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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
15
Reports from Paris Narvik and London describe an air raid in northwest France with bombs dropped after 9:55 p m. Eleven girls died near Paris and thirty were wounded at a local school. Additional items note espionage trials in Paris and the Dunkerque withdrawal nearing completion along with Gibraltar defense concerns and airfield damage at Le Bourget in Paris.
Paris reports the German assault on June 5 marked the first massed infantry artillery clash since the war began. About 45 German divisions, 1,000 dive bombers, 2,250 tanks, and 600,000 infantry attacked along the Weygand line from Abbeville to the Oise. Allied fire overwhelmed early, with German air and artillery losses noted, as the front widened from the Somme to the Aisne.
Premier Stott said the Soviet Union would appoint Sir Stafford Cripps as British ambassador to Moscow. Erik Labonne was proposed to replace Naggiar in Paris, while Sir William Leeds would be replaced upon his return to London. Cripps would serve only as a special envoy unless fully accredited as ambassador.
A traveling salesman writes that he sells golf clubs and fishing tackle and can pay cash for tennis rackets and other merchandise. He travels a wide territory daily and promotes ads in the Globe-News Want Ads.
Calais, the German occupied French port, hosts a long range cannon claimed to reach London at the Fuehrer’s order. A reporter observes troops moving, including specialized units, as German forces probe the French coast and nearby towns for potential attacks.
In Amarillo the American Legion chapter adopted resolutions opposing public vigilante committees. Hanson Post would report suspicious actions only to authorities, keep proceedings confidential, and avoid town meetings. The measure followed remarks by Lew Fields and discussions by Clay Thornton, Meyers, and Cade. The Legion met at 1800 Harrison Street.
Washington officials said on June 4 that the administration effectively embargoes exports of machine tools and related equipment needed for national defense. Inquiries to the State Department receive replies urging that such shipments should not be made.
Air raid alarms sounded briefly in northern Sweden as two foreign planes were sighted high over Boden and port towns Lulea Pitea. U S Steel announces Edward R Stettinius Jr resigns as chairman to join the National Defense Council and focus on the looming Somme battle.
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