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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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Any peace Hitler offers on Friday must give Poland a voice
STOCKHOLM Adolf Hitler, the German leader, speaks to the Reichstag in Berlin tomorrow, and much of Europe expects him to talk of peace. The neutral countries want peace more than anyone, which is why they should be clear about what a real peace requires.
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Greek captain says his crew spent 36 hours aboard a German submarine
DINGLE The 28 men of the Greek steamer Diamantis spent 36 hours inside the German submarine that sank their ship before it put them ashore on the coast of County Kerry, in Eire, their captain says.
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Soviet proposals to Lithuania include two air bases, Kaunas reports say
STOCKHOLM The Soviet Union's military proposals to Lithuania include a mutual assistance pact and two bases for the Soviet air force, according to reliable but unofficial sources in Kaunas quoted by Reuters.
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Ministry of Information says Germany has lost about half its ocean-going U-boats
LONDON There is reason to believe Germany has lost about half the ocean-going U-boats it had when the war began, the Ministry of Information said in London today, according to Reuters and other reports.
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Hitler will address the Reichstag in Berlin on Friday, Reuters reports
STOCKHOLM Adolf Hitler, the German leader, will address the Reichstag, the German parliament, in Berlin tomorrow, Reuters reports, confirming earlier reports from the German capital.
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Senator Tobey urges the Senate to split the neutrality bill in two
WASHINGTON Senator Charles Tobey of New Hampshire pressed the Senate today to back his motion to send the neutrality bill back to the Foreign Relations Committee, with instructions to split it into two separate measures. He entered the motion late yesterday afternoon, according to the Congressional Record.
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Anderson weighs turning a disused Southwark tube tunnel into a shelter
LONDON The Government is discussing whether a disused tube railway tunnel in North Southwark can be turned into an air-raid shelter, Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, told the House of Commons today.
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Hong Kong statement says Japanese troops are retreating near Changsha
HONG KONG Japanese forces near Changsha are retreating after heavy losses, according to an official statement from Hong Kong.
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Where things stood at the start of the day
- Peace
- Halifax told the Lords that any German peace proposal will be judged by its conditions, the government offering it and its security. He said German assurances are not enough.
- Poland
- Britain will recognise the Polish Government being set up in France under President Raczkiewicz, Halifax said.
- Commonwealth
- Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa are each sending a Cabinet minister to London for war talks.
- Berlin
- The German High Command says its troops are still fighting scattered Polish units in eastern Poland. It says 72 more ships have been intercepted since 30 September.
- Turkey
- A Moscow report says the Soviet Union has offered Turkey a mutual assistance pact. Halifax said Soviet-Turkish talks were renewed on Wednesday.
- Washington
- The Senate resumed its neutrality debate, with Senator Connally urging repeal of the arms embargo.
- At sea
- The Norwegian steamer Hoegh Transporter sank after striking a mine off Singapore. Nine crew were injured.