[Homer_J_Simpson]

I believe Kate Smith had exclusive recording rights to this song when it was initially published around November. The current situation in France gives it more depth than listeners in later decades might discern.

Kate Smith, “The Last Time I Saw Paris”

Item in Time Magazine, 12/23/40

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Strike Near Venice – 2
The International Situation – 3
Italy Shoots 2 Spies, Jails 22; ‘Ring’ Linked to Taranto Raid – 3
Soviet Held Fearful of German Victory – 3
Marshal is Frank – 4-5
Scott Fitzgerald, Author, Dies at 44 – 5
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 6