14 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
1
War news digest notes Greek resistance slowing Italian advances while British forces seize Crete as Nazi air raids intensify on England. U.S. drafts expected this month as editors warn about editorial voices shaping reader expectations.
Ioannina proves difficult for Italian invaders as Greeks reportedly bayonet-charge into Albania capturing Bigliata. Turkish actions loom while Ankara readies for possible immediate action. British aid appears concrete with strategic island occupations shaping the Rome Athens standoff. Crete’s occupation prompts varied readings as observers weigh Mediterranean fleet moves and Adriatic bottling tensions.
The article discusses a large draft lottery to place 17,000,000 young men in uniform for a year of training. It notes four dates near month ends for mobilization, with 30,000 men moving first at $21 a month plus room and board.
London indicated the pace of German air raids over the city and much of England had decreased, but whether this slackening is temporary is unclear. Roosevelt tied the war to the election, promising Britain one of every two American planes. U S bomb sight tech to be shared with Britain, navy and army devices allocated accordingly. An east bound airliner crashed in Utah snow, killing ten near Salt Lake City after radio beam range failure.
NIBLETS notes a French mother in Vichy gives birth to quintuplets four boys and a girl. the girl dies but the four boys are described as healthy and likely to survive. A rare book sale in New York saw an early Robert Burns edition bring 15000 dollars and a Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland presentation copy fetch 15300 dollars. Storks migrate from Holland to South Africa as autumn and winter approach. Johannesburg reports finding one that escaped Nazi censorship with messages about life under occupation and Dutch deaths under injustice.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his wife are seen watching firefighters during a tour of the London docks after a German bombing raid. The docks, a critical military objective for disrupting shipping, are highlighted as a key target for enemy raiders.
During World War I the nascent airplane industry could not meet Liberty motor demand and farmed out work to auto factories. Now orders for 20,000 bombers of one type overwhelm capacity, with Washington directing auto makers to supply plane parts as they ramp up tooling, echoing 1918.
A cryptic dispatch claims Sir Neville Chamberlain, famed appeasement umbrella bearer, travels secretly toward a distant land with Hitler’s pact as his pledge. The rumor suggests exile to California while pacifist slogans crumble under bombardment in London.
Fishermen encounter two spectral figures scrawling across the sand beside a grounded boat on Eleuthera in the Bahamas. They are Robert George TrapScott and Wilbert Roy Widdicombe, veteran seamen of the sunk British steamer Anglo Saxon off the Azores. They landed on British soil and later were flown to Nassau to recount their ordeal. The tale echoes classic sea yarns and survives as a survivor memory of a wartime sinking.
KING CAROL buys 1000 sheets of paper to write memoirs while AMBASSADOR JOSEPH KENNEDY backs Roosevelt. JACK KNIGHT reports a test pilot reaching 520 miles per hour as an engine of aeronautical pride. MARY and ITALIA D ARPE of Brooklyn charged after an onion throw at the President turns into a rooftop picnic confetti mishap.
A fragment notes an eight week course or activity titled Kindergarten for Gods with mentions of photos guiding a visit or tour to the United States. Details are unclear and no specific people or organizations are confirmed.
Carl Snavely Cornell coach faces charges of signaling plays from the sideline amid a protest from Ohio State. The Eastern Intercollegiate group cites alleged rule infractions and sportsmanship concerns while defending the rule that forbids sideline coaching during play.
A collection of household tips covers tasks like using powdered laundry aid in water to wash floral pieces, saving water from milk for plants, preventing milk curdling with a pinch of baking soda, speeding apple pie prep by paring and cooking apples briefly, restoring brick color with a soda pumice and salt cream mixture, and laundering muslin curtains to reduce color transfer.
A fragment reads read and not know plow and not to sow, leaving unclear action or event. No clear names places or dates are readable to identify a specific notice or report.
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