Weekly News Analysis by Roger Shaw on World War II Fronts
Refugees flee across the Atlantic as England braces for battle. In Europe the RAF and Luftwaffe clash amid heavy losses, while new German FW 198 fighters intrigue observers. Notables in New York include Maeterlinck and Otto Hapsburg, with Haile Selassie named emperor of Ethiopia by London. A Malay sultan quips with a Canadian during a London air raid.
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England
King George
Winston Churchill
Churchill
France
Belgium
Holland
Rhineland
General Goering
Maurice Maeterlinck
New York
Shakespeare
President Hambro
Otto Hapsburg
Kaiserin Zita
Duke
Duchess Warfield-Windsor
Bahama Islands
Haile Selassie
Italia
London
Ethiopia
Lion of Judah
Mussolini
Selassie
Italy
Italian East Africa
Willkie Chooses Chicago as Campaign Base in 1940
The 1940 campaign opens with straw polls and party contrasts. Willkie sets Chicago as his national headquarters with John Hamilton directing operations in the Loop while New York serves as eastern HQ. Willkie met breezy welcomes during a Colorado visit.
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Willkie
Battling Willkie
Chicago
Loop
John Hamilton
National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
John D. M. Hamilton
Enigma Molotov and World Tensions Paint European Drama
The article discusses Molotov's elusive stance and Russia's unclear role in Europe amid Berlin Hungary tensions and Romanian gains. It notes France’s Caribbean blockade of Martinique, Anglo French friction, and US involvement in supplying allies. It also surveys Latin America, including Chile and Peru, with hints of communist influence and illiteracy concerns.
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Molotov
Russia
Germany
Rumania
Berlin
Hungary
Martinique
Uncle Sam
Hitler
John Bull
Uruguay
Chile
Peru
Burma Road and Coast Defenses Patchwork in War Talk
Gen Chiang Kai-shek relies on Burma road supplies through British Burma and French Indo China to resist Japan. Britain agrees to curb arms flow and permit Japanese inspection, easing tension but threatening Chiang. Three lawmakers urge fortifying Nova Scotia and Bermuda bases and stationing 18,000 mechanized troops on the northeast coast, arguing Newfoundland Bermuda and Trinidad targets.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Burma
Indo-China
France
Europe
Chungking
Chiang
Nippon
China
Hongkong
Far East
Chiang Kaishek
England
House Military Affairs Committee
Smith
Connecticut
Faddis
Pennsylvania
Burns
Tennessee
United States
Nova Scotia
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Trinidad
London gains Polish daily newspaper from Angers
London launches a Polish daily replacing the earlier Angers title as its first morning Polonian journal. Renault outside Paris factory reopened by Nazis, employing 15,000 in good times. Sweden moves toward a new Europe trading bloc with barter and limited enthusiasm. U S liners Manhattan Exe ter Washington bring refugees and evacuees to American ports from Lisbon Galway.
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London
Angers
France
Renault Automotive
Paris
Renault
Sweden
Europe
Germany
Norway
Russia
Denmark
Italy
Hungary
U. S
Manhattan
Lisbon
Portugal
Exeter
Washington
Galway
Ireland
Italy Bans Necking and Petting Amid Curbs on Romance
A Milan prefect outlawed frivolous activities during wartime as Italy tightens morality rules. During blackouts buggy rides drew special scrutiny while questions about romance and birth rates rose. Lithuania reportedly liquidated Zionists and reactionaries, amid anti communist tensions.
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Italy
Milan
Lithuania
Cromwell family to care for 500 British refugees
The Cromwells and Doris Duke are linked to proposals to adopt 500 British refugee children, marking the largest private family adoption. Seven American ambulance men in France were decorated for bravery, and King George VI gained a new aide-de-camp Brigadier Wickham. France’s leadership shifted as Lebrun resigned and Petain formed a government triage with Laval Weygand Quarte. General Marshall urged compulsory military training and mobilization.
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Cromwells
Doris Duke
Britain
James Cromwell
U. S
Canada
France
Thomas Esten
Massachusetts
Charles Willen
New York City
Jack Calhoun
Paris
Laurence Jump
Nantucket
Lloyd Moore
Washington
Edwin de Nevu
Draper Kauffmann
California
Jump
Stuttgart
Germany
George VI
J. C. Wickham
Wickham
Albert Lebrun
Marshal Philip Petain
Petain
Pierre Laval
Max Weygand
Adrien Marquet
George Marshall
United States Army
National Guard
Marshall
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National Defense Board
Henry L. Stimson
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Egypt
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