Finland Finns to Face Talks With Kremlin Over Baltic Rollup
Washington reports say United States expressed to Soviet Russia its earnest hope nothing harms peaceful relations with Finland. Ambassador Steinhardt delivered the note as Paasikivi met Premier Yacheslav Molotov in Moscow for talks on Estonia Latvia and Lithuania and possible Finnish terms.
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Moscow
Brenee A. Steinhardt
Che
A. Molotoff
Soviet
Russia
Washington
United Tes
Rus
Finland
Inhardt Fnand
Kremlin
Baltic
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Yyachesiaff
Estonia
Latvia
Ania
Paasikivi
Republic
Grand Duchy
Perial
Soviet Russia
United States
Laurence Steinhardt
Department
Steinhardt
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
State Department
Hull
Poland
Germany
Bailey Assails Restrictions On Shipping
AP reports that Senator Bailey of North Carolina challenged the neutrality bill's shipping provisions, saying they would disrupt commerce and destroy much of the American merchant marine. Senator Pittman noted the statement but disagreed on losses.
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Washington
Bailey
Dn.c
Senate Commerce Committee
Maritime Commission
Pittman
D-Nev
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Ship Iroquois Arrives After Storm and Alarm
The Iroquois with 788 aboard reached New York amid a terror-filled voyage marked by stormy seas and rumors of a bomb. Passengers described illness and searches as the ship’s crew faced tension from German and Allied threats. Berlin hailed the safe arrival as proof of German naval goodwill toward the United States.
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New York
Mary Stiegelman
Baltimore
Berlin
Raeder
Selves
America
Erich Raeder
United States
Ireland
U. S
Chamberlain wary of uneasy Nazi peace settlement
London Oct 12 Prime Minister Chamberlain told Hitler that peace is possible only with a real settled peace not the vague terms he outlined. He warned Britain and France must persevere unless Germany shows definite acts and guarantees. Attlee supported the stance saying Britain cannot accept a peace that would forfeit its honor.
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Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Reichstag
Hitler
House of Commons
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Britain
France
Attler Pchoes
Clement R. Attlee
Berlin
Germany
Daladier
German thrusts across Moselle to Rhine fail to gain ground
Paris dispatch reports German patrols attacked outposts from the Moselle to the Rhine with heavy casualties in three days and no ground won. French defenses held, prisoners not taken, while reconnaissance planes photographed positions with limited air activity reported nearby.
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Lauterbourg
Paris
Moselle
Rhine
France
British Navy Captures German Ship Cap Norte
The British navy reportedly captured the 13 615 ton German steamer Cap Norte sailing from Pernambuco on September 17, a Germany South America trade ship. The capture was hinted by Winston Churchill in the House of Commons.
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London
British Press Association
Germany
South America
Pernambuco
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Mystery Of The Bremen Sailor Tells Of Aboard Escape
Dutch cook E Post, the sole Netherlands crewman aboard the German liner Bremen, says the ship sailed Aug 30 from New York under Soviet colors. He recounts blockade dodging with gasoline on deck and plans to sink rather than surrender, as the crew kept the voyage secret and lights out across the Atlantic.
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Bremen
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Murmansk
E. Post
New York
Het Volk
Adolf Ahrens
North Atlantic
Post
Atlantic
Ahrens
Great Britain
France
Finland Prepares for Peace or War in Early War Crisis
Finland readies for possible conflict with Soviet Russia by moving civilians to safety and fortifying borders. Air raid shelters will be dug in Helsinki as sandbags dot the capital. authorities vow to resist pressure to abandon neutrality and oppose forced political schemes.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Uusi Suomi
Chase sees UJS as No 1 nation
Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase of New York University told a Chapel Hill audience that a prolonged war would cripple Europe economically and distress America, leading the United States to become the leading world power. He spoke in familiar surroundings.
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Chapel Hill
Harry Woodburn Chase
New York University
Europe
America
United States
Chase
Repeal Flailed By LaFollette
Senator LaFollette warned in the Senate that repealing the arms embargo could hamper the American defense program under the neutrality bill. He urged focusing on hemispheric economic buildup to spur a sound business recovery rather than partial participation in the European war. He noted munitions records showing WWII era plants produced foreign products viewed as inferior to domestic arms.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate Today
Wisconsin
United States
Munitions Investigation Committee
German reaction to Chamberlain speech mirrors ambiguous stance
Berlin reports indicate early German reaction to Prime Minister Chamberlain's House of Commons address as this statement is neither fish nor flesh, a phrase translated as straddling. Informal circles describe the tone as indecisive and cautious in international response.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Daladier
Nazis Ponder British Reply on Hitler Peace Offer
Berlin reports German war chiefs weigh Hitler's conditional peace offer as Britain's Chamberlain comments loom. Diplomats expect a decisive stance from London, while German naval and air forces move to pressure the British at sea in the North Sea.
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Daladier
North Sea
DNB
New High Seen For Weed Crop
North Carolina and Virginia tobacco markets report a record weed crop for the year with North Carolina production forecast at 692,120,000 pounds up 14 percent from any leaf crop. South Carolina projects 119,000,000 pounds as buyers push prices around 15 cents.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Departments of Agriculture
VA. S
North Carolina
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
Department
Virginia
Danville
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