German Push Encloses French Troops Behind Maginot Line
Berlin reports German forces drive to Pontarlier enclosing large French forces in Alsace and Lorraine as Petain forms new government. Luftwaffe and mechanized units harass retreating French along the Maginot Line while claims of submarine and cruiser losses are noted.
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Maginot Line
Berlin
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Pontarlier
Besancon
New York
London
Marshal Petain
Alsace and Lorraine
Rea
Germany
Henri Philippe Petain
Russia
Frace
North Sea
Genoa raids cited in wartime dispatches and air attacks
Government reports say one woman was killed and eight injured in Genoa raids. A French broadcast claimed Tarim’s industrial center was destroyed by warplanes. Northern Africa operations were described as violent as British forces attacked toward Sidi Aveis. Seventy Italian bombers hit Southern France bases, destroying 40 French planes and a munitions depot. French Corsica and British Malta were attacked. In East Africa Italian fliers bombed Berbera, Mandela and other bases. Two British planes were shot down at Massaua.
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Genoa
NBC
Tarim
Africa
Sidi Aveis
France
Corsica
Malta
East Africa
Berbera
British Somaliland
Mandela
Tanganyika
Massaua
Eritrea
Finland Unable to Complete Railway Link to Russia by Year End
Finnish circles warn that Finland cannot finish a rail way across the Finnish waist to connect Russia and Sweden as required by the peace treaty. TheSmall Baltic trade agreement with Sweden is noted in context.
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Sweden
Finland
Russia
Berlin faces choice in war needs Britain outcome
The press and officials debate if Germany will launch a frontal assault on Britain or continue a war of attrition after the French offer. Berlin radios play Deutschland Ueber Alles as observers wonder whether Hitler will risk an invasion or pressure Britain off the continent.
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West
Berlin
England
Fuehrer
Horst Wessel
Hitler
British Isles
Britain
France in talks as Hitler plans Mussolini meeting
France faces a crisis as Petain offers armistice terms amid German advances in the Loire region. Berlin flags no armistice without full capitulation while Hitler and Mussolini prepare a high level meeting. Britain vows total war effort, fearing possible French fleet fate and continued resistance.
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United States
Petain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Laigle
Chateaudun
Loire
Avallon
Saone
Doubs
France
Germany
Spain
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Berlin
Italy
England
Europe
Havas
Basel
Switzerland
Maginot Line
White House study on Western Hemisphere export surpluses
Washington announces a cabinet committee will study how to dispose profitably of Western Hemisphere export surpluses and prepare a report with recommendations for the president. The plan may involve coordinating among American republics and possibly Canada to influence prices and marketing of wheat cotton beef coffee and copper.
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Washington
White House
Hemisphere
Secretaries of State, Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce
United States
Canada
Americas
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Stephen Early
Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Early
France
Hull
Turkish Assembly Debates Armistice Request Effect
In Istanbul the Turkish National Assembly weighs how France's armistice request with Germany would impact Turkey. Officials say Turkey seeks protection and is speeding military prep. Officials fear Italian moves in Syria could trigger Mussolini to seek Alexandrette's return.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Turkish National Assembly
France
Germany
Syria
Mussolini
Alexandrette
Britain Faces Imminent German Drive Across English Channel
The fragment discusses imminent German efforts to subjugate England with combined land sea and air operations. It mentions possible German bases at Ireland, Shetland, or Teeland and notes Britain’s hope for aid from dominions and the United States to sustain a long war. It also cites a London theatre lease and a quip about diplomats in Tokyo.
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Great Britain
Germany
England
Norway
Ireland
Shetland Islands
Teeland
Italy
United States
No Parking On Main During Parade Afternoon
Main Street from Emery Wood Court Apartments to Green Street will be closed to parking Monday after 3 p.m. during the American Legion Convention parade. Chief W G Friddle announced police will clear Main Street of parked cars and urged residents to avoid using Main Street if possible. Arterial routes feeding Main Street will stay open for emergencies.
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Main Street
Emerywood Court Apartments
Green Street
American Legion
W. G. Friddle
Police Department
Friddle
French Cabinet Under Petain Announces New Lineup
Bordeaux June 17 Premier Petain confirms a reshaped cabinet with Maxime Weygand as National Defense and Louis Colson as War head. Jean Darlan sails Navy, Bertrand Pujo leads Air, Paul Badoin Foreign, Marcel Bouthillier Finance, Albert Riviere Colonies, Louis Frossard Public Works, Albert Ribaud Education, Andre Fevrier Labor, Albert Chichery Agriculture, Jean Ybarnagaray War Veterans. Some posts left blank awaiting decisions. Former Premier Laval declined a post.
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Bordeaux
Petain
National Defense
Maxime Weygand
Camille Chautemps
Louis Colson
Army
Jean Darlan
Bertrand Pujo
Air France
Paul Ba
Andre Fevrier
Information
Reynaud
Albert Chichery
Jean Ybarnagaray
M. Alibert
Robert Schumann
Pierre Laval
Car Crash Near High Point Injures Burlington Merchant
A Sunday afternoon head on collision on a Greensboro highway near the High Point line injured Stanley London a Burlington merchant. He suffered a scalp injury and was taken to Guilford General Hospital. The other driver Dr S E Ayers of the Baptist Assembly at Ridgecrest sustained damage to his car. The wreck happened about 4 oclock in the center lane of a three lane highway.
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Greensboro
High Point
Stanley London
Burlington
Guilford General Hospital
S. E. Ayers
The
Baptist Assembly
Ridgecrest
France’s Blitzkrieg Destroys Defensive Myths and Rapid Collapse
The article outlines France’s quick fall to Nazi forces in 1940 with Holland Belgium and Luxembourg surrendering in days and weeks. It critiques reliance on the Maginot Line and calls attention to misjudgments in French military strategy and the shock of the German lightning war. It cites figures on French manpower population and colonial empire and even notes other unrelated facts about Panama and stuttering.
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Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Flanders
Paris
France
Maginot Line
Congress May Take Recess as Plan Uncertain
Washington June 17 Congress leaders weighed a recess this week end with Sen Barkley proposing a possible break until August 1 while noting no major business would be conducted next week due to the Republican convention in Philadelphia. House leaders echoed an adjournment delay.
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Washington
Senato Barkley
D-Ky
White House
Barkley
Congress
Philadelphia
van Nuys
D-Ind
Conally
D-Tex
Burke
Dneb
Roosevelt
House
Bankhead
Rayburn
Sinc
Vinson sketches massive navy expansion and Atlantic fleet push
Vinson outlined a vast naval program totaling about 84 ships with roughly 379,600 tons and 80 million dollars needed in the coming fiscal year. He said 244 ships would be under construction next year, all to be completed by 1944, as hearings with senior officers begin. The White House discussion and Senate leaders weighed adjournment amid war needs and possible Atlantic defenses.
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Vinson
House
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Congressional
Senate
Barkley
Pacific
Atlantic
Rep. Maas
R-Minn
Ernest J. King
United States
Senator Lodge
Rmass
Lodge
Austin
R-Vi
Bombers Crash In Suburban Street During Training
A formation of B 8A medium bombers crashes in a densely populated Long Island suburb near Creedmoor State Hospital during tactical training. Several planes collide during a cross over, causing multiple fires and fatalities. witnesses describe rescue crews and paratroopers being rushed to hospital. Mayor La Guardia comments on training risks.
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Mitchell Field
F. W. Watkins
L. F. la Guardia
Still Fighting After Duel With German Advance Frontier Retreat
Still Fighting were exhausted as they crossed into Switzerland after three days of fighting. They handed their arms to Swiss officers and many collapsed on the grass in a sleep. The worn troops spoke of losses in supplies and ammunition and a hurried move north from the Italian frontier to halt the German advance. Swiss Red Cross workers supplied food and first aid.
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Red Cross
Early Paris Occupation Details From German Air Intrusion
Cassidy reports German planes landing at Place de la Concorde signaling occupation. Troops moved through Paris on June 14 in orderly fashion with curfew from 9 p m to 6 a m German time. Observers note fresh troops, neat equipment, and cautious public response. Other notes include hops quality and orchestral rehearsal costs and a World War II context.
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Paris
Associated Press
Cassidy
Place de la Concorde
Warlimont
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Chamber of Deputies
Okin
L'Opera
Andresh
Weather outlook with scattered showers in coastal regions
Forecast shows cloudiness and scattered showers this afternoon into tonight, possibly extending into Tuesday. Winds vary from gentle to moderate east to south across coastal areas from Hatteras to Sandy Hook and northward.
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Nor
West
Hatteras
Jacksonville
North
Sandy Hook
Tuesda
North Carolina
Thomasville Man Given 18 Months
Greensboro court records show Alton Clodfelter of Thomasville was sentenced to 18 months for larceny and receiving with a separate suspended sentence for breaking and entering at the Colonial Diner on South Main Street June 4. Elijah Thomas of High Point pleaded guilty to an attempted rape case. his was continued on payment of costs.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Superior Cour
Felix Alley
Waynesville
Alton Clodfelter
Tho Asville
South Mai Street
Elijah Thomas
High Point Nero
Notice of land sale in Guilford County North Carolina
Notice of sale under a deed of trust by E Wright and Rebecca Wright with Atlantic Building Loan Association. Substitute Trustee J W Poole will sell at the East Door of the County Court House Greensboro on July 8 1940 at 2 00 PM the property in High Point Township described as Burton Street access and surrounding line with stakes and taxes prior deed of trust book 620 page 355. A 10 percent cash deposit is required.
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E Wright
Rebecca Wright
E. C. Cridlebaugh
Atlantic Building Loan Association
Register of Deeds
Guilfo
North Carolina
EB. C. Cridlebaugh
County Cou House
Greensboro
North
Burton Street
E. V. Blair
E. W. Blair
E. A. Wright
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
J. W. Poole
Lovelace and Kirkman
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