Transport Describe the Evacuation of Flanders London, May 31.
Members of the crew of a British transport which sent help in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force troops from a French port, told Reuter in London how the work was carried out amid a blizzard, of bombs, and machine-gun bullets. The Germans attacked. in waves, every
"Mr. McNutt would be an asset to in year." ten or fifteen minutes, raining down salvoes of bombs on ships, and troops assembling on.the quay-sides. t he Democratic Party as. vi On the train in which sailors grave probably could. save his important travelled to London, were a number state of Indiana from voting of British Expeditionary Force men, who were brought safely by the Navy through a curtain of fire and Also from New York steel. One of the ship's crew said that during the last stage of the voyage Mr, James Farley, Postmaster to France the vessels was attacked by General who, also has presidential tions but would not oppose wave after wave of Nazi aircraft. Bombs dropped all around the ship, sending up great fountains of foaming sea, At the time, machine-gun bul-New York, the same lets spattered on the decks.
as the President. An effort be made to nominate a western "Tt was absolutely hell out there," said one man. "The sky was black with bombers, with an almost incessant battle raging over their heads, as fighters of the Royal Air Force fought back the raiders. The work of the R.A.F, was beyond praise. It was simply magnificent, is à New Yorker.
"Mr. McNutt's nominal withdrawal The German losses in aircraft must rom the presidential race yesterday be enormous, but they still keep com-tow leaves only Mr. Garner and Mr. ing. The fun begins about six miles Farley as avowed candidates.—United off the coast. Every ten or fifteen Press, minutes, over come waves of bombers, trying to stop the ships from reaching the harbour. The ship: have to run the \gauntlet of bombs U.S. Treasury Authorizes and machine-gun fire, with the bom-Netherlands Withdrawals bers attempting to pursue them right up to the harbour. There the Royal Air Force fighters and our anti-Washington, June 1, aircraft batteries, both afloat and The Treasury Department yester-ashore, take a tremendous toll of day authorized United States bank-Nazi planes."—Reuter. "ug institutions to permit the withdrawal of funds in the name of the head offices of Dutch companies in terse, Javi A These companies include the
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