High Point News Roundup and Obituary Notes
The High Point Enterprise reports a May 31 edition note on ongoing war coverage and a death in New York. F. Wrenn, 79, pioneer manufacturer and financier originally from North Carolina, died after an operation May 22 after illness. Services will be in North Carolina, with details continuing on page two.
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Mars Hospital
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Main Street
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Franklin Wrenn
Liberty
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Nancy E. Wrenn
Elizabeth Weedon
Sadie
Pearl Pitts
Hitler Seeks Separate Peace to Split Allied Front
Berlin reports the main French forces in the Flanders pocket dispersed or captured and a blasting attack on remaining British units progressing. The German high command says bulk of Nazi divisions are released for new operations.
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Associated Press
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Fuehrer Peace Offer Threatens Italian Attack If Refused
British and French forces retreating from Dunkirk reflect on Hitler’s peace terms and possible split of the Allies. German high command signals new tasks, possibly a Somme push or invasion of England, as air and naval actions continue amid harassing weather.
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Fuehrer
More Allied Troops In Dunkerque In Retreat From Flanders
Allied forces reach Dunkerque after a night withdrawal from Flanders as German armor pressed the pocket. Prioux’s units saved equipment, British and French ships evacuate troops, and observers weigh possible German moves while Britain stresses air power and unity of defense.
Journalists Leave Paris Amid Uncertain News Climate
May 31 reports indicate journalists departing Paris as a spokesman for the ministry of information signals potential non inevitable shifts in Italy within ten days. Separately, Bergen reports a coastal steamer Ja sank after collision near Haugesund with 1,000 tons lost. Pa
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Ministry of Information
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Norway
Bergen
Haugesunday
Missing British officer presumed dead after severe wounds
May 31 report says Chris Furness, 28, son of Lord Furness of the Furness shipping firm, is missing and believed to be dead after severe wounds in action with Welsh Guards. Spokesman noted Allied forces from France face spying risks and warned about house movements during operations.
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Ugh
France
Chris Furness
Lord Furness
Rurness Shipfirm
Welsh Guards
Roosevelt asks Congress for emergency defense expansion
President Roosevelt submitted a supplemental defense program to Congress totaling over a billion dollars and urged swift action. He cited rapid European warfare and the value of speed in mobilization. Details were left to war and navy departments with broad authorization for activating national guard units to maintain neutrality and bolster defense.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
War and Navy Departments
Abbeville Sector Cleared After Allied Operations
French military spokesman said the Abbeville sector was completely cleaned up after days of Allied operations yielding several hundred German prisoners and many weapons and supply trains. Losses were few on the French side, with only a small number killed and one tank destroyed. Confirmation of Abbeville town capture remained uncertain.
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Paris
Abbeville
Mussolinis Entrance In War Is A Matter Of Days
Word spread through the zone of operations that Mussolini would enter the war in a few days. The report suggests Hitler plans a Paris focused offensive with Italian aid after air threats to his industrial region near France are resolved. Army circles note a shift from England landings to a continental front as the final blow to Britain looms.
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Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
France
Germany
Paris
England
Britain
British Isles
90 000 Taken From Flanders Battlefield
British French and Belgian losses in Flanders yield an estimated 90 000 men landed in England with two thirds British. The figure reflects about half the original BEF strength. German casualties are pegged near 500 000. Italy weighs entering the war with Mussolini signaling a cabinet meeting next Tuesday. Greece is assured neutrality but tensions rise as Balkan moves loom.
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England
Flanders
B. BE. F
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Mussolini
Greece
Italian liner Conte di Savoya passes Gibraltar unhalted
May 31 report says the Italian liner Conte di Savoya bound for Italy went through Gibraltar without being halted by British contraband control.
French Were Surprised By Path Of Nazi Drive
The dispatch details German advances toward Lille Arras Calais and a gap in the Maginot Line between Sedan and Maubeuge. It notes French intelligence warned of Sedan but believed in Schlieffen plans and Ardennes defenses. Sedan Maubeuge Charleville suffered heavy destruction as power dive bombers showcased new weapons.
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Louis P. Lochner
Germany
Lille
Arras
Calais
Maginot Line
Sedan
Maubeuge
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Ardennes Mountains
Ardennes
Maubege
Charleville
Morgenthau Urges Boost to Finance Defense
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that additional taxes and a higher debt limit are essential to fund expanded national defense. He urged a $656 million defense tax bill and a $3 billion increase in the federal debt limit to $48 billion, warning treasury borrowing would be exhausted by February.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Leopold Is Held As War Prisoner
Berlin reports King Leopold III of Belgium is a prisoner of war as of May 31. An authorized German source says his status blocks appointing a new Belgian government while the refugee government in France approves depriving him of the throne. Belgian troops, once about 300,000 strong, are expected to gain freedom soon and return home, with soldiers not yet assigned to prisons.
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Berlin
Leopold III
Belgium
Leopold
France
ACL Ordered To Return $260 000 To Employes
Federal Judge Robert N Pollard ordered Atlantic Coast Line to restitution of about $260000 to roughly 3500 maintenance of way workers for improper wage deductions. The consent decree requires two months to compute due amounts and submit for Wage and Hour Division approval.
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Richmond
Robert N. Pollard
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
District Court For
Eastern Virginia
U. S. Department of Labor
Nazi Successes Blamed On Treason By French Spokesman
Paris May 31 A French military spokesman said German successes in Belgium were directly due to treason Within a single bridge blowing incident only one officer knew how to destroy a bridge the Nazis crossed Belgian canal fortifications The remark blamed unmilitary failures on the French high command and shifted blame to traitors асп
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Belgium
Albert Canal
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