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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1940
Page
1
Berlin reports Verdun, once a key fortress on the road to Paris, has fallen to German forces after a brutal blitzkrieg. German communiques claim breakthrough along the Maginot line and capture of Verdun amid heavy World War I symbolism.
New York observers note a shift as Wall Street and industry focus energy on the home front with a $5 billion arms program. Markets show nervous selling easing, factories accelerate, and production ramps to meet projected 1942 fiscal year needs as war efforts intensify.
Paris awash with swastika banners on prominent buildings including the Opera, Quai d Orsay, Arc de Triomphe, city hall, and the Eiffel Tower as German forces enter the French capital. The dispatch notes most residents fled, Paris appears lifeless, and a German vanguard remains ahead of the main army expected soon.
Moscow reports forecast a swift deployment of Red Army forces into Lithuania under the Oct 10 1939 mutual assistance agreement. Foreign dispatches claim troops crossed border with little resistance and that Moscow may garrison Lithuania Estonia and Latvia to bolster defenses near the German frontier.
The War Department plans orders for four to thousand reserve officers to command troops as the army rapidly expands. Most will receive orders next week to July 1 or shortly after, with volunteers serving six months or more. Washington reports the draft aims to bolster leadership in ongoing mobilization efforts.
Senator Holt of West Virginia charged in the Senate that 22 of 50 navy planes traded and resold to the Navy were delivered this year at a loss. He alleged a secret New York meeting on April 29 by 18 men including Thomas W. Heny L. and claimed employers coerced petitions. He condemned the committee as aiming to drag the U.S. into war rather than defend America.
Berlin reports that Germany plans a public war loan with bonds paying annual interest. The issue aims at 90.75 to mature in ten years, with units offered in denominations from 500 to 500 000 marks.
President Roosevelt told Premier Reynaud he will increase shipments of airplanes artillery and munitions to France as long as they fight for liberty. He cautioned that only Congress can approve military commitments and that no plan for independence or military action would be accepted. Details of talks with envoys were not released.
Turkey maintains its pact with Britain and France to aid in a Mediterranean conflict while avoiding direct combat with Russia. Italy's entry disrupts Britain and France lines, as Turkey leans toward Russia for political support and plans new trade deals with Germany supplying chromium for munitions.
Col Charles A Lindbergh declares in a NBC radio address that the United States is drifting toward involvement in European conflicts. He argues for hemispheric defense and warns against delaying armament, criticizing foreign interventions and domestic prowar propaganda.
Washington June 15 the group approves a defense tax bill totaling 1 007 000 000 dollars. It includes lower tax rates for married and single individuals, new income taxpayers, and higher corporate and nuisance taxes on gas, theater tickets and tires. The measure also trims spending by 0 10 percent and revises foreign silver purchases.
German forces crossed the Rhine into Alsace and pressed toward Chaumont in Haute-Marne as Paris faced a major German bid to envelop the Maginot line. French leaders met in France to discuss Reynaud’s plea for American aid while fighting raged along the Seine and at Louviers and other towns.
Italian high command reports a dawn raid on Genoa and occupation of border French territory. The Calatafimi torpedo boat sank a French destroyer during bombardment of Genoa and the Ligurian Riviera, with casualties among civilians and crew.
In a capital dispatch the Roosevelt commitment to aid to the ellies is linked to continued resistance. The French cabinet meets without announcement while Britain calls up 300,000 for color, volunteers for air force, and boosts home defense as Allied commands await further word.
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