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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
8
British, Norwegian, and German authorities pursue a peace framework in Norway. Reports note the Nazis would not hinder evacuation of English troops without equipment. Belgo German armistice terms remain unpublished, suggesting actual terms may diverge from speculation and could fuel propaganda.
Fortune Magazine reports six months of research on Britain and France failures to arm troops and promotes a Defense Plan One. The program would field 3 to 6 million men aged 18 to 65 for half time military training and resource development, building infrastructure and enforcing conservation while not displacing labor. It envisions rapid mobilization, merit pay, and outdoor work from the Continental Divide to the coast, with a three month drill then ongoing training.
Philadelphia June 26 The 1940 Republican convention is split into two camps over nominees and policy. Hoover Willkie Taft Vandenberg Dewey vie for support as delegates shift between oldliners and reformists amid war policy and foreign affairs debates.
Francie travels to Hollywood with her father and Aunt Hal to return Gusty’s ticket. In I B C studios she encounters a bold local, Jerry Finney, who flirts and introduces her to Koony. Francie imagines fame while worrying about the overdue ticket and Gusty’s fate.
A string of provocative similes compares wartime decisions to divining rods at Fort Knox and a seance guiding next moves, while notes on double talk, unpreparedness, and disarmament sit beside quirky lines about bees, Jupiter, and nervous laughter from the home front.
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