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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
6
Edward C. Wayne analyzes wartime events as Greek resistance slows Italian advance while British forces occupy Crete. He notes a lull in Nazi air raids on England and mentions the U S may call first draftees this month.
Greece resists Italian mechanized assault aided by air power as Greek and Albanian fronts shift with reports of Greek bayonet advances into Albanian territory. Bowed by the Axis, Rome rushes Galeazzo Ciano to Albania while Ankara braces for action. British aid grows stronger with Crete occupation seen as strategic. In the United States a 17 million man draft unfolds, with staged entries from December through February and staggered allocations planned to balance quotas nationwide.
Reports from London say German raids are easing but uncertainty remains. Roosevelt vows continued aid to Britain, announcing every other American plane goes to the UK. A bomb sight split between services is set for Britain and U S ships. A Salt Lake City airliner crash in a snowstorm kills ten.
Nibblets notes say a French mother in Vichy gave birth to quintuplets four boys and a girl the girl died but the boys are healthy and likely to survive a rare birth reports. Also mentions a New York book sale with rare editions including an early Robert Burns copy sold for 15000 and a Carroll Alice in Wonderland presentation copy for 15300.
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