Britain says Nazi air raid on ships failed
Churchill announced the Home Fleet repelled the first mass German air attack on British warships in the North Sea. Berlin claimed hits including an aircraft carrier, but British reports cited one plane shot down and another crew saved. also notes Bremen believed to be in a north Russian port after sailing from New York.
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Japan
Washington
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AFL Meeting Attacks CIO Chief Renewed
Cincinnati on September 27 the American Federation of Labor Metal Trades unions renewed criticism of John L. Lewis and the CIO. They suggested future White House labor efforts be directed solely toward a CIO leader.
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Balkans Seek to Avoid War
In Bucharest diplomats feared a regional war as Moscow talks between Sukru and others continued. Governments pressed for Russian and Italian guarantees of the Balkans status quo and a possible bloc against broader conflict. TheAgean sea access through Greece remained a key concern.
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Rstood
Rumania
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Warsaw Surrenders to Nazis After 20-Day Siege
Berlin reports Warsaw capitulated unconditionally after a 20 day siege. General von Blaskowitz to arrange surrender terms for the Polish capital likely handing the city to the German army on September 29. Reported internal Warsaw strife and expectations of a German Russian accord follow the surrender news.
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Nevi High Command
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Budapest
Modlin
Radio tells final stand during siege from Warsaw
Radio Warsaw resumed broadcasting as hymns replaced marching tunes to relay the dramatic Polish story of the last hours under German siege. The broadcast uses pauses to heighten tension as Budapest reports September 27.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Shippers oppose neutrality plan amid war fears
Washington reports ship operators including United States Lines Dollar Line and Pan American Airways protested congressional neutrality measures. Leaders warned changes could come by January if the act disadvantages shippers, while some advocated exempting critical Central and South American trade. The piece notes Allied siege and Polish resistance descriptions from Warsaw and radio coverage of ongoing devastation.
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America
German Soviet talks open as red ship sunk near Baltic coast
The Soviet government announced the sinking of the 4,000 ton freighter Metallist off Estonia by an unidentified submarine. Five of 24 crew were missing. In Moscow German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop met with Molotov as Estonia mood rose in talks of a possible German Soviet military pact and maritime rights disputes.
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Karl Selter
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Jose Stalin
Amor
Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg
Alexander Shkartzeff
Berlin
Poland
Albert Forster
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Free City
Vladimir Potemkin
Augusto Rosso
Legion for Armed Neutrality Urges Calm While Siding on Embargo
The American Legion at its 21st national convention asked Congress to continue in session to preserve peace and dignity and said armed forces should be ready to maintain neutrality. It declined to back or oppose the current arms embargo legislation, citing rapidly changing world crisis conditions and confidence in the president and Congress.
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Chicago
American Legion
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Corps Gets Award Chief Chemin de Fer Leader
Edward A. Mulrooney of Wilmington Delaware was elected chef de chemin o fer president of the 40 and 8 division of the American Legion. Awards announced today at the convention headquarters of the organization.
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American Legion
Britain Enacts Heaviest Taxes for War Effort
London faces a sweeping wartime tax reform aiming to raise about £2 billion for the conflict. The budget lifts income tax to 37.5 percent for 1940 41, raises surtax on high incomes, lowers exemptions, and taxes foreigners at the same rates. Sir John Simon defends the plan as the price of liberty and victory.
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Ince
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Flays Charge West Virginians Oppose War as Nazis
Senator Holt of West Virginia denounces claims that antiwar West Virginians are Nazis. He calls the White House secretary's statements an unmitigated falsehood and insists protesters dislike Hitler yet oppose sending American troops to Europe.
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West
Hitler
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Bergdoll Testifies on Fugitive Years and Gold Hideout
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll told a general court martial he lived in his mother’s Philadelphia home for seven of nineteen years abroad and recovered $105,000 in gold supposedly buried in a Maryland hillside. He said the money was hidden in a closet at home and his mother corroborated parts of his account.
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Bergdoll
Germany
Philadelphia
Maryland
Emma Bergdoll
Harry Weinberger
United States
Nanesee
Wynnefield
West Front Quiet as Lochner Tours Siegfried Line
Louis P. Lochner reports from the Saarland area along the Siegfried line with German and French fronts near Saarbruecken and Zweibruecken. He notes limited air skirmishes, scarce ground fighting, and Saarbruecken's stagnant state under heavy defense.
Drought Worries Wheat Farmers Across Plains
Washington officials warn of severe drought hitting the heart of the farm belt delaying winter wheat seeding to record levels. Livestock ranchers face burned pastures and feed shortages forcing culling of un fattened meat animals. Milk supplies in some areas show strain under the drought.
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Pi— Agriculture Department
Dodd
Nari Adjustment Alantration
Great Plains
Hitler massing troops as peace bid looms in Europe
report from Paris says Hitler accelerates Western front buildup to force Britain and France to talk peace on the status quo after Poland partition. Ribbentrop travels to Moscow amid talk of a peace offer, while Germany speeds troops and air power to the Siegfried line though avoiding large operations.
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Fuehrer
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Siegfried
Woman Doomed in Poison Gas Case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia today Grace Giovanetti 45 was sentenced to death for the poison death of her first husband Pietro Piorelli. Emedio Muscelli 31 received life imprisonment for the murder of Giuseppe di Marino. Four defendants have been convicted with three mandatory death sentences in the murder-for-insurance ring cases. Paul Petrillo faces trial for Luigi La Vecchio’s death as investigators link the ring to numerous deaths across eastern states.
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Pietro Piorelli
Emedio Muscelli
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Ray
Paul Petrillo
Luigi la Vecchio
Shirley Temple to Make First Radio Appearance
Shirley Temple will debut on radio Christmas Eve as part of the Screen Actors Guild program, announced by her studio in Hollywood. The child star will participate in the broadcast as her first radio appearance.
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