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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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Coastal Command has escorted over 100 convoys, the Air Minister says
LONDON Royal Air Force Coastal Command aircraft provided air escorts for more than 100 convoys in the first four weeks of the war, Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary of State for Air, told the House of Commons this afternoon.
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Chamberlain's statement on Hitler's proposals is moved to Thursday, Simon says
LONDON Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, will make his statement on the international situation in the House of Commons on Thursday instead of tomorrow, Sir John Simon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced this afternoon.
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Britain and three Dominions will train airmen together, mainly in Canada
LONDON Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have agreed in principle to train pilots, observers and air gunners together on a large scale, Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary of State for Air, told the House of Commons this afternoon.
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Paasikivi has left for Moscow, Helsinki newspapers report
HELSINKI Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finland's minister in Stockholm, left for Moscow last night as Finland's special envoy for talks with the Soviet Government, Helsinki newspapers report this morning.
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German flying boat falls into the sea after RAF fight, ministry says
LONDON A German flying boat fell into the sea after a fight with a British reconnaissance aircraft over the North Sea, the Ministry of Information said last night.
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Sweden keeps 100,000 men in service, Associated Press reports from Stockholm
STOCKHOLM The Swedish Government has ordered 100,000 men of its defence forces to stay in service beyond their release date, the Associated Press reports from Stockholm.
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Where things stood at the start of the day
- Peace
- Izvestia, the Soviet Government's newspaper, says Hitler's proposals can be a practical basis for talks. Britain's formal answer is expected later this week.
- War aims
- Chamberlain says Britain and France are in complete accord on the purposes for which they entered the war.
- Moscow and Berlin
- The Soviet press says Moscow will begin supplying Germany with raw materials at once.
- Finland
- Paasikivi, Finland's minister in Stockholm, will represent Finland in the Moscow talks.
- Evacuees
- Evacuated children are returning to London in growing numbers, the Board of Education says.
- Leaflets
- Germans are among the experts advising on the RAF leaflets dropped over Germany, the Ministry of Information says.