France Faces Loss of Territory Under German Armistice Terms
Paris and London report that Hitler's terms would strip France of defenses and coast line, reduce its territory to a third, and compel demobilization and occupation costs. De Gaulle leads a French resistance in exile while Britain withholds recognition of the Bordeaux government and to deal with a French national committee. Italy’s terms reportedly include coastal occupation and a buffer state, with ongoing diplomatic still unsettled.
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Associated Press
London
France
Germany
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Bordeaux
Henri Philippe Petain
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Charles Corbin
Ministry of Information
Geneva
Tours
St. Jean de Pied de Port
Great Britain
Jurors Chosen at Ruston for Leche Trial
A five man jury is selected in Ruston for former Governor Richard W. Leche's retrial in a Louisiana scandals case. Judge Walker excused Woodman after a challenge. witnesses include Louisiana State Board of Education head H. White. The indictment accuses raising a campus building bid from 264 482 13 to 291 482 13, a 27 000 increase. Spectators crowded the courtroom as deliberations began. Conviction on a related charge could carry five years.
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Ruston
Richard W. Leche
E. L. Walker
J. M. Priikle
L. A. Woodman
Louisiana Tech
Drew N. Hays
C. F. Far
Leche
Lincoln Parish
Truett L. Scarborough
U S Urged to Take French Merchant Fleet for Debt
Washington reports reveal White House and State Department received hundreds of telegrams and letters urging the United States to seize or assume control of the French merchant marine or navy as payment on the World War debt. Stephen Early said no ports or libel details were confirmed. Roosevelt returned from Hyde Park to weigh defense issues amid Hitler's terms to France.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Stephen Early
France
Normandie
New York
Edison
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Adolf Hitler
London
Hitler
Park
William D. Hassett
Appeal for Help to Buy Steel Brace After Hit and Run
George B. Wilson, 50, badly injured in an August 15 1939 hit and run, appeals from his plaster cast for funds to buy a steel brace to replace the cast so he can do light work. He asks the unidentified driver to assist.
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New Orleans
George B. Wilson
Wilson
Republicans Meet At Philadelphia Convention Hall
The 1940 Republican National Convention opened in Philadelphia with a swift session and early cheers for Alf Landon Governor James of Pennsylvania and Senator Bridges. Delegates consider Wendel Willkie's rising bid and Taft Dewey alongside other aspirants while the platform committee discusses foreign policy and a stance of neutrality in the European war.
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Philadelphia
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
James
Pennsylvania
Bridges
New Hampshire
W. B. Ragsdale
Wendell Willkie
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie
Platform Committee
Republican Party
Twiggs Named W F W Leader In Louisiana Encampment
W W Twigg of New Orleans was elected commander of the Louisiana department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the 10th annual encampment in Lafayette. Other officers include Starr, Dixon, Fish, Moseley, Simmons and Laser with McConnell Hunt and Bingham named to key staff posts. district commanders listed for multiple districts and plans set for the 1941 encampment. State auxiliary officers were also announced.
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Lafayette
W. W. Twigg
New Orleans
Louisiana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
William J. Starr
George Dixon
Oakdale
L. F. Fish
Lake Charles
Vincent Moseley
Opelousas
Walter D. Simmons
Covington
C. O. Laser
J. V. McConnell
Shreveport
C. A. Hunt
Monroe
T. H. Bingham
Earle Collins
N. S. Towner
Gretna
Martin St. Romain
Raceland
Lawrence Himel
Rayville
Harold J. Bourgeois
Henry J. Braddock
Leesville
J. J. Moore
Ray G. Dobyns
Baton Rouge
Cleo Wilbur
Bossier City
Helen Himes
Revenue Bureau studies taxes in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports state revenue officials using federal records of higher income tax payments and other data to collect additional state taxes from individuals. Assistant revenue collector Joseph Loftin cites numerous discrepancies, fraud findings, and thousands of cases where tax judgments exist but lack follow up.
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Baton Rouge
State Revenue Department
Louisiana
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph Loftin
United States
Federal Department
Churchill Strategy Could Stand French War Aid For Britain
DeWitt MacKenzie notes Churchill’s move to back a London French national committee, seeking to keep the fleet and air force under British control. Pledges of support from French colonies bolster the gambit, potentially shifting naval power and complicating German penalties as Bordeaux falters.
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DeWitt MacKenzie Press
Bordeaux
Winston Churchill
London
Syria
Germany
Britain
Hitler
Herr Hitler
Petain
French National Committee
War Bulletins From Rome and Abroad
Reports from Rome say Italy has seized Villa Medici, the French academy home since 1803. Chandernagor and Calcutta citizens vow to fight alongside Britain until victory. Berlin notes a daylight raid on Den Helder injured civilians after evacuations. The Wellington Star liner was torpedoed near Cape Finisterre with survivors landed at Oporto. Ankara expects Iraqi officials led by Nuri Said in the capital.
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Rome
Villa Medici
London
Chandernagor
Calcutta
India
Reuters
Berlin
Netherlands Naval
den Helder
DNB
Bomba
Wellington Star
Cape Finisterre
Lisbon
Oporte
France Seeks Armistice as Axis Advances Across Front
Readable dispatch outlines France ordered to sign Italian armistice terms with hostilities ceasing soon after. German and Italian offensives progress on Alpine and Atlantic fronts while French forces retreat toward ports and North Africa. Mussolini’s regime seeks coastal occupation and a buffer state in southern France as German forces push toward Bordeaux and Poitiers.
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Ateetated
France
Alpine
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Germany
Italy
French Republic
Britain
Mont Blanc
Mediterranean Sea
Mussolini
Maritime Alps
Fasciata
Geremany
Dunkerque
English
Bay of Bigcay
Spain
Toops
Atlantic
Gironde
la Rochelle
Rochefort
Boredeaux
Poitiers
Senate reconsiders abolishing absentee voting in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge the Louisiana Senate 7 18 reversed a prior defeat to pass a bill abolishing absentee voting. Proponents led by Senator Frank Ellis cite abuse and machine compatibility concerns while opponents warn the change disenfranchises teachers students railroad workers and others with ballot access limits. Senator Lloyd Hendrick questions the need amid isolated fraud cases.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Frank Ellis
Covington
Louisiana
B.S. Clements
Ellis
Pelle
Lloyd Hendrick
Caddo
Hendrick
Eee
Ib Petoceantant
Two Killed in Auto Collision Near Potts Camp
In Potts Camp Mississippi near nightfall two people died in a car crash. Mrs W W Jackson of New Albany and Ernest Tidwell of Elba Alabama were killed. Mrs Jacksons husband an alderman and hardware dealer and their son Malcolm were injured along with Tidwells companion and Burl Duke. Tidwell died instantly and Mrs Jackson later died at Memphis hospital.
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Tidwell
War at a Glance: Axis Advances and Allied Reactions
A condensed round of World War II items notes Britain seeking terms shrinking France to a landlocked state, Nazi forces widening gains in France including La Rochelle and Rochefort, and German plans toward Grenoble. Berlin signals a major assault on Britain while Japan protests Allied arms traffic via Burma and Montevideo reports a bolstered fifth column with U.S. aid chatter.
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Associated
Bordeaux
Bordeux
North Africa
London
France
Germany
Britain
Berlin
la Rochelle
Rochefort
Gironde
Grenoble
Hitler
Sasewalt
Tokyo
Burma
National Party
Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Man Confesses Woman's Death in Mississippi
James Floyd Myers is held on murder charges in the death of Mim Smothers a 22 year old whose body was found weighted with a stone north of Greenville Mississippi last Friday. Myers admitted the slaying in a written statement after arrest near Jasper Alabama and was brought back to Greenville Sunday night. The investigation tied a Columbus Mississippi dress to the case showing the couple formerly shared a home on the lakeside, while rumors say the woman was seen with Myers last Monday at a swimming location near Jasper.
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Greenville
Mas
James Floyd Myers
Mim Smothers
Leake Ferguson
Here
W. J. Crouch Mid Myers
Jasper
Ala
Andrew
Columbus Miss
Crouch
Lake Bank
Myers
Columbus
Alabama
Slive
Roosevelt signs civil functions bill for war department
President Roosevelt approved a 222,718,717 civil functions bill funding non military work in the war department. The measure provides 64,008,110 for rivers and harbors 70,000,000 for food control and 99,900,008 in contracts tied to canal locks construction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Panama Canal
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