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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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Nearly every report today came from a government describing itself
Almost everything reported today came from a government or a city describing its own actions.
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Neutral shipowners bear the cost of Britain's contraband control
British contraband control has stopped 200 neutral ships since the outbreak of war, on figures published today and counted to 20 September. Of those, 80 were released almost at once.
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Hoare asks employers to keep on workers idled by the war
RUGBY Sir Samuel Hoare, the Lord Privy Seal, has asked employers to keep on workers who have been left idle by the dislocation of the first three weeks of the war.
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Chinese forces reported to have retaken towns north-west of Changsha
HONG KONG Chinese forces have repelled Japanese offensives in Hupeh, Hunan and Kiangsi and have retaken several strategic towns north-west of Changsha, according to a report filed from Hong Kong today by the British Associated Press correspondent.
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Most big-city American papers back repeal of the arms embargo
NEW YORK American newspapers have come out largely in favor of the President's proposal to repeal the arms embargo, according to a survey of editorial opinion sent out on the wires this afternoon.
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Roosevelt tells reporters he has almost no news on the embargo
WASHINGTON President Roosevelt told his press conference today that he was "almost completely devoid of news."
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Berlin claims a French fighter shot down on the Western Front
PARIS A French fighter aircraft has been shot down in air combat, according to the German High Command's communiqué issued in Berlin today.
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Romania's new government faces the Iron Guard, its neighbours and the oil question
Romania declared a state of siege this morning, the day after its prime minister was killed, which suggests the government feels far from secure.
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Correspondent in Bucharest reports a thousand people executed
BUCHAREST A thousand people are reported to have been executed in Romania, according to the Bucharest correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain.
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Berlin says German and Soviet troops are moving to an agreed line
STOCKHOLM German and Soviet troops are moving onto an agreed demarcation line in Poland "according to plan and in the best understanding", the German High Command says in this morning's communiqué.
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General Argeșanu appointed prime minister of Romania
BUCHAREST General George Argeșanu has been appointed Prime Minister of Romania, a day after Armand Călinescu was shot dead in a Bucharest street.
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Warsaw's air-raid siren is heard on the radio in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM Warsaw radio is transmitting again after a day and a night of silence, and today its broadcast carried the sound of the city's air-raid alarm.
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Berlin claims Polish armoured train captured near Kaluszyn
BERLIN The German High Command says its troops beat back several Polish attempts to break out of Praga, the Warsaw district east of the Vistula, and captured a Polish armoured train near Kaluszyn on the Warsaw to Siedlce line. Today's communiqué, issued in Berlin through DNB, the official German news agency, also says 178 diplomats and 1,200 other foreigners left Warsaw yesterday, and that prisoner and material figures from the battle at Tomaszów are still rising.
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Official text
This is the official text of the German High Command, issued through the state news agency DNB. Its claims are Berlin's own and cannot be checked from London.
German High Command communiqué, issued in Berlin through DNB, 22 September 1939
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Britain has detained 200 neutral ships and released 80 of them
LONDON Britain has detained 200 neutral ships under its contraband control, the Ministry of Information said today. The figures run to 20 September.
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Warsaw's mayor tells the city it is still holding out
WARSAW Stefan Starzyński, the mayor of Warsaw, has been heard on the city's radio wavelength in broadcasts relayed abroad today.
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Warsaw radio back on the air after a day of silence
WARSAW Warsaw radio is being heard again, a day after the city's transmission stopped in the middle of a broadcast, the Associated Press reports.
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12,564 men have enlisted for New Zealand's special force
WELLINGTON A total of 12,564 men have enlisted for New Zealand's special military force, according to a count taken up to 8.30 last night.
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Australia seeks to borrow £21,630,000 for defence and the war
CANBERRA The Australian government has introduced a bill seeking authority to borrow £21,630,000 for defence and war services.
Where things stood at the start of the day
- Warsaw
- The perimeter is holding. The city's radio has been silent since early yesterday and nothing has been heard from inside since.
- The east
- German and Soviet forces are moving onto an agreed demarcation line. Neither government has published where it runs.
- Lwów
- Contested, and the two accounts still do not meet. General Sosnkowski's position is unknown, now four days.
- The Vistula bend
- Berlin put the prisoner total at 170,000 on the 21st, counted to the afternoon of the 20th and still rising. The figure is a German claim and cannot be checked from here.
- Romania
- Armand Călinescu was shot dead in a Bucharest street on the 21st. The succession is unsettled and the Polish government is interned in the country.
- Western front
- Generally calm. Both sides report patrol activity and nothing more.
- At sea
- The Courageous count is still moving. 682 were listed as saved and called final; a later report adds 31 more.