James Urges Congress To Stay In Session For War Readiness
Governor Arthur H. James of Pennsylvania calls Congress to remain in session as a brake on presidential moves until the emergency abroad and at home abates. He warns against adjournment and a coalition cabinet and accuses the New Deal of bypassing the Constitution while urging rearmament and broad congressional protection.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Arthur H. James
Pennsylvania
Congress
International
Hhe
Repubiican
James
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Landon Demands No Third Term From Roosevelt
Alf Landon pressed President Roosevelt for a No Third Term pledge after a luncheon, signaling potential coalition talks. The White House dismissed political statements, citing focus on Europe and national issues. Congress moved swiftly, passing a 1.823 billion army bill and approving naval and emergency funding for armament expansion.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Landon
London
Kansas
Waay
Europe
Congress
Senate
Roosevel
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Naval Committee
Navy
Dr Schurman resigns over Nazi propaganda claim
Dr Jacob Gould Schurman of New York resigns as honorary chairman of the Carl Schur Memorial Foundation alleging Nazi propaganda in its literature. He objects to the term American Germans, saying German Americans should be used, while Wilbur K. Thomas denies Nazi links and says the group is American and cultural.
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Philadelphia
Jacob Gould Schurman
New York
U. S
Germany
Carl Schur Memorial Foundation
Wilbur K. Thomas
Ferdinand Thun
Reading
Foundation
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Schurman
Thomas
Neighbors Seek Clues On Aged Bob Deitz Missing
Worried neighbors search for 70 year old Bob Deitz who lived alone in a Mahlon Wooley farm summer home on Somerset R D 1. Deitz, a relief recipient in ill health, has not been seen since late last week and may have been in poor condition.
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Bob Deitz
Mahlon Wooley Farm
Somerset
R. D
Deitz
Wooley
Champ Drum Major Eddie Sacks to Headline Concert
Eddie Sacks, 16, Westmont and Johnstown champion drum major, will perform at the high school band and orchestra concert in the auditorium Friday. A sophomore, he recently won the national school music festival award with a top rating and began his drum major career in junior high. Sacks also earned best drum major in Winchester Virginia's Apple Blossom Festival parade. The Somerset Music Boosters Association hosts the concert, expected to attract a large crowd.
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Eddie Sacks
Westmont
Johnstown
Sacks
Westmont-Upper Yoder
Winchester
Virginia
Somerset Music Boosters Association
Last Siege Fort falls to German artillery at Liege front
Louis P. Lochner reports from Battice near Liege as German forces batter Belgium's Liege fortifications. The fall follows a 20 minute artillery assault with swastika raised over Battice, while Allied reinforcement movements and air bombardment aim to blunt further German advances.
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Louis P. Lochner
Adolf Hitler
England
Hitler
Osténd
Dunquerque
Calais
Dieppe
Belgium
France
English Channel
Battice
Liege
Eupen
Malmedy
Germany
Low Countries
Lochner
Verviers
Bauthe
Spa
Holland
Wihin
Walther von Reichenau
German troops seal Belgium sector into sack of Flanders
German forces push into northern France and Belgium as Weygand orders stiff ground holds. Air and ground blows target Boulogne Dieppe and Boulogne lines while German wedges press toward Paris and Channel ports.
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Preston Grover
Berlin
Dover
England
Flanders
France
Germany
Belgium
Dara
Maxime Weygand
Laon
Walter von Reichenau
Weygand
Picardy
Hannibal
Poland
Channel
Paris
Boulogne
English Channel
St. Pol
Monstreuil
Dover Straits
Britain
Abbeville
Soissons
Compeigne
Creil
Reichenau
Stolen Car Leaves Road in Bedford County Incident
Harry Mitchell, 23, of New Paris Bedford county, operated a coach that left the Lincoln highway near the Kingston bridge and overturned. He suffered a shoulder dislocation and minor cuts. The car, valued at 500 dollars, belonged to David Wright of Alum Bank. Mitchell was charged with operating a stolen vehicle after treatment and returned to Bedford county for court.
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Harry Mitchell
New Paris
Bedford County
Kingston Bridge
Latrobe Road
Lincoln Highway
Mitchell
Jennertown
David Wright
Alum Bank
Allies Stall German Efforts to Reach the Channel
London dispatch reports Allied counterattacks halt German plans to complete a line from Abbeville to the Channel. Arras and Abbeville retaken as RAF strikes forage against German columns, while a vast aerial operation targets roads bridges and rail centers west of the Ruhr. Casualty tallies cited.
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Channel
London
Abbeville
English Channel
Arras
Royal Air Force
Germany
Rhenish
Prussia
Belgium
France
Meuse
Namura
Dinant
Rhine
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Churchill Becomes Dictator in Britain Under War Powers
London May 22 Great Britain harnesses democracy to grant Prime Minister Winston Churchill near total control. Parliament rushed a sweeping conscription and labor mobilization bill signed by the king within hours, placing labor, industry and export controls under ministerial authority. The measure elevates powers to direct workplaces, set wages, inspect premises and prioritize war material, with profits and some firms potentially operated at government risk.
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Hugh Wagnon
London
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Commons
Arthur Greenwood
Minister of Labor
Cromwell
Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
Amalgamated Engineers Union
Temry
Arras Re
Rotterdam Scar of City Brick Piles
Heinzerling reports from Rotterdam under German occupation describing ruin and hardship in the seaport after bombardment. He portrays the devastated city from direct observation, noting brick piles and damaged infrastructure as evidence of war destruction.
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Rotterdam
Heinzerling
Birmingham
Ohio
Associated Press
Berlin
Netherlands
Rotterdam Bombing Leaves City in Ruins and Losses
May 22 dispatch reports Rotterdam as a burned, shattered port city after a seven and a half minute German air raid. Civilian deaths estimated in the thousands by some sources, with authorities confirming heavy destruction across banks, harbor facilities, and the Statendam liner still smoldering at the wharf.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rotterdam
Statendam
Netherlands
Meuse
Allied Front Holds As German Drive Pauses Near Channel
French and Allied lines along the Somme and Aisne rivers checked the German push toward the Channel and Paris. Weygand voiced confidence as Churchill met Reynaud and the U S ambassador. Arras Abbeville and Amiens reports fueled cautious optimism amid soggy battlefields and ongoing fighting from Valenciennes to Cambrai.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Paris
Somme
Aisne
English Channel
France
Belgium
War Ministry
Amiens
Sedan
Arras
Abbeville
Maxime Weygand
Valencianes
Cambrai
Channel
Winston Churchill
Pre
Paul] Reynaud
General Weygand
Weygand
Churchill
Reynaud
U. S
William Builitt
Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Nearby States
West Virginia sees scattered showers with a slight drop in temperatures on Thursday. Friday turns partly cloudy with cooler conditions. Western Pennsylvania remains mostly cloudy with scattered showers in the east and south areas and cooler in the southwest. Eastern Pennsylvania keeps mostly cloudy skies with showers in the extreme east on Thursday and partly cloudy, cooler conditions Friday. Maryland reports mostly cloudy skies with rain in the extreme east and scattered showers in the west, while Friday stays partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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