President seeks fifty thousand war planes goat test drama unfolds
At Aberdeen Maryland May 16 inventor Lester P Barlow storms off the field delaying a demonstration of his Glmnite liquid oxygen explosive eyed to be more powerful than current U S weapons. He suspends tests until Sen Morris Sheppard and Gen Charles Wesson quell the dispute.
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Lester P. Barlow
Army Ordnance
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U. S
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Proving Ground
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Col. Lewis
House
Senate Military Affairs Committee
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Sheppard
Lewis
Congressional
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Charles M. Wesson
Army
Gen. Wesson
War Department
Glenn L. Martin Co
50 000 Planes Urged in $1.18 Billion Defense Drive
President Roosevelt asked Congress for an emergency defense program totaling 1.182 billion dollars to be spent quickly. He proposed 50,000 military and naval aircraft and 24 hour production to meet the rapid threat of modern war, with initial armament funding and future contract authorizations.
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Congress
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Navy
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Kansas City
Omaha
United States
Germany
Marine Corps
Giants clash as Nazi forces push on 110 mile war front
German armored columns surged into Belgium and France amid a widening Meuse offensive. Allied lines buckled along the 50 mile Sedan to Namur front as Paris and London warn of continued heavy fighting and strategic moves in the Mediterranean.
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Mussolini
Europe
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Chamber of Deputies
Germany
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U.P
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Maginot
High Command
Brussels
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Germans pushed back in Louvain as British counterattacks drive them out
British forces repelled a German thrust into Louvain Belgium with a series of counterattacks that ousted German troops from the city. Reports from Paris and London describe fierce fighting along the Meuse and Dyle fronts as Allied embattled lines hold Antwerp Brussels Namur and Meuse crossings. German losses and Allied countermeasures are being coordinated with heavy air and tank action across Belgium.
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Maginot
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France
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London
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Delfosse
Leopold III
Liege
Modard
Balkan Situation Tense In Rome As U S Citizens Urged To Leave
Rome reports American diplomatic authorities urge U S citizens to depart Italy promptly amid rising mobilization talks. Yugoslavia debates war ministry plans while Greece shifts troops near Albania as Britain allegedly seeks Greek naval bases. Italian nationals flee Turkey.
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Italy
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Albania
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Britain
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Egypt
Meuse
Rhine
Rome
Great Britain
Weather outlook for Amarillo west Texas and New Mexico
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with likely thundershowers Friday afternoon and continued warm. West Texas shows fair skies with high clouds and local showers in the southwest tonight and in the north and southwest areas Friday. New Mexico anticipates afternoon and evening thunderstorms today and Friday with warm conditions. Temperature extremes over the 24 hours ending 6:30 A M reached 87 on the high and 64 on the low, with noon at 83.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
White House notes new appeal to Mussolini in war effort
The White House said President Roosevelt sent another communication to Premier Mussolini to curb the spread of the European war. Press secretary Stephen Early described it as part of a series and not a new separate appeal. Switzerland braces for possible German invasion with 600000 armed and civilians evacuating near the Rhine frontier.
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White House
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Mussolini
Italy
Stephen Early
Berne
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