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Reich is Jubilant – 2-3
Soviet Fights Hard – 3-4
Defense Manoeuvres Ended in Puerto Rico – 4
British Air Victories in September Listed – 4
Nazis in Russia Set Up Civil Rule; Ukraine Nationalists Disappointed – 5
The International Situation – 5
British Worried, Weigh New Drive – 6
Leak Gives Nazis Roosevelt Note – 6
Two Versions of Letter – 7
Slaying of Woman Laid to Paris Reds – 7
Guards at Dakar Lulled by Cognac, Captain of Escaped Ship Relates – 7
Byrd Scores Sowers of Seeds of Disunity – 8
The Day in Washington – 8
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 9

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/oct41/f09oct41.htm

Americans arming merchant ships
Thursday, October 9, 1941 www.onwar.com

In Washington... US President Roosevelt asks Congress to allow the arming American merchant ships and to repeal parts of the Neutrality Act.