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...regardless of the armistices, that seemed a clue to the temper of French naval forces in the West. The French had been operating since September under direction of the British Admiralty. Presumably most of their ships were within Britain's power to hold and reman, if the personnel withdrew to save their relatives at home from punishment. If the ships were only kept out of Axis hands, even though not used by Britain, a slim balance of sea power would still remain with Britain, especially since the Royal Navy claimed to have again damaged the Scharnhorst at Trondheim. Stories...
...British withdrew from Norway...
...Regretfully refused and withdrew more Tommies...
...Withdrew from the entire coast south to Spain...
Last week the musicians' union condemned WPA. Decca, under threat that no union man would record for it, withdrew its WPA discs from sale. Victor suppressed a recording made by Glenn Miller, not yet released. The three major radio networks banned the song, NBC explaining that it was in "bad taste." Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. alone stood its ground, although threatened with a union boycott of all its songs...