War Roundup on Battle for Paris and Western Front
The roundup notes German tanks advancing and Paris holding the Weygand Line in a three day battle. It cites British and French resistance, anti tank nests near the Somme and Aisne, and reports of Cherbourg air raids, Italian port orders, and U.S. advised travel home.
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Paris
Berlin
Holland
Belgium
Weygandine
Somme-Aisne Battlefront
Siene River
Chelbourg
France
Cherbourg
Italy
New York
Somme
Leodan
Somme-Aisne
London
England
Washington
United Kingdom
Chemin-des- Dames
Abbe- Wille
Bresle Mver
Channel
Nebraska area threatened by flood spreads across states
Heavy rainfall caused the Republican river valley in southwest Nebraska to brace for renewed flooding reminiscent of the 1935 disaster. Bridges washed out near Sterling and Holyoke Colorado, water flooded streams, and floods threatened towns from Imperial to Wauneta. Beemer rain drove rises as Elkhorn crests neared previous highs.
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Omaha
Neb
Republican River
Nebraska
Sterling
Holyoke
Colo
Frenchman Creek
Imperial
Streins
Wauneta
Plum Creek
West Foint
Beemer
Elkhorn River
Obervers
McCook
Champion
Cols
Colorado
Briggsdale
Here
Britain to Move Government to Canada in Empire Revival Plan
In Senate discussion Senator Pittman argues Churchill’s vow to keep fighting from Canada guarantees Western Hemisphere safety for long. Senator Nye envisions moving British government to Canada, expanding empire, separating from European wars, and bringing governance closer to empire possessions. A Rhodes scholar comment criticizes England learning from colonies, while Europe is labeled reactionary. the new world is urged as the future with Canada as a central heart of the empire.
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Pittman
Churchill
Britain
British Isles
Hitler
Canada
Nye
United States
New World
England
Europe
the Statesman
Colonies
British Empire
India
Vancouver
Broad Pacific
Dutch Airmen Escape to France
Paris reports that a group of Dutch student pilots fled to France in training planes to escape German occupation. The four pilots reportedly reached French airspace without appreciable losses and will be incorporated into the French air force.
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Paris
France
Netherlands
Sesston
French spy case ends in firing squad for Exner
Paris June 7. Frits Exner a German motion picture producer was shot for espionage this morning while a presidential pardon saved his Swiss accomplice Carmen Mory from execution. The supreme penalty was imposed for wartime spying and betrayal.
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Paris
Frits Exner
Epionage
Carmen Mory
Belgian Army Reconstitution To Join Allied Forces Soon
Poitiers France June 1 The semi official Helga News agency reported the first division of the Belgian army reorganized in France will soon join the Allied armies. French Prince Sixte of Bourbon who volunteered at the outbreak of war stated he would fight again with the Belgian forces and has arrived in Poitiers.
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Poitiers
France
Helga
Sixte of Bourbon
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