Willkie Seeks Roosevelt Nomination and Campaign Plans
Willkie returns to Commonwealth and Southern offices to meet Gov. Stassen before a possible vacation after the Democratic convention. He hopes Roosevelt will be renominated and declines on party leadership changes. A New York meeting is slated for potential re election of John Hamilton or successor. He will outline his views in his acceptance speech.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Roy W. Howard
Chicago
Roosevelt
Willkie
John D. M. Hamilton
Hamilton
Traffic logjam at Gerrard Loudoun intersection draws reader proposals
An editorial note by MA Winchester discusses confusing traffic controls at Gerrard street and Loudoun and Valley avenues in Leesburg. She cites drivers misreading signs and asks readers for practical solutions to ease the intersection’s traffic problem.
Holt Demands Open Hearings on Knox Stimson Appointments
Senator Hold of West Virginia vows to oppose secrecy as Knox and Stimson prepare for Senate hearings. He and others urge public testimony on Col. Frank Knox for Navy secretary and Henry L. Stimson for war secretary as committees meet after a recess.
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Washington
Knox-Stimson
Hold
D.W. Va
Senate
Naval Committee
Col
Frank Knox
Bold Robbery Yields No Clues on Suspects
Sheriff Bywaters said no clues exist to identify two men and two women in a daylight robbery two miles east of Stephens City. C. Thomas of Bath County, about 50, was robbed after a pretext to borrow an auto jack. Thieves took 170 dollars in poultry receipts.
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John W. Bywaters
C. Thomas
Bath County
Star
Stephens City
Thomas
Flood waters race toward gulf after deadly Texas flood
Floodwaters from cloudbursts swept southeast Texas toward the gulf killing at least four people. Hundreds left homeless and towns like Hallettsville hit hard. Lavaca, Colorado and Guadalupe rivers flooded business districts and farmland. more than a dozen people were missing after a sudden 30 minute flash flood.
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Hallettsville
Tex
Texas
Gulf
Lavaca
Colorado
Guadalupe
Placid Ae Denes — Estimacy Organ
Yoakum
Red Cross Seeks $142 to Finish Winchester Drive
The Winchester Frederick Red Cross war relief drive chair man E T k says $142 more will reach the $2,000 second goal and urges all holdouts to send contributions to Red Cross headquarters in the city hall. Dr Clark hopes to close the campaign today. A $500 gift from Henry Gilpin hinges on the community raising $1,500.
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Winchester-Frederick
Red Cross
Clark
Henry Gilpin
Marginal Tree Removal Urged By Fruit Men
A fifth annual Appalachian Apples meeting in Winchester urged removal of marginal orchards under federal direction. Resolutions, directing Carroll R. Miller of Martinsburg to send a certified copy to Washington, propose compensation and repurposing of non-productive land. Officers were reelected and a large regional attendance noted.
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Appalachian Apples, Inc
George Washington Hotel
Carroll R. Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Washington
Frederick County
Miller
Winchester
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Fred. A. Motz
C. Purcell McCue
Greenwood
H. W. Skinner
Chambersburg
Lloyd Balderston
Colora
G. S. L. Carpenter
Hagerstown
Stanley Fulton
Hancock
E. D. McCain
Frederick
G. William Gardenhour
Smithburg
M. Anderson
New Park
Sheldon W. Funk
Bogerstown
Williams Schieferstein
Leesport
H. M. Weigel
Asa H. W. Skinner
Chambers- Virginia
H. Clay deGrange
E. D. Ninigster
Roanoke
Frank H. Wissler, Jr
Mt Jackson
William F. Young
Staunton
G. P. McCue
Green- West Virginia
E. L. Goldsborough
F. A. Leatherman
Rada
Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
Cecil W. Wood
Hedgesville
Malcolm M. Brown
Martinsburg Slum Clearance Housing Projects Approved
The United States Housing Authority approved contracts for two developments in Martinsburg West Virginia. The Adam Stephen Homes will provide 48 dwellings and Horatio Gates Village 52 dwellings as part of the slum clearance and low rent housing program.
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Washington
United States Housing Authority
Martinsburg
W. Va
Houston
Texas
Adam Stephen
Horatio Gates
Uncle Sam Orders 45 New Navy Warships
The Navy ordered 45 warships at an estimated cost of 414 million dollars with a total project price around 500 million. The package includes 111 cruisers 20 destroyers 13 submarines and one large seaplane tender totaling 183000 tons.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Lewis Compton
White House
Roosevelt
France Loses Mounting in War as German Blitz Overruns France
San Sebastian Spain July Vy reports unofficial estimates of French casualties at 1.5 million with many dead or missing. It notes Hitler’s mechanized forces destroyed a once feared French army in about a month and occupied much of France, citing Weygand’s late night briefing and the cabinet near Tours. The piece describes France’s military collapse as ongoing and shocking.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Wso
France
Weygand
Tours
Somme
Aisne
Death summons Robt G Harper longtime Winchester resident
Robert Goodloe Harper died suddenly at 6 o clock Saturday evening in his room at the Fairfax Inn on South Cameron street in his sixty ninth year He fell ill Friday noon but thought it not serious He was stricken with a heart attack while dressing and lingered until evening A former Georgia arrival in 1930 he was connected with the Winchester Printers and Stationers and was noted for his pleasing personality affectionate disposition and charitable judgment of others He will be mourned by many friends
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Robert Goodloe Harper
Winchester
Fairfax Inn
South Cameron Street
Mr. Harper
Harper
Georgia
Sev
Romania Renounces French British Guarantees
The Romanian cabinet announced in Bucharest that Romania is renouncing the French British guarantees of territorial integrity granted in April. The move follows evolving regional tensions and signals a reevaluation of security commitments in the face of shifting alliances.
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Bucharest
Treasury Status Decline in June Debt and Expenditures
Treasury daily status shows June 28 receipts at 11.3 million and expenditures at 29.99 million, leaving a gross debt of 42.89 billion dollars. The decrease from the prior day amounts to 16.89 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Defense plan geared up to higher speed
Congress released extraordinary defense appropriations as the army accelerates its program and reserves report for active duty. Intensive officer training begins while funds enable construction of 50 new warships pending presidential approval and rapid expansion of weapons and supplies.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Congress
Appropriations
Roanoke Armory Plans Face Budget Wide Debate
Roanoke Common Council set for Tuesday session to consider raising non resident dry cleaning license to 500 dollars and to decide whether the armory should be finished as planned or a drill hall day should be removed. Officials weigh funding after a 15000 dollar grant and a requested 3000 dollars supplement with no word from Richmond and unexpended balances reverting June 30.
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Common Council
State Military Board
Richmond
Roanoke
Marshall Begins Duties As Clerk Of Court
Peyton Marshall qualified as clerk of the Corporation Court and assumed duties under an order by Judge Philip Williams. Marshall, formerly on the common council and its president, was chosen to succeed the late Clark M. Smith.
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Peyton Marshall
Corporation Court
Philip Williams
Mr. Marshall
Common Council
Williams
Clark M. Smith
British Denies German Landings Report as Untrue
London July 1 reports the British Ministry of Information issued an official statement declaring that claims of German troops landing on the British coast and parachuting in the Midlands are untrue.
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London
British Ministry of Information
British
West Midlands
French wartime flyers land at Gibraltar amid dissent
Nine French airplanes flown by aviators opposed to the Petain government reportedly landed at Gibraltar in the British western Mediterranean stronghold. Several machines were said to have crashed or been wrecked.
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Cadiz
Spain
Petain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Belgian King Is Said to Be Recluse at Laeken Castle
Brussels dispatch reports Leopold III of Belgium nearly a recluse at Laeken Castle under discreet custody of a German general. His only companion is his mother Queen Elisabeth.
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Brussels
Leopold III
Belgium
Laeken Castle
Elizabeth
Britain Will Not Allow Syria or Lebanon Occupation
London July 1 The foreign office said Britain could not permit Syria or the Lebanon to be occupied by any hostile power after French General Mittelhauser's cessation of hostilities.
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London
Foreign Office
Syria
Mittelhauser
Britain
Lebanon
Channel Islands communications suspended after German seizure
Britain halted all communications with Guernsey and Jersey following the German high command’s claim that the islands had been seized by the Luftwaffe. The move appears to be the sole immediate British reaction to the development.
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London
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Pacific Fleet Returns to Honolulu After Surprise Departure
In Honolulu on July 1 the major US fleet units, which left Hawaii a week earlier without announcement, anchored again in the Laha Ina roads. Admiral James O. Richardson called the earlier departure a routine training exercise.
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Honolulu
United States Fleet
Hawaii
Lahaina Roads
James O. Richardson
President Seeks Steep Excess Profits Tax Across All Firms
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact a steeply graduated excess profits tax applied to all individuals and corporate organizations without discrimination. He argued the tax would fund national defenses and ensure equitable burdens, but he did not estimate revenue. House leaders joined a White House conference outlining the plan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rayburn
White House
City and County Brevities in Huntington Highlights
Huntington notes list Mr and Mrs George Corn and Mr and Mrs C W Grass among citizens. They stayed at adjoining cabins in Kernstown Camp Saturday night. Garber Ice Cream’s Front Royal road garden features massed petunias praised by locals. A resident suggests calling Wendell Willkie The Wabash Cannon Ball reflecting his rapid GOP nomination rise.
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Huntington
W. Va
George Corn
C. W. Grass
Cyril Mee
Kernstown
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Elwood
India
Winchester
Wabash River
Mid-Western
Rumanians Ready for Possible Hungarian Invasion of Transylvania
Bulletin from Bucharest reports Romanian forces retreating before Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina and preparing to meet a potential Hungarian push into Transylvania. Hungary mobilizes, frontier incidents rise, and Budapest protests to Romania's foreign office warning of unpleasant consequences.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Red
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Transylvania
Hungary
Budapest
Foreign Office
Nazis Seize Guernsey Jersey Now Aiming At Britain
German troops occupy the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey in a rapid operation described as a coup de main by the German air force. The move places Hitler closer to Britain, with occupation declared southwest of Cherbourg and the islands emptied of inhabitants.
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Associated Press
Channel
Guernsey
Jersey
Plymouth
Channel Islands
Cherbourg
Hitler
Britain
Calais
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