06 Jun 1940
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
1
Editor Roger Shaw notes Belgium surrenders as a new development in the conflict. Column expresses opinion on wartime strategy and positions, reflecting analyst views and agency remarks in Western Newspaper Union release.
A historic day as King Leopold orders Belgian troops to lay down arms while France and Britain face a pivotal choice. German forces sweep from Cambray to Boulogne, tightening the noose around Allied positions and threatening Dover across the Channel.
The piece surveys Roosevelt’s 1940 defense proposals, weighing the cost of 50,000 planes at estimates from six to seven billion dollars, and the manpower to operate them, suggesting an army of about two million including regulars and air force. It notes critics like Lindbergh and Rickenbacker, congressional appropriations, and international war news, including Germany’s air power and Allied losses.
Paris reports German losses of around 1000 planes in weeks of fighting while London cites 1500 and Berlin 2100 planes lost in two weeks. Rotterdam sees civilian deaths near 100000 per allies, 300000 per Germans. Berlin claims 12000 German losses in the offensive. allies claim 25000. Hurricanes versus Junkers in aerial duels, with mixed claims and counterclaims from each side.
At Cambridge Harvard University instructor Paul Cram urged students that America must enter the war to avoid becoming a second rate power. A student-led protest against U.S. intervention followed, with the youth calling himself and a companion members of the Harvard committee for the Recognition of Classroom Generals.
Rev Dr William Lindsay Young, Park College Missouri president, chosen moderator of the 152nd Presbyterian General Assembly in Rochester New York. Aaron Copland elected president of the American Composers Alliance in New York City. Mayor LaGuardia warns of international risk and backs aid to allies while Italy and nationalists factor into postwar politics. A court case in New York features Alfonso Jansen’s unusual name and a bizarre sentence request to send him to Africa for 1000 years. Alfred Duff Cooper, once English propagandist now propagandist minister, notes allied gains from defeats, and Sir Samuel Hoare is named for a mission to Spain.
A rambling Hollywood diary notes Tyrone Power and count Theo Rossi on a South American flying trip and surveys square-glass trends for actresses. It highlights Dolores Del Rio Hedy Lamarr Joan Bennett and Peggy Moran in film fashion. Mary Booth debuts. A six year old baseball fan causes autograph pandemonium. Radio plans churn Grade B mood as Eleanor Roosevelt and Katharine Burke appear. Mary Martin returns home after Rhythm on the River shoot. Parks Johnson faces a failed ad lib.
Ruth Wyeth Spears narrates Miss Fixit converting a room idea into color harmony. A turquoise rocker, chintz fabrics, and a plan based on a picture or rug illustrate how to craft a room color plot. Readers are urged to send ten cents for Book 4 to learn the method.
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