Armistice Terms Proposed for France by Hitler and Mussolini
Rome reports detailed armistice terms offered to France. They include division of French territory between German and Italian forces to cut French aid to England, surrender of gold and foreign credits, surrender of gold and credits of allied nations, seizure of raw materials, guarantees of rapid industrial restart, and inclusion of France’s economy in the totalitarian blockade against England for the war’s duration.
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Rome
France
Hitler
Mussolini
England
Germany
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Germans March On South Front As Hitler Pushes South
German forces drive deep into southern France near the Loire as Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s campaign advances unchecked and French troops retreat in disarray.
Petain Orders Continued Fight Despite Peace Plea
France's Marshal Petain orders all soldiers and sailors to keep fighting on land sea and air while awaiting Hitler's reply to a plea for an honorable peace. The directive covers all French forces amid the Bordeaux crisis.
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Bordeaux
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Adolf Hitler
French Troops Break From Maginot Line to Reassemble South
About 350000 French troops escaped the Maginot Line and moved south in two columns 300000 and 50000 to join the southern army and press for an honorable peace. The operation focused on consolidating forces to strengthen negotiations and northern defenses.
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Les Verriers
Switzerland
Maginot Line
United States Warns Germany and Italy Over Americas
The United States warned Germany and Italy not to annex British or French territories in the American hemisphere and urged a Pan American conference to address war-related issues. Havana was proposed as the likely meeting site, with no date set.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Germany
Americas
Havana
Vast Nazi plot thwarted in Spain with arrests and seizures
Spanish police said they disrupted a vast plot affecting a wide region. A large number of people were arrested and huge quantities of firearms explosives and ammunition were seized in the operation.
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Madrid
Bulgaria Moves Toward Axis As Claims Are Revived
Premier Bogdan Philoff revived Bulgaria's territorial claims with neighbors and voiced optimism about a settlement linked to a possible Italian German victory over the Allies. Diplomatic observers see the vow as Bulgaria edging closer to the Axis Powers.
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Sofia
Bogdan Philoff
Bulgaria
British Move To Buy Soviet War Hardware
London reports the British Government is studying negotiations with Soviet Russia to purchase tanks guns airplanes and other war weapons as part of wartime preparations.
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London
Soviet
Russia
FCC fingerprints 1000 radio operators to prove citizenship
Washington reports the Federal Communications Commission ordered fingerprinting for about 1,000 licensed radio operators to verify citizenship amid concerns over the Fifth Column. The FBI will handle the digitized records.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
F.B.L
Republicans To Name Candidate Next Week
War in Europe dominates headlines as the two major parties prepare to name presidential contenders. Up to ten candidates may be listed, with about four remaining in clear contention, including Baldwin, Dewey, Gannett, Taft, Vandenberg, and Wilkie.
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Europe
France
England
United States
Raymond Earle Baldwin
Connecticut
Arthur Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Winston-Salem
Gannett
Robert A.taft
Ohio
Arthur W. Vandenberg
Michigan
Wendell L. Wilkie
Direstor
Tieancier
Handcock Receives True Bill on Bank Robbery
Raymond Handcock age 35 of Richmond was indicted by Robeson County grand jury for robbery with firearms in Mount Airy tied to a $2300 bank robbery at St Pauls three weeks earlier. He was arrested by state bureau of investigation officers and held. A woman was held as a material witness.
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Raymond Handcock
Richmond
Mount Airy
State Bureau of Investigation
Robeson County Grand Jury
St. Pauls
Negro Is Killed During Quarrel Near Pinnacle
Clifton Brim a 17 year old farm hand was killed about midnight after a quarrel with Bill Shine Faton 32 of Pilot Mountain. Eaton was arrested by Sheriff H B Boyd on murder charges and jailed in Surry County to await hearing. Brim died instantly from a shotgun wound to the chest.
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Clifton Brim
Pinnacle
Bill “Shine” Faton
Pilot Mountain
Eaton
H. 8
Boyd
Surry County
Brim
Census Update Shows Mount Airy Population Rise to 6271
Census figures released this week list Mount Airy at 6 271 residents, up 226 from 1930, with the larger Greater Mount Airy area totaling 41 748 in the township. Officials urge residents to mail uncounted names to headquarters for possible inclusion in the official tally.
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Mount Airy
T. M. Smith
Red Cross Drive Reaches 948 As Refugee Aid Tops Milestone
Surry County Red Cross drive for wartime refugees totals 94800 this week announced by Mrs W B Wolfe. The committee expects the total to exceed 1000 in the coming week as donations continue to arrive from local supporters including Harrison's Store Harvey Smith Center P Y and Circle 1 Presbyterian Church among others. Local residents urged to send contributions to the committee chairman for forwarding to national headquarters.
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Surry County
Red Cross
W. 8. Wolfe
Red Cross Committee
Eeene Te One
Ie Saaeee
Harrison's
Harvey Smith
Center PY
C. Creveling
UN Nandicenceanien Ae Circle
Presbyterian Church
Open Air Religious Services Near Bevo Station
Open air evangelistic services begin Monday night June 24 near Bevo Service Station on the Fancy Gap. Seats for about 300, ample parking. A loud speaker will carry the message to car occupants. Rev. Mr. Honeycutt and others will speak. The place will be lighted.
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Bevo
Fancy Gap
Hasten McCraw
Canada
Mr. Honeycutt
Ring Found After Nineteen Years In Dobson Garden
Mrs. B R Cook of Dobson found a ring last week in her garden after nineteen years missing. The item had belonged to her mother and was reportedly swallowed by a mule while being fed. The ring remains in good condition after its long ordeal.
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BR. F. Cook
Dobson
Elkin Baptist Church Names New Pastor
Rev. Mr. Morrisette, 34, will lead Elkin Baptist likely by July 1. He has pastored multiple Forsyth County churches while pursuing seminary studies in Louisville Kentucky. He is a Columbia University music graduate who directed the Westminster Choir Princeton and led the first Baptist Church Winston-Salem choir.
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Surry County
Forsyth County
Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Morrisette
Dayton
Ohio
Woman's Union Training School
Mr. Morrisette
School of Music
Columbia University
Westminister Choir
Princeton
N. J
The
First Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
Cripple Clinic to Be Held June 28
Dr. R. A. Moore will be in charge of the cripple clinic on June 28. The event details outline the medical staff and the care program for attendees seeking treatment and consultation.
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Cripple Clinic
R. A. Moore
Services At Trinity Episcopal Church
During the remainder of the summer there will be regular preaching service each Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. E. B. Jeffress Jr. of Greens-
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Trinity Episcopal Church
E. B. Jeffress, Jr
Greens
Bible School Continues at Central Methodist Church
Bible school at Central Methodist Church continues through next week with classes for beginners through intermediate grades. Sessions run each morning from 9 to 11 oclock and children who missed the first week may enter Monday June 24.
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Bible School
Central Methodist Church
Camping At The Old Homeplace
Robt. P. Rawley of Winston-Salem and family are vacationing on the old Rawley homeplace along the Fancy Gap Road using a trailer as their base.
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Robt. P. Rawley
Winston- Salem
R. P. Rawley
Surry County
Fancy Gap
Deaths Mrs Thanie F Simmons Cook Pilot Mountain
Mrs Thanie Frances Simmons Cook wife of William Scott Cook of Pilot Mountain died at Martin Memorial Hospital Monday after a four week illness. She was thirty nine. Survived by her husband eight children two brothers and one sister. Funeral held at Weatfield Friends Church Wednesday afternoon with burial in the church cemetery.
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Thanie Frances Simmons Cook
William Scott Cook
Pilot Mountain
Martin Memorial Hospital
Weatfield Friends Church
Highway Safety Official Reports North Carolina Accident Stats
Mount Airy hosted Highway Safety officials who reviewed local crash sites and discussed statewide totals for 1939. North Carolina saw 943 fatal auto crashes and 7,190 injuries, with speeding and drunken driving causing the majority of deaths and human factors accounting for about 93 percent of accidents.
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Mount Airy
Pancy Gay
Saunders
North Carolina
Prices Rise as Stock Exchange Sells White faced Heifers
White faced Herfords sold for 30 dollars per head six months old averaging 200 pounds at the Carolina Virginia Live Stock Exchange in Mount Airy this week. Auctioneer J M Ball reports over 250 head sold Wednesday with gains noted. Hogs topped 6.15, calves 10.65, beef cutters 6.25 per 1000 size, bulls in demand near 6.25, heifers 27.50 to 40 per head.
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Carolina-Virginia Live Stock Exchange
Mount Airy
J. M. Ball
T. E. L. Class Annual Picnic Supper
The T E L class of the First Baptist Sunday school will hold their annual picnic supper at Pine Croft Tuesday evening June 25 at 6 30 oclock.
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First Batist
Pine Croft
Rev Leroy A Scott to aid Mount Airy pastor this summer
Rev Leroy A Scott a Duke University ministerial student from Kannapolis will spend the summer in Mount Airy area assisting Rev I L Sharpe, the Mount Airy circuit pastor. He is son of H A Scott and grandson of Mrs T L Steele, with a Duke arts degree earned in 1939 and further religion studies at Duke.
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Leroy A. Scott
Duke University
Kannapolis
Mount Airy
I. L. Sharpe
Mr. Scott
H. A. Scott
T. L. Steele
Statesville
School of Religion
Duke
Frank Monday Joins York-Myers Oil Co as Bookkeeper
Frank Monday of Statesville has accepted a position with the York-Myers Oil Company as office man and bookkeeper. He arrives in Mount Airy after extensive oil industry experience including business interests in Florida.
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Frank Monday
Statesville
York-Myers Oil Company
Mr. Monday
Mount Airy
Florida
Safe cracking suspects face new theft charges
Four men arrested in Durham on charges of blowing the Pilot Mountain Motor Co. safe on May 25 and brought to Mount Airy for a hearing where they were bound over to Surry Superior Court now must face new charges. This week new warrants allege breaking into a soda shoppe in Anson county and stealing cigarettes and other merchandise. The suspects are Allen Oglesby of Morehead City Percy Newsome of Winston-Salem J B Stroub of Durham and Graham Murphy of Burlington.
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Durham
Pilot Mountain Motor Co
Mount Airy
Surry Superior Coat
Anson County
Allen Oglesby
Morehead City
Percy Newsome
Winston-Salem
J. B. Stroub
Graham Murphy
Burlington
Club Council Plans Summer Work In County
The Home Demonstration Clubs of Surry County met at Dobson in Mrs. Grace P. Brown’s office with many ladies present. They discussed the mattress project for Southern states and urged farm women to secure cooperation by June 22. The Red Cross campaign and a Dobson flower show scheduled for late August were also planned.
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Council of the Home Demonstration Clubs
Surry County
Grace P. Brown
Dobson
Red Cross
Suport
Tennessee Couple Arrested Here on House Breaking Charges
A 27 year old man named Deacon and his 24 year old wife from Knoxville Tennessee were arrested in Mount Airy after a telegram from Knoxville officers. They face charges of house breaking and larceny and will be taken back to Tennessee to answer. Deacon has worked as a beverage sales promoter and has been located in Winston Salem Greensboro Rocky Mount with Knoxville as headquarters.
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Deacon
Knoxville
Tenn
Mount Airy
C. B Wells
Tennessee
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Rocky Mount
Singing At New Hope Church Concert Sunday
A singing concert directed by Earl Nance will be held Sunday at New Hope Church starting at one o clock. The recurring singings invite public participation and have been ongoing for some time.
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New Hope Church
Earl Nance
Young Delegates Attending Junaluska Senior Assembly
Names James Cox Jimmy Miller Eleanor Smith Helen Macon Patti Olcomb Cleo Vaughn and Betty Jo Datis travel from this section to attend the Senior Assembly at Junaluska opening next Monday.
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Junaluska
James Cox
Jimmy Miller
Eleanor Smith
Helen Macon
Patti Olcomb
Cleo Vaughn
Betty Jo Datis
Subscription offer expires July sixteenth
The notice announces renewal options with a one dollar rate for a year, a special anniversary offer to extend for one or more years at a special rate, and a separate one month rate of 1.60 dollars for all. The offer expires July 16.
Mount Airy Talks Focus on War and Roosevelt Faith
Mount Airy residents debate the war and President Roosevelt amid war news. A belief in a fifth column is viewed as exaggerated while confidence in Roosevelt remains strong in town discussions.
Mount Airy War Mood Shifts Toward Preparations and Patriotism
In Mount Airy public opinion tilts toward war against Germany and Italy with faith in President Roosevelt. Residents advocate expedient measures, including possible expeditionary action, and discuss Britain and France, the Mediterranean, and the potential impact on the United States. Citizens joke about Fifth Column fears while backing readiness and opposing dictatorships as they foresee fight on the British Isles and possible German moves in the Americas.
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Mount Airy
Germany
Italy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Granite City
Nazi Germany
Knoxville
Tenn
Lumberton
Pilot Mountain
France
Mt. Airy
England
Mediterranean
English Channel
Africa
Canada
British Isles
London
Scotland
United States
America
Hitler
South America
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Handcock
Surry County County
Mount Airy Township
Elkin
Township
Rockford Township
Siloam Township
Stewarts Creek
Westfield Township
Elkin Baptist Call
Bible School Continues
Highway Safety Official
York- Myres Oil Co
Club Council
Roosevelt
Oliver Crawley
State Highway Department
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