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September 10, 1939

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WAR-PROFIT TAXES AND THEIR RECORDS; Unusual Gains of Business or Industry From Conflicts May Spur Legislation CONDITIONS ARE CHANGED But Underlying Principles of 1914-19 Era Are Found Broadly the Same Position Differs From 1914 First Excess Profits Tax WAR-PROFIT TAXES AND THEIR RECORDS

By Godfrey N. Nelson

Anticipated shortages of certain materials and commodities, by reason of the outbreak of war in Europe, are already in evedence in the markets. While for the present these indicators merely reflect expectations of increased exports, if these materialize they will be accompanied by unusual business gains or "war profits."

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'ORE RUSH' STARTS ON GREAT LAKES; Steel Industry, Facing Scrap Shortage, Turns to Iron Mines in a Big Way

By Unknown Author

One of the greatest "ore rushes" in the history of the Great Lakes is under way, because of the slender preparations of the steel industry in this country for the flood of foreign and domestic orders that has entered the market to cover expected requirements in the first months of the war.

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POLES HOLDING CITY; Envoy Reports Gain by Defenders of Capital-- Others Confirm Stand END NEAR, NAZIS SAY They Hold Main Force of Foe Is Trapped--New Advances Claimed

By Otto D. Tolischus Wireless To the New York Times

Germans admit Poles hold Warsaw

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GRAND BEATS WOOD IN STRAIGHT SETS AFTER HARD FIGHT; Players Before Match at Forest Hills

By Allison Danzig

The national championships for 1939 saw the last of two old favorites yesterday as the second round was completed at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills.

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Connecticut Girls Make Their Debuts; Virginia Richards and Barbara Wheeler Bow at Joint Dance

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Notable Deaths

1939Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (born 1888)^[†]

Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was a German general in the Waffen-SS who participated in the invasion of Poland. He was the first general to be killed in World War II. Roettig held the ranks of Generalmajor der Ordnungspolizei and SS-Brigadeführer.

Historical Events

1939World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

1939World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.^[†]

A declaration of war by Canada against Germany was made by order-in-council signed by George VI, King of Canada, on 10 September 1939, seven days after the United Kingdom and France had also entered a state of war with the Nazi regime. The royal proclamation of the Canadian declaration was published in the Canada Gazette.