Pittman Faces German Challenge to Monroe Doctrine Idea
Washington July 6 A German note challenging U S interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine prompts Pittman and others to reaffirm the policy as a bulwark against aggression in the western hemisphere This is seen as part of a coordinated U S effort to reassure Pan American allies before the Havana conference
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Washington
Germany
United States
America
Pittman
Hull
Western Hemisphere
Havana
State Department
Roosevelt
Winchester Calls For Bandstand And City Funding
A columnist urges Winchester to fund a bandstand to accompany summer concerts. She notes past difficulty raising the few hundred dollars, contrasts it with council’s $3000 armory and up to $3200 bookkeeping costs, and asks for band support in the 1941 budget.
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Winchester
Hitching Yard
Condition of the Rivers At Riverton
South Fork is very milky while North Fork is almost clear. The report cites Mason Taxiban 201 with a coded reference (1-2-5-6-1p-3t).
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Riverton
South Fork
North Fork
Purge of Frederick County School Board Sparks Letter
Six Frederick County citizens write to The Star protesting Solenberger's removal as non-residence charge cited with resignations of J. Fred Thwaite and Ray Robinson. They urge reconsideration and blame political tactics, noting George Bywaters appointed to replace Solenberger. The letter criticizes the electoral board and supports continued stability in education.
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Ansel Solenberger
Frederick County
the Star
J. Fred Thwaite
Ray Robinson
Thwaite
George Bywaters
Solenberger
Shawnee
J. S. Stover
L. D. Pifer
B. L. Snapp
H. M. Brumback
Albert Stine
R. L. Petrie
Messrs. Thwaite
Robinson
J. Fred Warrick
Schoo Board
Marriage License Demand Declines Across Offices
Marriage license issuance fell this weekend with 31 couples at City Clerk Peyton Marshall and 32 at County Clerk Julian Baker. June totals reached 475 county and 23 city, 1 098 overall. Also notices seek homes for two small dogs, a white Spitz female and a white and yellow fox terrier type, both about one year old, phone 1182.
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Peyton Marshall
Julian Baker
Yard Party At Greenwood Church Benefit
A two day yard party on Thursday and Friday July 11 and 12 at Greenwood Church features homemade ice cream cake and pie with soft drinks to raise funds for the church building fund.
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Greenwood Church
Two Held In Liquor Raid Near DeHaven Section
county and A B C officials raided a still southeast of DeHaven. James Shanholtz captured with 125 tons of mash and a .22 rifle. Otis Sine apprehended. Shanholtz arraigned before a U S Commissioner in Charlottesville Virginia held on $500 bond. Sine to be taken to Charlottesville Monday. a third man seen at the still not yet arrested.
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DeHaven
James Shanholtz
Otis Line
Sine
Shanholtz
U. S
Charlottesville
Clarke May Take English Children
Clarke County Defense Council's executive committee met in Berryville to endorse adopting English children for the duration of hostilities. Chairman Graham Dougherty, secretary Joseph Lewis, and treasurer Julian Glascock were named, with sub chairmen planned for four districts and Berryville, Boyce, and Millwood. Mrs Dougherty said residents discussed housing about 10 English children in a group home.
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Berryville
Clarke County Defense Council
Joseph F. Moore
Graham Dougherty
Joseph Lewis
Julian Glascock
Boyce
Millwood
Moore
Italian Warships Bombed by British Forces in Libya
The British admiralty announced successful action against Italian warships in Tobruk Harbour Libya carried out by naval and R A F planes. Naval planes also attacked an airfield at Catania Sicily leaving hangars and workshops in flames.
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London
Tobruk Harbour
Libya
Catania
Sicily
Hull May Take Second Place If Draft Made
Washington July 6 close friends describe Hull as cool to a Roosevelt ticket as vice president. They say he would reject a second place unless drafted by the convention, though loyalty might push him to accept. Roosevelt reportedly plans a third term and wants Hull as running mate. Garner would not seek another term.
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William B. Ardery
Washington
Hull
Roosevelt
Garner
Willkie Plans Colorado Vacation Ahead of Campaign
Willkie selects Colorado as vacation site and will travel to Denver on Tuesday. He spoke with Governor Ralph Carr to choose a likely spot for a two week stay and resumed talks with a 12 member Republican sub committee about campaign plans and a three man board to direct the campaign. He will confer with running mate Senator Charles L McNary in Washington on Monday about board makeup and roles.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Colorado
Denver
Ralph Carr
Twce
Walskie
Republican National Committee
Willkie
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Washington
National Party
John D. M. Hamilton
Government For Norway Planned
STOCKHOLM July 6 A movement was under way in Norway to form a permanent government under German occupation to replace King Haakon VII in exile. Norwegians were said to hope easier conditions if a new government collaborates with the German military.
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Stockholm
Norway
Haakon VII
England
Hitler Hailed On His Return From Conquest
Adolf Hitler arrived at anhalter station at 2 58 p m today on a triumphant home coming from western campaigns. Berlin dazzled with celebrations as crowds packed Wilhelmstrasse. Hitler reviewed naval army and air force honor companies before a balcony appearance with Raeder and von Ribbentrop.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Anhalter Station
Wilhelmstrasse
Jesa Maced Goering
Pro E Ipaganda
Goebbels
Rudolf Hess
Navy
Army
Air Force
Fuehrer
Wilhelm- Platz
Erich Raeder
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Man Confesses to Double Child Murders in Buffalo
A 19 year old undertaker apprentice on parole for a 1937 ax slaying confessed to killing his stepfather Peter Mizolek's son Gordon Swiatek 9 and daughter Teresa 12 in their Buffalo home. He claimed Mizolek urged the killings. both children were found in bed with injuries and a bloodied hammer nearby.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Richard Mack
Mack
Frank Swiontek
Peter Mizolek
Gordon Swiatek
Teresa
Mizolek
Ewiontek
Maryland youths enlistment for naval reserve training
Commander George H. Burnham, state recruiting officer, voiced disappointment that only five Maryland youths have enlisted so far for the new naval reserve training course leading to an ensign’s rating in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
George H. Burnham
Maryland
Naval Reserve
Distillery Brandy Seized After Federal Conviction
Treasury agents poured out thirty five barrels of 52 gallon aged apple brandy from the Kite distillery in Stan ley Page county as the operator was convicted in federal court last year. Winchester police friend Mike Garber, now with the State Police in Roanoke area, joins a Boys State quartet in Blacksburg singing solos and imitating famous crooners.
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Kite
Stanley
Page County
Treasury Department
Winchester
Mike Garber
Roanoke
Blacksburg
Mike
Kate Smith
al Jolson
Governor Price
Shorty
Ciano Heads to Berlin for High Level Talks
Rome reports Count Ciano and a delegation from the foreign ministry left for Berlin for talks with German officials. Observers expect a diplomatic focus rather than a military move, with Mussolini sending officials instead of generals. The visit follows an invitation from the German government.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Foreign Ministry
Berlin
Balkans
Britain
Mussolini
Ciano
Father Perishes Saving Children in Maryland House Fire
Captain George Lermond a 35 year old army officer saved two of his children in a blaze that destroyed the home of his wife's parents in La Plata Maryland He died trying to rescue a third child His wife Edith Lloyd Lermond and children William four and Edith fifteen months escaped Lermond native of Boston on leave from Fort Lewis Washington he was to report to Fort Benning Georgia August 1 The Lloyds delayed returning home after police broadcasts."
Fire damages Hanover Evening Sun plant in basement collapse
Hanover Pennsylvania July 6 fire broke out under the flooring in the stereotype room at the Hanover Evening Sun plant. Damage is estimated in the thousands with costly machinery trapped in the basement. The fire and heavy smoke hampered firefighters for nearly four hours.
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Hanover
Hanover Evening Sun
C. H. Meredith
Hopkins Enrolling Personnel for National Emergency Hospital
Johns Hopkins Hospital began enrollment today of physicians surgeons and nurses to staff a 1000 bed facility in any future national defense emergency. At the University of Maryland hospital an emergency setup for 250 beds is being organized.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Maryland Hospital
Man 100- Year-Old Says He Never Tasted Water
Emil Perlott of Charleroi Pennsylvania, who boasts he has never tasted water, is traveling to the New York World's Fair. He celebrated his 100th birthday last February and left Roscoe for Pittsburgh to board a bus to New York saying he will return when he tires of seeing pretty girls. Perlott says he prefers a mild homemade wine to water.
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Charleroi
Emil Perlott
Perlott
Roscoe
Pittsburgh
New York
Largest British War Supply Orders Placed in US and Canada
London reports the largest wartime orders from the United States and Canada. Officials say many millions of pounds are involved in this unprecedented supply push for Britain.
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Britain
London
United States
Canada
Britain hints at limited gestures to Japan in wartime policy
London reports a neutral source predicts new British gestures of friendship toward Japan as part of a one war at a time policy. The concessions are described as limited by the aim to avoid alienating opinion in the United States.
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London
Japan
Britain
Europe
United States
British French clash in the Mediterranean fuels maritime tension
Britain and France clash over the French fleet amid tensions in the Mediterranean as France asserts its naval units reach Toulon for safety. Germany greets Hitler returning from western conquests with a public rally as he appears at the Berlin chancellery.
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Britain
Mediterranean
France
Toulon
Sword’s Point
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Wilhelmplatz
British Bombers Hit Kiel Wilhelmshaven and Key Rail Hub
London reports British air raids on Kiel Wilhelmshaven and docks at Cuxhaven and Hamburg started fires. Cologne rail junction was attacked. A 26,500 ton warship was damaged and driven ashore in the Oran battle. Two British planes failed to return from the raid.
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London
Germany
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Cuxhaven
Hamburg
Cologne
Oran
Admiralty
Russians Fortify New Front Along Prut River
An announcement relayed by the British Broadcasting Company said Russians were beginning to fortify the new Soviet Romanian frontier along the Prut river.
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New York
Rome Radio
British Broadcasting Company
Prut River
Hungarian Romanian Rift May Be Budged in Berlin Talks
Budapest sources say the Hungarian Romanian dispute over Transylvania could be raised by Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano during his Berlin visit. The prospect reflects ongoing diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Hungary and Romania.
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Budapest
Transylvania
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Berlin
Trial for Admiral Vichy aims to try Musilier
The French war ministry announced Vice-Admiral Emile Musilier will face naval court on charges of entering British pay against France. Musilier helped organize a French national committee in London to continue the war against Germany.
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Vichy
French War Ministry
Emile Musilier
London
Germany
Shipping Halted to Indo China by British Authorities
British authorities halted all shipping and air services to French Indo China today pending clarification of the colony's stance toward Great Britain.
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Hongkong
Crown Colony
Great Britain
Naval Officer Bitten by Negro in Washington
Lieutenant Thomas Hamilton 34 a Naval Academy alumnus and former football coach was treated at the air station dispensary after a bite by a Black naval officer. Hamilton was bitten twice following a collision between his car and the other vehicle. the assailant was charged with assault.
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Washington
Thomas Hamilton
Naval Air Station
Naval Academy
Air Station
Hamilton
French Navy Sinks and Disputes Roil Mediterranean Front
A Vichy dispatch reports the French destroyer Frondeur sunk off Crete by British ships as France remains under armistice terms. The gunboat Regault de Genouilly torpedoed off Algiers, while Strasbourg and accompanying ships reportedly reached Toulon. The French naval ministry says Medi bases will not be disarmed, despite British pressure.
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Vichy
Frondeur
Crete
Regault de Genouilly
Algiers
Toulon
le Petit Dauphinois
Strasbourg
Mers el Kebir
Berlin
Britain
High Command
North Sea
Plymouth
Royal Air Force
Cairo
Africa
Capuano
Asie
Kai-Shek Warns Against Japanese Threats to Asia
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek warned on July 6 against indifference to Japanese threats to China, British Burma, and the Netherlands East Indies, urging vigilance and unity in defending regional interests.
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Kai-Shek
Chiang
Kala
China
Burma
Netherlands East Indies
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