13 Jun 1940
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
1
Roger Shaw surveys shifting fronts from Flanders to Paris and Malta as potential trouble spots. He notes Luftwaffe activity and Allied responses, framing the evolving air war and the strategic implications for Paris and southern defenses. The column carries editorial opinion typical of the Western Newspaper Union digest.
The German advance into Flanders and Artois stalls around Dunkirk as Allied and British forces refuse collapse. British Spitfires challenge German Messerschmitts while Paris and southern France face aerial bombardment. Paris losses include at least 45 dead. Allies vow to repay bomb for bomb in a broader air offensive.
A compendium of named figures and actions during wartime tensions. Gamelin and Corap face death or execution rumors in France while Bodet serves jail time for abandoning duty. U S General Bullard is reelected head of a security league advocating preparedness. 7000 Catholics pray for peace at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York as anti isolation sentiment persists. Jean Batten appears as ambulance driver in Anglo French corps, Italian gas and oil curbs halt private motoring in Italy, Malta hosts jailed pro Italians and Maltese read Italian papers. Mussolini cites busyness, US ambassador Phillips carries Roosevelt message, and shipping conflicts strain London. Italian journalists depart Paris.
Roosevelt asked for authority to call up national guard and reservists if needed, to raise a corps of 1 dollar a year men for national defense, and requested funds to expand the navy and munitions buildings. He outlined orders for 2,800 planes 1,700 tanks 800 heavy artillery units and large anti tank and anti aircraft stocks. The Senate approved an alien control measure 55 to 4, with transfer of the immigration bureau to the justice department.
The piece reports Wendell Willkie urging unity against totalitarian threat and criticizing emotional appeals by radio while praising plans against Hitler. It notes Dewey's cautious stance and pending nomination, describing Philadelphia convention expectations and Willkie favored by liberals over Wendell.
A Vienna paper on Rubens marks the 00th anniversary of his death calling him a Germanic pagan who painted Christian sagas with fleshly relish. It notes critics’ views such as Falstaff of the Palette and mentions Rubens as fearless before nature, with stories of religious themes. Prof Billy Phelps of Yale weighs in amid debate over Allied policy and a petition by about 1,400 Yale students urging isolation and noting draft age.
Reported uprisings claim Canadian mounted police seized eight National Unity members in Montreal with Adrien Arcand identified as a leading figure. Simultaneous actions reportedly occurred in Ottawa Toronto and Windsor amid political turmoil in Quebec.
A Boston based theologian from Andover Newton Theological School reports a Sixth Column network within Germany aiding efforts to topple Hitler. He cites ties to anti Hitler groups and claims accurate intel from his sources.
The American Communist Party reportedly sent $5,000 to German Reds to aid their underground fight against Hitler, announced at a New York national convention. Delegates from Mexico Chile Haiti Puerto Rico and Cuba attended, while a Mexican delegate condemned Congressman Martin Dies and his committee. The convention opposed participation on the national advisory defense commission and any subordinate boards.
Hollywood talent converges at a 125 building replica of early Tucson for Edward Small’s Kit Carson troupe. Stars like Lynn Bari and Dana Andrews lead a month long stay near Kayente on the Navajo reservation. Johnny Green’s Rhythme O program draws 10000 letters weekly, paying poets, while Virginia Lee Corbin and Charlotte Henry join The Howards of Virginia.
An instruction fragment guides making a sliding screen from slip covered boards with 1 foot wide by 1 inch thick pieces and nine 1 inch hinges. It hints at estimating fabric amount by height times three plus a yard and references sewing books for Toy patterns and quilts, asking 10 cents per book and offering free patterns with multiple orders.
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