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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
9
Senate debate on American entry to World War II features Pittman urging support for aid to Britain while Lindbergh argues against entangling alliances and warns that rushing into war could fracture national unity. Lindbergh stresses defending the United States first and avoiding a broader European conflict.
Ed Johnson of Colorado declares at a Chicago convention that the Democratic Party must not be the peace party. He warns against nominating an interventionist for president and says the republic’s peace depends on the party fulfilling its duty.
Reports from Kaunas and London note Lithuania forming a government to work with Soviet occupation, while fascist Italy claims Allied losses and Italian submarines destroyed. Allied air and naval actions include Malta raids and Maginot Line retreat, with Egypt and Chungking updates and Mediterranean submarine claims.
Fragmentary text discusses an imagined invest rant in anticalrcraft guns and pursest yianes with a notion that debts be evulated by cession of strategically valuable territory in the Western emisphere now held by England and France to the United States, a ceded region referenced.
France reportedly withdrawn from the Maginot Line from the Swiss border to the Moselle while pivoting to a defense zone along the Jura foothills. Paris, Bordeaux, and Bernibung reports indicate German forces advance on Langres Plateau and upper Rhine. British and Italian actions and Roosevelt’s reply to Reynaud are noted as Allied reactions intensify.
Rev Alfred W Sear of Madison Wisconsin delivered a sermon at Colorado State College of Education's fiftieth anniversary convocation at the Garden theater Sunday morning. The ceremony included honors for visiting luminaries and a pledge by college leaders to unite higher education and religion as a path for humanity beyond education alone.
In London and Paris, officials discuss a joint wartime cabinet reshuffle to unify Allied plans. Pierre Laval and Reynaud aides are named to key posts, with Weygand suggested as defense head and Darlan as navy minister, signaling a broad transition amid German threats.
Former pastor Swan warned that disintegrating community bonds threaten education and race progress. He urged a robust sense of unity grounded in religion to counter mechanization and communication advances, arguing only spiritual solidarity can sustain a cohesive society and uplift the next generation.
A fire at Loretto Heights Academy was reported tonight with residents at Loretta Heights fearing danger. Smoke and flames endanger nearby structures, but officials indicated a low chance of spread to adjacent Catholic facilities.
Fremont, Nov. 16 Otto Wynuns, a Fremont contractor, was killed when his bicycle was struck by a motor vehicle driven by Verna Cerny, a Denver nurse at Pitallinoas General hospital. County Attorney Lanine said Cerny would be held pending an investigation of the accident.
Edward Lath 10 years old of Wyett district formerly Olive Branch district died. Funeral services to be held Tuesday at 2 o clock in our chapel. Interment Olive Cemetery, Denver.
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