French Poilus Surrender in East as Britain Faces Nazi Bombing
Fifty thousand French soldiers from the eastern Maginot line surrendered to Swiss forces and crossed into Switzerland. German planes bombed England from midnight to dawn. Reports claim discord in the French government over surrender terms as Petitien government awaits word on an armistice terms from Hitler and Mussolini.
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Maginot Line
England
Britain
France
Lebrun
Algiers
North Africa
Lyon
Paris
Geneva
Wales
Scotland
British Isles
RK. Alf
Royal Air Force
Germany
Bordeaux
Henri Philippe Petain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussaulini
Switzerland
Mediterranean
Ierance
Loive
Captain Harper to address Jaycees on defense tonight
Captain J K Harper commander of Company I 121st Infantry Georgia National Guards known as the Thomasville Guards will speak at the Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight at the Plaza Cafe at 7 30. D R Happy Joye is one of his lieutenants and Jaycees president.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. K. Harper
Harper
121St. Infantry
Georgia National Guards
Thomasville Guards
D. R
Happy) Joye
Jelaycees
Mexico to Boost Armed Strength with U S Aid
A high source says President Lazaro Cardenas approved a plan to more than quadruple Mexico's armed forces with U S aid. Within weeks a credit exceeding 10 million dollars would be given to Mexico to fund expansion with 60 technical experts from the U S army and navy.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
United States
United States Army
Navy
Explosion at Nazi Consulate in New York City
An explosion occurred today at 17 Battery Place in the building housing the German consulate. The blast damaged the 18th floor offices while the consulate general’s offices sit on a different floor. police report one person injured.
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New York
Battery Place
Roosevelt to receive Pan American Unity report today
Washington reports that President Roosevelt will receive a special cabinet committee report on tightening Pan American economic unity. The White House said he would approve the report and submit it to other western hemisphere governments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pan America
White House
Senate Votes on Broad Tax Plan Includes New Rates
Senate action proposes 2,190,000 new taxpayers by lowering exemptions for married and single filers, adds 1 percent to corporate taxes, raises individual taxes by 10 percent, expands taxes on high incomes, and hikes nuisance levies including gasoline and liquor. It would raise the debt limit to 49 billion and fund a 4 billion defense bond issue over five years. A tobacco tax increase was dropped, replaced by a 10 percent amusement tax on admissions.
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Senate
Nations shift troops as front lines draw nearer
Reports from Bucharest say Soviet forces pull back from the Bessarabian frontier while Germany sends motorized units toward East Prussia facing the Baltic States. No confirm from Berlin or Moscow. In the Far East Japan settles with Britain and France over Tientsin, lifting the blockade of concessions after an agreement on policing and Chinese silver deposits.
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Bucharest
Russia
Aerial tourists visit Thomasville airport on layover
Dr and Mrs C F Crain of Corpus Christi landed at Thomasville municipal airport en route from New York. They found no fuel or services, met Officer John Jackson who helped them refuel, and urged the town to build a real airport.
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Thomasville
C. F. Crain
Corpus Christi
Texas
New York
Medical Association
John Jackson
Hoyt Wimpy
American Legion
Tallahassee
Mrs. Crain
South Georgia
Trinidad as a strategic naval base for Western defense
The author argues Trinidad could serve as a vital naval and air base for mutual protection among western hemisphere nations. Describing its geography and deep Bay of Paria, the piece notes its proximity to the Panama Canal and the potential to defend British colonial holdings while benefiting American strategic interests.
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Trinidad
Sub Rosa
England
Britain
West Indies
South America
Bay of
Paria
Dragon's Mouth
Venezuela
Pena Point
Panama Canal
Social notices from Mount Holly and surrounding areas
Miss Edith Grace Wildman returns home after teaching in Mount Holly North Carolina. Miss Marilyn Rosalio leaves Monday for Miami Florida to visit relatives for weeks. Mrs. R A Hill and guests head to Highlands North Carolina for July. Mrs. George W Shirley hosts tea for guests from Charleston West Virginia and her parents. Mrs. D D Atkinson and guests travel for remainder of summer. Porter H Flautt and sons arrive from Baltimore Maryland for Turner Plant wedding. Dr. Rudolph Bell goes to Buffalo New York for ten days of American Urological Congress. Miss Florrie Broome and Enlene Bonner of Haddock Georgia visit Mrs. W B E Broome. Dr. and Mrs Charles H Watt and family host Miss Pancake of Staunton Virginia at Reed cottage Perkins Beach. Mr. and Mrs. William C Ball and Miss Martha Ball spend ten days at Highlands. Dr. E F Wahl travels to Highlands. Mr. Hazen Butler of St Paul joins in Atlanta. Jim Evans P S C Rackley and Frank Brown plan weekend in Highlands.
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Charles H. Watt
Miss. Pancake
Staunton, Vai
Reed Cottage
Perkins Beach
E. F. Wahl
Highlands
St. Paul
Atlanta
Messrs
Jim Evans
P. SC. Rackley
Frank Brown
Wekend
Thomasville Police Pistol Team Places Fourth In Fitzgerald Match
The Thomasville police pistol team finished third among police departments and fourth overall in a team match at Fitzgerald. Captain J. M. Richards and Officers Sharkey Braswell Kirk Beckham and Bill Ahen represented Thomasville, with Waycross Valdosta and a Georgia Highway Patrol team leading. Albany Cordele Fitzgerald followed in order.
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Thomasville
Police Department
Fitzgerald
J. M. Richards
Sharkey Braswell
Kirk Beckham
Bill Ahen
Waycross
Valdosta
Georgia Highway Patrol
Albany
Cordele
South Georgia
Art Albany
Myron C. Taylor III Ill in Florence Vatican mission
Rome reports the illness of Myron C. Taylor III president Roosevelt's Vatican representative. Attendants describe his condition as serious but not alarming, noting overwork as a partial cause while he remains bedbound at his Florence villa.
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Rome
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Florence
Legionnaires of Georgia Press for Immediate U S Aid to Allies
At Augusta on June 20 the Georgia American Legion Convention urged the United States to supply vital war materiel to England and France by sale or gift. The group backed doubled and redoubled army training, compulsory military service, and CCC expansion, plus alien exclusion from constitutional privileges. New district commanders and officers were named, with Hoyt Wimpy elected department commander and Valdosta chosen for the 1941 convention.
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Augusta
Georgia
Hoyt Wimpy
Thomasville
Valdosta
Ben Ehrlich
Swainsboro
W. M. Burns
Camilla
J. C. Luke
Fitzgerald
C. C. Polk
Newnan
J. B. Thrift
June Snow Falls in Allegheny Foothills
Light snow fell early today at Rock City in the Allegheny Mountain foothills on the eve of summer. A minimum temperature of 34 degrees was recorded in Ocean, New York.
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Ocean
N. Y
Rock City
Allegheny Mountain
Naval base in Venezuelan fields boosts West Indies defenses
The article argues that Venezuelan oil fields are among the world's greatest and would complement defenses in the West Indies. A naval fleet or air force stationed there could swiftly reach North America or sweep the South American coast with equal ease.
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West Indies
North America
South American
J L Carter Former Thomasville Man Laid To Rest In Barwick
Funeral services for J. L. Carter former Thomasville resident were held in Barwick at one thirty this afternoon. He died in Miami Florida after months of poor health. Carter was connected with Ball Business College in Thomasville about 25 years ago and was married to Beatrice Wheeler. He leaves two sons Jack and George and a brother.
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Barwick
J. L. Carter
Miami
Fla
Baptist Church
Ball Business‘ College
Beatrice Wheeler
KIWANIANS PLAN CITIZENSHIP PROGRAMS
Kiwanis clubs in the United States and Canada adopt the slogan citizenship responsibility is the price of liberty and map a program to aid youth. They urge Georgia clubs to expand activities with vocational aid and teaching of handiwork music drama and literature. C Harold Hippler of Eustis Florida says four million youths are unemployed and misled about life and democracy.
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Minneapolis
Man
United States
Canada
Kiwanis
Georgia
C. Harold Hippler
Eustis
Fla
United States Public Affairs Committee
Move Made For Velt’s Program Backed By Veterans Leaders
The text profiles Knox and Stimson, veterans of the Spanish American War and World War I artillery service. Knox, 66, organized civilian committees to promote training 50,000 pilots and holds a colonelcy in the 356th field artillery reserve. Stimson, 73, had a long career in law and politics, served as secretary of war, secretary of state, governor general of the Philippines, and chaired U S delegations at London naval and disarmament conferences, later supporting Hull’s state department policies.
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Knox
Boston
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Artillery
356Th Field Artillery Reserve
Stimson
France
New York City
Taft
Philippines
Hoover
Hull
State Department
Public bids sought for Lawson Rural Housing project in Thomas County Georgia
The Thomas County Housing Authority invites sealed bids for a dwelling house and a pit privy on Unit No 1 of the Lawrence Rural Housing Project GA-121 in Thomasville Georgia. Bids due by 2 p m July 1 1940 with bonds and certified checks required.
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Thomas County Housing Authority
Thomas County
State of Georgia
Thomas County Court House
Thomasville
Georgia
U. S
Louis Weighs 199 Pounds for Godoy Title Defense
New York June 20 Joy Louis weighed in at 199 pounds for the defense of his heavyweight crown against Arturo Godoy of Chile at Yankee Stadium tonight. The champion’s weight was 1 3/4 pounds more than the night he defeated Braddock in 1937 and four pounds heavier than his weight in the rematch.
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New York
Joy Louis
Jimmy ‘Braddock
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Yankee Stadium
Braddock
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