Roosevelt to form defense council for wartime training plan
President Roosevelt plans a national defense council to speed arms production and stabilize prices, with Morgenthau and Johnson among key figures. Frank Knox named to lead pilot training efforts and chair subcommittees, amid debates over 1916 act revival and potential expanded powers for security agencies.
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New German secret weapons claimed in Belgium and France
An official statement from Belgium and northern France tonight said Germany plans to deploy new weapons never before used in combat. Reports mention flame throwing tanks with cannon bearing able to unleash livid fire up to 200 yards and speculation of nerve gas causing paralysis. Details remain unconfirmed publicly.
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Boulogne Retaken Report Claims British Control
A May report from WRW New York via INS states the British say they have retaken Boulogne and control the main sections of the channel part while German troops reportedly hold the subnibs.
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Crowd disperses sect after near riot in San Antonio
A downtown clash in San Antonio involving about 30 Jehovah’s Witness pamphlet distributors sparked a minor street riot as veterans and bystanders, mostly teens, intervened. Police detained around 30 people for a briefing and released them. Witnesses claimed protection from Catholics amid charges of anti-Catholic intimidation and fascist warnings.
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Global War Briefs Press Grow War Alarm
Washington plans to name industrialists to work with cabinet officers on a national defense council and drafts a unity chat. Berlin hints at a seven point peace price program as armies tighten the noose on Allied forces. London reports crippling blows to Nazi supply lines while Paris notes generals dismissed and Allied lines narrowing. Moscow issues a last warning to belligerents to stay out of the Balkans.
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Weather Forecast San Antonio and Vicinity 1940
Weather forecast notes fair conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with light to moderate variable winds. Temperatures range from the mid sixties to the mid eighties with cooler trends inland. East Texas shows generally fair weather with scattered showers possible early in the week.
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Allied Attack Narrows Nazi Wedge In Lines
Paris reports Allied forces narrowed the Nazi wedge between north and south lines to about a dozen miles while 15 French generals were dismissed in a high command shakeup. British Belgian troops fend off fresh assaults in the Channel area as German attempts to outflank the Maginot line face renewed French counterattacks near the Somme and Aisne valleys. Weygand named commander in chief, replacing Gamelin, as the battle in Flanders intensifies and supplies flow from the sea.
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Hitler Prepares Peace Demands Amid German Advance
Karl H. Vc reports from Beran on May 25 that German panzer and bombardment units near Calais shape Hitler’s peace terms. Demands include English noninterference, freedom of seas, demilitarization of Mediterranean bases, and possible reunification moves affecting Holland, Belgium, and Denmark under greater German influence.
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Death Toll in Quake Mounts in Peru
Lima Peru May 25 Reports from Implied communities indicate at least 200 killed and 3000 injured in yesterday’s violent quake. Disrupted communications hinder final casualty tallies as rescue workers comb debris for additional victims. Thousands rendered homeless and extensive property damage reported.
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Latins Round Up Fifth Column on Continent
South American nations including Argentina Chile Uruguay Peru Bolivia and Brazil began a sweep against fifth column activity. Suspects have been rounded up in the days leading to May. Legislation against Nazi subversive activity was introduced in Montevideo Buenos Aires and Santiago congresses.
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Germans claim unprecedented naval gun feat near Berlin
An official naval communique reports a German shell fired at a British destroyer with a small 3 inch gun achieving a high arc attack. Analysts debate whether the shell was unusually loaded or whether a larger aircraft gun was used, framing it as a David and Goliath moment in naval warfare.
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German Choppings Aim at Dunkirk as Boulogne Falls
Berlin reports a rapidly collapsing Allied force in Flanders estimated at up to four million troops. German armored columns and bombers push toward Calais and Dunkirk, with Lille and Ghent in jeopardy as the encirclement tightens. A boy from Mercedes, 12, drowned when a boat capsized near Mercedes.
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