French Air Tactics and Allied Push Near Channel
Paris reports continued Allied air and ground pressure along the Belgian coast as British and French forces adapt to new air fighting tactics. French pursuit planes now carry cannons to destroy German armored units while the German corridor to the sea faces increasing resistance and costly German setbacks. Approximately 200000 Belgian refugees have passed through Paris en route to shelters in France.
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le Touquet
Aris Plage
Chanel
Temps
France
Alphonse J. Georges
Europe
Royal Air Force
Pease
Keldt
Boulogne
L’epoque
Paris
Italy
Switzerland
Ministry of Public Works
Reynaud
Britain
Belgium
Flanders
Dieppe
Ostend
Dunkerque
Blankenberghe
Adolf Hitler
England
English Channel
Calais
Scheldt Tover
Lys
Lille
Vimy Ridge
Gravelines
Zeebrugge
Lemon Juice Recipe Offers Rheumatic Pain Relief
A simple inexpensive home remedy promotes a Ba-Bx Compound mixed with four lemons to ease rheumatic or neuritis pain. The ad promises results overnight and notes the compound is sold by Mann's Eckerd's Walgreen's and many drug stores.
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Mann's
Eckerd's
Walgreen's
Good Drug Stores
Paris spy sweep nets over five hundred arrests
Paris police said the mop up of suspected spies resulted in the arrest of more than 500 people including 334 foreigners sent to concentration camps. About six thousand persons were questioned in the past week.
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Paris
Corrigan Son Born as Douglas Corrigan Becomes Father
Angeles dispatch reports Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan is now a father as Mrs. Corrigan and their six pound son are reported to be doing nicely by the doctor.
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Corrigan
Angeles
Douglas
Berlin Spokesman Predicts Three-Part Belgium and New Secret Weapon
A Berlin spokesman claimed Germany would split Belgium into three parts to trap the Allied force and drive toward victory with a later shift to a secret weapon more decisive than tanks or heavy artillery. He asserted the weapon exists though details were not revealed and predicted great actions in days ahead.
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Germany
Adolph Hitler
Fort Eben Emael
Liege
Belgium
Maginot Line
Paris
Great Britain
Landon Seeks Strong Role in Republican Platform
Landon, the former Kansas governor, plans to influence the party platform at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia starting June 24. He has asked leaders to confer with him beforehand, with Col. Frank Knox, Senator McNary, and Representative Martin named as expected consultations. London conferences coincide with preconvention platform committee sessions.
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Congress
Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Landon
Philadelphia
Kansas
Col
Frank Knox
McNary
Oregon
Martin
Massachusetts
Senate
House
London
Platform Committee
Call Experts Weigh Emergency Defense Outlays and Plans
Senator George Sugges ts buying Caribbean island possessions with cash and not linking Allied war debts to negotiations. He also proposed CCC camp military training. Ear ly outlined the emergency coordination group still in preliminary stages, with speculation about War Resources Board leaders and inclusion of industry and corporate figures. Roosevelt aims to avoid upsetting American life, limit price rises, ensure producer profits, and prevent housing volatility while coordinating government and society. Guatemala projects 1940 banana exports to exceed 1939, Denmark imports curtailed by France with Iceland Greenland and Faroe exemptions, and Northern Ireland retailers seek simpler rationing.
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George
D-Ga
United States
Great Britain
France
Holland
Caribbean
CCC
Early
Roosevelt
Britain Mobilizes War Effort Under Totalitarian Measures
Prime Minister Churchill urges a supreme labor effort as Britain enacts totalitarian conscription of labor and property to fuel munitions. Two million mobilized, 400000 registered, barrages and checks tighten coast defenses while RAF and navy target German forces and supply lines.
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Winston Churchill
Trades Union Executive Council
Labor Ministry
Britain
Flanders
Germany
Reichswehr
France
Straits of Dover
Navy
Royal Air Force
North Riding
Yorkshire
East Anglia
Essex
Potchefstroom Creates Bird Sanctuary to Save Dying Species
Potchefstroom in South Africa establishes a new bird sanctuary aiming to protect rapidly declining species. Local officials say the reserve will provide habitat and breeding support for endangered birds.
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Potchefstroom
South Africa
British War Industries Foresees Leather Supply Shift
Great Britain expects the shorter availability period of heavier leather types to rise as the war continues, signaling a potential shift in material supply and manufacturing priorities.
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Great Britain
Mussolini demanded mobilization as Italians urge his command
Italian leaders in Bologna report impatience for Mussolini to break the Mediterranean impasse. Universities in Naples Bologna and Catania urge Il Duce to mark the way of glory for the imperial eagle. Foreign observers say reservists already imply war footing while civilian mobilization awaits Mussolini's word.
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Bologna
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Naples
Catania
Il Duce
Durham and County Races Show Broad GOP Primary Lead
With 112 of 157 precincts in, Barden leads in the Third District at 12 499 votes to 4 537 for Abernethy and 3 333 for Spence. Weaver tops the Eleventh District with 12 891 votes. Griffin trails. Cooley wins the Fourth District with 22 064 to 6 889 for Griffin. Burgin leads in the Eighth District 13 740 to 7 35 for Deane. Durham, Barker, and Caffey lead in the Sixth, while Poll Eure Boney Spruill and Kerrie-Durham prevail in statewide offices.
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Halsey B. Leavitt
Asheville
J. Forest Witten
Salisbury
Graham A. Barden
Zebulon Weaver
Townsend Plan
Barden
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr
Zene
B. Spence
Goldsboro
Weaver
M. Earl Dennahoe
Sam M. Cathey
Ashesville
Harold D. Cooley
Edward F. Griffin
Louisburg
W. O. Burgig
C. B. Deane
Rockingham
Giles Y. Newton
Gibson
D. C. Phillips
Southern Pines
Robert Steele
Carl T. Durham
Durham
Oscar Barker
Yokham
John W. Caffey
Greensboro
Ed Hateford
Burlington
Charles W. Miller
Ashevil
George Ross
Secretary of State
Poincs
Thad Eure
Incumbe
Walter
Pete) Murp
Insurance
Dan C. Boney
Icumbent
William B.ver
Fuquay Springs
Agriculture
W. Kerrie
C. Wayl Spruill
Bertie County
Broughton Leads NC Democratic Gubernatorial Runoff
Raleigh May 26 J Melville Broughton declares he will win the Democratic gubernatorial runoff after AP returns show him leading by 26 500 votes with Horton planning a second primary if required Horton's camp says he will launch campaign Monday and expects nomination in the second primary. Broughton credits North Carolina leadership and continues the escalation toward a June 22 contest
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Raleigh
Sund Fp
J. Melville Broughton
Demecra
Gernor Wilkins P. Horton
Broughton
Associa Press
Carolina
Democrats of State
Horton
Burgin Pen
A. J. Well
Fingership
North Carolina
Latin American Populations and Nazi Influence in Era's War Drift
The article notes Latin American Germans and Latins in Argentina Brazil Mexico and Guatemala numbering around three to four million, with limited assimilation. It reports fascist and Nazi parties in some republics before World War II and describes efforts to influence public opinion toward German victory and Allied defeat. It mentions Japan diverting ships due to European conditions.
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Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Guate
Latin America
I Who
Kueses Stecan
Interg
Aintatarehin
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Flenciennes
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Bapaume
St. Omer
Mine
Aisne
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Posion
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Berlin
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Ghent
Channel
Ceasar
Gaul
Uilford Cleaners
English Street
South Main Street
Guatemala
Denmark
Iceland
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Northern Ireland
Oswald Mosley
Archibald H. M. Ramsay
House of Commons
Frank von Rintelen
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
Ulster
Royal Irish Constabulary
Flanders Plains
Western Front
Ninth Army
Henri Giraud
Anne Crawford Allen
Monterey Leman Holst
Medford
Ore
East Greenwich
Mesco Escepe
Japan
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