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CHICAGO, July 16 (Reuter).-Late to-day, Mr. James A. Farley, the Postmaster General, stated that he would have hie- name placed for nomina- tion along, those of Mr. Jack Garner (the Vice- President), and Senatore Wheeler and Tydings,
thus preventing President Roosevelt's re-nomination by acclamation.
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THEY FACE TOTAL LOSS
July 17, 1940.
THE PRESIDENCY
ROOSEVELT NOMINATION CERTAIN
-Miss Perkins CHICAGO, July 16 (Reuter). ---Miss Frances Perkins, Secre- tary of Labour, openly forecast President Roosevelt's nomination for a third term as President in a speech at the second day of the Democratic Convention.
President Roosevelt, however, is still maintaining a sphinx-like silence about his plans.
The salieries were only sparsely filled to-day and there was an almos- phere of lethargy among the delegates who will take little interest. in the prnceeding until Toursday'ʼn nomina- tions begin.
The session opened will throughout the world."
Opposed To War
Britons With Banking for peace for our country
Accounts In France LONDON, July 16 (Reuter).}. The House of Lords to-day lengthily debated the position of
British subjects with accounts In branches of British banks in France.
These subjects had to leave Francs LONDON, July 16 (Reuter).-It is in a hurry and were not in a position officially announced that a further
to draw out any of their money, portion of the recently-established
The Lord Chancellor, Viscount these defence area, which stretches from Simon, sald he realised that Rye, Sustex, to Portland and 20 miles were very hard cases and very inland will be barred to holiday-lon was really an illustration of the difficult to handle. Their hard posi- makers and persons engaged on any kind of pleasure trip on and after fearful hardship inflicted upon per- fectly innocent people when à country over-run by the like France was. enemy.
Jul
19.
The area includes the addition of the borough of Dorchester, the boroughs of Wareham, Weymouth, and Melcombe Regls, the urban dis.
Legal Action Required He did not think that it would be tricts of Swanage and Portland, and possible to solve the problem unless the rural districts of Blandford, it was dreided to take 'come appro- Dorchester, Wareham and Purbeck.priate legal action for the purpose of
testing how the matter stood.
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This does not
mean that President Roosevelt will not be nominated for a third term. It merely paves the way, for the Democratic Convention to draft Mr. Roosevelt as their nomince.
Japanese Situation
TOKYO,
July 17 (UP). The) Army, which forced the resignation of the Cabinet through 'General Hata's resignation and their refusal
10 look to Admiral Yunoi to provide a-successor, is understood to be-per- In the appointment of Prince sisting Kondye to
to the Premiership 3 the only course to strengthen the domestic system and renovate diplomacy for the disp
disposition of the China affair: Prince Koncye's appointment is cx- pected this afternoon.
The Emperor is returning from Hayama this afternoon to facilitate the formation of a new Cabinet. Prince
Karanizouye la alsu returning from
The Lord Keeper of the Privy Scal, Marquis Koichi Kido, Is
COR- sulting with Prince Konoye and other senior Statesmen this afternoon re- garding the selectio of Admiral Yonai's successor after which he will advise the Emperor this evening then it is believed that the appoint- of a new Premier will be on- nounced.
mem
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"I cannot accept that this is the
proyer
and
Miss Perkins said in her speech that
na women they were opposed to war: "The people of the New World do not
ced to thare in the fatal hatreds be- have turned the Old World into a
tween races, classes and creeds which
shambles,"
Senator McAllister staunchly de- clared that the United States would never compromise with the dictators or yield to threats.
This has been one of the themes
running through all the speeches up fullest possible aid should be given to to now, while suggestions that the the peoples ighting for liberty have been completious by their absence. The reason is that the Democrats have to contend with an even stron ter Isolationist minority than had the Republicans and tie interests of party unity require that it should be placated.
Majesty's Punjab Assembly's
responsibility of 111 Government. It cannot be said that the British tax-payer ought to be responsible for the results due to the onrush of the Invasion of Germany over the continent of Europe."
Secret Session
LAHORE, July 10 (Reuter),—The Punjab Assembly has held its frat secret session in the history of Indian Legislatures.
At this secret session, by D1 votes to 48, the Assembly approved the Government policy in arresting five members of the House under the Defence of India Rules,
Lord Simon said the Government control over the banks did not mean that the Government undertook all the detalled bunking business of the companies. It meant merely that there were regulations to secure that there should be no transactions which might assist the enemy.
It is authoritatively stated that the The only surely the remedy of defeating the referred to the "Communist menace effectual remedy was Premier, Sir Sikandar Byat Khan. Germans and thus securing the fruits to the internal peare and security of of victory.
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