Germany Poland Crisis Hinges on Danzig Pact Terms
Nazi sources say Poland must accept Germany's demand to restore Danzig and the Corridor before any talks. Hitler insists on Poland's agreement as a prerequiste, with Germany aiming direct talks with Poland and broader understanding with Britain.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Corridor
Reich
Britain
Albert Foerster
Danzig Free City
Hitler
National Defense
Roosevelt Poised For Final Plea On Peace Before Zero Hour
President Roosevelt prepared to address Europe once more to avert war as signs point to a near decisive week. Advisers warn a last choice between war and peace may come soon amid strained Britain Germany talks and Poland’s rejection of Hitler’s terms. Italian King Victor Emanuel’s reply offers cautious hope for peace, prompting Roosevelt to seek diplomatic leverage.
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Roosevelt
Europe
Washington
U.P
Britain
Germany
Adolf Hitler
England
Poland
Fuehrer
Hitler
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Great Britain
Japanese Russian Battle on Manchukuo Front Escalates
Tokyo reports fierce fighting along the Manchukuo Outer Mongolian frontier with heavy casualties. Three Russian divisions in Manchukuo and Japanese counterattacks described as vigorous. Russians use new diesel motorized tanks. August 20 crossing near Balshagal noted with six hundred armed cars tanks and flame throwers.
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Tokyo
Manchukuo
Khalka River
Balshagal
Lower Farm Prices Noted in Columbus Report
Prices received by farmers on major commodities fell since last month except dairy and poultry. The Agricultural Marketing Service report shows the general index down one percent to 88 percent of pre war levels. Grains and fruit drop while meat animals fall. Ohio wheat oats slide two cents, barley three, soybeans five from July.
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Columbus
U.P
Agricultural Marketing Service
Ohio
Deaths Rise Silence on Safety Campaigns Lead Grows
The National Safety Council reports July deaths at 2,750, up 1 percent from July last year and 17 percent from June. Rural areas and vacation travel, possibly linked to two world fairs, blamed for the rise as safety campaigns lose ground.
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Chicago
U.2
National Safety Council
Ohio Nudist Activities Nipped by New Law
Columbus report notes the new law prohibits nudist activities within Ohio state borders beginning today. The measure, once joked about in the legislature, now enforces curbs on public disportment by followers of nudism.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Planes Fly From Selfridge To Albrook Field Panama
Twenty U S Army planes took off from Selfridge Field Michigan for a leisurely flight to Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone to bolster American defenses.
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Canal Selfridge Field
Mich
U.P
Albrook Field
Panama Canal Zone
U. S
Medina man dies in Route 18 fog crash
Donald Eberhardt, 21, of Medina, was killed when his car collided with a truck on Route 18 in foggy conditions. The accident occurred today and police reported the fatality at the scene.
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Medina
U.P
Donald Eberhardt
Route 18
Oil Shutdown Comes To End In Six States
Chicago dispatch reports a six state oil shutdown ending as fields reopen after Humble Oil and Refining Co. restored a 20 cent a barrel price cut, with Texas leading the move and others including Louisiana resuming production. The price cut triggered the shutdown two weeks earlier, and refiners including Shell followed the cut’s restoration.
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Chicago
U.P
Texas
Louisiana
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Humble
Shell
Wife Locks Husband Out Triggers False Fire Alarm
Cincinnati police arrest 40 year old Frank Kelly after he locked his wife out of their apartment and sought to lure firefighters by signaling a fire at her building. He allegedly triggered a false alarm from a nearby box to talk with her.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Airport Commissioner Named to State Advisory Commission
Columbus Ohio Major John Berry, commissioner of the Cleveland Airport, was appointed by Governor Bricker to the State Aeronautical Advisory Commission.
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Columbus
U.P
John Berry
Cleveland
Bricker
State Aeronautical Advisory Commission
Salt Creek Driver Returns Overcharge After School Year
Harley Paxton, Salt Creek district driver in Hocking County, took a pupil transport contract with an understanding he could repay excess earnings. After the year ended, Paxton repaid the board $125 claiming it exceeded the value of his services.
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Logan
Harley Paxton
Salt Creek
Hocking County
Paxton
Current Crisis Drives Akron Man to Suicide
Henry Swartz, 35, unemployed and despondent over job failure, shot himself with a .32 revolver belonging to a brother-in-law in the presence of a brother-in-law and a nephew. Coroner R. E. Amos stated the act followed a grim remark about German nerve testing.
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Akron
AU P
Henry Swartz
R. E. Amos
Swartz
Amos
Cincinnati Girls Report Abduction Near Russell's Point
Two Cincinnati women aged 23 and 25 told state police they were abducted and attacked by two men early today near a summer resort hotel south of Lima. They said the incident happened shortly after midnight as they walked a highway near the resort, according to state patrolman A E Fox of the Bellefontaine station.
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Lima
U.P
Cincinnati
Russell's Point
A. E. Fox
Bellefontaine Station
Reds and Cardinals Are Both Rained Out
Cincinnati Reds idle for a third straight day as wet grounds and cold postpone their double header with the Boston Bees. The St. Louis Cardinals, rivals in the pennant chase, were also postponed by rain in New York.
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Boston
U.P
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Bees
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
New York
Divorce Decree for Mary Leeper Maynard Severs Ken Maynard Bonds
Mrs. Mary Leeper Maynard obtained a divorce from film star Ken Maynard. The decree sets alimony at 250 dollars monthly from his 1000 dollar earnings.
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Hollywood
U.P
Mary Leeper Maynard
Ken Maynard
Giant Airliner Grounds on One Wheel in Daring Landing
At Burbank yesterday an Western Air Express Boeing two motor airliner with four passengers and three crew landed on its remaining wheel after circling for two hours with a crippled gear. A crowd of about 1000 watched as the craft rolled 200 yards to a stop. No one was hurt as passengers and crew exited with emergency services already on site.
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Burbank
Cal
Western Air Express
Union Air Terminal
C. G. McKenzie
San Diego
Half Century Group Guests At Ohio Fair
Gov. John W. Bricker hosted a Fifty Year Club gathering at the 89th Ohio State Fair as 50 000 expected attendees fill the grounds. Officials forecast paid admissions surpassing last year’s total with a peak crowd on Governor's Day.
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Ohio Fair
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Win Kinnan
Kinnan
Relief Orders To Be Distributed Friday In Athens County
Commodity orders will be distributed to Athens County relief clients on Friday at York 9 to 12 a.m. Buchtel 1 30 to 3 30 p.m. Trimble 9 to 12 a.m. Dover 1 30 to 3 30 p.m.
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Athens County
York
Buchtel
Trimble
Dover
Drivers' Licenses for 1940 on Sale Tuesday
Columbus reports that drivers licenses for 1940 go on sale next Tuesday and must be obtained by October 1. The ordinary license costs 40 cents while chauffeurs licenses are 90 cents, according to the state bureau of motor vehicles.
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Columbus
U.P
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Bremen Sails After Search
The Bremen and Aquitania sailed after customs inspected the Bremen for arms. Washington will be supplied with 500 cats and extra lifeboats and sail Saturday to pick up 1500 Americans stranded in Europe. The Transylvania also left for Glasgow with 300 passengers and 300 sandbags on deck.
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New York
United States
Washington
Europe
Great Britain
France
Bremen
Glasgow
Inverted Cow invention shown at Ohio State Fair
At the Ohio State Fair J. F. Morgal of Springfield unveils an Inverted Cow device. The four inch rubber nipple floats in warm milk, allowing calves to drink directly from a pan, streamlining dairy work. Morgal, 70, jokes he would like to spend $50,000 someday.
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Columbus
U.P
J. F. Morgal
Springfield
George Arliss
Mama Cow
Morgal
Ratification of Sanitation Pact Now Effective
Ohio ratified the eight state Ohio River Valley water sanitation pact with Pennsylvania, New York, and West Virginia pending formal approval. The program aims to prevent and control pollution of all streams in the Ohio River Basin, directed by a commission with three members from each state.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Ohio River Basin
Killed by Fall Of Mine State
Luther Gaskins aged 45 a Powhatan miner was killed by a fall of state at the Powhatan Mine. Funeral likely Friday at Powhatan then burial in Athens. Survived by wife Fanny Gaskins father James of Powhatan brothers Frank Fred and three sisters Alta Ossman Hester Campbell and Louella Cooksey all of Kimberly.
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Nelsonville
Luther Gaskins
Powhatan
Lona Reynolds
Chauncey
Athens
Fanny Gaskins
James
Frank
McConnelsville
Fred
Alta Ossman
Hester Campbell
Louella Cooksey
Kimberly
Ohio State Elks Hear Grand Exalted Ruler
Ohio State Elks paraded in Sandusky and Cedar Point and heard addresses by Grand Exalted Ruler Henry C. Warner and Past Grand Exalted Ruler E. J. McCormick. Officers were to be elected later. Cornetist Charles F. Metz of Newark Elks Band collapsed and died suddenly in a hotel room during a band concert.
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Sandusky
U.P
Ohio State Elks
Cedar Point
Henry C. Warner
Dixon, Ill
E. J. McCormick
Toledo
Charles F. Metz
Newark Elks
Amateur Boxer Dies Of Swimming Injury
Charles Johnson a 16 year old amateur boxer from Dover died of a severed spinal cord following a swimming mishap two weeks earlier. He had been hospital bound for 14 days with paralysis but could still speak.
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NEW Philadelphia
A.P
Charles Johnson
Dover
Vatican distributes gas masks to guards and staff
Vatican City officials distributed gas masks today to the Swiss Guards gendarmes and employes at papal grounds marking a first in Vatican history.
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Vatican City
Papal
Vatican
Britain mobilizes naval, army and air power amid European crisis
United Press reports Britain orders full mobilization as 12 million troops stand ready and evacuations of 3 million civilians begin. Berlin Paris Rome Warsaw also prepare for war amid deadlock with Germany and Poland as Hitler signals possible halt to diplomacy.
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London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
No. 10
Downing Street
Europe
North Sea
England
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Warsaw
Germany
Poland
Berlin Hears Rumors of Friday Action Amid War Tensions
Berlin observers debate Friday as a potential decisive act in the escalating conflict. Britain and France pledge aid to Poland with hopes Turkey Spain and Japan may stay neutral. Russia increases forces by 500000 and gathers parliament to ratify a non aggression pact with Germany as Italy braces for a wider clash. Pope Pius XII appeals for peace as Britain shutters the stock exchange in a swift mobilization drive.
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Germany
Poland
Slovakia
Robert H. Best
United Press
Bratislava
Zeitung of
Frankfurt
Russia
Britain
Europe
Hitler
Berlin
Great Britain
France
Turkey
Spain
Japan
Soviet
Italy
Pope Pius
Vatican City
Cardinal Maglione
Stock Exchange
Marine Private Wins Wimbledon Cup Sharpshooting Match
Alfred L. Wolters, a 24 year old private first class in the United States Marine Corps from Paola Kansas, won the Wimbledon Cup Match at Camp Perry. He set a world record by scoring 100 with 27 V hits in 20 shots at 1000 yards, extending the match by four more hits to reach the four ring.
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Camp Perry
U.P
United States Marine Corps
Alfred L. Woltters
Paola
Kans
Wolters
Await Oilman's Letter Despite Disappearance
Relatives of FE. M. Gates of Massillon aged 50 held hope for a letter from the missing former oil salesman as New York reports said he vanished from the S. S. New York during a coastal trip. Eastern Steamship Line officials informed police that Gates' bag and clothing were found in his state room while he was unaccounted.
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Massillon
U.P
FE. M. Gates
New York
S. S. New York
Eastern Steamship Line
Gates
Betty Jo Kessinger’s Going Away Party
Betty Jo Kessinger, a six year old blind girl from Middleport, hosted a going away party at her parents home attended by 25 friends. She plans to move to Columbus in September to enter the state school for the blind to learn reading, games, and socialize with peers.
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Middleport
Betty Jo Kessinger
Beecher Kessinger
Middleport Hill
Betty Jo
Columbus
State School For the
Robbery Suspect Wickman Surrenders After Flawed Plea
Cleveland police and postal inspectors declined a fake raid at Wickman's girlfriend's East Cleveland home after he called to turn himself in. They kept doors guarded while detaining him, ending his flight.
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Cleveland
U.P
Robert D. Wickman
Harry A. Urban
Wickman
Red Rippers Steal Air Race Spotlight
The Red Rippers of the U S Navy wowed crowds in preliminaries to the National Air Races set for next weekend at Cleveland Airport. The squadron from USS Ranger Norfolk Va. staged power dives over the lakefront under Lieut Commander A K Morehouse showcasing Grumman fighters and precision maneuvers.
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Cleveland
U. S. Navy
U. S. S. Ranger
Norfolk
Grumman
A. K. Morehouse
Ohio Broker Paul Loving Dies in Columbus
Paul Loving a 65 year old stock broker died last night of a heart ailment at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus He was the son of the late Dr Starling Loving and spent about 40 years in the investment business.
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Columbus
U.P
Paul Loving
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Starling Loving
Paul
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