Roosevelt Proposes Nationwide Youth Training Plan
President Roosevelt proposes compulsory government service training two million youths each year for military, industrial, and technical duties. The plan would last until world peace returns, with mixed congressional reaction and details pending. It covers four categories including combat, technical, industrial, and conservation training for both boys and girls, timeframe and ages yet undecided.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
High Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Conservation Corps
Representatives Leave to Meet Enemy As Battle Goes On
German and Italian diplomacy press toward armistice terms as Paris, Cherbourg, Rennes fall under German control. Petain faces choice between peace on Berlin Rome terms or continued resistance. France's front from the Channel to the Swiss border dissolves amid German advances.
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Associated Press
Berlin
France
Hitler
Bordeaux
Mussolini
Henri Phillipe Petain
Cherbourg
Rennes
Brittany
Nancy
English
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Plymouth
Southampton
England
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Rioters Shot as Russian Police Fire in Riga
Reports from Riga say more than 30 people were killed when Russian officers ordered police to fire on a rioting crowd protesting the occupation of Riga. An official source says the U S army intelligence division is reviewing an unconfirmed report that France’s government may be moved to Tunisia.
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Esthenia
U.P
Riga
Latvia
Washington
U. S. Army
Tunisia
North
Africa
Armistice Talks Expected In German Occupied France
French plenipotentiaries prepared to meet German representatives to hear Hitler terms for an armistice after Munich. Henri Berenger among those named to cross German lines in occupied territory. Talks likely in northern France or Paris with Petain and Le Brun present. decision to accept or reject rests with the French government.
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France
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Henri Berenger
Washington
Paris
Henri Petain
Council of Ministers
Albert Lebrun
Munich
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Uruguay Uncovers Nazi Plot Threatening Government
Uruguay's defense minister urged immediate voluntary military training with women invited for potential auxiliary service. A government committee reported proof of a Nazi plan to occupy the republic, deploy German officials nationwide, partition land, and turn Uruguay into a peasant nation, amid secret chamber debates.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Julio Rosetti
U.P
Chamber of Deputies
Legation
FDR Approves Four Billion Naval Expansion
Washington reports a $4,000,000,000 naval expansion plan approved by President Roosevelt and set for Senate action. The article notes a broader push to discuss hemisphere security, Monroe Doctrine protections, and a proposed emergency meeting of the American Republics to tackle Europe war upheaval. The defense bill includes an emergency supply package and army expansion plans. The notes to Germany and Italy signaled potential replies, with Welles and Vinson outlining expected diplomatic and legislative steps.
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D-Ga
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Harold R. Stark
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Baseball Finals National League Highlights
Summary of scattered baseball scores from the National and American Leagues. Pittsburgh and Boston played in a partial scoreline. New York and Chicago battled to low totals. Washington and Cleveland matched early innings. St. Louis and Brooklyn had a night game. Phillies defeated Detroit with a high scoring 10 inning effort, 9 to 5, as Potter, Hayes, Newsom, and Sullivan contributed.
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Conway Walsh Named To Arizona Defense Council
Governor Jones selects seven Arizonans for the state council of defense to fight subversive activity. Members include Col Power Conway, William Walsh, I A Jennings, William Gray, Maj Gen Alexander M Tuthill, W P Aiken, and Gus Michaels. The council seeks to form county and municipal units and may expand to ten members with funds under review.
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Phoenix
Jones
State Council of Defense
Col. Power Conway
William Walsh
Tucson
American Legion
I. A. Jennings
National American Legion Organization
William Gray
Organized Labor
Atty
Joe Conway
Germans Move Main Attack Toward Allier Valley
A military commentator reported at night that German forces shifted their main attack to the Allier river valley and that Moulins, south of Nevers, was probably captured. The Allier joins the Loire near Nevers.
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Bordeaux
France
Allier River
Moulins
Nevers
Allier
Loire
Britain weighs talks with Soviet on arms purchases
London reports the government studies negotiating with Soviet Russia to buy tanks guns airplanes and other war weapons. Richard A. Butler permanent under secretary for foreign affairs told the House of Commons today.
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London
Soviet Russia
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Hitler and Mussolini Order Final Attack if France Rejects Peace
Rome dispatch reports Hitler and Mussolini ordered armies deployed from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean for a final attack on France if Paris refuses their peace terms. The broadcast notes the move as a strategic response amid escalating tensions in World War II.
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Vit
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Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
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Mediterranean
France
Tohokai Calls for Protective Occupation of Indo China
TOKYO reports the Tohokai party passed a resolution urging the government to carry out a protective occupation of French Indo-China. The party argues French collapse leaves the area without control and that it serves as a munitions route to China.
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Tokyo
Tohokai
China
British Backing From United States in War Effort
Alfred Duff Cooper states from London that the United States stands with Britain in the fight against Germany. He cites the President’s pledge and added U S aid from the Americas will bolster Britain’s war prosecution as Germany seeks French surrender terms.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Britain
United States
Germany
South America
U. S
Reduction In State Tax Possible in 90 Cent Rate Forecast
Phoenix June 19 A 35 cent cut from 1.25 to 90 cents in the state tax rate is forecast by D C O Neil of the tax commission based on a treasury fiscal report. State Treasurer William Petersen says a June 30 cash balance near 500000 is possible, freeing the rate to about 90 cents if estimates hold. If so the rate would be set on current property valuations and expected excise tax gains.
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D. C. O'Neil
The
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Petersen
Britain Girds For Attack On English Isles
London reports Germany seeks total war for peace with France. The British expeditionary force withdraws from France to defend the island nation not invaded since 1066. Air raids intensify as German and British planes clash. about 100 German aircraft targeted coastal airports in retaliation.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
France
England
Britain
Peace Delay Crushes France
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that a Nazi demand for a plenipotentiary delays armistice talks with France. The French defense is split and near collapse as Hitler seeks more time for the war machine. A major east coast air raid signals Britain’s looming battle as Churchill vows resistance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Berlin
Britain
England
Churchill
Roosevelt Signs Reclamation Bill Funding Western Projects
The interior department appropriation bill HR 8745 signed by President Roosevelt allocates $60,837,000 for reclamation work in western states for the coming fiscal year. Projects include Parker Dam power in Arizona and California, All-American canal including Coachella branch in California, and Boulder Dam front work and levee systems in Arizona Nevada Colorado River area.
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Ariz.-Calif
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Calif
Boulder Dam
Ariz.-Nevada
Colorado River Front
Ariz
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