Burgin and Deane reach runoff in North Carolina district
Incumbent W O Burgin leads a Democratic runoff bid in the Eighth Congressional District after May and June primaries. With 195 of 204 precincts reporting, Burgin had 20 739 votes to C B Deane 16 138 and Wilkes County showed Burgin ahead about four to one.
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Lexington
Deane
Raleigh
W. O. Burgin
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Burgin
Wilkes County
C. B. Deans
Britain to Cherish French Cause After Armistice
Prime Minister Winston Churchill expresses British grief at France’s armistice terms and appeals to all Frenchmen to aid Britain in the liberation effort. He says a free French government could not have accepted the armistice and urges French men to join forces for liberty and restoration.
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London
Winston Churchill
France
Germany
Churchill
Petain
Bordeaux
Britain
U S Warns Over Japanese Move Toward Indo China
Washington June 22 The United States warned that any forceful change to French Indo China’s status would threaten Pacific peace. Secretary Hull acknowledged reports of Japanese troop movements and reaffirmed support for the Pacific status quo while noting forthcoming Pan American talks on war‑driven issues.
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Washington
United States
Orient
Indo-China
Pacific
Hull
Havana
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands Indies
France Signs Surrender At Compiegne Forest Armistice
Berlin reports France signs armistice terms in the Compiegne forest under Adolf Hitler careful about Italian capitulation. Generals Keitel and Huntziger sign for Germany and France respectively with Mussolini to seal finalized terms after talks.
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Berlin
France
Germany
Compiegne
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Mussolini
Compeigne Forest
Ferdinand Foch
Wilhelm Keitel
Charles Huntziger
Hitler
Glass Marries Second Time Senator Carter Glass Weds Mary Meade
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Mary Scott Meade, a Latin and English teacher, married at Ascension Episcopal Church Amherst amid a quiet ceremony. The 82 year old senator and about 50 year old bride obtained a license Wednesday night and planned no public announcement. The couple postponed a Lake George trip and stayed at Montview near Lynchburg. Best man was Senator Harry Byrd. the ceremony lasted about 15 minutes.
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Amherst
Carter Glass
Virginia
Mary Scott Meade
Ascension Episcopal Church
Ze Barney Phillips
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Washington
United States Senate
John Wellford
Ascension Church
Meade
Lake George
Montview
Lynchburg
Landon Scott
Danville
Harry Flood Byrd
Wellford
Senator Glass
Louise Joubert
Aurelia Caldwell
North Carolina Legion Convention Opens With High Hopes
John Mebane reports the 22nd annual North Carolina American Legion convention starts amid wartime mood and defense prep rush. An expected 3 000 to 4 000 attendees will gather after a Forty and Eight prelude featuring capers and firecrackers as traffic chaos erupts near the Sheraton Hotel area.
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John Mebane
la Societe Des Quarante Hommes Et Huit Chevaux
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
France
United States
Sheraton Hotel
Nazis Brag On Next Conquest
Berlin reports claim England is ripe for storming as air and sea pressure intensify. Nearly 100 bombers attacked England's coast, while German sources say blockade and swift air forays doom Britain. They cite French armistice delay aiding German gains and note excellent air bases along the French Belgian coast.
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Associated Press
Berlin
England
Germany
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Compigne Forest
Dienst Aus
London
Royal Air Force
Krupp Armaments
Essen
Folke-Wulf
Bremen
Air Ministry
Netherlands
Willemsoord
Feiseler Aircraft Works
Rothenburg
Kassel
Hamburg
North Sea
Krupp Group
Osnabruck
Rhein
Focké-Wulf
Furstenau
Britain
Troops Stand Firm Along Alpine Front
French sources report France and Germany signed an armistice on terms described as hard but honorable. From Bordeaux the government held firm along the Alpine frontier as fresh French troops beat back Italian assaults from Mont Blanc to the sea despite German pressure from the rear.
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Bordeaux
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Alpine
Mont Blanc
Rhone
Republicans Deny Rumors at Open Nomination Contest
In Philadelphia on June 22 leading Republican contenders arrived amid rumors of deal making. Dewey denied plans to team with Taft to stop Willkie as delegates arrived to settle the party’s first open contest since 1920.
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Richard L. Turner
Philadelphia
Dewey
Taft
Willkie
Governor Hoey Extends Greetings to Legion Convention
Governor Clyde R. Hoey sent a greeting to the North Carolina American Legion on the eve of its 22nd annual convention in High Point. The message praised the Legion as representative North Carolinians upholding government ideals, opposing subversive propaganda, and promoting peace, unity, and good order.
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North Carolina Department of the American Legion
Clyde RK. Hoey
D. C. MacRae
American Legion of North Carolina
High Point
Huge Warship Construction Program Voted by House
The House approved a four billion dollar plan to expand the U.S. Navy creating the largest sea force to date. The vote came amid other wartime measures including a one billion dollar tax defense bill and an emergency army navy appropriation. Senatorial opposition to Colonel Knox’s Navy Secretary nomination surfaced in committee inquiries on policy views.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Committee
Frank Knox
Naval Committee
Knox
United States
Telephone Wire Strung Across Battlefield Troit Warfront
CBS correspondent William L Shirer reports a German operator used a telephone line strung across the battlefield to contact the French government in Bordeaux. The line connected a bridge over the River Loire near Tours where French forces hold along the South bank amid fighting.
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New York
Dune
Compliegne Forest
Adolf Hitler
Bordeaux
Loire
Tours
William L. Shirer
CBS
Compiegne
Congress Wraps Up Recess with Tax and Defense Bills
Congress adjourns for a one week recess after sending to the White House a billion-dollar tax bill and over four billion dollars in appropriations. The Senate and House enacted an emergency defense measure of about 1.79 billion and relief, Labor, and Federal Security Agency appropriations, while authorizing nearly 1 billion more in agency contracts.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
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Arthur H. James
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