Fighting Shifts From Flanders As Nazi Air Force Bombs Paris
An editorial notes the Dunkirk evacuation, German control of Lille and other cities, and German air raids on Paris with casualties and fires. It cites British morale and a promised Allied air offensive in reprisal.
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Flanders
Paris
Malta
Artois
Dunkirk
Lille
France
Pittsburgh
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Brussels
Antwerp
Ostend
Calais
Boulogne
the Hague
Liege
Hitler
Germany
Noted World Tensions Mark 1939 Era Headlines
A parade of names and events shows rising global strain. French generals Gamelin Corap and Bodet face severe penalties as la Republique tightens controls. U S figures like Robert Bullard lead security efforts while pacifist Catholic organizers pray in New York. Mussolini snubs Roosevelt and Italy tightens gas and oil rules. Roosevelt seeks over a billion for defense, training, and mobilization while buying power expands the navy and air arms. Washington launches the 65 million dollar battleship Washington with Virginia Marshall christening.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Jean Batten
U S Reds and War Talk Dominate at Conventions
The American Communist Party announced at its New York convention that it has sent about 5000 to German reds aiding their underground struggle against Hitler. Delegates from Mexico, Chile, Iceland, Puerto Rico, Cuba and others attended as tensions rise over Russo-German pact. Willkie rails at Roosevelt in Denver while Dewey praises some defense steps. Rubens praised in Vienna papers and Yale students sign isolation petitions amid war debates. In Canada, eight National Unity members are arrested in Montreal with Adrien Arcand among the targets, amid simultaneous coups in Ottawa Toronto and Windsor.
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Communist Party
Hitler
C. P
New York
Brexico
Chile
Haiti
Iceland
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Martin Dies
National Advisory Defense Commission
Antlroosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Denver
Roosevelt
Willkie
Fuehrer
Dewey
Philadelphia
O. A
Mosley
Montreal
Canadian Mounted Police
OGPU
National Unity Party
British Empire
Adrien Arcand
Quebec
Ottawa
Toronto
Windsor
Sixth Column Report Emerges From German Anti-Hitler Group
Dr Herbert Gezork of Andover Newton Theological School in Boston reports a sixth column inside Germany, a group seeking to bring about Hitler's downfall. He ties this to connections with the anti-Hitler movement within Germany.
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Herbert Gezork
Andover-Newton Theological School
Boston
Germany
Hitler
Springtime Playful Peaks of Wild Cubs and Otters
In April and May wild mammals display joyful games as their young grow. Fox cubs romp near a sand cliff, playing follow the leader and tugging at fur. Badger cubs bounce, roll, and sniff for grubs, then seek more food. Otters delight in water games, leaping and circling, pulling each other under, before retiring to a hidden den.
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Oliver
G. Pike
London
Witty maxims and social quips from a 19th century column
A collection of aphorisms on bluff, consistency, horses, and gender roles. It mocks nerve and cleverness while lightly satirizing attitudes toward women and wealth, ending with a playful line about gold diggers who stay faithful to a fault.
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Valetta
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U. S
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Navy
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Navy Department
Elliott Roosevelt
Mexico
Elliott
War Department
Senate
House
Immigration -Naturalization Bureau
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Norris
Wheeler
J. Edgar Hoover
G- Men
Archibald Macleash
Congressional Library
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Virginia Marshall
Spokane
John Marshall
Senator Wheeler
U.S
P. P. Rubens
Vienna
Rubens
Vienna Journal
Billy Phelps
Yale
Renown
Billy
Athens
Sparta
America
Canada
Nature
Ais
Indianapolis
Wilbur Shaw
Firestone
Speedway
Crude Rubber
Chece A
Tots le
Kag Saeet
Firestone Auto Supply
Voice of Firestone
Dag Evenimes
NBC
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