A wartime London diary entry by Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt describes meeting American soldiers aboard a train in London and visiting the British Ministry of Food. She relays observations on food education, kitchens, hot meals for children and workers, Queen's Messengers, and emergency food relief for blitzed areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Pine Plains
Dutchess County
New York
New York City
Tommy Qualters
Nahant
Ministry of Food
Lord Woolton
Great Britain
Glasgow
American forces push toward Tunisian frontier from Algiers
American troops mopped up Algiers and moved east toward the Tunisian frontier with reinforcements ashore at bridgeheads. Reports said landings near Philippeville and within 60 miles of Tunisia. Oran was a focus of action as U S planes operated from French African airfields.
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Edward W. Beattie
London
Africa
Algiers
Tunisian
U. S
Philippeville
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Oran
Vichy
Agadir
Mogador
Mahdia
Bizerte
Pantelleria
Sicily
Tripoli
Rommel
8Th Army
Italy
Gas to heat Amarillo Borger war homes in Panhandle
WPB believes Panhandle has natural gas and will supply gas for war emergency homes in Amarillo and Borger. Initial plans favored coal from New Mexico mines 235 miles away, but line pipe exists in both towns to fit gas heat and cooking.
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WPB
Panhandle
Amarillo
Borger
New Mexico
Darlan at Algiers Amid Allied Invasion Developments
Reports place Darlan, commander of Vichy armed forces, at Algiers during the American attack with speculation he may have been captured alongside Gen. Juin. Allied statements are absent while London observers weigh whether Darlan would side with the Allies and guide French naval actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jean Francois Darlan
Darlan
Algiers
Alphonse Juin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Pierre Laval
Amarillo Area Weather Report Shows Mild Day with Wind
The forecast notes continued mild temperatures for Amarillo and surrounding areas with strong winds this afternoon. Tonight becomes colder and windy with panhandle regions experiencing notable coolness and persistent wind. Temperature extremes over the last 24 hours ranged from a high of 76 to a low of 54 with noon readings around 85.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
A J Lawler Wins Weekly News Tip Contest
A J Lawler of 710 Mississippi Street wins the weekly news tip contest with a five dollar first prize for a tip about boys swinging from a tree that toppled a high line and caused sparks and fire but left no injuries. Second prize goes to Mrs. G L Curtis for reporting a lost and found pet. Third prize to Billy McDonald for tipping about a dead dog returned from the pound. Other tipsters listed include James Sullivan and several neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Lawler
Mississippi Street
Pound
James Sullivan
Buchanan Street
T. D. Gibson
Maryland Street
A. R. McWhirter
North East Eighth Avenue
A. G. Willis
Alabama Street
Billi Crabl
West Seventh Avenue
Pete Fowlkes
West Tenth Avenue
Billie Pieralt
M. R. Larsen
Taylor Street
Ruth Watson
Osage Street
Rommel Forces Break into Libya as Axis Retreates Across Border
Allied air assaults drive remnants of Rommel's Africa Corps into Libya near Halfaya Pass after heavy bombardment. British Eighth Army pursues from Matruh as several Italian divisions reportedly surrender, reducing Axis strength to about 20 000 men.
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Rommel
Libya
Cairo
Marshal Rommel
Africa Corps
Eighth Army
Halfaya
Hellfire
Halfaya Pass
Matruh
Pavia
French gains and setbacks in North Africa reported by radio
Reports from Vichy and London describe mixed North Africa actions. American landings at Safi allegedly succeeded while others near Mogador Mehdia and Port Lyautey faced resistance. Casablanca was reportedly threatened and German dispatches hint at high level prisoners.
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Vichy
New York
Mogador
Mehdia
Morocco
Safi
London
Port Lyautey
Rabat
Havas
Casablanca
Berlin
Darlan
Juin
North Africa
Mobs Riot In Paris Sparks Naval Action Rumors
The Paris report says the French navy rushes to prepare warships at Toulon as tensions rise with the American British Mediterranean fleet amid new wartime rumors. Repair work noted at John Maynard Lbr Co facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
U.P
Allehanda
Mediterranean
South France
Toulon
Riots flare in Paris after Daud Dorio t rally calls war
The Gere man radio said rioting broke out in Paris when radical pro Nazi Jacques Doriot urged France to declare war on the United States. He spoke at Salle Wagram and demanded war on the United States and Britain and an immediate Axis alliance.
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London
U.P
Gereman Radio
Paris
Jaceques Doriot
France
United States
Doriot
Salle Wagram
Prance
Britain
Germany
House Rejects Training-Year for 18 and 19 Year Old Draft
The House voted 178 to 40 to reject a Rankin motion seeking a year of training for 18 and 19 year olds before combat duty. The measure goes to conference with the Senate amendment likely to be eliminated. debate followed a brief session with Rankin leading the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Rankin
White House
Washington
U.P
John Rankin
Mississippi
Senate
Russell Stan
Pionery Company
Formal Break With France
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced a diplomatic break with France and planned to send Ambassador Gaston Henry Haye’s passport to the French Embassy. He said no declaration of war was involved for now, and the Vichy envoy had not scheduled a visit to arrange return. The department moved to issue the passport after the Vichy government ordered the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
France
Gaston Henry Haye
Hull
Vichy
Thetate Department
State Department
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Lief
America
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Oran Harbor
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
U.S
Admiralty
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Trento
Bologna
Brescia
Folgore
Trieste
Vichy Radio Today
Bone
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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