10 May 1940
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
1
The story details German attacks across Belgium and the Netherlands with parachute troops and armor advancing near Rotterdam and The Hague. Dutch forces respond with riverine assaults and heavy artillery while Britain and France warn Germany of potential action over civilian bombing.
Britain lands troops in Iceland to deter possible German occupation while France repels air raids in seven towns. In the Netherlands, Dutch resistance halts German river crossings near Rotterdam as police and civilians face casualties. Allied actions and evacuations unfold as Belgium requests aid.
German air forces bypassed Dutch defenses and landed at Rotterdam's Wallhaven airport and along the Nieuwe Maas River. They seized the Maas railway station and a key bridge amid heavy street fighting as Queen Wilhelmina urged Allied support and Britain and France pledged help.
Germany begins its third blitzkrieg since 1939 with a dawn offensive into Holland Belgium and Luxembourg and launches air strikes on central and eastern France. Hitler claims the Ruhr’s protection and defensive agreements with Belgium and Holland while Ribbentrop denounces Allied actions as provocations.
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns tonight while Winston Churchill agrees to form a new British cabinet. Paris confirms Premier Reynaud announces a cabinet reorganization to meet Germany's intensified drive.
Swedish military circles say Norwegian and Allied forces close in on Narvik garrison. Norwegian units at Bjoermfell beat back German attacks and attempted to dynamite Narvik frontier rail lines as allies surround Narvik from the land side.
Mr Collman predicts today will be fair and warmer with a high near 80. Morning temperature stood at 69 and tonight's low may reach 55 to 60 as a southwest wind of about 10 mph continues. He notes little chance of showers today but hints at possible showers by next Tuesday.
Great Britain and France have ordered 4,000 latest type American pursuit interceptor and bombing planes in the United States during the last month as they confront new aerial threats following the German invasion of the Low Countries.
The Air Ministry issued a call for volunteers in London. The item notes 25 years since May 10 1915 when Germany disclaimed responsibility for sinking the Lusitania.
The paper points readers to the Wanted Section for a Business Directory named Who's Who in Amarillo. It lists paint and wallpaper suppliers such as Harry Dumbell at 202 West 10th and Fuller Brush Co offerings with contact numbers. It invites local businesses to list themselves for a nominal rate.
Police pursue a bandit described by witnesses after he robbed City Cab driver W. W. Whitmore at 12 41 AM near the KGNC tower, taking cap cash and checks. A similar attack on Wayne Baker near Lefors last night links the suspect, whose car was found in an Amarillo garage before another man fled in a taxi.
Yakachiro Suma of Japan's foreign office said war would not spread to the Far East especially the Netherlands East Indies. He warned the fire is growing but does not believe it will reach this hemisphere and affirmed Japan's pledge to maintain the Status quo in the Netherlands colony.
The American Red Cross announced a $10,000,000 war relief drive due to expanded European conflict. Chairman Norman H. Davis said relief funds are needed as the war reaches Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, with 3,700 local chapters each given its quota.
Berlin reports two German naval successes in the North Sea with claims that a German submarine sank a British submarine near Terschelling and a German speed boat torpedoed and sank a British destroyer.
Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday in Amarillo and Vicinity. West Texas fair south portion with thunder storms north tonight. Saturday brings fair conditions and little temperature change. New Mexico mostly fair with high clouds. northeast storms tonight, colder Saturday. Extremes 69 and 44 with noon 76.
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