Battle Develops Around Reds Near Moscow in World War II
Soviet communique reports heavy German attacks on the central front near Vyazma Bryansk and Melitopol as the Red Army resists and inflicts losses. Orel’s fall threatens rail and water routes south of Moscow while Nazis push toward the capital. Front lines describe a new phase of combat near the Smolensk-Moscow corridor.
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Vyazma
Bryansk
Melitpol
Russia
Red army
Red Star
Orel
Moscow
Smolensk-Moscow
German Turkish Trade Treaty Signed Today
Berlin reports a German Turkish trade treaty totaling 200 million reichsmarks on each side will run until March 3, 1943. The pact signed at Ankara calls for Germany to supply war materiel and iron and steel in exchange for Turkish exports of raw materials such as cotton tobacco olive oil and minerals. Franz von Papen and Sukru Saracogul signed.
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BERLIN
Ankara
Germany
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Sukru Saracogul
First Canadian Cargo Vessel Is Launched
MONTREAL October 9 The first wartime cargo vessel for Canada, a 9300 ton ship named Fort Ville Marie, was launched by Mrs C D Howe wife of the munitions minister. Howe predicted Canada’s 1942 ship building pace could match Britain’s output if the program continues.
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MONTREAL
Canada
C. D. Howe
Fort Ville Marie
Howe
Kissed by Lou and ferry pilots story on service life
The article recalls Lulu the famous “lady known as Lou” and her wartime kiss to Greenaway after 28 years of service. It then profiles Atlantic ferry pilots who fly American bombers to Britain from a base in the UK. Pilots come from many states and have fought in Spain and China, flying the Atlantic multiple times.
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OM GREENAWAY
nas
Lulu
Lou
Robert W. Service
Dan McGrew
Thomas Greenaway
R.C
Greenaway
New York Daily PM
Larry Lesener
CBS
London
Britain
Washington
Moscow
Atlantic
Montreal
Union
Spain
China
Trawler Lady Shirley Sinks German Sub in Battle at Sea
The naval trawler Lady Shirley shelled and sank a German submarine after a surface engagement off Gibraltar. 4-inch shells and machine guns forced the U-boat to surface, 44 survivors were rescued and imprisoned in Gibraltar, Lt-Cmdr A H Callaway awarded the Distinguished Service Order for the action.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Gibraltar
Cmdr
A. H. Callaway
Lady Shirley
Berlin wires claim Moscow government offices evacuated
New York dispatch quotes Shanghai telegrams saying Soviet government departments party offices military officers and diplomatic missions have been moved from Moscow in a wide evacuation. No independent confirmation available.
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NEW YORK
Berlin
Shanghai
Moscow
Memphis Bank Introduces Left Handed Cheque Books
Memphis Tennessee October 9 a local bank launches left handed cheque books for southpaw patrons The stub is on the right side so the user need not cross hands to hold other stubs while filling in checks This creates a new accessibility feature for left handed customers at the bank
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MEMPHIS
Tenn
Britain Warned Of Russ Danger In German Offensive
London dispatch warns Britons of dangers to Russia and Britain as the German offensive on the Russian front intensifies. Newspapers note heightened risk to Russia and debate Britain taking action on the European coast. The Daily Express urges immediate aid from the United States and Allied forces to Russia.
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LONDON
Russia
Britain
Red Fleet
Russa
Daily Express
America
News Chronicle
Ne east
Roosevelt calls for revise of neutrality act to arm ships
Washington Oct 9 President Roosevelt urged Congress to speedily revise the neutrality act to permit arming American merchant vessels and to consider removing prohibitions on cargo ships traveling to belligerent ports. He warned Hitler's challenge cannot be tolerated and linked the policy to freedom of the seas. Legion of administration bills moved to enact the changes to arm ships during national emergency.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
United States
Hitler
congress
senate
Tom Connally
foreign relations committee
unt
Lo Bloom
woud
Seek Stronger Nazi Influence In Far East
Shanghai reports say Berlin appointed Henrich von Stahmer as ambassador to the Nanking government to bolster Nazi influence in the Far East. Von Stahmer is expected to reach Nanking in about two months via South America. Wang Ching-wei reportedly approved the appointment, seen as Berlin’s effort to keep Japan aligned with the Axis and deepen their wartime partnership.
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SHANGHAI
Far East
Berlin
Henrich von Stahmer
Nanking
South America
Wang Ching- Wei
von Stalimer
Tokyo
von Stahmer
Germany
Japan
Mystery of Letter Intrigue in Washington
Washington oct 9 the capital was intrigued by how the German government learned the contents of a personal letter Roosevelt sent Stalin promising aid to Russia against Hitler one theory suggests the Soviet Union showed a copy to a Nazi agent for psychological reasons and to influence events in the war
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
United States
Hitler
Japs Facing Big Attack
Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese army launched a major offensive across central China with about 80,000 troops from Chungking moving on Oct 3. Japanese claims include recapturing some positions near Ichang and Hankow, with Chinese losses cited at 300 dead and 100 prisoners, as fighting continued near Linyang and Antu and a Changsha drive completed in Hunan.
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SHANGHAI
Chungking
China
Yankow
Yangtze River
Ichang
Yangtze port
Chiang Kai Shek
Hankow
Camel News*Agency
Linyang
Antu
Changsha
Hunan
British U S Missions Return to Great Britain
The British and United States missions to Russia arrived in Britain after talks with Premier Stalin in Moscow. Led by Averell Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook, they moved by train to London to press promises of full war supplies for the Soviet Union and bring reports on Soviet needs for sustained conflict with Germany.
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LONDON
United States
Russia
Britain
Stalin
Moscow
OW Averell Harriman
Lord Beaverbrook
Germany
Washington
Egg Thrown At Burton Wheeler in Tucson Speech
In Tucson, Arizona, Senator Burton Wheeler faced disruption as an egg was thrown from the balcony during his address at a high school auditorium. The Montana Democrat condemned Roosevelt’s foreign policy, and boos accompanied his closing remarks as the egg splattered near him.
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TUCSON
Ariz
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Parliament To Continue Till Finish In Session
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Parliament will stay in session until all business is finished, with a formal new session opening in 1942. He noted MPs have received salaries for the current session and that opposition leaders—Conservatives, CCF, and New Democracy—will present proposals when Parliament resumes.
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OTTAWA
Mackenne King
Quebec
King
Earl of Alle fone
Alice
KFOWRS
Conservative House
Hanson
England
CCF House
Coldwell
New Democracy
Blackmore
Britain
WHEL
Leader Is Arrested
Ottawa reports Reid Robinson, president of the United Mine, Mill and Smelters Workers Union, has been taken into custody in Toronto for violating immigration regulations. The migr ation department says he was refused admission at a British Columbia port in 1940 and returned without ministerial consent. Robinson, a CIO international representative, had entered Windsor on the 4th by an officer unaware of the prior rejection. He will appear before a board of inquiry in Toronto for disposition of the case.
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OTTAWA
CPL
immigration department
koown
Reid Robinson
United Mine, MUI and Smelter Workers Union
Toronto
Robinson
maubranon
board of
inquisa
todas
ths
Canada
British Columbia
Windsor
United Mine, Mill and Smelters Workers
CIO
Nazis Claim Russ Fate Is Decided
German spokesmen declared Soviet Russia’s resistance crushed and the Red Army in chaos as 46 to 70 divisions allegedly trapped near Moscow would decide Russia’s fate. They claimed scattered divisions number only hundreds of men and warned a winter reorganization could form a new army while German forces tightened the pocket with air and ground heft.
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BLAIIN
Russia
Moscow
Lire
Howe
mir
Gryansk
Rusesiing
Japanese Press Criticizes United States Again
Tokyo dispatch reports harsher tone toward the United States in several papers. Observers note no push to resolve tensions, with commentators warning of potential reciprocal actions and strained diplomacy.
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United States
Panama's Fugitive President and Power Shift
Panamas president Arnulfo Arias fled the country amid a power shift as Nicholas Ardito Barletta, seen as the strongman, was arrested. Streets in the capital saw arrests and a tense atmosphere as the new president was sworn in by the supreme court and immediately appointed Adolfo de la Guardia as minister of government. The La Prensa staff was arrested and the plant shut, signaling upheaval in Panamanian politics.
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PANAMA
Arnulfo Arias
Nicholas Ardito Barretta
han
thas
Labuna
Arias
supreme court
Interned garment workers agent in Winnipeg
Logs Buberman, business agent for the United Garment Workers of America, was taken into RCMP custody today on an internment order after a charge under defence regulations was dismissed in city court. Other items note Japan’s stalled advance in China and political results in St Johns-Napierville.
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GARMENT
WINNIPEG
Buberman
Loted Garment Workers of America
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
defence of Canada
ULMIMS GARANESE
CHINGKING
China
H. M. Kong
ST. JOHNS-NAPIERVILLE
ST. JOHNS
Que
L. Omer Perrier
St. Johns-Napiervillé
Louis Lord
LAKES
TORONTO
Great Lakes
Magog
Scotland
Eric Samson
England
PANAMA
HAVANA
Cuba
SPJ
Arsulio Arias
WINDSORS
CANADA
NORTH PORTAL
sask
C.P
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Canadian Pacific Railway
United States
M.S.T. HUN
BERLIN
Russia
U.S. PRIORITIES BOARD
WASHINGTON
Prague
Bruenn
D.N.B
Bohemia-Moravia
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Winetor
Quits
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wasiuice
Octavio Pabrega
Winona
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