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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1940
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports a French military spokesman blaming German successes in Belgium on treason. He cites a bridge demolition incident where only one officer knew the method as undisciplined. He also says French soldiers faulted their high command for the rapid Nazi advance.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve over a billion dollars in a supplemental emergency defense program. He cited rapid wartime developments and the value of speed, proposing active service for National Guard units as needed to maintain neutrality and bolster national defense. Details to be sent to War and Navy for committee review.
British and French forces fought to hold Dunkerque as a rescue armada of ships entered the harbor. French rear guards, about 30,000 men, fought their way from Flanders toward Dunkerque while evacuations resumed and supplies were landed for units in the southern end of the corridor.
Rome May 31 AP German radio reports Lazioni International carries an editorial set to publish tomorrow saying France and Britain rejected Italian demands and will be forced by arms. The piece declares the hour longed for fifty years has come and the Italian people will oppose the French and British with extreme determination to achieve complete victory.
Berlin reports that on May 31 1939 Chancellor Adolf Hitler hosted Italian Ambassador Dino Alfieri in Berlin with Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop present.
Paris May 31 AP reports Italian journalists depart Paris as a ministry spokesman says the move does not mean war is inevitable but Italy could join the fight within the next ten days.
Budapest May 31 AP Count Teleky declared that German army victories have made it highly probable the war will end soon. He spoke amid Allied pressures and ongoing conflict across Europe.
London May 31 British military circles claim areas through which retreating Allied forces moved in France were riddled with spies The Telefrance agency says Germans have lost about half a million men since invading the low countries on May 10
A bomb dropped into a British warship’s funnel exploded inside and sank the vessel, a reliable source said today.
German high command says the main French force in the Flanders pocket has been dispersed or captured. The blitz attack on British troops is said to continue as German divisions are freed for new tasks. Possible new drives toward the Somme front or invasion of England are hinted.
Governor Jones says Arizona aims to host a national defense airplane factory with congressional backing. He cites Arizona’s power, facilities, and year round weather as favorable, noting army engineers will select sites and a non coast location is favored.
British government sights copper purchases totaling about 25 000 tons for immediate delivery in New York sources say Britain has ordered 10 000 tons around 110 cents a pound with more tonnage likely. Local buyers flooded orders as English authorities diverted shipping facilities.
London reports raised the fear that Hitler will push a separate peace with France while launching a major attack on Paris or threaten an Italian flank move. Observers weighed a total war ultimatum to Britain and awaited a sensational Berlin-Goebbels conference with little sign of Allied weakness.
Berlin bombs pounded ships during the withdrawal from Flanders as British, French, and Belgian troops reached English ports. Soldiers described waves of dive bombers and machine-gun fire, yet survivors spoke of scarce food and tireless aid from volunteers. A rest and regrouping period was announced for the battle-weary.
A May 31 dispatch reports Italy may join the war soon, with Mussolini’s entry seen as reducing French air power and shaping a dual strike on Paris. German plans allegedly envision a southern Italian axis while Hitler’s forces press the west.
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