Eleven Fliers Killed In Mid Air Collision Over Queens
Eleven U S Army airmen died when two Douglas bombers collided at about 2000 feet over Bellerose Queens. One enlisted man survived by parachute but was injured. The crash tore into houses on 239th Street setting fires and killing or burning residents. Witnesses said wings intersected in formation causing a deadly mid air crash as flames and wreckage spread across the street.
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New York
Bellerose
Queen
New York City
Mitchelfield
Long Island
Frontet
239Th Street
George Wall
Page Five
Soviet Troops Occupy Baltic States Amid Ultimatum
Soviet troops moved into Estonia Latvia and Lithuania after Moscow's ultimatum. Tallinn Tartu and other towns were occupied while Riga’s capture was reportedly delayed. President Smetona fled to Germany and was said interned at Koenigsberg. Kaunas dispatch notes continued coverage.
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Tallin
Tartu
Estonia
Moscow
Latvia
Berlin
Riga
Aftonbladet
Kaunas
Lithuania
Germany
Smetona
Koenigsberg
Grafton Sentinel Lists Tonight's Movie At Dixie and Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. E. I. Headley of Blueville to tonight's Dixie theatre showing The Man From Dakota with Wallace Beery John Howard and Dolores Del Rio. At the Strand theatre Pat O Brien stars in Slightly Honorable the current attraction.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
E. I. Headley
Blueville
Man From
Dakota
Wallace Beery
John Howard
Dolores del Rio
Dixie Theatre
Pat O'Brien
Strand Theatre
Senate Takes Up Tax Bill in Last Big Defense Tax Move
The Senate began debate on the billion dollar defense tax program as Congress aims to adjourn by Saturday. The House will vote on amendments to a 1.224 billion relief bill including Roosevelt’s proposed 50 million war refugee fund. A 10 percent income tax measure faces several controversial amendments, with adjournment votes seen as pivotal.
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Congress
Senate
Can Finsh
House
Roosevelt
Republican
Byrd
D.-Va
U. S. Permits Warplanes to Fly Across Border
Washington June 17. The United States allows delivery planes to be flown across the Canadian border after Allies pay for them in American factories. Previously planes had to land at the border and be towed across. The ruling transfers legal title as the ship crosses the boundary.
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Washington
United States
Surrender Of France Sends Stocks Down In Early Trade
New York June 17 The French capitulation hit the stock market with a sharp initial drop as leaders slid 1 to over 5 points. Sell orders dried up and losses were reduced later, reflecting a tempered response to the news.
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New York
Plane crash near Tulsa claims three lives in training collision
A mid air collision six miles east of Tulsa municipal airport killed two students and an instructor, injuring two ground bystanders. The two training planes crashed at about 2000 feet, burst into flames and fell to the earth. Victims burned beyond recognition.
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Tulsa
Okla
Municipal
Platform committee actions shape 1940 party plans
AAP reports start of platform work across states with committee meetings in Philadelphia Chicago and Tennessee as Alf Landon and Henry Cabot Lodge garner attention for Republican resolutions chairmanship ahead of the 1940 convention. Delegates and national action outlined in early-stage preparations.
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Associated Press
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U. S
Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Gpemeorate Nation Convention
Thastisian
Tennessee
Alf.m. Landon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Republican Resolutions Committee
Kansas
New
Former Postmaster to Serve Probation in Embezzlement Case
Cicero Hurley former postmaster at Anawalt McDowell county was placed on three years probation upon condition he repays 1186.20 charged as embezzlement. Federal Judge George W McClintic said he must attend sessions in Asheville NC this week delaying grand jury actions until June 24 leaving only pending cases from prior terms to be disposed of.
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Bluefield
Cicero Hurley
Anawalt
McDowell County
George W. McClintic
Fourth Circuit Judicial Council
Asheville
N. C
Italy Jubilant Over French Armistice Plea Seen as War’s End
In Rome on June 17 1940 Italians welcomed France’s request for an armistice with Germany as a sign the war would end soon. Italians expected a renewed bombardment of British naval bases at Malta and Aden as the conflict continued.
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France
Germany
Malta
Mediterranean
Aden
East Africa
Petain calls halt to German drive in plea for armistice
Bordeaux June 17 Marshal Petain France s premier announced on radio that it is necessary to try to send the fighting He said he made contact with the adversary last night asking him as soldier to soldier to seek means to stop the fight The aged hero of Verdun said France has entered into contact with Germany through Spain mediation The cabinet convened to await developments and no German request for an armistice had been announced
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Marshal Petain
France
Fetain
Verdun
Spain
Germany
Associated
Europe
Britain
England
Neville Henderson
Berlin
Moundsville Motorist Killed In McDowell County
Welch June 17 A motorist tentatively identified as Roy Lance Richard Terrell 44 of Moundsville was killed in an automobile accident near Kimball driving alone the car failed to negotiate a curve and left the road State police cited newspaper clippings in the dead man s pocket for tentative identification His wife is Mrs Rabel Terrell secretary for the Marshall County Republican Executive Committee
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Welch
Roylance Richard Terrell
Moundsville
Kimball
Terrell
Rabel Terrell
Marshall County Republican Executive Committee
Crops Benefit From Weekend Showers Across West Virginia
Gentle weekend showers helped crops in West Virginia amid a heat wave. Rainfall varied from .09 to an inch in parts as temperatures cooled from 80s 90s to the 70s. High humidity persisted and pastures and late season crops showed progress, officials said.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Separate Atlantic Fleet Is Proposed By Administration
Washington June 17 An early administration plan to build a separate Atlantic fleet was forecast in congressional quarters as senators weighed doubling the army to 750000. The main fleet remains in the Pacific. Reported sources said Atlantic defenses would hinge on a new class of fast cruisers of 20000 to 28000 tons amid broad fleet expansion by Congress.
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Congression Quarters
Pacific
Devel
Atlantic
Congress
Aft
Vinsod
D-Gasa House Naval Committee
Bank of England bans Canadian and US securities trading
London reports the Bank of England orders all residents and non residents prohibited from dealing in Canadian and United States stocks and bonds to conserve foreign exchange. The move follows prior similar restrictions, with permits cancelled.
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London
Bank of England
United States
End of Fighting Reported by Foreign Broadcasts
New York announcers say British broadcasts report hostilities ended during the night. Premier Petain pledged leadership of France in a speech read from London via shortwave. Translation notes indicate the French president addressed the nation.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
British Broadcasting
Petain
London
France
Weekend Fatalities Across West Virginia Rise
Eight people died in West Virginia over the weekend with automobiles causing half the deaths. Fatalities occurred in Fayette county including Billy Joe Neeley 2 Layland struck by a car, Sherman Shultz 34 Beard's Fork hit by a mine motor, and Mike Jakubowski 53 Wingrove drowned in the New River. In Charleston area one auto fatality and Sherman Schwartz 46 Giles struck by a freight train. A Ritchie County boy wounded by a shotgun, Hiram Bigam 70 Westover fell from a truck near Morgantown, and Joseph A Helms 57 Huntington died after being struck by a car.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Fayette County
Billy Joe Neeley
Layland
Mike Jakubowski
Charleston
Sherman Schwartz
Giles
Ritchie County
Hiram 8. Bigam
West
Moragatown
Joseph A. Helms
Huntington
Hitler's Move On Great Britain Expected Soon
Sir Nevile Henderson predicts Hitler will attempt invasion of England this month or July, not August or September. The ex diplomat urges all able bodied men to use a rifle, warning Hitler can rely on blockade bombing and invasion, and calls for turning professional to beat Germany.
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Lincoln
England
Nevile Henderson
Adolf Hitler
Nevile
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Rev Millard Miller to lead Dayton education group
Martinsburg June 17 Rev Millard J Miller of Martinsburg will resign in September as superintendent of the Virginia conference United Brethren church to become director of young people's and Christian education. He will report to the annual conference at Keyser and will base his headquarters in Dayton Ohio.
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Martinsburg
Millard J. Miller
Virginia
United Brethren Church
Keyser
Dayton
Hitler and Mussolini to meet on terms with France
Berlin dispatch reports Hitler and Mussolini plan a border conference to shape Germany and Italy's stance toward France after its offer to lay down arms. Petain states France ready to seek armistice. Britain vows to resist, warning of possible German invasion. The public absorbs word of a high-level meeting near the Italian border as officials weigh terms.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Italy
France
Hitler
Tain
Fuehrer
Benito
Marshal Petain
Wilhelmsstrasse
England
War War, Varying Fronts News From June 17
War bulletins report Premier Petain seeking peace from Germany, with fighting near Pontarlier in Doubs as refugees stream into Switzerland. A Rome conference is planned between Mussolini and Hitler regarding armistice terms. A naval expansion bill proposes adding ships in a $1 million program.
Orleans Is Captured Berlin June 17
AP dispatch reports Allied progress with the crossing of the Loire and relentless pursuit south and west as German forces announce in a communiqué that lapsed French armies are flowing westward while pursued by Allied troops.
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Loire
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