Ellsworth recounts NP history of Yellowstone branch line
H. H. Ellsworth of Helena spoke at Mammoth hotel on the Northern Pacifics Yellowstone park branch from Livingston onward. He detailed construction, key figures like General Anderson and Colonel Clough, early depots, duty shifts, and park expansion from 1883 to 1907, highlighting NP as the father of national park travel.
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Livingston
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Veterans’ Association
Mammoth Hotel
H. H. Ellsworth
Helena
Montana
Ellsworth
Park
Cinnabar
Gardiner Gateway
National Park
National Park Division
Park Branch
General Anderson
Glendive
Seattle
Anderson
J. B. Clough
Clough
Virginia
Billings
Engineer Corps
New England
East
Yellowstone River
T. C. Armitage
J. C. Isaac
Herman Clark
Winston Brothers
John B. Westbrook
Yellowstone Valley
Yellowstone City
Emigrant Gulch
Emigrant Peak
Yellowstone
Yankee Jim
James George
Bozeman
Northen Pacific
Devil's Slide
Gardiner
War Department
United States Army
Old Fort Yellowstone
Mammoth
Army
National Park Service
Yellowstone Park Rangers
Johnson Gardiner
Gardiner River
R. C Reamer
Old Faithful Inn
Wyoming
Idaho
Union Pacific
West Yellowstone
Congress
British Isles
Europe
P. B. Groat
Liverpool
Royal Courts
Mammoth Hot Springs
Grand Canyon
Cody Gateway
Burlington
Bozeman- Gallatin
Red Lodge
North Coast Limited
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Emerson Hough
West
C. E. Denney
France Faces Unyielding Demands as Axis Powers Press Peace
Nazi Germany and Italy pressed France for terms after a swift advance and the seizure of Orleans and crossings of the Loire. Petain announced France must yield but sought honorable terms, while Baudoin praised allies and pledged resistance if needed.
France Not Quit Says government radio announcer
New York June 17 an announcer on the French government radio wavelength picked up by NBC said it is untrue France will lay down her arms. France has asked Germany the conditions to stop slaughter of French children. Only with this realization did France reform its cabinet and decide a new cabinet was needed to carry through its aims.
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Bordeaux
France
Adolf Hitler
Loire
Orleans
Loire River
Paris
Dijon
Autun
Doubs
Jura
Paul Baudoinin
Baudoin
Great Britain
Poland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Petain
Hitler
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Germany
Britain vows to fight on alone against Nazi Germany
London reports Churchill’s radio address declaring Britain and empire will resist Hitler to the end. He praised French courage, noted France's government fell, and warned of blockade, bombardment, and invasion.
Senator Pittman Demands Lindbergh Join U S Expert Service
Senator Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, urged Colonel Lindbergh to volunteer as a United States aviation expert. He accused Lindbergh of spreading war fear and warned that his political rhetoric could mislead the nation in a volatile international crisis. Pittman pressed for enlistment to help guide U S policy and defense.
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Pittman
Lindbergh
United States Expert Service
Germany
Great Britain
Hitler
France
United States
Pershing
Petain Seeks Peace Amid French Collapse In World War II
France faces possible end of resistance as Petain replaces Reynaud and forms a peace cabinet. The 4 year veteran marshal reportedly contacted Hitler to discuss peace with honor, with Spain named as intermediary, following Franco’s later collaboration with fascist powers.
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Alsace- Lorraine
Germany
Nice
Savoy
Italy
Corsica
Mediterranean
Europe
Britain
Petain
Hitler
Reynaud
France
Spain
Franco
Francisco Franco
Roosevelt pledges more munitions to France with caveat
President Roosevelt answered Premier Reynaud's last appeal for aid by pledging increased shipments of airplanes artillery and munitions while stressing that only Congress can commit the United States to military action. He noted France can continue fighting in defense of liberty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Reynaud
France
Congress
America
Roosevelt Replies To War Plea Amid Allied Aid Talks
President Roosevelt refrained from releasing a direct reply to a war plea, noting its content matched a previously published address. He had 70 minutes of talks with British ambassador Lord Lothian and French envoy Count de St Quentin, who said aid questions were discussed but no firm decisions made.
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United States
Germany
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N. P. Yellowstone
Mussolini
Fuehrerhaus
Stone
Prinz Karl
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Axis
Republic of France
United Kingdom
London
Winston Churchill
British Empire
Paul Reyneaud
England
Churchill
Senator Pittman
Nevada
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jack’s Harness & Saddle Shop
So. Main
Livingston, Mont
Vic Christensen
Furstenberg’s
C. J. Ellingson
Motor Inn
Bear Creek and
Fromberg Coal
R.A. Traver
Chevrolet
Flint
Mich
M. E. Coyle
General Cenager
Chevelet Meter
Eee Divaten Enh
OE Weare
Severnl Manatactnens Maneier
Arnold Lenz
Resistant
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