Roosevelt program imperialistic propaganda sparks British defeat fears
A Prankfurter dispatch cites a Rooseveltan program as imperialistic propaganda and argues Britain cannot be saved from defeat by any power. It criticizes Churchill for appealing to the new world for aid and declares that the United States would rather back a crusade against Europe to reshape the British Empire.
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Motto Aids Drive To Rebuild BEF
London June 8 Britain's effort to re equip the British Expeditionary Force and hurry it back to France is dramatized in an exclusive interview with Minister of Supply Herbert Morrison. He says labor is fighting as if the men and industry are on the front line, with production up in some factories by over 40 percent and at times output doubled. Morrison notes a new spirit in management to the ER Hunt and youngest apprentices, urging all to go to it with no room for complacency. He praises Bevin and R. Labour leaders now in government for mobilizing private industry and speeding up wartime production.
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U S Germans Organize New York War Voice
In New York on June 8 American citizens of German descent formed the German American Congress for Democracy for American Citizens. Dr Frank Bohn of Washington led the organization and condemned Hitler as destroying civilization since the Middle Ages. Over 2000 members affiliated with the new congress through the Poland German American Democratic Society of Greater New York.
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Welles Signals U S Interest in Improving Japan Ties
Washington report quotes Undersecretary Sumner Welles saying the United States seeks better relations with Japan if Tokyo cooperates. He noted ongoing negotiations over private American claims for wartime property damage in China, conducted in Tokyo by Ambassador Joseph Grew.
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Weather Briefs and Forecasts Across Cities
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War Roundup Says German Assault Moves Toward Paris
International News Service reports the German onslaught across northern France with hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of tanks advancing toward Paris. Allied lines shift as French and British forces retreat to shorten the front amid intensified air and artillery strikes on German targets.
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Defense Head Approved by King for Western Command
London reported June 8 that King George VI approved Gen Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson as commander-in-chief of the Western Command to emphasize home defense. The War Office also confirmed Lieut Gen Sir Ronald Adam as commander-in-chief of the Northern Command and Maj Gen H C B Wemys as adjutant general, all noted for bright military records.
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First Victoria Cross Awarded For Narvik Battle
London June 8 The state Captain Warburton Lee who commanded Allied naval forces in the first Narvik battle on April 7 has been posthumously awarded the first Victoria Cross of the present European war announced today.
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Bombing blitz by French air force hits German units
Paris reports French air crews dropped at least 100 tons of bombs on German formations during a night raid from June 7 to 8. German tanks were destroyed or driven back and pontoon bridges on the Somme were targeted. Fighters and bombers attacked motorized columns while rescuers received honors for bravery.
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U S Hospital in France Evacuated
The famous American hospital at Etrelat near the English Channel north of Le Havre is being evacuated, learned in Paris today.
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Admiral Hugh Rodman Dies After Naval Service
Admiral Hugh Rodman of the U S Navy, retired since January 6, 1933, died today at a Naval hospital. He commanded the battleship division of the U S fleet that operated with the British Grand Fleet during World War I.
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