Battered France squeezed by allied and axis forces
British reports quote a French source stating General Weygand could not guarantee North African troops' loyalty to Britons if pressed to fight De Gaulle's free French. Vichy tensions rise as Germany and Italy widen strikes. Beirut harbor and Syria face renewed pressure amid fears of British occupation and German infiltration.
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France
Britain
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Cyprus
Suez Canal
Zurich
Switzerland
Maxime Weygand
North
Africa
Geeral Charlies de Gaulle
Weygand
Exchan Telegraph
British News Age
Syria
Vichy
Jean Darian
Damascus
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Ankara
Turkey
Reuters
Suez
Palestine
Germany
Italy
White House weighs action on Inglewood plant strike
President Roosevelt to sign papers authorizing army takeover of the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California if CTO union workers do not return Monday. White House secretary Stephen Early said Roosevelt would await a union meeting outcome, while the AFL Machinists head Harvey Brown would confer on the San Francisco Bay area shipyard strike amid wage and overtime disputes.
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Army
North American
Avia
Inglewood
Calif
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
CTO Union
Early
Mr. Roosevelt
Harvey W. Brown
AFL International Machinists’ Union
Washington
San Francisco Bay Area
Planta
Tornado strikes Central Florida as rains move across south
Severe weather hits Florida with a freak tornado in Polk area damaging 30 frame homes in Haines City and injuring about 25, while Orlando area reports heavy rains easing drought. Citrus growers lose trees and power restrictions loom as Southeast forecasts warn of irregular rainfall and rising temperatures.
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Associated Press
Florida
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Haines City
Orlando
Atlanta
Knoxville
Tenn
Berlin denies orders given by German propaganda
Berlin refutes Roosevelt claims of German propaganda directives in the United States saying the papers cited are falsified. A spokesman asserts Britain and American sources originate the stories and that German aims are peaceful collaboration. He cites alleged quotes attributed to Roosevelt Willkie Lothian and others as not from Germany.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
England
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Lord Lothian
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army
Air Corps
Britain
Western Hemisphere
Escape from Fayette County Jail Shocks Local Officials
Two prisoners fled Fayette County Jail after a door was left unlocked. Identified as Herman Silas, recently released from Kilby state prison after a 10 year sentence for felonious assault, and Dewey Bass, charged with unspecified offense. Authorities search area for suspects.
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Fayette
Ala
Fayette County
Herman Silas
Kilby State
Dewey Bass
Uskennese
Bribe Attempt Charged In Morgan County Case
Wilburn Wright of Hartselle is jailed on a charge of attempting to bribe a witness in the John Alford murder trial. The warrant, sworn by state witness Charlie Frazier, cites an offer to influence Frazier’s testimony in the 1940 Hartselle death case. Alford’s March manslaughter verdict was a mistrial after the jury could not fix punishment. he faces a July 1 retrial.
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Wilburn Wright
Hartselle
Morgan County
John Alford
William Segars
Wright
B. C. Pittman
Charlie Frazier
Alford
James H. Crow, Jr
Frazier
State of
Alabama
State of Alabama
Charlie Fraizer
Morgan Circuit Court
Seybourne
Lynne
New Battleship Launched at Camden South Dakota keel laid
The 35 000 ton battleship South Dakota was launched at the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden New Jersey at 12 20 p m Secretary of the Navy Knox said the aim is not war but to prevent war and to establish the greatest seapower with an invincible air force A 10 000 ton cruiser keel was laid on the vacated slip shortly after.
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Camden
N. J
Uncle Sam
South Dakota
Knox
New York Shipbuilding Company
Daota
Eva resident H V Scruggs dies at 44 in Tuscaloosa hospital
H V Scruggs a well known Eva resident died at 6 a m today in a Tuscaloosa hospital. He was 44 years old. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Drinkard of Harf selle.
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H. V. Scruggs
Eva
Tuscaloosa
Mr. Scruggs
Drinkard
Harfselle
J H Maxwell Dies At Home In Morgan County
James Harrison Maxwell 76 prominent Morgan county resident died at 6 45 this morning at his Somerville route 2 home after a month long illness. He was brother of the late John M Maxwell tax assessor of Morgan county. Funeral set for 2 pm Sunday at Antioch Church with burial in Antioch Cemetery. Survived by widow four sons eight daughters 36 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers granddaughters in charge of flowers.
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James Harrison Maxwell
Morgan County
Somerville
John M
Maxwell
Decatur
Antioch Church
Hamby
Drinkard
Antioch Cemetery
W. P. Maxwell
Roxie Maxwell
A. B. Maxwell
Hulace
Effie Lemley
Lola Mason
Flossie Self
Eva
Leon Mason
Noah Mason
Huntaville
T. Maxwell
Mattie Turney
Cadet Flier Killed in Naval Training Crash near Pensacola
Aviation Cadet Lawrence J. Long Jr of Miami died in a mid air collision of two naval training planes near Pensacola Florida. A second pilot was believed killed and search for the missing aircraft continued after the planes fell into Bayou Grande. Long belonged to class 162 C and was attached to the U S Marine reserves.
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Pensacola
Fla
Lawrence. J. Long, Jr
Miami
Long
Bayou Grande
U. S. Marine Reserves
Naval Air Station
Chungking Bombed Again in Daylight Air Raid
Japanese warplanes struck Chungking for a second day as 60 planes attacked in two waves this afternoon. The city’s air raid shelters were crowded with residents who spent three hours underground after a Thursday raid killed about 700. Rescue teams continued pulling bodies from the earlier disaster.
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Chungking
British still confident of final victory in war
Ambassador John G. Winant briefing Vice President Wallace and Senate leaders conveyed British morale remains high and they expect to hold Suez and resist German control. He cited sufficient forces in Africa, air superiority over the British Isles, and improving Atlantic shipping though sinkings eased. Churchill retains broad popular support. Roosevelt denied peace proposals.
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Washington
John G. Winant
Wallace
Senate
Sues Canal
Mediterranean
Great Britain
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Byrnes
Connally
D-Tex
Hill
D-Ala
Africa
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Crete
Royal Air Force
British Isles
English Channel
France
England
Vichy
Churchill
Winant
London
Roosevelt
Pace Two
False twilight in war by Hitler foresees French and Italian roles
War column notes a dampened phase arranged by Hitler where conquered peoples do most fighting. French expected to incur early casualties in Syria with German air support, while Italians deploy planes in the Western Mediterranean and Syria as the Axis works by expediency.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Syria
Mediterranean
France
Hitler relies on dupes to mask wartime moves
The article argues Hitler will use dupes to mislead Britain and consolidate power, while admitting German forces are stretched and soldiers crave home leave. It notes Balkan railways groaning under the weight of marching troops as some head to the next front and others return home briefly.
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Hitler
Britain
Superman
British RAF trainees begin U.S. training program in Southeast
550 Royal Air Force cadets arrive to begin training at six Southeast Air Corps centers. US and Britain cooperate to educate 8,000 Britons annually as pilots navigators and aircrew with stages at Montgomery Tuscaloosa Albany Arcadia Lakeland Macon Barksdale Selma and Maxwell Field.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sam
Britain
Royal Air Force
Southeast Air Corps Center
United States
Tuscaloosa
Albany
Americus
Lakela d
Arcadia
Fla
Camden
8. C
U. S
Macon
Maxwell Field
Barksdale Field
Selma
Great Britain
RAF
U. S. Army Air Corps
Minister Frank H. Gardner dies in Calhoun
Dr. Frank H. Gardner age 14, a longtime Methodist minister from Flat Rock Alabama and member of the North Alabama Conference for 50 years, died yesterday in Calhoun Georgia.
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Calhoun
Frank H. Gardner
Flat Rock
Ala
North Alabama Conference
Prison Hero Edwin Pitts Dies From Knife Wounds
Edwin Pitts known as a great Sing Sing athlete died in Valdese North Carolina from knife wounds received at a roadside tavern. Police seek Newland Leferes of Morgantown in connection with the killing. Pitts, a former gridiron and baseball star, played for Washington Senators organization and later in Piedmont and North Carolina leagues. He coached at Valdese High School and worked in a hosiery mill at his death, survived by his wife and daughter.
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Sing Sing
Washington Senators
Albany
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Valdese
Pendergast and aide sentenced in Missouri fire case
Kansas City June 17 Two years each were imposed on T J Pendergast 68 former Democratic boss and R E B O Malley a lieutenant by a federal court for contempt in deceiving the court in a 10 million fire insurance settlement. They had previously served about a year for income tax evasion. The government said Pendergast used power to aid fire insurers and O Malley then state insurance superintendent accepted 500000 to speed the case.
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Kansas
Missouri
United States
O'Malley
Two Injured as Cars Collide at Fourth and Prospect
Mr and Mrs Anthony Kroll of St Louis and their son Emmett Kroll were bruised when their car collided with a vehicle driven by Clifton Reeves at Fourth Avenue and Prospect Drive at 9 40 this morning. The St Louis car overturned and suffered heavy damage. The Krolls were treated and discharged at Decatur Clinic. Reeves and Ilson escaped injury.
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Anthony Kroll
of &. Louis
Emmett Kroll
Clifton Reeves
Wadsworth Street
Fourth Avenue
Prospect Drive
St. Louis
Union Says North American Strike May Trigger Army Takeover
Richard T. Frankensteen of the CIO UAW aviation division said a full statement on the union's stance in the North American Aviation strike could come after noon. He noted Roosevelt might order army control of the plant Monday if the walkout continues, and added no comment until the noon committee meeting. Bill Backman said the strike would continue and workers would not return to work today.
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Inglewood
Cal
Richard T. Frankensteen
Cio-Uaw Aviation Division
North American Aviation Corp
Roosevelt
Army
Frankensteen
Bill Backman
West Coast lumber strike and auto plant slowdowns report
Reporters describe the third major West Coast lumber strike in the Puget Sound area and a Detroit Ford Rouge plant halt over engine shortages amid UAW talks. North American Aviation walkout continues with union demands for a union shop wage hikes and skilled worker raises.
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Puget Sound
Detroit
Ford Company
Rouge
CTO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Inglewood
Billman
Tomorow
Tennessee River Flood Gauge and Weather Outlook
The Tennessee river gauge stood at 27.20 feet and is falling. The high reached 91 degrees and low 71 with no rainfall. Expect considerable cloudiness tonight and isolated thundershowers mainly in the west and north Sunday. Southerly winds will be gentle to moderate.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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J. H. Maxwell
Dewitt Mackenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
North American Aviation Corporation
Pendergast
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