[Homer_J_Simpson]

Petain is Warned – 2-3
Sale of Rolls-Royce Here to Aid British Red Cross – 3
The International Situation – 3
Clash on Frontier – 4
New Nazi Big Gun Draws R.A.F. Fire – 5
Scattered Raiders Batter at Britain – 6-7
Warships Attack Italians in Egypt – 7
Mead Says Labor can Retain Gains – 8
Power of Britain in Egypt Growing – 8
Vote Survey Finds New Willkie Gains – 9
Quisling Said to Plan Charge against Foes – 9
How Candidates Stand – 10
Danube Parley Gains Wider Significance – 10
James Butler Left His Estate to Wife – 10
Letters from Wartime Britain – 11-12
The Texts of the Day’s Official War Communiques – 13

News of the Week in Review
With Ten Days to Go (map) – 14
Twenty News Questions – 15
Vote for Willkie and McNary (political ad) – 16
War Issue Has Taken a New Turn in Campaigns – 17-18
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 18
New 1941 Dodge Luxury Liner (ad) – 19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/oct40/f27oct40.htm

Italians reveal plans to Germans

Saturday, October 27, 1940 www.onwar.com

In Rome... At 2100 hours the Italians tell the Germans of their decision to invade Greece.

[henkster]

I love the ad for the 1941 Dodge Luxury Liner. It reminds me of the ad from the Onion’s fake newspaper collection “Our Dumb Century.” The ad was for the 1959 Cadillac Dreadnought, which was bigger than Lincoln’s competing “Monstroliner.”