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press conf transcript pub; Stimson blames strikes; new program head named
Ital sources say Italy will defend Libyan and Albanian lines during the Winter
Berlin Wilhelmstrasse denies meeting with Mussolini as Hitler and Min von Ribbentrop leave Berlin on secret mission
Remnants of five advanced Italian divisions, originally numbering approximately 75,000 men, were reported yesterday frantically seeking to escape from a "death trap" in. a narrow gorge between Solum, Egypt, and Bardia, Libya, into which British...
Mfrs Assn urges end of extra-legal law enforcement tactics
1940Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant[†]
Lex Gold CBE is a Scottish administrator and former footballer who was a director of Caledonian MacBrayne as of 2012.
1940Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1872)[†]
Anton Korošec was a Yugoslav politician, a prominent member of the conservative People's Party, a Roman Catholic priest and a noted orator.
1940Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.[†]
Plutonium is a chemical element; it has symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is a silvery-gray actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air, and forms a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation states. It reacts with carbon, halogens, nitrogen, silicon, and hydrogen. When exposed to moist air, it forms oxides and hydrides that can expand the sample up to 70% in volume, which in turn flake off as a powder that is pyrophoric. It is radioactive and can accumulate in bones, which makes the handling of plutonium dangerous.