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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
5
Anti war sentiment rises in Bulgaria as government yields to Nazi demands. Editor notes opinions reflect columnists, not the newspaper, and that the piece is released by the Western Newspeper Union.
The piece notes Japan’s stalled push toward Australia and New Guinea as American and Allied reinforcements strengthen against Jap concentrations. It cites Turkish Bulgarian and Jugoslav turmoil, Cripps’ India talks, Nehru and Jinnah’s split views, and a daring St Nazaire raid using a rammed destroyer to disable the dock and hinder the Tirpitz threat.
General Jonathan Wainwright continues the Bataan defense as Corregidor endures heavy bombing. Philippine President Quezon, after arriving in Australia with family, predicts Allied relief soon and clarifies rumors about his fate while remaining with MacArthur’s HQ.
The article reports on Australian marriages of American troops as a morale note and on Congressional scrutiny of German patent ties to Standard Oil over rubber oil. It notes U S military policy allowing marriage, political debate over rubber patents, and war front activity from Moscow to North Africa with increased German moves on the Russian front.
Middlesex School lists a spring slate with games at Waltham Belmont Hill Wentworth St. Mark's Groton Noble & Greenough Thayer Concord St. Mark's Groton Andover Seconds Brown & Nichols Milton St. George's and open date April 18.
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