Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...alleged German plan was to attack The Netherlands first, Belgium later-The Netherlands first because Belgium was expected to resist the Allied attempt to aid The Netherlands through Belgium. "Apparently it was not fully understood in Berlin that Dutch-Belgian relations in the matter of mutual assistance against aggression had undergone important changes following the [earlier] exchange of views between King Leopold and Queen Wilhelmina...
...Telegraph explained, when suspicions of German intentions seemed confirmed by reports of troop concentrations, King Leopold summoned his ministers to determine the country's atti tude. Guided by "the views and wishes" held by General van Overstraeten, they decided the following: "1) If the German forces attacked Holland but did not come south of Nijmegen and the Rhine, Belgium would not move; 2) if the German advance were directed south of Nijmegen and especially across Dutch Brabant, Belgium would order immediate general mobilization and declare that her own security was threatened." The German Ambassador in Brussels telephoned Berlin...
Died. James Willis ("J. Will") Taylor, 59, Republican boss of Tennessee, for 21 years a Congressman; of a heart attack; in La Follette, Tenn. In his early campaign days, J. Will Taylor, then known as "HillBilly Bill," electioneered by jumping over farmers' fences, plowing their fields for them while he made his campaign speech...
Died. Murry Guggenheim, 81, senior member and financial brains of the Manhattan firm of Guggenheim Bros.; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. His outstanding philanthropy: the Murry and Leonie Guggenheim Foundation, providing training for dental hygienists, establishing free dental clinics for poor New York children...
Aided by a strong wind, the '43 team kept up in the first quarter a sustained attack which enabled "Herky" Herskovits to kick in the winning tally. For the rest of the first half, the two teams were deadlocked...