Vote Buying Probe Hits Several States and Britain
Reported findings from a committee probe into alleged vote buying cite West Virginia and Maryland irregularities, with some evidence referred to state authorities. Ohio and Missouri discussions show mixed results, while wartime UK and Italy actions frame a broader political climate as Allied forces push in Europe.
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Gillette
West Virginia
Senate
Missouri
Ohio
Clarence W. Meadows
Meadows
Hhe
Gillette D
Iowa
Washington
Ohio County Grand Jury
Howard Gray
Mary Lank
Barry Fanning
Cabell County
Common Pleas
Hollay Worth
Gillette Committee
Anti Italian Riots Staged in Britain
Reporting from wartime Britain describes anti Italian rioting with police rounds on aliens as Italy declares war. In Liverpool officers patrol streets while London crowds show visible anger and unrest amid the general roundup of Italians.
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Eyneh
London
Liverpoil
Glasai
Edinburgh
Belfast
England
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
Italy
Phange
Ginnins
Germany
Britain
Liverpool
Turks Expect Nation Will Be Next in War
Neutral observers believed Turkey would align with the Allied Near East force of 250000 British and French troops in Syria. They warned Mussolini’s moves could trigger Turkish action against Italy, with immediate response if Greece or the Dardanelles came under threat. President Inonu recently inspected frontier forces ready for action.
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Turkey
Asia
Syria
Q Ware
Maxine Weygand
France
Italy
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Balkans
Greece
Inonu
Dardanelles
Britain
Rosul
Battle Line Presses Toward Paris Thirty Miles West
German forces advanced toward Paris, crossing the Seine at points and driving from Amiens Rouen Vernon and beyond. French defenses stood along the Seine valley and Oise corridor as civilians fled and ministers departed safely, while Berlin boasted Nazi tanks near the capital and Rome and Moscow shifted diplomatic bearings.
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Oise
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Berlin
War Office
Associated Press
Reynaud
Mussolini
Waly
Nazi Germany
Allied resolve amid German push near Paris during early June 1940
The Charleston Gazette reports renewed Allied determination as German armor and infantry push toward Paris. French counters along a long front include retreat to Bresle and Ise valleys while Paris defenses hold. Mussolini’s entry reshapes war dynamics as Italian and German actions threaten northwest France.
Canada Declares War on Fascists in Italy
Ottawa reports Canada has declared war exists between the dominion and Italy after Prime Minister Mackenzie King denounced Mussolini as a carrion bird. Parliament approved the resolution and ordered an immediate roundup of Italian nationals and suspects. Passports will be handed to the Italian consul-general Rossi-Longhi and aides without delay.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Italy
W. L. Mackenzie King
Benito Mussolini
King
Hitler
Alberts Rossi- Longhi
Taliar
Roosevelt Extends Neutrality Provisions to Italy
President Roosevelt extended provisions of the neutrality act to Italy after Mussolini declared war. He signed three proclamations and issued an executive order to enforce them. No extension of the combat zone was ordered, keeping vessels barred from that area unchanged.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Mussolini
Kanawha County GOP Meeting Attended by 75 Women
Seventy five members of the Kanawha County Republican Women’s club met in the city council chambers last night. Federal Housing Authority officials showed films of the Littlepage Terrace project and other U S housing units, preventing Mayor Dawson from speaking. Reynaud’s cabinet meeting tonight was canceled.
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Kanawha County
Republican Womans Club
Littlepage Terrace
U. S
Federal Housing Authority
Dawson
Reynaud
Defense Plan Delayed by Labor and Tool Shortages
Col. MacMorland asserts a 15 month delay to solidify an efficient war organization, urging cooperation over compulsion in industrial mobilization. He cites aircraft production, machine tools, and skilled labor shortages as key hurdles and calls for broader reserves in strategic materials with public support to prevent re exportation and conserve resources.
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Col. MacMorland
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Advisory Commission On National Defense
MacMorrland
SAE
William S. Knudsen
Edward R. Stettinus
Knudsen
MacMorland
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