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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
1
British sources privately indicated they would not be surprised if part of the French fleet is in British ports to avoid seizure by Germany. Experts warned most ships would have limited value without munitions and spare parts, and a permanent transfer would require a new British industrial effort.
Congress approved almost four billion dollars in appropriations and a one billion defense tax measure sending them to President Roosevelt. The package funds planes tanks guns and munitions and expands the FBI by 500 agents. Tax measures raise the national debt limit and adjust income and excise taxes with immediate and March 1941 effects.
Rome reports Relazioni Internazionali warns the fatal hour for Britain is near as France negotiates terms with Italy and Germany. In New York CBS NBC announce a Franco German armistice to take effect after an Italo French agreement. The terms remain undisclosed while hostilities may end six hours after a France Italy accord.
Chicago defeated Philadelphia 10 to 2 as Passeau Todd and others led offense. St. Louis beat Boston 9 to 2 aided by Cooper Padgett Posedel Javery Berres and Andrews pitching. Cincinnati topped New York 3 to 1 with Turner Lombardi Lohrman Brown and Danning supplying runs. Pittsburgh edged Brooklyn 7 to 2 behind Sewell Lopez Carleton Pressnell Kimball and Phelps.
Fragmented box score shows team innings and pitcher lines for Boston Cleveland Washington St Louis New York Detroit with runs and players listed in incomplete format. No full game result or date is discernible from the readable fragments.
The Republican National Committee adopted a rule denying delegation to districts that fail to poll at least 1,000 votes for the party. Proposed by Senator Daniel O. Hastings the measure aims to curb southern delegate influence and force greater Republican turnout. The panel also approved other rule changes including time limits for nominating speeches and expanded delegates for Territories and DC.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that all 20 Latin American republics accepted the United States proposal for an emergency consultative conference on Western Hemisphere issues from the European war. The meeting, likely in Havana, will discuss Roosevelt’s plan for a union of American nations in an economic offensive against totalitarian trade methods.
Phoenix June 22 The state tax commission filed notice of appeal to the Arizona supreme court from a judgment in favor of C. M. Martin Phoenix merchant to recover 18392 60 in retail sales taxes paid under protest. Superior Judge G A Rodgers ruled merchandise sold by Martin to United Producers and Consumers Co operative was wholesale and not taxed.
Douglas June 22 Special to The Daily Citizen Day wage workers of Phelps Dodge will get vacations with pay starting July 1 for the rest of the year. General manager H M Lavender said the plan extends to day pay employees for the first time with length of service determining vacation length. Several thousand workers may benefit and the U S Bureau of Mines notes Phelps Dodge is Arizona’s largest mining firm with over 5 000 non salaried workers.
The senate naval affairs committee voted unanimously to summon Col. Frank Knox to testify on U S war stance. Chairman Walsh said Knox would testify in a public hearing likely July 1, after Republican delegates return from the national convention. The committee also reviewed Knox and Henry L appointment confirmations.
London reports the Royal Air Force bombed the Krupp armaments works at Essen and attacked key German factories and storage buildings. Heavy bombers scored direct hits on the Focke Wulf aircraft works at Bremen and wrecked six ammunition trains between Bremen and Osnabruck during a ninety minute raid.
Berlin reports the high command says 500000 French soldiers surrendered in Alsace Lorraine tonight.
Moscow official communique denies reports that Soviet troops were concentrated in Lithuania on the German frontier as of June 22.
Reports from London state the Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to return to England from Madrid after a prior trip from southern France into Spain. The news cites usually reliable sources as the basis for the alleged move.
Washington reports Britain has taken control of much of the French navy boosting Allied strength on the eve of a German assault. The move would give Britain naval parity over Italy and Germany, though servicing ships may lag due to French loss of plants. Britain also gains many French warplanes to counter Luftwaffe superiority.
Unconfirmed reports from London state Germany and Italy would occupy France for the war's end and Britain would be satisfied with a French cession of Alsace Lorraine surrender of war stores gold foreign currency reserves coal and other deliveries over a fixed period.
Shirer reports the armistice between France and Germany was signed at 6 50 p m in the Wagons Lit dining car at Compiegne forest, the same place as 1918, with Hitler and French delegates present. The French delegation then flies to Italy to discuss terms with Mussolini and end the war. negotiations are said to be swift and ongoing.
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