[Homer_J_Simpson]

Raiders Put at 400 – 2
Antwerp is Fired – 3
New Zealand Premier Assails Nazi Report – 3
The International Situation – 4
Londoners Are Puzzled By ‘Muted’ Bomb Barrage – 4
60,500 Guardsmen to Mobilize Today for Federal Duty – 5
Colombia’s Loyalty to U.S. is Reiterated – 5
Italy’s Army Goes Deeper into Egypt – 6-7
Air-Raid Shelters – 7
Ties to Nazis Noted by Spanish Minister – 7
Nazis See London Hard Hit by Raids – 8
More Schools to Give Courses on Defense – 8
London Air-Raid Alarms Have Sounded 73 Times – 8
St. Paul’s Saved From Half-Ton Time Bomb; Suicide Squad Digs It Out After Four Days – 9
Church Observes Hundredth Year – 10
‘Debauching’ Wagner Charged to Hitler – 10
Retribution Seen Still Waiting Evil – 11
Courage of British Likened to That of Paul, Their Faith Praised Highly by Dr. Brooks – 11
2 Lutheran Groups United in Worship – 11
Cates Takes Issue with Dr. Einstein – 11
$11,000,000 Soviet Gold Brouth by Swedish Ship – 12
Federal Employes Rose To 1,023,341 in July – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Europe and Africa – 13-14

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/sep40/f16sep40.htm

Italians capture Sidi Barrani

Monday, September 16, 1940 www.onwar.com

In North Africa... The Italians take Sidi Barrani as their cautious advance into Egypt begins to grind to a halt.

In the United States... The Selective Service Bill becomes law. It permits compulsory induction into the armed forces for all males between the ages 21-35.

In the Mediterranean... Aircraft from the carrier Illustrious, escorted by the battleship Valiant attack Benghazi during the night. Four Italian ships are sunk in the harbor, including two destroyers. The cruiser Kent is detached from the force while returning to Alexandria in order to shell Bardia and is badly damaged in an attack by torpedo planes.

[iowamark]

The Capuchin Church of St. John the Baptist celebrating its’ 100th anniversary is still there 70 years later and is now a shrine of St. Padre Pio:

http://shrine.padrepio.us/padrepioshrine/index.html

[BroJoeK]

"Federal Employes Rose To 1,023,341 in July – 12"

Ultimate irony here: Franklin Roosevelt -- the father of American socialism, progenitor of Progressives, founder of failed Liberal policy that the government can tax & spend its way back to prosperity.

This same FDR would today be considered the most wild-eyed of radically conservative Tea Partiers, if he advocated returning the Federal Government employees to 1,023,341!

Talk about your bipartisan agreement -- can't we all just agree that in this area at least, Roosevelt had the right idea?

;-)