ROOSEVELT HURRIES BACK IN CRISIS; HULL TO SEE TOKYO ENVOYS TODAY (12/1/41)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 12/1/41 | Frank L. Kluckhohn, James B. Reston, Otto D. Tolischus, John A. Hetherington, Hanson W. Baldwin

[GreenLanternCorps]

Shouldn’t that be written as “(Annoyed Grunt)”?

:)

[PAR35]

So Eleanor was with Nelson Rockefeller while FDR was with his mistress in Warm Springs?

[PAR35]

I didn’t know they had electric blankets back that far.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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December 1st, 1941

FRANCE: Marshal Petain and General Goering reaffirmed Franco-German collaboration at St. Florentin. France gave Germany naval and air bases in North Africa for release of war prisoners and reduction of occupation costs. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: U-473, U-643, U-644, U-802 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

LITHUANIA: Colonel Karl Jäger of the SS Einsatzkommando reports that his force has killed 230,000 Baltic Jews since June.

U.S.S.R.: The Russians mount a brief counterattack at Tula, near Moscow.

Leningrad: 11,000 people died from starvation last month.

MALTA: The island has its 1,000th air raid.

NORTH AFRICA: The New Zealand forces at Sidi Rezegh withdraw under pressure from Rommel’s forces. Despite the mauling taken by the British 8th Army, it is still in the fight and unlike the Germans receiving supplies and replacement tanks.

As British, German and Italian tank formations clash from all directions in the brutal fight to relieve Tobruk, any resemblance between this battle and traditional warfare has long since disappeared. “This is sea warfare,” said one general. “Our tanks are ships that appear and disappear at such speed that often no one knows where their lines are.”

MALAYA: Reacting to reports of Japanese preparations, the British authorities declare a State of emergency.

SINGAPORE: All British, Indian and Australian forces in Malaya are at battle stations following the declaration of a state of emergency as fear of Japanese invasion grows. Reservists and volunteers have been called up, forcing many offices to close. The decision was taken by the governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Shenton Thomas, after consultation with the Commander-in-Chief Far East, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham. They emphasise that the state of emergency does not signify a deterioration in the diplomatic situation. Singapore will also be reinforced by the warships HMS PRINCE OF WALES and battle cruiser HMS Repulse.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: 4th Marine Regiment arrives from Shanghai aboard USS President Coolidge and disembarks. President Coolidge then sails in convoy with remaining US dependents aboard; other ships include the USAT Scott, with the 15th Infantry Regiment, and an escort of the cruiser Louisville and two destroyers.

Unidentified aircraft sighted near Clark Field.

MacArthur again orders Brereton to relocate all B-17’s to Del Monte to avoid Japanese air strikes.

Arnold orders all B-17’s in Hawaii transferred to the Philippines. Never implemented.

Marshall advises MacArthur that 100,000 tons of supplies were to be shipped during December and that several million more tons were on the West Coast awaiting shipping.

Hart ordered directly by Roosevelt to form “Defensive Information Patrol” of three ships to be placed in harm’s way.

(Marc Small)

AUSTRALIA: Minesweeper HMAS Bundaberg launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

CANADA:
Patrol vessels (ex-fishing vessels) HMCS , British Columbia Lady, Canfisco, Smith Sound, Tordo, Loyal II, Arashio, Spray, Western Maid, Loyal I, Marlis hired.

Trawlers HMS Cailiff and Miscou (ex-Bowell, ex-Campeaia) laid down Collingwood, Ontario. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.A.: Roosevelt meets with British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, and indicates the US would enter the war on the British side the British if they were attacked by Japan, but did not explicitly promise this. (Marc Small)

Civil Air Patrol created in the US as an auxiliary to the Army Air Corps. Today the CAP has a youth cadet branch and an adult branch that is involved in search and rescue with private aircraft. During W.W.II, however, it’s principal duty was patrolling the coast for submarines using the members private aircraft. (P. T. Holscher)

Submarine USS Harder laid down.

Aircraft carriers USS Intrepid and Yorktown laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

TIME magazine declares the German “official announcement” of the death of Ernst Udet was sort of a cover-up, but in a rather (unintentionally) darkly humorous vein: “Colonel General Ernst Udet, Quartermaster of the German Air Force, was killed ‘yesterday’, (Nov. 17) while testing a new type of firearm.”

TIME also reported that Berlin radio said he died in an “airplane accident on Monday, the eleventh,” and “reports from Vichy said he was a suicide.” (William Rinaman”

ATLANTIC OCEAN: The German supply ship Python is sunk by HMS DORSETSHIRE a British cruiser off the west coast of Africa. She had aboard survivors of the raider ATLANTIS. She was refuelling the submarines UA and U-68. UA fired five torpedoes at DORSETSHIRE which missed due to underestimation of her speed. PYTHON’s survivors were stashed into the submarines and open boats and were later transferred to other submarines which brought them home. The recent British success against German raiders and replenishment vessels in this area end Doenitz’s plans to concentrate off the coasts of west and South Africa. (Ric Pelvin)