[Homer_J_Simpson]

Incidents in European Conflict – 2
Clash in Commons – 2-4
Janusz Radziwill is Reported Killed – 4
Nazis in Truck Interned On Wild Ride to Belgium – 4
Sea Raider Called ‘Pocketbattleship’ – 6-7
British Ships Defy South Atlantic Peril – 8
Tokyo Admits Defeat by Soviet; Calls Mongol Battle ‘Disastrous’ – 9
Army Buys 329 Speedy Tanks at $6,000,000; First Step in Mechanizing of Ground Forces – 9
War in the West Found Leisurely – 10-11
French Repulse German Raids on Saar; Gun Duel Reveals New Fort in Westwall - 12

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1939/oct39/f04oct39.htm

Wednesday, October 4, 1939

Soviets to Communize eastern Poland

In Occupied Poland... Nikita Krushchev (Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party) announces the “Communisation” of eastern Poland.

In Germany... The Reichstag is summoned to meet on Friday, October 6th.
In Ireland... U-35 lands the 28-man crew of the torpedoed Greek transport, SS Diamantis, on the Kerry coast, in the southwest.

In Britain... Members of the Glamorgan Agricultural Committee met to voice concerns about “gossip and goings-on” between Land Army girls and soldiers billeted around the farms in the area. A strict 9 o’clock curfew was urged for the girls, aged 17 to 40. Alderman David Davis defended the women, saying: “They are good-looking English girls with the right spirit. Good girls do not need looking after.”

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I’m just not up to posting Eleanor this morning. It’s hard to believe the US citizenry was exposed to that mindless babble for so many years...

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http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2636

Diamantis SS, Capt Pateras, a Greek merchant ship of 4.990 tons, carrying 7.700 tons of manganese from Freetown, West Africa to Barrow-in-Furness, UK was torpedoed on October 3rd, 1939 by the German U-boat U-35 (Capt Werner Lott) 40miles west of Scillies, off Lands End. As the weather was very rough, the U-boat warned the crew (by firing a gunshot) of the sinking. The crew of 28 panicked and went to the lifeboats. In the heavy seas, they all overturned. Capt. Werner Lott then amazingly managed to pick them all up. Then 3 torpedoes were launched and Diamantis sank in 20 minutes. The crew was landed by U-35 at Ventry Harbour, Dingle Bay, Ireland on October 4th, 1939. This noble action enjoyed worldwide attention in the media, but Capt. Werner Lott, was reprimanded by the U-Boat command for putting his U-Boat and crew in danger and breaching Ireland’s neutrality. November 29th, 1939, U-35 was sunk by the British, off Norway. The crew of U-35 was equally picked up by the British destroyers. More info on: http://www.u-35.com
id: 2636

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http://www.u-35.com/diamantis/index.htm

The sinking of the DIAMANTIS by U-35 on 03 October 1939, and subsequent related events.

(Lots of stuff here)

[dfwgator]

Janusz Radziwill is Reported Killed – 4

I assume a relative of Lee Radziwill's husband.