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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
1
Paris reports the government ordered the suspension of main passenger trains on several important lines near the Italian border, effective at midnight. The action targets transport corridors along the frontier amid ongoing tensions.
London May 15 report from Cairo says the allied fleet has put to sea from Alexandria for scheduled naval maneuvers.
President Roosevelt continued drafting an extraordinary defense program estimated at 976 million dollars. The White House said he would not finalize the figure or submit it until Congress. The pace, following Pershing’s appeal, raised questions about a nationwide speaking tour after Congress adjourns.
Paris reports German forces breached Meuse positions and pushed along a line north of Sedan. Tanks crossed the Meuse west bank with infantry following. Allied troops withdrew to new positions as the war ministry warned the war of movement has begun and the situation is serious but not critical.
Cairo reports immediate evacuation of western frontier districts of Mesamatrugh Sidi Barrani facing Italian Libya. The action was ordered today as tensions mounted along the front.
Paris dispatch reports from Berne that the French radio agency says passenger trains between Switzerland and Germany are halted.
The British press association near the foreign office said tensions are increasing across Europe, with Switzerland seen as especially vulnerable to a new Nazi blow.
The military expert of Le Temps reports Belgian forces seem to have withdrawn from positions along the Albert canal a key defense running from Liege to Antwerp north of Brussels, per May 15 dispatch.
In London on May 15 the air ministry reported 150 Allied aircraft attacked German communications in the Low Countries. The raid disrupted large tank and troop concentrations and blocked key roads, according to officials.
Radio Brussels reported that Na mur and Antwerp fortresses remained intact while Liege forts continued resisting German forces.
An Admiralty communique reported the destroyer Valentine damaged by German air attack off the Dutch coast and subsequently beached.
Phoenix May 15 Dr Herman E Hendrix state superintendent of public instruction announced he would not seek re election in the September Democratic primary. His term ends January 6 1941. He cited personal reasons health and physical condition. The move opens the race to several aspirants and ends his tenure as education chief.
British expeditionary force clashed with German forces in Belgium on May 15 as heavy bombardment hit Louvain. German advances pushed Belgian and British mechanized columns back to the Dyle river front amid fierce combat and artillery exchanges. Louvain suffered severe damage from the bombardment.
In Belgium May 15 the British expeditionary force held Louvain as German tanks and armored cars advanced. Allied air power rose amid heavy fighting and bombardment of supply routes, with civilians killed in rear-area bombings. The costly clash threatened a decisive battle as German forces push toward Belgian ports and channel access.
Dutch forces reportedly continue resistance in some Dutch districts while Amsterdam prepares for imminent German entry. The Hague saw German troops move in peacefully as Dutch commander Winkelman urged public calm and cooperation to restore order nationwide.
Governor Jones announced after a conference with the state highway commission that Arizona Highways will continue publication to protect the state advertising program. He pledged to seek legislative clarifications of departmental functions if re-elected to end ongoing clashes with the state auditor's office and other officials.
The Meuse battlefront in Belgium swells to a hurricane crescendo with Sedan at the focal point inside the French border. Hitler seeks a decisive breakthrough toward Paris and the Channel ports as Allied plans call for a stand in the region. The long line of fighting stretches from Liege to Namur and Dinant, with heavy casualties feared.
Berlin reports claim German forces push toward an England attack base after claiming a Sedan breach in the Maginot line. Dutch capitulation cited as paving the way for new bases on the Belgian coast and closer access to Britain.
The House reversed its stance and approved 50 million dollars for farm tenant loans from Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds. A prior 70 million dollar fund was trimmed three months earlier, but the Senate pressed for the increase and the House, by 197 to 153, agreed to the larger loan program to be issued through the secretary of agriculture.
Cincinnati and Chicago split two games with Cincinnati winning 5 to 2 and Chicago losing 2 to 0. Pittsburgh edged New York 4 to 2 as St Louis defeated Philadelphia 11 to 9. Final scores show runs and errors across the four listed contests with pitchers and batters named.
United Press reports thousands of French troops press a foothold held by Germans across the Meuse near Sedan. A fierce battle rages as heavy German reinforcements are expected to tilt the clash toward a thrust at France’s heart with a million men believed involved along the line from east to west.
German forces drive toward Sedan along the Meuse while French and British air and ground units counter with bombing and armored thrusts. Paris disputes German claims of a Meuse pocket as Allied units brace for a wider clash along a 200 mile front from Antwerp to Luxembourg.
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