[Homer_J_Simpson]

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.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/09.htm

October 9th, 1941

UNITED KINGDOM:

Destroyer HMS Onslaught launched.

Destroyer HMS Southwold commissioned.

Trawler HMS Anticosti laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY: Adolf Hitler announces that the war in the East, for all intents and purposes, has already been decided in favour of the Reich. (Jack McKillop)

U-215, U-512 launched.

U-334, U-591 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

EUROPE: Turkey signs a trade treaty with Germany to supply raw materials in exchange for manufactured goods.

AUSTRALIA: Minesweeper HMAS Toowoomba commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.A.: President Roosevelt asks Congress to allow US merchant ships to be armed and to repeal various sections of the Neutrality Act.

The motion picture “Texas” is released today. Directed by George Marshall, this western stars Claire Trevor, William Holden, Glenn Ford and Edgar Buchanan. The plot has two Virginia buddies heading for Texas and then splitting up. Years later, one has become a cattle rustler and the other a cattleman. To add romance, both compete for Claire Trevor’s affections. (Jack McKillop)

Submarine USS Untamed laid down.

Heavy cruiser USS Quincy laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: By chance U-71 met U-204, U-83 and U-372 some 500 miles off Spain. (Dave Shirlaw)