Army bill sails through Senate panel for record peacetime funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee quickly approves a 1.82 billion army bill aimed at expanding the air arm to 50 000 planes. The measure pockets 545 million in cash and 188 million in contract authorizations while balancing land and weapons needs. Roosevelt backs rapid debate and potential House action midweek as aviation leaders push for speed.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Appropriations Committee
Military S
Adams
Olo
Army
Treasury
Civil Aeronau
Aviation Indus
German Drive Aims to Isolate British Force at Sea
German mechanized divisions thrust west toward the English Channel in a move to cut the Allied front from Paris to Belgium. The high command claimed gains toward the coast could isolate about 300,000 British troops, with Belgian and French forces retreating toward Valenciennes and Maubeuge.
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Paris
English Channel
Belgium
War Ministry
St. Quentin
Peronne
Channel
Cambrai
Statin- Peronne-Cambrai - Salient
Somme
Maubeuge
Valenciennes
Liege
Namur
Dendre
Brussels
Scheldt
Antwerp
Field Marshal Goering Praises Hitler as Master Planner
Berlin reports Goering compares Adolf Hitler to Frederick the Great, calling him a supreme military strategist who designs every move from broad campaigns to minor actions. He says Hitler possesses vast weapon and manpower knowledge and can guide operations across fronts.
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Erlin
Hermannng
Adolf Hitler
Erick the Great
Fuehrer
Berlin
Goering
Emael
Liege
Frederick the Great
Goerich
Hitler
Norway
Estern
British Falls Back For Final Stand In France and Chicago Milk Strike
A Chicago milk strike escalated to gunfire as 500 pickets disrupted Wisconsin milk shipments near Yolo Illinois. Police say three men were shot and four milk trucks damaged amid vandalism and arson like acts. In France the British Expeditionary Force withdraws to positions for a presumed final stand as German advances press hard.
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Chicago
Illinois
Yolo
Ill
Paul Sams
Wisconsin
Meadowbrook
Sams
Sentiment Grows for Indies Acquisitions
Washington observers note growing Senate support for American acquisition of Allied West Indies islands to secure the Panama Canal. Proposals include using the land to settle WW debts or as a defensive measure if Germany wins the European war, with Bermuda and Bahamas highlighted as strategic bases.
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Washington
Senate
West Indies
Panama Canal
United States
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Florida
South America
Atlantic
Britain
Bermuda Islands
Canal
Miller
D-Ark
Bermuda
Bahamas
England
France
Netherlands
Minton
D-Ind
Hitler
Clark
D-Mo
Adams
D-Cole
New U S Plant Builds Airplane Engine With Submerged Wing
New York May 20 A U S plant announces a submerged liquid cooled airplane engine ups speed by about 10 percent and cruising range by up to 15 percent The design embeds the power plant inside the wing and pairs with Army Air Corps engineers Harry Woodhead president Aviation Manufacturing Corp says it is first of its kind in the United States and possibly the world
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New York
Harry Woodhead
Aviation Manufacturing Corp
Army Air Corps
Woodhead
Ciano Heads to Albania Amid War Wariness in Italy
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano plans a trip to Albania to inspect public works and assess Italy's Balkan foothold. Italian officials note Mussolini could call for action, while schools close early and rumors of a war entry fade with expectations for settlement of claims without fighting.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Albania
Italy
Balkan
Mussolini
Ciano
Yugoslavia
Greece
Piazza Venezia
Milan
Supreme Court Upholds 1937 Coal Measure
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that Congress may stabilize an interstate industry via price fixing under the commerce clause. Justice Douglas delivered the majority, upholding the 1937 National Bituminous Coal Act to fix minimum prices and regulate marketing. McReynolds dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Douglas
Douglas
Congress
Tariff Commission
Justice Department
McReynolds
United States Court of
Weygand Plans Allied Drive Across Front
Basel reports Gen. Maxine Weygand, newly named Allied supreme commander, plans a counter thrust from Valenciennes and Rethel with British Belgian and French forces. Large French concentrations near Rethel and Rheims aim to seal the German pocket northeast of Paris, potentially restoring the Ardennes line to Mons and Ghent.
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Basel
Switzerland
Maxine Weygand
Valenciennes
Rethel
Rheims
Aisne
Ardennes
Mons
Ghent
Rhine
Grim British Front Bulletin Describes War Conditions
A British spokesman called the front situation grim yet morally improved, noting the Nazi advance in Northern France and the widening bulge. French reports said Germans seized St Quentin and pressed near Cambrai, with air battles around the fronts and the Whitley escort ship loss. Allied bombing targeted enemy lines in Belgium and Western Germany as German progress slowed.
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France
Empire
St. Quentin
Louvain
Wavre
London
Bulge
Paris
Cambrai
Dunquerque
Whitley
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Belgium
Germany
Germanys Air Armada Invasion Front Report
Associated Press chief Louis P. Lochner narrates from the Western Front on May 20 as Luftwaffe air power shapes the invasion. German squadrons map enemy movements and strengths, then terrorize with Stuka dive bombers to smash towns and disrupt troop advances.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Associated Press
Western Front
Adolf Heitlhn
Rotterdam Besieged by German Bombing Kills Over 100000
Paris reports German bombers using wing tip to wing tip tactics destroyed about a third of Rotterdam. In a statement the Netherlands legation says more than 100000 residents perished as bombs weighing around 2200 pounds pummeled 5.7 to 7.7 square miles of the city from 4500 feet.
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Netherlands
Paris
Rotterdam
Legation
Pires
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