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The day in dispatches
Filed through the day, as it happened
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The battleship Royal Oak has been sunk, the Admiralty announces
LONDON The battleship HMS Royal Oak has been sunk, it is believed by a German submarine, the Admiralty announced in London this morning.
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Three German submarines were destroyed on Friday, the Admiralty says
LONDON Three German submarines were destroyed on Friday, the Admiralty has announced in London.
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King of Sweden calls Nordic heads of state to Stockholm
STOCKHOLM King Gustaf V of Sweden has invited the President of Finland and the Kings of Denmark and Norway to a meeting in Stockholm on Wednesday, according to reports from Stockholm. All three have accepted, the reports say.
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Lindbergh urges Americans to keep the arms embargo on offensive weapons
WASHINGTON Colonel Charles Lindbergh, the American airman, urged the United States in a radio address last night to keep its embargo on offensive weapons while selling purely defensive arms.
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Where things stood at the start of the day
- Peace
- Berlin says Chamberlain has refused Hitler's offer of a final settlement, and that Germany never gives up hope.
- Neutrals
- The German Foreign Office says the neutral countries have yet to answer, and that the United States is one neutral among several.
- Berlin
- DNB denies that Dietrich, the Reich Press Chief, asked Roosevelt to intervene in the war.
- Washington
- Roosevelt has sent Kalinin a message on Finland but is keeping its text private for now.
- Finland
- Paasikivi is in Moscow for talks with the Soviet Government.