Germans Launch Ferocious Somme Attack To Regain Bridgeheads
Paris reports Germany opened a mass assault on the Somme line between Amiens and the sea. German bombardment, dive bombers, tanks, and infantry failed to gain ground as Allied defenses, including remnants of the French northern army near Dunkerque, held. Evacuation of the army was underway, with limited Allied losses and continued resistance at Calais and Dunkerque.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Germany
Somme
Amiens
Sea
Abbeville
Dunkerque
Belches
War Office
Supreme War Council
Calais
Frenchy Artllery
Italians Recalled From Swiss Territory
The Gazette de Lausanne reports many Italians living in Switzerland have received telegraphic orders to return home. The Italian legation in Berne denies a general recall, though some Italians may be summoned for Saturday training.
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Lausanne
Switserland
Gazette de
Switzerland
Berne
German air armada raids across Rhine and French targets
Bulletin reports a German air armada of 21 to 36 planes striking French air bases and roads in the Rhone valley. Marseille reports four bombs dropped in harbor, with an English cotton ship burned and about 15 civilians wounded. Paris notes heavy artillery at Dunkerque while Prioux’s rearguard attacks continue. Berlin says Dutch POWs released as they fought as honest soldiers. London confirms RAF raids on Rotterdam, Nieuwpoort, Ostend and claims 40 German planes destroyed with 32 more damaged at Dunkerque.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rhine
Basel
Rhone Valley
Marseilles
France
Marseille
Paris
Dunkerque
Flanders
Jacques Adolphe Prioux
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Netherlands
London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Iit
Air Ministry
Londen
England
New Yor
Romania names new foreign minister after Gafencu quits
Bucharest official report says Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu resigned for ill health and was replaced by Ion Gigurtu, a pro Berlin and pro Moscow shift to reorient Romanian policy. Gigurtu’s commerce post went to Gheorghe Macovei as the king seeks broader amnesty-linked stability.
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Bucharest
Grigore Gafencu
Ion Gigurtu
Commmunications
Gafencu
Gigurtu
Carol
Berlin
Moscow
Gheorghe Macovei
Foreign Office
Pronazi
Armand Calinescu
Iron Guard
Italy Readies 10 000 Officers As War Fears Grow
Rome reports Italy calling up 10 000 noncommissioned officers to join a force of 50 000 enlisted, while spring maneuvers unfold near Florence and a Spanish mission to Berlin sails through Madrid. British hold on Gibraltar is challenged by Italian press as Franco rooms for action. Officials expect possible Italian entry into the war by weekend amid Mussolini and Hitler ultimatums to France and Britain.
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Rome
Italy
Ome
Florence
Canovas
Berlin
Madrid
Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Mussolini
Hitler
France
Great Britain
Germany
Dino Alberi
Fuehrer
International at Flance rescue claims shock war feat
AP reports a Southeast Coast Port in England Britain claims the greatest rescue in military history saving approximately three quarters of the expeditionary force from a Flanders death trap. Allied war councils meet as German losses reach about 500000 in the Battle of Flanders. Rain clouds hinder Nazi air activity aiding Allied northern retreat toward Dunkerque. Hitler plans a new blow as Italy's entry looms, with Rome's press casting doubt on alliance with Germany.
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Associated Press
England
Flanders
London
Supreme War Council
Paris
Dunkerque
Abbeville
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
France
Germany
Brome
Juto
Italy
Britain
Belgium
Bagging German Planes Like Knocking Apples Off Tree
British RAF pilots report shooting down German planes at a rate they claim far exceeds Nazi production. Officers praise ships and two man Defiants, noting pilots downed 12 planes at Dunkirk while losing one, with fighters and gunners boasting decisive gunfire as Hurricanes close in. A pilot nicknamed Cookie recalls Germans failing to distinguish British aircraft, comparing success to apples falling from a tree.
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Dunkerque
France
Britain
Cookie
R. A Fes
Flanders
Channel
German Antiaircraft Claims Large War Losses Across Campaign
Berlin via DNB reports German anti aircraft fire shot down 627 enemy planes and sunk two warships while damaging 11 more in the western campaign through May 31. The tally excludes planes shot down over German soil or Denmark and Norway. In Dunkerque harbor attacks five transports were sunk and three warships and ten merchant ships damaged. The high command says French resistance collapsed around Lille with 26,000 prisoners taken. A speedboat flotilla sank an enemy destroyer and one submarine, boosting channel region losses to six destroyers and two submarines. One submarine torpedoed a warship off Ostend.
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Berlin
DNB
Denmark
Norway
Dunkerque Harbor
High Command
France
Lille
Dunkerque
High
Channel
Ostend
Belgium
Harrington orders WPA rolls slashed for June
Work Progress Administration rolls are cut to 1,761,900 persons for June, the last month of the current fiscal year. The May quota was 1,920,000 and March had been reduced from 2,348,000 to 2,120,000 for April, with Congress providing 1.4 billion dollars to sustain a 2,000,000 average. The June cut aligns with budget limits amid hearings on a 975 million WPA appropriation.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
Harrington
Congress
Senate
House
WPA
Several Killed by Mazi Air Raiders in France Raid
Paris dispatch reports air raid alarms in southeastern and central eastern France this afternoon. Buildings were set on fire as a German raid struck the Lyons region, with several persons killed and many injured per a CBS relay from Paris.
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Paris
France
New Fork
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lyons
President plans weekend cruise on Potomac River
President Roosevelt planned a weekend cruise down the Potomac to rest from a strenuous week working on the national defense program. He received a few visitors at the White House residence to avoid making trips to his desk in the executive wing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Potomac River
White House
Britain Exults Over Vast Evacuation From Flanders
Britain celebrated a major wartime rescue as estimates claim all but one division of the British Expeditionary Force, about 14 000 of 15 000, were pulled from a German trap in Belgium. Air losses were reported with 56 German planes down and British planes missing. Fishermen in blue jerseys and seaboats aided the evacuation amid heavy bombing.
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Air Ministry
Blackpool
Jerry
General Lord Gort Returns to England From France
The War Office announced General Lord Gort, commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force, has returned to England after the BEF evacuation progress. He handed over command to a less senior officer as the remaining troops in northern France were reduced. Lord Gort arrived in England this morning.
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London
War Office
Lord Gort
England
France
Secret understanding between Greece and Italy alleged
Athens report says belief exists a secret understanding between Greece’s dictator Premier General John Metaxas and Italy’s Titly to keep Greece from becoming a battleground if Italy enters the war. British French Turkish and Yugoslav quarters express the view today.
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Athens
Greece
John Metaxas
Italy
Wisconsin Weather Summary and Regional Outlook
Partly cloudy in the south and east with cooler tonight Sunday. Milwaukee records show highs and lows in the last 24 hours while Chicago notes a fair start to the week with showers midweek and near normal temperatures. Observations from Beckstar Observatory report a maximum 66 and no precipitation, northeast winds, barometer 29.82. One year ago values were 88 and 6.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Oorn
Arts West
Fair Milwaukee
Phoenix
Yellowstone
Chicago
Great Lakes
Beckstarts Observatory
Heil Administration Wins Big at Wisconsin GOP Convention
Wisconsin Republicans capped the largest state convention in history with strong backing for Gov Julius P Heil and his administration. Henry forces faded after losing bids for secret ballot voting and to remove Heil from the commendation resolution, while Dewey pledged delegates stood firm. The other fronts included a tight bid to challenge Heil, but the party rallied behind the incumbent’s leadership as the convention adjourned.
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Henry
Bricker
Willard K. Smith
United Press
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
Pierpont J. E. Wood
Janesville
C. J. Otjen
Milwaukee
Julius P. Heil
Robert K. Henry
Jefferson
Heil
Nazis Claim They Have Million Allied Prisoners
German broadcasts claim 1,600,000 Allied prisoners, not counting Belgians and Dutch, with estimates likely exceeding the combined British and French forces in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France. British reports say 130,000 to 140,000 of 175,000 Tommies withdrew to Belgium, many escaping into France or across the English Channel. Prisoners trek toward Germany amid reinforcements as reporters advance toward Lille and Ypres.
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Ater
France
Belgium
Netherlands
English Channel
Teich
Germany
Lille
Arras
Calais
Ypres
Louvain
Sterneckerzee
Brussels
Antwerp
German claim sinks Nelson and Royal Oak at sea
Berlin says the 33 950 ton Nelson flagship of Britain’s Home Fleet was sunk with 76 percent of its crew. A German torpedo also sank the 29 150 ton battleship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow. Officials declined further details for military reasons.
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Berlin
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Britain
Nelson
Rodney
Anson
Howe
Hood
Re. London
Admiralty
Bill Aims to Stop Strikes in Nation Defense Effort
Washington lawmakers introduced a measure to require defense workers to sign no-strike contracts for the duration of their employment. Penalties include up to six months in prison or a $1,000 fine for violations and for picketing that blocks plant entry. The bill cites the Keary yard episode and argues strikes threaten warship production.
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Congress
House
Hoffman
Republican
Michigan
Barden
Democrat
North Carolina
Keary
N. J
Federal Shipping and Drydock Company
Cox
Georgia
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Biel
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