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August 9, 1941

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HULL DECLARES JAPAN ENCIRCLES HERSELF BY ACTS; She Can Solve the Problem by Staying Out of Areas Where She Gives Offense, He Says BRITISH PREDICT WARNING Talks With U.S. for Sternest Representations to Tokyo Are Reported in London

By Hallett Abendspecial To the New York Times

Hull says Japan encircles self; conf with Nomura on shipping situation; London sources forecast sharp Brit-U S warning to Japan; U S State Dept officials silent

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Gen. Dentz and 35 Aides in Syria Are Held as Hostages for Britons

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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AUTO UNION SPLIT BY ANTI-RED VOTE; Rejection of Michener Over Coast Aviation Strike Divides Reuthers and Frankensteen AUTO UNION SPLIT BY ANTI-RED VOTE

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

com rept backing re-election of L Michener, alleged tool of Communists in North Amer Aviation strike, as West coast regional dir defeated

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SOVIET BOMBERS SURPRISE BERLIN; Consecutive Night Attacks Hit War Objectives in Reich Capital, Moscow Says

By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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DEBATE ON DRAFT OPENED IN HOUSE; RESULT IN DOUBT; House Leaders Declare That Army Chief of Staff and Not Laymen Know Our Needs FISH, SHORT LEAD ATTACK Foes of Extension Plan Argue Our Condition Has Improved -- Would Retain the Guard DEBATE ON DRAFT OPENED IN HOUSE

By Frederick R. Barkleyspecial To the New York Times

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Notable Deaths

1941Richard Goss, Executed Irish Republican (born 1915)^[†]

Richard (Richie) Goss (1915–1941) was an executed Irish Republican born to Patrick Goss and Margaret Clinton who had married at Inniskeen Roman Catholic Church In 1909. His parents were both Roman Catholic as is shown in the 1911 census despite the misinformation that he himself was one of the few Protestant members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the 1940s. Goss was a leader in a major bombing and sabotage campaign in England (1939–40), known as the S-Plan