GERMANS BOMB RHONE VALLEY AND MARSEILLE; DUNKERQUE HOLDS OUT; FIGHTING ALONG SOMME (6/2/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 6/2/40 | G.H. Archambault, Percival Knauth, Frank L. Kluckhohn, Lawrence E. Davies, Hanson W. Baldwin

[BroJoeK]

"Twenty News Question – 12"

Great questions!

I've always wondered, what is correct pronunciation for the French city of "Ypres."

So glad to learn that normal English pronounce it "Wipers."

;-)

[BroJoeK]

"35,000-Ton Addition to Navy Launched – 8"

USS Washington -- BB56

Launching, June 1940:

After repairs in 1944:

[BroJoeK]

"Impact of the War on the Nation’s Viewpoint (by Hadley Cantril) – 13-14"

• Now 71% of Americans think the US is not giving enough to help the allies -- up from 15% in February.

• Only 38% now believe the Allies will win the war -- down from over 70% last October.

• Now 32% think Germany will win the war -- up from under 10% last October.

• And even 51% think the US will go into the war -- up from 30% in January.

• But still only 7% who want the US to declare war on Germany.

So there is just no doubt where Americans' sympathies lie, and the majority are even realistic enough to know the US will eventually have to get into it.
But over 90% are still hoping that, somehow, our guys won't have to go...