrough and
Carter
the Commercial Small Loan and Finance CO
E. Water St
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