British coast fights rear-guard withdrawal toward Dunkirk
British and French troops battle to escape toward Dunkerque as German forces close in on the retreating lines. Royal Air Force bombing and machine gun attacks continue. some divisions reach a southeast English port amid civilian flight and warnings of possible mass evacuations.
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London
Peru
Dunkerque
Royal Airforce
England
Germany
French
Frederick Cambridge
George VI
Flanders
Dunkerque Harbor
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
B.E.F
B.ef
Ostend
Belgium
Berlin
Lille
Another Billion For U S Defense Asked
President Roosevelt announced a new defense commission is ready to operate and Europe’s fighting has pushed defense spending higher. The administration plans to add over 1 billion dollars to armament needs, bringing the war chest to about 4.3 billion for national defense. The commission met with the president for about ninety minutes to review spending methods and projected wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
New Defense Commission
Europe
America
Defense Commission
Army
Navy
Stephen Early
White House
Sec
End of the world mood as Dunkirk battle erupts
The article describes Dunkirk and the English Channel as a scene of savage chaos during Allied efforts to rescue trapped troops. It calls the Battle of Flanders a major German victory and notes ships sunk and aircraft destroyed as air and sea forces clash amid thousands in choppy waters near Dover.
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Dunkerque
English Channel
Channel
Dover
Flanders
End of World Seen in the Channel Amid German Gamble
The piece notes Allied stands in Flanders enabling a French line from Abbeville to the Somme and Maginot defenses. It argues Germany now faces two options: invade England or push south toward Paris to crush France, with German press on the push.
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England
Diepee
Hazard
Flanders
Hitler
France
Abbeville
Somme
Maginot
Paris
Planders
Bri
Channel Port Holds Lines As Troops Evacuated
Berlin reports say British and French forces in Flanders are retreating toward the Channel coast while noncombatants are evacuated. Transport movements off the English coast have been observed over the past four days as German operations claim success in extracting troops from the Flemish trap.
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Berlin
Flanders
London
Channel
Ministry of Information
Decatur Fisherman Wins Third Annual Morgan County Fish Rodeo
H. E. Hallmark of Decatur captured the overall big bass prize weighing five pounds six ounces at Wheeler Lake to win 68 dollars in the third Morgan County Fish Rodeo. More than 400 entrants from Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee competed over five days.
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H. E
Buddy) Hallmark
Decatur
Morgan County
Hallmark
Wheeler Lake
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
J. Williams
John L. Kiehl
Delano Park
Flint
Bert Childs
Wheeler Dam
H. E. Hallmark
Lady
Spring Creek
J. W. Williams
Teamwork by Walter Winchell
The piece argues total defense and total teamwork as the American must to sustain total war. It stresses the United States industrial strength and organization against fifth column disorganization and enemy sabotage, urging unity of labor and capital to protect production and national security.
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United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States Steel
William H. McReynolds
Roosevelt
Commission
Leon Henderson
The
Securities Commission
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
Cubbing Plan To Be Tasked At Parents Conference
A Parents Training Conference on Cubbing will be held tonight at 7:30 at the courthouse under Mr. Woolrych. It aims to start the Cubbing program for boys nine to eleven in Decatur with parental cooperation and later form dens and packs under sponsoring institutions. The First and Central Baptist churches have applied to sponsor Cub packs after already supporting Boy Scout troops.
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Woolrych
Decatur
Boy Scouts of America
First Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church
Summer school opens on June 3 for many students
The summer school for conditioned and other students opens June 3. Superintendent Alverson announced the term begins Monday with Principal Riley in his office all day Saturday to register students. Classes will serve all grades and meet at the junior high school.
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Alverson
Riley
Absentee Ballot Requests Hit 516 in Primary Campaign
The deadline passed Wednesday midnight with 516 requests for absentee ballots. More than 50 requests came yesterday, and 239 ballots have been returned. Election day is June 4. In the first primary on May 7, 533 requests were made and 400 ballots were voted.
Paving Begins on White Side to Mooresville Road
The four mile Mooresville road is being surfaced with asphalt from Whiteside to Mooresville and will connect with the Bee Line Highway. This new paved link enhances Limestone county’s road system and provides South Limestone residents with a direct outlet to a major Federal highway. The route was previously graded and drained in preparation.
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Whiteside
Mooresville
Limestone County
Defense legislation status in Senate and House reports
Washington May 30 status of major defense bills before Congress shows regular and emergency army appropriations totaling 1 823 billion pending Senate action after House passage while naval air force expansion to 10 000 planes 16 000 pilots and 200 bases awaits Senate review federal army air force expansion faces hearings in committee with House approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Saracron
New War Funds Sought for Tanks Guns Planes and Munitions
The secretary said the chief executive aims to request new funds from Congress to supply critical needs for tanks guns planes munitions and material reserves. Roosevelt had asked 1.182 billion previously with 1.823 billion total folded into army and navy bills.
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Retary
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Rail Agent Change at Louisville and Nashville
Announcement names R. B. Jones of Johns Alabama as successor to Milton Andrews as freight agent and yardmaster. Andrews retires from active service and plans an indefinite stay in San Diego California, with hopes Decatur friends may see them return.
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R. B. Jones
Johns
Ala
Milton Andrews
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Andrews
Mrs. Andrews
San Diego
Calif
Allies Seek Arms Here As Britain Hurries to U S
Great Britain seeks machine guns rifles and small arms ammunition from U S surplus stocks as invasion fears rise. Britain and France plan to build a second light weapons supply line from the United States while pilots and planes face delays in deliveries.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
English Channel
France
United Kingdom
Canada
Hull
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Britain
Roosevelt
Four American Ambulance Drivers Reported Held by Germans
Four American volunteer ambulance drivers working in the Ardenne area in France were reported captured by German forces. James Wood Johnson of New York said a Paris commander informed him via a German radio announcement naming Albert Raymond of Chicago, Louis Wehrle of Berne Indiana, Murray Ship Jewel of Cincinnati, and Jan Glowacki of Jersey City New Jersey as prisoners.
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New York
France
James Wood Johnson
American Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Paris
Albert Raymond
Chicago
Louis Wehrle
Berne
Ind
Murray Ship Jey
Cincinnati
Jan Glowacki
Jersey City
N. J
Ardenne
Allied forces siege Dunkerque as Flanders battle nears end
In the last hours of the battle for Flanders Allied troops withdraw with 440000 to 600000 Germans massing to land a knockout blow. Aerial bombardment, dive bombers and gunfire disrupt retreat as 60 ships evacuate wounded. Dunkerque remains the lone sea exit with hundreds of thousands fleeing toward Ostend and the English Channel.
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Associated Press
Dunkerque
Flanders
Lille
Hitler
Channel Porte
Berlin
Dover
English Channel
Weather Summary for Tennessee and Alabama
The Tennessee River gauge stood at 20 feet as of Thursday with a 0.03 inch rainfall. Temperatures ranged from 59 to 80 degrees, and western Tennessee stayed fair while the east saw cloudiness and showers. Alabama expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with gentle coastal winds.
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Tennessee
Alabama
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Garner
John Nance Garner
Texas
Waco
Oscar Holcombe
Houston
U. S. Defense
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Decatur Angler
Walter Winchell
Cubbing
National Defense Commission
Ralph Budd
Burlington Railroad
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Board
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Harriet Elliott
University of North Carolina
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