[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://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