The former US presidential candidate, Wendell Wilkie, arrives on a morale-boosting visit.

MALTA: Now it is Malta's turn to withstand the full onslaught of the Luftwaffe. The Fuhrer has ordered the "neutralising" of the island. In successive waves 80 Stukas hit Valetta harbour, causing major damage to port installations and several nearby churches. The casualty figures are said to be high - and soldiers and sailors were called in to unload ships when stevedores refused to work under fire.

The Luftwaffe's principal target HMS Illustrious was hit by only one bomb, but more damage was caused to her hull be underwater explosions. HMAS Perth was also damaged in the raid.

The Maltese population failed to take adequate shelter in today's raids. Tonight, they are digging deep into Malta's limestone strata, suddenly aware that, despite the defending British aircraft - which shot down five Stukas today - the Luftwaffe will not let up.

U.S.A.: In the current 'Aviation' magazine T.P. Wright, of the Curtis-Wright corporation states that the aircraft industry of the US is at present working upon some 45 or 50 different military models and that this is a condition which does not make for speed. He estimates the present air strength of Germany and Italy at 41,000 planes, of Great Britain at 24,500 and the United States at 6,000.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt President asks the Congress for an immediate appropriation of US$350 million for 200 new merchant ships. (With inflation, the US$350 million in 1941 is equal to US$4.268 billion in year 2002 dollars.) 

ATLANTIC OCEAN: MS Zealandic sunk by U-106 at 58.28N, 20.43W - Grid AL 2599.