Strong Troop Detachments Guard Rome Amid Protests
In downtown Rome troops guarded streets after a bust dedication for Fortunato Mizzi founder of the Maltese nationalist party. A Maltese action committee in Rome formed to press Italian interests on Malta, led by former Maltese minister Carlo Malifa. Mussolini prepared to issue a war verdict with mass meetings announced for nationwide broadcast.
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Associated Press
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Fortunato Mizzi
Fernando Mercusoma
Fascist
Malta
Britain
Mediterranean
Carlo Malifa
Italy
Mussolini
Il Duce
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Il Resto del Carlino
Bologna
Il Resto
Reynaud
France
Piazza Vellegia
Piazza Venezia
Emilio Debono
Debono
Ethiopia
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Depono
Iand Council
Marshall Badoglio
Umberto
Rodolfo Graziani
South Carolina and Gulf Coast Weather Outlook
Weather forecast notes generally fair to partly cloudy conditions across South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with scattered thundershowers possible Saturday afternoon. Winds on the coast remain gentle to moderate from the south.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
William G. Sutlive Dies Savannah Press Editor
Savannah editor and humorist William G. Sutlive died last night after a long illness. Known as Bill Bittemn, he served the Savannah Evening Press for nearly 49 years and led the paper as editor for the past five. He treasured his early typewriter as a symbol of his career. Sutlive was born in Clayton, Alabama.
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Associated Press
Savannah
William CG. Sutlive
Bill Biffem
Savannah Evening Press
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Press
Bill Bittemn
Sutlive
Clayton
Afa
Roosevelt seeks power to dispose surplus guns planes
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to dispose of surplus guns ammunition and war planes through a legal channel to aid allies. He noted 50 warplanes were returned to manufacturers yesterday and suggested raw weapons could be released to France and Britain, clearing the way for Allies to obtain large supplies.
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Roosevelt
Congress
France
Britain
Weygand Line Holds As Two Flanks Threaten Allied Front
The report notes Weygand’s line holding firm but two danger points develop on the French left and right flanks. German assaults press along the coast near Abbeville and along the Aisne toward Chemin des Dames, with fierce fighting and heavy casualties as Allied defenses resist. Continued coverage on page eight.
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Dewitt
Weyganded
France
Hitler
Somme
Abbeville
Allied Cannon Planes Blast German Tanks In Somme Battle
German assault on Weygand line centered on Somme front north of Soissons fails to break through. French defense reports heavy fighting along the front from the sea to the Aisne with tanks leading offensives and many Nazi tanks destroyed. Berlin dispatch describes German push toward Paris with dive bombers artillery and infantry advancing across the river amid heavy French artillery and gasps of earth and water.
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Aisne
Chemin Dens Dames
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Oise
Paris
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War Ministry
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Germany
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le Havre
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Peronne
Compiegne
Laon-Anizy-Pinon
Britain Replaces Planes Lost in Flanders Fight
Lord Beaverbrook declared Britain has rebuilt air losses from the Flanders battle and begun production of a new bomber described as the largest in the world. He said factories work constantly to fill the RAF order, and that the new bomber is tested and in production.
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Britain
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France
Downing Musgrove Named Georgia Comptroller General
Atlanta June 7 Downing Musgrove took the duties of state comptroller general at age 29 one of the youngest constitutional officers. He succeeds William B Harrison who died Monday and fills the post at $6 200 a year until January 1. Musgrove previously served as executive secretary to Governor E D Rivers and is expected to run for the two year term. He is a Riverside Military Academy graduate and practiced law in Homerville where he was solicitor in the city court.
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Downing Musgrove
Georgia
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Musgrove
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S. Marvin Griffin
Bainbridge
Musgroves
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Capitol
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Eugene Talmadge
Riverside Military Academy
Homerville
Talmadge
Desperate manpower shortage pins Weygand to defensive
Swiss dispatches report Allied Generalisimo Weygand forced to defend the Somme front with limited prospects for aid from Britain for at least a month. French manpower is stretched across 200 miles with five British combat divisions and 40 German assault divisions bearing on the line, while air power favors the Axis and French mechanization remains weak.
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Foltz, JR
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English Channel
England
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Holland
Belgium
British Raid Targets in Germany
London reports continued air attacks since yesterday on German communication lines behind the Somme and on targets in Belgium and northwest Germany. The air ministry says 10 British planes were lost while 15 German aircraft were shot down and railways bridges troops gun emplacements tank columns and oil refineries were bombed.
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Germany
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Farm surplus barter planned to obtain war materials
Washington reports the administration plans to barter surplus farm products for critical war materials such as rubber and tin. Senator Wagner cited Jesse Jones stating the RFC could pay for defense supplies with American farm goods if Congress approves. Officials plan to boost domestic cotton use amid an export subsidy of 40 million dollars and a 6 million bale cotton export this season.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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German Juggernaut Appears Stalled By French Defenders
German forces facing stiff French and British resistance as Weygand line holds near Paris. Allied air groups strike Cherbourg and eastern France while Italy hints at entering the conflict. Paris reports heavy losses for German tanks and air force, with Allied counterattacks around the Somme and Aisne front.
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