Leopold Tells Of Surrender By Belgian King In 1940
Exiled Belgian King Leopold III breaks nine year silence to reveal his full account of the May 1940 surrender to Germany. He says British plans to withdraw and French safety lapses forced his decision after a nine mile front collapse and exhausted reserves.
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London
Leopold III
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Geneva
Leopold
Belgium
Winston Churchill
Paul Reynaud
Dunkerque
Lord Gort
Churchill
Gort
BEF
Champon
Koeltz
Maxine Weygand
Arrested 26 Times to Face Trial Again in Phoenix
Phoenix man Tom Tomaris, 36, has been arrested 26 times in three years and will face trial next Tuesday on charges of resisting an officer. His lawyers dropped a bid to appeal to the state supreme court, arguing the highway patrolman lacked authority to make the arrest, while a second grand theft charge awaits trial date.
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Phoenix
Tom Tomaris
Tomaris
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
China Bankers At Hong Kong Poised To Flee
Hong Kong reports say Chinese Nationalist banks and financial agencies plan to flee as British recognition of the Communist regime nears. China Air Transport planes to fly cash reserves to Formosa and Hainan. Nationalist offices close, with severance offered. Communist forces maneuver near Hong Kong frontier.
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China
Hong Kong
China Air Transport Co
Formosa
Hainan Island
Central Trust
Banksor China
Hainan
Communist
Shumchun
New Territories
Chungking
Smith College prepares to inaugurate new president Wright
Smith College in Northampton Mass announces the installation of Benjamin Fletcher Wright as its fifth president. About 70 delegates from universities and colleges including Sinling College in China and universities in Florence Rennes Geneva attend a two day inauguration marking the college's 75th birthday. Noted women guests Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and Princess Wilhelmina are to receive honorary degrees at the final convocation.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Benjamin Fletcher ‘Wright
China
Sinling College
Smith
Florence
Italy
Rennes
France
Geneva
Switzerland
Harvard
Wright
Sophia Smith
Hatfield
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Lavoptik Eye Comfort Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Lavoptik as a cooling eye remedy for common eye troubles. It promises quick soothing of tiredness burning soreness itching and inflammation with a money back guarantee after three years of use, and claims praise from thousands.
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Lavoptik
Adv
Star Farmer to Attend Chandler Farm Bureau Meeting
Chandler residents will welcome Ken England a 19 year old star farmer of America as guest of honor at the farm bureau meeting. England earned the national award at the Future Farmers of America national convention in Kansas City. Officers will be elected at tonight’s bureau gathering.
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Chandler
Kenneth England
Star Farmer of America
Farm Bureau
England
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Bureau
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Wickenburg, Arizona
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