Germans Drive Toward Paris Within Sixty Miles As Invasion Expands
German forces push through Northern France with 2500 to 3000 tanks as they seal a pocket near Vervins and Avesnes, advancing toward the Sambre and Vise rivers while Paris lies within about 60 miles. French and Allied air power bomb and contest tank battles, claiming strides and heavy casualties in fierce, largescale fighting.
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France
Vervins
Avesnes
Vise
Sambre
Verving
Sedan
Montmedy
Nazis Claim Large Gains In Drive
German forces advance rapidly through Belgium and northern France driving toward Paris. Antwerp fell with the Swastika raised over city hall, Brussels and Louvain occupied, Dutch defenses on Walcheren eliminated, and 2000 Dutch and French prisoners taken. The report notes deep German penetration within 60 miles of Paris and 100 miles from Paris for the main army, and warns Allies face grave danger while losses mount on the German side.
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France
Paris
Holland
Zeeland
Netherlands
Dyle River
Belgium
Bulge
Antwerp
Brussels
Mechelen
Malines
Louvain
Walcheren
Schouwen
Beveland
Maubeuge-Montmedy
Maubege
Maubeuge
Bomb raids hit oil storage in Hamburg and Bremerhaven
INDON May 18 air ministry reports British raids hit oil storage in Hamburg and Bremerhaven during a night operation. Tanks destroyed and others damaged. Allied air battle cited with nine Hurricane fighters shot down Junkers 87 bombers over France yesterday. Authorities say the Allied position remains very tense but not worse. German news notes darkest hour reference and retreat movements in Belgium, with Antwerp and Brussels still contested.
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France
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Germany
Bat of the Bulge
Ithdrawals
Belgium
Antwerp
Berlin
Brussels
Local Textile Leader Julius W. Cone Dies at 67
Julius W. Cone a Baltimore native and longtime Greensboro resident died early today at 67. He led as chairman of the Export and Commission Co and served as vice president of the City Manufacturing Co and a director of Jefferies Life Insurance. Survived by widow Mrs. Cone and children including Mrs Laura Weill Stern and Mrs Frances Stern in New York. brothers Bernard M Cone and Frederick W Cone. sister Etta Cone. Services held Sunday at 10 with Rabbi I Rypins. burial in family plot.
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City Manufacturing Com
Jeffer- Btanchard Life Insurance Com
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Laura Weill Stern
Frances Sternington
New York City
Edward T. Cone
New York
Rothers
Bernard M. Cone
Boro
Frederick W
Baltimor
Etta Cone
Balti
I. Rypins
Jewogue
Ily
Java
Dutch Ex-Ruler Cared For by Gendarmerie at War’s End
Two black uniformed aides of Adolf Hitler are assigned to protect Kaiser Wilhelm II at the manor in the Netherlands. The Dutch gendarmerie receives orders to ensure the safety of the 81-year-old ex-ruler as World War II ends.
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Netherlands
Adolf Hitler
Leibstandarte
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Herto
Holland
Hitler
Fuehrer
Relaxing Wage and Hour Rules Aimed to Speed Armament Drive
Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Committee proposed emergency presidential power to suspend wage and hour standards and ease federal financial controls to eliminate bottlenecks in the billion dollar armament program. President Roosevelt planned to meet with Baruch at luncheon as discussions continue.
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House
Naval Commmittee
Roosevelt
Colsely
Bernard M. Baruch
World War Industries Board
Mr. Roosevelt
Railway links Basel to St Louis in France blown up
A Zurich dispatch says French military engineers blew up railway connections between Basel Switzerland and St Louis France last night. In Burlington police hunt vandals who burned a crude five inch high swastika on the Morris Plan Bank building stone facing, suspected pranksters.
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Burlington
Morris Plan Bank
Prinksters
Defense program backed by state Patriotic Sons at Durham convention
The Patriotic Sons of America state camp closed its annual convention in Durham with endorsement of President Roosevelt’s national defense program.
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Durham
Roosevelt
the Patriotic Sons of America
Reynaud Shuffles French Government
Paris reports a cabinet shake up as Premier Paul Reynaud takes charge of the war ministry. He names Marshal Henri Philippe Petain as vice premier and Edouard Daladier as foreign minister to consolidate political and military leadership under Reynaud. Petain, 84, previously Franco’s ambassador to Spain.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
War Ministry
Henri Philippe Petain
Edouard Daladier
Reynaud
Marshal Petain
Franco
Spain
France
Francisco Franco
Refugees Flee Front as German Forces Bomb France
Paris reporting by H Taylor Henry describes masses of refugees streaming toward the interior from Belgium and northeast France while the French army confronts heavy German assaults. He recalls bombardment of Cambrai, a deadly air attack, and scenes of civilians wounded and killed.
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H. Taylor Henry
Paris
Belgium
France
Cambrai
Appropriation Group Advances Army Bill for Emergent Use
An appropriations subcommittee moved a 1.83 billion dollar Army bill toward Senate action with a provision to make the full funds available for emergent defense as soon as law. The package includes regular and emergency funds sought by President Roosevelt as part of a peacetime rearmament push.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas
D-Okla
Subcommittee
Congress
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Italians Leaving Balkans Area Affects Rumanians and Greeks
In Bucharest and Athens diplomacy and security moves unfold as authorities order foreigners without work permits to depart Romania or be interned, while Greece prepares reserves for potential Italian threats. Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia seek alignment with fears of Italian aggression. Oregon Democrats back Roosevelt for a third term amid debates over Bonneville Dam power distribution.
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Rumania
Balkans
Ministry of Interior
Greece
War Ministry
Albania
John Metaxas
Athens
Aleksander Vukcevic
Metaxas
Yugoslavia
Yugo
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Roosevelt
Bonneville Dam
Antwerp Falls to Germans in World War I Front Shock
Berlin announced the fall of Antwerp accelerating a German advance on the North Sea coast and severing the Allied northern flank. The city’s fall endangers channel ports and threatens Allied lines as Belgium’s fortress city, a major 1935 port hub, is described with its Notre Dame Cathedral and long history under Belgian and prior Dutch control.
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Europe
Belgium
Berlin
Brussels
France
North Sea
Channel
Marne
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Kaiser Wilhelm
London
Rotterdam
Scheldt
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Belgium and
Holland
Pan American nations denounce Nazi aggression in Europe
In Montevideo May 18, the United States and 20 American republics branded Nazi Germany’s invasions of neutral countries with a formal denunciation drafted by Uruguay. Chile and Nicaragua approved, protests erupted in Montevideo and Buenos Aires with anti Nazi chants and scattered violence. Authorities reported damaged property and arrests amid nationalist demonstrations.
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Uruguay
United States
Alberto Guani
Chile
Nicaragua
Buenos Aires
England
France
Jose Maria Cantilo
Guani
Argentina
Paraguay
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