Germans claim massive advance toward English Channel
Berlin reports Terrific German thrusts reach within 15 miles of the Channel via Arras Amiens and Abbeville crushing the French ninth army and capturing General Giraud with staff. High Command calls the operation the biggest attack of all time as Allied lines crumble and Belgium and northern France are pressed.
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Berlin
English Channel
Arras
Amiens
Abbeville
Ninth Army
Channel
Meuse
Namur
Sedan
Belgium
Maginot
Giraud
Henri Honore Giraud
Ein Prince
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
St. Quentin
Britain
France
Germany
Bulge
Rethel
Laon
Aisne-Oise
Chemen Des Dames
World War II maritime and military briefings update
Reports from May 21 describe intense anti aircraft fire off England and disrupted coastal defense. A Belgian fort fell to German forces and a British battleship suffered damage near Narvik. Trade friction rises between the United States and non sterling nations, with mining losses and a layer sinking reported by the Admiralty.
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Ndon
England
MBAY
United States
Non-Sterling
India
Admiralty
Court Affirms Death Sentence In Miami Girl Killing
Florida Supreme Court upholds the death sentence for Jefferson a self-styled scout who lured a Miami girl with a career promise and killed her last fall. He was convicted at West Palm Beach and sentenced to die.
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Hassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Ries Jefferson
Miami
West
Fran
Italy Prepares For Possible Entry Into War
Rome reports Germany orders three day blackout and air raid drills in major industrial areas as Italy may soon join the conflict. Ciano speeches in Milan and Cremona urge readiness. Ansaldo notes Italy aims for territorial gains and influence grows. Rome London lines remain cut. drills focus on Rome province and Terni.
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Rome
Germany
Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
Cremona
Italy
Mussolini
Giovani Ansaldo
Count Ciano
Il Telegrafo
Britain
France
London
Terni
Roosevelt urges removal of relief cost limit on WPA projects
President Roosevelt urged Congress to drop a $50,000 cost cap on WPA projects saying it would curb relief labor use and hinder national defense efforts. He cited a letter to Rep. Cannon and noted the large share of relief labor on major construction. The letter was read as House debates the 1941 relief bill and Navy officials acted on defense matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Commissioner of Works Projects
Works Projects Administration
House
Lewis Compton
French Premier Reynaud cites German gains and needs urgent action
In the Senate Premier Reynaud reports German advances including Amiens and Arras and notes France lacks machine guns and weaker Meuse defenses. He vows punishment for faults and urges immediate decisions as Weygand and Petain are praised for national service.
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Paris
Reynaud
Senate
Amiens
Arras
France
Meuse
Belgium
Germans May Have Secured Ideas Here
A high army official says General von Schel, then a colonel on Hitler’s staff, visited U S infantry and cavalry schools and posts including Fort Knox Kentucky and Fort Benning Georgia three years ago. He later used the ideas to shape mechanized attacks in France and Belgium.
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Camp Beauregard
France
Belgium
United States
von Schel
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Hitler
Britain Braces as Navy Losses Mark Darkest War Day
Britain faced its darkest day of the war as the Admiralty announced the loss of the cruiser Effingham and the minelayer Princess Victoria. German advances threatened English Channel ports while British papers claimed enemy attacks beaten off and invasion still possible with preparation.
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London
Effingham
Admiralty
Britain
English Channel
England
Norway
Aisne
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Amiens
Arras
Abbeville
Time factor favors Allies in prolonged European war
Moscow reports Trud the Soviet organ says if the European war lasts long the Allies gain from time due to vast resources and U S backing. It cites American steel capacity twice Germanys and warns that a drawn out conflict favors Allied exhaustion over years.
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Moscow
United States
Trud
Germany
British Cruiser Effingham Lost With All Hands Saved
The 9,550 ton British cruiser Effingham struck an uncharted rock off the Norwegian coast and was wrecked as a total loss. All 749 officers and men aboard were saved, with no casualties. This marks Britain's first officially listed cruiser loss in the war.
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Admiralty
Effingham
Secretary of the Admiralty
H. M
Britain
Withdrawal From Laon Admitted By French Officials
Paris reports confirm the French withdrew from Laon to straighten the southern end of the German pocket in France. Berlin says Hitler’s armies captured Abbeville Amiens and Arras as Allied lines face renewed pressure toward the Channel.
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Paris
Somme Valley
Belgium
William McGaffin
Laon
France
Engish Channel
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Abbeville
Amiens
Arras
War Ministry
Aisne
Picardy
Channel
St. Quentin
Peronne-to-Cambrai
Meuse
English Channel
Netherlands
Rhineland
Berlin reports capture of General Giraud in action
Berlin radio describes German capture of General Giraud and his staff from the French seventh army. The wireless says the new commander entered staff headquarters unaware of the overrun, was greeted by German troops, and taken as a prisoner. The report credits the action with crushing the ninth French army and notes the predecessor was discharged by Allied High Command.
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Berlin
Giraud
President Confers With Naval Leaders On Defense Program
President Roosevelt met with Senate and House naval committee chairmen and top admirals at the White House to discuss the navy portion of the defense program. The meeting included Chairman Walsh and Chairman Vinson and officers Stark Towers and Morell as talks covered defense hours and wage questions. The House Naval Committee advanced a bill to expel civil employees suspected of subversive activity while the government pledged full credit backing to industry for defense production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
White House
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
House Committee
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operation
John H. Towers
Navy Aeronautics Bureau
Ben Morell
Bureau
Stephen Early
Capitol Hill
House Naval Committee
Navy
Jesse Jones
RFC
Belmont Man Dies From Injuries in Accident
Paul Ewing aged 32 of Belmont died at a Charlotte hospital from injuries suffered Sunday when struck by a car on Wilkinson Boulevard near Cramerton. Sheriff C. O. Robinson said no charges were filed against the driver William Winter of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Paul Ewing
Belmont
Wilkinson Boulevard
Cramerton
C. O. Robinson
Gaston County
William Winter
Eiffel Tower Seen From German Advance While Paris Remains in Sight
Nazi columns push toward Paris as General von Reichenau’s forces execute pincer tactics. Hitler aims at London, not Paris, with optimism Paris could fall like a ripe apple if Allied roads to the coast are blocked.
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Louis P. Lochner
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
English Channel
Walther von Reichenau
Eighth Army
von Reichenau
Hitler
Germany
High Command
London
Milk deliveries resume in Chicago under union control
May 21 a strike settlement delay ends as striking milk wagon drivers announce resumption of deliveries under their own supervision. Leslie Goudie of the Teamsters Joint Council says the union will move milk from farm to dairy and to customers using its own trucks.
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Chicago
Leslie G. Goudie
Teamsters Joint Council
Drivers
Goudie
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