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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1940
Page
1
German forces push through Belgium and the Netherlands, splitting Belgian and Dutch armies and threatening Rotterdam and Utrecht. French, Belgian, and Dutch defenses report heavy fighting along the Meuse, Grebbe line, and Dutch water defenses.
The Navy requested an immediate 300 million dollars to accelerate construction of 68 ships and shift yards to three shifts. President Roosevelt planned a defense message to Congress and a decision on taxes or debt limits, with nine months expected to reach full output.
Police in Los Angeles hunted two German speaking intruders after Carl Albin Swiss chemist said a stranger entered his laboratory Friday posing as a business visitor. The man overpowered him and fled with a briefcase of formulas, while the second man fired a shot at an X ray machine and aided his partner to a waiting car.
CAMP BEAUREGARD La May 14 four members of the House Military Affairs Committee watched as the army tested mechanized forces in a mock battle between 25 000 invading Reds and 45 000 defending Blues Reds crossed the Sabine River from Texas to invade Louisiana while Blues moved from Georgia to defend. Red air forces attacked communications and troops as the Seventh Brigade was shifted to Reds. Chairman Snyder of the House subcommittee observed and said the army is the best for its size and planes rival any, needing three years for a full national defense against a combined assault. Also present were Representatives Case and Brooks.
In Rome on May 14 thousands of students protested Allied powers by burning a British and French flag on a mock coffin before the British embassy. They earlier targeted the French embassy, then moved to Porta Pia, halted by troops. A blackshirt Fascist official praised the display as a war cry while Mussolini passed courtly by.
Secretary Hull announced that Ambassador Phillips in Rome warned American citizens in Italy to depart while communications remain open amid anti British and anti French demonstrations. The State Department listed 19 561 Americans in Italy, the largest group in Europe, and Hull noted the warning signals a shift from prior assurances.
The Medical Society of North Carolina opened its 87th annual convention in Pinehurst with technical papers planned. President elect Dr Hubert B Haywood of Raleigh will be installed tomorrow. Sectional meetings take place today and tomorrow, as the North Carolina Public Health Association met here and elected officers yesterday.
Berlin said Brussels is under attack as Germans reach the Meuse east of the capital and claim Liege in their hands. British Belgian forces defend Brussels while Rotterdam remains contested and the Dutch government seeks safety in Britain. several German ships are sunk or seized by Dutch and Norwegian actions.
A British naval source reported 19 German merchant ships seized by Netherlands authorities in the Dutch East Indies and seven in the Dutch West Indies. Five other German vessels were mined and sunk or scuttled between May 6 and May 11, totaling about 171,049 tons lost.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, commander of the U S Antarctic Service, reports to President Roosevelt new polar findings with limited immediate value. He notes plans and bases at Little America and an east base, and says he returns under Navy orders, unsure if he will revisit Antarctica.
Basel May 14 AP Swiss government orders protest to Germany over May 10 bombing of a Swiss railroad near Delemont and demands damages. Swiss mobilizes defense measures with scouts and civil groups ready for parachute threats as tensions rise along Rhine and Jura fronts.
Brussels reports show the Belgian cabinet choosing to remain in the capital as German forces push westward from Liege. Government notes no raid details. high command admits nightly engagements and forced retirements by advance elements, while civilians mostly stay home and trams run late.
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