German warns U S and Mexico of British covert plots
Berlin reports that German foreign office says Britain sent many agents to Central America to destabilize the western hemisphere and provoke U S Germany sabotage, including false German operatives in Mexico and sabotaged Panama Canal evidence. Germany claims the schemes aim to strain U S Germany ties amid Europe war.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
U.S
Mexico
Panama
Reich
British Secret Service
Central America
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Germany
Panama Canal
Flanders
Britain
U. S
Flag Salute Ruling Upheld by High Court
The High Court upheld a flag salute ruling amid debate over constitutional freedom of conscience and pedagogical dogma. The justices adjourned to review wage-hour law litigation and an AMA challenge to a contempt conviction over editorials. The court also faced DOJ charges against an organization for antitrust actions in DC.
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Inrpad
Setober
Los Angeles Times
American Medical Association
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Aliens in London Get Cinderella Orders
London tonight becomes a Cinderella town for Americans and other aliens as police issue special permits allowing them to stay out after midnight. The permits are issued slowly, so most Americans will need to hurry home at midnight.
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London
Cinderella
Finance Charges to Be Answered by Committee
The council finance committee will report back on charges and the delay in addressing the matter. Mayor expresses no personal reply beyond earlier statements and says the balance near 81,000 in the shortage agreed with Tax Commissioner Ernest James last summer remains the target. The chamber letter predicting 125,000 to 150,000 shortage prompted criticism, and no external financial expert was hired.
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George Byers
van Horn
Council Finance Committee
Ernest James
Chamber
30 Families Must Quit Armor Park
The naval ordnance grounds orders 30 families to vacate Armor Park including 5 houses in the community 32 in Bungalow Park and 10 for headquarters use. Com Hoff notes the department needs quarters for operating personnel and cancels four five and six room houses effective July 1 1940. Navy enlisted personnel government civilians NYA and Carnegie Miners Steel workers will remain. no internal moves allowed due to defense needs.
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Naval Ordnance Grounds
Bungalow Park
Hoff
Department
Naval Ordnance Plant
National Youth Administration
Carnegie Miners Steel Corporation
Eee
Reprisals Threatened After Paris Bombing Onslaught
The broadcast warned German cities will suffer consequences from Monday’s Paris attack. On the Western Front German forces pressed as French troops retreated to the Maginot line, leaving prisoners before a strong Nazi push near Forbach. Dunkirk evacuation continued with 280,000 believed rescued, while British and French forces endured heavy losses. Egypt created a counter espionage bureau after arresting 700 suspected fifth columnists as Japan warned of rising concern over Dutch East Indies and Pacific possessions.
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Maginot Line
Forbach
Dunkerque
Saar
Admiralty
Anthony Eden
Paris
Egypt
Mediterranean
Arita
Japan
Dutch East Indies
U. S
Mexico
South America
Netherlands Pacific
Ambassdor Bullitt recounts narrow escape in Paris bombing
J S Bullitt reported to state department that Americans may have been killed or wounded as German bombs struck the Paris hotel where he, French aviation officials, and others sheltered. He said debris and broken glass rained as bombs exploded nearby and a bomb hit the roof but did not explode. He and companions moved to a shelter as heavy bombs fell around the building.
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Washington
France
Willian C. Bullitt
Roosevelt
State Department
Bullitt
Air Ministry
Bullitsage
Bileony
Bombs Burn Cats at Luncheon Entrance Shelter Safe
Survivors recount shelter time of about an hour after bombs struck the luncheon venue. Cats belonging to guests at the luncheon were burned at the entrance while the speaker notes their car remained untouched amid the attack.
Merchant Fleet Purge of Column Began
The article notes a purge of a column and cites limited personnel hindering investigators in Tennessee. Rep Cox of Gallic area criticizes the National Labor Relations Board as a nest of radicals with a covert agreement with CIQ, alleging it threatens national unity.
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Serted
Tennessee
National Labor Relations Board
Cox D. Gal
CIQ
Parisians vow retaliation after air raid fires
In a summer afternoon bombing, Parisians watched multiple apartment buildings stores and homes burn while thick mist hid planes. One man shouted we'll show them theyll get it as their house vanished in flames and the continuous roar of planes and explosions persisted for an hour.
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France
Italy Warned of Severe War Retaliation from Britain
London dispatch reports Daily Express warning Italy against joining the war. If Mussolini enters the conflict, Britain would take drastic military measures against Italian towns and possessions, marking an early public admonition of consequences should Italy ally with the Reich.
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London
Lallan
Mussolini
Daily Express
Italy
Schenck Accused Of Tax Fraud By U S Indictments
Joseph M. Schenck head of 20th Century Fox faces two indictments accusing him of defrauding the federal government of 400000 in income taxes and conspiring with Wi Bioff to influence labor. Included are charges of perjury and false statements with Moskowitz named as a co defendant.
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New York
Insi
Joseph M. Schenck
20Th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Wi Bioff
Chicago
Hollywood
Schenck
Joseph H. Moskowitz
Bioff
Biott
U.S
Americas
Bombed Girls School Seen by Robert Montgomery
Paris dispatch reports American film star Robert Montgomery witnessing a German air raid that struck a girls' school, killing ten. He was in an outer city area when the blast occurred and said he spoke with two dirty faced boys who were aiding in digging out victims.
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Paris
Robert Montgomery
Germans Shift Forces To New Areas Of Action
German forces move to new sectors for a major assault on France as Allied and German aircraft patrol. Reports describe the German movement as a fluid mass of troops and equipment, camouflaged and unusually quiet due to anti aircraft activity and renewed Polish Norwegian Dutch Belgian fronts. Generals Prieux and Blanchard honored with higher Legion of Honor by Weygand as Dunkerque rear guard retreats and Prioux's fate remains unconfirmed.
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Poland
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Reichswehr
Dunkerque
Rene Jacques Prieux
Flanders
Lille
Prieux
Georges Blanchard
Legion of Honor
Generalise
Imma Maxime Weygand
Prioux
Germany
Mexico Opens Drive On Fifth Columnists
New division in Mexico’s interior department targets German influx after Bereta, Under Secretary of Foreign Relations, says the government has no sympathy for the German cause. He pledges oil supply to the United States if America enters the European war, noting Mexico cut off oil to Nazi Germany at the outbreak of the war despite impact on credit.
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New York
INS
Mexico
Ramon Bereta
Department of Interior
Bereta
U.S
America
Exico
Nazi Germany
Germans Hit Maginot Line and Dunkerque Stronghold
Reported heavy artillery fire keeps Dunkerque under pressure as German air and sea forces strike. Attacks sink a merchant ship and damage multiple vessels while sweeping from Bergues toward the Rhone valley and Marseille. Air losses claim 58 enemy planes.
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Bergues
Dunkerque
Calais
Rhone
Marseille
Germany
Circuit Court Jury Deliberates in Auto Death Case
Circuit Court jury continues deliberations in the fourth trial of a ten thousand dollar damages suit filed by Marion Littlefield as Charleston administrator for Amos Littlefield against W. W. Painter. The death compensation claim centers on the auto incident with jurors reaching the panel around 4 15 p m yesterday.
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Marion Littlefield
Charleston
Amos Littlefield
W. W. Painter
Yesterda
Governors Parley Breaks Precedent over Defense Statement
In Duluth on June 3, 19 governors in session approved a defense statement despite rules against resolutions. Vermont Governor George D. Aiken introduced the pledge urging immediate steps to defend the United States and pledging state resources. The conference also debated backing Roosevelt on mobilizing the National Guard while Governor Vanderbilt warned on improving public standards to prevent dictatorship spread.
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Duluth
Minn
Europe
United States
Vermont
George D. Aiken
Roosevelt
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Capture of 1 200 000 Allies Is Claimed
A historical broadcast claims 1 200 000 Allied troops were captured, likening it to 170 000 Poles taken at Kutno, 93 900 Russians captured at Tannenberg in 1914, and noting German estimates of 200 000 British and French dead in Flanders and Artois.
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Kutno
Warsaw
Tannenberg
Flanders
Artois
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