Britain Plans Resistance Across French Empire in War Split
Britain and French sources report a new French resistance network outside France as Gen. De Gaulle forms a national committee in exile. Britain withdraws recognition from Bordeaux and coordinates with the French forces abroad to safeguard the fleet and continue the war. Gen. Mittelhauser in the Near East vows to fight on from Beirut as the empire figures in the plan.
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LONDON
Bordeaux
United Press
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Petain
Carles De Gaulle
national committee
Eugene Mittelhauser
Near East
Beirut
Syria
France Accepts Italy’s Terms to End War
France agreed to Benito Mussolini’s terms for an armistice at Bor Leaux. Paris told its plenipotentiaries in Rome to sign, ending hostilities six hours later. Germany and Italy will occupy most of France as their western offensive nears Britain.
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France
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Borleaux
Great Britain
Rome
Germany
France Defends Armistice Terms Against British Criticism
Premier Petain appeals to the United States to accept France can and must live again after Britain questions armistice efforts. Officials say negotiations with Italy proceed favorably and a national day of mourning may be declared once settlements with Italy and Germany take effect. The French government stresses responsibility and reconstruction while denouncing British interference and praising Petain stabilizing leadership.
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BORDEAUX
France
Philippe Petain
Britain
America
low counties
England
taly
Italy
Germany
nto
Jean Prouvost
United States
London
Charles De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Petain
Port LeVerdon
Albert Lebrun
Prouvost
Weather report for Ohio and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy and cooler with showers in extreme north and east, receding by night. Tuesday expect fair and cooler conditions. Over the past 24 hours showers and thunderstorms were common in the Ohio valley and lake region, moving east to the Atlantic and west into the Great Plains, with cool air advancing from the Plains toward the east, while mild temperatures persist in the Ohio Valley and southeastern states.
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OHIO
lake region
Rocky Mountain Pateau
South Atlantic
Oho valley
lakegion
Atlantic
Teat plains
Plain states
Germans Ready For Attack On England
German forces push along the French Atlantic coast reaching the Gironde estuary near Bordeaux and advance inland toward Poitiers while forts along the Maginot line are taken. Raeder inspects coast units as Italy and Germany push toward an Italian French armistice.
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BERLIN
Bordeaux
Rhone
Erich Raeder
England
France
Gironde
La Rochelle
Rochefort
Poitiers
St. Nazaire
Alsace-Lorraine
Maginot line
Lyons
Grenbole
Chamberon
Germany
Italy
que
Dingeness
Great Britain
Conviction of Browder upheld by U.S. Court of Appeals
New York June 24. The conviction of Earl Browder Communist candidate for President and party leader on charges of obtaining a passport by fraud was upheld by the U.S. circuit court of appeals. Browder is under four years in prison and a $2500 fine but has not begun his sentence.
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NEW YORK
Earl Browder
United States
United States circuit court of appeals
Browder
G O P Convention Opens in a State of Confusion
Philadelphia observers say the 1940 Republican National Convention is a free for all as 1940 candidates spar for the nominating majority. Dewey leads contenders toward a 510 delegate victory while Willkie faces rules challenges and speculation swirls about a possible Wheeler or Landon-linked ticket.
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PHILADELPHIA
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert C Hoover
Stassen
Henry Stimson
Frank Knox
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
National Committee
Stimson
Knox
Dever
Robert A. Tatt
Wendell Li
Willkie
Willie
Senate
Charles L. McNary
Dack
Philadelphia Inquirer
Alf M. Landon
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Burton K. Wheeler
D. Mont
Landon
Wheeler
Washington
United Press
G. O. P. Platform Promises To Be Brief
Philadelphia June 24 Republican leaders hope to avoid a floor fight over foreign policy with a postcard platform pledging aid within international law to oppressed peoples resisting aggression. The foreign affairs plank favors peace and preparedness and limits involvement to defense while keeping the Western Hemisphere free of entanglement.
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Philadelphia
United Press
Landon
Wheeler
foreign relations national defense
ADELPHIA
Republican platform committee
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Great Britain
France
Hitler
Mussolin
peace party
Thirteen Men in Race for Republican Nomination
Philadelphia report lists 13 men as candidates or possibles for the Republican presidential nomination in a wide open convention. Dewey leads with about 400 first ballot votes, Taft around 220, Willkie about 79, with Vandenberg a senior Michigan senator among notable contenders.
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PHILADELPHIA
Alf M Landon
Herbert Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
New York county
New York City
Alf M. Landon
Robert A. Taft
Justice
the
United States
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Hi Y Delegates Pledge Readiness To Defend U S
Delegates at the third National Hi Y Congress in Oberlin approved a resolution showing readiness to defend the United States or its possessions in the Western Hemisphere and urged building a national peace program. An amendment urged the president to keep the nation from war as the congress closed at noon. The event relocated the Fire of Friendship ceremony to Finney Chapel due to rain.
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Borah
John Thomas
Idaho
United States
London
OBERLIN
Western Hemisphere
Taft Still Leads Early GOP Convention Show
At the Philadelphia convention Taft claims momentum as Willkie gains regional support. Stassen elected temporary chairman to deliver the keynote, with Dewey Taft and Willkie as top delegate contenders. Delegates busily lobby in hotel lobbies amid talks of a united stop Willkie front and potential deadlock.
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PHILADELPHIA
Harold E. Stassen
Minneosta
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Wendell L. Willkie
Congress
Willkie
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Northwest
United States
Europe
Asia
Attempts To Ride Wild Horse Ends With Fractured Skull
Mrs. Albert Andress, 19, of North Ridgeville and former Kathleen Johnson of Elyria, suffered a fractured skull when she was thrown from a bucking horse at the fairgrounds at 0:45 p.m. Saturday. The horse, owned by Leonard Adams, also tossed Adams two days earlier but caused no injuries. Mrs. Andress, an experienced rider, was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital and listed in good condition today.
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Albert Andress
North Ridgeville
Kathleen Johnson
Elyria
fairgrounds
Andress
Leonard Adams
the
riding academy
British And French Consulates Hit by Japanese Bombs
In Chungking on June 24 a fleet of 126 Japanese planes struck destroying the British and French consulates. Six Chinese were killed in the French building. British officials escaped to dugout shelters seconds before the blast. the British embassy suffered only slight concussion damage.
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CHUNGKING
China
Real Estate Tax Collection Begins Across Lorain County
County Treasurer Walter J Wright opened eight branch collection agencies to facilitate mid year real estate tax collection. About $180 000 in advance payments have been received as the total collection target nears $1,500,000. Branch offices are in Lorain Amherst La Grange Kipton Wellington Oberlin and Grafton and will stay open until July 20.
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torain
Walter J Wright
Wright
Lorain
Amherst La Grange
Kipton
Wellington
Oberln
Grafton
Taylor Taken to Rome for Operation
Florence, Italy June 24. Myron C. Taylor personal representative of President Roosevelt to the Vatican was taken by ambulance to a train and sent to Rome for an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FLORENCE
Italy
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Rome
Romeo Pump Co Receivership To Be Lifted This Week
The Romeo Pump Co plans to end federal court receivership this week and enter a potential expansion phase as it recovers from prior financial difficulties. Receiver King Fauver says termination awaits funds to pay creditors, with most debts settled aside from $96.06 debentures due October 1, 1845.
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Romeo Pump Co
King Fauver
federal court
Charles D. Genisch
Cleveland
Gassman and Company
Cunningham and Company
Will
Fauver
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
North American Aviation Inc
California
Henry D Sieche
Richard Perry
B Harsch
Frank H Grace
William H. Ho
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By WALLACE CARROLL
Premier Petain
council of ministers
Tate
Minnesota
U. S
Taylor
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