Fiery Resistance in French Front as War News Updates
Reports describe French resistance and Allied efforts amid German advances. Fog shrouds Orleans region while French aim to slow mechanized German columns near Dijon and the Loire valley. Weygand considered anchoring in southeastern France near the Jura as fighting continues.
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Dijon
Autun
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Franco Intermediary Role Hints At Armistice Talks
Reports say General Francisco Franco was invited to mediate armistice discussions between France and the Axis. The item notes Franco’s possible influence on Gibraltar’s fate and mentions ongoing German advances, French retreats, and Swiss-based refugee movement. It references rail tunnel damage near Mt D Or and shifts in Allied and Axis positions, with sparse US coal shipments noted.
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Mussolini
Gibraltar
France
Bpain
Nazis Resume Bombings on British Coast
Night of heavy air raids along the eastern and southern coasts as German bombers attacked shipping and docks. Royal Air Force defenses and searchlights battled the intruders while roofs shook and towns from Norfolk to Yorkshire endured blasts, crashes, and eerie flashes.
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Epeer
Mer
Norfolk
Planan
Somn Éall
Eir
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Bremen
Hamburg
Cambridgeshire
Yorkshire
Mnnt
Anglia
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Royal Air Force
Rumor of British mediation for France reports
A Rome broadcast says Britain asked Roosevelt to mediate with Germany and Italy for honorable peace terms for France. Other items note open cities in France, delays in capitulation replies, and Allied air raids.
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Rome Family Tonight
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Germuany
Italy
France
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Stephen T. Early
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Willkie Says America Must Stay Out of War
New York broadcast reports Wendell L. Willkie urged that the United States remain out of war despite sympathy for allies. He said only the people, through their elected representatives, can decide such a conflict and that he would be obligated to sue any other path. Willkie spoke at a Young Republican club event in Brooklyn. Strawberries are 86 per cent water.
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Wen- Aoi Willkie
Willkis
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corbure‘Hom
Repub- Neam
Young Republican Club of
Brooklyn
Manan
President outlines elaborate wartime training and navy plan
President advocates universal youth training in broad military and civilian roles to support fighting forces and home front production. A proposed $4 billion, seven year program would fund 200 naval ships, boosting tonnage and expanding defense capacity, with Congress poised to authorize immediate $278 million.
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House Naval Committee
House
Blark
Vinson
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Finsl
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Germans Fail To Cut French Lines At Jura
French forces destroyed a four mile tunnel under Golden Mountain and held key positions near Poutarnier with heavy anti aircraft fire and armor guns. About 7,000 more French troops crossed into Switzerland and surrendered their arms, joining around 1,000 exhausted veterans and supply units. Germans continued rapid maneuvers across Alsace Lorraine despite the actions of the French, who were using fortifications and stored munitions to resist the push.
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Jura
Vallorbe
Switzerland
Mt D'Or
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Loire
Britanny
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Undiacord Monaures
Italland
Seine
Avranches
Germacn
Normandie
Slat Point
Golden Mountain
Poutarnier
Dion Arez
Thig Arva
Alnace
County Dads Consider Pensions and Highway Changes
Havre area notes indicate county commissioners urge legislature to fund old age pensions and set norms for feeder highways while seeking alternatives to local property taxes. Proposals include using state funds to support county needs and standardizing road projects with local labor.
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Havre
Tuna
Finde Ava
State Land Board
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