French Retire Across Marne Amid City Smoke
The Charleston Gazette reports in June 1940 that French forces withdrew to a line south of the Marne as German units pressed along the Seine and Oise. Paris grew a ghost city at dusk with refugees flooding streets while Tours became a temporary capital. The piece notes heavy German losses and French counterattacks redrawing the lines.
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Charleston
France
Volkingen
Oise
Seine
Rouen
Vernon
Oureq
Forte-Milan
Fere
Champagne
Aisne
Attigny
Meuse
Mannheim
Neustadt
Frankfort
Rhine Valley
Heinkel
Rostock
Paris
Metropolis
Tours
Paul Reynaud
Lower
Siene
Reich
Corsica
Berlin
Marne River
English Channel
Dieppe
Germans Hammering At Gates of Paris
German forces press the offensive toward Paris with the Seine valley seen as a gateway. Berlin reports relentless pursuit of French armies and claims vast war material gains, control of northern France industries and mines, and strengthened fighting capacity.
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Paris
Seine
France
Warsaw
Berlin
Washington Mercy Ship Fends Off Threat Amid Delayed Escort
The Washington, a mercy ship, sailed the war zone without convoy and faced a tense 10 minute delay before clearance. Germany denied any Allied plot, while officials questioned the indecision as lifeboats were lowered and the vessel carried 1,020 Americans from Europe toward Galway for onward passage.
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State Department
Washington
Germany
U. S. Lines
New York
Bordeaux
France
Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
Galway
FDR backs new Stop Hitler slogan amid defense push
Roosevelt endorses a Stop Hitler campaign piece while defenders push swift bills. He lauds chairman William Allen White and supports naval expansion, large army and air corps growth, and munitions plants. Proclamations bar Mediterranean shipping. Ford eyed mass production of P-40 fighters with Knudsen monitoring.
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Roosevelt
William Allen White
Gram
Mr. Roosevelt
House
White House
Senate
Army Air Corps
House Appropriations Committee
America
Red Cross
Mediterranean
Portugal
Spain
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Roosevelt explains mass production for war needs
Roosevelt said Ford may spare plant capacity and tools for airplane production while Allied purchasing lists show possible materials to study. He noted government owned arms would largely reach Allies via private firms. Senate approved broader authority to supply planes, despite a dissent by Sen Clark who called it war.
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Ford Company
Allied Purchasing Commission
U.S
Travis
Roosevelt
Charlottesville
Ser. Morgenthau
Congress
Senate
Sen
Clark
Cole
Orst Line
Super Engine Aims for Mass Plane Output
A plan for a mass production engine envisions producing 1,000 planes daily and developing a new airplane motor. The initiative ties to Ford's realm supporting President Roosevelt's objective of a 50,000 plane air force, with efforts underway by Hornor Davis Tk on combining two models.
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Wim
Hornor Davis
Ford seeks standard engine plan amid 1000 daily units claim
Ford officials discuss a possible standard airplane motor collaboration with Knudsen while eyeing a Rolls Royce Merlin adaptation for pursuit and bomber roles. Officials note Ford’s current engine output about 25 000 units daily across cars trucks and tractors and warn that mass plane production demands extreme precision.
Billion-Dollar Tax Increase Approved by Narrow Margin
The chamber passed a billion-dollar tax bill 596 to 6 aimed at administration spending and linked debt to taxes. Only about 60 members on the floor at times while Rep Thill’s bid to add an excess profits tax on arms was rejected. The committee will study excess profits tax options this fall and report in January. No amendments were allowed except those from the committee. Chairman Daughton defended swift action as a rebuttal to claims democracies are unwieldy in rent emergencies.
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House
Rep
Thill
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Daughton
Umberto Plans Italian Shock Attack in Alps
Geneva reports from both sides indicate Crown Prince Umberto will launch Italian troops against French lines in the Maritime Alps. French forces concentrate near the Dormance valley as the likely invasion route toward the Rhone valley. Also noted are political notices about Carrie Booker and candidates for state and county offices with no date fixed.
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Switzerland
Umberto
Maritime Alps
Dormance
Rhone
Carrie Booker
National Committee
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