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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1940

Page

2

Critics Seek Curb On Power Sought By FDR

Washington报道中期,批评者呼吁限制罗斯福总统扩权。风格报道提及需增加受训部队以执行任务而不全面动用 ground troops,暗示可能在 hemisphere 出现的危险情势。参议员Minton表示若同盟遭击败,可能动员常备部队。

Great Douglas DC-5 crashes in test flight at Los Angeles

A Douglas DC-5 air transport undergoing Navy test flight in Los Angeles crashed killing four company employees and injuring numerous others. Investigators rushed to determine causes with no sabotage found in initial checks. The high speed mishap occurred after takeoff from the city airport as the aircraft neared a fence and garden area.

Douglas Aircraft Firm Navy Los Angeles Douglas

Republicans Rally Under New Officers For Fall Campaign

Republicans gathering at the West Virginian hotel elected al Chambers of Logan president of the West Virginia Young Republican League after a daylong convention. Renick became organizer, with officers and committee members named for the biennial rally. Hallanan criticized federal defense policy as aiding the New Deal and urged production over votes as the Philadelphia nominating convention loomed.

al Chambers Logan West Vicginie Republican League West Virginian Chambers Myee Seee New J Walter. Hallanan National Committee Hallanan Philadelphia Republican National

Democrats Name A Hale Watkins Nominee In West Virginia

Parkersburg West Virginia June 1 Youthful A Mae Watkins leads a smooth Democratic party meeting as M M Neely seeks gubernatorial renomination in a feud quieted by the chairman 29 year old Marion Tor with FBI background succeeds R Carl Andrews who lost the nomination Arthur B Koontz new banker and attorney and WVU board president becomes national committeeman Dr Gary Hogg of Lewisburg named committee member Eleanor Poling Philippi widow of Forrest Sheriff Dell White Beene County elected vice chairman Charles Arnold Parkersburg secretary and Sheriff G H Craspecker Mercer County treasurer committee to select two nominees for the Democrats Name See Page 2

Parkersburg W. Va A. Mae "Watkins M. M. Neely Wal Neely Oece Marion Tor R. Carl Andrews Arthur B. Koontz West Virginia University Board of Governors Gary Hogg Lewisurg Bluefielder Mitteen Douglass Wardes Erton Eleanor Poling Philippi Forrest B Dell White Beene County Charles Arnold G. H. Craspecker Mercer County

Germans Claim Flagship Sunk in Dunkerque Action

Berlin reports German bombers continued raids on Dunkerque, claiming three allied warships and eight transports sunk and 40 aircraft downed. high command says dive bombers hit four more ships and 14 transports while transport ships burned. claims battleship Nelson destroyed remain unconfirmed by the Germans.

Associated Press Berlin Dunkerque Nelson Flying Allied One Pater Alome Dunene

Governor Leche Convicted in Federal Tax Case

Federal jury in Alexandria Louisiana convicts Richard W. Leche former Louisiana governor from 1936 to 1939 of using the new office to obtain about 31 000. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 18 years in prison.

Alexandria Richard W. Leche Louisiana

Records Reveal Blitzkrieg Plan Borrowed From U S

Washington reports evidence in federal files that Adolf Hitlers blitzkrieg plans were borrowed from United States mobilization concepts. The article notes a striking parallel to American prewar mobilization and describes American plans forming the basis for German strategy, described as a conscientious imitation by agents.

Washington Adolf Hiter United States Low Countries France America Merain Germany

Survivors Reach England as BEF Returns in Evacuation

Reports estimate 100000 to 140000 of the BEF were brought safely back to Britain after the Flanders retreat. Most divisions disembarked except one British division and two French divisions delaying German advances. Amid celebrations the nation prepared for potential invasion and organized evacuations for schoolchildren.

London Britain Flanders English Channel Ite

German Italian peace move eyed after Flanders battle

Washington reports a German Italian peace move backed by an ultimatum. Italy would join the war only if the offer fails. Mussolini is said to wait for the last remnant of Anglo French forces to be wiped out or forced to surrender before pursuing peace terms, with no official confirmation.

United States Tes Washington Italy Welling Office Flanders England Ger Mussolini Planders iHtler

Repatriation Liner Sails for U S From Galway Harbor

The repatriation liner President Roosevelt carries 824 Americans fleeing wartime danger as it anchors off Galway awaiting early Sunday sailing. Nearby hotels house those with no funds while authorities bar remaining passengers without tickets or funds. many families and children line up for tenders.

Galway Ireland United States Roosevelt Hore Washington

Writer Makes Long Flight Over Battlefields Of Northern France

A wartime correspondent describes a night flight over Northern France observing the Somme and Aisne rivers battlefields. Firelight from burning towns Cambrai Valenciennes lights the sky as incendiaries and torch-bearing parachutists earlier set fires. The night bombing squadron receives orders at nightfall.

Wrnter France Somme Aisne Cambrai Sst Oncae Calis Valenciennes

French Thwarted Nazi Drive On Paris In Bombing Mass

Allied reports say Nazi bombing raids on southern France and Marseille killed many, with 46 dead in Rhone valley and 80 in Marseille. German air power claimed substantial losses, as Swiss and French defenses blocked a push toward Paris.

Paris Rhone Valley Marseille France Adolf Hitler Flanders Mediterranean Lyon Mussolini Hitler Rhine Basel Switzerland

German assault drives into Ce and Somme region

Paris reports a heavy German artillery backed offensive smashing Ce and advancing toward Peiemae amid a shift in the battle lines from the Abbeville area to the upper Somme. Adolphe Prioux remains with French troops as fighting continues along the front.

Paris Peiemae Steee Abbevilieee Somme Adolphe Prioux Uhe Sores

German Plans Make Blitzkrieg Pay For Itself

German war strategy aims to recoup costs via rapid conquests across Europe. Captures in Norway, Holland, and Be and disruptions in France target munitions and supply lines. Experts say Abbeville on the Somme shifted the Franco German balance as Hitler’s timing influenced the war’s momentum.

Comes Ie Pront Ares Els Amm France Flanders Norway Holland Abbeville Somme Adolf Hitler

Peggy Marie Holstein Identified in Charleston Incident

A four year old girl named Peggy Marie Holstein was involved in a disturbance in Charleston West Virginia when she was struck by a vehicle while behind a parked car. Authorities reported the incident as a youth casualty requiring medical attention.

Charleston W. Va Peggy Marie Holstein

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Young Republican Leagues of West Virginia Madalyn Bazzle Keyser Paul Chambers Elizabeth Talbott Buchanan Hayes Pettry Ralph Shupe Bluefield Myron Renick Fayetteville Donald van Camp Middlebourne Normal L. Collins Beckley Gladys Brown Ronceverte National Hemisphere Minton New World Hallonan Country Young Gop Sere Citicere Afternees Center Mada Bazzle Keysar Miss Gladys Elizabeth Talcott Nesbitt A. Hale -Watking Fairmonter Corinne Booker G. H. Crumpecker Assert Nelson Leche U.S THE BEF Seemeil Kim Sachewes Order of the By Andrue Beading Duce Walt U. S BY Taylor Henry Ing Channel Amiens Tate Unknown Pate Chu
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