Berlin and England in renewed air battles across warfronts
Berlin endured its second air raid alarm as anti aircraft batteries roared near the capital and British defenses fought off waves of German bombers over eastern England. Across the Channel, raids battered southwest France and intensified over southern and eastern England with fires, explosions, and heavy anti aircraft activity. European air forces traded blows as Hitler's forces pressed the blitz while RAF fighters pursued.
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English Channel
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Royal Air Force
Rouen
Seine
Flanders
Fleet Air Arm
Schiphol
Amsterdam
Munster
Germany
Japan Shakes Axis Hand in Policy Shift
Tokyo reports indicate government circles see a three point program embracing closer ties with Germany and Italy, possible direct action in British French possessions in the southern Orient, and a tougher stance toward U S rapprochment. Hong Kong and French Indo China are noted Allied possessions in the region. The U S and Japan have no formal trade since January 26.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Orient
Europe
Hongkong
Congress Rushes To Take Recess
Washington notes that Congress planned a week long recess starting soon after rushing final action on a farm bill totaling 918 million dollars and a relief appropriation over 1.15 billion. Leaders indicated active sessions would occur next week if emergency measures remain unresolved while Republicans attend the Philadelphia convention and Democrats later meet in Chicago.
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Congress
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Senate House
Chicago
Anonymous Houston letter urges ban on Fourth of July fireworks
In Houston on June 21 a letter to city council urged banning the sale of fireworks to prevent explosives from falling into the hands of fifth columnists. The anonymous suggestion marked a high point in ideas discussed at city hall.
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Houston
City Hall
General Smedley Butler Dies at 59 in Philadelphia
General Smedley D. Butler retired Marine corps officer died at the naval hospital in Philadelphia at 4 p.m. He was 59. Attendants say gall bladder and liver ailment caused the death. He entered hospital four weeks ago in serious condition with wife Mrs Butler, two sons John and Smedley Jr, daughter Mrs John Wehle and Captain Wehle at his bedside.
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Philadelphia
Smedhey D. Butler
Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Butler
John and
Smedley, Jr
John Wehle
Wehle
Joel White
Dr. White
General Butler draws Amarillo crowds despite illness
General Butler visited Amarillo twice in two years for Knife and Fork Club lectures. He spoke at the Amarillo Country Club and lectured in Pampa under American Legion auspices. Despite illness forcing rest, he declared his mission to spare American lives in foreign wars and urged sensible naval mobilization and less red tape in building up the navy. He was accompanied by his brother Sam Butler and Mrs. Butler during both trips.
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Amarillo Country Club
Pampa
American Legion
Counry Club
Knife and Fork Club
Navy
Marine Corps
Butler
Sam Butler
Eastland, Tex
French Declare Fleet Will Not Surrender
French official sources in Alexandria say the French Mediterranean fleet and Syrian armies will continue fighting alongside Britain regardless of German peace terms. Officers and crews are reported to be unanimous that they cannot quit now and the fight must go on.
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Alexandria
Syria
France
Mussolini and Hitler weigh terms for peace as France talks stall
Rome reports Mussolini may reveal severe terms for peace after Hitler’s demands for France are settled. Observers note Italy not yet a party to the Franco Italian armistice while Munich discussions reach their expected dramatic severity. Virginio Gayda defends the Monroe doctrine amid American warnings of colonial surrender.
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Virginio Gayda
United States
Germany
France Delays Reply to Hitler Peace Terms in Compiegne
In a long night of study, France refined its response to Adolf Hitler’s 50 page peace offer, with no immediate yes or no decision. Reports say Keitel read the preamble in the Compiegne railway car as Hitler watched, signaling a tense, historic moment in World War II diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
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Compiegne Forest
Germany
Italy
General Keitel
Hitler
Horst Wessel
Fuehrer
Wilson
England
Compiegne
Great Britain
Britain
German Reich
United States
Reuters
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Bordeaux
Toulouse
Marseille
Mediterranean
Maginot Line
Vosges
Berlin
Marshal Foch
Forest
Marshal Perdinand Poeh
Amarillo
Wilhelm Keitel
Nazis Calm at Peace Terms in France Victory
Berlin reports no celebrations as term terms of surrender to France reach Germans. The peace news arrives with the same calm as prior German victories, contrasting with the 1918 Allied Armistice celebrations. The report notes the reaction across Berlin and the national mood following Compiègne Forest terms.
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Berlin
France
Compiegne
Thompson Hurls New Criticisms As Campaign Rolls On
Col Ernest O Thompson toured the Rio Grande Valley with a nine speech day and radio broadcasts from Weslaco and Brownsville urging repeal of the 7000 pound truck load limit, a special session for farm issues, and a comprehensive soil and range program. He criticized the sales tax and proposed a nickel per barrel oil tax plus higher taxes on natural resources. He called for a legislature appointed budget director and an auditor, merit system reforms, tax collection of delinquent accounts, and tighter revenue laws to curb evasion.
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Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Ernest O. Thompson
Thompson
Weslaco
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Saturday Forecast
Saturday warmer with scattered afternoon showers. West Texas partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. North and southwest warmer Sunday. New Mexico partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with afternoon and evening storms. Temperature readings inconsistent.
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West Texas
South
Unions
New Mexico
Mexican Mining Strike Threatens Para lysis of Industry
Mexico City June 21 The Cananea Copper Company dispute drives a general sympathy strike vote by 135000 workers in Sonora if no settlement is reached. The mine union plans to fix the date later for a widespread stoppage.
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Mexico City
Cananea Copper Company
Sonora
Woodring Gets Chance To Tell Why He Quit
Senate leaders clash over Woodring resignation and alleged arms transfers to Allies. Nye calls for Woodring testimony on a bomber sight. Barkley and Pepper defend defenses. Stimson and Knox face nomination hearings as naval and army chiefs. Navy to accelerate officer production and build a new aircraft carrier at Norfolk amid wartime tensions.
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National Defense Secret
Barkley
Kentucky
Henry H. Arnold
Hyde Park
Henry J. Stimson
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Ceed Woodring
Col
Frank Knox
Stimson
Senate Military Committee
Naval Committee
Knox
Clark
Roosevelt
Woodfing
White House
U. S
Senate
Pepper
Great Britain
Hitler
Walsh
Senate Naval Committee
America
United States Senate
Florida
Vandenberg
Michigan
House
Rep. Carlson
Kansas
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Navy
Norfolk, Va, Navy Yard
FDR Defends Pan American Economic Plan
President Roosevelt rejects accusations that the Pan American economic plan seeks to import Argentina's beef surplus. He describes a $2 billion pooling of staple exports to support economic defense and hemispheric peace, clarifying it aims to pool crops and shield economies from global instability.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
United States
Reorganization of Spain Hinted in Madrid Dispatches
Lisbon June 21 reports hint that Spain plans a government reshuffle. Ramon Serrano Suner may replace Juan Heigbeder as foreign minister, with Heigbeder reassigned to high commissioner of Morocco. Serrano Suner already directs the ministry of government and allied departments. Beigbeder previously governed Morocco during Franco’s insurgent war.
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Juan Heigbeder
Morocco
Serrano Suner
Spain
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Franco
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