Mobilization Expands in Poland After Bitter Hitler Note
Poland orders large scale partial mobilization across the country as Hitler’s bitter reply to British peace proposals is released. About 2 million under arms, with 1.5 million already serving, plus wide requisitions of transport and hardening border posture amid Polish British pact tensions.
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Poland
Hitler
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Daladier
Danzig
Pomorze
Strategy of Next War Outlined
Neutral observers and former British and French officers in London sketch a four point plan for a future war scenario. They foresee Italy joining Germany, stalemated Western Fronts, no invasion of France through Belgium, and Poland tying down Germany for months. Northern Italy becomes the war theater with Turin’s munitions, while France may strike into Italy to shift German forces.
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London
Italy
Germany
Siegfried Line
France
Maginot Line
Belgium
Holland
Turin
Pietro Badoglio
Alps
Mont Cenis
Mont
Genevre
Hannibal
Napoleon
Maritime Alps
Austria
Poland
Mediterranean
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic
Hitler
Britain
Soviet Union
Weather summary for Amarillo and four-state region
Partly cloudy conditions prevail across Amarillo and West Texas with continued warmth. New Mexico also reports partly cloudy Thursday. Hourly readings show varying early morning to evening temperatures, with daytime highs around the mid 90s and overnight low in the 60s to 70s.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Afer
Peace Hopes Diminish as War Clouds Gather
Dispatches from Bratislava Brussels and London report rising tensions before World War II. Slovakia surrenders powers to German occupation with 300000 troops present, King George inspects wartime readiness, and Belgium and the Netherlands brokers diplomatic talks while the outcome remains uncertain.
Nazis Form Council of Defense
Berlin Aug 30 Adolf Hitler declares the establishment of a cabinet council for the Reich defense. The body, to operate during foreign political tension, includes Goering as chairman and other senior officials. It can issue decrees with legal authority if the Reich government does not issue a law.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Defense Council
Field Marshal
Goering
Thefuehrer
Cabinet Council
Reichstag
Albert Forster
Danzig
Forster
FDR Criticizes Senate Delay on Neutrality Policy
President Roosevelt blamed Senate postponement of neutrality revision for European tensions and warned against rush to aid Britain and France. Senators Wheeler Bridges and Sheppard condemned meddling and insisted U S military forces be kept for national defense only.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Louis Johnson
Germany
Johnson
Wheeler
Montana
Helena Mont
England
France
Bridges
New Hampshire
Republican
Sheppard
Texas
Senate Military Committee
Administration
United States
War of Nerves: Europe on High Alert as Crisis Deepens
Allied capitals report no settlement in German Polish crisis as Chamberlain and Hitler exchange notes. Poland orders large scale mobilization while France moves railways to army use and Weygand travels to Syria. Berlin hosts talks with Forster amid general mobilization warnings and Slovak defense posture seen as protective against Poland.
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Associated Press
Europe
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Britain
Fuehrer
Berlin
Poland
Warsaw
Foreign Office
Daladier
France
Danzig
Germany
Paris
London
Slovakia
Josef Tiso
Maxime Weygand
Syria
Foreign Ships Darkened for Atlantic Trip
New York August 30 ships Bremen Aquitania Transylvania and Normandie left harbor after customs inspections none carried armament Normandie to stay in port. Bremen saluted Normandie with a Nazi salute as officers shouted Heil Hitler and the band played Deutschland Uber Alles and Horst Wessel.
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New York
Bremen
Aquitania
Transylvania
Normandie
Horst Wessel
Heil Hitler
Naval Plane Crash Probed Off San Diego
Salvage operations began as naval officers investigated the deaths of two sailors after a scouting plane crashed in flames a mile offshore and sank. Ensign G. M. Trumbower of Norwalk New Jersey and H. B. Baller of Springfield Massachusetts were killed. their bodies were not recovered.
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San Diego
Calif
G. M. Trumebower
Norwalk
N. J
Naval Reeserve Flier
H. B. Baller
Springfield
Mass
Salvage of sunken Squalus postponed by gale for 24 hours
Gale whipped seas force navy salvagers to delay final preparations to raise the sunken submarine Squalus and recover the 26 lives lost. The plan now extends at least one day as crews adjust gear and await calmer conditions off Portsmouth New Hampshire.
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Portsmouth
N. H
U.P
Squalus
Tucson Editor Predicted Hitler Strategy
The piece outlines a forecast attributed to William R. Mathews of the Arizona Daily Star about Hitler mobilizing armed and political power toward a September Nuremberg peak. It predicts concessions over Danzig, a Polish act, and a broader German push to redraw borders, with Britain and France drawn into conflict.
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William R. Mathews
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson
Ariz
Richard Waldo
McClure
New York
Mathews
Paris
France
Europe
Nuremberg
Hitler
Czecho-Slovakia
East Prussia
Poland
Reich
Britain
Danzig
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Rumania
Germany and Associates
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Kownitz
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Norway
Stockholm
Sweden
Polish Republic
Bratislava
George
War Office
Duke of Gloucester
Air Ministry
Brussels
Council OF Defense
FDR
Munich
Gdynia
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