Stark Urges Massive U S Navy Expansion
Admiral Harold R Stark urged Congress to approve a 4 billion dollar navy expansion to build about 200 fighting ships and add 1 25 million tons of combat capacity, claiming it essential to U S defense and Monroe Doctrine protection. He testified amid push for a larger standing army and a prewar fleet buildup.
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Harold R. Stark
Congress
House Naval Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
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Vinson D-Gay
United States
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Army
Woodring
House
George C. Marys
Senate
Marshall
Vinson
Walsh- Vinson
US Moves To Bolster New World Affairs
Washington reports the United States moves to reinforce political economic and military defenses of the western hemisphere as Hitler and Mussolini weigh peace terms with France. Senate approved a resolution 76 to 0 promising consultation with American republics if transfers of western hemisphere colonies occur and to safeguard their interests.
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Washington
United States
Western Hemisphere
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
France
House
New World
Germany
Senate
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Caribbean
South America
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New Foundland
Dutch West Indies
Netherlands
Europe
Weather Forecast for Southern States
A mixed forecast covers South Carolina Georgia Florida and Alabama with partly cloudy nights and Wednesdays. Scattered thunder showers possible in South Carolina and Florida while Georgia turns unsettled. Winds shift to gentle to fresh southeasterly along coasts and northwest areas show mostly cloudy conditions.
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Georgia
Worfda
Alabama
Florida
Churchill declares battle for Britain in Parliament
London June 18 Winston Churchill told parliament and the public that Britain faces a battle for survival. He warned a British loss would plunge the United States into a new dark age and urged continued French resistance and national unity in the face of Nazi threat.
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Associated Press
London
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Britain
United States
House of Commons
Churchill
Rome
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Europe
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Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Axis Peace Talks Fail as French Resist on Battlefront
Bordeaux dispatch reports Marshal Petain urges continued fighting while awaiting Hitler and Mussolini reply for peace with honor. Baudoin vows resistence if honor remains, as German forces push deep into France and Maginot Line positions collapse.
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France
Petain
Reuters
Valerio Valeri
Italy
Germany
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Henri Philippe Petain
Paul Baudoin
Loire
Baudoin
Dijon
Autun
Paris
Donbas
Jura
Les Verriers
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Berlin hard terms toward France in wartime interview
Berlin shows grim, defiant stance toward France as Hitler contemplates dismantling the empire and Britain’s naval balance shifts with possible French fleet disposition. The piece stresses harsh terms, the danger to France, and strategic naval stakes shaping the war’s direction.
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France
Germany
Italy
England
Britain
Hitler
Hitler Mussolini Meet in Munich to Dictate Peace Terms
In Munich on June 18 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a high level conference at the Fuehrerhaus to determine terms for peace with France. German Italian officials and interpreters coordinated as crowds were cleared from Koempliche Platz.
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Adolf Tiitler
Benito Mussolini
France
Fuehrerhaus
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Napoleon
Mussolini
Hitler
Koempliche Platz
Paul Schmidt
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Thas
Petain Weygand urge French to keep fighting amid Munich talks
In Munich Hitler and Mussolini agreed on an axis peace for France though terms were not disclosed. Petain and Weygand urged exhausted French troops to continue fighting until an armistice is signed. Churchill warned Britain would repulse any invasion as Axis forces reported sweeping gains in France.
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Musolini
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House of Commons
England
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