Churchill Defiant to Fight On Alone for World Defense
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared Britain would continue the war against Nazi Germany alone if necessary, calling Britain the sole champion in arms to defend the world. Britain had offered unity with France before France sought peace, signaling a collapsing French cabinet and heightened peril to England from blockade bombardment and potential invasion.
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London
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Little Island
Winston Churchill
Hitler
France
Britain
England
Menaci
Paul Reynaur
Germany
Churchill
Red Candidate Denied Release in Beckley Trial
Wheeler a Communist gubernatorial candidate jailed in Beckley awaiting trial on five misdemeanor indictments related to petition circulation to place the Communist party on the November ballot. Grand jury charged him with credit and fraud stemming from misrepresented petition. bond set at 100 dollars per count totaling 5000. Trial slated for June 28.
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Oscar
Wheeler
Beckley
Supreme Court
Raleigh County
Communist Party
Bonds
Louis Fleischer
New York
Harold W. Houston
Charleston
Army Probes Air Tragedy in Midair Collision Killing 11
A U S Army board of inquiry opened behind closed doors to investigate the midair crash of two bombing planes over Queens Village Long Island. All crew members were killed except one seriously injured. The four planes were on training maneuvers from Mitchel Field. Col. Douglas B Netherwood led the inquiry. Findings will go to the War Department in Washington.
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New York
JINS
Army Board of Inquiry
Arm
Douglas B Netherwood
Mitchelfield
War Department
Washington
Queens Village
Long Island
Fire in Freight Car Sparks International Probe
The FBI and Canadian police investigate a blaze in a Grand Trunk rail freight car near Port Huron Michigan bound for Canada containing American made airplane motors. Holes bored in a box car bottom were filled with oil soaked rags and set alight. Authorities suspect saboteurs aimed to blow the nearby tunnel but misfired. A second explosive laden train passed the tunnel shortly before the incident.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Grand Trunk Railway
Port Haron
Mich
Canada
Sarnia
Ontario
International Tunnel
Port Huron
Saboletes
Loans Offered City Employes
City employees may receive loans offered by National Bank of Commerce on deductable pay over the next year. Mayor Dawson said he inquired about the move after learning of overdraft concerns and noted no official action was taken.
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National Bank of Commerce
Dawson
Temper Plus Action Gets Laudable Results
Memphis pedestrian, irritated by cars blocking crosswalks, vented his temper by stepping into a sedan and opening both doors. He then returned to his walk, leaving the doors open and causing the driver to exit and close them.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dune Li Pi
City backs or denies survey request in council session
City council last night denied Charleston Chamber of Commerce's request for a financial and efficiency survey of the municipality. A four page committee letter from Guy VanHorn's special committee led to adoption of a resolution opposing the survey proposal. The council suggested studying county and schooling finances along with city finances, citing shared tax responsibilities.
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Guy VanHorn
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Italy to Grab Possessions In Mediterranean War Drive
Rome reports a intensified campaign to seize all French possessions in the Mediterranean as Britain is driven out. Mussolini, with foreign minister Diana and Von MacKensen, heads to Berlin to meet Hitler for possible peace terms. Petain in contact with Hitler. armistice terms unclear. Page 2, Cal. 3.
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INSI
Italy
Mediterranean
Britain
Generlissim Francisca Franca
France
Mussolini
Count Diana
Amber von Mac O Kensen
Hitler
Berlin
Bodeaux
Stefani
Malu
Declred
Petain
Hotier
Briain
Fighting Continues As Fuehrer Delays Answer To Petain
Bordeaux dispatch reports French armies fighting along a split front after petitions to Hitler for terms. Despite ceaseless retreats, French forces defend with “an honorable peace” condition, while Germans push toward Orleans, the Loire, and regions east of the river, with mechanized units entering Doubs and Jura.
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Petain
Bordeaux
France
Adolf Hitler
Frencn
Loire
Orleans
Loire River
Paris
Dijon
Autun
Doubs
Jura
Page Ft
Bullitt says Paris Occupied by Germans with No Losses
Ambassador William C. Bullitt reported to Washington that Paris was occupied by German troops without loss of life and that all members of the American legation staff were safe. The message, dated June 15 and received via Berlin, noted the mission was in excellent health.
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Insi
Paris
Legation
William C. Bullitt
Berlin
State Department
Bullitt
Sion
Nazi Press Urges Hard Peace Terms
Berlin reports in German press demand for unconditional surrender on terms as harsh as 1918 Compiegne. Hitler and Mussolini near talks to dictate France terms after blitzkrieg and fall of Orleans and Metz. Voelkischer Beobachter recalls German postwar humiliations and harsh rebuke to Allied leaders.
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Berlin
INS
India
Germany
Hitler
France
Compiegne
Mussolini
Orleans
Metz
Alsace
Voelkischer Beobachter
Keep Faith France Told Pact Under Siege
Premier Petain announces French capitulation to Germany in a message to the French people. He says he has assumed leadership in response to the republic president and pledges to guide the government while honoring the army and its veterans amid a superior enemy. The text reflects France's struggle and the nation joining in the war effort under new authority.
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Bordeaux
INS
Marshal Petain
Republic
France
Britain Proposes Union With France to Fight Hitler
Britain offers to unite the United Kingdom and the French Republic into a single nation with a unified war cabinet to resist Nazi Germany. The plan would dissolve if France seeks armistice but could be renewed if France continues fighting. The Empire's resources would be pooled and US aid sought to form the new Allied state.
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United Kingdom
French Republic
U. S
Britain
Hitler
Germany
France
Britain and France Forge Franco-British War Union
A disclosed French British plea outlines a Franco-British union in which both nations share defense, governance, and citizenship. A single war cabinet will direct all forces, with joint parliamentary links and mutual postwar reconstruction aims, seeking U S economic aid.
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Ronald Campbell
United Kingdom
French Republic
France
Great Britain
Britain
British Empire
Axis Partners Confer Today To Split Spoils
Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler and Mussolini will meet soon in western Europe to decide France’s fate and dictate terms to the defeated republic. Mussolini heads north from Rome toward an historic conference with Hitler, possibly in Munich, signaling decisive moves in Europe.
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Axis Partners
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
France
Rome
Hitler
Hitler Sets Six Week Window to Conquer Britain
Washington reports that Adolf Hitler aims to capture the British Isles within six weeks after invasion, according to well informed diplomatic circles. They could not confirm when the blitzkrieg against England would begin.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
British Isles
Fuehrer
England
Versailles Favored as Armistice Hailed in France Collapse
French resistance crumbles as Metz fell to German assaults and Paris contemplates terms. Marshal Petain seeks surrender terms while Versailles emerges as a possible armistice site. Hitler and Mussolini may confer, with German radio signaling France to accept terms and recall past German triumphs at Compiegne.
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France
Versailles
Germany
Metz
Henri Philippe Fetain
Hitler
Mussolini
Furmer
Versailles Palace
Paris
Diano
Duce
NBC
New York
Compiegne
Foch
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