Peace Terms Not Disclosed French Premier Appeals To Troops
Marshal Petain urged all French soldiers sailors and air personnel to continue fighting while awaiting Hitler's reply to a plea for honorable peace negotiations not yet begun. French cabinet debates supply and diplomacy as reports suggest German forces press on.
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Admiral Seeks To Double U.S. Fighting Unit
Admiral Harold R. Stark told the House Naval Affairs Committee he urged a 70 percent increase in the U S fleet, aiming to add about 200 fighting ships and 100000 tons of auxiliaries at an estimated cost around 4 billion dollars. He said the expansion could take five years and would nearly double the battle fleet while allowing new armor plate and cannon factories.
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Bisbee Resident Named Deputy Inspector in Mine District
Phoenix June 18 report states P C Newen of Bisbee was appointed by State Mine Inspector Tom C Foster as deputy inspector for the southern district. The appointment takes effect June 16, replacing James Malley who resigned after long service. Newen has lived in the Bisbee district for 25 years.
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Bisbee
Tom C. Foster
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Baseball Finals in the American and National Leagues
Box scores show New York 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 versus Chicago 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 with various pitchers listed. St Louis and Brooklyn games end tied or with specific pitching matches, while Washington-Cleveland night game and Philadelphia-Detroit rain affect schedules and results.
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Jap Proposal Demands Occupation of Indo China
Tokyo reports a resolution from the rightist Mei Rinkai group urging immediate Japanese occupation of French Indo China. It accuses French forces of arming Chiang Kai-shek and calls for deployment of troops to seize the territory.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Troops Concentrated on Hainan Island Reported
Shanghai dispatch cites diplomatic circles reporting 100000 Japanese troops massed on Hainan island off French Indo China coast. Fear of a Far East expedition grows as Yonai cabinet pressures colonial powers, with Adm Shi mada inspecting Hainan for possible campaign.
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French Generals May Continue Fight From Africa East Bases
London reports quote French sources saying General Auguste Nogues of North Africa and General Mittelhauser of the Near East may keep up the struggle. They claim no direct Bordeaux government contact and cannot confirm or deny Havas agency reports of a government in exile with air force and navy from English bases. Mittelhauser’s Syria command exceeds 200,000 men. Nogues’s forces size is not estimated.
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U S Warships Reach Uruguay In Nazi Scare
Two United States warships on a goodwill cruise were ordered to Montevideo amid rising Nazi activity in Uruguay. A parliamentary probe reported fifth column elements, storm troops in the country, and arms caches, with 12 German citizens arrested, including two men.
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Senate panel approves defense bill and engine purchase
Senate appropriations subcommittee backs a 1.7337 billion supplemental defense appropriation and tentatively approves a 43.5 million request to buy 3,000 airplane engines from Ford. Townsend in Senate fails to end foreign silver buying 46 to 35, amid adjournment crisis as Republicans push for brief recess.
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At War Data from Rome Commentary on Axis Alliance
Il Giornale d Italia quotes Virginio Gayda stating France is collapsing Britain fights with American aid in a broadly Anglo Saxon war against much of the world. He notes England stands alone with imperial forces and US promised material and finance.
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Mussolini
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Churchill government changes awaited amid war reports
Late war bulletins from London report imminent changes in Churchill's government with Lloyd George tipped for a senior post. Churchill says Britain's war position is less critical than at the war's end. Canada lands first EEF contingent in Iceland, MacKenzie King announces in Commons. Romanian cabinet reportedly resigns per D N B dispatch, source unverified. Northern Ireland pledges full support to Britain and readiness against invasion.
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U.P
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd George
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Northern Ireland
Britain
Lord Craigavon
Commons
RAF Bombers Raid Western Germany In New Night Attacks
London reports air ministry statement that Royal Air Force bombers conducted a new series of raids on military objectives across many western German cities last night.
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Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Germany
Churchill Declares Battle For Britain Key To World Survival
London reports Churchill in the House of Commons warns that a British loss would plunge the United States into a dark age. He urges French resistance, vows Britain will defend Europe, and notes air power gains with aid from the United States.
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