Congress Seeks Rapid Fund Boost for National Defense
President Roosevelt requested more than 80 billion dollars to the national defense fund citing growing European threats. He warned that all continents may face involvement in a world war and urged swift action to improve U S defenses. House Republican leaders echoed unity in boosting defenses.
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Refugee Op Reaches Ireland On Roosevelt Liner
Galway May 31 The U S Liner President Roosevelt arrived to take 2200 Americans home avoiding war dangers. The vessel anchored two miles offshore while Americans boarded with luggage and villagers offered souvenirs and helped with loading as crowds gathered.
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GOP Speaker Deplores Past Waste Of Funds For National Defense
Republican Representative Fred Bradley criticizes prior defense spending and accuses the Roosevelt administration of using a publicity stunt to push a third term. He urges Congress to stay in session, questions defense readiness, and argues for domestic priorities alongside foreign policy.
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Democratic state committee to organize in Parkersburg
In Parkersburg West Virginia May 31 members of the Democratic state committee arrived to prepare for their organization meeting. They will select a new state chairman to replace R Carl Andrews who lost the gubernatorial nomination to M M Neely on May 14. Names were mentioned as possibilities though Neely was expected to choose a party leader aligned with his federal faction. The senate hopeful Mamipere of Beckley entered the discussion as a potential nominee for US Senate.
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England pleads for more airplanes after Flanders escape
London reports a British plea for more aircraft as 90,000 Allied troops escaped the Flanders trap. Soldiers and civilians hailed RAF efforts while spies and Nazi actions persisted. Officials say reembarkation remains the hardest phase of retreat and Britain braces for possible Italian entry.
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Leopold Branded Unfit To Rule Belgium
Germany declares King Leopold a prisoner of war as Belgian lawmakers split on royal future. Of 202 deputies, 89 favor continued Allied fight with a new Belgian army. 54 of 167 senators join. Official decree strips Leopold of the Legion of Honor.
French Divisions Hold Aisne Line In Wartime Descent
W T Taylor Henry reports French divisions entrenched along the Aisne held a bridgehead at Rethel to cover a withdrawal to a strong southern line. The northern front's right flank remained relatively calm amid artillery duels, tank clashes, and German dive-bomber activity near the Marne plain. Milk cows graze as war news continues on the page.
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Flanders Survivors Return to England From The Channel
At a Southeast England port on May 31 British French and Belgian troops returned from Dunkirk evacuations. The vast armada carried nearly 100000 men amid German air and sea threat. One compartment yielded a dead British officer, while ships of all sizes crossed the channel to repatriate survivors.
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No Truce as German Gunnery Stalls Dunkirk Advance
A British veteran recalls German requests for a truce to bury their dead, answered with continued bombardment. Other accounts recount long range shelling of Dunkirk by German forces, civilian casualties, and a parachute unit distributing counterfeit ten franc notes to disguise its advance.
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Berlin Watches Next War Move Hails Victory
German readers hailed a big victory in Flanders and speculated on Hitler’s next strike. The high command said Nazi forces in Flanders are released for new tasks while the Dienst Aus Deutschland warned England and France will be banished to European roles. German media noted Dunkirk withdrawals impact but saw the main battle in the north.
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Liner to Bring Americans Home Ships With No Convoy
Berlin watches as a vessel carrying Americans from Bordeaux to the United States is described to sail without convoy. The ship will display the American flag and carry mail, medical supplies, and clothing, with passengers not aboard the Bordeaux leg and red cross aid noted.
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Allies Mop Up In Abbeville Sector
Paris, May 31. French tanks supporting a second British expeditionary force pound German positions along the Somme. Abbeville bridgehead taken but the town remains in no man’s land. Hundreds of Nazi prisoners and war materiel seized as Allied troops push from Flanders toward Dunkerque. French air power drops food and munitions to isolated forces and targets German concentrations north of the Somme.
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Il Duce and Hitler Move to Edge of War
Italy press warns Britain and France of possible armed action after rejected Italian demands. Dino Alfieri visits Hitler as tensions rise over Mediterranean influence and a plan to topple British and French empires.
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Virginian Seeks Cut Off Trains Between Pemberton and Mullens
The Virginian railroad seeks to discontinue passenger trains 11 12 13 and 14 on the Gulf branch between Pemberton Fireco Raleigh county and Mullens. The proposal appears in an item on page 16 indicating a review of service cuts.
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Carter Requests Costs Rehearing
Washington May 31 A request for costs and a rehearing was filed in a case involving a coal company and production costs hearings. Herbert J. Jacobs Carter counsel told the director that the court’s hearings were full and completed, and that the decision favored Carter.
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