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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)
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Subject: 50 Years Ago: Sunday, 1 December, 1940
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From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker)

Sunday, 1 December, 1940

The Royal Navy loses another armed merchant cruiser; the 
16,400-ton HMS Forfar is lost to the U-99 off Ireland.
Also sunk is the 18,700-ton Free Norwegian liner Oslofjord,
which is mined off the Tyne.

Italy rations grain products including flour, rice, and pasta.

General Antonescu promises Iron Guard protesters numbering
over 100,000 that Rumania will never relinquish her claim to
Northern Transylvania, now ceded to Hungary.  Today is the
22nd anniversary of the Rumanian-Transylvanian union.

The US Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, announces 
that he is resigning to spend his full time assisting the 
President in maintaining US neutrality.

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means, if successful, the preservation of the American form 
of democracy.  That cause is to help th President keep the 
United States out of war." - Joseph P. Kennedy


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