Germany's Drive Against France Presses On
Axis terms for an harsh peace with France are laid out by Hitler and Mussolini after a Munich meeting. Petain and Weygand urge French forces to resist while negotiations are said to be pending. Britain and Canada plan to continue the fight, calling for a united defense against Nazi aggression.
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Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
House of Commons
France
Churchill
Canadians Escape From France A Narrow Break
Canadian active service force after months of prep finally reached France last week but turned back to England without firing a shot. The advance guard neared Sablé near Tours before news broke the German breakthrough forced a retreat, narrowly avoiding encirclement with Maj. Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton leading the division.
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England
Canada
France
First Canadian
48Th Highlanders
A. G. L. McNaughton
Sable
Tours
A. A. Smith
E. W. Haladenby
German Armies Smash Through French Defenses
German high command reported rapid disintegration of the French army with Metz falling to mobile detachments and the Maginot line breached south of Saarbrucken. Dispatches noted 350,000 fortress troops escaping southeast and over 100,000 prisoners taken as German air raids damaged ships and shipping along the Loire and western coast.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Europe
Munich
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Orne River
Caen
le Mans
France
Belfort
le Creuzot
Dijon
Colmar
Metz
Maginot Line
Thionville
Saarbrucken
Rhine-Marne Canal
Loire
Atlantic
Nazi Rule Big Threat to U.S. Economics
A wartime-era report argues that Nazi governance would endanger the American economy, detailing potential impacts on trade, industry, and financial stability while urging preparedness and policy planning amid escalating global tensions.
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U.S
McCarran Blames Roosevelt for War Emergency
In Washington Senator McCarran denounces President Roosevelt for creating an emergency with remarks that arouse foreign hatred. He argues such words risk drawing the nation into war while debating neutrality act revisions. In New York, analysts warn of a Nazified Europe and consider a Western Hemisphere cartel to control surpluses and prices.
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Brazil
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Uruguay
Finance Campaign For Fair And Rodeo Began This Morning
A Roswell group of businessmen started the drive to raise 4200 for the 1940 Eastern New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo to be held October 2 through 5. The effort, led by Walden Bassett with a list of civic volunteers, seeks last year’s giving levels or more to fund the event, with continued appeals this week as merchants pledge support.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Walden Bassett
Merchants’ Association
Mr. Bassett
I. W. Carter
James Lee
A. F. Madison
S. P. Johnson, Jr
B. V. Elizey
John
Oscar Greene Wins Westinghouse Prize in El Paso District
Oscar Greene merchandise manager for Southwestern Public Service Company won first prize of $25 in the El Paso District for the best selling talk for an electric range. The phonograph record will go to Dallas for a regional contest with $50 top prize, then to a national contest for $1,000. El Paso District covers eastern Arizona southern New Mexico and western Texas.
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Oscar Greene
Southwestern Public Service Company
el Paso
Westinghouse Electric Company
Greene
Dallas
Green
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Weather Across Texas to Mississippi Valley Clears
Shower activity covered eastern Texas Arkansas and the middle Mississippi valley with heavy rain in the east and lighter amounts elsewhere. Cooler markedly in the northern Plains with temperatures near yesterday. In the south skies were partly cloudy to cloudy with high readings in the 105 to 111 range in southern Arizona and 80 to 90 in most areas. readings in the Pecos valley expected to stay fair tonight and Wednesday. Travel from Roswell sees clear to partly cloudy skies with hot daytime temperatures and little rain chance except southeast.
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Arkansas
Mississippi
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Oklahoma
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Roswell
French Ordered To Keep On Fighting
Marshal Petain urged all French soldiers and sailors to keep fighting on land sea and air while awaiting Hitler's reply to a plea for peace. He said no armistice or suspension of fighting has occurred though reports circulated of German white flags. The cabinet was said to be weighing supplies and diplomacy as negotiations have not begun.
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Associated Press
Bordeaux
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Adolf Hitler
Reuters
Hitler and Mussolini Meet to Discuss France Armistice
In Munich the dictators held a four hour conference at the Fuehrerhaus and issued a brief communique through DNB saying both governments agreed on France's armistice terms. Hitler arrived with Napoleonlike pomp while Mussolini arrived three hours later amid hush and tense expectations.
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
France
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DNB
Fuehrer and
Duce
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
Czechoslovakia
City Beautiful Contest Entries Highlight Unusual Flowers
W. M. Brand from Cape Jasmine entered in the unusual flowers class, contributing to the City Beautiful contest entries with a distinctive plant specimen.
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City Beautiful
W. M. Brand
French Troops Escape From Maginot Forts
LES VERRIERS Switzerland near the French border reports French troops 350000 strong escaped today from the Maginot line to join the southern army. The force split into 300000 and 50000 while Alpine chasseurs shielded the retreat in the Jura region. The Nancy garrison and Vosges veterans formed the second group.
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Associated Press
Les Verriers
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Jura
Nancy
Metz
Vosges Sec
Four Billion Navy Expansion Proposed by Stark
Admiral Harold R. Stark urged Congress to fund a 4 billion dollar naval expansion to create the largest fleet in history. Testifying to the House Naval Committee he said the plan would add about 200 ships and 1,250,000 tons of combat capacity, deeming it essential to U S defense and Monroe Doctrine protections amid world conditions.
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Harold R. Stark
Congress
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Stark
Chairman Vinson
Dga
United States
Insular
Eddy County Pop Surges 50 Percent in 1940
Eddy county reports a 1940 population of 24 107, up 8 265 from 1930, about 52 percent. Chaves county stands at 23 854, Quay county at 12 040, with Curry county not yet announced. John Bingham district census director released the preliminary figures. Frank McCarthy aids as assistant director for the district of ten counties.
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Eddy County
John Bingham
Chaves County
Bingham
Quay County
Mr. Bingham
Curry County
Frank McCarthy
Junior C O C Meeting Tonight Plans Pine Lodge Outing
A Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting is set for 7 30 tonight at the Chamber of Commerce building. Members will discuss the barbecue and dance at Pine Lodge next Saturday and determine how many can attend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pine Lodge
Mishandling U S Foreign Policy Draws GOP Critique
Philadelphia June 18 Dr Glenn Frank told the Republican conventions resolutions committee that Roosevelt era foreign policy showed gross mismanagement beyond domestic issues. He backed a February report urging non involvement in others wars and argued the party should stand for US neutrality without blind isolation.
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Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
Glenn Frank
Roosevelt
Frank
Border Patrols Doubled Under House Approval
The House approved a measure allocating 1.6 million dollars to double Canadian and Mexican border patrols. The bill also tightens enforcement of laws governing alien search. It was sent to the Senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Baseball scores and battery pairings in early games
New York 10 000 Chicago lil 101 Batteries Donald Hadley and Dickey Smith and Tresh. Washington at Cleveland night game. Boston 03 St. Louis 00 Batteries Ostermaeler Tesautels Auker Swift. Philadelphia at Detroit rain.
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Chicago
Donald, Hadley and
Dickey
Smith and Tresh
Boston
St. Louis
Ostermaeler
Tesautels
Auker and
Swift
Baseball Scores and Local Building Permits
Chicago at New York night St Louis 130 000 0100 Brooklyn 400 000 1000 Batteries Bowman Hutchinson Cooper Padgett Hamlin Phelps Cincinnati at Philadelphia night game Only games scheduled Building Permits Cecil J Morrison 4 room house 1308 S Richardson 1000 Pentecostal Church adobe church building 1212 N Wash 300
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Brooklyn
Bowman, Hutchinson, Cooper and Padgett
Hamlin and
Phelps
Cecil J. Morrison
S. Richardson
Pentecostal Church
N. Wash
Warning on Bogus Government Checks Reaches Local Merchants
The sheriff's department warns that a man passing counterfeit government checks is believed headed here. The notes are printed in black ink on blue gray commercial paper with serial numbers and National Highways shown in red. Merchants are advised to watch for the bogus checks.
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Sheriff’s Department
Nothing perfect in ads says Railsback on classified speed
E C Railsback complains that Record classified ads work fast but linger after cancellation as customers keep calling about sold rugs. He urges prompt action on any classified ad and warns tomorrow may be too late to respond.
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E. C. Railsback
Record Classified
Rugs
Classified
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