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October 20, 1941


HULL DENOUNCES KEARNY ATTACK;

11 MEN ARE 'MISSING,' 10 HURT

NAVY DECLARES NAZI U-BOAT ATTACKER
October 19, 1941




Hitler claimsspectacular victory in Moscow;
    Winter Comes to Aid Reds

Bomb Germans From Iceland Bases' – Glass
    Veteran Virginia Senator in favor of Naval and Air War With Hitler
October 18, 1941


NAZI DRIVE SLOWED, REDS CLAIM
   STRATEGIC CITY OF KALININ RETAKEN

JAPAN TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH U. S. IN CRISIS
Octoober 15, 1941


Nazis Smash At Moscows North Flank In Drive To Encircle City
     Red Army Now In Critical Position

October 16, 1941




JAPANESE CABINET QUITS
    KONOYE UNABLE TO GET U. S. ACCORD

Pressure for actions against Russia

Moscow Nearly Encircled, Claim, Odessa Falls


October 17, 1941


U. S. DESTROYER TORPEDOED

American Vessels in Orient Ordered into Port

The United States destroyer Kearny was torpedoed in the north Atlantic.

RUSSIANS HOLD LINES ABOUT MOSCOW

ARMING OF U. S. SHIPS VOTED BY HOUSE
   Repeal of Neutrality Act ban Passed, 259 – 138; Senate Must Act
October 13, 1941


BRITISH AT ARCHANGLE, REPORT;

RED RESERVES RUSHED TO FRONT
GERMANS STILL ADVANCING ON MOSCOW

Open Zones to Ship, Hull Urges

Plea is made to expedite Lend-Lease goods.
 
October 14, 1941


GREAT MOSCOW BATTLE RAGES
    ARMIES LOCKED AS NAZI GUNS OPEN UP

ARMS ON SHIPS MEANS WAR, CHARGE

Opponets of Neutrality Rivision Request Opportunity to Testify
October 11, 1941


U. S. Navy Seizes Nazi Radio in Greenland; Agent, 20 Norse Held
  Norwegion Steamer Also Taken Into Custody; Station Disposed Of'
    The Navy announced that a Nazi radio station had been discovered and disposed of.

October 12, 1941


Germany Claims Two Russ Armies Annihilated – Reds Admit Widescale Retreat
  Nazis Say Red Army Centerr Crumbling in One of The Bloodiest Battles of War
    Russians Say Advance Is at Enormous Cost; Moscow Evacuation Begins

Senate Leaders Predict Trouble If Russia Falls

New Agression Expected From Japan if Germany Triumphs over Russia
October 9, 1941


ARM SHIPS NOW F. D. R.

U. S. MUST KEEP OCEANS OPEN HE WARNS

Stop Playing Into Hitlers Hands' President Pleads In Message

Russians Beaten, 1,000,000 Trapped, Say Nazis
Soviet Armies encircled By Germans

Not One Red Division left Fit for Battle
 Claim, Climax Nears

October 10, 1941


BRITISH PRESS DEMANDS HELP

FOR RUSSIA AS NAZIS PUSH ON

LONDON PAPERS CALL FOR AID AT ONCE
Peak Crisis of War at Hand; Churchill Silent; Russians Anxioous

PANAMA TO REPEAL BAN ON ARMING OF SHIPS

Reports Don't Show Russia Beaten Yet, Roosevelt Asserts