[Homer_J_Simpson]

Prime Minister to Chief of Air Staff 19 June 43

I quite understand the relief given to Takoradi by the new route through Casablanca, and by the opening of the Mediterranean. Indeed, the time has come to consider economies of personnel on the Takoradi route, and I shall be glad to receive your proposals to this end.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Billboard Top Ten for the Week of June 19, 1943

#1 - “Taking a Chance on Love” - Benny Goodman, with Helen Forrest
#2 - “As Time Goes By” - Rudy Vallee
#3 - “Velvet Moon” - Harry James
#4 - “As Time Goes By” - Jacque Renard, with unknown vocalist
#5 - “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” - The Ink Spots
#6 – “You’ll Never Know” - Willie Kelly
#7 – “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” - Glen Gray, with Kenny Sargent
#8 – “Let’s Get Lost” - Vaughn Monroe
#9 - “All or Nothing At All” – Harry James, with Frank Sinatra
#10 – “Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer” - Song Spinners

This one will never make the top 10 but we can give it an honorable mention.

#19 – “The Sheik of Araby” - Spike Jones