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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1940
Page
10
The United States weighs expanding military power amid fears of hemispheric threats. Chief of Staff Marshall advocates boosting active duty to 400,000 and possible use of National Guards, while Congress debates defense spending, taxes, and Monroe Doctrine measures amid a broad rearmament push.
As delegates gather for national conventions, Roosevelt appears to hold a clear majority of Democratic votes with McNutt and McKellar urging reelection. The piece notes vice presidential speculation around Byrnes, radio fairness rules, Browder’s Communist bid, and Norman Thomas defense proposals.
Fascist notes describe Italy avoiding a direct attack on France citing heavy losses and instead targeting colonies and strategic hubs such as Gibraltar Malta Palestine Cyprus Suez and Corsica. AP notes Mussolini may seek a quick 90 day war victory while Badoglio, 69, brings battlefield experience from Ethiopia and Libya but Italy faces oil shortages and heavy reliance on imports through Suez and Gibraltar.
The Big Eight film studios face an anti trust trial in New York accusing them of star and crew pools and limiting independent producers access to films. Joseph Schenck of 20th Century Fox is also indicted for tax fraud involving 400000 dollars.
A timeline of events listing the International Rotary convention in Rio de Janeiro on June 9 and the Kansas Democratic state convention on June 10. Other items include the Conference of Southern Governors in Atlanta, Mississippi and Virginia Democratic state conventions, Magna Charta Day in England, and the Battleship North Carolina launch in New York Navy Yard on June 13 with Flag Day on June 14.
Michigan Governor Loren Dickinson spoke at a Midwestern Christian Loyalty Rally in Chicago urging action against liquor licentiousness and lavish spending. A handbill offering liquor sale dropped into his car window as he returned to Lansing. A Dunkirk survivor, Tommy, quipped he has learned to swim after near bomb attacks.
Goffredo Pantaleoni quits Italy U S tourist bureau saying alliance with Hitler harms Italy. French Commander Huntzi ger urges troops to endure heavy bombardments and brief calm after air raids. Dr Melchior Palyiy predicts Nazi autarky would extend military economy and trigger agricultural strain in America.
Signs from London and Moscow indicate progress in uniting Allied aims with Russia against Germany. Molotov accepts Cripps as ambassador while Russian papers claim Allied strength persists despite Nazi victories. French pilots reveal Germans fake towns lit on the ground to mislead observers.
Allied and German forces clash in France as Hitler pursues Paris while Dunkirk evacuations save troops. Reports recount the Oise Valley invasion route, severities at Le Havre, Cherbourg, and Munich launches in retaliation as Britain and France vow to resist a separate peace.
Foreign Minister Daladier in cabi net drops stories in brief. A huge Douglas air transport tested near Los Angeles crashes killing four. M L Annenberg settles federal tax cases for eight million dollars. Secretary Edison resigns to run for New Jersey governor. Gafencu ill health replaced by Ion Gigurtu pro Nazi. Richard Leche convicted of mail fraud. 250000 ILGWU members reaffiliate with AFL after a year independent. Dr Robert Moton dies Tuskegee Institute. Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse dies. S S Hull’s brother and Duke of Northumberland killed in action.
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