[Homer_J_Simpson]

Barbara W. Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

[Homer_J_Simpson]

These days you can’t find a decent ascot holder at any price, at least in my neck of the woods. In 1940 you could get one at Wallach’s for a buck fifty. Reading old newspapers is frustrating at times.

Reds Hasten Drive – 2-3
2 British Freighters Reported Torpedoed – 3
Blows at Britain Surveyed in Reich – 4
The International Situation – 4
Britain to Resist Southward Move by the Japanese – 5-6
Bumper Crop Seized by Russia in Rumania – 6
U.S.-British Accord With Japan On East Asia Is Urged by Stirling – 6
Fleet Ends Rumors, Returns to Hawaii – 7
Soviet Planes Carrying Light Tanks, Experts Say – 7
Republican Split on Senator Seen – 8
New Defense Taxes in Effect Today; Retail Cigarette Stocks Hit at Once – 9
Italians’ Strategy Remains Defensive – 9-10
Britons and Nazis Continue Bombing (by James MacDonald) – 10
The Day’s War Communiques - 11