Germans advance as France faces capitulation in war
Berlin dispatch reports half of France under Nazi control as German military and diplomatic channels move toward armistice terms with Petain government. Cherbourg Rennes Nancy and Loir valley towns fall. army pushes from Burgundy toward Lyon amid high-stakes negotiations with Paris.
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Bordeaux
Mussolini
Henri Phillipe Petain
Cherbourg
Rennes
Brittany
Nancy
Marshal Henri Phillipe Petain
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Southampton
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St. Nazaire
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Nevers
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France Names Committee To Peace Parley
Bordeaux reports France names a plenipotentiary group to receive Germany's terms for ending the war while fighting continues in parts of France. The Spanish ambassador delivered Hitler's reply to Baudouin as Paris peers await a Franco German peace outline in Madrid per Figaro predictions.
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Associated Press
Bordeaux
France
Germany
Jose Felix Lequerica
Adolf Hitler
Paul Baudouin
MERT
Madrid
Figaro
Francisco Franco
Reich
Lebrun
Spain
Pity for France Gayda outlines new European order
Rome dispatch reports Virgini Gayda editor for Mussolini in Giornale D Italia stating France may yield territory under German peace terms. He argues a new European order would restore national unity and distribute power, with British and American actions cited and a broader continental war looming.
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Rome
Ap) Ly
France
Virgini G Ayda
Jemier Mussolini
Giornale D'Italia
Gayda
Amerin
Germany
Versailles
Austria
Italy
Jon Churchill
Britain
Roose
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Munich
Arctic Circle
Equaria
Colontas
Berlin
Court Decisions Expand Workers Comp and School Bonding
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled pulmonary tuberculosis contracted as an accident can be compensable under the Workmen's Compensation Act. It also allowed school districts or bond tax units to issue bonds if voters approve. The term adjourned with 11 cases decided and a new $700,000 justice building to host the fall session.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Neill MacRae
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Heri Clarkson
W. P. Stacy
J. Wallace Winborne
M. W. Barnhill
MacRae
Frank Tyson
Way Clear To Sell Britain More Boats
The Navy cleared the way for Electric Boat Company to sell 20 high speed submarine chasers and motor torpedo boats to Britain. The contract with the Groton firm was altered to delay delivery of 20 vessels to permit the sale while lawmakers urged full details. Navy officials stressed no ships already owned by the navy would be released, and the delay could boost production capacity.
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Navy
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
United States
Navy Department
Boat Company
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Walsh
Dmass
Senate Naval Committee
Americas
Soviet Forces Reported to Occupy Baltic Cities
Stockholm reports Soviet troops have occupied major towns in Lithuania Estonia and Latvia escorted by artillery infantry cavalry planes and tanks. Guards posted at rail hubs while talks continue on pro Soviet governments amid mutual assistance pacts. German moves toward Norway and Norway editorial criticism cited. Sweden strengthens neutrality guard.
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Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Red Army
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Soviet Union
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Tidningen
Riga
Kaunas
East Prussia
Norway
British Isles
Olso
Haakon
Olaf
Narvik
Areport
Salla
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Karelian
Mannerheim
Labor Leaders Question GOP Labor Support in 1930s
Philadelphia June 19 CIO chief John L. Lewis told the Republican resolutions committee that labor has no confidence in the Republican party in recent years as the party has abandoned labor. He, representing about 10 million members, said labor seeks no privilege at others’ expense and holds inalienable rights. AFL President William Green urged aiding democracies while avoiding war entry. Green proposed a government escrow reserve to cover dismissal wages after defense production ends to prevent worker distress.
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John L. Lewis
CIO
Republican Resolutions Committee
Lewis
United Mine Workers, Labor
League
America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Europe
Green
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
AFL
U S Moves to Call Pan American Parley Early
Washington announces formal move for an early Pan American conference to address Western Hemisphere issues from the European war. Sumner Welles says 15 of 20 republics have replied in favor and Havana remains possible for an earlier meeting with potential economic agenda items.
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Washington
United States
Sumner Welles
Welles
Havana
Western Hemisphere
British Gird For Nazi Onslaught On Islands
London dispatch reports Britain brace for the Battle of England amid German moves and aerial raids. The British Expeditionary Force is withdrawn from France to defend the island kingdom as about 100 German planes attack British airports and cities, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
France
England
British Japanese Accord Announced In London
In London the undersecretary R A Butler announced in the House of Commons that a British Japanese accord was signed in Tokyo resolving points of the Tientsin controversy. The Japanese army barricades around the British concession are to be removed continuing a blockade that affected foreign business in North China.
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London
Tokyo
Tientsin
House of Commons
R. A. Butler
Butler
North China
China
Painter Jerome Myers Dies at 73 in New York
Jerome Myers, renowned painter and etcher, aged 73, died today in New York of heart disease. He was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and achieved broad recognition in American art circles.
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New York
Jerome Myers
Petersburg
Tokyo parties urge protective occupation of Indo China
The Tohokai and Seiyuku factions push the government to occupy French Indo China citing collapse of French authority and its use as a munitions route to China. They call for swift action toward Indo China, Dutch East Indies, and British Burma as Europe reshapes. Resolutions sent to Premier Yonai and Foreign Minister Arita.
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Tokyo
Tohokai
China
Seiyuku
Europe
Japan
Asia
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
British
Burma
House of Representatives
Mitsumasa Yonai
Hachiro Arita
Indo China
Germany
Italy
Unconditional Surrender Terms Reported From Axis Powers
A Western Hemisphere warning ties to Monroe Doctrine as the United States rejects Axis interference. Virginio Gayda calls for reshaping Europe and partitioning France, while Berlin cautions foreign press against guessing terms of France’s fate.
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Rome
United States
Italy
William Phillips
Virginio Gayda
France
Il Giornale D
Italia
Leaders Order Mobilization For Final Attack On France
Rome radio reports Hitler and Mussolini ordered armies to form a united line from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean for a final assault on France if Paris rejects peace terms. The Greek freighter Makis, 6000 tons, sailing coal from England, was sunk by a mine between Sicily and Tunis. crew rescued and taken to Italy.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Atlantic
Mediterranean
France
Athens
Makis
England
Sicily
Tunis
French North Africa
Italy
Calls for Volunteers Urges Uruguayans to Enlist Now
Montevideo June 19 General Julio Roletti Uruguay s minister of national defense appealed to all Uruguayans to enlist for voluntary military training He asked women to enroll for possible auxiliary service role and stressed the move is to prepare the nation if needed not tied to any internal order change or external aggression.
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Julio Roletti
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