U. S. PLANS TO TAKE OVER N. A. AVIATION UNLESS CALIFORNIA STRIKE ENDS SOON (6/7/41)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 6/7/41 | Louis Stark

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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 .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
North Africa – Rommel’s First Offensive, 24 March-15 June 1941
Marcks’ Plan, August 5, 1940
Operation Barbarossa (Dir. 21), December 18, 1940
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

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Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

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Billboard Top Ten for the Week of June 7, 1941

#1 - “My Sister And I” - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly
#2 – “Amapola” ((Pretty Little Poppy) - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell
#3 - “Maria Elena” - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly
#4 - “Dolores” – Bing Crosby and the Merry Macs
#5 - “Daddy” - Sammy Kaye, with the Kaye Choir
#6 - “I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time” – The Andrews Sisters
#7 - “Maria Elena” – Wayne King
#8 – “Green Eyes” - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Helen O’Connell
#9 - “Intermezzo” – Wayne King
#10 – “The Hut-Sut Song” – Freddy Martin, With Eddie Stone

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To Act in Few Days – 2
410 New Ensigns Get Commissions – 3-4
Nazis Said to ‘Give’ Syrians Own wheat – 4
The International Situation – 4
One-Third of Jews Found in Nazis’ Grip – 4
Representative Pickets the Picketers in Peace March Before the White House – 5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 5

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/jun41/f07jun41.htm

Axis bombers strike in Egypt

Saturday, June 7, 1941 www.onwar.com

In Egypt... A night raid on Alexandria leaves 230 killed.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/07.htm

June 7th, 1941

FRANCE: RAF bombers attack the Prinz Eugen at Brest, but fail to hit her.
GERMANY: Berlin:

Behind the screen of the continuing raids on Britain, the Luftwaffe is being switched to the east. The powerful air fleet which destroyed Belgrade and blasted the way clear for the Wehrmacht to march through the Balkans is being transferred to Poland, where it is being joined by squadrons taken there from France. There are now 2,770 German aircraft, formed into three fleets, facing the Soviet Union.

NORTH AFRICA: The RAF bombards Benghazi and Derna.

PALESTINE: Churchill telegraphs to de Gaulle:

“...best wishes to our joint enterprise in the Levant. ....At this hour when Vichy touches fresh depths of ignominy, the loyalty and courage of the Free French save the glory of France.”

SYRIA: Allied invasion begins. On the coastal axis, Palestinian Jewish guides (including a young Moshe D ayan) lead Australian forces who infiltrate the frontier before hostilities are declared. From a kibbutz at Hanita they cross the border at 9.30 pm to cut signal wires and probe for mines. Heavy seas prevent British commandos from ‘C’ Battalion British Special Service Brigade from landing behind the border to prevent the French blocking the narrow coastal road. The advance of 21 Aust Brigade is halted by heavy French fire short of the bridge over the Litani River. On the central axis, 25 Aust Brigade sweeps aside the French frontier posts but is then halted by determined French troops in well-chosen positions. On the desert (eastern) axis, 5 Indian Brigade seize Deraa (site of Lawrence of Arabia’s torture in WWI) and penetrate to Kuneitra. (Michael Alexander)

CANADA:

Corvette HMCS Ville de Quebec (ex Quebec) laid down Quebec City, Province of Quebec.
Corvette HMCS Charlottetown laid down Kingston, Ontario.

Minesweeper HMCS Melville launched Levis, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)

NEWFOUNDLAND: Destroyer HMCS Saguenay arrived St. John’s, and joined Newfoundland Escort Force. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.A.: Washington: President Roosevelt has signed the bill authorising the seizure of all foreign merchant ships arriving at US ports which was passed by the Senate on May 15.

The US rejects the ADB plan. (Marc Small)

The marine commission has begun to commandeer foreign vessels and allocate them to whatever service may be most useful for national defence. They include 39 Danish, 28 Italian and two German ships as well as others in Lithuanian, Estonian, and Romanian registry. The pride of the catch is the 83,423-ton French liner Normandie, the former holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic.

[kingpins10]

I especially enjoyed this article: “Representative Pickets the Picketers in Peace March Before the White House – 5”

Thanks for posting !

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Representative Pickets the Picketers in Peace March Before the White House

"Mr. Patrick carried a large sign over his head wiich read:

'Appeasers, Bundists, Reds, etc.: Your know how to picket, but do you know how to work?'"

Ha.

[abb]

“The Grand Alliance” notes correspondence between Winston and his son Randolph.

See here this interesting read that tells about Winston’s daughter-in-law and her marriage to Randolph.

Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman
By Sally Bedell Smith

http://www.sallybedellsmith.com/pamela-churchill-harriman/

[PAR35]

See here this interesting read that tells about Winston’s daughter-in-law and her marriage to Randolph.

She had the morals of an alley cat.

[abb]

I agree. She was nothing but a whore, with an inflated price tag.

[PAR35]

USS Prairie State (IX 15) - Pre-Dreadnought battleship USS Illinois (BB 7), demilitarized pursuant to the Washington Naval Treaty in the 1920s (and loaned to the State of New York). Renamed Prairie State in January, 1941 to free up the name Illinois for BB 65 (ordered in 1940, 5th ship of the Iowa class)

BB 65 was laid down in 1945 and was only partially built when broken up on the ways in 1958). Construction trailed that of BB 66 which got further along before construction stopped. BB 65 was the last battleship begun in the US. (All of the Montana class (BBs 67-71) was canceled in 1943)