military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/08/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Tuesday, 8 October, 1940 Despite warnings from Japan, Churchill announces that the Burma Road will be re-opened, allowing the renewed transport of arms to China. Japanese sources indicate that concessions in French Indo-China will more than offset this move. The United States prepares for a crisis in the Far East; the State Department urges U.S. citizens there to leave the area. It is estimated that about 10,000 Americans reside in the affected region. In baseball, the Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers by a score of 2 to 1, winning the World Series 4 games to 3. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "If there is one thing the Axis group should not desire to do, it is to drag America into the war and to threaten her only hastens the process." - Admiral William V. Pratt, U.S.N, Retired