Bread Lines of European Nations Lengthening As Battle Lines Grow Longer
In this third winter of war cold and hunger bite European households. Breadlines lengthen as rationing tightens. Axis and occupied states shift food, clothing and fuel amid labor shortages and scarce supplies. Italy tightens controls while Mussolini notes a larger 1941 wheat crop, yet Italy must also feed Greece after occupation.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Reich
Italy
Virginio Gayda
Italia
Greece
Europe
New Zealand
Hungary
Lithuania
Rumania
Bulgaria
Latvia
Denmark
Esthenia
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
France
Finland
Ireland
Holland
Belgium
Norway
England
Ukraine
Mussolini
Hardest year of war ahead in Europe and Far East
War forecast warns of a tougher year with fighting in the Far East, including renewed Japanese offensives and blockades. It stresses defense, air power, and preparation while noting relief in Europe and the need to hold Singapore against a possible final assault.
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James Montgomery Flagg
Roosevelt
Red Cross
London
Europe
Near East
Far East
Hawaii
Guam
Washington
Japan
Singapore
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
America
Germany
Africa
Hong Kong
Manila
Philippines
Earawak
Kuching
Sumatra
Straits of Malacca
Great Lana
Europe faces winter hunger as fuel, food shortages spread
Greece relies on a dormant merchant fleet and aid from Turkey while Spain toils with high prices and ration problems. France Italy and Switzerland report scarce essentials. heating limits and rising costs scar Europe as coke and coal shortages loom.
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Greece
American Red Cross
Turkey
Ankara
Spain
France
Marseilles
Europe
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Horses Replace Trucks Get Shoes in Filling Station
Cambridge, Mass. John Murphy, a retail oil dealer, solved fire rationing by using two horses named Tom and Jerry after trucks refused tires. A filling station mechanic Henry Ciccarelli shoeed the horses, enabling Murphy to resume oil deliveries by wagon instead of trucks.
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Cambridge
Mass
John Murphy
Tom and Jerry
Murphy
Henry Ciccarelli
Ciccarelli
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