Weekly News Analysis By Roger Shaw on World War II Tactics and Diplomacy
Refugees flood Atlantic shores as England braces for battle. The piece notes heavy German air raids on eastern England with significant losses, air battles, new German FW-198 fighters, and wartime political maneuvering including US-UK and Ethiopian affairs. It also covers Willkie campaign activity, Molotov’s enigmatic stance, and Latin American reactions amid global tensions.
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England
King George
Winston Churchill
Churchill
France
Belgium
Holland
Rhineland
General Goering
Burma Road Ties Chiang’s Aid to British and French Holdings
Nippon pressed Britain and France to cut the Burma Indo-China supply route to Chiang Kai-shek, a move that threatened China’s war effort. US lawmakers urged fortifying Nova Scotia and Bermuda as defenses, proposing 18,000 mechanized troops in the northeast and potential Newfoundland trade for debt relief.
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Burma
Nippon
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Indo-China
France
Europe
Chungking
China
Hongkong
Far East
Chiang Kaishek
England
House Military Affairs Committee
Smith
Connecticut
Faddis
Pennsylvania
Burns
Tennessee
United States
Nova Scotia
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Nova
Scotia
New England
London Welcomes Polish Daily Amid War News
London launches a Polish daily newspaper, moving from Angers to become the city’s first morning Polish journal. The Renault factory near Paris, now reopened by the Nazis, employed 15,000 workers in brighter times. Sweden leans toward a barter based Europe with Germany and others. The Manhattan and other liners bring in refugees from Lisbon, Galway and beyond as emergency voyages.
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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
U. S
Washington
Galway
Ireland
Italy bans minor physical affection during blackouts
A Milan prefecture curbed frivolous activities amid tensions, banning necking and petting as buggy rides were restricted during blackouts. The note questions romance and birth rates while Lithuania suppresses Zionists and reactionaries, labeling any non communists as opponents.
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Italy
Milan
Lithuania
Names in the news in brief across war and welfare
The Cromwells plan to adopt 500 British refugee children as Doris Duke loses her premature baby. James Cromwell and Duke discuss the same idea. Seven American ambulance men in France are decorated for bravery. Jump of Nantucket is captured in Stuttgart. King George VI gains a new aide de camp Brigadier Wickham. Lebrun resigns. Petain forms a triad with Laval Weygand Marquet. Marshall urges compulsory training and national mobilization. Whale defense and rearmament programs face rising confusion.
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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
Philip Petain
Petain
Pierre Laval
Max Weygand
Adrien Marquet
George Marshall
United States Army
National Guard
Marshall
Roosevelt Keeps Third-Term Secret As Chicago Convention Near
Roosevelt guards third term plan with none able to confirm intentions as Farley and aides refuse to reveal. Hull considered successor while Morgenthau and Hopkins disagree. Minton and Bays press for clarity. Platform talks split on foreign affairs with isolationists pressing no war pledge and antigulationists opposing it. Convention notes highlight many VP hopefuls including Senator Herring, Bascom Timmons, and Garner proxy.
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Sphinx Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Jim Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Morgenthau
Hopkins
Sherman Minton
New Deal
Bays
Indiana
Hoosier Convention
White House
Chicago
Philadelphia
Burt Wheeler
John L. Lewis
Iowa
Herring
Washington
Bascom
Timmons
Jack Garner
Household Tips From a Bygone Era
Practical advice ranges from blotting paper over grease spots to keep walls tidy, to refrigera tor ice saving tips. It also covers lemon in cauliflower water to prevent darkening, and using fresh boiled water for tea. Broiled tomato slices enhance meat flavor and pinking tips come from salt water soaks.
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