RAF Fighter Command: German aircraft attack shipping in the North Sea. One enemy aircraft is destroyed. There are casualties in the trawlers; an Italian vessel is fired and a Dutch vessel damaged.

ENGLISH CHANNEL:  British warships detain six Italian coal ships with cargos of German coal. This action follows a warning that Britain will seize all German coal found at sea. The ships are brought to Kent where they are anchored off the coast while the government decides whether to unload the cargoes. Four more Italian colliers have set sail from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and a further six are loading with Rhineland coal destined for Italy where coal rationing is in force. Many Italians believe that the seizure of their ships is a deliberate attempt to force them to buy British coal on British terms. This becomes known as the "Coal Ships Affair." 

FRANCE: Paris: The Prime Minister, Edouard Daladier, meets the US envoy Sumner Welles.

U.S.S.R.: The Finish Peace Delegation reaches Moscow.

U.S.A.: New York: The Cunard Line's newest ship, the 'Queen Elizabeth', was given a heroine's welcome when she docked here at 5pm today. The 83,673 ton liner, the biggest in the world, dashed across the Atlantic at an average speed of 24.5 knots, relying on her speed to evade the U-boats and dropping her destroyer escort one day out. The voyage was kept a firm secret until the liner shrouded in wartime grey, appeared over the horizon moving towards Nantucket. Aircraft carrying newspaper reporters, photographers and broadcasters flew out in the small hours. One radio reporter gave his listeners an eye-witness report from above the liner at 7.45 this morning.

"It is unique to leave without trials and find yourself in New York," said Captain Townley. His Chief Engineer was now confident that the Queen Elizabeth would prove the fastest as well as the biggest liner afloat. Today she passed her sister ship, Queen Mary, already docked here and the two dipped ensigns to each other. All the other ships in port sounded their sirens in greeting. On the quayside a crowd of 10,000 had been waiting for most of the afternoon, and in the city office workers showered the streets with ticker tape in welcome.