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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
5
Paris suffered a major air attack as German planes dropped 1050 bombs. Official counts listed 45 dead and 149 wounded in Paris and suburbs with 83 bombs in the city and 557 in surrounding areas. Four schools in Paris and four in suburbs were hit. a temporary hospital housed two nurses killed.
Paris facing German bombing with views that many military objectives exist in the city and its environs. The piece weighs reprisals and possible future raids, noting Allied resilience and the Nazis expected to press a blitzkrieg as supplies dwindle.
South Carolina sees partly cloudy sky tonight and Tuesday with scattered coastal showers. Georgia shows partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thunder showers in the southern area. Florida remains mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with light to gentle variable winds. Northwest Florida fair tonight and Tuesday with similar light winds.
The United States liner departed Galway bound for New York with 720 refugees aboard. A five year old Peter Duffy traveled alone to join his father in Gary Indiana after his mother’s death. The voyage included last minute embargos and added water supplies.
New York June 3 Joseph Schenck board chairman of the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation was indicted by a federal grand jury on 24 counts of income tax fraud conspiracy and making false statements to a government investigator. Co defendant include his bookkeeper Joseph H Moscowitz. Indictments allege Schenck defrauded the government of more than 400000 in taxes for 1935 37.
Tokyo June 3 Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai told reporters there is a way to ease U.S. Japan tensions but that such a method is not being considered or disclosed. He refused to reveal any details of potential steps.
The June 3 raid on Paris involved an estimated 250 to 300 Nazi planes. Casualties exceed 100 with 35 dead and many wounded. William C. Bullitt narrowly escaped a bomb, lunching nearby. Several bombs struck central districts and a key building, details withheld.
Washington lawmakers consider emergency authority for the president to call reserve forces and retired regulars during a national crisis after adjournment. Rep. May says the measure would cover national guard and reserve components until the new Congress convenes. President Roosevelt seeks authority to call out the national guard if needed.
Berlin reports 330000 British and French prisoners captured in the big Artois and Flanders battle as Allied rearguards hinder German progress near Dunkerque. The high command notes heavy air and artillery support, sinking several Allied ships and sustaining German losses.
Thousands of workers at the Federal Shipbuilding yard in Kearney New Jersey ended a three day strike that halted work on six U S warships. About 400 returned at midnight followed by 5000 for the 6 30 am shift and the rest back for the evening shift. The walkout began Thursday midnight delaying two cruisers and four destroyers part of the defense program.
German warplanes struck Paris and suburbs in a vast hour long raid killing 45 and wounding 149. Four schools were hit alongside other sites, with an American among the dead as sirens and anti aircraft fire filled the capital.
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