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...moments in British-Indian relations. Sir Stafford Cripps' mission had failed. The Indian leaders had rejected his proposals for self-government after the war, demanded immediate independence. Gandhi urged Indians to sabotage Britain's war effort. Singapore had fallen and the Japanese were streaming through Thailand and Burma. Wavell went patiently about his task of winning the confidence of the Indian leaders. He began with drastic, effective measures to curb the famine sweeping Bengal. It was an encouraging start...
Missing in Action. Sergeant Simon Eden, 20, elder son of Britain's Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, R.A.F. navigator on an operational flight in Burma...
...last week planes from Britain carried tons of top-priority ballot papers for distant war theaters, some (e.g., in Burma) to be dropped to combat troops by para chute. Because these far-flung soldier votes will be slow in returning, the election result will not be announced before July...
Farmer Hancock decided to run only when Corporal Arthur Yates, who flew back from Burma, arrived too late to stand against the Prime Minister. Said Farmer Hancock, who until last week did not know a soul in Woodford: "I'm not interested in parties: I'm no sheep." Of Churchill he said: "I'm as good a man as he is"; of the Hancock platform (strip life of luxuries and work only an hour a day) : "I'm standing for the common people against organized oppression." Church ill was delighted...
...13th Century, Kublai Khan, Emperor of China, conqueror of Burma and grandson of Genghis Khan, organized an invasion of Japan, lost most of his fleet and his army in the attempt...