President Proposes Compulsory Training For Youth
President Roosevelt plans compulsory government service to train about 2,000,000 young people annually for military, industrial and technical tasks. Sidney Hillman will draft the plan with Hopkins CCC and CAA officials aiding, aiming for Congress within weeks.
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WASHINGTON
U.P
Sidney Hillman
civilian defense commission
Roosevelt
Secretary of Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Congress
Hillman
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Conservation corps
Weather Summary for Ohio and Regions
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a fair outlook and slight further cooling. Over the last 24 hours a Great Plains high pressure and a Great Lakes disturbance moved east toward the St Lawrence Valley. Showers reported in the Ohio Valley and Lower Lakes region while fair weather prevails elsewhere in the United States.
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OHIO
Great Plains
Great Lakes
St Lawrence Valley
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake region
United States
Mississippi Valley
Lae
Mississipp
Atlantic
British Bombers Attack German Supply Centers
The air ministry reported heavy British bombers struck rail yards power stations and communications in northwest Germany and the Rhineland last night with targets including Hamburg Bremen Frankfurt Essen Castrop Sterkrade and Hanover amid strong anti aircraft fire.
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LONDON
air ministry
Germany
Rhineland
Hamburg
Bremen
Frankfurt
Essen
Castrop
Sterkrade
Hanover
Bandit Meets His Match At Napoleon
Dale Palmer proprietor of the Palmer House restaurant fought off a bold bandit who shoved a gun into his stomach. Palmer knocked the weapon aside, struck the robber with an uppercut, and floored him before ejecting him. The bandit fled in his emptied automobile.
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NAPOLEON
Dale Palmer
Palmer House
Palmer
Cherbourg Falls to German Forces in Rapid Advance
Berlin reports rapid German subjugation of France with Cherbourg occupation and advances toward Nancy Rennes and Metz. The high command says cross Loire at several points between Orleans and Nevers and thrust toward Lyon while Maginot lines resist.
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BERLIN
France
Cherbourg
Nancy
English channel
Le Havre
Adolf Hitlersfeld
Rennes
Brittany
Metza
Rhine-Marne canal
Loire River
Orleans
Nevers
Loire
Burgundy
Lyon
Frances
Maginot
Diedenhofen
Lorraine
mgh
Britain
ples
Themes
Lemans
Paris
high command
Belfort
Basle
Rhine
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Monroe Doctrine Notifies Germany and Italy of Policy Stand
The United States has served notices to Germany and Italy reaffirming the Monroe Doctrine and pledging non recognition of any transfer of Western Hemisphere lands by non‑American powers. The notices, delivered by U S envoys to Berlin and Rome, accompany a bill awaiting President Roosevelt's signature. The statement notes France's peace terms and potential impact on French territories in the Americas.
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WASHINGTON
United States
State Department
Berlin
Rome
France
Germany
new world
Netherlands
Department
Hull
Italy
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Greenland
Roosevelt
Britain
St Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Jail Conditions Approved by Grand Jury Report
The grand jury approved cleanliness of the county jail and the treatment of prisoners in its inspection report. The panel visited the jail, interviewed many inmates, and issued findings reflecting the conditions observed.
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grand jury
Landon Says Roosevelt Needs A War Idea A Day
Former Governor Alf Landon asserted in Philadelphia that the United States cannot stay out of war as President Roosevelt pursues various policies. He mocked Roosevelt’s idea of universal government service for American youth and urged caution over U.S. involvement.
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PHILADELPHIA
Alf M. Landon
United States
Roosevelt
Hitler
Landon
A F L Head Favors Aid To Democracies
Philadelphia report shows William Green of the American Federation of Labor urging aid to European democracies short of war. He says labor will aid Allies with supplies and materials while resisting full involvement, and is prepared to sacrifice wage and hour advantages if needed.
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PHILADELPHIA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Republican Resolutions committee
Europe
Herbert K. Hyde
Walter E. Edge
Green
Toledo driver dies in three-truck collision fire
Henry Wolgemuth of Petersburg Michigan, employed by a Toledo dairy, was burned to death when his truck caught fire during a three-truck collision in Toledo Ohio on June 19.
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TOLEDO. O
Henry Wolgemuth
Petersburg
Congress Moves to Authorize Largest Navy in History
Senate Appropriations approved 1.777 billion dollar supplemental defense funds as House prepares a 4 billion dollar naval expansion. Plan calls for 738 fighting ships, adding 200 vessels, with 170 million cash to start in 1941, and includes limits on selling ships abroad. Admiral Stark says fleet would total 3.67 million tons, rivaling major powers.
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WASHINGTON
U.P
Senate Appropriations committee
House
army
navy
Ford Motor Company
Roosevelt
secretary of the navy
Congress
United States
Carl O. Vinson
House Naval Affairs committee
Rome Newspaper Says Dictators Demand France Surrender Gold
Popolo Di Roma reports Mussolini and Hitler require France to surrender all gold and foreign credits and join a blockade of Britain as the price for peace. The Munich-datelined dispatch lists terms including territory repartition, raw materials, and return of evacuated workers.
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Rome
France
Great Britain
Popolo Di Roma
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Britain
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
Fourteen Killed In Nazi Raids On Britain
London reports fourteen civilians killed and at least 16 seriously wounded as German planes carry out their first great raid of the war across England. The raids stretch from Yorkshire to Kent with eight houses demolished and multiple towns struck. several enemy crews were captured after parachuting.
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Britain
LONDON
England
Lancashire
Yorkshire down
Kent
Thames
Thames estuary
air ministry
Yorkshire
antie parachute corps
Norfolk
Suffoln
Essex
Paris Armistice Talks Move After Munich Deal
Bordeaux dispatch reports Marshal Petain’s government naming plenipotentiaries to negotiate an armistice with Germany following Hitler Mussolini accord at Munich. German terms expected to demand capitulation and surrender of the French Navy as hostilities continue across France and North Africa.
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France
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
British Isles
Bordeaux
Henri Philippe Petain
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Marshal Henri Petain
Germany
London
Mussolini
Traly
Corsica
Tunisia
Nice
Djibout
Sk Duce
Turkey Aligns With Russia For Guidance In War Period
In Istanbul on June 19 sources say Turkey will abandon its eight month old mutual aid pact with Britain and France. Ankara signals a shift toward Russia, altering Middle East dynamics as Allied forces gather in the region. Russia’s stance reportedly pressures Germany and Italy to refrain from disrupting eastern Mediterranean affairs.
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ISTANBUL
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Russia
middle east
Mediterranean
Ismet Inenu
Italy
Berna Mussolini
Syria
Germany
Australian liner sinks after blast
Australian liner Niagara 1615 tour sank hours after explosion near Auckland New Zealand. Reported blast caused wreck but all passengers and crew were saved.
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AUCKLAND
NEW ZEALAND
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