Squalus Skipper Morta Mumma Recommissions Sailfish
Ex Squalus skipper Lieutenant Commander Morton C Mumma commands the re commissioned Sailfish at Portsmouth Navy Yard after the Squalus tragedy that sank May 23 with 20 lives lost. Submarine overhaul cost 1 400 000 dollars. Meanwhile Mrs George Earle wife of the American minister to Bulgaria left Sofia for Genoa with her two sons likely on Washington orders. Berlin envoy Alexander Kik has returned to the State Department for reassignment.
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Morton C. Mumma
Squalus
Portsmouth
Nw. Navy Yard
Sofia
George Earle
Pennsylvania
Bulgaria
Genoa
Washington
United States
Berlin
Germany
Ieea Snine
Alexander Kik
Bate Department
Reloise
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Moves France's Army From Position To Movement
General AlphONSE Georges, commander in chief in the field, shifts France’s army from static positions to mobile operations to counter the German blitzkrieg. Dispatches hint Georges may soon take a larger role in French military affairs. Josephus Daniels visits the White House as luncheon guest of President Roosevelt, discussing Mexico’s ongoing refusal to resolve expropriation claims on American oil lands.
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France
Alphonse Georges
Dispatches
Georges
U. S
Mexico
Josephus Daniels
White House
Roosevelt
Central Press
British Hope in the Air Chef Vranken Seeks Belgium Return
Vranken Tean FP, 45, of East Boston Massachusetts, a chef, seeks permission to return to his native Belgium to fight the Nazi invasion. In the last war Vranken was cited five times for bravery. He has a wife and daughter in this country.
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Tean FP
Vranken
Boston
Mass
Belgium
Week of the Second World War unfolds German advance
A Chronicle of Nazi blitzkrieg across Holland and Belgium with mass air and tank forces, seizing northern Holland, the Frisian Islands, Arnhem, Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam. The advance splits the country, pushes toward Antwerp, and forces Holland’s surrender except Zeeland. Maastricht movements converge on Louvain amid ruins from prior conflict.
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Antwerp
Holland
Zeeland
Maastricht
Louvain
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