FDR Presses Measures for War Readiness and Allied Aid
President Roosevelt and officials outlined steps to strengthen national preparedness and aid to the Allies. Plans include civilian training camps for 48,000 professionals, expansion of airmen training to 10,600 annually, a new destroyer unit under Rear Admiral Reichmuth, and returning 71 decommissioned ships to service. The Red Cross seeks regular relief shipments, while a Pepper bill would empower the president to compel auto plants to produce 50,000 aircraft for Allied needs.
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War Department
Mani
Wuld
Mattsburgh
Department
South America
Navy
Atlantic
F. K. Reichmuth
Red Cross
Europe
Pepper
America's Rearmament Push Dominates Business Minds
New York June 15 The $5 billion rearmament program overshadows all else as industrial activity rebounds with the AP index at 102.1. Steel leads capacity use toward 90 percent, while contracts for 22 naval vessels and inquiries in woolen goods show rapid mobilization. Retail improves and cotton mills see strong buying as arms spending drives domestic industry.
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Frederick Gardner
New York
America
Associated Press
Washington
William S. Kn Idsen
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Italy
British Brand Peace Report Declared Untrue
A British source stated at 12:40 p m that the French government was in transit and dismissed a report that the French cabinet would announce a separate peace tonight. The movement interrupted communications and no military news could be confirmed until transmissions from France resumed.
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London
France
Royal Air Force Seeks Volunteers For Pilot Training
London reports the Royal Air Force issued a call for volunteers ages 18 to 28 to train as pilots and 18 to 32 as observers and radio operators. A special recruiting bureau opened in the financial district of London.
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London
Royal Air Force
RAF
Weary Poilus Doubtful of Invasion Success
In this analysis the author weighs Hitler’s options for striking at Britain from Flanders and the channel coast. He considers invasion, strategic bombing to starve Britain, and Mussolini’s role, noting the British navy in the Mediterranean and potential French naval complicity as decisive factors. The piece concludes by doubting the plausibility of a successful German assault.
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Flanders
Channel
Hitler
England
Britain
Uehrer
America
Mussolini
British
Mediterranean
Julius Caesar
William the Conqueror
France
Fresh drive to keep peace in the Balkans
A fresh peace initiative in southeastern Europe seeks to limit expansion of war if Turkey enters the conflict. King Carol of Romania pushes for Turkish neutrality while Yugoslavia leans toward Berlin and Belgrade weighs shifting cabinets to align with Germany and Italy.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Europe
Danubian
Turkey
Britain
France
Balkans
Balkan
Carol
Romania
Bucharest
Ismet Inxnu
Ankara
Simualtantonsly
Paul
Yugoslavia
Germany
Milan Stojadinovic
Belgrade
Dragisa Cvetkobic
Italy
Russia
Grand Council
The
Republican Peoples Party
Soviet Demands Push Lithuania Toward New Government
Moscow broadcasts report Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar urged Lithuania to jail its interior minister Skucas, form a new government to honor the mutual aid treaty, and allow Soviet troop movements to protect the pact. It follows the resignation of Prime Minister Merkys and hints Rastikis to lead a broader coalition.
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Moscow
Lithuania
M. Skucas
Court of Justice
East Prussia
Antanas Merkys
Union Lithuanian
Stasys Rastikis
Merkys
Russia
Vilna
Poland
Estonia
Latvia
Finland
Military Entente
How Did It Happen by N Y B
A syndicated column mixes aviation dreams with political blurbs and local notes. It forecasts rapid pilot training and plane output, critiques aviation conversions, lists political gambits, airport site cost debates, garden blooms, a disputed squash seed purchasing, and sidewalk weed problems on Bartow Street.
Allied councils report Soviet move as Italy claims victories
London said Lithuania accepted a Soviet ultimatum allowing troops to move into key centers. Italy claimed success against Malta and Aden, occupation along the Alpine frontier, torpedoing French destroyers, and damage to Genoa port defenses. British Alexandria reports said Caporuzzo and Maddalena forts fell on the Egyptian Libyan frontier amid dawn raids by French ships.
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London
Lithuania
Malta
Red Sea
Aden
Genoa
Alexandria
Caporuzzo
Maddalena
Egypt
Local Visitors and Summer Plans Highlight Community Notes
Mrs Dellia Libby and daughter Carolyn return to Jacksonville after visiting her sister Mrs G H Jaenicke and a son in Moultrie Georgia. Miss Betty Pringle heads to Columbus to spend time with her father Mr W A Pringle. Mrs J S Johnson and children Agnes Mae and Jule visit from Raeford South Carolina. Mrs W H Lewis and daughter Ann of Petersburg Virginia visit Mrs W H Burch. Roy Vinson travels to Augusta for the State American Legion Convention. Gardiner Langley of Columbia South Carolina stays with grandparents Dr and Mrs J B Palmer for the summer. Constance Balfour attends University of Georgia summer session. Philip Chastain, recently at Medical College of UGA in Augusta, returns home for summer with his parents. Claude Rountree and family plan to attend the Augusta State Convention tomorrow.
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Dellia Libby
Carolyn
Jacksonville
Roy Vinson
Augusta
The
American Legion
Philip Chastain
University of Georgia At
Auta
Chastain
Boston Road
Claude Rountred
War fears ripple across Europe as nations seek preparedness
Anxiety spread beyond the battle lines with warnings of a potential declaration of war against Italy. In Switzerland residents were advised on resisting parachute invasions while Romania appealed to Turkey to stay neutral to shield the Balkans. Britain called for volunteers for the air force and began registering about 300,000 men aged 28 for military service.
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Italy
Switzerland
Romania
Carol
Turkey
Balkans
Argentina Moves Toward Rearmament
Buenos Aires reports Argentina has taken the first steps toward a large scale rearmament program to place the country on a strong defensive footing.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
France and England Wanted This War Says Berlin Spokesman
An authorized Berlin spokesman stated on June 15 that France and England both wanted the war and saw no reason to halt it, amid questions of possible capitulation. The remark highlights Berlin’s stance in the ongoing European conflict and dismisses prospects for peace talks.
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Chelan Lions Club
Pepper
Senate
von Spiegel
U. S
FDR
Hitler
Americas
France
England
Berlin
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