Real Truth From France on Collapse and Censorship
Kenneth Downs reports from New York on why France fell to Germany, citing German fifth columnists and wartime censorship. He recalls a Paris to Meuse retreat and the rapid advance that shattered the Ninth Army, with insider accounts of spy infiltration and morale collapse.
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Kenneth Downs
Paris
Western Front
International News Service
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Queen of France Witness to Revolutions Terror and Death
A vivid account details Marie Antoinette’s decline during the French Revolution Her execution near Place de la Concorde is described with stark images of her frailty and the crowd’s jeers The passage recalls Burke and remarks on democracy and comparably grim modern politics.
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Revolutionary Tribunal
France
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America
Spain splits with Chile over refugees and protests
Madrid reports severed diplomatic ties with Chile after Chile sheltered Spanish republican refugees in its embassy. Chilean officials react with disbelief yet promise to meet the affront with appropriate measures. In Washington the civilian aides propose voluntary military training for 20 000 to 30 000 men and extending older men's duty camps to September to build a pool of potential officers.
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Chile
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British Internment Figures From Overseas Deployment
London reports the government confirms 7000 male civilian internees sent abroad and that 12 500 men and 2800 women of enemy nationality or stateless but formerly German or Austrian are interned in Britain.
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London
Britain
Weather and wartime notices from Berlin report
Berlin reports bad weather reduced air activity against Britain. A merchant ship was fired on near a harbor in north Scotland and a troop concentration was bombed at Scapa Flow. Mosir attacks on Germany continued by night.
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High Command
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Scotland
Scapa Flow
Mosir
Germany
War of Nerves Move Seen In World Front
British claim air success at Moyale on the Kenya Ethiopia frontier and reports of a broader German Italian peace offensive frame a tense wartime scene. British and German aircraft clash over the coast while a nerve warfare narrative unfolds through London and Lisbon dispatches.
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Gibraltar
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Bahamas
New York
Edward VII
Italian High Command Reports Submarine Sinking and Allied Losses
Rome July 17 Italian high command reports sinking a large oil tanker in the eastern Mediterranean and bombardment of Alexandria. It says British forces attacked with about 50 Hawks behind a smoke screen, while declaring several British planes shot down and Italian losses in naval actions against France and Britain since Italy’s entry into the war.
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Alexandria
Egypt
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Sidi Berrani
Malta
Japs Examine U S Vessel During Chenhal Artillery Duel
Japanese warships halted and inspected nine vessels fleeing artillery fire from Chinese forts at Chenhal. The group included one American, three British, three German, one Norwegian, and one Portuguese. a British ship was detained, according to Domei.
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War Roundup Echoes Global Strife and Shifting Alliances
United States speeds toward the Far East as Japan presses expansion amid European conflict. Britain and Italy see diplomacy and war moves as China resists, while Spain severs ties with Chile. Roosevelt signals no third term bid but faces a potential draft drive at Chicago.
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Japan
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Far East
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Italy
Killed in Italian Air Raid in Egypt
One person died and two were wounded in an Italian air attack on the Alexandria area. The raid began at 10 20 p m and lasted about one hour with one aircraft shot down by anti aircraft fire. British communique provided casualty numbers but did not detail damage.
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Egypt
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Weather and climate amid scattered data across cities and regions
The report lists temperatures winds humidity and precipitation readings at various times and locations including Aransas Pass Kansas City Key West Laredo Louisville Memphis Miami Minneapolis Missoula Mobile Montgomery New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Oakland Pittsburgh Philadelphia Sheridan Shreveport Spokane York and Yuma Alaska and Canada. It provides rainfall totals for the period ending January and notes moon and sun positions with tides and cloud cover across multiple locales.
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Chiang Kai-Shek Warns Britain Over Burma Road Link to Peace Talks
Chiang Kai-Shek warned Britain that any attempt to link the closing of the Burma road to Chinese Japanese peace talks would aid Japan and be a disservice to China. He said no third power can shake China's resolve to resist and that Britain might err in assuming such actions shorten the Far Eastern war. He did not believe Britain would violate international law or damage its own interests.
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Ninth Army
Meuse
Fexline Maurice Gemein
Watetd
Fett
la Ferle
France
Germany
Britain
Italy
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Iain
China’ No Determination To Resist, Perfed. ‘the Generalissiwo
U S Buying Effect Seen in Steel Field
UPI reports a large government procurement week for 48,000 tons of fabricated steel signals a broader impact on the steel industry. Iron Age notes a substantial portion of the bulge arises from non defense projects as 81.5 percent of capacity usage holds steady.
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U.S
New York
Guy
UPI
Nazism Pushes to Condemn British Blockade, Hull Stance
Berlin reports German sources say if Hull intends to keep world trade lanes open he must condemn Britain’s blockade of Germany and Italy. They note American and British policies often diverge while asserting Germany’s readiness for a mass strike against England remains assured.
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Hull
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Italy
Burma Road
Great
Britain
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Hitler
England
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Atrike
Europe
San Angelo Moves to Buy Army Site
San Angelo voters approved a $300,000 bond to acquire land for an Army Air Corps specialized aviation training school. The government plans more than a million dollars for field development and buildings at the site.
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An9
Ily Commission
United States Army Air Corps
Terday
Rites Planned for Mine Dead in Sonman Gas Disaster
Bonmen Pa July 12: funeral plans set across a dozen communities for 63 men killed in a Sonman coal mine gas explosion. Families request separate rites over the next three days, with coroner McDermott recording asphyxiation as the cause of death and investigations to begin by federal and state officials.
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