Roads Approaching Paris Barricaded as Allied Defense Holds
Paris dispatch describes German forces in the Weygand Line battle facing heavy Allied fire with tanks damaged and reinforcements poured in. Reports claim Germans gained and lost ground along the Aisne and Somme while Paris strengthens anti parachute measures.
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Paris
Weygand
Belgium
Germany
Flanders
Soissons
Aisne Canal
Laon
Maxime Weygand
Werland
Chemir Des Dames
Somme
France
Speaker Tells Graduates War Is Insane
Elyria High School closed its ninety second commencement with 160 diplomas after two nights of ceremonies. Dr Bernard C Clausen urged graduates to envision future generations opening a time capsule from the 1939 World’s Fair containing items and music while warning that war remains insane and highlighting the need for a simple human rights formula.
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Elyria High School
Bernard C. Clausen
First Baptist church of
Pittsburgh
A. D
Clausen
Ridgeville School Sees 180 Day State Compliance
Ridgeville Township board adopts a 180 day school year plan to avoid state funding penalties after a 3-mill levy approved May 14. The 1939-40 year had been 160 days, with R. Crowe and Karl Kolinski retained as instrumental music teachers for one day weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville Township
township board of education
R. &. Crowe
Karl Kolinski
Ohio Weather Summary Forecast For Weekend Showers
Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms Saturday and tonight in west and north portions. Warmer in lake region and Chio valley. cooler in the great plains. Low pressure trough from Great Lakes to Texas, high Atlantic pressures, rising in northern plains and central Rockies. Thunderstorms noted from central plains eastward into Ohio.
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Great Lakes
Texas
Atlantic states
northern plains
Rocky Mountain
lake region
Chioe
great plains
central plains
Ohio
British Aircraft Production Now Exceeds Losses
Lord Beaverbrook, minister of aircraft supply, said British aircraft output since May 10 has surpassed all losses in heavy RAF operations. He noted a new heavy bomber test and that production the week ended June 1 was 62 percent higher than the week ended May 11, with the increase continuing.
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Bulletin
LONDON
Lord Beaverbrook
Aircraft Supply
Beaverbrook
Great Britain
Germany Seeks Separate Peace With France Reported
New York dispatch says the National Broadcasting Company intercepted a BBC statement that Germany pursued a separate peace with France. The message claimed Britain abandoned France in the Battle of Flanders and on French soil, per NSC reports.
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NEW YORK
National Broadcasting Company
British broadcasting company
Germany
France
BBC
NSC
Flanders
President seeks authority to trade in guns
President Roosevelt asked Congress for power to trade in guns for sale to Allied nations, similar to government exchanges of Navy planes. He noted existing authority to trade airplanes and ammunition for replacement but not guns, pointing to 75 mm field guns stored since 1919 that have shown effectiveness against German tanks.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Congress
France
England
Army Ordnance department
Liner Washington to Pick Up Refugee Americans
The American Embassy said the liner Washington now at Bordeaux will proceed to Lisbon to pick up 900 Americans and then Ireland to gather several hundred more refugee Americans. About 3,100 Americans were in the United Kingdom with 1,000 anxious to return to the United States. The Washington is expected to accommodate 1,000 passengers in Ireland before heading to New York.
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LONDON
Washington
Bordeaux
France
Lisbon
Spain
Ireland
United Kingdom
United States
New York
Germans Claim French Line Being Stabbed
Berlin reports a German communique stating Weygand line pierced along the entire front in France and operations south of the Somme Aisne and Oise Canal proceeding well. It cites Allied losses and claims steady progress toward breaking Paris and encircling the capital.
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Peronne
Ailette river
Chemin Des Dames
Somme
sea
Amiens
Abbeville
Aisne
Attiga
Weygand
BERLIN
France
high command
Adolf Hitler
Oise
Ingvet
Hammerfest
Paris
chatinel
Soissons
Le Havre
Rouen
Compiegne
Eire Vows Defiance Against Any Invasion
Dublin reports Prime Minister Eamon De Valera pledging Ireland will resist any invader with all means. He warned former sympathizers of the IRA against actions that could bring war and bondage, and urged Irish abroad to support the defense of liberty.
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DUBLIN
Eire
Eamon De Valera
Irish Republican army
De Valera
Ireland
subrosa
Britain
United States
Admiralty Bans Merchant Vessels From UK Coasts After Sunset
The Admiralty orders merchant ships to stay three miles off Britain’s coasts from sunset to sunrise unless in British convoys, with firing possible for noncompliance. Exceptions allow passage through recognized channels under close warship watch. The move follows German air activity along a 40 mile coastal stretch as authorities assess a potential major strike.
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LONDON
Admiralty
United Kingdom
Adolf Hitler
Italy Orders Ships to Neutral Ports Amid Sail Suspensions
An Italian official says ships in neutral ports must suspend sailings while those at sea are ordered to nearest neutral ports. Italian cargo vessels from the Pacific coast are directed to U S ports. Arsa Aussa Alberta to stay in port, Belvedere to remain in Philadelphia.
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NEW YORK
United States
Key West
Cape Batteras
Pacific
Arsa
Aussa
Alberta
Belvedere
Philadelphia
Rail wreck near Morris tunnel claims transient death
A buckled rail caused the Pittsburgh and West Virginia fast freight crash near Morris tunnel between Monessen and Connellsville. A transient was killed and two trainmen injured when the locomotive and two box cars left the rails and piled up last night.
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CONNELLSVILLE
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Morris tunnel
Monessen
Connellsvile
Expert Sees Hitler Paris Drive Still In Preliminary Stage
The article notes German forces preparing precautions against flanking moves as they press toward Paris from the Soissons salient. It says progress is uneven, with tanks infiltrating but without large infantry follow through, suggesting a cautious yet ongoing effort to encircle Paris.
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Hitler
Paris
Belgium
Flanders
Weygand
Belgian
Retiring Elyria Sergeant Hurd Ends Twenty-One Years of Service
Sergeant Arthur Hurd of the Elyria police department, after twenty-one years and one month of service, will retire on pension. His official retirement begins June 23 after a two week vacation starting Sunday. He joined as a patrolman in May 1919 and became sergeant after civil service exams. He plans fishing trips, gardening, and home projects in retirement.
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Elyria
Arthur Hurd
Sergt. Hurd
Hurd
police department
Manistaque
Mich
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ULEISTIAN LANNY TUNNIU BATTLE, FRENCH LINE
lnes
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Ridgeville
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clipper
Italy
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Oise-Aisne
Ham
J. W.T. Mason
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