Feb. 18, 1941: Tom Treanor posts some diary entries from a friend who was in France when it fell to the Nazis, and it contains some vivid accounts. 
 
ONE MAN'S OPINION: That Don Ameche, who had words with Paramount over a picture assignment (on loan-out from 20th Century) and is now working at that studio to avoid more serious trouble, should take the chip off his shoulder because his attitude is making him no new friends, Jimmie Fidler says. 

Feb. 17, 1941: Tom Treanor, who was killed covering World War II for The Times, has a story about British reporter Clare Hollingworth and her ingenuity against Romanian censors and attempts to make her leave the country.

The one irresistible perfume, in Henry Fonda's opinion, is the smell of freshly baked bread, Jimmie Fidler says.
 
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Clare Hollingworth in the Guardian

Feb. 16, 1941: Tom Treanor files a report from Palm Springs, saying that the desert outpost seems impossibly remote from the war in Europe. “Nigel Bruce, the English actor, has been showing some British fliers around the past few days and their bewilderment must be past description,” Treanor says.
 
Jimmie Fidler has the day off. Instead, Philip K. Scheuer reports on the filming of “Tobacco Road” in Town Called Hollywood. Notice the reference to the camera having the new coated lenses, which is what allowed Gregg Toland to get some of the shots in “Citizen Kane.” 

Feb. 15, 1941: Tom Treanor, who died covering World War II for The Times, has an interesting and, in fact, prophetic piece about the difficulty of any attack on the oilfields of Romania to keep the Nazis from obtaining gasoline. I won’t get into the famous raids on the Ploesti oilfields but here’s The Times headline from Aug. 2, 1943.

”The wells themselves are nearly impossible to put out of commission,” Treanor says.” It takes almost a direct hit to blow up a well. With the Germans on hand fully prepared for firefighting, the percentage is also against success with incendiary bombs. In other words, general bombing of the fields doesn't offer much hope.”

Jimmie Fidler says: Great excitement on the Warner Bros. lot the other ayem when Merle Oberon, working in "Affectionately Yours," discovered she had lost her handkerchief — a major catastrophe since it happened to be wrapped around approximately $5,000 worth of jewelry!