U S Policy To Be Affected By Fate Of France
The administration awaits news of German peace terms with France as policy shifts. Congress expands the army to 400000 and warns Germany to keep off French possessions in the western world while a new 1.2 billion naval bill is prepared. France may fight on if terms are too harsh, with reports of possible North Africa action or a unified Anglo French government.
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Joseph HH. Baird
International News Service
Washington
France
Reich
Britain
Congress
Germany
Labe
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
North
Africa
Auy
Nuw Castle
Old Fun House at Cascade Park to be Community Theatre
Days of long ago revived as Cascade Park converts to a theatre for summer entertainments. Mosquito reports rise with wet weather. Harvesting begins on Lawrence County farms as clover hay is cut and wheat nears July readiness. Traffic light needs at Atlantic avenue and West Washington street. Local plates with MHOM initials seen near a hotel.
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Nime
Atlantic Avenue
West Washington Street
Lawrenice County
Daily Weather Report From United States Statistics
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending 5 p.m. Monday show a maximum temperature of 85 and a minimum of 61 with 0.02 inches of precipitation. River stage stands at 6 feet. Year-ago figures recorded a maximum of 92, a minimum of 68, and no precipitation.
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United States
Churchill declares Britain ready for invasion
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill telling the House of Commons that seven eighths of the original British force sent to France have returned to guard England. He says there are hopeful signs of final victory, noting Britain’s air force is stronger relative to Germany and that dominion armies are present at home. An invasion would demand transport across the sea.
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Great Britain
Germany
Italy
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House of Commons
France
England
Churchill
Britain
Britain Seeks To Prevent French Surrender To Hitler
London reports Britain presses to avert a final French surrender to Nazi Germany as France seeks peace. Churchill to broadcast at 9 p.m. local time. Axis demands and post collapse questions loom over French navy air force and defense.
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Hitler
Charles A. Smith
International News Service
Stati
London
Great Britain Today
Rome-Berlin
France
New Castle
Will Ask First Degree Verdict In Center County Case
BELLEFONTE PA June 18 District Attorney Musser Getty indicated he would seek a first degree murder verdict if Richard Millinder 22 on trial for the sex slaying of Fay Gates a cousin of Millinders wife. Millinder was returned to Centre County jail after grand jury charges for beating the 25 year old factory worker to death on a Mt Eagle highway May 5. The grand jury is set for August 26. Millinder was arraigned before Justice Harold D. Cowher and listened without apparent interest as the information charging him was read.
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International News Service
Bellefonte
Musser W. Getty
Richard Millinder
Fay Gates
Millinder
Centre County
Jabi
Match Factory
Mt. Eagle
Justice of the Peace
Harold D. Cowher
Mies Cates
Rachel Taylor
Pennsylvania State College
Auy
Bride Found Dead From Fumes In Home
Mrs Ella Milton Ziegler a 22 year old bride of under two weeks was found dead in her cellar home at 1501 Wilson Avenue from fumes from a hot water heater while washing clothes. Her husband John Ziegler discovered her on Monday at 4 45 pm. Police and firemen attempted resuscitation but she was pronounced dead by the on scene physician. Coroner Nugent said she married June 6 and they had just bought a new washing machine. her husband had asked her to wait until he returned home before washing.
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John Ziegler
Nugent
Ziegler
New Castle
Navy to seek 70 percent boost in fighting strength
Admiral Harold R. Stark urged Congress to approve a 70 percent increase in the navy’s fighting strength at a cost of 4 billion dollars. He announced the plan after a two hour secret session with the House naval affairs committee and discarded the Vinson-Walsh bill proposing a 1.2 billion expansion.
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William S. Neal
International News
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Congress
House Naval Affairs Committee
Stark
Vinson-Walsh
Soviet demands expected on Finland soon
A London shortwave NBC broadcast reports the Soviet Union will press new terms on Finland within days after the Russo Finnish war. The announcer cites London reports that Moscow will demand the Aland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia, with stripped territory of military strategic value.
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International News Service
New York
Finland
London
NBC
Aaland Island
Gulf of Bothnia
White House denies Italian peace intercession report
In Washington on June 18 the White House rejected a published Italian story claiming Britain sought Roosevelt’s intercession with the Axis for honorable peace terms. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early called it an erroneous report and denied the claim.
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International News Service
Washington
The
White House Today
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Trade Cartel Is Plan Suggested
Diplomats representing the Americas discussed a Western Hemisphere trade cartel with the state department to handle export surpluses and cushion the impact of a possible German victory. Four cabinet officers will draft a central trading agency plan and present it to President Roosevelt for approval.
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George Duano
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Americas
Pan- American Union
Amazing Campaign For Willkie Shaping Fight
New York June 1 political brief notes the Willkie campaign for the Republican nomination nears its end after one month of effort. It says over 5 000 volunteers in 483 clubs across 35 states work toward building Willkie as a presidential candidate without formal backing funds or direct guidance from the candidate.
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International News Service
New York
Werdell
Willkie
Philadelphia
French Army Is Still Fighting
London reports the French army remains in combat at multiple points as German pressure intensifies mainly in the southeast. British air ministry says the Royal Air Force bombed military targets across the Rhineland and Ruhr and northwestern Germany. A German destroyer near the Frisian islands was bombed and hit amidships. Buy in New.
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France
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Rhineland
Ruhr
Germany
Frisian Islands
New
U S Navy Watches Sea Lanes To French Possessions
Washington reports the United States Navy maintains a tight watch on sea routes to French possessions in the Caribbean and South America. Officials say no risks are taken that France may cede territories in the western hemisphere by surrender to Germany and Italy. Despite Hitler's interview denying territorial aims in the Americas, the Navy is prepared for any eventuality.
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United States Navy
Caribbean
South America
France
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Karl von Wiegand
Hearst
Americas
Dark Horse Talk and Taft Dewey Pact Rumors
Washington hears fresh talk of a Republican dark horse nomination as Taft and Dewey rumors circulate without firm sanction from either side. Some say Roosevelt seeks a third term, others doubt it, while experts predict a possible Franco-British policy impact on the election. Continued on Page Two.
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Dewey
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Nazi Leaders Confer in Munich as France Peace Talks Begin
Berlin reports Hitler and Mussolini have begun a secret conference in Munich to discuss terms for France after a French peace request. Meanwhile Nazi forces reportedly advance steadily in France with minimal resistance as the world awaits the outcome.
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France
International News Service
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Munich
Puehrer
U Duce
New Castle
Car repairmen recalled to jobs in Seventh Ward shop
The Pennsylvania Railroad office announced that 100 furloughed workers have been recalled to the Seventh Ward car repair shop within the past week. Additional trainmen and enginemen are still being summoned. Officials cite heavy coal and ore shipping season and rising business and operations, but could not state a specific reason.
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Erie & Ashtabula
Europe
America
New, Castle
Malta and Corsica Hit in Sudden Allied Action
Rome reports a sudden incident in which two old enemy tankers were sunk near Malta Corsica and the upper Sudan by Thalian forces. Enemy planes struck Milan and other cities along the Ligurian coast in the announced action.
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Liguarian
Germans Report Strongholds In France Taken
German forces reported major gains on the western front as La Creusol fell near the Schneider Creusot armament works and Belfort fortress, southern Maginot line, were captured. The official communique claimed rapid French collapse under pursuing German troops and noted crossings of the Orne and reach to the Loire at Nevers and southeast, with Metz capitulating amid the advance.
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la Creusol
Schneider-Creusot
Belfort
Maginot Line
France
Caen
le Mans
Orne
Loire
Nevers
Metz
New Castle
Pope Pius Urges Moderate France Peace Terms
Pope Pius appeals to Hitler Mussolini and Petain for moderation in France peace terms. He urges France to accept the situation with fortitude and realism and to abandon dangerous intransigence. The Vatican message reflects a call for gentler settlement and restraint in postwar terms.
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France
Vatican Ci'ty
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Pontiff
Aso
Henri Philippe Petain
Buyin
New Cartle
Death Record Tuesday June 1 1941
Mrs. John Ziegler of 1801 Wilson Avenue and William Fonevitky of 78 Youngstown, with others listed on Difandi Quinn Ping Street, Browhs Euclid Avenue, and James Charles Cananni of New Galilee. This notice records deaths and associated addresses in brief town notices.
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John Ziegler
Wilson Avenue
William Fonevitky
Youngstown
Difandi Quinn
Ping Street
Old
Browhs Euclid Avenue
James Charles Cananni
New Galilee
Severe Terms To Be Answer To France's Plea
Munich report says Hitler and Mussolini draft terms for an armistice with France while Britain vows to repel invasion of England. Churchill dares the Italian navy to seek open sea in a battle to the death with the British fleet as world eyes focus on Munich.
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International News Service
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
France
Great Britain
Singland
Britain
Winston Churchill
Munich
Germany
Italy
Hitler
England
Weather Notes On Rain and A Wish For Relief
The writer expresses fatigue with continuous rain over the past week as lawns fields and springs remain soaked. They wonder when the wet spell will end and suggest a mid July pause to allow a drier spell, noting the current temperature around seventy eight degrees.
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