Roosevelt calls Congress to special session on arms policy
President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders a special session of Congress for September 21 1939 to debate amending neutrality laws allowing cash and carry arms sales to belligerents. The move sparks a sharp clash with isolationists as leaders from both parties prepare for a high stakes confrontation.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
United States
Senate
House
Great Britain
France
White House
Supreme Court
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Sol Bloom
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
Congress of the
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Capitol
The
Artillery Paves Way for Big Allied Thrust
Paris dispatch reports French artillery hammering German positions on the Saar front as a large-scale push toward the Rhine appears planned. British air support, not yet committed, participates while French gains push toward Saarbruecken and key Saar industrial areas.
Poles Stage Unexpected Comeback Against German Forces
Polish forces reportedly trapped west of Warsaw broke out and attacked the Germans from the rear on the Vistula front. Lodz recaptured, Polish pomorze army linked with Warsaw defenders as radio reports claimed a severe setback for German advances. Reports from Bratislava and Bucharest noted Slovak refusals to fight and widespread parachute drops used by German forces.
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United Press
Poland
Vistula
Warsaw
Lwow
Lemberg
Lodz
Spe
Amarillo Jewry Celebrates Rosh Hashana at Temple B'nai Israel
World wide observance marks the start of year 5700 with Amarillo services at Temple B'nai Israel led by Rabbi David Wittenberg. First services begin 8 pm tonight with a sermon on life meaning, and morning services follow at 10 am.
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Amarillo
B'nai Israel
Taylor
David Wittenberg
Marshall
Rabbi Wittenberg
Woeltz Murals Winner Named for Amarillo Post Office Lobby
Julius Woeltz, a native Texan and noted young artist, won the commission to paint murals in the Amarillo post office lobby. The selection followed an open competition with 450 to 500 submissions, reviewed by the Fine Arts Section of the Federal Works Agency and local committee chair H. Fuqua. Woeltz was born in San Antonio in 1912 and studied art under Xavier Gonzales.
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Julius Woeltz
Amarillo Post Office
W. D. DeGrassi
A. S. Thorn
Public Buildings Administration
Mr. Woeltz
Fine Arts Section
Federal Works Agency
H. E. Fuqua
Washington
Fuqua
FE. L. Roberts
Guy Carlander
O. T. Maxwell
Paul Horgan
Roswell
N. M
Horgan
Woeltz
San Antonos
Xavier Gonzales
Amarillo Forecast Brings Cooler Night and Thursday
Weather summary notes partly cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures for Amarillo and nearby areas tonight and Thursday. West Texas expects scattered showers in the southwest, with not much warmth change Panhandle Thursday afternoon. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers, mainly extreme northwest portion and little temperature change. Temperature extremes over 24 hours ended 6 30 AM show minima around 64 and maxima near 69, with noon reading 179.
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Amarillo
West
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Yorks Sin Ready To Fight Set
Alvin C. York Jr., son of war hero Alvin C. York, declares he is ready to fight the Germans and wants to join the navy. The 19 year old mountaineer tells his parents the time to act is now while the hittin makes sense. Sergeant York counsels infantry service for a rifleman. He stands five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 160 pounds with four brothers and two sisters.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
U.P
Alvin C. York, Jr
Sergt
Alvin C. York
Navy
Infantry
York
One Day in Wartime England Vignettes
A wartime London vignette recalls Roy Jackson a fourteen year old killed when he forgot his gas mask and crashed his bicycle into a truck. Other notes discuss scarce gasoline rationing and thrift tips such as stripping a car to reduce weight. The piece mentions land girls learning tractor work under a new slogan dig for victory and the term farmerettes.
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London
England
Roy Jackson
German retreat from the Marne and Aisne battle opens
On September 13, 1914, German forces retreat from the Marne as the battle of the Aisne develops. A Belgian-German clash begins between Aerschot and Malines, marking a shift in the early World War I front.
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Marne
the Aisne
Aerschot
Malines
Survivors Recall Horrors of Athenia Sinking at Sea
More than 200 survivors arriving on the City of Flint told of the sudden sinking after the Athenia explosion. They described lifeboat capsizes, loss of life, and seas of fear as they escaped to Halifax and then to their homes. Survivors included Mrs. John Hayworth and Mrs. Franklin Dexter, with accounts of torpedo fears and submarines.
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Athenia
City of Flint
John Hayworth
Hamilton
Ont
Elizabeth Brown
Houston
Franklin Dexter
Boston
Mianne Palfrey
Scotland
Dexters
Dexter
Joseph Gainard
Gainard
Margaret Tay
Brockville Ont
American Coast Guard
Here I Come Ready or Not Crying Hitler
Mary Weaver, 11, playing hide and seek in Bloomington explained to a bystander that her shout Hitler means she is coming, ready or not. The incident centers on a child’s game and a misunderstood reference.
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Hitler
Bloomington
Ind
Mary Weaver
WPA Reports Relief Doled to 1,840,437 Persons
The Work Projects Administration announced the number on relief for the week ending August 30 was 1,840,437, down 56,465 from the prior week. This total is near half of the 3,350,000 peak reached November 1, 1938, with September’s quota set at 1,800,000.
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Washington
U.P
Work Projects Administration
U-Boat Bases Closer to Americas Suspected
London report says UK government believes Germany may try to establish air and submarine bases on the coasts of South and Central American countries as World War II tensions rise.
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London
U.P
Ministry of Information
Germany
Compton Defense May Be Insanity
The state opened its case against Thomas Lee Compton on charges of criminal attack in 47th district court. Five witnesses testified, including two physicians, as defense counsel argued insanity due to a social disease. Will Nix led the defense with plans to rest by noon tomorrow.
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Thomas Lee
Jack) Compton
Amarillo
47Th District Court
Will Nix
Germans Drive Deep Into Poland as Warsaw Tightens Ring
German high command reported a rapid thrust into southeastern Poland and a tightening vise around Warsaw. They claimed capture of many Polish prisoners near Radom, with strong forces east of Warsaw pursuing a circle toward the Polish capital. Advancing troops reached Lwow area while main forces pressed toward Lublin and the Romanian frontier. Warsaw held by Polish defense after bitter fighting.
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Poland
Warsaw
Radom
Lodz
Lwow
Polish Ukraine
Jaworow
Szklo River
Sambor
Dniester
Lublin
Poles hold Warsaw as Germans press siege
In six days of hard fighting under heavy bombardment, Polish defenders still hold Warsaw though encircled by German troops. They fight to slow the German advance and give Anglo-French forces time to act while awaiting possible reinforcements. The Siegfried line remains a formidable barrier, and Allied drives into no-man's land near Saar are framed as preludes to a larger assault.
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Ralph Hinzen
Paris
Saar Front
West Wall
France
Rhineland
Saarbruecken
Saar
Siegfried
Karlruhe
Kaiserlautern
Kunzel
Prier
Moselle
Sterck
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Netherlands
Aix la Chappelle
Rhine
Belgium
Vosges
Bitche
Atlantic
Dewitt MacKenzie
Warsaw
Poland
Europe
Germany
Fieh Saar
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Mooltan
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