Germans Arrest 100 Hostages in Paris by Nazis
German authorities in Paris seized 100 prominent Jews and held them as hostages to enforce order, amid mounting terror as a new French execution was disclosed. Reports say thousands are already detained, with reprisals tied to alleged Communist activity and attacks on occupying forces.
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Vichy
U PR
Paris
le Phare de la Loire
Marin Poirier
Nantes
France
L1th
Horse Show Headquarters Announced
Room 240 of the Amarillo Building has been named as head quarters for the horse show to be held at Malin Field September 19 and 20. Mrs Ned O Miller, general chairman, said the promotion committee will staff the headquarters daily 9 to 5 until Sept 19 when the site moves to the Herring Hotel for the show. Mrs N P Nelson will manage box reservations at the Amarillo Building head quarters.
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Amarillo
Malin Field
Ned O Miller
Herring Hotel
N. P. Nelson
Hog rescued after sewer chase in Carthage town
Rushville reports townspeople in Carthage searched a mill race sewer for a 150 pound hog that fled into the sewer system. They lowered corn on a string through a manhole and the hog bit, allowing bystanders to seize and pull it out. Build Now. John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Rushville
Ind
Carthage
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler conditions with northerly winds 20 to 30 miles per hour today and Tuesday. Temperatures ranged from a low of 60 to a high of 92 with noon at 66.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico
American tanker reaches Vladivostok carrying oil to Soviet Russia
The third American tanker loaded with oil for the Soviet Union arrived in Vladivostok this morning, broadcast by Sydney radio cited by NBC.
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New York
Soviet Russia
United States
Vladivostok
Sydney
Australia
NBC
Agriculture department estimates 1941 cotton crop at 10.71 million bales
The agriculture department estimated the 1941 cotton crop at 10,710,000 bales, below the prior forecast of 10,817,000 bales from a month earlier. The 1940 production was 12,566,000 bales.
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Washington, Sept
U.P
Agriculture Department
Senators Oppose Tariff Cut on Beef and Cuban Imports
Washington reports Sen. Edwin C. Johnson and Sen. Arthur Capper testifying against tariff reductions on Cuban sugar beef and veal. Johnson warns of unequal burden on livestock sectors while Capper cites rising Cuban shipments and warns of crowding domestic producers and lowering U.S. farmland prices.
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Washington
Sept
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Tariff Commission
Committee On
Johnson
Cordell Hull
Cuba
Capper
United
Denver's early autumn snow flakes fall in 12 year first
Denver reports its earliest autumn snowfall in 12 years with big flakes drifting over the city. Officials note a similar trace occurred on Sept. 7, 1929.
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Denver
Leningrad Ring Claimed As Nazi Finnish Forces Seal City
German high command declared the encirclement of Leningrad complete with the Neva reached and Schlisselburg taken, cutting land communications. Finnish troops pushed along the Ladoga Onega isthmus to block access from the east as Soviet forces countered on multiple fronts.
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United Press
High Command
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Neva
Schlisselburg
Russia
Lake Ladoga
Lake Onega
Ladoga
Leningrad-Murmansk
Onega
Svir
Murmansk
Lake
Flag at Half Staff for FDR's Mother Sara Delano Roosevelt
Hyde Park dispatch reports the flag at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library half staff to mourn Sara Delano Roosevelt age 86 mother of the President. Death followed a circulatory collapse at the family estate. private funeral planned at 1 PM CST with burial beside James Roosevelt.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
St. James Episcopal Church
Franklin
White House
Great Britain
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Duke of Kent
James
Elliott
John
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Franklin, Jr
Naval Reserve
Mrs. Boettiger
Seattle
Wash
Hitler Facing Third Front as Underground War Grows
UPI report notes Nazi efforts widen beyond Russia and Western air war. Sabotage and executions surge in Norway and Holland, with Balkans fighting among Serbs and Croats. Greco resistance intensifies as Bulgaria Romania hesitate. hope for British air superiority to curb Hitler this winter.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Russia
Hitler
France
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Balkans
Vidkun Quisling
Amsterdam
Jugoslavia
Milan Neditch
Bulgaria
Rumania
Greece
Germany
Turkey
Amarillo Enjoys Remarkably Pleasant Weather Streak
Amarillo experienced unusually mild conditions with a 92 degree high yesterday cooling to 60 degrees this morning as a storm system traversed the region. Winds from the north reached 20 to 30 mph with light rain expected tonight and tomorrow, while other areas reported varying rainfall and colder spots in the nation.
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Amarillo
The
Mercury
Texas
Baby Swallows 16 Pins and Survives
Two year old Donald McMahon swallowed sixteen straight pins and survived. A doctor removed one pin from his throat after he coughed up the remaining fifteen.
Snow Forecast for Eastern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
The U S Weather Bureau issued a special storm warning for the Eastern Slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Northern New Mexico forecasting the first snow of the season.
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Albuquerque
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
New Mexico
Berlin Raid Dwarfs Prior Attacks in RAF Sweep
British bombers struck Berlin in the heaviest raid of the war with four motor bombers and high explosives pounding a central railway station as fires erupted across the city. Berlin defenses struggled as night fighters and searchlights fought the intruders. the raid was marked as the largest single objective bombardment by the RAF and followed by fires in Berlin and other Allied targets.
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United Press
Berlin
Kiel
Baltic
Canal
Air Ministry
Ministry
Messerschmitt
Royal Air Force
London
Germany
Holland
France
Channel
Brittany
Boulogne
Nachtausgabe
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