Allies Urged to Withdraw Troops Warships From China
DeWitt MacKenzie reports Weygand facing German turning movements that threaten to encircle French forces near Paris. German pressure on the Seine and Marne fronts pushes Allied lines back, raising peril for Paris and prompting analysis of Mussolini’s Malta mine field tactic to split the Mediterranean.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Weygand
Paris
Seine River
Evreux
Meaux-Crateau Thierry
Marne
The
Chateau Thierry
Socony Tanker Flying Union Jack Reported Torpedoed
Istanbul reports say a Socony Vacuum Oil Company tanker flying the British flag was torpedoed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean. Details are lacking and there is no confirmation from any quarter.
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Socony
Flying Union Jack
Istanbul
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Mediterranean
Weather Outlook for South Carolina Georgia and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with a few scattered afternoon thundershowers in South Carolina and Georgia. Florida sees partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers Friday. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida mostly cloudy with local showers tonight and Friday. coastal winds light to moderate from the east-southeast.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Central China Demands Evacuation of European Forces
The Nanking regime led by Wang Ching Wei demanded withdrawal of all European belligerent troops and ships from China to avoid untoward incidents. It cited proximity of British French Italian and American garrisons in Shanghai Peiping and Tianjin and noted no German forces remain. The move follows a Japanese suggestion and cites existing foreign presence as incompatible with a new East Asia order.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Wang Ching-Wei
Britain
France
Italy
Tokyo
Masayuki Tani
Tani
East Asia
United States
Grady County Urges A A F Allies Short of War
The Grady County Chamber of Commerce telegrams Washington urging immediate congressional action to offer short of war aid to the stop Hitler campaign. Messages went to Senators Walter F. George and Richard B. Russell and to Rep. Cox.
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Cairo
Grady County
Turkey Signs Trade Pact With Nazis
Ankara reports a new commercial agreement with Germany worth 21 000 000 Turkish pounds after months of talks led by Franz Von Papen. Britain and France say the pact is no surprise and Turkey reaffirms mutual aid pacts with the Allies while weighing war developments.
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Ankara
Germany
Turkey
Briain
France
Italy
Foreign Ministry
Franz von Papen
London
Istanbul
Britain
Mussolini
14 Killed by Allied Raid on Turin
Turin, an industrial center in northwest Italy, was hit by an Allied air raid that killed fourteen people and wounded thirty nine. Thirty bombs were dropped beginning at 1 35 a m Wednesday, with ten failing to explode. A covered market was destroyed and bombs struck streets as planes flew at about six thousand meters. The alarm lasted two hours and the population remained calm.
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Rome
Turin
Italy
Lindbergh Doubts U.S. Invaded In Our Lifetime
Col Charles A Lindbergh told lawmakers at the capitol he believes the United States could not be invaded in his lifetime. He discussed defense with Senators Clark Wheeler LaFollette and Rep Van Zandt and floated a radio address on national defense. He cited his six weeks in Greenland seeking European airline facilities and said invasion bases there would be unsuitable.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindberg
Capitol
United States
Lindberg
Clark
J-Mo
Wheeler
D-Mont
LaFollette
Rehishitors
Greeland
Europe
Adjourning Plans Dropped Amid Monroe Doctrine Debate
Washington debate over a territorial sovereignty resolution advanced in the House as Rep. Fish pledged support for any war to uphold the Monroe Doctrine. The measure would oppose transferring Western Hemisphere lands to Germany and could reach the House Tuesday. Senate talks formed a bloc against direct aid to Allies such as destroyer transfers.
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Washington
Western Hemisphere
Congress
Rules Committee
Rep. Fish
House
Senate
Germany
Reich
Great Britain
Progress toward U S aid to Britain France advances
The Senate completed the record $5.02 billion preparedness bill as reports of progress in aiding Britain and France emerged. Pentagon plans include 263 planes for Allies after releasing 80 Northrops. The final defense package faced strong House approval, with only one dissenting vote by Rep. Marcantonio. Senate rejection of voluntary Civilian Conservation Corps training drew army opposition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Capitol Hill
Northrop
Ren. Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Dougle-quick
Appropriations Committee
House
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army High Command
George
D-Ga
Reynaud Appeal to Roosevelt Disclosed
Premier Reynaud urged President Roosevelt to declare full U S aid to the allies with limits on an expeditionary force and to act before it was too late. The White House said Roosevelt's speech offered a complete answer though coincidental, and a misdated tour document quoted the 1937 quarantine speech.
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Associated Press
Tours
France
Reynaud
Roosevelt
United States
Washington
White House
Chicago
North Africa
America
Germany
Martinique and
Guadeloupe
West Indies
Saint Pierre and
Poilus Hold Ground North of Paris in Counterattack
Allied bombers support Gen. Weygand as French troops push back German forces five miles near Beaumont north of Paris. Paris remains an open city with streets avoided as defense lines hold along a 200 mile front amid German offensives and Allied counterattacks.
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Porsus
Paris
Associated Press
Maxime Weygand
Mussolini
Cairo
DNB
Bri i
Hitler
Somme
North Front
Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Rotterdam
Holland
Chalons Sur-Marne
Reims
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