Kennedy Bullitt push speed up war materiel production
Washington reports U S government weighing sale of surplus World War I era weapons to Allies amid urgent appeals for rifles machine guns field guns and ammunition while Kennedy and Bullitt press for faster production. Morgenthau notes Allies have a billion dollar plane program and seek surplus stock approval. Senate clears naval appropriations and page six carries passport tightening notes.
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U. S
White House
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Mor-genthau
Gen
Jackson
Roosevelt
Senate
State Department
Survivors Reach Port After Abukir Sinking by Nazis
A small group of Abukir survivors told how the steamer carrying about 200 passengers was torpedoed by a submarine and bombed by German planes while sailing from Ostend to England. Retrieved by a British destroyer, they recounted survivors being machine gunned in the water as the vessel went down. The Abukir was a 639 ton ship owned by Pharaonic Mail Lines with home port Alexandria Egypt.
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London
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Abukir
Ostend
England
The
Pharaonic Mail Lines
Alexandria
Egypt
Nazi Dreams Are Doomed France Told
Paris dispatch says Prime Minister Paul Reynaud, now in supreme command, claims hundreds of German tanks were destroyed on the Somme and vows German domination will break before French resistance. He warns spectators of the battle’s stakes and notes a reduced war cabinet from eleven to eight.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
France
Somme
Europe
U. S
Reynaud
Italy
Envoy Urges U S to Join War Now
New York June 6 1917 former American ambassador to Berlin William J. Bryan Gerard urged the United States to join the war immediately in a Brooklyn Sunday school union address. He said we ought to be in this war and if not, we're cooked.
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New York
Mkom Asmes
Gerard
Berlin
U. S
Brooklyn Sunday School Union
Soldiers Aroused Demand Fresh Leadership in Britain
An insistent return of soldiers from Flanders calls for toppling old leaders and installing younger ministers. The motion, part of a broader revolt beginning with Chamberlain's fall, grows as uniformed men in Parliament and hospitals press for a completed political revolution amid France's cabinet shakeup and Daladier’s removal.
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London
England
Flanders
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Edouard Daladier
Churchill urged to purge elder statesmen from leadership
Frazier Hunt reports public pressure grows to replace Britain’s aging leadership. Critics blame Chamberlain and Kingsley Wood for unpreparedness as Churchill seeks to rally MPs in uniform against the government, with a secret Commons meeting looming and a dramatic fallout anticipated.
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Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
Lord Privy Seal
Kingsley Wood
Commons
France
Churchill
Italy Awaits Mussolini Verdict On Peace Talks
Rome reports Mussolini to address nationwide crowds tonight with a verdict on Premier Reynaud's peace proposal. Foreign and domestic observers say Italy watches for Mussolini's stance as France and Britain weigh Reynaud's call for a peaceful solution amid growing divergences.
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Soar
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Il Duce
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Reynaud
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Fos
Italy
City Upholds Retirement Of Incinerator Bonds
The city of Charleston can retire its incinerator revenue bonds from the general fund rather than by service charges, an opinion by Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows states. The opinion also says salaries for the crematory superintendent and improvements from the general fund are legal, along with general maintenance and operation costs of the plant.
West Virginia GOP Map Fall Campaign as Dewey Plans Rally
The Republican state committee meets in Charleston to organize for the fall campaign with Thomas Dewey expected to speak at an 8 p.m. rally in Municipal Auditorium. The event aims to rally support from the 16 delegates heading to the June 26 Philadelphia convention and may feature National Committeeman Walter Hallinan.
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Dewey
Charleston
Tere
New York
Republican State Committee
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Kay
Municipal Auditorium
Philadelphia
Washington
Walter S. Hallinan
Roads to Paris Barred By Barbed Wire Report
A German broadcast heard by CBS claimed roads into Paris are blocked with barbed wire and trenches to deter German transport landings. The entanglements are said to be erected and roads dug up as a defense measure surrounding Paris.
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Paris
New York
CBS Tonight
Conciliator Arrives to Mediate Charleston Strike
Daniel Hurley of the U S Department of Labor is due to arrive in Charleston to mediate a building trades strike and seek a settlement. Picketing will continue as contractors uphold a stop work order pending arbitration of wage disputes with the AFL affiliated unions.
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U. S. Department of
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Charleston
Frank Rebhan
Charleston Building ‘Trades Roun R
Burley
Cincinnati
Emeili
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Building Trades Department
Hurley
Hod Carrisys
Building and Common Laborers Union
AFL
Ouf
German blitz divisions drive toward Paris from the west
German units hurled toward the Somme in a major offensive to encircle Paris from the west. Engineers faced heavy fire as they built a pontoon bridge at Pont Remy near Abbeville, while panzer divisions and tank crews pushed to dominate the south bank. Firings and counterattacks intensified with each fortified position, and front dispatches report fierce fighting in every cellar and hedge line as the assault pressed on.
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Abbeville
Rethel
le Havre
England
Paris
Somme
Pont Remy
Channel
Berlin
Germany
Windsor Quits Post in Shadow of Expeditionary Return
The Duke of Windsor has resigned as liaison officer with British and French armies as most of the BEF returns to England. He will stay in southern France with the Duchess of Windsor at Cap d Antibes until a new posting.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
France
Wallis Warfield
Baltimore
Windsors
Cap d'Antibes
French Riviera
2000 Steel Fortresses In Decisive Battle
Berlin and Paris report a major French counteroffensive on the Somme Aisne front as German tanks surge in waves. French air power guns and dive bombers attack armor, claiming hundreds of German tanks destroyed and all eyes on the Weygand line.
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France
Weygand
Air Ministry
Weygand Line
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