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September 2, 1940

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BERLIN UNSCATHED IN RAID, NAZIS SAY; British Formation Reported Broken Up at Elbe Before Reaching the Capital BERLIN UNSCATHED IN RAID, NAZIS SAY City Pounded, British Say Commercial Plants Hit Engine Factory Attacked Gun Emplacements Bombed Report Hits on Dock Alarm in Switzerland

By Percival Knauth Wireless To the New York Times

RAF planes reptd dispersed at Elbe River before reaching Berlin; Brit rept bombing mil objectives in Berlin, other German cities and Cap Gris Nez

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Rumanians Stage Protests Against Cession; Mob Rips Down Hitler's Picture in Consulate; RUMANIANS ASSAIL CESSION OF LANDS

By Eugen Kovacs Wireless To the New York Times

Rumanians demonstrate against cession; mil and pub authorities start evacuation; German Brasov Consulate mobbed; Ital consul at Cluj beaten; Rumanian-Bulgarian incidents reptd near Southern Dobruja; German Banat minority demands autonomous German Banat; I Lugoshanu and Bucharest press assail Vienna conf; King Carol's palace guarded; M Ghita arrested for inflammatory s; Hungary continues troop preparations; Rumanian-Bulgarian conf continues; I Stamenoff, Bulgarian delegation head, receives final instructions

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320 LANDED SAFELY; Young Britons Bound for Canada Brave Open Sea in Lifeboats SING AS PERIL THREATENS Evacuees, 5 to 15, Leave Beds Calmly as Trained in Drill-- Berlin Denies Attack High Spirits Undampened Rescuers Praise Children 320 CHILDREN SAFE IN TORPEDO ATTACK Elaborate Precautions Taken Berlin Denies Responsibility U-Boat Activity Reported

By Raymond Daniell Special Cable To the New York Times

Brit ship with 320 children en route to Canada sunk; all survive except purser

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WILLKIE PLEDGES LABOR AUTONOMY; Says He Would Stop a 'Trend to Placing of Unions Under Government Control' MR. WILLKIE'S STATEMENT WILLKIE PLEDGES LABOR AUTONOMY Quotes French Labor Leader He Stands on Those Words

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Willkie pledges cooperation with business

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The International Situation; American Developments

By Unknown Author

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