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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
4
The massed German assault breached the Grebbe line near Rhenen and pushed toward Rotterdam, flattening the port area and leaving thousands dead or missing. Allied resistance failed as Luftwaffe Stukas bombed the city, while the Statendam lingered burning in the harbor amid wreckage and shattered defenses.
The piece describes Nazi plans to cripple Britain by air and sea, a ten franc to mark exchange note, and notes on the Liege fortress falling after a precise 20 minute attack. It recalls Allied retreat on heights of Renaix and the orderly movement of German forces.
Andrew J. Vincent faces a West Virginia grand jury indictment in Martinsburg on charges of unlawful assaulting State Trooper L. L. Gumm with a motor vehicle. Bond set at 1000 dollars, plus a separate 500 dollar appearance bond, tied to a Frederick County driving while intoxicated case. The alleged incident followed a May 19 chase in Martinsburg and occurred near the Japan beetle inspection station north of Winchester as authorities prepared to arrest him.
Paris May 23 troops fight above graves of soldiers in the war to end all wars. American Legion officials report a cemetery near St Quentin with 1 833 American graves was attacked last Sunday. Romagne Cemetery near Verdun earlier damaged by bombs with about 25 000 American graves nearby.
A portrait collection of Clarke County legal figures since 1836 will be presented by Circuit Judge Philip Williams at a Monday night session in the county courthouse. Local attorney Joseph F. Moore organized the display, which includes six former judges and 30 lawyers with 41 deceased members noted. A dinner at 6:30 will precede the session with guests including Justice George L. Browning and Judge Williams.
Sir Oswald Mosley leader of the British Union surrendered to Scotland Yard tonight. Five officers waited outside his flat while detectives raided the British Union headquarters in a hunt for fifth columnists and arrested a man and a woman.
London May 23 A strike for higher wages by an undisclosed number of underground and surface workers at three collieries in the Manchester district Lancashire kept 4000 miners idle today.
The Berlin and British authorities report heavy fighting in northern France with Allied counter-attacks near Arras and Douai. British bombs hit enemy rail and communication lines while Allied advances may threaten the German spearhead north of the Somme. About 700 of 3,000 Americans in Britain consider returning home. Roosevelt plans a voyage to Ireland to repatriate Americans. Churchill wields strong leadership as Britain mobilizes its war effort.
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