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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1940
Page
1
Paris ruled France near defeat asks Adolf Hitler for peace. Marshal Petain, 84, says fighting must end and delivers the broadcast. Churchill vows Britain will keep fighting alone against Hitler and defend the empire until victory.
Rome observers cheer the prospect of a French armistice with Germany while Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are said to plan a meeting to coordinate axis policy. Italian air raids target Malta Corsica and Tunisia as Britain faces further Mediterranean pressure.
Berlin reports a high command statement that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini will meet to set Germany and Italy positions on France’s request for armistice terms. A trusted source says Mussolini may confer with Hitler in Munich to review conditions for France. Officials offered no speculation on outcomes.
Madrid reports the foreign ministry says Germany invited Spain to join peace negotiations with France, acting as intermediary in transmitting France's request for an armistice.
London reports the Admiralty requires every British ship in UK ports to have adequate numbers of crew aboard for defensive guns and fire fighting equipment at all times.
Dr Charles De Martel a renowned American brain surgeon connected with the American hospital in Paris was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities classified his death as suicide as German forces entered Paris.
London dispatch reports Dutch Polish and Norwegian ships at sea and en route to French harbors have been ordered by their national shipping authorities to proceed directly to British ports.
June 17 report says bombs dropped from raiding planes endangered the United States gunboat Tu Tu tuila. A projectile landed close enough to require crew to take cover aboard the 370 ton Tu Tu ila, with 58 officers and men aboard.
A cinema radio report says Premier Mussolini and Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano departed Rome at 8:30 local time for a meeting with Hitler to discuss a request for an armistice. The broadcast places the trip in the context of ongoing negotiations and wartime diplomacy.
President Roosevelt signed bills authorizing a naval air force of 10 000 planes and 16 000 pilots and a 22 percent navy expansion. Chairman Vinson outlined a plan totaling 84 new ships and broader base spending as part of a multi bill push to boost U S sea and air strength amid world tensions.
New York June 17. Army air officials released the names of fliers in two planes that crashed midair over Queens. Lieut Paul Burlingame of Louisville Ky and several other officers and enlisted men from Texas New York and Arkansas are identified as victims and participants in the training flight. Some were student officers returning from Kelly Field for further training.
The 38th annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants Association will be held in Elizabeth City on July. Local leaders expect vendors and business groups from across the state to attend, with sessions planned on commerce, trade policy, and regional economic development.
Germany’s rapid conquests rise from Austria in 1938 to Poland, Norway, and Denmark in 1939 before France capitulates. The sequence highlights Hitler’s blitzkrieg and the collapse of major European defenses, with Paris and Versailles symbols amid the French retreat.
Two Douglas twin motored bombing planes collide in midair and crash into a crowded New York City residential section. Twelve army men die, ten from the Army Air Reserve Corps and a regular officer Lieut Paul Burlin of Louisville. No survivors.
Four army planes in a V formation over Bellerose Queens explode shortly after takeoff from Mitchel Field. Two houses at 239th Street are destroyed and a resident is burned as the flaming wreckage triggers a fatal fire. George Noll described a tremendous noise and street upheaval as two homes were crushed. Witnesses say wing locks during a formation change caused the crash.
Charlottesville June 17 Dr Lindsay Rogers of Columbia University argued that non totalitarian states must abandon laissez faire and accept totalitarian methods to obtain guns and butter. He warned the war is a European manifestation of a worldwide ferment and urged timely action. Oliver Benson of the University of Oklahoma warned that a British defeat could force the United States into the same fight.
The narrative describes Paris fallen to Nazi forces with Versailles and the Eiffel Tower under swastika, Maginot Line destroyed, and a German army of over two million sweeping southward for total victory as Petain assumes government amid France crisis.
Governor Hoey urged limiting freedom of speech for Communists and Nazis. He proposed removing any Communist or Nazi from government offices and launching careful investigations to ensure loyalty, while opposing rushed entry into the war and entanglement with Allies. He spoke to the Raleigh Civitan Club.
Allied observers report heavy fighting near Pontarlier as German forces advance from the east and French Alpine Chasseurs, cut off from their main force, are pulled back toward the Swiss frontier. Refugees stream into Switzerland as artillery thunders echo across the Doubs region.
Paris dispatch notes growing signs of collapse in the French army as French divisions south of Paris reportedly threw down arms and moved toward the capital. German forces reported peaceful surrender requests from fleeing French troops who wished to rejoin their families.
Tallin and Tartu in Estonia were occupied by Soviet troops after Moscow's ultimatum. Latvia and Lithuania saw troop entries with Riga reportedly seized. President Smetona fled to Germany as new governments formed with Russian officials amid questions on Moscow's aims and possible war alignments.
Senator Pitman of Nevada accused Charles Lindbergh of stoking war fears and urged the flier to join the U.S. government as an aviation expert. Pittman noted Lindbergh’s criticism of American-European policy while defending past U.S. arms trade with Germany and urging national unity.
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