Fresh Nazi Divisions Threaten Paris Front
Nazi forces swept across northern France threatening Paris as German divisions pressed from Montdidier to Beauvais and toward Gisors, while French and Allied troops fought to slow the advance. Paris endured heavy air and ground bombardment as World War II crises mounted on multiple fronts.
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Paris
France
Argonne Forest
Maxime Weygand
Switzerland
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Gisors
Champagne
Argonne
Chateau Procien
Bresle
Montdidier
Noyon
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Lebrun
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Oixe
Aisne
Solasons
Pont Avert
Chateau Porcien
High Command
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Reims
Tardenois
Marne
Mans
Les
Verdun
Oise
Capital
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Montmedy
English Channel
Maginot Line
Jean
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Somme-Oise
Seine
le Havre
Bulletin
Cherbourg
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Norway
Glorious
North Sea
Goofy Gazette Curiosities From Week's Oddities
A San Francisco fisherman John Woo frees a smelt with a rubber band around its body. In Manteo North Carolina a man hauls a 250 pound bear from a hook. California police scrap roadside dummies for startling drivers. A Pittsburg wake finds the deceased alive nearby. Democratic NC governor hopeful opens with his son’s lemonade stand. An Oklahoma City man campaigns as a 290-pound weigher candidate.
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Goofy
San Francisco
John Woo
Mr. Woo
Manteo
N. C
California
Pittsburg
Calif
North Carolina
Oklahoma City
Roanoke Residents Question Marital State
In Roanoke Virginia two respondents marked their marital state as Normal while others wrote Virginia, revealing uncertainty about the term on a questionnaire. The brief notes the ambiguity without naming individuals.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Weather Outlook for Texas and New Mexico Districts
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Texas with Monday partly cloudy skies and occasional showers in the southeast. Monday will be warmer in the north, with Tuesday warmer in the north-central area. New Mexico sees fair weather Monday and Tuesday, with a warmer Tuesday in the north central region.
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Andiday
New Mexico
Stalin May Join In on Division of War Spoils
London reports that Joseph Stalin may seek a new war settlement as Soviet Russia enlarges military prep from the Baltic to the Black Sea and considers zones of influence in Europe. Observers note security measures, bases, and possible Dardanelles talks with the Allies amid Germany distrust. In Moscow, Russia and Japan announced frontier agreement for Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia, and ambassadors to Italy plan to resume duties.
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Joseph Stalin
Poland
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Baltic
Black Sea
Stalin
Europe
Straits of the
Dardanelles
Turkey
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Italy
Staford Cripps
Japan
Moscow
Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Globe-News Want Ads Dial 6262 Headquarters
An ad styled page headline features catchy phrases about misquotes and advertising in the Globe-News Want Ads. It emphasizes rapid, humorous quips about speed, cost, and results, signaling a bold, punchy classified section branding.
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Globe-News
Panama Canal Seen as U S Weakest Point
Washington reports army planners focus on keeping the Panama Canal open and denying Axis bases in the hemisphere. They warn one perfect bomb hit could disable the canal, prompting faster completion of an uprated lock system slated for 1945 or 1946 and closer Pan American cooperation to counter Nazi activity in the region.
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United States
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Panama Canal
George W. Strong
General Staff
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Pacific
South America
Germany
Britain
France
American
Pan-America
Huber Official At Borger Dies
Howard W. Price age 52 vice-president and manager of J. M. Huber Corporation died in Borger after an operation for intestinal obstruction Funeral services set for Tuesday at First Baptist Church and body to be cremated in Denver He joined Huber in 1920 and led civic projects including a municipal pool and ball park Survivors include his wife daughter Margaret Price of Boulder and a brother in Warren Ohio
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Borger
Howard W. Price
J. M. Huber Corporation
Price
First Baptist Church
Denver
Powell Funeral Home
Huber
Randolph
Ohio
Mr. Price
Department of Engineering
University of Missouri
Houston
United Gas and Fuel Company
Monroe
Huber Corporation
Swartz
Breckenridge
Hans Huber
New York
Rotary Club
Shrinkers
Borger Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scout Council
Jeddie Price
Margaret Price
Boulder
Colo
Warren
Paul Hauck
Los Angeles
Army Hopes To Expand By Volunteers Alone
Army General staff favors rapid growth of the force through volunteers, with General Marshall seeking to nearly double the regular army to about 400,000, while Congress considers compulsory training as a possible future option. The immediate aim is to add 200,000 recruits quickly, using existing mobilization machinery and a 230,000 current authorization, unless selective service is invoked under presidential order if deemed essential.
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Edward E. Bomar
War Department General Staff
George C. Marshall
Congress
Marshall
Selective Service Administration
War Department
Panhandle Area Gets Moisture from Scattered Showers
A south moving high pressure air mass brought scattered thundershowers across the Panhandle last night. Temperature fell from 63 to 56 in minutes as heavy rain hit Morse with over four inches in thirty minutes. Stratford saw two inches. White Deer had sprinkles. Shattuck to Woodward and Waynoka recorded rain. Texline and Dalhart reported light to heavy rainfall. The storm system advanced south around 11 30 p m with English Field noting showers across the region.
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Panhandle
Morse
Santa Fe Railroad
Stratford
White Deer
Shattuck
Woodward
Waynoka
Oklahoma
Texline
Fort Worth
Denver
Dalhart
Panhandletown
Tascosa
Airways
English Field
Montana
Wyoming
Italian Ship Halted by British Warship at Gibraltar
An Italian dispatch from Madrid reports the liner Vulcania of 24,000 tons was halted by a British warship and compelled to enter Gibraltar harbor. The vessel carried Italian inhabitants from Tangiers in French Morocco back to Italy.
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Norway
Tromsoe
Narvik
Haakon
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
England
Ier
Rome
Madrid
Vulcania
Gibraltar
Tangiers
French Morocco
Italy
Handcuffs Are Hand-Picked in Raleigh Prison Break
In Raleigh on June 9 a prisoner named Percy Newsome boasted he could pick his handcuffs. After an hour’s effort, at 2 A M, he unlocked the restraints on the other prisoner, while guards watched and the officer who had locked them held the key.
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Raleigh
N. C
Percy Newsome
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Henry C. Munn
H. G. Wilson
E. W. Cain
L. R. Cloninger
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J. K. Blythe
Willard Smith
Henry Munn
Augusto Rosso
Nicolai Gorekhin
Josef Stalin
U. S
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