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May 16, 1940

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PLEA TO MUSSOLINI; Message Asks Premier to Help Confine War to Present Limits MIDNIGHT TALK HELD Roosevelt Sees Aides-- Americans Advised to Quit South Europe

By Bertram D. Hulen Special To the New York Times

Sailing from Italy noted by Wash officials

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BIG HAUL FOR NAZIS IN DUTCH INVASION; 26,000,000 in Gold as Well as Supplies of Oil and Tin Reported Obtained

By Unknown Author

German gains through Netherlands capitulation cited

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GREEKS RUSH FORCE TO ALBANIAN LINE; Allied Fleet Leaves Base in Egypt--Yugoslavs Hear Italy Is Set for War

By Unknown Author

Germany sends tack Iron Guardists to Rumania

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PRESIDENT TO ASK BILLION TO EQUIP AN ARMY OF 750,000; Will Deliver Message in Person to Congress Today as the World Listens BIGGER AIR FORCE SOUGHT Expansion of Plants Producing Material for Army and Navy to Be Featured

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

speculation on message

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NAZIS MASS GUNS ON SWISS BORDER; Germans Seen Ready to Move --France Suspends Trains on Lines Near Italian Frontier

By Times Wide World Cablephoto, passed by British Censor

Winkelried Line being perfected; residents move from German frontier; foreigners leave Geneva; precautions taken against 5th column activities; neutrality emphasized; mobilization completed

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