Full Strength German Drive Reaches French Front Near Paris
Editor notes Nazi assault breaks through toward Paris with German air power targeting military outposts. Weygand reshapes a hastily boosted line along the Somme and Aisne as British delays in Dunkirk limit aid. Paris area air raids fatally strike airports and military objectives, with initial toll near 1,000 dead.
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French
Paris
Poland
Scandinavia
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
Adolf Hitler
Flanders
France
Somme
Aisne
Maxime Weygand
Dunkirk
English
London
Germany
Names in the News Highlight Roosevelt Family and Allies
President Roosevelt welcomes a new grandson as Anne Clark Roosevelt gives birth. Joseph Schenck faces 24 counts of income tax fraud in New York. Mrs Dwight W Morrow urges aid to the allies and William C Bullitt recounts a Nazi bombing escape in Paris. French bombings reply targets Munich factory near Frankfurt.
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Roosevelt
Anne
Clark) Roosevelt
John
Joseph Schenck
New York
Smith College
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Germany
William C. Bullitt
Cordell Hull
Paris
Army Chief Warns of Manpower Shortage in Preparedness Drive
Gen George C Marshall testifies before a house appropriations sub committee that manpower is the army's tragic shortage and only immediate results can come from increasing personnel. He favors a trained reserve plan and discusses compulsory training amid a multi billion dollar defense program supported by broadening the income tax base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Marshall
Army
Congress
House
Germany
Rep. Smith
Dem
Conn
Agriculture: June cash income steady at 600 million
Agriculture department reports June cash income for U S farmers is expected to stay near 600 million dollars, matching levels of the past two years. Prices for some key crops have fallen recently due to wartime market effects, but no drastic drops in farmers income are anticipated.
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Madrid
Rome
Berlin
Gibraltar
Spain
Munich
England
Mediterranean
Mary
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Dies urges Pan American probe. Panamanian vote signals shift
Rep Martin Dies says he will extend the anti un American activities inquiry to all 21 American republics amid fears of German influence in South America. In Panama Dr Arnulfo Arias wins the presidency as drills to prevent repeaters occur. Dr Ricardo Alfaro withdraws and urges supporters to abstain. Roaring Europe war reshapes US politics with Roosevelt rumored for the third term and party jockeying continuing.
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Martin Dies
House
Washington
South America
Dies
Republic of
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Ricardo Alfaro
Popular Front
Europe
Roosevelt
Paul McNutt
Garner
Wheeler
Montana
Cordell Hull
Democratic Party
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Radios in Taxicabs Spark Public Outcry and Debate
A column rails against radios in taxicabs as noisy intrusions on public transport. It contrasts rider preference for quiet cabs with drivers who demand full radio accompaniment, arguing driving safety and urban life are best kept free of constant broadcasts. It also notes mixed reactions and broader media chatter about radio usage in cars.
Modern Sinus Trouble Treatments and Prevention
Health column by Dr. James W. Barton discusses sinus drainage, prior openings to drain mucus, and the shift toward addressing the source of chronic sinusitis. It notes patient positioning aids drainage, limited surgeries, and lifestyle changes like reducing meat and salt while increasing fruits and vegetables to boost resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Barton
Western Newspaper Union
Louis M. Pearlman
Pearlman
Supreme Court backs flag salute law in schools
The high court upheld a Pennsylvania school board's expulsion of two students for refusing to salute the flag on religious grounds. In Moneaqua four Jehovah's Witnesses were rescued from angry townspeople, and in Waxahachie Texas ninety sect members were jailed for distributing pacifist literature.
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U. S
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Moneaqua
Jehovah's Witnesses
Waxahachie
Texas
Fat foods play key role in diet and weight loss
The piece explains how starch and fat foods contribute energy and affect weight. It cites a table from Dr. Sinclair dividing foods into low, medium, and high fat content and advises balanced portions to avoid indigestion while ensuring vitamins and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Sinclair
Department of Biochemistry
Queens University
Kingston
Canada
Canadian Medical Association
Trial by Error 0CD in California cabin romance ends in love
Ralph enters his brother Myron’s California cabin and awakens a frightened girl in his bed. The scene shifts to Nancy waking with Myron and the two exchange playful banter about marriage and destiny as a romance develops amid mistaken beds and bold flirtation.
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Ralph
Myron
California
Nancy
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Frankfort-on-Main
Pan-America
Mr. Dies
Johnny
United States Marine Band
Miss Turpey
Lincoln
Abraham
Radio Corporation of America
Bison City
R. Roelofs JR
Warneke
Marjorie Lederer
Mayor LaGuardia
Fiorello
Wallace Cox
Dr. Barton
Colum
Sen
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
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