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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1940
Page
1
Berlin claims Dunkerque and 40 000 prisoners fall as German forces seize the Belgian and French channel coast to the Somme Estuary. The high command says house to house fighting continues in Dunkerque while air raids destroy hundreds of Allied planes and fires erupt across targets.
Churchill told the House of Commons Britain will stand in the outposts of empire if needed until the new world comes to its rescue. He cited 30,000 British dead and 335,000 Allied troops saved, and declared never surrender while defending the island and empire. Allied forces entrenched at Dunkerque destroyed movable war materiel and blocked ports as Germans approached.
Rome June 4. Mussolini's cabinet approved a series of wartime measures to prepare for conflict with Germany and to tighten discipline in industries. Ministers planned to take control of armed forces and aviation units while expanding warship construction and requisition powers. Restrictions on women in public offices were repealed to allow mobilization.
June 4 reports from Winston Churchill era settings indicate Eden stating training capacity will double this month and volunteers ready for defense. War officials discuss interned aliens transfer, remote placements to prevent enemy cooperation, and equipment for troops including heavy weapons.
Secretary Hull endorses a resolution barring any transfer of Western Hemisphere regions between non American powers. The measure, favored by Rep Bloom and Sen Pittman, would affirm U S refusal to recognize or accept European changes in Hemisphere sovereignty and would consult with American republics to protect shared interests.
Associated Press correspondent Louis Lochner chronicles the German assault on Dunkerque, describing the city in flames, the advancing vanguard, and the collapse of French defenses as Stuk a dive bombers strike the channel port amid disrupted communications and harsh conditions for reporters.
K A Butler told the House of Commons Britain was prepared to enter fully normal relations with Soviet Russia. He hoped to reply tomorrow on resuming diplomatic representation by an ambassador in Moscow. Sir William Leeds, the British ambassador to Russia, arrived in London on January 10 on leave and has not returned.
CHERRY TREE Pa June 4 Coroner EK L Fleming reports 16 year old John Leonard Sebring a high school freshman killed himself yesterday over distress about the war in Europe.
Premier Churchill in the House of Commons warned that if Hitler succeeds England may move the throne to Canada and the war could continue from there. The impassioned speech described extending battle grounds to imperial dominions and urged U S attention due to geographic proximity.
The French admiralty said Allied naval and army units abandoned Dunkerque leaving the city to the Germans after destroying all supplies. Eleven girls were killed near Paris in a German bombing with thirty wounded. The Senate approved expansion of the naval air force to 10 000 planes with 16 000 pilots and a defensive ring of bases. Tax leaders discussed boosting the tax bill to over 1 000 000 000 with broader income tax bases and higher rates under 60 000.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1 277 741 170 dollars to start 68 new naval vessels and fund both the army and navy. The executive had indicated he would request over a billion dollars in defense spending.
A CBS picked up British radio report claims German planes bombed Cherbourg port. Swiss high command says two or three German aircraft may have been shot down in an air battle over the Durra mountains with one Swiss plane downed and its pilot killed.
General George C. Marshall told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the army faces a critical manpower deficit, with 280000 peacetime troops needed to meet emergencies. He urged immediate mobilization and rapid deployment of a battalion of infantry and artillery to support a planned 12 million dollar air base at Anchorage, Alaska.
U S ambassador to Belgium John Cudahy says President Roosevelt heard the Belgian king Leopold III’s account of capitulation in a personal letter the monarch gave him. Leopold’s surrender details were conveyed by Cudahy after a two hour visit at the castle. The ambassador, isolated from Washington and Berlin, declined comment on the letter while noting Belgium faces about 50 days of food remaining.
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