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VOL. 42. No. 77. NOME. ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1940 ^ per °°^ 154
France Agrees To Axis Armistice
Is Reduced To One-third Sized Coastless State
Republican Presidential Convention Now In Session
Nazis To Occupy North Portion
Of France and All Atlantic Coast
From Tours To Spanish Border
UNDATED, June 22 VP) -^Ger- j
many announced through author
ized sources that France was ex- 1
peeted to sign the armistice agree
ment before 'the day was out.
France announced that her
envoys, meeting in Compiegtne
forest, were to fly to Italy to
talk over the terms after they
conclude the German agreement.
The two parleys are to be com
pleted, the French said, before
any general peace agreement is
made, with both her adversaries.;
BERLIN, June 22 UP) — It was
officially anounced that the<arm
istice was signed at 8:50 a.m. Pac
ific time.
NEW YORK, June 22 VP) — An
NBC Gompiegne iep rt said the
armistice between Germany and
France was signed at about 9 a.m.
Pacific time.
The report said the* armistice
was to take effect six hours after
Italy reached an armistice with
France. The broadcaster said the
French .plsnipotentiarie who ag
reed to the armistice are leaving
by p ane for Rome. The terms
were r.ot disclosed.
The armistice wss reported
signed by Col. General Wilhelm
Ka te), of tViL C r ".vs high com
onand and Chief Genera 'Charles
Huntziger, head of th: French
delegation, in th same railway
car used in the last World War.
The signing was rn3de in a two
minute ceremony.
UNDATED. June 23 (ZP) — The
weight of conquered France’s
fetters, the dissolution of her
army, the interment of her fleet,
and occupation of most of her
soil was disclosed by the Brit
ish government which withdrew
recognition of the Bordeaux re
gime as the “slave'’ of Germany
and lauded the French colonies
for displaying “a more robust
spirit.”
The German armistice terms
wil convert France into a passive
ally of the Nazi-Fascist combine
in continuing the war against the
British. The highlights call for
tying up the French navy, which
is not to be. used against Britain,
demobilization of the srmv and
storing under guard any arms not
taken ever by Germany, and the
Nazi occupation of the north por
.ion of the country cn a line from
Geneva to Tours and all the At
lantic coast in a bread swath
from Tours south to the Spanish
border. This includes Paris and
virtual y every important city in
Fran:: except Marseille and Fas
ist .sources in Switzerland said
Paly wan'd take over Marseille
and all the Mediterranean coast,
dance will thus tbe left as a piti
fu inland country surrounded by
her conquerors, h ’-ding the most
and bes. of the country.
The Italian government an
nounced the delivery of its arm
-nice terms to the French pleni
potentiaries at 9:30 a.m. Pacific
Cease Fire Order Probably Go Into
•/
Effect Late Today—Italy Demands
All of French Mediterranean Coast
BORDEAUX. June 24 UP> — It
was announced officially that the
French delega.es were ordered to
sign the armistice with Italy. The
■cabinet met at 5:30 p.m. under
President LeBrun decided to ol
der General Charles Huntziger,
ranking French envoy to sign.
The “cease fire” order will follow
automatically six hours after It
aly informs Germany that the
French have signed. It was an
nounced .hat the cabinet is meet
ing again tomorrow morning and
it was be ieved the French -Ital
ian agt lenient will be formally
signed during the night. Hunt
ziger will then notify Marshal
Pe.ain after which the formal or
der to suspend fighting will be
given.
UNDATED, June 24 UP) —
France, in s.rrit-jacketed vassal
aga, stripped of her coastlines
and i tuced to a land-locked;
third ox her territory was foi'ced
to became virtually an ally of
Germany in the impending battle'
lor Britain. This fate was report
ed by the British government un
der the terms of the axis peace.
The French armistice de’egates \
,n Rome communicated with
h r government at Bordeaux by
telephone, and indicated the |
■ "e. so firing’’ order, ending Fran
! ee's part in the ten-months-old
' F. .. opca.. war, will probably go
into effect late today.
Italian iroops meanwhile push
ed France from Mont Blanc to
(the Mediterranean Sea. Musso
This Associated Press photo, ac?ording to the French censor-ap proved caption shows a bomb hole
and a wrecked automobile following the German bombing of Pa ris.
lira's command said they threat
ened to smash through the
French line in the maritime
Alps. The Fascists said Italy, as
her share of the spoils will de
mand to occupy all of France’s
Mediterranean coast and later es
tabiish "a buffer state” in south
ein France. This seizure, coupled
with Germany’s occupation of
France’s western seaboard, from
Dunkerque, on the English chan
nel, down to the Bay of Biscay
and Spain, will leave France with
out single port.
Against a stubborn French re
sistance, Nazi troops marched
down the beaten republic's At
ari ie coast, as far as the mouth of
the Gironde river. The German
command said LaRochel e and
Rochefort were captured as the
Germans neared Bordeaux, the
French provisional capital, while
further north the invaders reach
ed the vicinity of Poitiers and
took “a steadily growing store of
booty" southeast of Lyon, which
lies only 200 miles north of
France's Mediterranean port of
Marseille. The German columns
are reported to be breaking thru
fierce French resistance in ad
vancing toward Grenoble and
Chamtbry directly opposite the
Italian border.
Britain held that France’s cap
itulation to the German terms
put her in a state of passive al
liance with the Reich. The British
government said it no longer re
garded the Bordeaux government
"the government of an independ
ent country.” The British declar
ed they will deal with the French
National Committee formed in
London by General Charles D.
Gaulle.
Berlin Suffers
First Air Raid
By British
BERLIN, June 22 (/P> — The
capital suffered its first air at
tack. Several buildings were hit
and seven persons reported in
jured, two incendiary bombs
striking Babelaberg, Germany’s
Hollywood and damaged the auto
matic telephone system and gar
ages and autos. The invading
British planes struck elsewhere
in Western Germany. Nine per
sons were reported killed when
bombs struck some buildings, in
clude a church.
Nazi Scharnhorst
Badly Damaged
LONDON, June 22 \JP) — The
admiralty announced that a lar
ge Italian submarine surrender
ed to the British trawler Moon
stone; a German destroyer was
hit by a torpedo and the 26,000
ton German battle cruiser Scharn
horst was badly damaged by Brit
ish Naval and army planes.
Republican
Convention
Being Held
PHILADELPHIA, June 24 I/P)
— Moving at a swift pace, the
Republican National Convention
disposed of preliminary routine
in a forty minute session and
headed for the real work of pick
ing a candidate for the presiden
cy. In a demonstration by a few in
the convention hall, Alf London
got some cheers, so did Governor!
James cf Pennsylvania and Senat
or Bridges of New Hampshire.
The last two candidates in rapid-!
fire order.
The convention gave the for
mal vestments to the credentials,
rules and permanent organiza- j
tion committee, then the delegat-'
es trooped back down town
where they talked of Wendell
Wilkie of New York for the nom
ination.
Going fu 1 blast from the head
quarters of Taft came a state- j
attributed to Samuel'
B ys i Plymouth, Indiana, Wil
kies' native state. He said: “Wil
kie won't suit a lot of Republic
ans." He listed two reasons: that
Wilkie was a former Democrat
and a utilities man. Boys is a
newspaper editor,
Alaska GOP
Delegates Quiet
At ( Convention
PHILADELPHIA. June 24 (JP)
— Members of the Alaska delega
tion to the Republican conven
tion were silent on their senti
ments regarding the various can
didates, pending the decision on
their fate by the credentials com
mittee, as they are anticipating
an appeal by contesting the dele
gation led by Albert White of
,Juneau. Elected to the Resolu
tions and Credentials Committees
were Jane Robertson of Juneau,
and to the permanment organiza
tion committee, J. J. McCarthy
of Anchorage, also to the Rules
Committee.
England Takes
Over Intact,
French Fleet
WASHINGTON, June 22 </P) —
England has taken over the bulk
of the French fleet, intact, author
itative sources here revealed, j
Naval experts expressed the op
inion that most of the vessels
have only a short term of re
serve value as their immediate
usefullness will be limited to the
amount of munitions and spare
parts they lhave aboard. All,
French factories are now in Ger
man hands.
Debt Limit Raised to 49 Billions
WASHINGTON, June 22 </P) —
The Senate approved and sent to ]
the White House the bill to in
crease the national debt limit by
four billion dollars to 49 billions.
Defense Outlays
Pass Six Billion
WASHINGTON, June 22 (TP) —
The House approved a comprom
ise version of the billion seven
hundred seven million emergen
cy defense appropriation bill, one
of the few remaining must-mea
sures standing in the way of the
week’s recess for the republic
an convention. The bill carried
funds for 68 new warships, three
thousand additional army planes
and boosted the congressional de
fense outlays to past the six bil
lion mark.
CCC Have Course
In Army Tanks
w
WASHINGTON, June 22 (TP)—
A course in army tank maintenan
ce and repair was added to the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
House Approves
New Tax Bill
WASHINGTON, June 22 (TP> —
The House also approved the bil
lion dollar defense tax bill and
sent it to the Senate for ftnai
action. In general, the bill adds
more than two million persons to
the list of federal contributors to
increase both income and excise
taxes.
Congress Cora, to
Question Knox
WASHINGTON, June 22 (P> —
The State and Naval affairs com
mittee voted unanimously to sum
mon Frank Knox, new Secretary
of the Navy designate, to learn
his views on the question of keep
ing the United States out of the
war.
Billi^D^
Chain of Plants
WASHINGTON, June 22 IP) —
Authoritative sources reported
the construction of a billion dol
lar chain of government muni
tions plants was recommended of
ficially to the President as a part
of further expansion of the de
fense program.
British Raid Smks
Two Nazi Ships
LONDON. June 22 (P) — Two
German vessels were sunk in an
air raid on Willemsoord, German
Holiand harbor. The air ministry
said that in less than a minute
five tons of bombs were dropped
sinking two ships and damaging
another, and an oil storage de
pot was fired.