Free French Forces Advance Near Damascus and Beirut
Allied columns driving across the Levant reported within 40 miles of Damascus and Beirut as British and Free French mechanized units press the invasion. French defense chief Dentz confirms heavy fighting while RAF bombers strike airfields at Damascus Aleppo and Levaya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea of Galilee
Christ
Damascus
Beirut
Associated Press
Syria
Lebanon
Henri Dentz
Aleppo
Levaya
France
Great Britain
Berlin
Germany
Tripoli
Iraq
Mosul
Jerusalem
Vichy
Levant
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Jebel Ed
Soudeida
Jebel Ed Druz
Beirutorth
Banias
Euphrates River
Deir-Ez-Zor
London
Merdjayoun
Tyre
Sour
Cleopatra
Phoenicia
Great
Nebuchadnezzar
Cairo
Suez Canal
Britain
Philippe Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Free French” Armis
Henry A Mitland Wilson
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Dentz
North
Africa
Alexandria
Egypt
Dakar
French West Africa
Mers el Kebir
Algeria
Sfax
Tunisia
Henri Deniz
Druses
New York
Soueida
Nazareth
the Hospitallers
Acre
Euphrates
Mezze
Nerab
Rayak
Tyranny, race doctrine, and the Nazi empire analyzed
The passage contrasts the Kaiser and Hitler, depicting a shared national spirit that deems other peoples inferior. It argues Hitler’s conquests deepen hate and threaten a future globe-destroying empire, while God as a German national symbol underpins racist rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
God
Scout co founder Daniel Beard dies at home in Suffern
Daniel Carter Beard, 91, co founder of the Boy Scouts of America, is critically ill at his Suffern New York home as reports note bromine levels in sea water reach 60 to 70 parts per million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffern
N. Y
Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
Britain Defies Vichy Regime as Workers Takeover Ordered
As British and Free French forces push through Syria Lebanon and into Jebel Ed Druze Damascus and Banias the Vichy regime condemns Britain while President Roosevelt orders army takeover to protect workers at a Los Angeles plant. Army officers report 1000 workers awaiting inside and similar number of pickets outside amid 9000 guards state crisis.
F D R Orders Reopening Defense Plant Under Army Oversight
President issues executive order placing the plant under army operation to assure national defense. Workers urged to return as negotiations proceed for a fair retroactive settlement to May 1. War secretary to handle compensation and adjust labor relations with civilian adviser help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S. 9 10 Plan District Setup Details Communicated
Frank L. Bynum, Dallas regional director, and Thomas E. Dewey, New York district attorney, spoke with district committee members Friday and Saturday about campaign methods used elsewhere. U S 0 national chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.E. Holley
B. Ellis
Tensas
E. R. McDonald
Marion Guthrie
Jackson
John Birch
E. R. Collins
M. L. Dickerson
Lincoln
J. B. Kendall
H Grady Jones
Fred Gray
Franklin—J. T. Robinson
Ralph King
Ed Randall
Ed Everett
Mark Price
L. C. Carroll
Caldwell
Archie Bridger
Buddy” Erskine
Leonard Jackson
Richland
Warren H. Hunt
Hugh Stodgill
Richard Downs
Morehouse
Glen Wilson
A. S. Mc
Permit Issued for Sandwich Stand on Texas Street
Will Taylor Sr. received a permit for a one story frame building between Eighth and Ninth streets to house a two room sandwich stand. Sam H. Awl, city building inspector, announced the Monday approval. Construction will use day labor and old material at a cost of $150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Taylor, Sr
Texas Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Sam H. Awl
President Granted Broad Powers to Seize Private Property
A War Department proposal urges the president be given broad authority to seize property for national defense. The chairman notes some situations may require requisition power the president currently lacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Ouachita 4-H Club Members Head to Camp Grant Walker
About 40 Ouachita 4-H club members will depart Monday June 23 for the five day encampment at Camp Grant Walker near Pollack. Mrs Emma T Braden and H B Fairchild said eligible active project members may attend. C W Davis will manage the encampment where some 250 members from Ouachita Union Richland Morehouse West Carroll and Caldwell are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Paris
Camp Grant Walker
Pollack
Emma T. Braden
H. B. Fairchild
C. W. Davis
Ouachita
Union
Richland
Morehouse
Weat Carroll
Caldwell
Storm Claims Eight Scrivner Lives In Tragic Night
In a deadly storm the Scrivner family suffered eight fatalities as winds ripped through their home. One child crawled a quarter mile to aid at the Paulsons while bodies lay scattered over a wide area. Two other Scrivner children were missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Virgil Paulson
Janet Lee
Scrivner
Storm Leaves Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries in Butler County
The Wichita area was struck by a tornado that toppled fences trees silos and barns from a half mile wide to 8 to 10 miles long. Victims include Miss Penner visiting near Whitewater and Keyes killed at the John Schafer home near Valley Center. Several injured relatives were hospitalized in El Dorado Newton and Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrioner
Butler County
Whitewater
Wichita
Miss Penner
el Dorado Hospital
Otto
el Darads
Thierstine
Scrivners
Newton
Keyes
John Schafer
Valley Center
Tornado Wrecks Homes in Ruleton Kansas
A Sunday tornado hit Ruleton in far western Kansas damaging five dwellings and a brick school building. Ted McCall, 23, was injured but there were no deaths reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruleton
Kansas
Ted McCall
Finland Sweden Border Remains Open and Unfortified
Relations between Finland and Sweden rest on a basis that keeps the land boundary open as in the past. People on both sides cross freely without visas or official red tape. The Finish side is wholly unfortified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Sweden
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Canada
Alaska
Ouachita Natl
Benk
Monroe, LA
Army
Robert P. Patterson
Bradshaw
White House
Berry
Los Angeles
Early
Justice Department
National Mediation Board
OPM
Roosevelt
House Military and Naval Committees
May
Kentucky
Vinson
Georgia
Naval Committee
Better Buy Bee Brand
Rome
Billy
Hyezel
Halstead
Hohe Medicine
Clee
Studebake
America
Skyway
Studebaker
In Auto Sales, Inc
Ralph Flanagan
RJ Resnolda
Toro Company
Winstor
Palm Springs
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!