military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (11/13/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 13 November, 1940 Japan concludes an agreement with the major oil companies of the Dutch East Indies. Japan is to receive 1.8 million tons of East Indies oil annually. General Motors president Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., calls for a 6-day work week to increase defense production. Italian troops are forced to withdraw from an artillery crossfire in the Mesarie district of Greece. Greek and British aircraft bomb Durazzo and Valona in Albania, while Italian bombers hit Yanina. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "Italian circles today denied British claims of damage inflicted - " - Correspondence from the New York Times correspondent to Rome (the remainder of the paragraph censored by Italian authorities)