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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
6
Sir Charles Forbes, 60, leads Britain's home fleet with a record of Jutland valor and Mediterranean command while Ray E. T. Ton, senior U.S. diplomat to Denmark, balances cautious diplomacy. Dutch elder statesman Hendrik Colijn warns of ready defenses as Holland readies for potential conflict.
War updates report Britain claiming 2 000 000 men under arms with Norway fighting and Oslo area clashes. U S air attache Robert Losey killed in a German air raid near a tunnel. Norwegians and British conduct raids while Germans claim counterattacks. Britain and Germany boost home fronts with rations and taxes as U S investigations into political finances begin in five states. Public hearings to start within two weeks.
Sweden braces for potential Baltic spillover as reports claim German troops and arms sail from Nazi ports across the Baltic toward Norway. Swedish authorities see winter blocks at their ports while U S forces monitor Far East tensions and Japan’s growing threat. Taussig warns war with Japan may be inevitable as Tokyo’s program allegedly targets Philippines and Dutch East Indies. UK seeks broader Pacific blockade to choke German supply lines via Vladivostok and trans Siberian routes.
A Natchez Mississippi dance hall fire claims 247 Black revelers. About 500 people were dancing to Walter Barnes' Negro orchestra when Spanish moss decorations ignited. Only one exit existed with side windows boarded up. eight band members perished. Investigation cannot determine the initial flame.
In 1938 Kingston speech noted as Western Hemisphere war talks shift as Roosevelt and Mackenzie King meet at Warm Springs. Roosevelt proposed deficit relief by trimming capitalization of large US spending agencies. Supreme Court sustained freedom of speech, striking down Alabama and California picket laws in two major cases.
James H. R. Cromwell, U S minister to Canada, plans to resign within a month to pursue the Democratic senatorial nomination in New Jersey. Secretary Hull signaled the move ahead of primary time. Walter Kohler, a wealthy plumbing fixture magnate, died at his River Bend Wisconsin home. Commissioner Harrington told 2 162 000 WPA workers they may vote freely, noting no job loss for voting or not voting. A New Orleans federal appellate court dissolved an injunction against Georgia Governor Rivers after he reinstated W L Miller as highway chairman.
Fred A. Howe testified before the Dies committee that Communist party members were aboard several American merchant ships with radio operators in key roles to aid a Soviet system in wartime. He also charged that the party controls the American Communications association and the CIO operators' union.
White hog prices edge toward a 1940 peak while wheat corn and oats futures hit a two year high. Fear of a spreading war and forecasts of short European grain crops lift sentiment for American producers. Canada and Australia remain top wheat surplus holders.
Wild Bill Donovan argues against sending youths to war preferring broader fitness standards and special service roles. He cites Alaska and Aleutian defense needs, urging $14 million for a main air base at Anchorage and $4 million to start, while lawmakers cut aircraft numbers and shielded funds elsewhere.
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