Britain vows no peace with Hitler despite claims
A British communique states that peace with Hitler is impossible unless a trustworthy German government exists. It criticizes Nazi brutality and says Britain and France would seek a fair peace with aligned allies, while denying any full compromise with the regime. It notes German propaganda aims to mislead the public about Britain’s resolve.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf
Weil
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Ministry of Information
Berin
Poland
France
Germany plans 3000 aircraft and submarines in blockade reply
A Copenhagen newspaper Berlin correspondent reports Germany will strike British harbors with 3000 planes and submarines as the blockade response. The dispatch notes butter law as a German motto and cites harbor destruction as the main tactic.
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New York
Berlin
Copenhagen
Germany
Meat board weighs beef imports from South America
Buenos Aires reports Argentina Uruguay and Brazil supplies under review by the national meat board for a deal with Great Britain and France. Britain seeks 170000 tons and France the remainder while the board asks about 13 cents per kilogram about 5.90 dollars per cwt.
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Buenos Areo
National Meat Board
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Britain plans surge in farm output with 1.5 million acres
The ministry of agriculture announced a plan to increase Great Britain's farm production. It told farmers that 1,500,000 additional acres must be brought under the plow in the coming year and urged allotment holders to grow more vegetables.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
Men With More Than Two Children May Not Be Accepted
Ottawa reports a government policy to enlist single men before those with families. Senator Raoul Carmant announced that men with more than two children will be refused enlistment, while existing militia officers may continue service.
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Ottawa
Raoul Carment
Dandurland
Rand
Britain Aims to Free Czechs From Foreign Domination
Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons outlined wartime aims to relieve the Czech people from foreign domination. He cited a message to Dr. Edvard Benes promising release through triumph of the war principles, responding to Vyvyan Adams on policy.
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Great Britain
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Vyvyan Adams
Mber
Benes
Eduard Benes
Caecho-Slovakia
Spies Liquidated on Southern Front in Soviet News
Red Star reports six violators of the southern frontier were liquidated after crossing into Soviet Russia, two shot while attempting to escape and four others killed. The same issue notes a spy named Ignat arrested on the western frontier, tried at Smolensk and punished for espionage for Poland and Britain.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Star
Rumania
Turkey
London emissaries to Canada and U S urge unity in war effort
Win Lawther and H Elvin of the Trades Union Congress prepare to depart England for Canada and the United States. They will carry messages urging fellow unionists to back the government until victory over Hitlerism is secured.
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London
Win Lawther
H. Helvin
Trades Union Congress
England
Canada
United States
Ten Sons Mobilized in French Army From Kal Woman Family
It was revealed that ten sons of a Kal woman have joined the French army. All except the eldest who served in the Great War and is a lieutenant are now privates. The mother is a widow of a fisherman.
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Ene
Blood Transfusion Network Takes Shape Across Scottish Cities
Blood transfusion network to speed supply for Scottish war hospitals forms in Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee Aberdeen and Inverness. Authorities unite to streamline blood collection storage and dispatch for frontline care.
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London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dundee
Aberdeen
Inverness
Government to Establish Public Information Bureau in Canada
The Ottawa Journal reports the government plans a bureau of information to keep citizens informed on wartime progress and measures of national interest. It would mirror London's ministry of information with official reports and field a strong Canadian leadership, possibly naming LW Brockington as chairman.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
Bureau of Information
Canada
Ministry of Information
London
LW. Brockington
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Winnipeg Grain Exchange selects new officers for 1939 40
Norris Grain Company Limited manager was elected president for 1939 40 succeeding John W Horn who starts a two year council term. Vice presidents chosen were C Gordon Smith and Stewart A Searle. In Vancouver relief workers enlist in defence forces and relief expenditures show savings.
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Winnipeg
Norris Grain Company, Limited
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
John W. Horn
the Exchange
C. Gordon Smith
Stewart A Searle
Campaign to Silence Rumors Prods Italy for War Unity
Rome enforces silence on war rumors as Mussolini’s regime intensifies control. Police report arrests in Genoa and on an island for spreading gossip. Il Piccolo quotes Duce’s orders to obey fully and calls all Italians to reject rumors and uphold Fascist discipline. Il Lavoro Fascist echoes that Italians have no reason to spread rumors, saying official news is provided from Poland Britain France and Germany.
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Rome
Italy
Cal
Bac
Hous
Il Lavoro
Italans
Ues
Sunk By Sub New York Ambiguously Reports Firby Sinking
A brief wireless from Scantie liner Scannpenn to New York says the British freighter Firby was torpedoed and sunk but crew rescued by another vessel. The 4640 ton tramp had carried Western Canadian wheat to Europe and was due to sail to Churchill with another grain shipment.
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New York
Ane Unie
Scannpenn
Hebridorland Islands
Shorehill
Europe
Churchill
Vancouver unit offers services for home defence
Ready To Serve Again Vancouver's One Ex-Four Battalion of the Canadian Scottish Association, wartime mottoes quoted, announces 2000 members proposing to form a home defence unit if regular units are sent overseas as an expeditionary force.
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Vancouver
Canadian Scottish Association
Canada
British Broadcast Corp to name German dead and prisoners in German
In the House of Commons Sir Samuel Hoare announced that the British Broadcasting Corporation will broadcast in German the names of German dead wounded and prisoners once their identities are fully established. The disclosure was part of a wartime information policy and referenced the London-Larra privy seal.
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London
Lara
Sir Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
British Broadcasting Corporation
Sub warfare may extend to American side
The British Ministry of Information hinted that war could cross the Atlantic as officials considered Germany might establish submarine and air bases on Americas coasts. Britain warned Latin American nations to protect neutrality while pledging no peace terms with Hitler while he remains Reich leader. Civilian casualties in Poland by Sept 3 exceeded 1,500 with many women and children among the dead.
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London
Ministry of Informaios
Ameri
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Lezden
Fuehrer
Hitler
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
America
Central America
Ministry of Information
Mr. Chamberlain
France
Reich
Halifax
Brietain
Lord Halifax
Poland
Rubber Tire Confiscation in Berlin Under Economic Edict
Germany moves to confiscate all privately owned tires not in use as part of an economy drive. The order from the rubber bureau with the economics ministry awaits a gasoline decree closing private car use after Sept. 20. Citizens must bring tires to collection stations. dealers stocks and spare tires must be surrendered to collection agencies.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Federal Bureau For
Ministry of Economics
Collectio
Ottawa appoints Bradford W LePage as Prince Edward Island lieutenant governor
Prime Minister announces Hon Bradford W LePage will succeed Hon George Des Brisay De Blois as lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island. LePage will assume duties October 1, with the appointment effective on that date.
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Ottawa
King
Bradford W. LePage
Prince Edward Island
Mr. LePage
George Des Brisay de Blois
Charlottetown
Island
Duke in Uniform Cheered by Troops in London
The aged Duke London, grand-uncle of the King, inspected the second battalions of the Guards. Clad in a field marshal uniform, the year-old duke was loudly cheered by troops during the ceremony.
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London
Connaugh
Greadier and
Irish Guards
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