French Forces Step Up Western Front Attacks
Basel dispatches report coordinated French assaults along the Saar Basin to the Vosges Mountains with heavy bombardments of German fortifications. French and British air squadrons engage German planes near Zweibrücken and Friedrichshafen, with observers watching a night battle from Lake Constance shores as bombers strike the Zeppelin works.
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Associated Press
Basel
Switzerland
Saar Basin
Vosges Mountains
Mandel
Blies Creek
Wissembourg
Palatinate Forest
Maginot Line
Germany
Zweibrucken
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Zeppelin
Strange War Reluctance on Western Front Analyzed
AP staff surveys multiple angles of hesitation by Germany and allied powers as war moves begin on the western front. Observers note German reluctance to fight France, Goebbels propaganda aims, and strategic doubts about breaking the Maginot Line or expanding through nearby countries while Poland’s campaign drags.
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Western Front
Saarguemienes
France
Britain
Switzerland
Beligum
Netherlands
Joseph Goebbels
Germany
East
Russia
Poland
The Four Leaders Men of War in Europe Had Active Training
A profile by Ira Wolfer of Gamelin Gort Brauchitsch and Voroshilov detailing their careers and influence. Gamelin, 67, leads Allied armies with a philosophy of sometimes persuading rather than commanding. Gort, Brauchitsch, and Voroshilov are noted for rapid rise and strategic temperaments with long military lives.
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Europe
Ira Wolfer
Gamelin
Gort
Brauchitsch
Voroshiloff
Fair Exposition Weighs Finances After Tri-State Fair
Bookkeepers assess receipts attendance and expenditures of the Tri-State Fair and expect at least two more days for a full 1939 financial statement. Officials say the event likely ended in a financial success with receipts and expenses near balance and no deficit likely. Over 200000 attended the 17th annual exposition, with daily admissions around 10 000 and gate receipts near 10000. The final entertainers left Amarillo for the South Plains Fair in Lubbock.
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Milton Cox
Stars On Parade
Amarillo
Lubbock
South Plains
Photographer Fred Arnold blamed for fatal Lake Charles crash
A coroner's jury ruled the Saturday night automobile collision near Lake Charles caused by the carelessness and negligence of Fred Arnold, a local photographer and engraver. Arnold turning his motorcycle on the Old Spanish Trail caused Barnell Hamerly of Orange Texas to swerve into Lucien Leger's car, killing Hamerly.
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Lake Charles
Fred Arnold
Arnold
Here
Barnell Hamerly
Orange
Tex
Lucien Leger
Hamerly
Want Ads Promise Round-The-Clock Results
An advertiser touts the reliability of Want Ads, claiming 365 day results with ads running for three days at 70 cents. The copy highlights four rooms of furniture and a cedar chest at 2203 Taylor, urging readers to call the Globe-News Want Ads desk at 6262.
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Taylor
Globe-News
Former Reichstag Member Warns Bund a Nazi Reserve
Gerhart H. Seger testifies to Dies committee that the German American Bund seeks to act as a Nazi reserve in the United States. He says Hitler could tap it for aid and notes German organizations abroad serve as sources for Nazi activity. Congress considers filings of violations of registration and espionage acts by the Communist Party and the Bund.
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Washington
Reichstag
Bund
Adolf Hitler
Gerhart H. Seger
New York City
Dies Committee
Germany
Nazi Party
Dies
Texas
House
United States
Senate and
Justice Departments
Communist Party
Representative Thomas
New Jersey
Repeal Forces Gain Strength In Senate Fight
The Roosevelt plan to repeal the arms embargo gains momentum in the Senate as administration forces propose a strict cash and carry substitute. Key senators express cautious support while opponents vow to fight to the end. The Foreign Relations Committee approves a delay to study the measure.
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Richard L. Turner
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
George
Georgia
Missouri
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Germans Admit That Warsaw Still Fights
Budapest dispatch reports German broadcasts claim Warsaw remains unconquered as heavy shelling continues. Modlin, 20 miles northwest, is said to be surrounded while the city’s radio staff ceased transmission after more than a day of siege reporting and civilian casualties exceeding a thousand.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Modlin
California Storm Claims Dozens of Lives and Damages
A violent wind and rain storm in southern California left at least 43 dead and caused more than 1 million dollars in damage. Dozens aboard 14 pleasure boats were reported missing. many boats wrecked or sunk. Flooding hit multiple locales. 35,900 telephones out. rail and highway traffic disrupted. Alamitos Peninsula saw 30 homes damaged and eight destroyed.
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Los Angeles
California
Commisson
Los Angeles Harbor
Alamitos Peninsula
Long Beach
Legion Policy Makers Frame Neutrality Views at Convention
At the 21st national convention in Chicago the American Legion debated neutrality policy. A foreign affairs committee will draft a report on options including repealing the arms embargo and cash and carry while others urged strict neutrality. Henry Ford and officials such as McNutt and Hines addressed 11,000 attendees as War Secretary Woodring spoke via proxy.
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Chicago
American Legion
Congress
U. S
Legion
America
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Henry Ford
Paul V. McNutt
The
Security Administration
J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Harry Woodering
Frank M. Andrews
Merchant Named To Teer's Place
Frank Davis of Itasca was appointed by Gov. W Lee O Daniel to the state board of control to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Claude Teer. Davis, a grocery merchant and longtime friend of the governor, will serve Teer's unexpired six year term beginning October 1. The board may name a new chairman. Teer had been chairman. The salary is $7,000.
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Austin
Frank Davis
Itasca
W. Lee O'Daniel
State Board of Control
Davis
Claude Teer
Teer
James V. Allred
Capitol
Soviet Courting Turkey Estonia Mystery
Moscow reports Estonia’s foreign minister hastily left after a 15 hour stay amid secret talks with Soviet officials. Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu led a delegation amid flags and friendly gestures as Russia seeks trade gains and security assurances.
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Moscow
Estonia
Russia
Karl Selter
Turkey
Sukru Saracoglu
Valdimir Potemkin
Black Sea
Balkan
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Persia
Afghanistan
Germany
Britain
Dardanelles
Auguste Rei
Tallin
Poland
Two Men Die in Refinery Fire Near Rodessa
SHREVEPORT La Sept 25 Two men were burned in an explosion and fire that destroyed the loading rack of the East Texas Refinery at McCoy about two miles north of Rodessa. Ernest Taylor about 35 died in an Atlanta Texas hospital a few hours after the blast. He was working on the loading rack at the time.
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Shreveport
East Texas
McCoy
Rodessa
Ernest Taylor
Atlanta
Texas
Bankers See Prosperity at 65th Convention
Representatives of the American Bankers Association arriving for the 65th annual convention in Seattle voiced optimism that the decade-long slump is ending. President Philip A. Benson of Brooklyn said abundant financing now exists for business, predicting a return to pre-low mood prosperity nationwide.
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Seattle
American Bankers Association
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Quay County Free Of Paralysis Report Refuted
Roy H. Smith secretary of the Tucumcari Chamber of Commerce told the News by telephone there are no infantile paralysis cases in Tucumcari or Quay County. He said a dispatch dated Tucumcari caused the erroneous impression with eleven cases reported in the district elsewhere.
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Tucumcari
Quay County
Roy H. Smith
British Planes Drop Pamphlets Over Germany
London reports RAF daylight flights over western and northwestern Germany with leaflets stating supplies are vanishing and German shipping is swept from the seas. The official list records three killed and 20 missing as the government highlights air power and munitions issues.
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Crew Middleton
London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
Chamberlain
Leslie Burgin
Ernest Brown
May
Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
No. 10
Downing Street
Council of Ten
Supply Ministry
Information Ministry
Air Ministry
AA A announces crop control payments in July and August
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports expenditures of 83,560,460 for crop control and farmer benefit payments in July and August. Administrative costs totaled 2,921,104. State totals include New Mexico 991,870 Oklahoma 2,140,231 Texas 12,352,345.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
New York Central Revenue Up
New York Central Railroad reported August net operating income before fixed charges and other income totaling 3,513,448 dollars, up from 2,307,917 dollars in August last year.
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New York
New York Central Railroad Today
Weather report for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The morning bulletin states fair and cooler conditions for Amarillo and vicinity Tuesday with similar trends in West Texas and parts of New Mexico. Temperatures peak around the afternoon with readings near the mid 90s and a cooler evening forecast across the region.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rtion
New Mexico
Cess
U Boats Hit More Vessels as Coastal Battles Reported
Norwegian coast residents heard cannon fire after a day of bombardment as German U boats sank two Allied ships and another neutral, raising total known wartime losses to 52. Reports described light guns, mines and shelling, with ships fleeing blockades and crews rescued from several sinkings.
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Copenhagen
Norway
England
Stavanger
Germany
Information Ministry
Royal Air Force
Bergen
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West Wall
Rhine
Berlin
Hitler
Klim” Voroshilov
Stalin
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Viscount Gort English
Walter von Brauchitsch
Foch
Joffre
Brazil
Syria
Henri Bergson
St. Cyr
Papa Joffre
Maxime Weygand
Viscount Gort
Aristo
Quay
AAA
New York Central
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