Western Hemisphere Defense Drive Sparks $1 Billion Ask
Reports from Washington say a further $1,000,000,000 appropriation may be sought if German breakthrough threatens Paris. House subcommittee head warns of expansion to England then Brazil, as defense plans proceed with 100 Northrop attack planes to be sold to Allies under a trade in program. Anti war profits tax plans move forward with a $1,000,000,000 defense tax bill to curb war millionaires and fund emergency costs.
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Italy Threatens Five Bombs For Each Allied One
Rome June 8 Giornale d Italia warns that for every Italian city bombed by Allied air raids five English cities would suffer in the event Italy enters the war. The paper cites Rome as relatively safe and says Italians could declare an open city. Observers say Italy may enter the war next week as Mussolini and possibly Hitler know the exact date.
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War's Greatest Assault Turned Loose by Hitler
German blitzkrieg drives 60 miles into France near Paris as 1,000,000 infantry and 3,500 tanks smash through the Weygand line. French withdrawal concentrates along the Oise valley while German tanks cross the Bresle toward Forges les Eaux and a bridgehead forms on the Aisne. Reports from Berlin claim steady progress as Britain bears a heavy toll at sea with Carinthia sunk.
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Universal military training urged at Princeton reunion
Colonel Julius Ochs Adler outlined a universal compulsory military training bill at a Princeton alumni meeting. The plan would register all males and aliens with first papers, require citizens aged 21 to 45 to train in peace, and extend liability to ages 18 to 21 and 45 to 65 in wartime.
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Poised 10 Gun Trip to Allies Buffalo July Flight
A draft of 50 navy planes completes their final flight over United States territory en route to the Western battlefront. The training phase ends as preparations shift to deploying the aircraft to support Allied forces.
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Remainder of the operation schedule remains the same
The note states that the operation schedule will continue as previously planned with no changes to timing or sequence. No additional details or new dates are provided in the fragment.
Next Slot Machine Move Up to Crippen
Further action in two Washington township slot machine cases is up to Magistrate W. C. Crippen, per Assistant Prosecutor W. W. Weidner. One defendant was dismissed for lack of evidence as Crippen took the case.
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Husband Held in Slaying of Wife in Peebles
In Peebles on a Saturday evening, Mary Blankenship, 38, was shot dead by her husband Thomas Blankenship, 67, blamed on jealousy. He was arrested and jailed, later moved to Adams County jail. The incident occurred at Palm restaurant, with Flakes Smittle present. Smittle fled. Mary Blankenship left two children. the couple had been separated for a year.
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Gay Old Piccadilly Lights Return for Troops in London
London scenes amid blackout show Tommies returning from the Battle of Flanders enjoying cinema and theater. Soldiers seek diversions behind curtains and doors as Daniels and Ben Lyon perform in Haw Haw and Gone With the Wind still screens in two cinemas.
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Swiss shiver anew with Italy on edge
June 8 Bern Switzerland faces pressure from two powerful neighbors and a third ready to enter the conflict. Swiss patrol planes forced nine German planes to land in the last month and a Messerschmitt fighter was shot down in Lucerne canton. A Nazi bomber was forced to land in Solothurn canton near the French frontier. The Swiss loss included one fighter with both lieutenant pilots killed in a battle with a Nazi flight.
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Sinking of Carinthia Armed Merchant Cruiser Reported
London reports the sinking of the 20,277 ton Carinthia, a former Cunard-White Star liner, by a U boat. Two officers and two seamen were killed. the crew of 405 was largely saved. The Carinthia was a British armed merchant cruiser in service since 1925, and its loss marks the second such attack since the war began.
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Britain lifts age limits for many reserved occupations
The Associated Press reports Britain raised the age limits of many reserved occupations on June 8, making 30,000 white collar workers immediately available for service and calling up more by August 1. The reservations were extended to agricultural workers and distributive workers, mainly business proprietors or managers.
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