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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1941
Page
2
Weekly News Analysis by Edward C. Wayne notes President urges further aid for Britain while Nazis increase troops in Romania. English bombers pound invasion ports as editors discuss the war effort and policy.
Isolationist groups in Congress press for demanding war aims from Britain and Germany while the White House rejects negotiations with Axis powers bent on world conquest. The defense agenda shows 2400 aircraft engines and 790 planes produced monthly as unemployment falls and arms output grows toward next November.
Two schools of thought interpret reports of 100000 to 500000 German troops moving through Hungary into Romania. One view sees mass deployments to threaten Italy and Russia, while the other says the forces are a smoke screen for a major invasion of the West Front.
British forces under General Wavell push Italians from foreign territory and into Libya amid a siege at Bardia. About 20 000 Italian defenders hold out as prisoners report brutal shelling and air attacks while Rome contemplates command changes and renewed Italian air effort.
Diplomatic circles micro-scrutinize a proposed Roosevelt neutrality expansion to Ireland. German and Rome papers attack the notion as Britain’s trick, while Ireland faces internal divisions as Axis powers promise aid if Ireland joins war against Britain.
Earthquake shocks rattle New England with warnings of a bigger quake within eight months while federal labor policy comes under fire. The Smith committee ends 17 months of NLRB probes urging dismissal of Communist fronts, reform of Wagner Act, and a congressional inquiry into labor relations. The report links Smith to Harry Bridges amid broader labor tensions.
The report notes heavy damage from raids on Liverpool and Manchester and mentions strikes from northern Norway to Italy. It cites British night raids on German targets including the I.46 Ferbenindustrie plant and notes neutral and civilian casualties in Switzerland. It also covers Luftwaffe moves to Albania and a missing Swordfish submarine. Hitler pledges great victory in 1941.
A rambling Washington column notes hog crop declines from 1940 to 1941 per the December Pig Crop report, jokes about Aberdeen Angus and Brahman cattle, and recalls a Sunday club night with Leon Henderson. It describes Representative Tinkham as a bearded, undefeated Washington institution and ponders wartime fears, plus quirky lines about Singer revolvers and turkey breeding experiments.
Greek reports say a submarine attacked and sank an Allied convoy in the Adriatic, with losses estimated at 25 000 to 30 000 tons. Melbourne reports army chiefs say a sea raid targeted a disguised Japanese vessel off Nauru island, damaging sailings. Ft Meade notes 18000 men at work on a National Guard cantonment. Lisbon reports a Vichy plan to free African colonies, allowing rapid action by those territories.
Camera captures Richard Green climbing from a tank in training with an English unit. He had flown from Hollywood to Vancouver to enlist in the Canadian army before being rejected, and now serves with British forces.
A million young people from 8 to 20 in a National Youth organization assist Greece in the war effort. They serve as couriers, aid to firemen, helpers to nurses, and perform various tasks left by men called to the front.
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