Septtember 30, 1941




HITLER SHORT OF PLANES, SAYS

CHURCHILL; SHIP LOSSES REDUCED



Germany Still Too Strong on Land

September 24, 1941




NAZIS STORM EDGE OF LENINGRAD

Germans Near City’s Docks, Claim; Reds East of Kiev ‘Doomed’



PEACE PROGRAM AT BOARDER IS INSPIRING

Children of Two Nations Unite. (Washington

Stat Gov.) Langlie Stresses Spiritual Values



September 25, 1941



NEUTRALITY REPEAL IN CONGRESS

Tennessee Senator Offers Resolution; Would Arm American Ships



Reds Say Tide of Battle At Leningrad Turning



September 26, 1941



NAZIS PREPARE FOR WINTER WAR



BERLIN SEES NO LET-UP FOR ARMIES

Norwegians Ordered to Give Wool Blankets; Red resistance Strong
 
 
September 27, 1941




5 Red Armies destroyed, 665,000 Men Taken in South, Nazis Claim

BIG VICTORY IN UKRAINE TRAP, REPORTED



Russians Claim Gains Elsewhere; British May Rush Caucasus Army
 
September 28, 1941




Germany's Gains Gigantic;

Nazi Sources Say British,

American Aid Now Too Late



The gigantic German claims overshadowed all others,oficial Nazi s hearlding this as the turning point of the entire continent-wide progress which had been in progress for fourteen weeks.



Battle Looming

Against Change

Of Neutral Act



Repeal or Modification would Be Another Step Toward War (Sen. Prog. Wis.)LaFollette Says





September 29, 1941



BRITISH PLANES BOMB ITALY, SICILY

Big R. A. F. Night Attacks Extend Across North Africa and Rhodes

September 23, 1941




REPEAL NEUTRALITY ACTNOW NOW----KNOX

Navy Secretary Declares Act is crippling U. S. Defense Effort

Secretary of Navy watched the launching of the 35,000 ton Battleship Massachusetts.

CURRENT EVENTS SEPTEMBER 22, 1941

September 22, 1941

ITALIAN SUICIDE CREWS SINK 3 BRITISH SHIPS at GIBRALTAR

Panama Cargo Ship Sunk in Atlantic. U. S owned cargo ship, Pink Star, registered under Panamanian flag, sunk near Iceland.

R A C I N E , W I S . , S U N D A Y, S E P T E M B E R 2 1 , 1 9 4 1

Additional Men;

Tanks, Aircraft

Replace Losses

Berlin Says H o u s e -

T o - H o u s e M o p U p

Ends C i t y ' s C a p t u re

MOSCOW, Sept. 20.—01.B—

Terrific fighting at Kiev was reported by Red Star, official organ of the soviet army, today in a dispatch which admitted that "the Germans, like vicious beasts, are hammering  at the city."

(Russia has not yet conceded the fall of Kiev, which the Germans claim to have taken yesterday.)

"Piles of bodies, wrecked tanks and armored cars clutter the approaches to Kiev," Red Star said. "The fascists are throwing in more and more troops."

Battle on Outskirts.

Red Star said that an especially bloody battle was raging on the southern boundaries and in the northern suburbs of Kiev where popular guards bolstering the red army were reported to be "fighting like lions."

FRESH 250,000 NAZI TROOPS THROWN INTO BATTLE AROUND KIEV

RACINE, WIS., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941

Invaders Near

Rich Industrial

Area of Russia

Is First Big Giry

To Succumb Before

Hard German Push

(Early War Details on Page 2.)

BERLIN, Sept. 19.—(U.P)—

The German high command reported tonight that nazi troops have stormed their way into Kiev and that the nazi war banner now flies high over the ancient capital of the Ukraine. The Wehrmacht was rolling faster than at any time since the start of the war in the east.

Nazi forces, the high command said, have swept forward on both sides of Kiev to capture Poltava, only 75 miles from Kharkov, and now stand on the approaches to the great Donets-Don industrial basin, the richest industrial sector in Russia.

From Moscow, the red army reported picked German panzer and air units hammering into the outskirts of Kiev in the Ukraine and said a furious new enemy offensive had been hurled against Russian defenses on the Vtlikie Luki sector of the central front. The Russians have destroyed at least four German divisions in the "sausage grinder" defense of Kiev and killed some 30,000 in Go/ojeyev forest alone, the war dispatches said. At Leningrad, the Russians reported, fierce fighting still in progress.

Defenses. Collapsing.

The German successes were of such magnitude that it appeared the entire Russian defense system, west of the Kharkov-Zaporozhe line and possibly even farther east was in the process of collapse

 

FIERCE BATTLE RAGES AT KIEV

LARGEST TAX BILL SIGNED BY FDR

The $ 3,553,400,000, the largest ever enacted.

RACINE, WIS., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941

Invaders Near

Rich Industrial

Area of Russia

Is First Big Giry

To Succumb Before

Hard German Push

(Early War Details on Page 2.)

BERLIN, Sept. 19.—(U.P)—

The German high command reported tonight that nazi troops have stormed their way into Kiev and that the nazi war banner now flies high over the ancient capital of the Ukraine. The Wehrmacht was rolling faster than at any time since the start of the war in the east.

Nazi forces, the high command said, have swept forward on both sides of Kiev to capture Poltava, only 75 miles from Kharkov, and now stand on the approaches to the great Donets-Don industrial basin, the richest industrial sector in Russia.

From Moscow, the red army reported picked German panzer and air units hammering into the outskirts of Kiev in the Ukraine and said a furious new enemy offensive had been hurled against Russian defenses on the Vtlikie Luki sector of the central front. The Russians have destroyed at least four German divisions in the "sausage grinder" defense of Kiev and killed some 30,000 in Go/ojeyev forest alone, the war dispatches said. At Leningrad, the Russians reported, fierce fighting still in progress.

Defenses. Collapsing.

The German successes were of such magnitude that it appeared the entire Russian defense system, west of the Kharkov-Zaporozhe line and possibly even farther east was in the process of collapse

GERMANS CAPTURE KIEV

Ukraine Capital Falls; 4 armies trapped says Berlin,.



September 20, 1941

FIERCE BATTLE RAGES AT KIEV

 MOSCOW, Sept. 20.—01.B—
Terrific fighting at Kiev was reported by Red Star, official organ of the soviet army, today in a dispatch which admitted that "the Germans, like vicious beasts, are hammering at the city."
(Russia has not yet conceded the fall of Kiev, which the Germans claim to have taken yesterday.)
"Piles of bodies, wrecked tanksand armored cars clutter the approaches to Kiev," Red Star said. "The fascists are throwing in more and more troops."
Battle on Outskirts. Red Star said that an especially bloody battle was raging on the southern boundaries and in the northern suburbs of Kiev\ where popular guards bolstering the red army were reported to be "fighting like lions."




18 RED DIVISIONS SMASHED IN LENINGRAD Say Nazis
Russian lose 270,000 men, say Nazis

Cario Bombed For the First time.

U.S. Freighter Arkansan damaged in Suez.
The American vessel was flying the American flag.



September 16, 1941;

3 SWEDISH DESTROYERS BLOWN UP
Warships sunk in port; 31 killed.

September 18, 1941;

RUSSIA MUST HAVE HELP NOW

British warn Nazis advance.

Aurora Borealis Puts on Brilliant Show. Blocks Radio.

Gasoline rationing Will Mean Curb on Highway Projects.

HMS Warships in Bremerton
Twelve British warships including the battleship Wasp are in American ports being repaired or resupplied.

Reported Dec. 6, 1941;


President Roosevelt dissatisfied with Japanese emperor Tojo's explanation of troop movement in Dutch Indo China. Two large and heavily escorted convoys were observed in Indo China headed toward the Gulf of Siam (Thialand). Observed Dec,6, 1941.

Evacuation of non-essential civillians recommended from the Phillipenes, Singapore,and other areas in the Pacific.



Japanese envoys recalled.

Pacific War


Chronicles

Prior Events:

There was limited involvement by the United States prior to the Pearl Harbor attack that gave strong indications that war was inevitable and the U. S. was making preparations to defend it's shores. The following are Headlines and Captions taken from various newspapers that chronicle some of the events.



17 November 1941: Nazi Cargo Ship Captured disguised as a U. S. Vessel Captured flying a U. S. Flag



28 November: U. S. may arm Pacific ships

Japan, fortifying herself with new bases in strategic Indo-China.

Talks With Japan Believed to be Near End, U. S. will Not Compromise

( 25 years ago,Jeanette Rankin the first woman to be elected to the house of representatives)

THE BLOG BEGINS

This is E. T,s first post to his blog-site. My plans are( until 3: PM) are to fill in bits of my personal history/current events during the time that I grew up for those that maybe interested.

This will include HEADLINES and captions from newspapers presenting current events when he and his freinds were much younger. These historical events created life experiences that I believe to be interesting. This will include E T's service in the United States Maritime Service and the Merchant Marine during WW 2.