[Homer_J_Simpson]

Peace Set as Goal – 2-3
Mayor Wants Occupancy Levy neither ‘Irksome nor Annoying’ – 3
Red Cross Head Denies Nazis Seize Supplies – 3
President Scored – 4-5
The International Situation – 5
Parley at Border – 6-7
Britain Maintains August Export Gain – 7
U.S. Will Dispatch Air Reinforcements to the Philippines – 7
Nazis Pass London to Hit at Midlands – 8
New ‘Fortresses’ Reach the Army – 9
Sale of the Annalist Formally Announced – 9
Insull Creditors will Get .001 Cent on a Dollar – 9
Coast–to-Coast Traveler Reaches New York (dog story-Attention Joe 6-pack) – 10
Hitler Youth Face Arrest for Absence from Duty – 10
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/oct40/f24oct40.htm

Hitler and Petain discuss collaboration

Thursday, October 24, 1940 www.onwar.com

In Occupied France... Hitler meets Petain and discusses Franco-German collaboration.

In London... A Belgian government in exile is established. Its leading members include Camille Gutt, Hubert Pierlot and Paul-Henri-Spaak.

Over Germany... During the night, RAF bombers attack Berlin and Hamburg. These are the first British raids to cause significant civilian casualties.

In Britain... The first of 2000 provincial buses appear on London routes.

[BroJoeK]

"Insull Creditors will Get .001 Cent on a Dollar – 9"

My current reading includes Amity Shlaes "The Forgotten Man -- A New History of the Great Depression."

In it Shlaes recounts how "activism" of the Hoover & FDR administrations turned a 1929 slump into the 1930s Great Depression.

It reminds me much of today's circumstances...

In her telling of it, Samuel Insull plays an iconic role.