Soviet Mobilizes Vast Forces as German Invasion Intensifies
Moscow reports the Red Army shifts massive troops and armor to the front amid a German assault spanning the Baltic to the Balkans. Molotov accuses fascist rulers of perfidy and vows crushing retaliation as mobilization expands across western districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Russia
Army
Baltic
Balkans
Lithuania
Poland
U.S
S.R
Finland
Adolf Hitler
East Prussia
Prut
Rumania
Hitler
Vyacheslav Molotov
Joseph
Stalin
Reich
Siberia
New York
Mollotov
Germany
Soviet Union
Napoleon
Turkey Pledges Neutrality in German Soviet War
Ankara declares commitment to strict neutrality in the conflict between Germany and Soviet Russia. The Turkish government, bound by non aggression pacts with both powers, seeks to stay out of the European war and maintain peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Ankara
Germany
Russia
Lookouts Face Americus In Tonight's Stadium Clash
Baseball calendar lists Lookouts versus Americus at the stadium tonight and again tomorrow night. Georgia forecasts mostly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers through Tuesday. Florida and Alabama expect partly to clouded skies with scattered thunder showers and coastal winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookouts
Americus
Stadium
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Churchill's Bold Counterstroke Against Hitler’s War Aims
Churchill accepts Stalin's fight against Nazi Germany and pledges aid to the Soviet Union while warning against pro Nazi sentiment at home. He stops short of formal alliance with Russia and calls for allied support to help Russia resist Germany. He signals future aid from Britain and the United States as Germany pivots toward Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Russia
Britain
Soviet Union
England
United States
British Isles
Churchill
Japan
Moscow
Gruesome murder jailed as Tucker killed by Cone
Roy Marion Tucker a 28 year old Dillon farmer was murdered after an all day drinking spree led by Howard Cone 24. Cone confessed to killing Tucker Sunday night with a large pocket knife after a violent struggle and dismemberment occurred at the deceased’s home. Cone washed his hands in a water bucket and left the scene toward a church, later captured by deputies and jailed. an inquest was held at Whidden’s Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
Dillon Section
Cone
Roy Marion Tucker
Dillon
Howard Cone
Sheriff’s Office
Rishto
Johnny Hough
Roy Tucker
Parently
Hough
Dewey Quick
Mr. Quick
Spurgeon Shepherd
Justice of the Peace
J. W. H Mitchell
Whidden
Roy Marion
Sone
Nazi Legions Hammer at Russians
New York reports Nazi forces crossed the Prut River and pressed into Soviet territory after Luftwaffe and artillery smashed border fortifications. Berlin dispatches describe a 2000 mile front with blitzkrieg used to strike Russian airports, hangars, barracks, and tank columns as German and Romanian forces advance from the Arctic to the Danube.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Prut River
Bolgrad
Bessarabia
Sevastopol
New York
Rumania
Soviet Russia
Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichmarshal Goering
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
Fuehrer
Black Sea
Sebastopol
Finland
White Sea
Hitler
Lithuania
East Poland
DNB
Ankara
Turkey
Odessa
Rotterdam
Belgrade
Kiev
Ukraine
Gaunas
Zhitomir
Bucovina
Russia
Brownsville
Texas
Winnipeg
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Carpathians
Danube
Rassig
U S Condemns Nazi Attack on Russia
Washington declares Germany's treacherous attack on the Soviet Union a grave peril to Allied security. Sumner Welles says the United States may aid any resisting aggressor under the lease lend act, if needed, pending Soviet communication and policy decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Soviet
Welles
Wells
Hitler
FDR Studies New Developments of the War
President Roosevelt held multiple conferences with State Department and British officials to assess how recent European war developments may affect the United States. No final conclusions or decisions were reported, with official reaction to be provided by Sumner Welles as news develops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Hult
Sumner Welles
Welles
White House
Lord Halifax
Stephen Early
Early
Baltic Bulwark Crumbling As Lithuania Backs Germany
The Baltic three Lithuania Latvia Estonia face upheaval as Lithuania declares independence and pledges to aid Germany. Kaunas radio cites a coup government calling for armed support to liberate Lithuania from Bolshevik occupation. Germany presses into Russian territory while Russia claims neutrality remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltic
Soviet Russia
Germany
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Adolf Hiller
Berlin
Kaunas
Russia
Helsinki
Pia WR
Aff
Washington
Warren Lee
Pierson
Sport-Import Bank
Keady
Finland
Bulshevik
East Prussia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bal
Prussia
Albania
S.S.R
Swiftly
Fred Vanderschmidt
Young White Farmer
Howard
Thomasville
Officer Hough
Whiddon
Fdr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!