Flanders Now A Blazing Hell
DeWitt Mackenzie outlines the Allied trap in Flanders with half a million troops surrounded by German forces. He details three focal points: the whirlpool of battle, Dunkirk and the coast as an escape route, and the French line from Abbeville to Maginot defenses. He warns of dire outcomes even with coast escape.
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Flanders
Dunkerque
Abbeville
Somme
Maginot
Weygand
Paris
Leopold
England
Channel
Sedan
Berlin
Germany
Narvik
Norway
King Leopold Abandons Belgian Army at Wynendal Chateau
Belgian King Leopold decides to withdraw Belgian forces at 5 A M after an all night cabinet meeting at Wynendal Chateau near Thourout. Prime Minister Pierlot and ministers Spaak Denys and Van Der Poorten urged retreat to France or England, but the king remained. Reynaud announces capitulation to the world.
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Paris
U.P
Wynendal
Thourout
Bruges
United Press
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Hubert Pierlot
Henry Denys
A. van der Poorten
Wynandal Chateau
Wynondal Castle
France
England
Dunkirk
Paul Reynaud
Leopold
Pierrot
Boys Lose Ambition To Hunt Big Game
In Philadelphia two boys aged 13 and 10 were rescued from a bear cage at the zoo after Alaska brown bears moved toward them. Watchman Bert Shipley shouted climb as he used a pike to deter the animals and the youths escaped unharmed.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Philadelphia Zoo
Bert Shipley
Leon Simmons
Robert Nash
Shipley
Great Britain Plans to Buy Dominions Sugar Exports
British food ministry official Robert Boothby tells the House of Commons that the United Kingdom will purchase all sugar exports from Australia, the Union of South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, and the British West Indies with Canada and New Zealand as partners, totaling 1,750,000 tons of which 1,225,000 tons go to Britain.
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London
Great Britain
Australia
Union of South Africa
Mauritius
Fiji
British West Indies
Food Ministry
Robert John Graham Boothby
House of Commons
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Buffalo Lake Permits Go On Sale Ahead Of Opening Day
Buffalo Lake fishing permits go on sale today at downtown locations including Cretney Drug Store Oliver Eakle Building Maxfield Drug Store Santa Fe Building and Rex Drug Store in San Jacinto. Permits are also available in Canyon at Thompson Hardware. Opening day is Saturday June 1 with cash prizes of 25 for the largest bass crappie and catfish plus a week’s cabin rental for first prize. Concessionaire Jim Golding oversees rewards and bait services provided by T S Likens. Gomer Jones coordinates the large fishing fleet and boating rental rates.
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Buffalo Lake
Cretney Drug Store
Oliver Eakle
Maxfield Drug Store
Santa Fe
Rex Drug
San Jacinto
Thompson Hardware Company
Canyon
Jim Golding
T. S. Likens
Amarillo
Gomer Jones
Youth In The News They Oughta Be In The Movies
A brief item about Philadelphia youth Tommy Pickard who lost balance in a fall mistaken for a fight. He previously won a baby contest last summer and now gains a certain poise from the incident.
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Philadelphia
Tommy Pickard
Channel Still One Way Out
Houston reports Joe Zimmerman accusing the American Legion of suppressing free speech after Legion protests led the city to cancel a Community Center forum addressing un American Mr Dies. Herman Wright, slated speaker, attended by Legion members and police outside. Wright defended criticism of public officials while Legion officials claimed free speech remains intact.
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Houston
Joe Zimmerman
Houston Progressive Youth Forum
American Legion Today
Legion
Martin Dies
House Committee On un-American Activities
Dies
Herman Wright
Wright
American Legion
Democracies Gain Support in Mexico by Avila Camacho
General Manuel Avila Camacho, government endorsed to succeed President Lazaro Cardenas, pledged unofficial support for democracies in Mexicali. He said Latin America is united by democratic principles and that Mexico is not communist or fascist. He spoke to 7,000 people and downplayed the fifth column threat, noting some German agents exist globally but no spike in Mexico.
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Mexicali
Mexico
U.P
Manuel Avila Camacho
Lazaro Cardenas
All American Front
Americas
Camacho
United States
Senate approves coast guard officer retirement bill
The Senate passed HR 8423 to streamline the involuntary retirement system for coast guard officers. A stray note about wallpaper removal is included but the main item concerns the retirement bill and its transmission to the President.
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Washington
Senate
Coast Guard
Invasion of anglers hits Buffalo Lake Playground
Groceries tobaccos and drug needs will be at the concessions store. Fishermen may have their catch cleaned and served at the lake as Bill Warren, chef at the Buffalo Lake Dining Room, adds this service. The Playground of the Southwest is ready for anglers.
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Bill Warren
Buffalo Lake
Authorities arrests amid drive against fifth column threat
In a government crackdown described as vigorous, officials announced arrests today targeting individuals tied to a fifth column threat. The action underscores a broad effort to curb espionage and internal subversion.
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Handler
Dominions
Birgitta
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
Stockholm
John Hallinan
Kansas City
John
D Jr
Chicago
Michael Damien Farrow
Maureen O'Sullivan
John V. Farrow
T. Mason
University of Texas Law School
Ostend
Gravelines
Calais
Hitler
Norwegian
Baltic
High Command
Britain
M. A. Charlston
Maneger
Pollywood
Kate Smith
Hollywood, California
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Lesage Company
Amarillo, Texas
Bill Dee
Fairmondee
Plains Office Supply CO
Bombay
D! Scholls
Amanillo Gas Company
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