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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1940
Page
2
Roger Shaw analyzes wartime developments as Nazi forces push in Norway and Britain reports sinking thirty ships. The column reflects editor's note on opinion.
reports claim Germany captured Oslo Narvik Bergen and Trondheim with small forces while English and French troops faced supply gaps and ill equipment. Admiral Lindstrom seeks full wartime naval strength in Sweden as Britain claims heavy losses and plans new vessels amid a tense global war season.
The nine justices held anti picketing laws in Alabama and California unconstitutional, affirming free discussion of labor disputes as a essential part of democracy. Justice Murrow appointed by Roosevelt led the decision.
An NY subway worker and union leader testified before Dies committee that reds planned to shut down industry and public services in Manhattan. He claimed 150 red radio men on US ships threatened to tie up Yankee marine operations. others warned of a red general strike and a second civil war.
Premier Mackenzie King visits Roosevelt at Warm Springs and Rockefeller Jr. at Williamsburg while Eden greets Newfoundlanders in England. Dewey hunts golf in Colorado. Iceland grows as a new nation with consul generals named. Wasp naval carrier chosen as sixth in its line. Pennsylvania governor warns editors that idle men and money threaten Roosevelt and war.
In a wide interview Wendell L. Willkie shows a restless, expansive mind. He rejects personal vanity, cites reforms from the Common wealth & Southern rate cuts to TVA bookkeeping, and stresses citizen intelligence as democracy’s hope. Navy Chief Harold Stark career notes and Willkie’s public-spirited stance are outlined.
Senate hearings reveal funding gaps hampering army readiness while admirals warn of aging battleships. Contending lines blame secretary and assistant secretary clashes, Roosevelt era policy, and League of Nations debates shaping the 1940s political climate.
Captain W A McHale commanded the American freighter Mormacsea and, warned against leaving Trondheim harbor due to North Sea naval warfare, sailed and arrived safely in New York as the first vessel to reach the United States from the Scandinavian area since hostilities began.
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