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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1940
Page
1
Congress approved a billion dollar tax bill and a defense appropriation of 1.77 billion dollars and sent a relief package of 1.16 billion to the White House. The measures sought to meet a midnight deadline before a one week recess and the Republican convention in Philadelphia.
In Rome and Bordeaux reports say Italy and France sign armistice terms with hard but honorable conditions. France remains in Bordeaux as ceasefire looms, while German troops push along the Alpine frontier and Rhone valley fronts. Continued on Fifth Page.
Former Governor Richard W. Leche faces trial in the Third Judicial District at Ruston for alleged complicity in a confidence game tied to a $27,000 financial irregularity in Louisiana's Twin administration building project. A four-member group including Leche's secretary Miss Mary Waite and advisers arrives to attend a trial expected to extend through midweek.
June 22 report notes Japanese troops advancing toward French Indo China. Secretary Hull avoided specifics, reaffirming support for status quo in the Pacific and seeking Pan American talks on European war spillover, with Havana expected for mid July.
French Foreign Legion troops, cut off from other forces, hold two mountain forts Le Joux and L Ecluse on the Swiss frontier for a fifth day amid heavy German attacks. The nearby forts Pontarlier and Le Lamaont fell to the Germans as Nazi symbols appeared.
Washington June 22 The senate naval committee voted to question Colonel Frank Knox on his views toward United States policy and the war. The panel plans a July 1 hearing and may publish a statement signaling that Knox’s support for intervention would bar his nomination. Some senators objected to prejudging the case.
Baton Rouge Louisiana lawmakers press toward a frenzied final stretch of reform and finance bills during the seventh week of the session led by Governor Sam H Jones. An informal opposition coalition from north Louisiana and independents tested administration measures, including civil service protections and gasoline tax exemptions.
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia and Mrs Mary Scott Meade of Amherst Virginia were married at Amherst at 3 30 p m central standard time. Glass is 82 and Mrs Meade 50. They left for Montview near Lynchburg due to the senator's illness and postponed a Lake George wedding trip.
Saturday set the year's high in Monroe with a temperature of 95.9 degrees, breaking the previous mark of 92.6 degrees reported June 3.
Berlin region reported its first air raid of the war as three incendiary bombs hit the Babelsberg railway station near the city center. German officials blamed British planes, noting heavy anti aircraft fire and a 26 minute raid even as casualties were described as immaterial.
General de Gaulle, former assistant to Paul Reynaud, warned in a BBC French broadcast that German conditions would demobilize French forces and occupy the territory. He cited a faulty military system and defeatist government, but urged that France still possessed an empire, fleet, gold, strong allies, and vast American industrial potential.
President Roosevelt showed concern over a naval analysis that rated the Japanese and U S fleets as nearly equal and warned that if the Axis gained the French or British fleets the balance could tilt dramatically. The article notes that expansion plans in Congress are not counted and mentions James Forrestal being named to Roosevelt's administration staff.
The Republican National Committee approved a rule denying national convention delegates from districts failing to poll at least 1,909 votes in prior elections. The policy targets the deep south to boost turnout and penalize weak support while preserving at large delegates. The rule adjusts bonus delegates awarded for presidential majorities and reshapes future campaigns.
A young woman enters Army officer A. P. Miceli's office in New Orleans asking to enlist as a nurse or bomber hostess. He repeats that women do not enlist, but she insists on serving as a bomber hostess.
The Monroe Public Library will no longer open Sundays. Assistant librarian Thomas Gilburn announced that after a year and a half of Sunday hours from 4 to 6 pm, the library will shift to a Monday through Saturday schedule with no Sunday service.
Prime Minister Churchill states Britain heard with regret and amazement that German terms failed to match the strength of the liberation forces which are vast and will prevail. In Washington the State Department acts to rescue Americans stranded in Bordeaux Lisbon and Madrid after war department requests advised quick action.
Reports from Bordeaux Rome Geneva and Washington cover armistice talks German offensives and Allied responses. France signs hard but honorable armistice and pledges to continue resistance while Italy performs local armistice actions. In Alexandria and Bellegarde operations continue as German forces push near the Swiss frontier. Congress approves a large defense bill and navy expansion despite political opposition.
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