phil, there is a big war going on there .. first large-scale war in Europe after WW2. It is a big deal despite being secondary in the news. So far, we are managing to fight it through proxies, just with money.
PS there is nothing new here – do you think “news” during WW2 were always about the front? Just looked up a random day March 5, 1941. Here are NYT headlines:
Conference at Field Failed
DRIVING TESTS
Designers Rename Valicenti
WARNING TO ATHENS; Germany Indicates Plan to Bring Pressure to End War With Italy SOVIET VIEW DISCOUNTED Reich Spokesman Says Note to Bulgaria Shows Moscow Enjoys Freedom of Action WARNING TO ATHENS GIVEN IN GERMANY
ARMY IN SHOWDOWN WITH A.F.L. STRIKERS; Assails Wright Field Walkout After It Backs Contract to C.I.O. Employer ARMY IS DEFIANT OF A.F.L. STRIKERS
THE DAY IN WASHINGTON
DR, BIJRRETT DIES; HEAD OF HOSPITALS; President of Flower and Fifth Avenue and the Medical College Since 1939 PREVIOUSLY WAS DEAN Ex-Chief of American Institute of Homeopathy — Had Taught Surgery at Michigan
Flatbush Boys Take Swim
TEANECK APARTMENT SOLD; 48-Family House Said to Have Brought $300,000
MORE MEN OF A.E.F. BACK FROM FRANCE; Ex-Doughboys Add New Details to Growing Feeling Among French Against Germans ONE TELLS OF NAZI THREAT Hitler Hordes Will Be in England in June, Then U. S. Is ‘Next,’ Gestapo Is Quoted
GUILTY PLEA CLOSES $108,000 FRAUD TRIAL; Ex-Convict Admits Insurance Thefts — Faces 7 1/2 to 14 Years
LOUIS H. PATTERSON; Former City Editor and Editorial Writer for Newark News
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HULL AVE. APARTMENT AMONG BRONX SALES; 38-Unit House on Morrison Ave. Goes to New Owner
House Group for Fixed-Fee Ships
General Smuts in Nairobi
Acquitted in $427,950 Theft
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY
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TO PLAN SUPPER DANCE; Almoners to Meet Monday and Discuss Foundling Benefit
Greek
Press Extension of Coal Law
KILLS 4 IN MAINE HOME; Lewiston Man Surrenders, Says He Had Been ‘Henpecked’
FAILURES UP IN 3 GROUPS; Wholesaling, Construction Had Decreases in Week
2,000 AT RITES FOR BISHOP; J Rev, James Brown Mourned byI i African Methodist Leaders I
Move on Rumanian Border
Jackie Coogan Going Into Army
TWO SPEED-BOAT MEN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH; A.A. Crawford, G.P. Orme and Two Friends Victims in Florida
FINANCIAL MARKETS; Stock Trading Continues Light but Prices Stage Moderate Recovery and Close Higher by a Point
INTENSIFY HUNT FOR BOY; But Police Find No Trace of Robert James, 2 1/2
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1,200 at Musical Miracle Play
BRITAIN AGAIN CURBS TEA; To Seize Packages From Abroad Containing Over 2 Pounds
INSURANCE PLAN DUE TO BE WIDENED; Connecticut and New Jersey Are Considering Adopting Savings Bank Project
Trawler Sunk With Casualties
Possibility of Americans Being Dropped From Hockey League Admitted by Calder