| In Moscow... Germany and the USSR sign a boundary
and friendship treaty. By its terms Poland is partitioned, giving
Germany control over the area generally west of the Bug River. Germany
receives nearly 73,000 square miles of Polish territory, the USSR,
78,000 square miles. While Soviet Union gets slightly more land, the Germans now control the majority of the population
(some 22,000,000) and fifty percent of all Polish industry as well as
substantial mining centers. All of Lithuania is transferred to the
Soviet sphere of influence. An economic agreement is also signed which
includes a Soviet promise to provide Germany with the entire oil output
of the Dohowicz fields.
Over Germany... The RAF lost 5 Hampden bombers in a daylight
raid on the Heligoland area. The raid was in two waves. In the first, 6
Hampdens attacked two German destroyers but did no damage; the second
wave of 5 planes was wiped out.
In Britain... A national census is taken to obtain information
on rationing and mobilization.
In London... In the House of Commons, Neville Chamberlain says
that Britain and France went to war to stop Nazi aggression and nothing
has changed that position. Chamberlain is believed to be referring to
recent private contacts between German and British representatives that
have suggested formal peace negotiations may begin.
In the United States... In New York city, Fritz Kuhn, the
leader of the pro-Nazi German-American Bund, is imprisoned. |
