Missing Oshkosh Man Is in Army Memory Gone
Oshkosh man N T R Burton aged 38 who vanished April 22 has been found alive in New York. Police chief Golz says Burton, suffering memory loss, enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Chicago around May 13 under a former name Nathan J Zorehkey. The search across several counties followed his abandoned car at Madison April 23. Burton previously worked as an interior decorator in Chicago and for Lever Brothers in Minneapolis. Army authorities plan insulin treatment to restore memory. family notified.
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Burton
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Madison
Wautoma
Waco
Tex
Nathan J. Zorehkey
Button
Lever Brothers
Minneapolis
Army
Slocum
W. Y. Burton
M. D
Tex” Burton
U. S. Army Hospital
New York
Red Cross Sends Additional 500000 to War Refugees
Washington reports the American Red Cross has sent 25 000 000 francs (560 000) to the French Red Cross to aid about 5 000 000 Belgian refugees. Chairman Norman Davis said last Friday the organization previously delivered 9 009 000 francs (300 000) and plans 25 000 000 francs more. He also announced Red Cross purchases in the United States worth about 1 000 000 for ambulances, hospital trucks, surgical instruments and field hospitals for immediate shipment to Europe.
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America Red Cross
French Red Cross
Norman Davis
Fort Animal
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Europe
Dutch Held by Nazis Arrive in Switzerland After Week
Dutch nationals released by the Germans after a week of detention arrived in Bern Switzerland last night. They traveled from Germany via Savoyland and back to their homeland, saying they were held at a hotel and treated well. The move followed German diplomats at The Hague being accounted for.
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Switzerland
Legation Effeches
the Hague
Germany
Spears
General Falk 15 Dead at 74
Milwaukee press obituary for General Otto H Falk aged 74. He chaired the Allis Chalmers board, was vice president of the Falk Corporation, and a director of several firms. A Northwestern graduate turned military leader, he served in the Wisconsin National Guard and Spanish American War. Survived by his widow Elizabeth Vogel, son Otto Jr, daughter Mrs Carl Eberbach, and brother Herman. Funeral Thursday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Forest Home Cemetery burial.
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HB. Falk
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
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Franz Falk
Northwestern College
Watertown
Wis
Alten Military Academy
Chicago
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Bolonel
United States Army
Allis-Chalmers Company
Elizabeth A. Vogel
Otto Jr
Carl Eberbach
Herman
St. Pauls
Russian Troop Movements Near Balkans Raise War Spillover Fears
Reports from Budapest and regional capitals say Russian troops are moving near Bessarabia and Carpatho Ukraine, fueling Balkan nerves and fears of intervention if the war widens. Observers note several drogons may be involved, with denial from some circles. Italian entry looms as a possible trigger within days.
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Hitler Forces Also Advance Near to Paris
German western armies push toward Paris with Von Reichenau commanding the right wing and center blamed on the left. Hitler seeks London more than Paris, while anti English propaganda rings through radio. observers note confidence as reserves flood gaps in French and Belgian defenses.
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Walther von Reichenau
Eighth Army
West
England
Denmark
Hitler
British Isles
Six German Ships Sunk In Week, British Admiralty Says
London AD Six German merchant ships totaling about 30000 tons were listed by the admiralty today as believed sunk during the past week. The admiralty said latest German sea losses bring Germany's merchant fleet for the war to about 820000 tons. The British cruiser Effingham, 9770 tons, was reported lost after striking an uncharted rock off the Norwegian coast with no casualties.
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Admiralty
Admralty
Germany
Effigham
Byrnes to Answer Lindbergh on Air Defense Speech
Senator James F Byrnes of South Carolina will reply to Charles A Lindberghs air defense speech on CBS tomorrow between 3:30 and 4:45 pm CST. His program titled An Answer to Colonel Lindbergh will address defense policy and national security.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Cal
Charles A Landbergh
Columbia Broadcasting System
Colonel Lindbergh
French Fight Germans In Northern France Counter-Attack Begins
London reports say French forces launched a counter-attack in the northern bulge area as German columns push toward French ports on the English Channel. British sources praise French fighting while cautioning that the main fighting remains confused and difficult to assess. Paris announces Amiens and Arras have fallen and Premier Reynaud vows immediate decisions as Germany drives deep motorized raids and parachutists into the Meuse region.
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Wallace Carrol
United Press
London
France
Bulge
Sedan
English Channel
Maxime Weygand
Amiens
Somme
Belgium
Paris
Reynaud
Arras
Meuse
U S greatest peril from within Keefe speech
Frank B. Keefe of Osakosh told a Sheboygan county Republican meeting that defense spending may be necessary but the real threat comes from domestic critics like Harry Bridges Fritz Kuhn and Earl Browder who seek to undermine the government He urged stamping out spies and enemies and hinted at exile or imprisonment for them The county GOP formed a club naming Charlee Voecht H C Willems Lester Leun Johannes Laack and John Heronymus as officers and other members to the executive committee
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Frank B. Keefe
Osakosh
Sheborgen County
Harry Bridges
Fritz Kuhn
Earl Browder
Charlee Voezht
Sheboy
Chirman
H. C. Wilems
Sheboygan
Lester Leun
Eikaart Lake
Juhans Laack
Plymouth
John Heronymus
Sheboygen
Fred Eppiing
Konier
C. Winnan
Walds
Walter Knopp
Roosevelt vetoes river and harbor projects bill
President Roosevelt rejected a bill authorizing about 109.9 million dollars for river and harbor improvements. He argued many projects were nonmilitary and could wait for military preparedness, while offering to back defense valued items and noting existing authorizations and other wartime appropriations.
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Washington
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War Department
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Perdiviz War Department dv Fuerens
Blaze Destroys Fennimore Mill in Wisconsin
A fire in Fennimore Wisconsin destroyed the Fennimore mill owned by Willem Zimmerman and George Stitzer. The city fire department, staffed by volunteers, battled flames for two hours before it was brought under control. Estimated damage reached 215,000, with the mill noted as a major local business.
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Fennimore
Wis
Willem Zimmerman
George Stitzer
Foxnyer
Border closed as Italy readies for war
Skoplje reports the Yugoslav frontier to Italian held Albania was shut by a Halian order. Rome announces Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano heads to Tirana as Italian army speeds war materiel to Durazzo. Italy enacts three day blackout and air raid drills as Mussolini’s order looms.
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Yugoslavia
Albania
Halian
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Firana
Adriatic
Durazzo
Richard G. Massack
Italy
Germany
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
Cremona
Mussolni
Stock Market Reels Under European War
New York brokers faced a sharp market tumble as Europe’s war news hit trading floors. Lending issues fell about $1 from par with some shares down $2 to $3 from earlier lows before a late recovery. Investors dumped holdings in fear of rapid German moves affecting global trade and prices.
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Fearmez
Europe
Greie
Solel
Weather summary from Northwestern Observatory report
Weather observations record cloudy to fair conditions with temperatures. Maximum near 71 and minimum around 43 degrees. Precipitation reported at 13, winds from the southwest, barometer about 29.40 inches. Data from Phoenix, Yaltonstone, and Ruckstall Observatory for Sunday into Monday.
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Rezht
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Tigher
Phoenix
Yaltonstone
Ruckstall Obervatory
Defenses Smashed by German Blitzkrieg Drive
German air and ground forces unleashed a massive assault in northern France driving toward the English Channel. Parachute troops were reported to set fires in Arras Amiens and other cities as Gen Giraud was captured and Berlin boasted of reaching the channel with a pincers attack.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Germany
France
Marshall Hermann Goering
Picardy
Flanders
Arras
Amiens
English Channel
Joseph W. Grigg Jr
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Henri Giraud
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Bulge
Abbeville
High Command
Somme Bay
Somme
England
Channel
Belgium
Namur
Norway
Narvik
Hamburger Fremden Blatt
Ghent
Widespread WWII Alerts Reported Across Britain France and Germany
London towns report distant thunder and rumbling as residents fear gunfire on the continent. Anti aircraft fire flares off England's southeast coast while British bombers are said to be engaged over French and Belgian fronts with attacks on German columns. French regions near Abbeville report German motorcycle detachments. German news agency claims Allied forces surround Belgium and northern France. Red Cross warns French and Belgian refugee flows exhaust food resources.
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Bienheim
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