History Making 1940 Passes In Review Of World Events
A compact survey of 1940 highlights including Franklin Roosevelt's third-term victory, Churchill over Chamberlain in imperial circles, and the strong Uboat campaign against Britain. It notes the fall of France, the Norway and Denmark campaigns, and the rapid German advances through Holland and Belgium culminating in Paris's occupation and Vichy leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Shaw
Union
France
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Churchill
Chamberlain
British Isles
Coventry
Albania
Greece
Libya
Egypt
Italic
Rome
Finland
Mannerheim
Viborg
Viipuri
Finnish Gulf
Kallio
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Soviet Union
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oslo
Norway
Narvik
Germany
Flanders
Major Quisling
Thor
Manfred von Brauchitsch
William Keitel
Berlin
Luxembourg
Holland
Junkers
Leopold
Dunkirk
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
England
Paris
Reynaud
Daladier
Marshal Petain
Weygand
Darlan
World War II Era Europe Vastly Reshaped in 1940
The piece traces the Vichy regime and Laval’s influence, annexations in Alsace Lorraine, battles at Oran and Dakar, De Gaulle’s Free French, and Goering’s air campaign. It covers U beyond in U boats, British morale, U.S defense moves including bases and conscription, Roosevelt’s third term, and shifts in Italy, Romania, and Russia as 1940 ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Oran
Algeria
Dakar
West Africa
de Gaulle
England
Vichy
Churchill
Henri Petain
Pierre-Etienne Flandin
Abetz
Britain
Narvik
Norway
Dunkirk
Flanders
British Isles
Goering Flying Circus
Liverpool
Bristol
London
Southampton
Plymouth
America
Birmingham
Coventry
Lord Lothian
United States
U. S
William Allen White
Kansas
New World
U.S
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
Jamaica
Antigua
St. Lucia
Trinidad
British Guiana
South America
Atlantic
Pacific
Congress
Washington
National Defense Board
Franklin Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Indiana
Willkie
Midwest
Italy
Royal Air Force
Turin
Milan
Fiat
Isotta-Fraschini
Graziani
Egypt
Suez Canal
Badoglio
Greece
Albania
Royal Navy
Rumania
Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Hungary
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Carol
Magda Lupescu
Michael
Balkans
John Antonescu
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Stalin
Finland
Farm Trends and Defense Housing Shortfalls Highlighted
A House committee led by Rep. John Tolan examines farm trends including enlarged single ownership, farm management for absentee owners, and mechanization threatening family farms. The piece notes defense housing delays, rising tenant burdens, and political mishaps, with anecdotes about Rep. Dies and Sen. Caraway, reflecting wartime policy strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
California
John Tolan
United States
Tolan
California Chamber of Commerce
Paul S. Taylor
Univrsity of
Middle West
Ohio
Taylor
Candy Making Guide and Recipes for Home Cooks
A tutorial on candy making covers equipment, temperatures, and methods for creamy and hard candies. Recipes include Brazilian Molasses Balls, Lollipops, Milk Chocolate Marshmallow Candy, Taffy Apples, Butterscotch Nut Marshmallows, Red and Green Popcorn Balls, and Chocolate Fudge with measurements and steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Science May End Fog Menace at Airports
Norwegian meteorologist Dr Sverre Pettersen explains artificial fog dissipation as a practical MIT method. Spraying sulfur chloride solution at 85 gallons per minute can carve a fog slice 30 feet high 150 feet wide and 1,500 feet long to reveal runways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sverre Petterssén
Pettersson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Directio
Pressen
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Sonny
Washington, D. C
Defense Housing
Defense
William Knudsen
Army and Navy
U. S. Housing Authority
Pensacola
Fla
Montgomery
Ala
Martin Dies
Washington Public Library
Pitt College
Dies
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Hattie
Secret Service
Caraway
Mary, ‘Norton
New Jersey
Lucile McDonagh
Navy
Melvin Maas
House Naval Affairs Committee
Household News
Miss Howe
Eleanor Howe
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Father
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