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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
1
A Straits Times dispatch reports 100 Dutch nationals including officials and police interned in Bata amid suspicions of pro Axis influence. Other brief items note alleged landings in the West Indies and Caracao Aruba, a Romania ministerial reshuffle, and Allied bombings in Europe with claims of aircraft losses and damage to a car plant.
The government of Premier Gheorghe Tatarescu resigned today and King Carol asked the outgoing premier to form a new national union government. Close associates say the king seeks a broad cross section from extreme left to right to unite Romania amid the possibility of war expansion in Europe.
In Amsterdam on May 11 German bombs hit the city center killing about 20. The flood defenses were completed in the east, halving Holland. A bomb near the post office destroyed several dwellings near the royal palace. Continued on Page Seven.
Sir Percy Loraine the British ambassador planned protests to Italian authorities after two embassy staff members George la Bouchere and Commander Rodd were beaten while anti-British posters were pasted in Rome. Two American reporters Miss Virginia Cowles and John Whitaker attended a dinner party with the officials when the assault occurred. A crowd of about 50 men gathered as posters were pasted on hotel walls.
The Japanese government notified major powers that Japan would maintain the status quo in the Netherlands East Indies despite Holland's involvement in the European war. Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita stressed the importance of the East Indies to Asiatic affairs and economic relations with The Netherlands. Cordell Hull had urged international respect for the status quo regardless of European events.
Pope Pius XII sent messages to King Leopold of Belgium Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg expressing prayers for liberty and independence. He told Leopold he prays for Belgium to restore full liberty and independence as war rages. King Leopold replied noting Germany attacked Belgium despite undertakings to respect neutrality and asked the pope to support Belgium with moral authority.
Berlin reports Liege forts fell after being reported defenseless against surprise German air attacks. Dutch and Belgian airports occupied by German forces in the blitzkrieg remain in German hands, with recapitalization claimed by the Netherlands foreign minister. Captain Koch and Lieutenant Witzig awarded Germany’s top war decorations for the capture.
President Roosevelt greeted a steady flow of messages at the White House after his address calling aggression abroad a definite challenge to American civilization. Stephen Early said nine of ten telegrams were favorable, with 10 percent protesting from those who favored peace at any price.
Across Europe the war front shifts as German forces retreat from final airfields seized in the Netherlands while Allied aid accelerates to Belgian and Dutch troops resisting the advance. Amsterdam reports casualties and renewed bombings as Brussels endures air strikes.
Brussels endured two bombings as German forces pressed inland. Belgian troops manned a strong line while British and French units with tanks and artillery advanced to support the defense. Parachute troops landed inland but many were captured. Fifteen German aircraft were downed amid civilian casualties and continuing wartime censorship.
Swiss generalissimo Henri Guisan told the armed forces that the army will defend Switzerland to the last drop of energy against all aggressors. The mobilization order brought 300 000 to 400 000 fresh troops into action at dawn, with 300 000 already on the Winkelried Line and fortifications facing France. He warned against radio or pamphlet reports that undermine national will, calling them lies of defeatist propaganda.
Paris reports Germany launched a large scale drive against France’s Maginot Line as invasion of the Low Countries began. German forces reportedly attacked east of Luxembourg with 12,000 to 15,000 men while French troops held positions and fought in two sectors. Air battles over Belgium raged as Allied planes tried to curb German air power and safeguard reinforcements to the Low Countries.
Dutch shock troops recaptured airdromes at The Hague and Rotterdam in fierce battles. Van Kleffens said German airports seized yesterday were retaken and that Dutch losses exceeded 1,000 on Dordrecht Island while German forces on the left bank of the Nieuwe Maas were driven back. The Rotterdam counter assault, aided by a British bombardment of Waalhaven, aimed to deny the Germans a base for cross–North Sea attacks.
Allied aviation and anti aircraft units repelled eight German air attacks in the last 24 hours as convoys carrying Allied troops moved toward Belgium. The British headquarters said the Luftwaffe aimed at roads and communications centers to disrupt the advance, while defenders and anti aircraft batteries protected open cities and forts. Parachute drops were reported but caused no panic among Belgians and French, who remained calm.
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