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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
1
A fragmented report covers rugby action at Unley Park with Hutchinson and Kelly scoring for a decisive win. It notes teams from primary schools and mentions Swan and KT players, describing a 6-0 lead and a field run by Kivenett, ending in a 65 point score context amid railway service references.
Roosevelt promises renewed efforts to speed Allies supplies as Britain and France face pressure from Germany. Vargas of Brazil assures steadfast support to defend the Americas from foreign influence. Britain mobilizes 290000 with plans for a new defense force and the use of rifles against parachutists while Welsh miners resume Sunday shifts. coal deliveries to France are accelerated.
The Lithuanian government resigns after a Soviet ultimatum and occupation moves. Deputy Foreign Affairs officials travel to Kaunas to negotiate a new government while Soviet troops occupy Kaunas Vilnius and nearby towns. Germany and Russia reportedly sign a Moscow treaty on border incidents.
French radio rejects abroad reports of seeking armistice and says the battle has peaked in the last 24 hours with reinforcements moving from Chaumont toward Gray. German communique claims sweeping advance along the Loire and Rhine regions with increasing prisoners and Maginot Line breached.
The Minister for Supply Mr. Herbert Morrigan accepted the resignation of Peter F. Bennett director general of flanke and transport in the Ministry of Supply and appointed G. Burton managing director of the Birmingham Small Arms Co. to the post.
Moscow reports indicate high diplomacy around a potential treaty embracing Turkey Romania and Yugoslavia. The agency message says far reaching defence measures are planned and Russia may guarantee Romania's eastern frontier.
Cordell Hull said government agencies were probing reports that Italian consular officials engaged in propaganda activities. He noted many published reports on the matter and warned that substantiation could prompt earlier government action.
British forces move toward Fontainbleau as German mechanized units push toward Chartres. Paris refugees accelerate, and American observers debate France’s ability to hold. The World War II front lines stretch from the sea to the Argonne as Maginot Line links strain to keep.
The Red Cross ship Mercy bound for Bordeaux sails from New York carrying about one million dollars in food and medical supplies and 40 hospital trucks.
Mr Joseph Grew US Ambassador to Tokyo forwarded to the Japanese Foreign Office a protest against bombing Chungking arguing that American property was endangered The protest echoed a statement made to the press by Mr Correll Ait
Colonel Lindbergh in a broadcast argues the United States cannot follow current policy without risking war with Germany. He urges facing the grim consequences and prepares for a war on an unprecedented scale if Europe falls under German domination.
A German communique says Hol land and Belgium were the first phase of the offensive with Paris as the next target and the pursuit of the enemy to complete destruction has begun. The French High Command counters that the line is intact and moving in orderly fashion.
The report details raids across Africa by Italian and Axis forces, including bombings of Italian Somali barracks, damages to forts near Capruzzi, and attacks on Aden and Malta. British and South African air forces conducted raids in support of Allied operations, with several enemy ships and aircraft destroyed or damaged.
Frederick James Anderson aged 26 a carter of Brunswick was charged last night with the murder of John Charles Abrahams 70 fatally shot at Collingwood early Saturday morning.
The interview quotes Hitler insisting Germany will win and deny Allied interference in Europe while promising a new order. He singles out a capitalist clique to destroy and hints at a pan-European hegemony with Britain subjugated and the seas controlled by Berlin. Roosevelt and British officials dismiss his plans as dangerous rhetoric.
Official RAF statement reports heavy bomber operations against German positions along the Seine and Marne on Friday. Docks at Boulogne and targets from Boulogne to Marche in Belgium endured sustained raids on 14 strategic points with multiple hits on bridges, trains, depots, and oil installations.
Fragmented OCR text references a special arrangement and rental terms amid claims of missing information. Names and details are unclear. potential references to authorities or locations are not specific enough to identify entities or outcomes.
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