Allies Hit German Break-Through In Maginot Line Near Rheims
Paris May 17 U P Allied reinforcements poured heavy explosive shells bombs into the apex of the German break through in the Maginot line defenses 100 miles northeast of Paris centering on Rethel in the River Aisne area about 25 miles from Rheims. Planes and artillery supported the effort as German assault columns pushed toward widening the salient north of Rethel while French and British air forces bombed the advancing column.
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Maginot Line
Rheims
PARIS
U.P
Rethel
Aisne
Royal Air Corps
Namur
Sedan
Magimot
LONDON
Louvain
Montmedy
Maginot
Winston Churchill
Zeeland
Holland
Antwerp
Sambre
Charleroi
Mezieres
Belgium
Mezieres-Montmedy
Allied withdraws and German advance on Maginot line front
London dispatches report Allied troops withdrawing from the Belgian Dyle line near Brussels amid a German threat to split communications with France. British and Belgian forces face heavy pressure as German armored columns drive toward Rethel and Montmedy on the Maginot line, with warnings the public must prepare for a grave situation.
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LONDON
pbe
Brussels
France
Belgium
Mezieres
Sedan
association
Maginot line
Weather summary for Ohio and surrounding region
Partly cloudy and continued cool tonight with mainly cloudy conditions Saturday and showers in the southwest. A disturbance develops in the southwest with a low over Amarillo and another over the St. Lawrence Valley. A high pressure area moves east from the northwest as pressure remains high from Minnesota to the Gulf.
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OHIO
Amarillo
Texas
St. Lawrence Valley
Minnesota
gulf
Details Of Roosevelt Defense Plan For 1.18 Billion
Washington May 17 The Roosevelt administration outlines a defense program totaling 1.182 billion dollars with 300 airplanes 200 for the army and 100 for the navy boosted rifle production ships shore facilities pilot training to 7 000 yearly and new anti aircraft guns submarines nets and Panama Canal defenses among other measures Congress faces higher debt near 46 billion by June 1941 unless taxes rise or stabilization funds are used.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
House
Senate
army
navy
Garland
marine corps
Congress
treasury
Roosevelt urges shift of new airplane plants from exposed seaboard
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to recommission 35 World War II destroyers and push manufacturers to relocate new plants away from exposed seaboard areas. He outlined a 1.182 billion defense program, a 200 million contingency fund, and a 50 000 aircraft armada, with Gen. George C. Marshall testifying on military expansion and pilot training.
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Roosevelt
Seaboard
WASHINGTON
Congress
George C. Marshall
Senate Military Appropriations Subcommittee
House Military Affairs Committee
Andrew May
Falls Over River Bank Fractures Both Legs
Henry Abramask age 39 of 1291 East avenue fell about 30 feet over a river bank behind Pix sleys Garage on Lod street. He sustained fractures and lacerations. found by Edward Robinson and Henry Cheavers, taken to Elzra Memorial Hospital with condition listed as fair.
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Henry Abramask
East avenue
Pixsley
Lodstreet
Edward Robinson
Henry Cheavers
Furnace street
Stanley
Lod street
Elzra Memorial Hospital
Increase in Open Hearth Furnaces at Lorain Plant
Lorain National Tube plant plans a boost to ten open hearth furnaces next week, up from nine, while four blast furnaces and the Bessemer converter keep single turns. Other departments will run to suit the schedule released today.
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National Tube company
Lorain
Bessemer
Fortress Namur Taken as German Drive Cuts Deep
German High Command claims armored columns shattered Allied lines in Belgium, captured Namur, and pierced the Maginot Line far toward Paris. They say advances threaten channel ports as Allies retreat from Louvain and Dyle defenses. Reports note possible flank attacks and continued operations along the Saar front and Belgian coast.
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BERLIN
Belgium
Namur
Paris
Louvain
Brussels
Maginot
Maubeuge
Sambre
France
Carignan
Sedan
The
Marne
English Channel
Adolf
Elyria Red Cross Urges Quick War Relief Donations
The Elyria chapter appeals for a $4,000 war relief quota with a Washington telegram urging prompt total collections. The Red Cross reports $100,000 extra for Dutch Belgian refugees and outlines relief efforts, with banks and the Masonic Temple office accepting contributions and volunteers mobilized to collect locally.
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Elyria
American Red Cross
national
Red Cross
Washington
H C. Cheney
war relief fund
Europe
Richard F. Allen
American
England
Frank M. Wilcox
Masonic Temple
Belgian Government Leaves Brussels for Ostend
The Exchange Telegraph News Agency reported from London that the Belgian government had departed Brussels for Ostend.
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LONDON
U.P
Exchange Telegraph
Brussels
Ostend
Four Injured In Night Truck Collision On Route 18
At 9 15 p m yesterday two trucks collided on Route 18 east of Wellington corporation limits. Three occupants of a light panel truck driven by 17 year old Raymond Dunford of Wellington were seriously injured with lacerations and bruises. Fellow passengers Joseph Roman and Clifford Truelsen, both of Columbia Station, suffered head injuries and bruises. They were treated at Falls Clinic in Wellington. The other vehicle, a westbound tractor trailer driven by Earl Wiand, 40, of Detroit, received minor injuries. Deputies said the trucks crashed, rolled over, and skidded off the road with both rigs overturning.
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Wellngton corporation
Raymond Dunford
Wellington
Dunford
Joseph Roman
U S Plans Nine Civilian Pilot Training Camps
Chicago Daily News publisher Frank Knox, by President Roosevelt's authorization, announced nine civilian run camps to train about 100 cadets as airplane pilots. Camps would open around July 1 in the nine Army Corps areas, operated as an extension of the Civil Aeronautics Authority with Army supervision. Funding expected through emergency defense appropriation via the CAA budget.
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CHICAGO
Mar
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Roosevelt
Knox
Plattsburg
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Army
CAA
German Losses Enormous Amid Meuse Battle Report
United Press observer reports massive German losses in the Meuse battle west of the river with Allied counter blows and continued German tank and air assaults. He notes Namur and Antwerp forts holding, Liege fort bombardments, and tens of thousands of refugees fleeing in fear and shelterSeeking civilians describe long cellar evacuations as bombardments persist.
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THE
MEUSE
Kollizkrieg
Namur
Antwerp
Liege
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British Isles
Acme
U S
John Nance Garner
Willam Bankhead
WSPAP
U.S
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Alaska
Dinant
High Command
Monimedy
Longwy
Alled
Saar
Rastatt
Hagenau
North Sea
Darek, Florist
Broad Street
U. P
Hermann Goering
xmorale
John Stenbeck
Grapes of Wrath
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