Roosevelt says U.S. unchanged on avoiding European war
President Roosevelt stated there is no change in the United States position about staying out of Europe's war. He noted many issues are being studied regarding Germany's invasion of Holland Belgium and Luxembourg and cautioned against assuming imminent action. A Dutch and Belgian credits freeze was signed and no immediate neutrality changes were announced.
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Belgians Halt Hitler Forces Along Border
German land forces were stopped within a few hundred yards of Belgium’s frontier as Hitler’s blitzkrieg entered the Low Countries. Belgian defense lines halted the invaders. Belgium mobilized fully and called for aid from Britain and France. Brussels suffered air raids with casualties. Spaak vowed Belgium will defend itself.
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Dutch Resistance Halts German Advance At Rotterdam
Dutch troops and marines push back German forces along the Nieuwe Maas as allies bomb and shell the riverfront. Incendiaries ignite the Maas hotel while a German transport plane is damaged after a river collision. The Hague reports German leaflets claiming encirclement and urging calm, while warning against violence.
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Two Are Killed in Headon Collision Near Wisconsin Dells
A Lake Delton motorist Louis G. Murray, 70, died after being thrown from his car in a headon crash with a Detroit truck on Highway 42 south of Wisconsin Dells. Samuel Younghurst, 38, a Detroit driver, died of a skull fracture. passenger Helen Viktorec, 43, was bruised and hospitalized. A hitchhiker from Minneapolis to Chicago joined the truck.
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Samuel Younghurst
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Reich Claims Advances In First Attack
Berlin reports German forces broke border resistance on the Belgian Netherlands Luxembourg front and seized Maastricht Meden and the Maas crossing amid a first attack with air force support. A German U boat sank a British submarine near Terschelling as Hitler moved to the western front to direct operations.
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Allies Increase Buying Of U S Fighting Planes
Washington aviation authorities said Britain and France ordered 2 000 or more additional American made warplanes in recent days boosting allied purchases to over 4 000 military aircraft in the past seven months. A proposal to Congress seeks funds to build 200 long range four motor bombers to reinforce Western hemisphere defenses.
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Latter quits after bitter house battle
London AP reports Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as Britain’s prime minister. Chamberlain resigned this evening while Churchill accepted the invitation to form a new government. Chamberlain had been in office since May 28 1937 and Churchill, 65, has been first lord of the admiralty. In related notes Britain’s air war continued over the western front as land forces moved toward invaders in the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg.
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World War II Blasts Across Low Countries Invasion
AP dispatch reports Germany launches a triple blitzkrieg against Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg as Allied forces rush aid. Hitler appeals to troops as Paris notes a vast battle loom while Dutch and Belgian cities endure bombardment and mobilizations unfold. Brussels braces amid German air attacks and a royal protest. Italy stays neutral. Switzerland orders mobilization as Balkan capitals view the invasion as a reprieve.
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Weather Summary From Wisconsin and National Observations
Wisconsin reports fair and cooler with light frost in lowlands overnight and a fair Saturday with rising temperatures except in the far south. Observations show Milwaukee highs and lows, with no precipitation. Buffalo and Phoenix data cited from official observatories.
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Swiss Mobilization Ordered as War State Looms
Berne announces general mobilization beginning tomorrow at dawn and a state of war at midnight amid bombings and air battles on Swiss soil. 17 bombs fall in Courrendon. 300,000 troops on the German and French frontiers with total 600,000 to 700,000 to be mobilized. Border controls tightened as Switzerland vows neutrality.
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German scuttling attempts thwarted in Willemstad harbor
In Willemstad Netherlands West Indies German crews aboard three vessels attempted to burn or scuttle their ships after war объявления with the Netherlands. The Patricia and Alemania were set aflame but firefighters stopped the fires. The Henry Horn opened sea cocks but authorities sealed them. Other German ships remained secure as crews were rescued and taken to Bonaire.
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Holland
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Bonaire
French cabinet reshuffled with two extreme rightists added
Premier Reynaud announces a cabinet reorganization to confront Germanys westward push. Two extreme rightist ministers join the lineup Louis Marin and Jean Ybarne xaray after 13 undersecretaries resign. British French army moves west toward Belgium amid warnings of a titanic battle as German forces push from the east.
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Germany
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Republican Federation
Jean Ybarnexaray
French Socialist Party
Great War Relief Drive Announced by the Red Cross
Washington reports a $30 million war relief drive announced by the American Red Cross. Chairman Norman H. Davis said expansion of the European conflict into Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg requires large funds. The drive was authorized by Red Cross convention. Davis urged immediate contributions to local chapters. each of 3700 chapters assigned a $10,000,000 quota.
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Total War Is Started by Associated Press
Adolf Hitler s armed forces struck toward England in a predawn blitzkrieg across the low countries Belgium Holland and Luxembourg aiming to base for an attack on Britain and France. Berlin claimed broken resistance as Dutch Belgian and Luxembourg fronts opened a massive assault with Allied forces rushing to defend small nations. London Berlin and Paris reports varied with warnings of a likely invasion while Rotterdam airport fell to Nazi troops as Doorn Kaiser Wilhelm sheltered from the crisis.
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World War II Bulletins From Europe and Indies
Dispatches from Amsterdam London Paris and Brussels report daring air raids, battles and declarations of war. Allied bombing and German losses are listed alongside a state of war in Caraçao and a volunteer pool for the Royal Air Force. Ambassador Bullitt and Reynaud meet in Paris. Sixteen killed near Nancy in German raids.
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