(The headline states Scharnhorst was hit, but the report states; "The flash of one big explosion was seen very close to the German cruiser Scharnhorst." The war diary from Scharnhorst states that there was an attack, but no bombs hit the ship or even fell close. Scharnhorst was at Deutsche Werke undergoing repairs from the damage received when hit by a torpedo from HMS Acasta on June. 8th.)

(Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind, on Sept. 26th, 1940 the Germans lost 5 aircraft in combat and 10 in non-combat incidents. R.A.F. Fighter Command lost 7 in combat.)

(It is true that several officers from Admiral Graf Spee did escape from Argentina and return to Germany. To name a few; Dietrich Bludau after his escape was commanding officer of S-117 and later the 10th S-Boat Flotilla. Jürgen Wattenberg after his escape commanded both U-103 and U-162, becoming a POW again after the loss of the latter boat. Gerfried Brutzer later served in destroyers and on the battleship Tirpitz. Hans-Joachim Kuhn commanded U-1233. Johann Reckhoff served in the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and later commanded U-398. Kurt Diggins served in minesweepers and later commanded U-458, becoming a POW again after his boat was sunk.)

(The writer gives both sides of the story in this piece. On one hand he reports what he is being told by the people of the area, and then he tells his readers that there is no evidence any of the claims are accurate. It is true the bodies of some Germans who had been shot down or lost at sea, did wash up on the coast of England. It is also true that British casualties also washed up on England's shores. One thing is for certain, the bodies were not from an invading force.)

(More survivors of the City of Benares found on the high seas.)

(This report claims that on Sept. 27th the Germans lost 122 aircraft and that the British lost 31. The Germans lost 53 aircraft in combat on Sept. 27th and R.A.F. Fighter Command lost 31.)

(The related report in columns 1-2, America faced with peril of Nippon's Fleet if this country joins Britain, written by Louis P. Lochner, the Berlin correspondent for the Associated Press, giving a good rendition of the German and Japanese perspective, as usual.)

[*Historical Note: Today was the day the Axis was officially created, when Japan, Germany and Italy signed the Tripartite pact. Most people could see the danger this posed, not just to England, but to the United States. There were, of course, many people who did not want to become involved in a European war, Charles Lindbergh, being one of the loudest voices. In recent days the Republican candidate for President, Wendell Wilkie, had also voiced his opinion about keeping out of the war. Most of those voices would be silenced on Dec. 7, 1941, but at this time some very powerful people were seemingly prepared to abandon England.

On Sept. 27, 1940 U.S. Ambassador to The United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy, sent a cable to Secretary of State Cordell Hull in which he said the following;

"I was delighted to see that the president said he was not going to enter the war, because to enter this war, imagining for a minute that the English have anything to offer in the line of leadership or productive capacity in industry that could be of the slightest value to us, would be complete misapprehension... It breaks my heart to draw these conclusions about a people that I sincerely hoped might be victorious, but I cannot get myself to the point where I believe they can be of any assistance to the cause in which they are involved. If by chance we should ever come to the point of getting into this war we can make our minds that it will be the United States against Germany, Italy and Japan, aided by a badly shot to pieces country which in the last analysis can give little."

Even the top commanders in Germany warned Hitler not to underestimate the fighting spirit of the British, so why Mr. Kennedy would make such a statement is beyond my understanding.]

(The report states that some Italians believe that Spain was going to sign to join the Axis within a few days, this never happened. While Spain favored Germany, she remained neutral through the war. The main part of the report is about the Fascist editor of Giornale d'Italia, Virginio Gayda, who claimed that the U.S.A. would be attacked from two continents, on land and sea is she entered the war on the British side. He was partially correct, the U.S.A. was attacked by Japan, by sea, never by land. Germany also attacked America, by sea using U-boats, but never by land. One wonders what "land" he could have been referring to, Canada, Mexico?)

(Alliance with Japan.)

Tripartite pact Berlin-Rome-Japan.)

(Devastating effects of German bombs.)