Feb. 5, 1941: Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II for The Times, has a first-rate piece on the mood of Europe. Rather than “tragic” or “terrified, he calls it “anxious” and describes the many ways in which anxiety is wearing people down.

With New York stage offers deluging Orson Welles, looks like he needn't worry about his rather shaky Hollywood status, Jimmie Fidler says.