Japan Seeks East Asia Sphere as Western Powers Warned
Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita urging a regional sphere led by Japan to stabilize East Asia. He warned western nations to stay out of the Chinese situation and colonial affairs in the South Seas, insisting Japan will act to erase Chiang Kai-shek influence and keep order.
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Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
East Asia
Japan
Arita
Chiang Kai-Shek
South Seas
Germany
Italy
Axis seeks peace pledges as Hungary Bulgaria brace for gains
Budapest reports Germany and Italy backing peace talks to keep Hungary and Bulgaria on a peacetime footing while pursuing later claims on Romania. Military and diplomatic activity surge as Russia advances into Moldavia and Romania mobilizes.
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Germany
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Europe
Russia
Moldavia
Romania
Invasion Talk Circles Grow Over French Indo China
Shanghai reports say Japan weighs invading French Indo China to back its Southern Pacific aims and protect southern bases. Observers note fleet moves near Yap in the Carolines and fret over British sensing of an end to prior Hong Kong border notice.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Indo-China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Yap Island
Carolines
Pima County Appeals to State Supreme Court on Second Superior Court
The Pima County Board of Supervisors asked the Arizona Supreme Court to decide if the county must establish a second superior court. They seek reversal of a lower court ruling and indications pointed to a possible decision before summer adjournment.
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Phoenix
Pima County Board of Supervisors
State Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Prisoner Held For Wrecking Ajo Jail
Autie Moore, 35, was held in Ajo justice court to answer a felony charge of destroying the Ajo jail. He allegedly tore down wooden doors and windows on June 16 while in custody on drunken and disturbing the peace charges, according to County Attorney J Mercer Johnson.
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Autie Moore
Ajo
J. Mercer Johnson
Moore
Johnson
County to raise indigent burial fee to 27 50
Pima county board of supervisors expected late today to raise the fee paid to local undertakers for indigent burials from 20 to 27.50. Undertakers had asked 35, arguing that 35 reflects the true cost. The board planned a new ambulance service fee plan, previously 5 in city calls and 1 per mile for distant calls.
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Pima County Board of Supervisors
Willkie Dives Into Thick Of Politics
London report cites French General De Gaulle estimating German captures in Belgium and France. He says 358,080 taken in the Flanders phase and 600,000 in the Battle of France, with 60,000 killed and 300,000 wounded.
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London
Charles DeGaulle
Flanders
Belgium
France
Denis Saurat
French Institute
DeGaulle
Saurat
de Gaulle
Petain
Evacuation Ordered as Hong Kong Declares Emergency
Hong Kong officials declare a continuing state of emergency and order the compulsory evacuation of women and children to Manila and Australia. Target is to move all women and children by July 5 with 3 000 expected to be evacuated. Foreigners and Americans await further instructions as the Canton river area sees troop movements and possible blockade.
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Harold Guard
Hong Kong
U.P
Manila
Australia
President Coolidge
Executive Council
Canton
State Department
Hongkong
New GOP Nominee Confers With Party Leaders On Campaign
Philadelphia report notes Wen dell L Willkie head of the Republican Party meets with the national committee to reorganize the campaign operation for the 1940 race. The New York Indiana executive who rose from nowhere will direct strategy alongside veteran Alf Landon associates and seasoned political aides. Willkie holds talks with party leaders as he assumes influence over the campaign.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Philadelphia
U.P
Republican Party
New York
Indiana
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
Democratic Party
Law
Attack Report On U S Ship Creates Conflicting News
A diverging report claimed an American merchant vessel Edgehill was torpedoed southwest of the British Isles, but Lloyds list and ship numbers conflict. The Excalibur relayed the tip via GYW wireless, while Edgehill may be a renamed or different vessel currently in Baltimore.
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Edgehill
British Isles
Lloyd’s Register of World Shipping
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Erne Gaulke
MacKay
Excalibur
Mediterranean
United States
GYW
Warning to Americas on Defying Axis Powers
Berlin article warns the 21 American republics against hostile moves toward Europe. It cites Roosevelt invites for Pan American talks and endorses Hitler’s Europe versus Americas stance. It condemns U.S. intervention and questions future reestablishment of natural markets.
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Reich
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Italy
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Soviet Russia
France
England
Labor Leader Urges Chamberlain Resign Post
Lord Strabolgi, Labor leader in the Lords, calls on former Prime Minister Chamberlain and officials Halifax and Hoare to retire in an open letter to editors. He cites a report that Chamberlain denied seeking peace talks with Germany in a US press interview.
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Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Council
Germany
Balbo Dies In Air Combat Over Tobruk
Italo Balbo governor general of Libya was killed when his plane crashed during a British bombardment over Tobruk on June 2. The crash killed Balbo and all crew members, with flags lowered in his memory and Mussolini ordering three days of mourning.
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Rome
Italo Balbo
Libya
Tobruk
Indian High Command
Balbo
Italo Basoo
Italy
Mussolini
Crepe
Italian Broadcasting System
French Morocco Ceases Fighting Under Weygand Order
NBC broadcasts from Berlin report that Gen Auguste Nogues, governor-general of French Morocco, ordered troops to stop fighting and surrender. The action, said to be by order of Generalissimo Maxime Weygand, ends two years of conflict in the French protectorate.
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New York
Berlin
NBC
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Maxime Weygand
Channel Raid Signals Imminent British Invasion
German air raids on the Channel Islands killed twenty nine and wounded over thirty six as the invasion threat loomed. England and Wales faced the eighth straight night of bombing with five wounded, while newspapers warned the invasion could be days away.
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London
Channel Islands
British Isles
England
Wales
Ministry of Health
Roosevelts Aliens Registration Law Signed Amid World News
President Roosevelt signed a bill requiring 3.5 million aliens in the United States to register and provide fingerprints within four months. The measure imposes penalties for noncompliance and for attempts to disrupt national loyalty, while promising vigorous action against disloyal aliens.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Lull In War May Mean Peace Moves By DeWitt MacKenzie
Europe remains hopeful as a lull in German attacks sparks peace speculation. Russia’s invasion of Romania could threaten Germany, while France’s Syria force surrenders may shift Near East plans. The League of Nations appears dying as June ends, though some keep faith it could reform.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Germany
Britain
Russia
Romania
Imme
Reich
England
Mittelhauser
Syria
Near East
Balkans
Wilson
League
Austria
Hungary
Greece
Italy
Polish Troops Join British In Palestine
Six thousand Polish troops crossed the Syrian frontier into Palestine and joined British forces. The Polish government said General Sikorski ordered the brigade to join the British after the French may back Bordeaux. They moved with full war equipment.
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Palestine
Mittelhauser
Bordeaux
Sikorski
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