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Normal practice is to put the lead story first. Since I forgot to print the article I didn’t do that today.

Halt and Search – 2-3
A.F.L. Urges Repeal of Embargo; Holds It Will Keep Us Out of War – 4
The International Situation – 5
Soviet Reported Pouring Men Into China, Menacing Either British India or Japan – 6
Incidents in European Conflict – 6
British Ship Sunk Off Brazil Coast – 8-9
German Threat to Sink Mauretania Seen In Broadcast in English From Hamburg – 10-11
French Advances Mapped in Detail – 12-13
Flight Over Berlin Related by British – 15
U.S. Navy Attache Sees Ark Royal: Denies Nazi Bombers Hit Carrier* – 16
Mundelein is Dead; Cardinal was 67 – 17
Cardinal Mundelein (Editorial) – 18

* Captain Kirk? I could have sworn it was Commander Henry.

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/oct39/f03oct39.htm

Tuesday, October 3, 1939

British forces now in the frontline

On the Western Front... The British 1st Corps of the BEF take over responsibility for an appropriate section of the Franco-Belgian frontier. French forces complete their withdrawal from advanced positions in German territory (the Warndt Forest and the Saarbrucken Salient).

In Poland... The last significant units of the Polish army surrender near Luck. The Germans have taken 700,000 prisoners and the Soviets 200,000. Polish casualties have been severe. The Germans have lost 10,000 dead and 30,000 wounded. Many Poles have escaped and will gradually find their way to the west. Although tank units have played a notable part in the campaign, it is interesting to note that the contemporary German official appreciation lay more stress on the traditional-style infantry battles. The tank forces are seen at this stage, except by enthusiasts like Guderian, as little more than useful auxiliaries who can help the infantry do the real work. The first plans for the attack in the west will reflect this official attitude. Meanwhile, the German 10th Army begins to redeploys from Poland to the west.

In Britain... Chamberlain dismisses recent German peace proposals outright.

http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1939&_f=md055387

OCTOBER, 3, 1939

My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt

SEATTLE, Monday—Yesterday afternoon I left Newark, N.J., at 5:00 o’clock on my way to Seattle, Wash., to see Anna, John and the children. I confess to being quite excited at seeing my youngest grandson again after such a long time. Children at his age change more than they do later on and, while Eleanor and Curtis are just about as they were last spring, their little brother is now a real personality. Even at 9 and 12 years, however, they did change a good deal in six months.

The weather was not very pleasant yesterday and I started with a feeling that this might be a longer trip than I had anticipated. The weather was none too good after we left Chicago, but I arrived only three hours late.

There seem to be a number of interesting things going on in the field of art these days. I received an invitation to attend the free concerts which are being given from October first to seventh at Rockefeller Plaza, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. American music by our best composers will be played by symphony orchestras and the best swing bands. The financing of this free festival is being done by the membership of this society as a gesture of appreciation to the American public. Mr. Gene Buck is president of the ASCAP and anyone who is familiar with his abilities as an impressario will know that every one of these concerts will be worth attending. I only wish that I could be in New York City, but I am just about as far away as one can be and still remain in the United States.

The newspapers are less and less cheerful reading, and so, in a world where hatred seems dominant, it is interesting to see the September publication of the International Committee of the Young Mens’ Christian Associations of the United States and Canada, which is called “Today’s Youth and Tomorrow’s World.”

Tomorrow, October 3rd, in several hundred cities in North America, the Young Mens’ Christian Associations will begin the observance of the fiftieth anniversary of their world service program. The YMCA has spread all over the world since two secretaries set out on October 3rd, 1889, from their posts in North America, John T. Swift to go to Tokyo, Japan, and David McConaughy, Jr., to Madras, India. These men went in response to requests from missionary groups and representative leaders in these far away countries, to help develop a work similar to that being done in this country.

This work has led YMCA workers since into fields of danger in many different countries. It has inspired many young men both at home and abroad, and has drawn together young people of many different nationalities and creeds. One can only hope that even though the world seems to be turning to force and hatred at present, that societies such as this may grow in strength during the years to come.