(Wilmington, NC). 1940-05-27
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It Was Her Home Evacuate U.S. Citizens from Giraud Salutes His Welcoming Committee Will Ireland The liner President Roosevelt is being prepared for dash to Galway, Ireland, to bring back to th ! -) * States Americans still stranded in war-torn Europe. Men are shown carrying blankets aboard r as she. is. readied for tiie voyage from New York. The ship can accommodate 1,000 passenger.-,. m this Belgian woman hopelessly searcnmg France's Rest on Them Finding aged leadsuy her Hopes ruins of her war-shattered home, this British Tommy p away to a place of temporary safety, C. P„ Radiophoto Mustachioed Genera] Henri Giraud (second from right), captured French commander of the Ninth French a in In first World War Giraud, then a ,vas Overton Crown Army, salutes a Nazi officer on his arrival Germany. captain, Earning captured by Germans but later escaped and rejoined French forces. Double-quick Order Spurs Navy Yards (NEA Radiophoto) First photograph of Gen. Maxine Weygand since his appointment as Allied Generalissimo shows him with France’s war-time leaders as they met in Paris to confer with President Lebrun. Lwt to and are: Gen. Weygand; Paul Baudoin, War Committee Secretary-general; Premier Paul fUynaud Marshal Henri Petain, new Vice-premier. Ceferino Garcia, Filipino middleweight, dusts his. tights on the canvas; who out ofl where he was sent by Ken Overlin, dancing ex-gob fights America Looks to tne Air Washington, D. C. The knockdown came in first round of their title boutj Young in New York. After fourteen more rounds of weaving, bobbing, and; in> light punching, Overlin was given the title, which is not recognized N. B. A..states. United States navy yards bustled with speed-up activity as a national defense preparedness order placed them on a two-shift basis. Double-time is e xpected to cut two to eight months from construc- Machine tion of giant battleships. Typical is the Brooklyn yard where the 35,000-ton North Carolina. 2 cruis- Wheels of the Blitzkrieg ers, 14 destroyers and a submarine chaser are being built. Above, workmen arriving at the' Brooklyn yard to overhaul the cruiser seen at left. Nuns Brave Danger on Belgian Roads ■ "nnnnrniiMiiiiiiiiiNNilTHirr***T*ir** .. 5:*:.3f-:'.V. .'S vi The United States Army Air Corps’ new Curtis P-40 advanced pursuit plane is examined by young or-,; 01 to the Aviation Building of the New York World’s Fair while an expert tells them about the Swift moving bicycle detachments sped in. the wake oi uermans America’s newest and fastest fighting planes. defense-smashing tanks. Nazi censor's caption on above photo says Netherlands invasion. For wheelmen are clearing a wall during and other equip- I speed, soldiers carry only rifles, heavy knapsacks Submarine w.Anti-Hitler” Presidential ment following by truck. Sponsors Slayer Hopelu* May Go to Spain Beaten on Y acht Carrying hurriedly gathered belongings, a column of children is led out of war-blasted Namur by nuns. With Allied military traffic and refugees using the same roads, fleeing civilians have been killed by ^round-strafing German warplanes. If They Can t Go Through, i hey Go Over C. T. Meadows Dorothy McFaden Mrs. Walter B. Woodson Sir Samuel Hoare That he accidentally shot his wife, Sniiili that Robert A. Nordblom, Vife of Rear Admiral Mrs. Vera Canode Charging ^ Woodson while demonstrating with a pistol circles declare Sir wealthy Newton, Mass., realtor, 1 frs. Walter B. Woodson is -\t Official British pictured to is • s “just what I would do Hitler” “women h i until recently Lord beat and kicked her during a party she acted as sponsor at Declaring Samuel Hoare, launch- plea of C. T. Meadows, of Little : to as a his McFaden sued i of the U. ,rescue of a disorgav- ,r In case you wonder what happened when Nazi mechanized those steel rail tank Privy Seal, may go Spain an yacht, Dorothy es S. S. Trout, latest ad- but four forces encountered c ition Rock, Ark. Married iMrs. Vera Canode Sn an or as Am- in Boston court for $100,000. Nord- to Uncle Sam’s e traps built to block just such invasion, here’s one answer. hauling anti-air- special British envoy submarine woman in t Caterpillared truck, f at months to the wealthy 'York would like is over on wooden bassador to Madrid. The appoint- blom claims that, though she couldn’t N. City 1 ^ craft gun, rolling right one, ramp dropped Note Nazi censor has 1 ^eet, Portsmouth, H., Mead- by engineers. a Miss ard. Navy1 whose house he had boarded, of President of blacked out name of town from ment would be interpreted as swim, McFaden jumped over- Her husband is part [)( Belgian signpost at right. judge advo- ows suicide after the -;! fully clad and was cate attempted States. Admitting :strong bid for better Anglo-Spanish board _ injured general of the U. g. j Navy, fatal shooting. delegates, the relations. -—-—' during her rescue,. pledged a- „« the Republican nominal h .