House to Take Up Defense Tax Bill on Tuesday
Washington reports committee approval of a $1,004,000,000 defense tax bill to raise funds for emergency national defense. The measure lowers exemptions, adds a 10 percent supertax, raises corporate taxes, and adjusts excise taxes to fund rearmament. If Paris falls, calls for a further $1,000,000,000 for the army surface, with leaders forecasting swift Senate action.
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Doughton
N. C
Senate
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Miss
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Capitol Hill
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White House
War Department
Rep
Snyder
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Hitler
Poland
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
England
Brazil
Roosevelt
Merger Youth Kills Father in Dott Incident
Doyle Shrewsbury a 14 year old of Dott was arrested in Princeton jail after saying he killed his father Mc Kinley Shrewsbury 40 for abusing his mother The boy fired from outside the home hitting his father three times in the side and once in the head The shooting occurred before his wife and five sons and one daughter Present were James Big Jim Shrewsbury West Princeton and officers John McKinney Matoaka constable and Deputy Wiley Hoffman No funeral services arranged.
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Lad
Dott
Princeton
McKinley Shrewsbury
Ixterior
Shrewsbury
James
Big Jim
West Princeton
John McKinney
Matoaka
Wiley Hoffman
Italy Warns English Cities Bombed If Italy Enters War
Rome reports by Il Giornale d Italia warn that for every Italian city bombed five English cities would suffer in event of Italy joining the war. Rome would be an open city if attacked. observers differ on timing and entry details.
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Associated Press
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Italy
Il Giornale d'Italia
Il Giornal d'Italia
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
London
Adolf Hitler
United States
Britain
France
Weygand Web Battle
France fights for her life and the allied cause while teaching the world new defensive war precepts. The stand invites American arms and challenges German blitzkrieg in strategy and endurance.
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Kirkel. Simpson
France
America
Defense lesson from Weygand line reshapes American strategy
The article argues that American defense policy must prioritize deterrence over offense. It notes impeachment risks for presidential attack actions, Congress controlling war powers, and the need to guard the Western Hemisphere. Lessons from Weygand highlight tank and dive bomber strengths and shape future U S mechanized units and training.
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Poland
Denmark
Low Countries
France
America
Europe
Washington
United States
Congress
Berlin Nazi Steamroller Breaks Weygand Line Near Paris
Berlin reports steady advances on the north Paris drive with four major thrusts toward Le Havre Amiens Perrone and the Oise Aisne canal as German forces push toward Paris while claiming French depth defenses are weak. The Wehrmacht asserts progress south of the Somme and along the coast threatening Britain with renewed blockade.
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Paris
High Command
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Volkischer Beobachter
Abbeville
Bresle
le Havve
Germany
Europe
Arctic Circle
Norway
Somme
Amiens
Perrone
Oise- Aisne Canal
Oise-Aisne Canal
U C FACTORS TO SHIFT PLANS
A New York report shows the United States expanding and adapting factories for war needs. Projects under construction and planned will cost hundreds of millions for materials, workers, and machines as defense programs rise to about 9 billion dollars. Waldo G. Bowman notes war orders accelerate growth across aircraft, automotive, textiles, and munitions sectors.
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New York
America
Hopkins
Low Countries
France
United States
Waldo G. Bowman
Admiral Rodman Dies at 81 in Washington
Admiral Hugh Rodman veteran of Manila Bay and World War I died after months of illness in Washington. The navy planned elaborate funeral at Arlington with bluejackets Marines and a navy band present. A detachment would fire volleys and a bugler play taps.
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Hugh Rodman
Arlington National Cemetery
Admiral Rodman
Manila Bay
Naval
Bill to Require Training Expected To Be Ready Soon
Princeton June 8 Colonel Julius Ochs Adler vice president and general manager of the New York Times told Princeton alumni a bill for compulsory military training would be ready for congress soon. The plan calls for registration of all males 18 to 65 and peacetime training for ages 21 to 45 with broader wartime duties for other age groups. Adler projected 70 to 80 percent of 21 to 32 year olds would be drafted, with smaller percentages for older brackets.
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Miss Fite to Wed After War Years
Wred Matthews obtained a license to wed Dessie Fite in Anderson Indiana. The bride elect once lived in War and the notice notes memories of past wartime years with brief, unclear details.
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Refugee Liners Near New York
Two American liners neared New York with 2,634 people aboard fleeing war. President Roosevelt expected to dock at 8 p m Sunday with 270 passengers including Rhodes Scholers and other Americans. The Manhattan reported a 3 p m Monday arrival with 1,914 passengers from Italy, many aliens and Jews, who had booked passage before the preference ruling.
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Manhattan
State Department
Dewey Urges End to War at Home and Unite Defense Efforts
In Winston-Salem Dewey attacked Roosevelt for a domestic war against business and productive forces, calling for an end to the New Deal's war at home. He urged healing division and focusing on national defense amid the national emergency.
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N. C
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Germany
Sinking of Carinthia marks British loss at sea
London reports the armed merchant cruiser Carinthia, 20 277 tons, sunk by a U boat. Two officers and two seamen killed. over 200 crew landed, 100 more expected. Germans claim sinking of another 14 000 ton cruiser. RAF claims 17 German planes destroyed in a raid on Abbeville and northwest Germany.
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Cunard-White Star
Artiirery
Carinithia
Schmireity
Ireland
Rawalpindi
Germany
Abbeville
Royal Air Force
Hirson
TAZEWELL WOMAN CHARGED WITH AIDING JAIL BREAK
Ethel Joyce 25 of Smith Ridge is charged with smuggling a hack saw blade to six prisoners who escaped Tazewell county jail Thursday night and were recaptured the next day. Sheriff R Bowen Thompson said Judge A C Buchanan may empanel a special grand jury to fix responsibility. Two farmers who spotted the escapeers and heard a radio broadcast helped recapture the six men.
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Smith Ridge
R. Bowen Thompson
Thompson
A. C. Buchanan
Poor Valley
Charles Asbury
Stewart Hill
Asbury
Hill
Tazewell
Defenders Face Greatest Drive Of Nazi Forces
Paris area battles raged as German divisions massed for a major onslaught south of the Somme. French forces fell back along a 60 mile front yet held the line, with heavy anti aircraft fire in the Paris region and air support from Allied bombers and fighters.
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Roye
Noyon
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Aumale
Maxime Weygand
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Reichswehr
Berlin
Swiss Down Two German Warplanes
Swiss forces downed two German airplanes violating Swiss airspace as neutrality stiffens. Patrols increased to nine German planes forced to land in the past month, with a Messer Schmitt fighter shot down in Lucerne Canton and a Nazi bomber forced to land in Solothurn. A Swiss fighter was also shot down, killing two lieutenant pilots. The fate of the downed crews was unclear amid fears Italy may enter the war.
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Messerschmitt
Lucerne
Solothurn
Bern
High Command
Japanese Claim Capture of Shasi Port in Hupeh Drive
Japanese military authorities announced the capture of Shasi a key Yangtze treaty port west of Hanan seen as a major gain in the Ichang advance. The Shanghai report cites Shasi as part of the western Hupeh campaign in progress against Chinese forces.
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