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May 30, 1940

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Headlines from May 30, 1940

The International Situation; On the Battle Fronts

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eliminate German bridgehead on Somme west of Amiens

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PRESIDENT TO ASK $750,000,000 MORE FOR ARMY PROGRAM; Nazi Blitzkrieg Held to Show the $3,300,000,000 Allotted Fails to Meet Needs FOR TANKS, GUNS, PLANES Tax Bill to Be Offered in House Today--D.M. Nelson Named Procurement Director

By Felix Belair Jr. Special To the New York Times

Roosevelt to ask $750,000,000 more for arms; Marshall warning on lessons from Germans cited; Roosevelt asks funds for Langley Field power-generating plant and to buy Choctawatchee Natl Pk private land for bombing range

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URUGUAY ON GUARD FOR FIFTH COLUMN; Check on Assembly, Increase in Army Urged--Nazis Take Bold Tone in Ecuador

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Pres Baldomir sends to Cong 2 bills for gen rearmament and modification of Const Article 38 on assembly right because of fear of Nazi 5th column invasion

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HARRIED B.E.F. MEN ARRIVING IN BRITAIN; Many of Wounded Had to Wade Out to Boats Under Constant Fire of German Forces

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King George sends message to Brit at Flanders front

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NAZIS TIGHTEN TRAP; They Drive a Line Across Pocket, Encircling Foes in South SAY YPRES IS TAKEN Zeebrugge and Ostend Fall--Large Stores Are Reported Seized

By George Axelsson Wireless To the New York Times

believe Allies evacuated 500,000 from Flanders

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1940Jagmohan Dalmiya, Indian cricket administrator (died 2015)^[†]

Jagmohan Dalmiya was an Indian cricket administrator and businessman from the city of Kolkata. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India as well as the Cricket Association of Bengal. He had also served as the President of the International Cricket Council.

1940Gilles Villemure, Canadian-American ice hockey player^[†]

Joseph Hector Gilles Villemure is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks in the 1960s and 1970s.

Headlines from May 30, 1940

The International Situation; On the Battle Fronts

PRESIDENT TO ASK $750,000,000 MORE FOR ARMY PROGRAM; Nazi Blitzkrieg Held to Show the $3,300,000,000 Allotted Fails to Meet Needs FOR TANKS, GUNS, PLANES Tax Bill to Be Offered in House Today--D.M. Nelson Named Procurement Director

URUGUAY ON GUARD FOR FIFTH COLUMN; Check on Assembly, Increase in Army Urged--Nazis Take Bold Tone in Ecuador

HARRIED B.E.F. MEN ARRIVING IN BRITAIN; Many of Wounded Had to Wade Out to Boats Under Constant Fire of German Forces

NAZIS TIGHTEN TRAP; They Drive a Line Across Pocket, Encircling Foes in South SAY YPRES IS TAKEN Zeebrugge and Ostend Fall--Large Stores Are Reported Seized

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