Books of the Times - 7-8
Reviews - “The New World Order” and “Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water,” by H.G. Wells
Best Sellers of the Week Here and Elsewhere *
* Checking this feature once a quarter or so will help us keep tabs on our popular culture as we move along. Here is the list from last October for comparison. (Image #6.)
“Mein Kampf” was a best seller back in October. I guess everybody is up to speed on Hitler’s trip by now. “The Grapes of Wrath” continues quite popular. I don’t see “Capt. Horatio Hornblower” on any of today’s lists, but it must be doing OK since there was a full-page ad for it in yesterday’s (Sunday’s) book review supplement. Some new best sellers since October: “Kitty Foyle,” by Christopher Morley, is hot all across the fruited plain. “Your Income Tax” is on a few of the non-fiction lists. “The Nazarene,” by Sholem Asch, is big on the fiction lists. And in Atlanta, “How to Play Winning Checkers,” by Millard Hopper, is #2.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/feb40/f19feb40.htm
Soviet tanks break Finnish line
Monday, February 19, 1940 www.onwar.com
The Winter War... The Finnish intermediate defense line is broken in some places by Soviet tank attacks.
From Stockholm... King Gustav announces his support for his government’s decision to refuse Finland military aid. He says: “from the first hour I informed Finland that she unfortunately could not count on military intervention from Sweden.”
In Berlin... Hitler orders more rapid progress with Operation Weserubung, the codename for the invasion of Norway and Denmark.