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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
1
President Roosevelt described a Pan American economic unity program designed to supplement military defense and safeguard hemispheric peace. He mentioned possible corporate structures to manage export commodities and noted scale limits, signaling cautious steps toward regional economic cooperation.
Senator Nye hints at a demand for inquiry into Secretary Woodring's resignation with claims of a push to surrender a secret bomb sight. The resignation precedes Stimson and Knox nominations as war and navy chiefs. The move prompts calls for hearings and possible investigations into White House influence on policy and aid to Allies.
Adolf Hitler reached the peak of his career by personally receiving French envoys in Compiegne Forest and presenting armistice terms that proclaimed France defeated. French leaders Pomaret Jeanneney Herriot attended talks as German troops advanced to Riom and Vosges resistance persisted.
National League games produced eight to ten run spreads with Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, New York and Chicago scoring in various innings. American League results showed New York and Boston sweeping combined efforts against Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington St. Louis in a night game.
CHICAGO June 21 Col. Frank Knox said he accepted the Navy secretary nomination to aid the President. He stressed defense should unite all parties and that the Navy must be non political amid expansion. He vowed to serve if chosen, asking only if his duty was done well.
The Arizona Supreme Court was asked to rehear the appeal of Robert Burgunder who was convicted and sentenced to death. Attorney C. T. McKinney and Burgunder cited 10 technical points. Atty. Gen. Joe Conway has 10 days to respond. Execution was set for August 9.
King Carol of Romania announces a new totalitarian party named The Party of the Nation to replace the National Rebirth. The Iron Guard will play a large role in the movement described as nationalist Christian and racial, signaling a return to Nazi style policies and possibly anti Semitic measures to curry German favor.
Reports in Republican circles say President Roosevelt assured Colonel Frank Knox he would not seek a third term when offering the navy secretaryship. Knox allegedly told four men, including Alf Landon and R. B. Creager, with Landon commenting on possible misleads about such assurances. The piece notes Knox and Henry L. Stimson were denounced as interventionists by the GOP.
Thousands of Canadian soldiers and airmen arrived at a west coast port with almost complete equipment, as reported from London. In Berlin the DNB said French resistance remains fierce at several points in eastern France, including Maginot line sectors.
Frontier reports France’s reorganized army of the Jura and the Alps, reinforced by units from the Maginot line, held German motorized units south and east of Lyon and drove back Nazi columns northwest of Grenoble with heavy losses.
The air ministry announced that successful attacks by fleet air arm aircraft on an enemy gun position near Calais were carried out today.
In Bordeaux on June 21 reports say no French reply to Hitler's armistice terms would be sent before tomorrow due to their detail. The cabinet may decide to stay or move. Italian submarines reportedly sunk by French forces in the Mediterranean. About 50 MPs met to back government actions. Pierre Laval urged not to flee the country. Cairo sources say French forces in the eastern Mediterranean will continue the war. British offer to unite France and England into an Anglian empire is deemed too...
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports Germany may postpone announcing peace terms while demanding unconditional surrender by France. He argues a temporary fragmentation of France could demobilize French resistance and curb Allied support, with Germany seeking to avoid provoking neutral backlash while planning future operations from French bases.
Text of the armistice conditions read to the French by Wilhelm Keitel recalls the 1918 German surrender and the alleged breaches of promises. It asserts suffering and humiliation since that time and cites the 1939 war declaration by England and France. The note ends with France's surrender terms to be published on page 9.
Rome report quotes Virginio Gayda saying the United States appears reluctant to join a European war. He faults Washington for invoking the Monroe Doctrine as hesitation toward adventure. Italy presses on with Britain and France, awaiting France’s armistice reply as negotiations with Germany stay secret.
At Compiegne, Hitler arrived with top aides and seven military leaders for a 10 minute ceremony reenacting the 1919 armistice setting. The French delegation watched as terms were read and the party saluted, with the scene housed in the same railway car used in 1918.
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