Armistice Terms Demand Guarantees for War on Britain
In Compiegne France on June 21 Adolf Hitler received the French envoys and presented armistice terms. The plan calls for cessation of fighting in France and guarantees by France to Germany for continuing the war against Great Britain, with a new European peace to follow.
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Louis P. Lochner
Compiegne Forest
France
Adolf Hitler
Bordeaux
Fuehrer
Marshal Foch
Hitler
Gene
Wilhelm Keitel
Mussolini
Germany
Great Britain
Keitel
Compiegne
Rudolf Hess
von Ribbentrop
Foch
Horst Wessel
Charles Huntziger
Leon Noel
Poland
Lule
French Army Drives Nazi Forces Back at Front Tier
French forces in the Jura and Alps report holding and driving back Nazi columns northwest of Grenoble. Rail traffic via Geneva continued with lines cut near Lyon but service maintained between Geneva and nearby towns. Armistice talks shift as German advances push toward Riom and the Vosges while Paris contenders debate capital locale.
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France
Jura
Alps
Maginot Line
Lyon
Grenoble
Geneva
Corvain
Marseille
Chambery
Annecy
Aix le Bains
Rhone
Italy
Alpine
Republican Nations Committee seats South Carolina delegation
The Republican National Committee seated the South Carolina delegation led by veteran Joseph W. Bert and rejected the opposing Greenville led group under George Wood and J. Gerald of Summerton. Respondents ejected in Berlin and other dispatches note German actions against New York Herald Tribune reps and ongoing armistice talks.
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Hiladelphia
Republican Nations Committee
South Carolina
Tion
Joseph W
Joe
Rian
Ralph Barnes
Ll Hill
New York Herald Tribune
Germany
Hill
British Fliers and German Raids Over Britain Report
British sources say German raiders conducted nighttime sorties over the Rhine and Britain with some success but left two planes. Reports claim 17 German airmen were captured, while casualties include twelve inhabitants killed during early Wednesday raids and ongoing air defense battles.
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NCON
Pune
Rutz Rhineland
Libro
Ae Generalucci
Libya
South Wales
Britain
Ireland
Guilford County Invites Legion to State Convention
Judge D C MacRae chairs plans for Depart t American Legion conv today wires Henry K Burtner of the Legion in Greens inviting all members to attend the department convention here June 23 25 to show Guilford County can host a successful event and urges full participation.
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D. C. MacRae
American Legion
Henry K. Burtner
the Legion
Greens
Iiford County
K. Burtner
Legion
Bore
N.C
Guilford County
Dd. C
Macrae
Convention Charman
Roosevelt outlines Pan American economic defense plan
President Roosevelt declared his Pan American economic cooperation program serves as economic defense to complement military security. He said unity would safeguard hemisphere economies and asked other nations to approve the plan after presenting it to them. He hinted at corporate structures to manage export commodities and divisions for separate goods.
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Douglas B. Cornell Hyde
Park, N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Canada
Alf M. Landon
Landon Eg
What Is a Cartel What It Means to America
Bruce Catton analyzes the United States role in the proposed economic union. The piece outlines how a American cartel could reshape the world order, the Americas, and individual lives under President Roosevelt's plan.
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Roosevelt
Bruce Catton
Enterprise
Washington
United States
Americas
Knox Was Assured No Third Term by Roosevelt Report
Philadelphia reports say President Roosevelt told Colonel Frank Knox he would not seek a third term when first offering him the navy secretaryship. The assurances reportedly reached four men including Alf Landon and R H Creager, with Knox and Stimson later labeled interventionists by the Republican National Committee.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Frank Knox
Knox
Navy
Alf M. Landon
R. H. Creager
Texas
Landon
Creager
Stimson
Republican National Committee
Chicago market notes butter and eggs steady
Chicago report shows butter output at 1,126,029 pounds with no price change. Eggs recorded at 23,950 units with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Liner Washington Returns 1786 Americans to New York
The United States Liner Washington docked in New York with 1,786 passengers, mostly American, after a submarine encounter. A petition to alter course toward Galway was denied by Captain Manning following a State Department bulletin. Some crew considered protesting Galway stop. a Bordeaux consulate notice warned travelers to assume voyage risk.
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New York
United States
Washington
Donald Harper
Paris
Harry Manning
Galway
Ireland
Manning
State Department
Pasengers
Bordeaux
Knox Declares Defense Not Party Question
Colonel Frank Knox said the President asked him to manage the navy on a non political basis and he accepted stating national defense is not a partisan issue and should have united support. He noted Congress has recently backed national defense measures with broad unanimity.
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Chicago
Frank Knox
Navy
Congress
Demands Inquiry Into Dismissal and War Policy
Rep. Carlson proposes a 10 member committee to probe Secretary Woodring's dismissal and assess influences pushing the U.S. toward entering the European war. The measure cites an Associated Press report claiming a moneyed clique pressured Woodring over defense cuts to aid the Allies.
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Washington
Carlson
R-Kas
Congress
Woodring
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Topeka
Kansas
United States
Gayda Claims U S Not Ready for Europe War
Rome dispatch says Virginio Gayda the Giornale d’Italia editor asserts Washington hesitates to join a European war. He argues U S intervention would set a precedent for European involvement in American interests as Italy and Germany push air offensives and Africa land operations against Britain.
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Associated Press
Rome
United States
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Giornale d'Italia
Washington
North America
Gayda
Europe
Italy
Britain
France
Germany
Hitler
Tetfin Nigh
Bizerte
Tunis
Malta
Matruh
Mediterranean
Egypt
Africa
Garcia
Nazis Attack Peace Talked Berlin Armistice Push
Berlin reports deepening German drive into France as armistice talks begin at Compiegne. Wehrmacht claims capture of Lyon, 700 new tanks, seized French battleships Clemenceau and Richelieu, and several ships sunk by submarines and air forces.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
France
Italy
Compiegne
Normandy
Brittany
Loire Estury
Rhone Valley
der Angriff
Clemenceau
Richelieu
Brest
High Command
Nevoy
Gien
Girone
Lyon
Burgundy
Maginot
Lorraine
Alsace
Vosga Mountains
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Norfolk Navy Yard to Build 25,000ton Carrier
The Navy designated its Norfolk yard to construct a 25,000 ton aircraft carrier, the ninth for the U S fleet. It is to carry about 100 planes and cost over 60 million dollars, with construction estimated at 48 million without armor weapons and ammunition.
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Washington
Navy
Norfolk
United States
Oliver resigns NPL post over third Roosevelt term stand
Eli Oliver resigns as executive vice president of Labor's Non Partisan League citing policy conflicts with CIO leaders over a third presidential term for Roosevelt. He notes labor ranks reportedly favor a third term, while Lewis heads the League backing Roosevelt's re election.
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Washington
Eli Oliver
Labor
League
John L. Lewis
CIO
Roosevelt
Lewis
Oliver
O Rosevelt
Tryon Negro School Principal Bound Over in Fire Case
L R Wells principal of the Tryon Negro school was bound over to superior court under a 15000 bond by Magistrate Giles Pearson after a preliminary hearing on the June 6 burning of the school building in Columbus North Carolina.
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Columbus
N. C
L. R. Wells
Tryon Negro School
Superior Court
Giles Pearson
Roosevelt seeks $22 million for national defense training
President Roosevelt asked Congress to provide 22.59 million dollars for rapid training of skilled and semi skilled workers in defense related industries. The proposal targets youth defense programs and potential oversight by Sidney Hillman of the CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Hillman plans a full program using vocational schools the National Youth Administration the CCC and private industry with possible military training components.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations
National Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
House
Cox
D-Ga
Rep
Woodrum
R-Va
Appropriations Committee
National Youth Administration
CCC
South Carolina Delegates Clash In G O P Row
At a Republican national committee contest hearing in Philadelphia South Carolina factions accuse each other of irregularity illegal balloting and delegate buying. Tolbert and Norwood lead rival groups with Taft favored by Tolbert while Norwood claims no presidential preference.
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Philadelphia
Republican National Committee
South Carolina
Joe’’ Tolbert
Ninety Six
George Norwood
Greenville
Tolbert
J. ©. Hambright
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Norwood
Starr Singer
Des Moines
Hambright
Singer
Party
John E. Mesgervy
Charleston
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