[Homer_J_Simpson]

Spending Curbed – 2-3
The Day in Washington – 3
Secretary Opposes Fleet Depletion; Destroyers Essential to ‘Balance’ – 3-4
New Japanese Envoy Sees Hull Formally – 4
The International Situation – 4
Australian Safety Linked to Singapore – 4
Roosevelt Said to See Victory by Britain in Six Months if She Holds Till Summer – 5
Netherlands Stages Boycott of Germans – 5
Japan Now Eager for Russian Trade – 5
Tokyo is Relieved by Roosevelt ‘No’ – 6
Vichy Yields to Reich Two Foes of Hitler – 6
High Soviet Command Undergoes Shuffle – 7
Gets Prize for Best Book of ’40 on Racial Relations – 7
Jones Says Loans Could Be Made to Investors for Buying British Holdings Liquidated Here – 8
Spellman Decries Church ‘Defection’ – 8
‘Electric Whiskers’ Lays Rout to His Dead Aide – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Europe and Africa – 9-10
Desert Fighters – 10

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/feb41/f13feb41.htm

Germans have mined Suez Canal

Thursday, February 13, 1941 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... The carrier Formidable attacks Massawa. Formidable cannot pass through the Suez Canal to join the Mediterranean Fleet owing to mines that have been dropped by German planes. These are being cleared.

[central_va]

[BroJoeK]

page 5: "Roosevelt Said to See Victory by Britain in Six Months if She Holds Till Summer – 5"

page 7: "High Soviet Command Undergoes Shuffle;
General Zhukoff Named Chief of Staff – 7"

Obviously, a mere coincidence of stories, totally accidental -- no, repeat no relationship of one to the other...

;-)