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October 26, 1939

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Britons Fly Near Magdeburg Krupp Works, Scattering Listeners to Ribbentrop Speech

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Norwegian paper repts air attack on Kiel destroyed battleship Gneisenau; not confirmed by Berlin

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LOTHIAN ASKS UNITY IN DEMOCRATIC AIMS; Collaboration Against Threat of Totalitarian War Urged to Enforce World Peace

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Lord Lothian on Allied aims; text

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SOVIET CHALLENGES BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE; Contraband List Declared to Be Illegal and Destructive to International Trade

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USSR informs Brit of refusal to recognize contraband list, holding it illegal and destructive of neutral trade; reserves right to claim compensation for losses

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SENATE SUPPORTS ROOSEVELT POWER IN NEUTRALITY BILL; Rejects Amendment to Deny President Any Discretion in Finding a State of War EXPORT CURB VOTED DOWN Attempt to Penalize Foreign Ships Flying Our Flag Slows Progress to Final Vote

By Turner Catledge Special To the New York Times

offers amendment placing belligerents' armed merchant ships in same class as naval craft; Sen Wheeler asks reconsideration of Munitions Control Bd amendment

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REICH AGAIN WARNS; London Can Now Look to Deeds and Not Words, Berlin Reiterates NO DRIVE IN WEST LIKELY Nazis Expected to Increase Sea and Air Activities Against British--Press Is Bitter

By C. Brooks Peters Wireless To the New York Times

Germany asserts s is last diplomatic move; German pub and press reaction to s

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