Warsaw Under Siege and U.S. Senate Debate Delays
Reports from Warsaw describe heavy artillery, fires, and widespread destruction as German forces bombard the city during a 17 day siege. Separately in Washington the Senate foreign relations committee delays action on Roosevelt administration neutrality legislation awaiting readings and deliberation before report to the full Senate.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Warsaw
Red Cross
Paris
Transcontinental Press
Werner von Fritsch
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Roosevelt
Pittman
Nevada
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
French Strike Ramps Up On German Front
Thousands of French soldiers with tanks clash along a 40 mile front from Saar Basin to Vosges in heavy fighting. Reports say aviation units were ordered to keep German airmen out for 48 hours as French troop movements shift toward the Siegfried Line amid bombardments and renewed pressure on the Haardt mountains near Wissembourg.
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Switzerland
Saar
Vosges
Saarbruecken
Wissembourg
Lauter
Rhine River
Saarbrucken
Wissembourg-Lauterbourg
Germany
Siegfried Line
Haardt
Rhine
Maginot
Vosges Range
Haardts
Pirma- Sens
Big German airplane motor factory reportedly hit by raid
Swiss reports say bombs from French or British planes damaged the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen and a plant at Manzell. Anti air fire lit the night as 30 bombs were dropped. German high command denies the raid. London notes reconnaissance flights with leaflet drops.
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Switzerland
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Here
Berlin
Manzell
Zeppelin
Ministry of Information
London
Germany Used Heavy Aerial Attacks Against Poland Says Biddle
United States Ambassador to Poland Anthony J Drexel Biddle described Germany s heavy systematic aerial artillery campaign against Poland and the near 5000 planes, recounting his escape from Warsaw to Bucharest and his embassy being attacked. He witnessed three attacks on the embassy caravan and the destruction of Kazimierz market.
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Poland
Biddle
Paris
U.P
United States
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Neroyous
Bucharest
Romania
Warsaw
Seilice
Kazmienicz
Lublin
Luck
Dubno
Krzmieniec
Zellesczyt
Katy
Britain
France
Foreign Office
Constancia
Soviet Talks Begin With Estonia In Moscow
Soviet Russia opened commercial and diplomatic talks with Estonia as war strength grows. Details were not disclosed. a Turkish envoy and Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu were expected to visit soon. Moscow hopes Ankara will guarantee Dardanelles closure to ships opposing Soviet interests in return for security assurances.
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Moscow
Russia
Estonia
Karl Selter
Selter
Sukru Saracoglu
Turkey
Dardanelles
Soviet Union
Old Forecast Is Good Says Mr Collman
Mr Collman returns from a Colorado vacation to confirm the prior forecast. He notes hot weather with a 93 degree high yesterday and a 90 degree high expected today. A northeast breeze veers away from Panhandle waters. He and Mrs Collman endured intense heat during the trip and compare Colorado and Amarillo heat.
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Mr. Collman
CAA Postpones Hearing on Memphis Amarar Airline
The Civil Aeronautics Authority postponed until October 2 a hearing set for today on airline applications to serve Amarillo Oklahoma City Memphis and Atlanta. Trans Southern Airlines and Braniff Airways are the applicants. The delay shifts the proceeding to a later date.
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CAA
Memphis
Amarillo
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Oklahoma City
Okla
Russians Cross the San in 1914 War Chronicle
A brief note dated Sept 25 1914 reports Russians crossing the San and German forces holding on the Niemen front, with a casual business name mention Drapery Holw Ama Shade Equip.
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San
Ama
Shade
Deadly Southern California Storm Causes 34 Fatalities
A tropical wind and rain storm swept through Southern California killing at least 34 people and leaving many more missing at sea. Reports say numerous fishing boats and pleasure craft were lost or unaccounted for, with rescues ongoing and heat waves contributing to heat-related deaths earlier in the week.
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Los Angeles
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Pacific Ocean
Coachella Valley
Point Magu
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
John Hamilton
Darro McGowan
Coast Guard
Aurora
Success
Catalina Channel
Marion Tanner
F. T. Harrington
John H. Harrington
Cabrillo Beach
Raymond Bernhard
Donald Rupert
San Pedro
Corpus Christi
Ralph Galvan
Gregory Rodrigues
Long Beach
Dorothy N. Sterling
Burbank
Calif
Newport Harbor
Indiana
Dispatch
Spray
Abe Agins
Genevieve Force
Lynwood
Agins
Russ Quiet Echoes in All Europe
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Soviet actions in Eastern Europe force a realignment with Germany and impact Hitler and the Polish question. He notes Halifax seeks Moscow clarity, Maisky’s reply unclear, and predicts Russia’s occupation reshapes eastern Europe and blocks direct German moves toward Romania.
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Europe
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Stalin
Russia
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Kremlin
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Fuehrer
Moscow
Finland
Baltic States
Hungary
Balkans
Germany
Poland
Ukraine
Romania
MacKenzie Page
Panhandle Gas Rates Cut by Railroad Commission
The Railroad Commission set a gate rate of 27 cents per 1,000 cubic feet for natural gas distributed by Public Service Corporation in Texas Panhandle towns including Canadian Booker Perryton Waka r Farns worth Glazier and Higgins. The order applies to Spearman at the city gates and to other Texas towns where the company operated both pipeline and distribution. District Judge Ralph W Yarbo rough upheld the order and issued an injunction. Oklahoma towns remain unaffected.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
Public Service Corporation
Texas Panhandle
Canadian
Booker
Perryton
Wakar
Farnsworth
Glazier and
Higgins
Spearman
Oklahoma
Texas
Commission
Ralph W. Yarborough
Naval Battle Off Norway Reported Near Bergen
In Algros Island residents reported heavy cannonading off the Norwegian coast since 6 A M, with a battle moving closer to land. German submarines sank a British merchantman Hazelside off Cork. five survivors were wounded, one seriously. Swedish and Finnish vessels were sunk in Skagerrak, near the Baltic entrance.
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Bergen
Norway
Algros Island
Moscow
Russia
Neva
Finland
Baltic
Ladoga
Hazelside
Cork
Ireland
Skagerrak
Latest Conquest By Nazi U Boats Is French Ship
The French collier Phryne, 2,600 tons, was torpedoed off the east coast of England. Crew of 24, two injured, rescued by lifeboat. Two British destroyers deployed depth charges, witnesses reported large shore crowd. Also Tokyo announced a new Japanese cruiser Dashima with undisclosed specs.
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London
Phryne
England
Dies To Give FBI Spy Dope
The Dies investigating committee voted to hand evidence to the justice and state departments alleging that the U.S. Communist Party and the German American Bund violate espionage and foreign agent registration laws. Rep. J. Parnell Thomas urged immediate disclosure due to a claimed close tie between the groups and their foreign headquarters amid a national emergency.
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Washington
WUP
Dies
Justice and State Departments
U. S. Communist Party
Bund
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
Republican
Thomas
Communist Party
House
Justice
War Conditions Make Oil Conservation Necessary
The federal monopoly committee opened its oil industry inquiry with economist Dr. John Ise warning that modern warfare requires stronger state and federal oil conservation. He said America’s petroleum resources are finite and could begin to decline within a nation’s short life.
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Washington
Federal Monopoly Committee
John Ise
University of Kansas
America
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
Amarillo and vicinity: fair and slightly cooler tonight and Tuesday. West Texas: fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler north portion. New Mexico: partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered showers likely in far west and cooler in far northeast. Temperatures: min 63, max 93, noon 85.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
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