Churchill forms broad British war cabinet amid quick Dutch Belgian aid
Winston Churchill forms a streamlined five man war cabinet including Chamberlain Halifax Attlee and Greenwood with the Labour and Liberal leaders joining to share power as Allied forces push in the Low Countries and air and sea strikes target German positions. Royal Air Force planes strike Rhineland areas while British naval air power strikes Bergen Norway as Churchill keeps defense portfolio and names new ministers beneath a widening wartime administration.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Winston Churchill
Rhineland
Adolf Hitler
Germ
Bergen
Norway
Churchill
Defense
Chamberlain
Attee
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Labo
Ramsay MacDonald
Anthony Edeg
Archibald Sinclair
Pader
Monlday
John Simon
Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
Anthony Eden
Dominions
Oliv Stanley
Leslie Hare-Belisha
Attlee
Kingsley Wood
Hoare
Sinclair
Samuel Hoare
Greenwood
Lea
Lord Hankey
Hoyle Wins Guilford County Democratic Chair Post
Thomas C. Hoyle Jr. won the Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee chair in a roll call 33 to 30 over incumbent Frank L. Paschal amid a divided party. About 1,000 Democrats attended the county convention in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Thomas C. Hoyle, Jr
Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee
Frank L. Paschal
Hoyle
Renfrow Blasts Greensboro Democrats Over Patronage Fight
Wade P. Renfrow, leader of the Cruil ford Democrats, denounces Greensboro and rural politicians for protecting a patronage clique. He rejects T C Hoyle Jr as chairman, calls for Hoyle to resign federal posts, and says High Point will not cooperate while Hoyle is imposed. He warns High Point will align with Greensboro only after fair handling.
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Renfrow
High Point
Greensboro
Wade P. Renfrow
Mr. Renfrow
Democratic Party
T. C. Hoyle, Jr
Hoyle
High Pointers
Guilty Pleas and Procedural Clash Between High Point and Greensboro
The contest between High Point and Greensboro is described as a noisy battle over procedural rules and credentialing. Both sides drew on external forces, creating a largely hostile confrontation amid claims of outside influence. The item appears to continue on the next page.
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High Point
Greensboro
Dele
Roosevelt replies to Leopold on Belgium stand against Nazis
President Roosevelt messages King Leopold III in friendly terms praising Belgium for resisting the Nazi invasion. He urges end to forceful domination and notes American support in spirit while extending a neutrality proclamation restricting credit to the Low Countries under the Johnson Act for debt defaults.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Belgium
Leopold III
Netherlands
Luxembourg
United States
Low Countries
Germany
France
England
Unitedes
Dutch Recapture Town From Nazis
Dutch border troops recaptured Mill ten after a four hour counter attack and claimed to have killed every German in an armored train. Dutch high command said German parachutists were largely destroyed, while Amsterdam faced air raids and riots around The Hague as defense lines flooded the central water defenses.
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J. Reily
O’sullivan
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Fascists Slug Yanks and British Attacks Stoked by Posters
Rome reports rising fascist sentiment in Great Britain with anti British posters and a slugging incident. Pope Pius XII blessed Germany's enemies and prayed for liberation of Belgium Luxembourg and Queen Wilhelmina's Holland. Sir Percy Loraine protested Italian posters and diplomat assault. Italy counters contraband controls amid war news.
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Rome
Great Britain
Pius XII
Vatican
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Wilhelmina
Holland
Percy Loraine
Intensified War Hikes Sea Losses
The 36th week of Europe’s war saw more ship losses as battles spread to lowland countries. Twenty four ships were destroyed this week, raising totals to 569 ships and 1,877,291 tons. Deaths reached 4,036 with 1,926 missing. Britain reported 262 losses, France 22, and Germany 55.
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Associated Press
Europe
Germany
German forces gain foothold near Maastricht in Belgian front
Brussels reports heavy fighting as German troops push toward Maastricht with air and armored support. Allied communiques claim heavy German losses elsewhere, with Liege fortifications holding and Belgian troops maintaining contact in early front sectors.
Germans Halt 14000 Man Attack On Maginot Line Front
French troops in the Sterck region of the Moselle River Valley repelled the largest German assault on the Maginot Line since the war began. An entire German division of 14,000 men was said to have been halted. French and allied forces reported heavy German losses in Luxembourg and Maas River battles as Dutch and British forces responded to landings near The Hague and Maastricht.
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Roy P. Porter
Paris
Sterck
Moselle
Maginot Line
Luxembourg
Germany
Maas River
Holland
Maastricht
Arnhem
Low Countries
Belgium
Hague
North Carolina backs Roosevelt third term in most counties
North Carolina Democrats in 84 counties reported to Roosevelt headquarters 74 favoring a third term. Some counties rejected or did not introduce the resolution as delegates prepare for the state convention and the 26 national delegates.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Beaufort
Hertford
Scotland
Wayne
Hbeumfort
Carteret
Cleveland
Franklin
Henderson
Hoke
Rutherford
Hoey
Ralph McDonald
Torial
University of North Carolina Extension Division
Alamance
Alexander
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Bertie
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Cherokee
Caldwell
Camden
Chatham
Chowan
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
David
Allied raids target Vital Krupp arms plant and Dutch cities
A German radio said Essen and two other towns were bombed by Allied planes. Netherlands Air Ministry reported German planes sighted over Gertruidenberg heading west. Brussels and Amsterdam raids killed at least 20 people in the capital and heart of the city.
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Amsterdam
KRUPP
London
Essen
Netherlands Air Ministry
Gertruidenberg
Rotterdam
New York
T—A
Brussels
NBC
British Drive Advances From Front as Planes Hit German Columns
British Expeditionary Forces push east across the Franco Belgian frontier with motorized units guarding bridges and railways. RAF bombers strike German columns near Luxembourg with repeated attacks, while anti aircraft fire and escorting troops cover the advance.
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Belgium
Luxembourg
Germa
New Yorker Killed In Biplane Crash
BLACKSBURG D C May 11 Officers concluded the only person killed in a biplane crash near here yesterday was the pilot N C Lautt 39 of New York. Witnesses thought someone else jumped but a wide search found nothing Lautt was found under the wreckage The plane bore the insignia of the Texas Oil Company.
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Blacksburg
D. C
Here
N. C. Lautt
New York
Lautt
Texas Oil Company
New German Weapon Helps Capture Belgian Fortress Eben Emael
Berlin reports that a new type of weapon enabled Adolf Hitler's forces to seize Eben Emael, Belgium's strongest fortress. The fort surrendered its commander and 1,000 men after a precision air attack and a northern assault joined by ground troops. Details were kept confidential.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eben Emael
Belgium
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Ahi
Cable
Halifax
Paschal
By 0. M. Smith
FDR
Leopold
Friendly
The
Maas
Middle Netherlands
Mill Ten
Richard G. Maslock
By Robert Okin
Liege
Liepge
New Yorker
Couse
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