Roosevelt Seeks Over Billion Defense Expansion
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a supplementary emergency defense program exceeding a billion dollars, citing “almost incredible events” in Europe and the danger of a world war. He warned against delaying arming and training, with no specific figure given and details to be worked out by war and navy officials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
War and Navy Departments
Colomn
Mrs Morrow Urges Allies Be Granted Active U S Aid
Mrs Dwight Morrow mother in law of Col Charles A Lindbergh urged the United States to aid the allies with immediate action. A telegram cited three points freeing planes refugees aid and halting war material exports while stressing national defense and national strength.
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Washington
Dwight
W. Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
United States
Morrow
Smathers
Democrat
New Jersey
New York
America
Lindbergh
Federal income taxes due, La Budde says
Otto A. La Budde, Wisconsin internal revenue collector, mailed reminders that the second 1939 federal income tax installment is due June 15. He expects the tally to reach about $740,000 from Wisconsin taxpayers.
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LA Budde
Mitsauker
Wisconsin
Otto A. la Budde
Internal Revenue
Morgenthau urges defense tax bill to avert treasury squeeze
Secretary Morgenthau told Congress that a $656,000,000 defense tax bill is essential as the treasury’s borrowing power nears exhaustion by next February. He warned the working balance would be dangerously depleted and urged higher taxes and a larger public debt limit to meet intensified defense needs. The testimony followed GOP House and Senate debate on timing for adjournment and broader income tax expansion.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Congress
Treasury
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Rayburn
Texas
Senate
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Okey Hospital
War Department
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
State Department
Canada
International at Glace Hitler splits war with peace bids
London reports Hitler seeks to divide France and Britain by offering separate peace terms while threatening Italy's entry. Berlin says Germans trap Allied forces in Flanders into three groups for a final blow and Dunkirk fighting continues. Paris notes units of a trapped French army edging toward the coast amid southern front activity. A Southeast England port reports thousands of BEF survivors landing from transports. Observers foresee Italy striking without warning as time runs out.
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Associated Press
London
Boris Hitler
France
England
Italy
Berlin
Flanders
Paris
Tialy
Dime
English
Dunkerque
Hiltler
Belgian Parliament backs Leopold’s removal in France bulletin
Bulletin updates report Belgian MPs in France approving Premier Pierlot’s declaration that King Leopold the second, who surrendered his army to Germany, is no longer Belgium’s ruler. Other items note a bomb sinking a British warship, Dunkirk evacuations, RAF downing twelve German planes, Bilotte’s death in a car crash, and ore rail lines near Narvik still held by Germany.
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Limoges
France
Hulbert Pierlot
Leopold
Berlin
DNB
Narvik
Belgian Cabinet Ends Leopold’s Reign Over War Power
Paris dispatch reports that Belgium’s cabinet, citing the nation, ruled King Leopold could not reign while under foreign power and designated the cabinet to exercise government during the war. The king was deemed unable to act constitutionally and stripped of authority to dismiss his government. Leopold’s name was also removed from the region’s honor roll, with the grand cross designation rescinded.
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Paris
U.P
Leopold
Poitiers
Adolf Hitler
Moniteur
UPI
Belgium
Region ‘of Honor
Farm Worker Seized Confesses Burglaries In Oshkosh
Harvey Jensen 28 alias Thomas Cook, a farm employee from Milton, was arrested on charges of stealing a car in Whitewater and burgling two homes in Oshkosh after deputies found the stolen car abandoned near Milton Junction. He confessed to rides to Oshkosh and Green Bay and to burglaries in Winnebago County. He will be arraigned Monday. Police and sheriff officials investigated whether the crimes connected to the city.
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Janesville
Wis
Harvey Jensen
Thomas Cook
Hear Milton
Whitewater
Robert Campion
Owen Rex
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Milton Junction
Jensen
Campion
Golz
Paul Neubauer
Dranessile
Queston Jensen
Winnebago County
Keynoter lauds Heil regime at Wisconsin GOP convention
Delbert J. Kenny of West Bend told nearly 2,000 Republicans that Gov. Julius Heil leads an administration marked by honesty and efficiency, while attacking La Follette and the New Deal as fifth column centers. The keynote urged continued Republican majorities and economies in state government.
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Willard R. Smith
United Press
Green Bay
Wis
Julius P. Heil
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette Jr
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
American Legion
Heil
Rupert K. Henry
Vernor
F. L. Gullickson
Senate
Assembly
Atty
Frank FP. Cornelison
Republican Party
Kenny
Heavy rains sweep east and general showers in west
A low pressure system over the Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic brought widespread rains from the east to the west. Heavy falls were reported locally while the Great Lakes area saw clearer skies but Chicago endured another rainy day, the 23rd of the month.
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Chicago
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic
Great Lakes
Allies Recapture Abbeville Region in 48-Hour Offensive
Paris dispatch reports a French official analysis stating Allied forces recaptured the Abbeville region at the Somme mouth after a 48 hour operation. German losses were heavy with about 200 prisoners and several motorized columns destroyed. The area’s exact boundaries remain undefined, but a bridgehead north of the Somme could enable a coastward push toward Boulogne and Calais.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press
Paris
Abbeville
Somme
France
Rene Prioux
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Calais
Dieppe
Flanders
British War Cabinet Member Sees Hitler Losing Ground
Arthur Greenwood, minister without portfolio, told radio listeners that Germany wanes while Britain waxes. He said the enemy presses at the gates, but Allied power on land sea and air grows. He warned of grievous losses and hinted at civilian service expansion for national effort.
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Lenden
Arthur Greenwood
Adolf Hitler
Greenwood
Churchill
Separate Peace Offers By Hitler Indicated
London reports raised by observers that Hitler may seek a split of British and French forces via separate peace offers. The piece notes possible French terms offering Paris land and air assaults, a threatened Malian flank move, and a Britain ultimatum, while stressing Britain and France remain united. Evacuation of troops from northern France continues. losses include Curten and several escorts, but naval circles say embarkation remains the main focus amid large Allied operations.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Flanders
Inferno
France
Paris
Britain
Germany
Curten
Norway
Belgium
Fog shields Allied troops as Germans claim fog aid
Berlin reports thick fog over the English Channel and Flanders coast protecting evacuating Allied troops. German news says air raids paused by weather, British lines around Dunkerque held, French forces dwindling, and top French commanders captured.
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Berlin
English Channel
Flanders
DNB
Ency
Dunkerque
Mosley Possible Hitler Puppet if Germany Wins
London reports in Portsmouth court allege Mrs. Marie Ingram sister in law of a German officer told decorator Cecil Rashleigh that Germany would invade Britain in three weeks with parachute troops and set up a Mosley headed government. She and two men William Swift and Archibald Watts were committed for trial under defense act provisions amid mass arrests of suspected fifth columnists.
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London
WUP
Oswald Mosley
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Portsmouth
Marie Louisa Augusta Ingram
William Swift
Archibald Watts
Cecil Rashleigh
British Union of Fascists
Scotland Yard
Navy Construction Strike Halts Davy Cruisers and More
Kearney New Jersey reports a major stoppage as 5,000 Federsl Shipyard and Dry Dock employees strike, suspending work on Sea Davy cruisers two destroyers and three merchant ships. Local 16 and union officials seek settlement while plant remains partly staffed for emergencies. Company offered 2 1 4 to 4 cent raise and talks with state labor officials are underway.
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J. H. Love
State Department of Labor
Tn Tr
Dunkerque Rescue Armada Holds Line as Bombing Rages
Sidney J. Williams reports hundreds of ships reach Dunkerque harbor to embark thousands of trapped British and French soldiers while rear guards fight like cats. Allies claim a modern Corunna line holds inland as German bombardment intensifies and fog hampers air activity.
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Sidney J. Williams
United Press
London
Dunkerque Harbor
Flanders
Dunkerque
Corunna
Surrender of King Upheld by Witness in Flanders Fight
Eyewitness arriving via Germany reports Belgian army crushed and Leopold II capitulation. He describes regiments vanishing under German fire the day before surrender and morale shattered by vast refugee camps near Belgian lines. German bombers hit Belgan supply frames and refugees. Belgian soldiers reportedly torn between fighting on and avoiding fire on refugees.
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Bern
Switzerland
Flanders
Germany
Leopold
Belgan
Wisconsin Weather Report From Associated Press Summary
Wisconsin weather forecast shows a cloudy west and partly cloudy east with occasional light rain in the far southeast tonight and Saturday. No significant temperature change expected. Milwaukee reports show 24 hour highs and lows with northeast wind and a 29.99 in barometer. observations record maximum 72 and minimum 46.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Fair Milwaukee
Phoenuu
Yellowstone
Winnematea
Buckstaff Observatory
Freeney
Maximem
Allies Report Slaughter of Hitler Troops At Dunkirk
British and French troops stream into English ports after the Dunkirk evacuation as Berlin claims mass air attacks on the retreat. Survivors tell of constant bombing and waves of enemy planes while bakers and volunteers rush aid and rest is promised for the weary veterans.
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Flanders
Jerry
Royal Air Force
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