The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-09-05
DIARY OF The WAR
Condensed For Readers Of The
Republican

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hurled their war planes at each other.
Germany admitted raids on Berlin
were worst of the war but claimed
little damage done. They admitted
British hit a synthetic gasoline plant.
Two hundred German planes APP
preaching England were driven off.
French colonies in Africa joined Eng
land in fight against Germany.
SATURDAY-Axis powers awarded
Hungary half of Rumanian province
of Pennsylvania to keep peace in Bal
kans. In return German soldiers would
help Rumanians guard frontiers
against further Russian encroach-
ment. England claimed So German
planes during series of raids over
Britain, making more than 1000 Nazi
planes destroyed since August /. Eng
land claimed extensive damage to Ger
man detectives on Continent. Brit
ish South African air force blasted
big Italian motor transport base.
SUNDAY--Last September 1 Hit
ler's army smashed at Poland and
within the year not only Poland, but
Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium
and France have been crushed. Italy
has joined Germany and only Britain
stands against the dictators. Ger
many now predicts that the final blow
against England is about to come.
Raids continued on both sides and
both announced little damage result
ing. German raids on London reached
six daily. A revolt broke out in French
Indo-China, and rebellion fared in
French West Africa.
MONDAY-Aerial warfare was in
tense on both sides, both London and
Berlin being bombed A British ship
with 800 refugee children on board
was torpedoed, but all were rescued.
Rioting broke out in Rumania against
terms of territorial division. Presi-
dent Roosevelt called out $4,000 men
of the National Guard for a year of
military service to begin September
10Th.
TUESDAY - Rumanans declared
they will fight Hungary before giving
up any further territory of the Tran
sylvania frontier. British were busy
repelling German bombing attacks,
and continued attacks on the Cont
nent, including raid ON Munich, the
birthplace of Naziism.
WEDNESDAY-The United States
Government arranged to transfer fifty
average destroyers to Britain in ex-
change for eight naval and air bases
in this hemisphere. British assured
this Government that they would never
surrender or sink their fleet in event
waters around British Isles were made
untenable. London was jubilant, Ger
many cautions in commenting. They
declared they could not help England
much at this late stage in the war.
British raided targets from Norway
to Italy and claimed German raids on
England were unsuccessful. Italy
claimed hits on British craft in Medi-
terranean. Disorders continued in Ru-
mania. An attempt to assassinate the
King of Rumania failed.
THURSDAY-Hi Hitler broke weeks
silence in speech at Berlin, spoke
jeeringly of British war efforts and
promised to erase Britain's cities if
the Royal Air Force attacked German
ones, and promised them he would
come to England soon if they con-
tinued to fight Waves of German
planes were over London but appar-
emily were driven off in three sue
cessive attacks. The British were hard
at it on the Continent raiding far and
wide. Some of so destroyers leave for
Canada. U. S. may get use of Singa-
pore as base. Japan was cautioned by
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State,
against making aggressive moves in
French Indo-C China. A loaded German
troopship was sunk near Norway, with
about 1000 lost.