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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1940

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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.

HOUSE Washington Congress Ways and Means Committee Treasury Doughton N. C Senate Harrison Miss Senate Finance Committee Capitol Hill Paris 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.

Doyle Shrewsbury 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.

Duce Associated Press Rome 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.

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.

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.

Berlin Paris High Command France Hitler 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.

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.

Washington Navy 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.

Princeton N. J Julius Ochs Adler New York Times Princeton University Congress Adler

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.

Miss Fite Anderson Ind Matthews Dessie Fite War

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.

New York United States Roosevelt Rhodes Scholers Italy Galway Ireland 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.

Roosevelt New Deal Winston-Salem 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.

Associated Press London Carinthia 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.

Ethel Joyce Tazewell County 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.

Paris Somme Oise Roye Noyon Aisne Bresle Forges-les-Eaux The Meuse Aumale Maxime Weygand Air Ministry 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.

Switzerland 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.

Shanghai Shasi Yangtze River Hanan Ichang Yangtze Hupeh

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