Dunkirk Evacuations and Western Front Collapse Amid German Advance
The piece notes the near end of the Dutch Belgium and Artois battles with Allied forces retreating via Dunkirk. British navy ferries most of the army under air attack while German air power pins down Paris and major French cities in a retaliatory bombing surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Lille
France
Pittsburgh
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Brussels
Antwerp
Ostend
Calais
Boulogne
the Hague
Liege
Paris
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Malta
Mussolini
Valetta
Names in the News and Political Clashes Across Nations
A wide survey of prewar themes notes Gamelin and Corap in French positions with Bodet jailed for desertion, while Bullard leads the National Security League in preparedness. Catholic prayers in New York, Italian actions abroad, Mussolini’s busy schedule, and U.S. military funding requests frame a tense international scene. The Washington battleship launch, 750 feet long, ports a 65 million dollar project as Virginians christen the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Virginia Marshall
Spokane
John Marshall
U S Reds Don’t Love Nazis at National Convention
The American Communist party reported sending 5000 dollars to German Reds in the underground fight against Hitler. Delegates from Mexico Chile Haiti Iceland Puerto Rico and Cuba attended the New York convention where hostility to the Russo German pact was voiced. Dewey and Willkie critiqued Roosevelt defense measures while Rubens was praised as a controversial artist. Canadian police arrested eight National Unity members including Adrien Arcand in Montreal with actions spreading to Ottawa Toronto and Windsor.
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Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Germany
Navy Department
Elliott Roosevelt
Mexico
Elliott
War Department
Senate
House
Immigration - Naturalization Bureau
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Norris
Wheeler
J. Edgar Hoover
G- Men
Archibald Macleash
Congressional Library
Washington
American Communist Party
Hitler
C. P
New York
Chile
Haiti
Iceland
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Martin Dies
National Advisory Defense Commission
Wendell Willkie
Denver
Willkie
Fuehrer
Dewey
Philadelphia
Mosley
Montreal
Canadian Mounted Police
OGPU
National Unity Party
British Empire
Adrien Arcand
Quebec
Ottawa
Toronto
Windsor
Sixth Column Averts Hitler Downfall In Germany
Dr Herbert Gezork professor at Andover Newton theological school Boston reports a sixth column within Germany working to topple Hitler. He cites connections with the anti Hitler movement as the basis for his news in this cautious assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Gezork
Andover-Newton Theological School
Boston
Germany
Hitler
Springtime Plays Of Fox Cubs Badgers And Otters
Oliver G. Pike reports from London Tit Bits on April and May wild life playtime. Fox cubs romp over a slope with a round stone in a game like Follow the Leader while badger cubs bounce and roll tugging fur. Otters swim and dive in lively ducking games before retiring to a hidden lair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver G. Pike
London
Wise and Otherwise
Witty maxims on bluffing consistency kindness to horses and women. The piece critiques honesty and social behavior with pithy quips about gold diggers grass widows and moral tests, reflecting a column’s humorous opinion style.
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Roger Shaw
Flanders
Western Newspaper Union
Siirtyn
Ghean Sea
England
Hannibal
U. S
Phillips
D. of C.and— White Housings
Senator Wheeler
U.S
P. P. Rubens
Vienna
Rubens
Vienna Journal
Billy Phelps
Yale
Billy
Athens
Sparta
America
Canada
Nature
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Firestone
Speedway
NTO Toac LY
Firepestone Convoy
Voice of Firestone
N.B.C
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