military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (02/15/91)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Saturday, 15 February, 1941 At President Roosevelt's request, Harvard University President James B. Conant leaves for Britain to discuss cooperative efforts on war technology. The Lend-Lease bill contains provisions for the exchange of such information. Air activity continues over Europe. RAF bombers raid several "invasion ports" and targets in the Ruhr, and drop leaflets over Cracow and Katowice in Poland. German aircraft stage scattered attacks throughout England and Scotland. The US House Naval Affairs Committee recommends a measure to develop Guam and Samoa as "lookout stations" for maritime aircraft. Congress rejected such improvements in Guam in 1938. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "A sensational report has been circulated in North and South America to the effect that serious tension prevails between Japan and America..." - Koh Ishii, Japanese Cabinet Information Bureau spokesman