Roosevelt pushes defense fund past five billion mark
President Roosevelt pushes rapid defense expansion as Congress votes 68 to 18 to permit disposal of surplus WWI guns for Allied use. Aims include 10,000 planes 16,000 pilots 22 new combat vessels and an 11 percent fleet increase.
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British Air Raids In Libya and Eritrea Amid Mediterranean War
British air force attacked desert airdromes in Italian Libya and Eritrea while seven Italian raids hit Malta. Long-range Blenheim bombers struck Libya airfields threatening Egypt and the Suez Canal. casualties were light. The British navy expanded operations against Italian shipping and 25,000 Italians in Britain were rounded up.
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Parisians Hear Rumble Of Guns As Battle Nears
Reports from the western front describe heavy fighting on the Champagne front as fresh German divisions enter the fray and counterattacks inflict losses. Across Europe, anti aircraft fire and air actions headline a tense day with war communiques looming and political warnings from Ontario authorities.
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Local Business Men Elect New Directors at Bluefield Banquet
At the Bluefield Business Association annual dinner Fred R. Christie warned against uncontrollable credit programs as a war time prosperity comparison. New directors named include J. C. Coleman and Jesse W. Waters. Roy Browder and Jim Ed Wagter named to ballot committee. The Three Graces performed and a film Life of Business was shown before dancing.
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Rome Silent On War Aims as Mussolini Takes Command
Italy opened hostilities with early strikes and naval and air activity across the Mediterranean. Mussolini assumed supreme command with King Emmanuel at the front, while Badoglio and Graziani were named top military leaders as Italy moves to defend its interests and confront British and French forces.
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U‑Boat Threatens Torpedo Aboard S S Washington at Sea
Calm lifeboat drill under Capt. Harry Manning as the US liner Washington dodges two submarines off the Spanish coast. Passengers, crew, and the vessel’s pennants show resolve while the danger continues beyond the dawn. See Page 10.
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Nazis Claim French Armies Routed Near Paris
Berlin reported heavy German pressure along the Marne near Paris as a massive advance claimed 400,000 to 500,000 French soldiers taken prisoner or killed. Nazi spokesmen said no French line remained and Paris faced immediate threat while pursuit continued.
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Mercer Officers Arrest Candidate Near Spanishburg
Acting on state police authority, Mercer County officers arrested Oscar Wheeler, Communist candidate for West Virginia governor, near Spanishburg while en route to Princeton. Wheeler, with his family, claimed he was going for flour. he was returned to Beckley. He faces five indictments by Raleigh County grand jury for defrauding voters to support a different candidate.
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Tech Student Hurt In Crash At Virginia Tech Airport
Blacksburg Va June 11 A student training pare at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute airport endured painful injuries in a crash. P M King Charleston West Virginia sophomore at Tech suffered jaw fractures and a forehead wound. He lies at New Altamont hospital in Christiansburg condition not critical.
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House passes defense financing bill amid tax rise
In Washington on June 11 the House approved a defense financing bill by 396 to 6 with six opposing votes. It raises taxes by 1.004 billion dollars and boosts the federal debt limit from 45 to 49 billion. Secretary Morgenthau to brief Senate committee. Byrd seeks a 10 percent expenditure cut.
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Allies To Get Surplus Munitions and Equipment
The United States and U S Steel Export Co announce a deal to supply allies with 37.6 million dollars worth of surplus munitions equipment and ordnance. The U S Steel Export Co will act as intermediary with no profit, delivering items from the war department to allied buyers under federal supervision.
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Virginia and West Virginia Town Official Elections
Voters in several towns across Virginia and West Virginia went to the polls to elect municipal officials. In Virginia towns including Narrows Bluefield Fu cahontas and Richlands elected officials while Mullens Wellsburg and Williamson voted in West Virginia. In Bluefield Virginia C P Painter was re elected treasurer by 355 to 191 votes and council seats went to E Mc Cecil among others.
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Paris Braces as German Drive Near Marne Front
French lines hold along the Marne as German forces press to encircle Paris. Residents report night artillery and flashes on the horizon while the government retires centerward. News notes fresh divisions in Champagne and renewed counterattacks along the Aisne Meuse front.
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Japanese Bomb Hits Chungking Capital City
June 11 reports say the Soviet embassy was damaged as Japanese warplanes attacked Chungking the provisional Chinese capital. Foreign embassy grounds and the AP office showed ruin while the Soviet ambassador vowed to press on with staff.
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