The Hidden Chest In France Amid Nazi Rounding Up
Bill Patterson warns Don Arthur in Switzerland about trouble with the Hergner family renting a chateau in unoccupied France. They flee through a secret passage to escape Nazi forces, rescue a girl, and learn villagers fall under attack as rifles fire and a grim fate awaits the innocents.
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Hergner
France
Switzerland
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Hidden Exit From Chateau Amid War Secrets
In a mountain chateau underground escape, a man and a woman named Gisa Berger reach a hidden exit through a stone wall designed to face the mountain. They reveal her father, Doctor Ernst Bergner, a neurologist and resistance figure, was spirited away to Vichy and betrayed to the Gestapo. The pair discuss danger, memory, and fear as a distant explosion interrupts them.
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Depth charges worry Navy as unrecognized objects found
The Navy Hydrographic Office warned fishermen about unexploded depth charges caught in nets. Unexploded charges may remain active for six months or more, may move with currents, and could detonate if struck. They advised dumping objects back overboard at top speed with crew under shelter.
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Office of Check of Naval Operations
4th Termers Lose and Roosevelts Rally Courts
The Roosevelts seek quick court action as electors may be bound to support the presidential nominee. Former Gov. Allred argues the uninstructed convention voted to instruct electors, a claim framed as democracy. Sen. Hatch urges a forthright GOP candidate stance on key issues as Willkie ideas surface. Idaho and Virginia hold state elections as voters consider senate and local races.
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Senate
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Republican Party
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Virginia
Endeavor Group to Hold State Convention at Clarksburg
Clarksburg June 12 Christian Endeavor opens its state convention with about 150 delegates expected. Speakers include Dr Joan W Elliott president of Alderson Broaddus College Philippi and leading church officials.
Dear Lois Leeds Fashion Inquiries And Advice Column
Lois Leeds replies to reader questions on bicycle fashion for a rider, hair care during wartime shortages, church attire for an attendant, rubber glove scarcity and home tasks, offering practical style tips and product alternatives. The column includes a note about bridal headwear and requests for wreath designs.
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FDR Praises Strategy Across War Fronts
President Roosevelt praised ongoing Allied air power and the pacific advance while noting Germany’s production decline and the shattered punch of the German fighter force. He cited the French coast attack as the result of months of planning and warned of the long road toward Tokyo as Japanese shipping and troop momentum were eroded.
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United States
FDR Congratulates Fifth Army on Victory
President Roosevelt telegrammed General Mark W. Clark praising the Fifth Army for making the American people happy and pledging continuing blows against the enemy until defeat. Clark thanked the President and said Fifth Army members appreciate the message and carry the pledge.
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Roosevelt rallies for air mail drive from Texarkana
President Roosevelt joined a one hour radio program from Washington to promote a major air mail campaign. Secretary Morgenthau and film stars participated as the broadcast originated from Texarkana near the Texas-Arkansas border, highlighting the city as a strategic juncture on the line between two states.
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Air War Expands Across France With Heavy RAF and US Airstrikes
Allied air forces pounded German airfields from St Nazaire to Lyon as Fortresses and Liberators hit targets across northern and central France. Heavy bombers shattered rail junctions near Caen and Le Mans while fighters strafed locomotives and vehicles, and British rocket fighters attacked rail and radio installations near Le Havre. Dozens of German planes reportedly engaged, with Allied escorts claiming multiple enemy losses as operations continued through the day.
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Court Revises Texas Ballot Ruling wording
Washington reports the Supreme Court amended a sentence in its recent Texas primary ruling. The original stated Negroes have the right to vote. the amended line removes race from the description of voters. Justices Roberts and Frankfurter did not participate in the order.
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Washington
Supreme Court
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Frankfurter
Invasion Echoes Cut German Rail, Bridges and Fortifications
Allied air and sea strikes crippled German rail centers and bridges in northern France and the Low Countries as D day loomed. Typhoons, fighters and bombers hit rail hubs, river crossings and coastal targets, with tens of thousands of tons of ordnance raining down and several dozen German installations damaged or destroyed.
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