Britain halts flow of supplies to German ports
The Information Ministry states neutral trade will not be blocked and accuses Germany of distorting contraband rules to intimidate neutrals. Britain insists it seeks no control over neutral imports and invites observers to judge neutrality threats amid German propaganda and Arab press accusations.
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Britain
London
Information Ministry
Germany
Palestine
Falastin
Aldifaa
Italy
Silence Campaign Tightens War Supply Crackdown
The British government presses to halt war supply flows to Germany reporting large quantities blocked and ships detained off the southeast coast for contraband searches. Nieuw Amsterdam and Black Osprey released after searches as Italia enforces silence to shield neutrality. Il Piccolo pledges obedience and Warns against rumors.
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Germany
Admiralty
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holland- America Line
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Netherlands
Groenlo
Germany’s Reply to Blockade May Include Air Attacks
Berlin correspondent reports Copenhagen paper says Germany plans 3000 planes to bomb British harbors and use submarines as a counter to the blockade. The motto in Germany is butter for butter and fat for fat, signaling scarce resources and retaliatory measures.
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New York
Berlin
Copenhagen
Germany
LePage Named Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Prime Minister King announced the appointment of Hon Bradford W. LePage as lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island. He succeeds Hon George Des Brisay De Blois of Charlottetown and will assume duties October 1.
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Ottawa
King
Bradford W. LePage
Prince Edward Island
Mr. LePage
George Des Brisay de Blois
Charlottetown
Island
Vancouver veterans offer to form home defence unit
The ex-16th battalion Canadian Scottish association with the motto First in the Field and Last to Leave It proposes a 2,000 member home defence unit. They offer services to Canada if regular defence units are sent overseas as expeditionary forces.
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Vancouver
Canadian Scottish Association
Canada
Duke of Connaught Inspects Grenadier and Irish Guards
The Duke of Connaught, king's grand-uncle, wore a field marshal uniform and inspected the second battalions of the Grenadier and Irish Guards. Troops cheered the 9 year old duke loudly during the event.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Grenadier and
Irish Guards
Blood banks to speed transfusion aid for Scottish hospitals
Blood banks are being established in Edinburgh Glasgow Dundee Aberdeen and Inverness to provide a speedy blood supply for transfusions at war hospitals in Scotland.
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London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dundee
Aberdeen
Inverness
Britain seeks Czech liberation from foreign domination
Prime Minister Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that Britain aims to relieve the Czech people from foreign domination through victory over Hitlerism. He referenced his message to Dr Eduard Benes, noting hopes aligned with wartime principles and the Czech cause.
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Great Britain
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
Vyvyan Adams
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Norris Grain Co officer elected Winnipeg Grain Exchange president
G. S. Mathieson, assistant manager of Norris Grain Company, Limited, was elected president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange for 1939 46. He succeeds John W. Horn, who was given a two year term on the council. Vice presidents elected for 1939 40 are C. Gordon Smith and Stewart A. Searle.
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Winnipeg
G. S. Mathieson
Norris Grain Company, Limited
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
John W. Horn
the Exchange
C. Gordon Smith
Stewart A. Searle
Ten Sons Mobilized From French Fisherman's Family
In Thonon Les Bains France ten sons of a widow fisherwoman were mobilized into the French army with the eldest already serving as a lieutenant in the Great War. The other nine brothers hold private ranks. The mother is a widow.
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Thonon-Les-Bains
France
Cut Relief Costs Vancouver Defence Forces Enlistments Rise
Two hundred married men on unemployment relief have enlisted in Canada’s defence forces since the war began, delivering a sizable saving in Vancouver relief expenditures.
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Vancouver
Canada
Ottawa policy limits enlistment to single men or few children
Senator Raoul Dandurand announced wartime policy favoring single men for Canadian forces and restricting new enrollments to those with one or two children while delaying or denying entry for men with more than two children. He noted militia officers have already answered calls and that family allowances are being trimmed as needed.
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Ottawa
Raoul Dandurand
Dandurand
Spies In Russia Report Details Liquidations At Frontier
Red Star reports six violators of the southern frontier were liquidated. two shot while attempting escape, four executed. The same issue notes a spy Ignat was arrested on the western frontier after a Smolensk trial and was charged with espionage for Poland and Great Britain.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Star
Rumania
Turkey
Sub warfare may be extended to American side
London hints at possible German bases on South and Central American coasts as Britain warns Hitler against bombing Polish towns. Officials urge neutral governments to prevent breaches of neutrality while Britain and France pledge no peace terms while Hitler remains Reich leader. Polish embassy cites about 30 Polish towns bombed by Sept. 3 with over 1,500 civilian deaths.
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London
Ministry of Information
Atlantic Ocean
Germany
Fuehrer
Hitler
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
France
America
Central
Mr. Chamberlain
Reich
Lord Halifax
Poland
Firby Sunk After Torpedo Attack Off Scotland
The British freighter Firby was torpedoed and sunk 250 miles northwest of the Hebrides. Its crew was rescued by another vessel. Firby, a 4640 ton tramp ship, carried Western Canadian wheat voyages from Churchill to Europe and was slated for another grain cargo before the war.
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New York
United States
Scampenn
S.S. Firby
Hebrides i
Scotland Islands
Churchill
Europe
Germany Confiscates Private Tires Nationwide
Germany orders confiscation of every privately owned tire not in use as part of a strict economy drive. A federal bureau decree with the economics ministry requires citizens to deliver tires at collection stations, including those in dealers' stock and unused spares, amid a gasoline restriction after Sept. 20.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Federal Bureau For
Ministry of Economics
Special Emissaries to Canada and U S From London
Will Lawther and H H Elvin, special emissaries of the trades union congress, depart England for Canada and the United States to hear messages from brother trades unionists. They will report the British working class movement decisive support for the government until victory over Hitlerism is achieved.
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London
Will Lawther
H. H. Elvin
Trades Union Congress
England
Canada
United States
Ottawa lines up war bureau of information plan
The Ottawa Journal reports a government move to establish a bureau of information to regularly update Canadians on war progress. It would mirror Britain's ministry of information with official reports and include measures of national and extraterritorial significance. L. W. Brockington is mentioned as possible chairman.
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Ottawa
Ont
Ottawa Journal
Bureau of Information
Canada
Ministry of Information
London
L. W. Brockington
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Britain says no peace with Hitler, will not bargain with Nazi
The ministry of information in London repeats that Britain will never seek peace with Adolf Hitler. A trusted German government might change allies' stance, but the British and French governments insist on a government in Germany whose word can be trusted before negotiating. They would consider a fair peace once addressed, with postwar economic readjustment.
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London
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Ministry of Information
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Poland
France
Argentina Meat Board Negotiates with Britain and France
The national meat board weighs a deal to buy 260000 tons of beef beyond export quotas from Argentina Uruguay and Brazil. Britain reportedly seeks 17000 tons and France the rest, at about 13 cents a kilogram roughly 5.90 dollars per cwt.
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Buenos Aires
National Meat Board
Great Britain
France
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Meat Board
Britain plans 1.5 million more acres to grow vegetables
The ministry of agriculture announced a push to increase farm production in Great Britain by bringing 1,500,000 additional acres under cultivation in the coming year. It urged allotment holders to devote more space to growing vegetables.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
Public to receive only authentic information from ministry
London reports the ministry of information will supply true information and authentic news to the public and foreign press. Lord Macmillan says better less information than unreliable material and outlines confidential talks with press through war office and services to maintain morale and public spirit.
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London
Ministry of Information
Foregin
Lord Macmillan
House of Lords
War Office
Admiralty
Air Ministry
South Africa Will Not Send Overseas Troops
General Jan Smuts announced that the Union of South Africa does not intend to send troops overseas for now. He said the war role is defense of the Union and Southwest Africa, constrained by the Defence Act, though the nation must be ready to defend its territory if the war expands. He noted the Nazi creed clashes with South Africa’s traditions and makes neutrality untenable.
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London
Ministry of Information
Jan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Union For the
Union
Southwest Africa
South Africa
German Pacifists in Paris Trigger Nazi Spy Hunt
Zurich correspondent for Paris Soir says a broad search for spies pacifists and underground opponents of the Nazi regime is under way in Germany. Reports claim successive raids by the secret police after discoveries of anti Nazi groups in Berlin and other major cities. Underground nationalist groups are active in Moravia Bohemia and Austrian Slovakia.
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Paris
Zurich
Paris Soir
Germany
Switzerland
Berlin
Moravia
Bohemia
Austrian
Slovakia
Polish air war tallies 240 German planes shot down
Poland's telegraphic agency reports 240 German planes shot down since the war began. It cites 13,000 Germans captured, including 320 officers, with material taken such as 48 Nazi cannons, 215 machine guns, and over 1,000 army automobiles.
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Lublin
Poland
Polish Telegraphic Agency
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Rome
Il Piccolo
Genoa
Il Lavoro Fascista
Ismet Ineanu
Lord Chatfield
Mr. Hore-Belisha
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Downing Street
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