RUSSIANS FIGHTING IN KIEV’S SUBURBS; NAZIS SHOOT 12 MORE PARIS HOSTAGES (9/21/41)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 9/21/41 | Frank L. Kluckhohn, Lansing Warren, George Gallup, William Laurence, Hanson W. Baldwin, more

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Advance on Moscow – Operations, 26 August-5 December 1941
The Mediterranean Basin
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – Major Japanese War Objectives and Planned Opening Attacks

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battle Continuing – 2
Square-Type Parachute Used by Russians (photo) – 2
Woman to Aid Strategy of Two Opposing Parties – 2
Tokyo Still Firm – 3
The International Situation – 3
Curfew Silences French Capital as Reprisal Toll Mounts to 35 – 4
Recruiting Frenchmen to Fight Against Russians (photo) – 5
‘Keep-Out-of-War’ Party Opposed by Most Voters, Survey Indicates – 6
Roosevelt-Churchill Parley Held Off Newfoundland, Woman Says – 6
Chart Vitamin K in Clotting Role – 7
India Does Her Part in Fueling the British War Machine (photo) – 7
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 8

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 10
Hard Russian Campaign Brings Many Surprises – 11
The German-Russian Front after Three Months of War (map) – 12
Lend-Lease ‘Torrent’ Only a Trickle Now (by Turner Catledge) – 13
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 14
Trend of Public Opinion Supports Our Stronger Policy in the War – 15-16
Field Day, Pet Show Aid Children’s Fund (left over from front section) – 16

The New York Times Magazine
The Navy Clears for Action – 17-19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/sep41/f21sep41.htm

Germans bomb Soviet Baltic Fleet

Sunday, September 21, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... Near Leningrad, the German Luftwaffe begins repeated attacks on the Soviet Baltic Fleet in Kronstadt harbor.

From Britain... The British Mosquito bomber makes its first operational reconnaissance flight.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/21.htm

September 21st, 1941

LATVIA: Soviet troops evacuate the capital, Riga, and the Germans capture the key naval base at Oesel.

U.S.S.R.: The Baltic Red Fleet at Kronstadt is attacked by Luftwaffe Stuka dive bombers sink or damage nine ships, including battleship Marat, which settles on the bottom after losing its bow by a 1000 kg bomb hit.
Soviet destroyer Frunze sunk by German JU-87 aircraft in the Black Sea. (Dave Shirlaw)

CHINA: There is a total eclipse of the sun.

U.S.A.: Congress passes the Revenue Act of 1941 increases the taxes paid by Americans.

The first of 2,751 Liberty ships, SS Patrick Henry, Maritime Commission Hull 14, is launched at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland. (Jack McKillop)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-201 sank SS Lissa, SS Rhineland and Runa in Convoy OG-74. (Dave Shirlaw)

[sayuncledave]

A belated addition: one of the truest of treasures for Old Time Radio buffs, such as myself. The entire day's output for September 21, 1939, from WJSV in Washington, D.C., was recorded, via transcription disks, from 6:00am to 1:00am. Everything from commercials, to soaps and a great ballgame, to the reason for the transcription: FDR gave a speech to a special session of Congress, in favor of a repeal of the Neutrality Act. The news is nothing short of awesome, and I wish there were more like this. Here's the complete schedule for the day:

Broadcast Schedule
WJSV Washington, D.C.
Thursday, September 21st, 1939

From: 05:59-06:30 -- Sign On and Sundial - Recorded Music
From: 06:30-07:00 -- Sundial - Arthur Godfrey
From: 07:00-07:30 -- Sundial - Arthur Godfrey
From: 07:30-08:00 -- Sundial - Arthur Godfrey
From: 08:00-08:05 -- Arrow News
From: 08:05-08:30 -- Sundial - Arthur Godfrey
From: 08:30-08:45 -- Certified Magic Carpet
From: 08:45-09:00 -- Bachelor's Children
From: 09:00-09:15 -- Pretty Kitty Kelly
From: 09:15-09:30 -- Myrt And Marge
From: 09:30-09:45 -- Hilltop House
From: 09:45-10:00 -- Kay Fairchild, Stepmother
From: 10:00-10:15 -- CBS News and Mary Lee Taylor Program
From: 10:15-10:30 -- Brenda Curtis
From: 10:30-10:45 -- Big Sister
From: 10:45-11:00 -- Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories
From: 11:00-11:15 -- Jean Abbey
From: 11:15-11:30 -- When A Girl Marries
From: 11:30-11:45 -- The Romance Of Helen Trent
From: 11:45-12:00 -- Our Gal Sunday
From: 12:00-12:15 -- The Goldbergs
From: 12:15-12:30 -- Life Can Be Beautiful
From: 12:30-12:45 -- Road Of Life
From: 12:45-13:00 -- This Day Is Ours
From: 13:00-13:15 -- Sunshine Report
From: 13:15-13:30 -- The Life And Love Of Dr. Susan
From: 13:30-13:45 -- Your Family And Mine
From: 13:45-14:00 -- News Followed By Albert Warner
From: 14:00-15:00 -- President's Address followed by Premier Daladier
From: 15:00-15:10 -- Commentary & Analysis On The President's Address
From: 15:10-15:25 -- The Career Of Alice Blair
From: 15:25-15:30 -- Arrow News
From: 15:30-15:45 -- Rhythm & Romance
From: 15:45-16:00 -- Scattergood Baines
From: 16:00-17:17 -- Baseball - Cleveland at Washington
From: 17:17-17:30 -- The World Dances
From: 17:30-17:45 -- Arrow News followed by Time Out
From: 17:45-18:00 -- Sports With Harry McTigue
From: 18:00-18:15 -- Amos 'n' Andy
From: 18:15-18:30 -- The Parker Family
From: 18:30-19:00 -- Joe E. Brown
From: 19:00-19:30 -- Ask-It Basket
From: 19:30-19:55 -- Strange As It Seems
From: 19:55-20:00 -- Elmer Davis And The News
From: 20:00-21:00 -- Major Bowes and his Original Amateur Hour
From: 21:00-21:30 -- The Columbia Workshop
From: 21:30-22:00 -- Americans At Work
From: 22:00-22:15 -- Arrow News & Edwin C. Hill Commentary
From: 22:15-22:30 -- Streamline Interlude
From: 22:30-22:45 -- The Midweek Review With Albert Warner
From: 22:45-23:21 -- Repeat of FDR Speech
From: 23:21-23:30 -- Jerry Livingstone & His Orchestra
From: 23:30-24:00 -- Teddy Powell Orchestra
From: 00:00-00:30 -- Louis Prima Orchestra
From: 00:30-01:02 -- Bob Chester Orchestra, News & Signoff

This one day made me a fan of OTR for life. May it be as joyful for all of you, my FRiends. http://www.archive.org/details/OTRR_WJSV_Complete_Day_Singles I almost forgot to add: this is on my work phone and ipod every day, if that gives you some indication. Enjoy, folks.

[freefdny]

“1600 to 1717 Baseball- Cleveland at Washington”
A far cry from the four hour bloated Yankee Red Sox games of today.

[freefdny]

My faith in the modern game is almost restored. I listened and they start the broadcast in the 4th inning.

[CougarGA7]

• The Stavka of the Supreme High Command demands that you report immediately: 1. Whether or not your units have abandoned Kiev? 2. If Kiev has been abandoned, whether or not the bridges been blown up? 3. If the bridges have been blown up, then who will vouch for the fact the bridges have been blown up?" - Marshal Shaposhnikov in Stavka VGK Directive No. 002202 asking for a status report from Colonel-General Kirponos, Kirponos had been killed the day before in the collapsing pocket around Kiev

[Homer_J_Simpson]

In case you are wondering, sayuncledave's radio link is also posted on the September 21, 1939 thread.