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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
1
Brest and Lyon engulfed in surge of Germans over most of nation awaiting answer. France gave up Lyon to German invaders as a snow white plane carried applicants for a soldier's peace to a rendezvous with Adolf Hitler. Terms for halting the blitzkrieg remained undisclosed.
President Roosevelt submitted to the Senate nominations of Frank Knox for secretary of the navy and L. H. Stimson for secretary of war as part of a coalition cabinet plan. Knox, Chicago publisher and 1936 Republican nominee, would replace Edison who resigns to run for New Jersey governor. Stimson, former Hoover secretary of state and secretary of war, would join Woodring’s resignation letter and a White House announcement noted the resignations were personal. The White House gave no further details on the coalition idea amid Republican interest and convention timing in Philadelphia.
New York June 20. Ward C Hopson founder of a large Associated Gas and Electric System and three accomplices plus an investment firm owned by Hopson family indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the government of 1 886 495 39 in income taxes on profits exceeding 17 million in 1929. The charges allege a web of mail fraud and illicit profits tied to the Associated system and its subsidiaries.
Senate passed a $1,777,489,788 emergency defense appropriation by voice vote. The measure is described as the last major money bill in Roosevelt's defense program to date, aimed at boosting air power and Navy needs amid dual-ocean demands.
The House Naval Committee urged a navy air force of 15 000 planes to support a proposed two ocean fleet expansion. Rear Admiral John H. Towers testified that a 10 000 plane ceiling is outdated after a 4 billion expansion plan. Representative Maas will offer the amendment when the fleet bill advances. The move would let the secretary of the navy plan for additional aircraft as world conditions change.
Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point North Carolina defeated Jeff Owens of Charlotte one up in the first round of the Southern Amateur Golf Championship in Chattanooga Tennessee. He trailed at the turn but edged ahead with a par on the 14th and Owens missed a critical birdie attempt on the 17th. Dunkelberger also recovered from a rough by a tree shot.
Italian troops plan to occupy the Savoy region of France while awaiting armistice talks with Hitler. Rome reports joint German action along a Lyon St Didier Clermont-Ferrand axis. Stefani says no more fighting by Saturday.
In a Bordeaux radio address Marshal Petain admitted France faced Germany with far fewer troops and allies than in 1918. He blamed years of peace for lax sacrifice and noted May 1940 had ten British divisions versus 58 in May 1918, warning the armistice was needed after retreat from the Somme and Aisne line.
A group of Republican House members led by Hamilton Fish urged the platform committee to oppose any policy that could lead to war. They denounced Roosevelt's foreign policy and urged a strong America first stance with Europe for Europeans, warning that aiding Allies short of war is not a peace plan. The session was described as a spontaneous push to shape the party's campaign messaging.
German motorized columns broke through French lines to reach Lyon as the city, declared open to save it from destruction, faced possible isolation if peace terms were rejected. French forces, reconstituted, had defended Lyon until dawn before the open status.
A French council of ministers and President Lebrun held an hour and a half meeting at 9 a m to consider reports that France might view Hitler terms as too harsh and decide to continue fighting possibly from North Africa. The communique gave no reasons for the session and amid rumors Lebrun’s presence unsettled the claim that leaders would relocate to Algiers to organize the war effort.
Washington reports a special cabinet committee has prepared a Pan American economic unity plan for President Roosevelt. The White House expects quick approval and submission to Western Hemisphere governments amid talks on a central agency and a potential 1 billion dollar US subsidized corporation. Roosevelt plans a Hyde Park weekend trip after the briefing.
Nazi air fleet, described as well over 100 planes, dropped hundreds of bombs on England Scotland and Wales killing six civilians and injuring about sixty. The raid, second in as many days, targeted industrial areas while British fighters shot down three bombers.
Mid afternoon reports said the last short wave link between Continental France and North America had been cut by the German advance. French operators had talked to Tours earlier, but by 3:30 p.m. telephone lines between Bordeaux and Tours were down. Tours later reported the city surrounded by German troops.
The Senate passed defense tax measures after rejecting administration pleas for moderation. It imposed an excess profits tax on all corporations and war profits taxes expected to raise billions, to take effect only after a congressional war declaration.
Berlin reports Brest and Lyon occupied as German forces push across France. A snow-white plane carried French emissaries to meet behind the lines to receive terms, while Paris names Huntziger Noel Leluc and Bergeret to negotiate. German high command says reprisals against England have begun.
Chicago June 20 Colonel Frank Knox, nominated for secretary of the navy, has been a militant defender of a strong national defense and of Western Hemisphere protection from European influence. His Chicago Daily News editorials urged U S aid to the Allies and proposed the U S act as trustee for the western world, taking over French possessions in the Americas with regional representatives. He helped push the Plattsburgs of the Air program to train 50 000 pilots by July 1 1941.
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