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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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Britain is right to ask what security stands behind any German offer
LONDON Lord Halifax told the House of Lords this evening how Britain will judge any German peace proposal. It will look at the conditions in which an offer is made, at the government that makes it and at the security of any agreement. That is the right test, and its third part matters most.
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Norwegian steamer Hoegh Transporter sinks after striking a mine off Singapore
SINGAPORE The Norwegian steamer Hoegh Transporter has sunk after striking a mine at the entrance to Singapore harbour, British officials announced today, according to the Associated Press.
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Rome expects any German peace proposal in a Hitler speech
ROME Any German peace proposals are expected to come in a speech by Adolf Hitler later in the week, rather than through an Italian approach, according to Associated Press reports from Rome today.
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Senate resumes neutrality debate as Connally urges repeal of the arms embargo
WASHINGTON Senator Tom Connally of Texas urged the Senate today to repeal the arms embargo, as the debate on the neutrality bill resumed in Washington after the death of Senator M. M. Logan of Kentucky.
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Britain will recognise the new Polish Government in France, Halifax says
LONDON Britain will recognise the Polish Government being established in France as the legal government of Poland, Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Lords this evening.
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Halifax says Britain will judge any German peace proposal by three tests
LONDON Any German peace proposals will be judged by the conditions in which they are offered, the government that makes them and the security of any agreement, Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Lords this evening.
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Commons votes 201 to 137 to keep the higher sugar duty
LONDON The House of Commons voted by 201 to 137 today to keep the increase in the sugar duty in the war budget, after Labour members argued that it falls hardest on the poor.
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MPs question the Ministry of Information's plan for public lecturers
LONDON The Ministry of Information is compiling a list of nearly 200 lecturers, chosen on a non-political basis, Sir Edward Grigg, the ministry's Parliamentary Secretary, told the House of Commons today.
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Four Dominions will send Cabinet ministers to London for war talks
LONDON Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are each arranging to send a Cabinet minister to London to confer with British ministers, Anthony Eden, the Dominions Secretary, told the House of Commons today.
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Chinese aircraft bomb the Japanese-held airfield at Hankow, United Press reports
HANKOW Chinese aircraft have bombed the aerodrome at Hankow, the Japanese-held city on the Yangtze in central China, and caused explosions there, the United Press correspondent in the city reports.
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Russia has offered Turkey a mutual assistance pact, a Moscow report says
LONDON The Soviet Union has proposed a pact of mutual assistance to Turkey, under which each country would help the other if attacked by a third power, the British United Press correspondent in Moscow reported today.
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Berlin says German forces are still fighting scattered Polish troops
BERLIN German troops are still fighting scattered groups of Polish soldiers in eastern Poland, the German High Command said today.
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Moscow denies a report of Soviet ships carrying timber for Britain
STOCKHOLM Moscow has officially denied a report that the Soviet Union chartered Swedish ships to carry timber to Britain, according to a dispatch from the Soviet capital today.
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Where things stood at the start of the day
- Peace
- Chamberlain told the Commons that Britain will examine any peace proposals but will hold to its purpose whatever threats are made. He said none has been received.
- Warsaw
- Berlin says more German troops entered Warsaw on Monday. It says prisoners and equipment at Warsaw and Modlin are still being counted.
- At sea
- Chamberlain says U-boats have sunk no British ship for more than a week. Clement survivors say they believe the Admiral Scheer sank their ship.
- Baltic
- Latvia's Foreign Minister, Vilhelms Munters, has met Molotov and Stalin in Moscow, the Moscow papers report.
- Washington
- The Senate adjourned after the death of Senator M. M. Logan of Kentucky. Its neutrality debate resumes on Wednesday.
- Americas
- The 21 American republics meeting in Panama have declared a safety zone off their coasts, to be kept free of hostile acts by countries at war.
- Home front
- Government departments will give news directly to the press again from Monday 9 October, Chamberlain told the Commons.