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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1940
Page
9
Berlin dispatch reports a sweeping German breakthrough in Flanders with Calais Boulogne encircled and Belgian ports in German hands. The High Command claims the ring around Belgian and Allied forces has tightened, Gou
Nighttime patrols in Northern Ireland sparked by IRA uprising fears as three British air force aviators were wounded by anti parachute police fire when their car failed to halt near an Ulster air base. Police and troops conducted widespread raids. arrests reported across Northern Ireland and Eire.
Paris dressmakers vote to keep doors open despite heavy fighting in Northern France. Lucien Lelong president of the Dressmakers' Syndical Chamber says the group will remain in the capital unless the government orders otherwise. The decision involves leading houses to keep workers employed amid encouraging orders from abroad.
Premier Paul Reynaud met in Paris on May 2 with Marshal Henri Petain Commander in Chief General Maxime Weygand and Minister Georges Mendel to discuss wartime governance. Censored portions indicate seven works were suppressed.
The White House announced President Roosevelt plans a national defense emergency coordination group with both private individuals and government officials. Stephen Hatley said the plan is in preparedness stage and names are not yet decided. The plan intends outside experts to join rather than supersede government officials, details pending.
Montreal police say raids against Fascist elements disrupted a network linked to Luxembourg and Germany. A German detainee was arrested as authorities searched party headquarters and offices, while plans for action and connections with Paris and Zurich were reported.
Berlin reports major German advances encircling Allied forces in northern France and Belgium. High Command claims two-thirds of the Flemish battle area collapsed in four hours, threatening annihilation of the Allied army groups in Flanders within days. Churchill warns of grave, confused forces defending Britain as invasion looms.
Buffalo May 2 UPI Senator James M. Mead told state postmasters and postal officers at their annual convention that the Americas could present an unbroken defense against any outside military intrusion. He praised the administration’s defense program as crafted for peace rather than war and noted possible disagreements on reciprocal trade and commerce.
New York May 2 Allied war plane orders and supplies neared 7.25 hundred million dollars, according to G. W. Wynne, spokesman for the Anglo-French purchasing mission. He said British and French buyers were pleasantly surprised by American manufacturers as output rose each month.
Gandhi in India urged followers to avoid trouble during the crisis and said the British can cope with any difficulty. He claimed India was dragged into war by the British cabinet and that Britain drains the dependency as it has in the past.
The British Ministry of Information rebutted a German claim that eight ships and two minesweepers were sunk by mines off Africa. It said no reports from enemy mines in the area reached London and no single vessel was lost.
Rome reports a national civil mobilization order placing all citizens over 44 under activation and permitting seizure of private capital and transportation. Italy tightens controls on consumption, exports, and imports while preparing blackout measures and possible troop movements as anti Allied sentiment and foreign pressures rise.
New York May 25 Miss Catherine Maxey 63 plunged to death early today from a fifth floor Riverside Drive apartment. Detectives say she left six letters to friends one addressed to Mrs. Victor Nockin. The messages indicate despair over her belongings and a life ruined. She had been unsettled since the February death of her brother-in-law Maj. Gen. Walter G. Robinson of the New York National Guard. She had worked as a secretary to Cal Andrew H. Thompson at the United States Property and Disbursing Office.
May 25 Nice, France reporters describe renewed blackouts on the Riviera and a dangerous 20 mile breach north of the Somme as French troops contest a German advance. French coast defenses report fighting near St Omer Boulogne Calais while German and Allied forces maneuver across northern France and Belgium in a renewed battle for control.
The German High Command says Belgian forces and main bodies of British and French armies in Flanders are hemmed in Boulogne captured and Calais encircled. Paris reports a narrowed Somme breach threatening to trap Germans. London notes civilian injuries from raids and Channel bombardments. Italy’s entry into war anticipated as mobilization broadens powers. Prime Minister Churchill calls for labor sacrifice as air attacks intensify. British losses claim 120 German planes in three days.
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