Dunkirk Evacuation Told by Surviving Troops and Civilians
Eyewitness accounts describe the perilous retreat from the Channel, with troops trapped on beaches, bombardment by German planes, and ferries carrying survivors to safety. Naval and civilian efforts are praised, while testimonies detail shattered towns, hospital ships attacked, and the grim search for more planes and relief.
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Flanders
Dunkerque
London
Channel
Hositals
Navy
Bee in His Bonnet Brings Detroiter Big Money Profits
Walter P. Beerbaum a Detroit area apiarist built an apiary of 34 colonies and sells about 6000 pounds of honey yearly though he cannot walk. He began after arthritis and a 1930 prognosis of lifelong disability and now operates from a farm stand and a 10 mile radius trip aboard a three wheeled scooter.
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Taylor
Township
Beerbaum
Poet
Defense Tax Plan Sparks Senate and House Debate
The defense tax proposal seeks to raise about 656 million dollars yearly for five years to cover a projected 3.7 billion dollar deficit in fiscal 1941. House committees weigh higher income and excise taxes while leaders push for quick action. The debate includes calls to broaden the tax base and cut other federal spending, with timing uncertain.
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Contha
Doughton
D-N C
Prabend Yeety
Ie ‘Mittee
Coughton
House
Congress
Barkley
Rayburn
Texas
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Ways and Means Committee
Dn.c
Roosevelt
Senate
Sessions
LaFollette
Byrd
D-Va
Admiral Sims Bust Presented to Naval Academy
A life sized bronze bust of Admiral William S. Sims, wartime commander of the U S fleet in Europe, is installed in Memorial Hall at the Naval Academy. The gift from the Naval Academy Association of New York was funded by officers and approved by the superintendent Wilson Brown.
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Wilson Brown
United States Naval Academy
Naval Academy Association of New York
Memorial Hall
Palm Beach
Memorial Hall Honors Admiral Sims Busts and Roosevelt Message
The article notes Admiral Sims honored in Memorial Hall with a bust and a Roosevelt message praising his World War II era service. It lists previous busts including Houdon’s John Paul Jones and Rear Admiral Moffett, and mentions Commander Barnaby of League Island Navy Yard who has two works in Memorial Hall and past gliding achievements.
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Mer
Admiral Sims
Roosevelt
White House
Sims
Academy
Memorial Hall
Jean Antoine Houdon
John Paul Jones
Rebley Db
Fighting Rod
Barnaby
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Admiral Moffett
Navy
Soaring Society of America
New York Committee Chooses Sculptor for Sims Bust
A New York committee of prominent sculptors unanimously selects a national figure to create the Sims bust, a project started years after its initial proposal and supported by the Bureau of Aeronautics and Admiral Moffett.
French Admiral Abrial promoted to Grand Cross Legion of Honor
Paris reports Admiral Jean Abrial receives the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor for his leadership of French naval forces defending the Dunkerque ports. The official journal cites his feats of war.
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Paris
Jean Abrial
Dunkerque
Legion of Honor
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English
Gaston Billotte
Narvik
Admiralty
Henry Homes Sutherland
Black Watch
Special Dispatch
Annapolis
William S. Sims
Teers Son
Daan bAeaton
Ann Lew
Ann Lewis
Salina
Wells & Coverly’s
Alma
We & Taleres
Aerzone
Wells & Coverly
Manhattan
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