Victory at All Costs Churchill Leads Unified British War Crisis
London reports Queen Wilhelmina of Holland arriving on a British warship amid fears of fifth column plots to kidnap the royal family. Prime Minister Churchill declared victory at all costs as Parliament backed the new unity government 381 to 0 in the Commons and unanimously in the Lords. He warned of many months of struggle and hardship as Germany presses the invasion and Britain marshals its land sea and air forces with renewed cabinet leadership including Attlee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilhelmina of Holland
England
Hugh Wagnon
Churchill
House of Commons
House of Lords
Commons
Cabinet of Unity
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Roosevelt to ask Congress for more defense funding
President Roosevelt plans to send a defense funding request to Congress with no fixed amount yet, to be decided after adviser's conferences. Budgets before Congress total over 2 billion for defense in the coming year, with talk of a possible 500 million increase. Stronger mobile forces and faster munitions production are expected, as lawmakers press for larger army forces to defend the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
War
Treasury Department
War Department
Treasury
Uruguay summons Latin Americas to ponder peage plan
Montevideo Uruguay Alfredo Baldomir and Foreign Minister Alberto Guani sent a telegram to Panama President August S Boyd urgently requesting a conference of 21 American republics to decide future steps as they pledge strict neutrality in the European war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Argentina
Americas
Alfredo Baldomir
Alberto Guani
August S. Boyd
Panama
Bord
Uniguar
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia Moves to Secure Borders in War Fears
Belgrade reports that Yugoslavia has adopted all security measures and mobilized 700000 troops to guard against Italy entering the European war. It says anti British protests in Italy confirm Belgrade fears of a German Italian alliance and notes air patrols over the Adriatic to monitor warship movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Italy
Haly
Gere
Greece
Adriatic
Milwaukee boy killed by a train crossing incident
A Milwaukee boy, Gordon Lorch, 9, was fatally struck by an eastbound freight train at a crossing in West Allis yesterday. He waited for a westbound train to pass and apparently did not hear the oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Gordon Lorch
West Allis
Cancel All Leaves Zurich Up The Swiss Army
Swiss army staff in Berne ordered cancellation of all leaves today leaving units on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Berne
French Bombs Shatter Istein Rail Link
Basel Switzerland French artillery and allied air bombs shattered part of the Istein railroad tunnel under Germany's Rhine fortifications cutting military traffic on the line. A freight train attack near Istein disrupted passenger service and severed Germany's direct link to Basel. German losses in the first days of the western drive totaled 400 planes with 34 shot by French anti aircraft guns and 88 by allied air forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Switzerland
Istein
Germany
Gibraltar of the Rhine
West Wall
Istein Rock
Paris
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Associated Press
Zuider Zee
Adolf Hitler
Liege
Kaiser Wilhelm
Eben Emael
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Congress
Rotterdam
Holland
Narvik
Berlin
Hitler
One Killed Eight Hurt In Lomira Accident
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin Arthur Treptow Jr 15 of Milwaukee died in a hospital after an automobile crash near Lomira yesterday. Eight others were injured including Norman Western with a fractured skull and arm Doris Lemke and Virginia Landry suffered multiple injuries. Edward J. Kiley of Appleton drove the other car. both drivers were only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Arthur Treptow Jr
Milwaukee
Lomira
Edward Hammer
Dodge County
Edward J. Kiley
Appleton
Arthur Treptow
Norman Western
Kiley
Doris Lemke
Virginia Landry
Riley
Mrs. Treptow
Bernice
Jeanette Biegler
German Army Hits Dutch, Belgian Rumors Of Capture
German forces reported to have captured about 18 000 Dutch soldiers with Dutch general staff seized in south Holland. DNB also said 600 French and 300 mostly British prisoners were taken elsewhere as Liege fell and the citadel was taken. Belgian and French forces oppose as German advance continues in the Low Countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
South Holland
Saarbrucken
Maginot Westwall
Norway
Mosjoen
Narvik
Trondheim
Groningen
Holland
Zuider Zee
Issel Meer
Harlingen
Sitadel
Liege
French War Department
Eben Emzel
Ourthe
Meuse
Winter War Opens on Belgian Front Amid Bombing and Refugees
British Expeditionary Force fights in Belgium as German armor and air power unleash the first great battle of the war. Parachute troops strike behind lines while trains run and craters mark the dawn bombing. A weary nation of refugees travels toward safety as homes crumble and fear spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
Belgium
Netherlands
Begum
France
Fxers
Mary Iland
Allies Withdraw In Belgium And Netherlands War Update
Allied forces pulled back in Belgium and the Netherlands as German advance guards struck, with French Belgian and Dutch troops in retreat though officials called it a strategic withdrawal not a defeat. Paris reported a broad German assault from Holland to the Moselle as refugees fled Brussels while Belgian troops held second lines against the invasion amid air bombardments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Belgium
Netherlands
French
War Ministry
Holland
Moselle
France
Robert Okin
Brussels
Cemetery fraud jury begins deliberations
A federal court jury began deliberating in the case of ten people charged with using the mails to defraud in cemetery lot sales. Judge John P. Barnes supervised after a three week trial. The government says about 500 Midwest investors lost 200000 dollars buying Crown Hill cemetery lots in Twinsburg Ohio from First Commonwealth Trustees Chicago. Akio McHenry Oshkosh and Delzn Nichols Akron testified for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John P. Barnes
Crown Hill
Twinsburg
First Commonwealth Trustees
Nazis Capture Liege Citadel in Major West Campaign
Associated Press reports Berlin claims 709 Allied planes destroyed as Nazi forces advance. Churchill warns Britain faces one of history’s greatest battles. Dutch royal family heads to safety. German drive touted as greatest attack, with troops and matériel moving to the front. Allied countermeasures and air raids escalate as 20 000 British troops reinforce the Dutch center amid speculation of a secret weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Liege
High Command
London
Churchill
Juliana
Paris
West
Bressels
Amsterdam
Basel
Germany
Italian Students Cry Down with England Across Cities
Anti British demonstrations swept Italian cities over the weekend with crowds of students marching in Bologna Forli Bari Florence Venice Naples Salerno Aquila and Palermo waving flags and cheering Mussolini. In Bologna hundreds marched as Mussolini and military leaders were cheered. Forli saw schoolboys and fascist cadets stage similar protests while the government reinforced the Alpine frontier facing France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bologna
Forli
Bari
Florence
Venetri
Naples
Salerno
Aquila
Palermo
Mussolini
England
France
Body of Missing Girl Found in Park
Marshall Indiana reports two teen bodies found after a missing girl and a boy were last seen at Turkey Run state park. Sprague 15 of Carbondale Tennessee and Withingham 15 of Joliet Illinois were located in Sugar creek and on a park sandbar. Coroner Branson will withhold verdict pending further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
BH. Branson
Two slain at Little Chute Wisconsin farm home
Mrs. Annie Van Camp a 77 and her son William 31 were found shot to death in their Little Chute Wisconsin farm home authorities called it an undoubted double murder A hired man Verhuilen found William on the back porch and later Mrs Van Camp was found in bed An autopsy showed shells contained No 4 shot—two victims and a missing money bag noted by investigators
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Chute
Wis
Annie van Camp
William
Fred Frank
John Verhuilen
van Camp
Verkuilen
John Lappen
Verhuilen
Luppen
Warmest Weather of Year Moves Eastward
The warmest weather of the year in the north central states moved east today with showers following. Forecaster Gordon Dunn said rains would reach Iowa Minnesota tonight and Illinois Wisconsin Michigan tomorrow. Maxima yesterday were the highest of the year with higher marks expected in parts of the region before the showers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Central
Tates
Gordon Dunn
Iowa
Minnesota
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Dunn
Hanow
Missour
Ohio
Weather summary from Wisconsin forecast and past readings
Mostly cloudy with winter storms tonight and Tuesday morning. Clearing in the afternoon, cooler conditions in the northwest and extreme west tonight and Tuesday. Milwaukee readings show a high around 73 and a low near 60 with calm precipitation none. Official past data list Omaha and Yellowstone extremes. temperature max 59, min 39 with a 29 m to Sunday 8 p mm bucket readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Precss
Wisconsin
Fair Milwaukee
Omaha
Yellowstone
Bucketoff Observatory
World War II Thunder Opens With Belgian Dutch Escalation
War front reports depict Dutch troops driven back behind flooded lines near the Zuider Zee as Belgian British and French forces clash with German motorized units in Belgium. Hitler claims Liege citadel fall. Eben Emael is the only Liege fort seized. Churchill wins a unanimous House vote pledging total war.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lords
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Connally
Texas
Lee
Oklahoma
House
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
United States
Representative Fish
New York
Stylock
Finland
Senaior Lai Follette
Latin Americas
Ital Aulroad
Gibraltar
Rhine
Willem Canal
Albert Canal
Hasselt
Zweibrucken
Winter
Holt
Madison
Edgar C. Holt
B. E. Buckman & Co
Charles G. Briggle
Springfield
Barton E. Buckman
Louis C. George
Waupun Prison
Buckman
George
Flance
Park Greek
Losaes
Naz
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!