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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
1
On the western front Allied forces watch as German troops capture General Henri Honore Giraud and defeat the Ninth French Army from Namur to Sedan. The German command states Giraud and his staff were taken.
Paris reports say French forces recaptured Arras and forced German units from Abbeville as Allied defense along the Somme and Aisne rivers tightens. Destruction of the Somme bridges aids a heavier counteroffensive while Weygand voices renewed confidence in French defense.
Acting with presidential approval the Senate Naval Relations Subcommittee advances a 478 million dollar navy appropriations plan, seeking a 25 000 enlistment increase and 60 million cash plus 100 million tract authority after executive consent. The measure, part of defense funding, totals 1 464 billion, amid broader push for aircraft procurement and air corps expansion.
Partial returns from New Jersey show President Roosevelt leading the Democratic vote with 2 124 at Democratic boxes while Republican gains push Harold Hoff into the governor’s race. National figures list Dewey and Lindbergh among prominent write-ins as party lines shift in the late primary results.
Paris May 22 drivers of a volunteer ambulance unit operating in the northern war zone are reported missing with their cars. Four members were listed as missing yesterday, four more today, and another driver wounded. Latest missing are Donald Coster Montreal and New York City, John Chement Brookline, George King New York City, and Gregory Wai Shelbourne Vermont.
London dispatch reports Duke of Gloucester escaped injury when a French town’s hotel was hit by two bombs and a third exploded nearby. He emerged calm from a cellar supper with cavalry officers and helped relay messages to general Headquarters before preparing to return to the front.
Premier Robert Menzies announced in Parliament that Australia will raise a third army division for service abroad. He also named Essington Lewis director general of munitions with power to reorganize government undertakings and private factories.
The admiralty announced the British naval trawler Rusness was sunk in a bomb attack. A communique reported three casualties with no further details of the incident.
Col. Gen. Walther von Reiche told AP correspondent Louis Lochner that Germany had lost about 1000 men in the blitz on Belgium and France. He said the western campaign had yielded 110000 Allied prisoners, excluding those in Holland, as the first authoritative loss figure since the invasion began May 10.
Bomb-divers began attacks at 3 p m and 20 minutes later observers saw the Nazi swastikas raised atop the main fortification.
Reports from Stockholm say German forces deploy large seaplanes to deliver parachute troops around Narvik as the Norwegian port endures a siege by Allied forces. Italy marks anniversary of Rome Berlin pact noting gains promised for aiding the Axis. Communications between Rome Paris and Rome London disrupted with no clear cause.
A small blast at the Woolwich Arsenal in London around 2 a.m. caused one injury and a quick fire. Electric lights were shut off as a precaution and area isolation followed, but general output was not seriously affected. It was the seventh factory blast in British munitions during the war.
London May 22 British naval source says five German transport and supply ships were successfully attacked in the last ten days and other German vessels have fallen to Allied minefields. The effort to choke Britain's sea lanes has been checked.
The American Red Cross accelerates its $10 million relief campaign as 3 to 5 million Belgians and refugees flee toward southern France. European delegate Wayne Chatfield Taylor warns of up to 150,000 killed or wounded civilians, while Roosevelt notes machine gun fire on French roads.
The weather bureau warns of a storm centered off Cape Hatteras moving north at 25 to 28 mph. It will bring moderate gales up to 50 mph near the center and affect the southern New England coast tonight with northeast storm warnings in effect from Cape Hatteras to Eastport.
German forces pushed northwest toward Boulogne and the Channel, while another thrust aimed at Paris crossed toward Soissons as Weygand ordered stiff defense. Allied air raids struck Ostend Dunkerque Boulogne Dieppe as the main German army readies counter measures.
Soissons, a key World War II battleground near Paris, appears to be left behind as German forces drive rapidly southwest. Berlin reports Laon fell yesterday, placing Nazi motorized units within short drive of Soissons, located 56 miles northeast of Paris.
President Roosevelt and Alf M. Landon discussed European war dangers at a White House lunch. A coalition government was floated but lacked substantial support, while Stephen Early hinted at a streamlined 1917-18 style structure with dollar-a-year aides to aid regular officials.
Three British planes attacked the Aachen rail center at the Belgium Germany Netherlands frontier. They dived under searchlights and dropped bombs that made big street holes but did not hit military objectives or the railway station. no civilian casualties were reported.
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