Germans Discuss City of Flint With Soviet Russia
Berlin reports the German government told the United States it is discussing with Soviet Russia the fate of the American ship City of Flint seized by a German prize crew and taken to Murmansk. The disclosure came to American Charges d Affaires Alexander Kirk during a morning meeting with Baron Ernest von Weizsaecker.
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Berlin
United States
Soviet Russia
City of Flint
Murmansk
Alexander Kirk
Baron Ernest von Weizsaecker
Kirk
City of
Flint
Tromso
Norway
Germany
Russia
Allied Planes Over Berlin and London Responses
RAF reconnaissance flights included night sorties over Berlin Hamburg and Magdeburg. British officials dismissed Ribbentrops Danzig speech as a clumsy attempt to split Britain from France and vowed to stay the course. The City of Flint case details show a wartime seizure cited as contraband with a prize fee dispute and detention in Murmansk.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Danzig
Great Britain
France
Ribbentrop
Germany
Herr von Ribbentrop
Britain
News Chronicle
National Vote On War Urged By La Follette
Senator La Follette proposed an advisory national referendum before Congress can declare overseas war as part of a debate on repealing the arms embargo. The plan, described as nonbinding, faces opposition and uncertain timing as lawmakers discuss neutrality revision.
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la Follette
Washington
Congress
Senate
Ludnow
D-Ind
House
Lucas
D-Ill
Nye
R-Nd
Barkley
Pittman
D-New
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
German Editorial Predicts Attack As Next War Move
Berlin October 25 The Nationaszeitung Essen close to Goering predicts Germany will unleash a bomb blitz on England as the next war move The paper says the British war inciters must be met with relentless retaliation and British security fears prompt a dramatic strike The report notes France driven from German soil and lists changes in Polish governance under Frank SeyssInquart and Hitler supervision
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Berlin
Germany
England
Nationalszeitung
Essen
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Nationalzeitung
Voelklingen
Hans Frank
Reich
Frank
Fuehrer
Hitler
Arthur Seyz-Inquart
Austria
Poland
Poznan
Ministerial Council For National Defense
Placard Puns Highlight Bombardment Horror Exhibit in London
A street window display in London uses puns on war horrors to attract attention. The placard aims to juxtapose humor with grim events, drawing public interest amid wartime memory and daily life.
Two Governors Open New Highway on Norvale Crags
About 3000 people were to attend a mammoth barbecue atop Norvale Crags on the Virginia North Carolina line to celebrate the opening of the final link of the Airy Galax highway. North Carolina Governor Hoey and C D Felix representing Virginia Governor Price spoke.
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MT. Airy
Norvale Crags
Virginia-North Carolina Line
Russian Economic Mission to Berlin Parley Heads
Moscow dispatch reports a Soviet economic mission of 45 led by Shipping Commissar I. Tevesyan departed by train for Berlin. Fifteen additional delegates are expected to depart today or tomorrow, signaling intensified talks in Berlin.
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Berlin
Moscow
Tevesyan
Twenty Ships Held In Soviet Port At Archangel
The Swedish tramp steamer skipper reported from Archangel that twenty foreign freighters are held by Russian authorities and cannot load or leave. He said crews lack food as Archangel blocks their exit, while Sweden protested Moscow and refused to let a Russian ship of equal tonnage depart a Swedish port.
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Narvik
Norway
Archangel
Moscow
Airliner Forced Down In Tennessee Field
Eastern Airlines reports a 14 passenger plane en route from Tallahassee to Memphis landed in a field 25 miles southeast of Memphis after a small fire appeared in the baggage compartment. No injuries were reported.
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Tennessee
New York
Eastern Airlines
Tallahassee
Fla
Memphis
Government Delays Action On Flint Pending Report
Roosevelt said he hopes to recover the American freighter City of Flint from a Russian Arctic port after seizure by a Nazi cruiser. Officials cited Moscow reports and Russia's promise to relay facts from Murmansk as potential clues to Russia's neutral or allied stance amid wartime tensions.
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Flint
Andrue Berding
Washington
City of
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
Steinhardt
Moscow
Murmansk
Russia
Federal predicts drop in cotton surplus by 1940 harvest
Washington officials forecast the U S cotton surplus will shrink by at least one million bales before the 1940 crop is gathered. They cite exports rising, domestic production and consumption growing, and a 12 million bale crop not meeting all needs. Surplus stocks sit around 11 million bales under price support loans.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Finland Given Modified Pact
A Finnish delegation returning from Moscow is said to carry modified Soviet demands for Helsinki talks. The group led by former premier Paasikivi is due to arrive tomorrow, with reports of rights over Gulf islands and unfortified Aaland status, while Finland emphasizes neutrality and independence.
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Helinski
Moscow
Helsinki
Kremlin
Foreign Office
Jvuho Kusti Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Leningrad
Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Gulf of Finland
Hokkland
Tyaersaari
Seiskari
Aaland
Gulf of Bothnia
Finland
Baltic
Staunch ON
Heavy guard placed on liners after sabotage threats
New York October 25. Police protected the British Queen Mary and French Normandie, the world’s largest passenger liners, with squads on day and night pier duty after Lieut. Commander Coddington of Naval Intelligence reported a sabotage threat within weeks.
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New York
Coddington
U.S. Naval Intelligence
Long Beach Aviators Close In On Endurance World Record
Clyde Schleiper and Wes Carroll, two Long Beach pilots, departed Sept 20 seeking a light plane endurance mark and are poised to tie the 653 hour 33 minute world record set by the Key brothers in Mississippi four years earlier at 2 42 p m tomorrow.
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Lancaster
Calif
Long Beach
Clyde Schleiper
Wes Carroll
Key Brothers
Mississippi
British Sea Blockade Thrown Into Muddle By Speedy German Raiders
German surface raiders Deutschland and Emden penetrate the North Sea blockade near Gibraltar and Murmansk, sinking several British ships including Tafa Ledbury Menin Ridge Clan Chisholm and others. City of Flint seized by a German prize crew. overall sinks reach 90 with 1,774 known deaths.
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Great Britain
North Sea
Atlantic
United States
City of Flina
Gibraltar
Norway
Flint
Murmansk
Russia
Deutschland
Emden
Britain
Tafa
Ledbury
Menin Ridge
Clan Chisholm
Konstantinos Hadjipateras
Boston
Tyne
England
Weathered Front Stirs as French German Skirmishes Continue
Sporadic artillery and patrol clashes flare along the western front near Forbach as French troops hold a narrow German salient. Loudspeakers in German lines urge surrender while French soldiers retort with calls to change the record, amid a quiet overall night according to the French staff. The report notes patrols and artillery west of the Saar and a morale debate back home over radio programming. Ribbentrop’s Danzig speech is welcomed by authorized French circles as an admission of internal decline under the Allied blockade.
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Paris
Forbach
Saar
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Danzig
Stanford medical student records his own lethal disease
Frederick James Hinds of Santa Barbara, a Stanford medical student, kept a meticulous personal record after diagnosing himself with myelogenous leukemia. He studied through pain, continued his work until late, and his notes may aid future cures, as doctors and students praised his courage on the eve of his funeral.
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San Francisco
Stanford University
Frederick James Hinds
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hinds
Loren R. Chandler
Stanford Hospital
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