Nazis Break Through Allied Lines In French Front
Paris dispatch reports German armored columns pushing behind Allied defenses with new threats along a vast front from Namur to Sedan. French Premier Reynaud says the situation is under control as Paris is declared a military region and Allied measures are prepared to counter the breakthrough.
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Americans Urged to Leave Italy Amid War Halt Efforts
In a May 16 dispatch from Rome and Washington American residents in Rome and the Italian capital region were urged to depart Italy at the earliest opportunity due to ongoing war tensions. The U.S. embassy conveyed Roosevelt’s message to Mussolini, with similar notices reportedly issued by other consulates.
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More Than Billion Is Sought By President Cites Dangers
War update briefs indicate U S president seeks over one billion in aid while warnings of grave dangers accompany the halted frontier near Basel and Lake Constance as Swiss and German authorities close the Rhine border and limit rail freight.
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Roosevelt urges 50,000 warplanes in emergency defense plan
President Roosevelt appeals to Congress for a 1.182 billion emergency national defense program to build 50,000 warplanes and 50,000 annual aircraft production. He outlines four funding aims and stresses mobilizing industry and military resources to defend the Western Hemisphere amid looming tensions.
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Hand To Hand Fight Raging In Louvain
British air forces conducted a large coordinated bombing raid on German targets with widespread damage and fires. The operation involved railways roads and crossings and backed Allied infantry at Hurnhout and Dinant in Belgium. British fighters claimed 50 German planes destroyed and many tons of bombs aimed to disrupt German munitions and manpower flow.
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Allies Counterattack To Drive Germans From Louvain Foothold
Fierce hand to hand fighting erupts in Louvain as Allied forces led by the British Expeditionary Force counter attack three times to oust Germans who held a foothold on the town's eastern edge. British infantry press the fight while artillery and German shells exchange fire near the city 16 miles east of Brussels. The town's famed library, rebuilt with contributions from American schoolchildren, stands as a symbol after 1914 destruction.
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Germans Drive Across Belgium as They Press Dyle Front
Berlin reports a wedge into South Belgium across the Meuse and a counter-attack by French tanks repulsed. Reinforcements move toward the Dyle line before Brussels and Antwerp as millions prepare for a decisive battle for Belgium. The Maginot line foothold near Sedan is maintained amid ongoing clashes along the Dyle and northern France fronts.
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Frohmiller Seeks Dismissal Of Suit In Arizona
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller asks the Arizona Supreme Court to dismiss a suit where State Engineer W. R. Hutchins seeks to force payment of highway department expense claims. The auditor refuses the claims as not for a public purpose and Hutchins accuses her of arbitrariness.
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Baseball Finals Report Rain Delays Hit National and American Leagues
National League game results show Chicago trailing 5 6 to Boston with runs by Lee Hartnett Sullivan Picchota and Lopez in a delayed contest. Cincinnati Brooklyn and other NL games were called in the fourth inning due to rain. American League notes list Boston St Louis players Gatehouse Desautels Kennedy Bildilli and Swift with rain affecting most games. All other action postponed by rain.
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U S Ambulance Driver Missing In Western Front Action
Paris reports an American ambulance driver Lawrence A Jump of Nantucket Mass attached to the French army is missing after his ambulance was heavily shelled in a local action in the Sarreguemines sector. Another ambulance was wrecked and three others hit as Col James Sparks confirms. Miss Anne Morgan's Friends of France unit also reports bombing of civilians in northern France.
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Norwegian communique reports heavy fighting on Narvik front
BARDS Norway May 16 update says fighting on the Narvik front was of great intensity and that German forces were pushed back toward the mountains to the north.
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Egypt cancels plan to shift government to Alexandria
Alexandria reports that on May 16 the Egyptian government cancelled plans to move government departments from Cairo to Alexandria for the summer due to the threat of war spreading to the Mediterranean.
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Trains Cut in Eastern France Amid Circumstances
Paris May 16 AP officials announced cancellation of a certain number of eastern France passenger trains effective tomorrow due to unspecified circumstances.
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France
Winning Last Battle Is What Will Count
DeWitt MacKenzie surveys early German forays across the Meuse between Namur and Sedan. He warns that a push toward Belgium coast could threaten England, with a Sedan breakout altering the northern front. Brussels fears bombing. Switzerland looms as a potential flank, raising strategic stakes in a two-front crisis.
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