■ NATIONAL_j;
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jWashington- The Senate today passed
| the national defense measure in
! which the new taxation is embodied !
j to take care of part of the terrifi
;appropriations made recently. This
j amount ^ is 3 billion dollars. Anoth
■ or 4 billion dollar defense measure
was approved by the House and sent
to the Senate for their action.
The amount of §1,770,000,000 which
represents the latest appropriatior
ifor defense w?s included in this
amount. The Senate also approved
of President Roosevelt's request
that 20 fast torpedo boats now und
er construction, be turned over to
.England, The State Dept, was also
investigating the remarks which
3 aron Eric Von Steigcl, German
Consul-general was reported to have
made recently in New Orleans that
111 Germany would always remember that:
:the U. S. had taken the sides of
;her (Germany’s) enemies5'. Ivlob viol-j
|ence was narrowly averted by the
local police, pros. Roosevelt asked!
!Congress for #22,590,00 for prompt J
Straining of skilled and sorii-skill
jworkers so vital in the industries
jnc cess ary for the now national def-i
(en30 program. He also created polit
ical history when he appointed two
outstanding Republicans to his ’War
cabinet, H enry L. Stinson as Secty
» of the Ns.vy and Col. Prank W, Knox
of the Chicago Tribune e.3 Secty. of!
■ ar, suceoding Harry Woodring, who I
,rc signed to make room far the nppoi
tnent. Charles E. Edison, had alre
ady resigned his portfolio to run
fas candidate for the governship of
|Now Jersey, hr. Roosevelt answered
jeritias saying “Appointments were
jin line with the overwhelming oont
iinent of the nation for national
.solidarity in this time of a world
’crisis and was on behalf of the
1 ational defense and * nothing else5]
Herbert Hoover congratulated the
President for his " non-parti3an
and unselfish generosity in this
hour of stress". The White House
appointed Sydney Hillman as chief
(see page 8)
LATE BULLETINS
At the Yankee Stadiun in Nov; York
last night, Champion Joe Lovriis sco
red a technical knodkout over the
Chilean champ Arturo Godoy, in 1
nin, 24 see, of the 8th round of
choir scheduled 15-rcund bout, A
crowd of 30,000 watched Lewis throv
..lundrcds of punches at Godoy, and
flooring him in the 6th, '7th and
I farce tiros in the 8th, Referee
hilly Cavanaugh ended the fight, S
'.jcv/is weighed 199, Godoy 20lh lbs, j
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A.P. June 21 - A vory momentous
decision is about to be handed to
the Government of Franco, by the
(throe emissaries of peace new in
conference in Conpiegne, France.
These men have been handed the
official peace terms laid down by
the Reich", which in their entirety
spell economic and political doom
of France - an unconditional sur
render of Franco’s entire army,
navy end air force and complete
acquiescence to Nazi domination.
At 5:50 P.1:1. yesterday After
noon, the French peace envoys met
with the Reich commanders and Hi tier
himself, in the same railroad car,
in the same identical 3pot, as did
■ her 3ha11 Foch in 1918, when he
dictated peace terms to the Khisofts
armies. To crown his hour of tri
umph, Adolph Hitler pcrsonnally
met the French envoys, although
lie failed to make any statements.
At this meeting ye starday,
v/a s Gc no r a. 1 Wi lhe In Kc i t e 1, c hi e f
of the Nazi armies in France,
Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop,
and General Waltlacr Von 3ro.uch.it ss h
commander in chief of the entire
Gcrman militar~- organ 1 zaticn.
Gcn’l. Keitel read the preamble of
the peace terns which arc summar
ized a.3 this. 1. Complete dcm.il
itarization of Franco. 2, Full
guarantees of French industrial,,
mate ‘ial and wealth support in
athc Nazi war against England, 3,
Conditiens for a now European pence
timed lately after the preamble v/cs
read, Hitler departed for the fr
ont, with the band playing "Dcu
tchland 'Uber A13.es", The preamble
stated that the Allies war of ’18
supported by% American troops did
not successfully in any way, con
quer the Go moan arny, navy or
air-forco,
Official German news agency
said "Today’s action in the Forest
of Conpiogne wiped out the wrongs
done German military dignity in
1918”.
Tokyo - Two persons died and 100
persons injured in a fire started
by lightning, which also destroyed
13 Governmont buildings in tho
heart of this city.
B crnc,'SwitzA communique sont
out by the war office stated that
French troops, fighting along the
Alps, wore driving the Nazi Icg
io'ns back from the souther part
of the Mag inch line • Some of the
fighting could be soon from the
Swiss A3.ps • _
(3cc page 2)
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