TEACHERS’ PAY CUT BY CITY IS SOUGHT IN BILL AT ALBANY (3/26/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, Cabrillo College Library | 3/26/40 | Warren Moscow, W.F. Leysmith, G.H. Archambault, Hallett Abend, Hugh Byas, James Aldridge

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Oceander]

Awww, you had me going there for a second, until I read the date of the original article.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Evolution of Plan Yellow, October 1939-January 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Teachers’ Pay Cut by City is Sought in Bill at Albany – 2-4
Mauretania Is at Panama Canal; British Warships May Escort Her – 4
Enumerators Not to Take Census of Own Neighbors – 4
Champagne Cocktail Costs 11 Cents on Liner – 4
A ‘Painting’ of the Madonna at the Lourdes Grotto – 5
End-the-War Move Appears in Britain – 6
Paris Now Doubts Hitler Offensive* – 7
British Schooling Undergoes Change – 7-8
Britain Forbids Captives To Talk on German Radio – 8
India Takes Steps to Save 300-Year-Old Taj Mahal – 8
Japanese Control in Swatow Feeble – 9-10
Japan’s Envoy to Wang to Shun Inaugural; Abe Must Keep Army Content With ‘Peace’ – 9
Retreat of Japanese in Suiyuan Reported – 10
British Push Drive on Nazi Ore Route – 11
Germans at Sofia Press Shipping Deal – 11
Quality is Stressed in Allied Purchases – 12
Merchant Ships Sunk in War – 12
Soviet’s Air Force Held Strong; Bombers and Fighters Effective – 13-14
Sweden to Press for Defense Pact – 15

* Given their basic policies – summarized in the two formulas, “no rash adventures” and “respect for pledges,” the problem for the Allies is to induce or compel their enemy to attack rashly himself.

I predict the Allies will solve this problem in spectacular fashion in the near future.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/mar40/f26mar40.htm

More British troops deploy in France

Tuesday, March 26, 1940 www.onwar.com

On the Western Front... The British 51st (Highland) Division replaces French forces on the line in the Saar region.

In Canada... In a general election, the Liberal Party under the leadership of Mackenzie-King wins 178 seats, the Conservative Party 39 and all others 28.

In New Zealand... Michael Savage, the Labour Party prime minister, dies at the age of 68.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/26.htm

March 26th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM: RAF Bomber Command: Reconnaissance of northwest Germany (Ruhr); Nine aircraft detailed for trip, five took off, one returned early U/S, one shot down by Dutch fighters . One of 77 Squadron’s Whitleys, N1357 flown by Flg. Off T.J. Geach, strayed over neutral Holland and Fokker G-1 twin engined fighters were scrambled to intercept. It was sighted by an aircraft of 3e JaVa and was shot down south of Rotterdam by Lt P. Noonan. Sgt J.E. Miller was killed, but the rest of the crew survived as internees. [Macmillan states that this took place on the 26/27 but Donnelly states 27/28 any confirmation of one or t’other]

NEW ZEALAND: Michael Savage, the Labour Prime Minister, dies of cancer aged 68. He is succeeded by Peter Fraser. (Jack McKillop)

U.S.S.R.: Moscow: Stalin refuses to meet Hitler for talks on the Polish border question.

FRANCE: Reynaud appeals to his people to carry on the total war against Germany.

U.S.A.: St. Louis: The Curtiss CW-20T twin-engine transport makes its first flight at Lambert-St. Louis Airport, Missouri, piloted by Eddie Allen. The USAAC becomes interested in this aircraft and places an order for 46 C-46 Commandos on 13 September 1940. A total of 3,180 C-46s were built during the war by Curtiss and Higgins including 160 ordered for the USMC as R5C-1s. (Jack McKillop)

CANADA: A General Election for a new House of Commons is held. William Mackenzie King’s Liberals win a record 183 seats, the Conservatives (National Government Party) 40, CCF 8, Social Credit 9 and Independents 5 including Dorise Nielsen a secret member of the Communist Party who ran on the Unity Party ticket in the North Battleford district of Saskatchewan. (Jack McKillop)

[henkster]

Stalin and Hitler never met each other in person.

Trivia question:

Who shook hands with Stalin, Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, Mao and DeGaulle?

[PzLdr]

Molotov

[PzLdr]

Wonder if the 51st has ever heard of Erwin Rommel. Have a hunch they will.

[henkster]

Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

Vyacheslav Molotov. I believe he is the only person who could make this claim.

[henkster]

PS:

I did not include Mussolini because I don’t think he ever met Il Duce. He may have met Ciano when he visited Berlin in November 1940, but am not sure.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 208 March 26, 1940

U-38 stops Norwegian MV Cometa 65 miles northwest of Noup Head, Orkney Islands, and demands to see her papers. Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Liebe gives Cometa’s crew and passengers one hour to abandon ship. Cometa had previously been boarded by HMS Kingston Peridot; therefore, a Royal Navy officer and four naval ratings are aboard for the passage to Kirkwall, Orkneys. At 2.20 AM U-38 fires one torpedo and sinks Cometa but the crew of 31, 6 Swedish passengers and the 5 British sailors take to the lifeboats and are picked up by HMS Northern Sky.
http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/304.html