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September 12, 1939

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Headlines from September 12, 1939

BERLIN ANNOUNCES COUNTER-BLOCKADE; British Measures Bring Prompt Notice of Retaliation in Respect to Commerce

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ROOSEVELT LIFTS QUOTAS ON SUGAR TO CURB PRICE RISE; President Says Speculation for Profit on a Temporary Shortage Forced Step LARGE SUPPLIES NOW OPEN Further Talks With Congress Leaders Indicated Before Extra Session Is Set

By Felix Belair Jr. Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--In his first attempt to stem rising food costs President Roosevelt today suspended statutory quotas restricting the importation and domestic marketing of sugar, and ex-...

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BORAH OPENS FIGHT AGAINST REVISION OF NEUTRALITY ACT; He and Vandenberg, Townsend, Nye and Barbour Confer on Opposing President DENOUNCES CLOSURE PLAN But Thomas of Utah Warns It Is Time for Nation to Give Up Its 'Impartial Dream'

By Turner Catledge Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--Another struggle between President Roosevelt and the Senate bloc opposing repeal or substantial change in the so-called Neutrality Act was foreshadowed today by Senator Borah of Idaho.

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WARSAW FIGHTS ON; Germans, Beaten Back, Machine-Gun Civilians, Says Capital Radio 17 AIR RAIDS ON THE CITY Defenders' Battle to Escape Trap Near Lodz Forces Reich Troops to Counter-Attack

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Polish retreat ends with stand along the Vistula, Warsaw, south to San River and Slovak border

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1939Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician^[†]

Henry Arnold Waxman is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Headlines from September 12, 1939

BERLIN ANNOUNCES COUNTER-BLOCKADE; British Measures Bring Prompt Notice of Retaliation in Respect to Commerce

First American at Front A Lafayette Corps Pilot

ROOSEVELT LIFTS QUOTAS ON SUGAR TO CURB PRICE RISE; President Says Speculation for Profit on a Temporary Shortage Forced Step LARGE SUPPLIES NOW OPEN Further Talks With Congress Leaders Indicated Before Extra Session Is Set

BORAH OPENS FIGHT AGAINST REVISION OF NEUTRALITY ACT; He and Vandenberg, Townsend, Nye and Barbour Confer on Opposing President DENOUNCES CLOSURE PLAN But Thomas of Utah Warns It Is Time for Nation to Give Up Its 'Impartial Dream'

WARSAW FIGHTS ON; Germans, Beaten Back, Machine-Gun Civilians, Says Capital Radio 17 AIR RAIDS ON THE CITY Defenders' Battle to Escape Trap Near Lodz Forces Reich Troops to Counter-Attack

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