Hitler Is Duce To Meet For Peace Team Talk
A wartime dispatch reports German forces pushing through the Maginot line toward the Swiss border and advancing toward the Rhine. It notes French resistance dissolving, major forts captured, and German plans to press into Alsace Lorraine while Allied fleets suffer losses. Submarine actions and a crossing at the Rhine are also described with emphasis on strategic moves and leaders.
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Duce
de Jennes
Verdun
Pootarlier
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Rhine
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Nancy
Metz
Epinal
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Strassbourg
Flanders
Genevas
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Switzerland
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Mediterranean
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Nuberone Loire
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Sky Way
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Aire
Besancon
Lorising
St. Mihiel
Maginot Line
Baarbrucken
Rhine-Marne Canal
Chateau Bahins
Dieuze
Baarburg
Upper Rhine
Rhine-Rhone Canal
Vosges
Vatterbudy
39 Day Conquest Summarized by Associated Areas
Diary records a 39 day campaign detailing the German invasion of France and Belgium from May to June. It notes early Meuse battles, Namur to Sedan conflict, German advance to Amiens and Boulogne, Abbeville fire, Belgian capitulation, Dunkirk evacuations, Rouen and Reims pressure, Paris fall, and Petain's plea to quit the fight. The entry preserves names such as Meuse, Namur, Amiens, Boulogne, Dunkirk, Rouen, Reims, Paris, and Marshal Petain.
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Germany
Hol Bhe
Petehim
Luxembourg
Hattir
Meuse
Namur
Sedan
Amiens
Heynaud
Prench Wenate
Abbeville
Boulogne
Leopold's Oder
Dunkerque
Rouen
Berne
Rheims
Paris
Gratruclot
Marshal Petain
Bomb Dropped on Coast of England Reported
British ministries announced renewed German air activity during the night. A communiqué said one German plane dropped a bomb on the south coast with negligible damage and no casualties. The notice mentions advertising classified light want ads for loans and real estate listings.
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England
London
INS
Britain
Ail
Home Security Today
Margaret Wilson joins Brahmo colony in India
Margaret Wilson, daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson, reportedly entered a Brahmo religious colony in Bondicherry, India, two years ago. George Nakashima, visiting from India, said she will not return to the outside world. The colony is led by a Hindu Cambridge graduate, with members urged to work on favored tasks.
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Peabody Conservatory of Music
Middle ‘West
South
France
William G. McAdoo
Rampalen
Col Edgar L Field U S A Dies Aboard Yacht
Col Edgar L Field US Army retired died suddenly of a heart attack aboard a friend's yacht at Port Aransas while weekending on the yacht of San Antonio resident B B McGimsey. He was 80 and retired for disability on September 20 1995. He lived at 301 Westover Street. Funeral arrangements have been completed. Survivors include his widow Mary Field daughters Mrs Herman W Ohme and Miss Ethel Sivlay Field brothers Commander Richard G Field USN retired of Washington DC and Julian Piett of Jonesville Louisiana.
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Port Atansis
Colonel Field
B.B. McGimsey
San Antonio
Westover Street
Mary Field
Herman W. Ohme
Ethel Siv
Lay Field
Richard G. Field
Washington, D.C
Julian Piett
Jonesville
Nazi Sub Sinks British Steamer Wellington Star
Berlin reports that the 11,400 ton British steamer Wellington Star was sunk by a German submarine with no further details provided. The high command issued the notice and released the scant information available.
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Frauenheim
Endrass
Cotmthia
Moray Firth
Gunthe
Rhine
Berlin
UPI
High Command
Association of Retail Credit Men of Texas Meeting Highlights Credit Plan
Group 10 to Uot of Credit meeting at the Plaza Hotel outlined 1940 41 support for a broad education campaign to urge public use of credit. Directors adopted a resolution giving full confidence in the public and Texans, planning to extend credit through 1940 47 with defined limits on paste, capacity, and cap ful. O P Olive of Frik Wot serves as president of the association.
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Plaza Hotel
National
Retail Credit Men's Convention
Assocition
Retail Credit Men of
Texas
Echurauer, Capacily
Pst
Asnetation
O. P. Oilve
Frik Wot
Assessments on Candidates Set in Texas Primary
County Democratic committers in Texas met to determine the order of candidates on the July 27 ballot and estimate primary costs. Saturday was the last day to file for a ballot spot.
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Austin
Texas
Aiso
Estim
GOP Leaders Pledge Plain Talk At National Convention
Philadelphia June 17 National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton urged the Republican platform committee to adopt a strong, plain language platform not treated as a scrap of paper. He stressed opposition to the New Deal and said the party stands for personal liberty, free opportunity and international peace, adaptable to a changing world. Names floated for chairmanship included Alf Landon, with other figures such as C Wayland Brooks Henry Cabot Lodge Henry P. Pletcher George Wharton Pepper and Senator John Thomas of Idaho among those mentioned.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican Netonal Convention Resolutions Committee
Hamiltan
Nm.virman
Hamilton
Republican Party
National Committee
Resolutiony Committee
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
C. Wayland Brooks
Chicago
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Henry P. Pletcher
George Wharton Pepper
United States
Pennsylvania
John, Thomas
Idaho
Defense union plan rejected in Belfast meeting
A suggestion for a united command for Ireland's defense drew a flat rejection in Belfast after a Dublin meeting proposed a joint defense with the south. Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom remains at war with Germany and Italy while Eire upholds neutrality.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Dublin
Navy expansion plan seeks $1.2 billion boost to fleet
Washington reports outline a Vinson Walsh backed bill to add 84 ships totaling 279,600 tons, including three aircraft carriers and 41 destroyers, aiming for completion by 1944. Officials say $80 million is needed in the coming fiscal year, with hearings starting tomorrow as Congress weighs broader defense measures and tax proposals amid European crisis.
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Washington
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Walsh
D.-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Pal
Roosevelt
Naval Air Force
Wingon
Rotaevelt
Neaves
Congress
Senate
House
Allied and German Front Moves Reported Across France
World War II dispatches describe renewed fighting from the coast to the Swiss border with French counter-attacks west of Paris and German advances toward Melun Fontainebleau Auxerre and Dijon while Alsace Lorraine retreats were noted. A Saar front push was checked at Neunkirch with a bridgehead near Maginot line. US cabinet signals avoid immediate war declaration while Weygand and others are named in a reshaped defense ministry lineup.
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Manique
Jarea
Paris
Laigle
la Perte Vidamie
Seine River
Melun
Fontainebleau
Auxerre
France
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Avalon
Larigies
Dijon
Baone
Gray
Alsace
Lorraine
Saab Drick
Saar
Neul- Brikach
Maginoo
United States
Germany
Winston Churchill
Chow
Maxime Weygand
Wie
Camille Clautemps
Lovie Cémon
Army
Jeat Darlan
Bertrard Pujo
Air France
Paul Baudoin
Gorner
Laster
Taimater
Pomeret
Iabor
Reynaud
England Foresees Evading Invasion By Hitler
Linoln, Englan June 17 Sir Neville Henderson told a meeting he expects Adolf Hitler to attempt an invasion of England this month or Italy rather than wait until August or September. Britain's ambassador urged all able bodied men and boys to learn to defend. He warned Hitler can only defeat Britain by blockade bombing or occupation and that Britain must fight professionally to win.
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Linclon
Englane
Neville Henderson
Adalf Hitler
England
Italy
Revile
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Ex-President of Lithuania Held in Konigsberg
BERLIN June 17 1947 Former President Antanias Binetone of Littrunisia and other leaders of the former Lithuanian government who fled Kaunas have been interned in Konigsberg authorized Germany and today. It was assumed Smetona and his entourage who came to Germany last night were confined to their hotel. Various Reynaud cabinet ministers and officials are named as retained. Several ministries remain temporarily unfilled.
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Berlin
Antanias Binetone
Littrunisia
Steanberg
Kaunas
Konigsberg
Germany
Smetona
British to Take Over War Orders
New York June 1707 British government plans to take over war supplies contracted for in the United States by France and buy more here. Sellers reportedly accept face value. Prime Minister Winston Churchill says Britain will carry on the war. The French-British purchasing commission has ordered over 1.6 billion dollars of war materials, mainly airplanes, with more than 6000 planes ordered and undelivered from earlier orders for over 8000.
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New York
Wall Street
France
United States
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Britiah-Prench Purchasing Commission
Financial
Civilized rulers and ancient army ideas discussed
A fragment notes Sesesiris as a highly civilized ruler who raised an army thousands of years ago. It links his concept of a trained force to observed practices of savage tribes and contrasts ancient Egyptian military notions with later, more brutal warfare.
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Sesesiris
Carter's Liver Pills Ad Busts Constipation Claims
An old newspaper ad touts Carter's Liver Pills as a cure for sluggish bowel action and foul odors. It promises quick relief and urges readers to purchase the product for 25 cents, claiming the pills stimulate bile flow and improve digestion.
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Carter
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