21 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
1
Weekly News Analysis by Edward C. Wayne notes Greek forces benefit from rough weather as they resist Italian invasion. Kennedys plea for U S aid to England frames the broader wartime context while Soviet Nazi fascist diplomacy is cited as meeting.
Greeks claim crushing blows to Italian forces in Koritza and Kalamas sectors despite storms and torrents. Evzones lead mountain warfare as Italy seeks two front invasion. reports speak of trapped and drowned troops, while Athens celebrates supposed victories and cautious optimism lingers. Meanwhile U S ambassador Kennedy critiques Europe’s war aims and future political outcomes.
Diplomats from Russia and Germany met in Berlin to discuss the Italian Greek Balkan situation with Ciano invited and accepted. Turkey fears intervention if Russia backs Italy and Germany, risking entry into the war and a fight for influence in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Bulgaria looms as the greatest Turkish worry as the alliance dynamics provoke strategic anxiety.
Post election actions include public burnings in Salina Kansas and a flop in Tacoma Washington. Civil Liberties Union offers aid to eight German American Bund members facing charges over anti Semitic speeches at Camp Nordland Andover New Jersey. Chinese invent a three story bamboo roof basket to catch bombs, praised by neutral observers. Draftee deaths in Washington DC result from ill health leading to suicide by jumping Rock Creek park bridge.
Neville Chamberlain, the lean Briton who led the country in the years around Munich and the start of World War II, died at his Hampshire estate at age 71. His long career peaked as prime minister during the tense prewar days and his Munich pact of Sept 30, 1938, remains infamous.
Harold L. Ickes warned against publishing straw polls just before the election. Afterward polls from Gallup Crossley News War and others issued articles explaining their accuracy and methods.
After Roosevelt's third term victory, the president announced a strengthened aid policy to Britain. The plan calls for a 50 50 split on war material production for national defense, including planes like the Flying Fortress, foodstuffs, ships, machine tools, and other aid. Britain will receive one plane for every two produced, prioritized by defense needs per army and navy guidance. Steps also extend large credit for Britain to permit paper purchases.
A week of disasters includes a Utah mountainside airliner split in two with ten dead, a Rio de Janeiro takeoff collision killing nineteen, and a harrowing midair strike over a harbor. Investigators suspect radio beam failure in the first crash while the Brazilian incident remains unexplained.
Washington experts peg new plane output at 2 billion dollars for factories needed to hit 8,000 planes monthly by 1942. Defense boom towns like Charlestown Indiana swell to rapid growth with housing, sanitation, and finance strains, prompting joint planning by government and towns. Capitol reconstruction speeds for inauguration, lumber shortages bite.
The article profiles Ismet Inonu of Turkey as a shrewd, alert leader tied to Britain through a solid alliance. It notes his early Kemalist rise, his role in driving Greeks from Anatolia, and his cautious stance amid Axis diplomacy. It also mentions General Haskell and U.S. mobilization themes, plus Rockefeller’s South American outreach and Francisco’s Los Angeles cultural ties.
A lyrical tour of midtown and riverfront scenes in New York city at night. It notes human crowds, the Hudson and East River vistas, theater row energy, music and arts, and the quiet eerie calm of Central Park late hours. It mentions subway workers, Radio City, bustling beaches, and poverty on the Bowery.
A GA detective writer owns a cemetery on his Oceanside ranch with tombstones for fictional characters he killed in novels. A Peruvian Andes monument features two towers with a vast net set between them once used to catch the sun, linked to ancient beliefs.
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