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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
1
Berlin reports the German air force bombarded central and eastern France airports and destroyed Metz airport in Lorraine. Brussels and Antwerp Belgian airfields were also raided, according to the high command.
Adolf Hitler has moved to the western front to direct military operations as blitzkrieg opens western Europe. German forces strike Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg while Dutch and Belgian resistance is hampered by claims of Allied neutrality. Belgium is invaded and the Hague falls as Britain, France prepare to aid. Switzerland mobilizes. Italy remains cautious.
President Roosevelt said there was no change in U S prospects to stay out of Europe’s war. Labor opposition in Parliament would join the British cabinet under a new prime minister. German forces overran Luxembourg and Limburg in Holland, according to John Cudahy.
The House approved parity payments of 212 million dollars and an 85 million dollar rise in automatic appropriations, plus 100 million for disposal of surplus farm crops via the food stamp plan. The move, already backed by the Senate, increases the 1914 agriculture department supply bill to over 900 million, with RFC loans for farm tenants and rural electrification.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs A B Hern of 579 West Main Street to attend tonight's presentation of Men Without Souls starring John Litel at the Strand theatre or Boris Karloff in The Man With Nine Lives at the Dixie theatre.
West Virginia's hot primary push enters its final days with a circuit judge ordering cleanup of Kanawha county election machinery after protests from Republican committeemen. Judge Julian Bouchelle struck 17 Republican official names from the list, calling Kanawha county a byword for political chicanery, with 18 prior changes already made by the county court. The ruling requires further investigation of list changes and possible more fixes, as GOP candidates rail against ballot box racketeers and election corruption.
Paris reports the French government will reply with air bombardments on nonmilitary targets if Germans strike civilian populations in France Britain or allied nations. It says it has informed President Roosevelt that air force orders bar bombardment of civilians and limit strikes to military objectives.
A British source said unconfirmed reports claimed the Dutch Frisian islands in the North Sea facing England were bombed and parachute troops landed. Netherlands and Belgium armies, each about half a million men, defend their countries and the bridges over the island. occupation reportedly achieved without incident.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order freezing Dutch and Belgian wealth in the United States to block German seizure. The measure extends the Danish and Norwegian asset freeze to the Netherlands Luxembourg and Belgium. A White House conference with Army and Navy chiefs and top officials was set for 10 30 am to discuss extending neutrality act provisions to the low countries.
Dewitt Mackenzie reports on Hitler’s blitzkrieg gamble, claiming the hour has come for a decisive war turning either Nazi domination of Europe or a return to obscurity. The Belgian ambassador Baron Cartier retorts they shall not pass, as pre-dawn bombings begin and the fate of the German nation is cast for the next 1,000 years.
The German land forces were stopped within a few hundred yards of the Belgian frontier after entering Belgium as part of Hitler's blitzkrieg, according to the foreign ministry. Meanwhile in Amsterdam, the Netherlands announced defense forces shot down at least 70 German aircraft, destroyed a German armored column at Venlo, and resisted along eastern river lines inside the country.
Berlin dispatch reports the German high command says German troops have broken border resistance on the Belgian Netherlands Luxembourg front, signaling a breakthrough in the ongoing campaign. The claim follows Allied moves in the region and stock market reactions noted by observers.
An unofficial British statement on May 10 reported the Hague, the seacoast capital of the Netherlands, bombed by German invaders. The claim underscores wartime tensions as World War II escalates in Europe.
Prime Minister Chamberlain drove to Buckingham Palace for an audience with King George. The session was apparently to decide the fate of his cabinet amid political turmoil in London.
Four hundred persons were killed or wounded in the first German air raid against Brussels. Exchange Telegraph, the British news agency, reported today. In Rotterdam, German troops seized Waalhaven airport after destroying the flying field and hangers in a heavy bombardment. United States Ambassador Phillips was urgently summoned to the Chigi palace to see Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano.
An unofficial British report says four incendiary bombs were dropped by German raiders early today at Chitham near Canterbury in Kent, about 40 miles southeast of London.
A Brussels dispatch from Havas says French and British forces crossed the Belgian frontier while Belgian troops halted the German invaders, at least temporarily, as of May 10.
Berlin dispatch reports that German radio announced the occupation of The Hague, capital of the Netherlands, by Coffin forces. The declaration marks a major advance as Allied forces push to secure western Europe.
The Swiss government announced immediate general mobilization to start tomorrow at dawn and declared a precautionary state of war beginning at midnight tonight. The move signals heightened wartime readiness amid regional tensions.
Nazi forces strike Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg as Britain and France vow full Allied support. King Leopold II assumes command of Belgian forces as German paratroops and bombers hit strategic points and frontier targets. Continued on page de.
Paris reports a British French force crossing from the border to meet German troops entering from the east. A Paris spokesman called the expected encounter the most gigantic battle of all time, weighing possible aims from coastline control to vast strategic gains in Belgium. German planes were shot down as Belgian forces were involved.
The Netherlands declares war against Germany as German forces invade by land and air. Queen Wilhelmina, 59, broadcasts a fiery protest vowing to defend neutrality, while Dutch forces deploy behind river defenses and fortifications and fight parachute landings along the frontier. Continued details expected on page two.
A fragment from a high school auditorium listing appears with abbreviated location and page reference DONTGHE-T 130 P26. Reads as a terse notice note likely indicating event seating or room usage details.
Reported air attack on Brussels wounded two persons as bombs struck several stations in the heart of the city. The raid disrupted transit with fires and smoke visible across central Brussels.
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