TELEGRAM Chronicle has a four-column streamer Roosevelt's gigantic victory plan. Mirror has heading --Yanks Coming Over Here; and Sketch has -- Yanks Coming Again. Mail carries an article on bases prepared by American technicians at Ulster, Scotland. Express prints Morley Richards saying that the B E F and A E F will invade the continent together and forecasts the bombing of Germany day and night with 2,000 planes every 24 hours, though there is a warning that Hitler may try invasion of Britain in the spring to forestall an Anglo-American offensive. Herald's headline --- United States Will Send Army to Britain--devotes almost an entire second page to Roosevelt's text. Molotoff's declaration and dispute of Russian landing at Crimea have second place on front pages with reports of reverses at Malaya and Rommel's last fight at Libya. Aerial menace at Singapore is emphasized with the tendency to lay blame to the abandonment of Penang and a demand for those who are responsible, but the military correspondent of the Express thinks is possible that the Chinese may bring relief. Times turnover describes pull-baker, pull-tailor situation at North French Africa and explains Wavell's reporting Weygand's removal by Vichy as fear of his defiance and points out that if Britain controls the coast from Port Said to Tripoli, north Africa will become springboard for attack of Europe and the Mediterranean will be closed to Axis- if Rommel's retreat continues, Nazi pressure |