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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
1
Berlin reports indicate German legions poised to enter Paris within a week or two as a broad front advances in the major offensive. The June 5 dispatch notes continued progress across the front with expectations of rapid gains.
Military sources say certain German armored vehicles sit on both sides of Amiens, though not very close to the French held town, as reported from London on June 5.
ISTANBUL June 5 AP. Turkey ordered partial removal of citizens from Istanbul and adopted other emergency air raid precautions.
Lord Beaverbrook, minister for air craft production, issued an urgent appeal for the fullest output this week and next to boost wartime supply and meet military needs.
Allied warplanes bombed Friedrichshafen and targets on the German side of Lake Constance early today and dropped six bombs on the Swiss side. French reports say six of 20 German raiders were shot down over northwestern France as dawn offensives opened against the Somme.
The Swiss army sealed the southern Valais Canton including the St Bernard and Simplon passes, barring civilians except residents or those with special passes, as a possible front line between France and Italy looms.
The U S circuit court of appeals reserved decision on a petition to review an NLRB order. Phelps Dodge must reinstate 37 union miners with back pay and employ two others without back pay. Mines are in Bisbee Arizona and the board accuses unfair labor practices.
Chicago 9 New York 7 in a nine inning finish after late scoring. tied 11th in another game as Kramer Harris and Swift lead Boston over St Louis. Cleveland blanked Washington. Philadelphia defeated Chicago 3 0 while New York and Cincinnati games noted as night events.
Reporter recounts British retreat in northern France with supply dumps enough to outfit 40 German divisions. He describes rapid German advance, destroyed tanks, Stuka bombings near Beaumont and Enclos Lille, and field sights of scattered equipment, letters, and religious items among the chaos.
Soviet circles in London say Allies and Russia share aims in the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean and Russia will stay neutral. A British source hopes improved Britain Russia ties may deter Italian entry. Cripps being named ambassador to Moscow appears accepted by the Kremlin, but no formal notice yet. France names Labonne to Moscow as another factor in easing Soviet Allied relations. Britain urges deeds to prove genuine friendship.
Berlin reports the German high command claims the great German offensive has broken the Weygand defense line. A special communique says German troops attacked the French on a broad front and crossed the Somme, breaking the defense named for Generalissimo Maxime Weygand.
Washington June 5 A resolution opposing transfer of any hemisphere region by non American nations was swiftly approved by both Senate and House foreign committees. Supported by Secretary Hull it won unanimous Senate approval and, with two members voting present in the House, broad bipartisan backing. The session also rejected Pepper’s proposal to aid the Allies without entering the war.
In Rome on June 5 Fascist students attempted anti Allied demonstrations but were dispersed by police near the British consulate. Armed troops were posted at embassy doorways. An Athens report said Turkey sought permission to disembark troops on Greek islands in the Aegean, with Greece said to have rejected the request but urging renewal.
Washington June 5 The Federal Communications Commission ordered an immediate ban on radio communications between United States amateurs and foreign stations affecting about 55 000 licensed amateurs. It clarified that communications within the continental United States and its territories remain allowed.
Berlin reports dawn offensive across northern France as Hitler declares a historic lesson for the Allies. The high command says attacks near Abbeville and Longwy were repulsed and German airmen struck enemy concentrations south of Abbeville.
The London report that Russia views Near East interests as parallel to the Allies signals a potential Moscow policy shift. It suggests possible Soviet Allied cooperation in the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean and warns Mussolini to stay out of the war.
French and German forces clash in a large scale offensive along a 110 mile front from the Channel to the Aisne. France reports the defense holding with gains only at minor points while Paris braces for a long battle as German tanks and air power press the line.
Paris officials announce primary schools will close starting Saturday after Monday German air raids that hit many schools and killed numerous children. Cabinet ministers justify the action as a response to the attacks on the city and its pupils.
British bombers set fires in oil storage plants and damaged rail lines in northwest Germany. They hit Frankfort Dusseldorf Cologne and Essen as air ministry reports expanded on refineries and depots amid raids on Le Havre and other targets. Four hundred bombs were dropped on a large oil depot at Frank.
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