Life Buoys Point Toward Bremen Mystery
United States Coast Guardsmen reported two Bremen life buoys washed ashore in Massachusetts surf. The clue suggests the German liner Bremen headed north after departing New York Aug. 30, possibly toward danger as it neared British forces and rumors of intercepting destroyers loomed.
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New York
Bremen
United States
Massachusetts
Mnian
Shaw
Mexico
South America
Threatened by Mob for Using Light in Blackout
In Ramsgate Arthur Peel Nash 74 faced a crowd threatening to stone his home after he lit a window during a blackout. Police forced entry and removed all electric fixtures. Nash was fined $60.
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London
U.P
Ramsgate
Arthur Peel Nash
Nash
Eleven German Ships Take Refuge in Mexican Ports
Eleven German ships anchored at Vera Cruz and Tampico to shield from enemy warships. The liner Columbus, with passengers discharged at Havana, completed a record 30 hour voyage to Vera Cruz.
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Mexican
Mexico City
U.P
Vera Cruz
Tampico
Columbus
Havana
Escaped Prisoner Held in West Virginia
A man who claimed to be Louis Kuhen, 30, an escapee serving life for a crime at London prison farm, was detained by authorities in Moundsville West Virginia.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Louis Kuhen
London, O
Lady Astor Says All Five Sons Will Fight for Britain
American-born Lady Astor announced that all five of her sons will go to war for Britain. The statement underscores wartime patriotism and the prominent family's commitment to the Allied cause.
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London
Lady Astor
Britain
Roosevelt orders patrols off U S coast by navy and coast guard
President Roosevelt ordered a patrol by destroyers coast guard cutters and airplanes extending miles off the Atlantic coast to monitor belligerent vessels and protect U S neutrality. Two destroyers and two cutters have already departed as more of the 116 laid up destroyers may be recommissioned for the effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
U. S
White House
Stephen T. Early
Neutrality Act Takes Effect Bans Arms Sales to Belligerents
The United States declares neutrality and enacts a total embargo on arms, munitions, and war implements to all warring powers. President Roosevelt issues proclamations restricting American dealings with belligerents, including finance bans, a munitions board, and travel limits, plus canal zone safeguards restricting ship presence.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Munitions Control Board
Panama Canal Zone
Thirteen Summoned in Pike County Election Probe
Thirteen witnesses were summoned to appear before a special grand jury probing Pike County election irregularities. The jury began sessions at 1:35 p.m. yesterday and may hear about 300 witnesses over several weeks. Common Pleas Judge Jacob E. Davis urged the panel to seek the truth and protect ballot secrecy.
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Waverly
WUP
Pike County
Common Pleas
Jacob E. Davis
Canada May Try To Escape U S Embargo
Ottawa sources indicate Canada may avoid a formal declaration of war to evade the United States embargo on arms munitions and airplanes.
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Canada
U. S
Ottawa
Boy Killed by Truck While Crossing for Gum
In Columbus a four year old boy Philip Nolan ran across the street toward a man giving away gum. He got the gum and started back, then was struck and killed by a truck behind a parked car.
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Columbus
WU P
Philip Nolan
Philip
Pension Law Changes Bring New Applications
Ohio pension law changes take effect raising inquiries and workload. State Pension Chief Tom McCaw reports 7,830 new pensioners since January and about 15,000 backlogged applications. Factors include property return requirements, WPA layoffs, and reduced projects affecting aged supporters.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Tom McCaw
McCaw
Rival War Claims by United Press Allies
French announce local advances against Germans on the Rhineland front and artillery fire in Moselle. Allied air bombardment of Rhineland reported from Paris. Britain begins wide sea war against German submarines. Poles retreat toward Warsaw as defense lines hold near Vistula. Westerplatte and Hela Peninsula near Danzig resist. Polish Corridor prisoners claimed. German drive nears Warsaw from north and south. Ciechanow and Plonsky attacked as forces press toward Lodz.
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Moselle
Paris
Great Britain
Warsaw
Vistula
Westerplatte
Hela
Danzig
Berlin
Germany
High Command
Bromberg
Kielce
Ciechanow
Plonsky
Varta
Lodz
Eschweller
Stolberg
Italy
Poland
Adolf Hitler
France
East Prussia
Plonsk
Planes Build Plansin Spare Factories Work Amid Embargo
Los Angeles U P assembly lines in major U S aircraft plants keep producing 100 warplanes weekly for France and Britain despite President Roosevelt's neutrality embargo. Airframes will be stored in warehouses with contracts allowing completion even if ships do not depart U S soil. A plant representative said the planes will be built regardless of delivery arrangements.
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Los Angeles
U.P
France
Britain
Roosevelt
Wheat Leads Grain Markets Hit Daily Price Increase
Wheat again rose to the five cent limit in North American grain markets. Corn oats rye soybeans and lard followed as far as exchange rules allowed in the Chicago grain pit. September wheat traded around 86.38 cents per bushel, up 20 cents since the war crisis began two weeks ago.
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Chicago
Mysterious Powhatan Point deaths blamed on tropical dysentery
State Health Director R. H. Markwith said a tropical dysentery type caused seven recent deaths at Powhatan Point. The illness, rapidly spreading, prompted health officials to investigate potential outbreaks and implement precautionary measures.
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Columbus
Powhatan Point
R. H. Markwith
Franco Swiss border closed Basel to Geneva
Swiss authorities announced the Franco Swiss frontier from Basle to Geneva is closed. The closure affects cross border movement with Switzerland enforcing the border shutdown as reported by the Swiss Telegraph Agency today.
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Zurich
Switzerland
U.S
Basle
Geneva
Secretary rebukes Trumbull board over election interference
Columbus Ohio Secretary of State Earl Griffith criticized the Trumbull County Board of Elections for exceeding its authority by meddling in a factional struggle for control of the county Democratic organization. He said election laws must be impartially enforced and party affiliations and political contacts forgotten in administering elections.
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Columbus
U.P
Earl Griffith
Trumbull County
Democrats Challenge Ohio Civil Service Reform Petition
Referendum petitions with 149000 signatures blocked the reorganization law from taking effect. If 144773 valid signatures are confirmed by county boards, the measure goes to voters in November. State Democratic Chairman Arthur Limbach led the filing delegation with figures including Francis Durbin of Lima and Daniel Earhart of Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Secretary of State
Ohio Civil Service Commission
Arthur L. Limbach
Francis Durbin
Lima
Daniel 8S. Earhart
Pardlee Caught 2 Hours After $2,700 Holdup
George F. Larson 32 was arrested in a Detroit hotel room with his wife the daughter of a University of Michigan professor two hours after the $2,700 National Bank of Detroit holdup. Detectives traced the bandit parolee from Ohio Penitentiary to the hotel and found $2,700 in his suitcase. Cecily Larson 25 defended her husband saying he could not be a bandit.
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Detroit
U.P
George F. Larson
University of Michigan
National Bank of Detroit
Larson
Ohio Penitentiary
Cecily Larson
Roy W. Sellars
University
Turner wins Thompson Trophy, plans flying school
Cleveland report says Col Roscoe Turner, three time Thompson Trophy winner, retires from racing after taking a $16,000 prize. His speed yesterday did not reach last year's record of 283.419 mph as he announces plans to start a flying school.
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Cleveland
U.P
Col
Roscoe Co. Turner
Turner
Xenia Reports First Auto Fatality in Over Three Years
Paul Rowan age 24 of Marion Indiana was killed today when his car struck a stationary freight train at a Xenia crossing marking the citys first automobile fatality in more than three years.
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Xenia
U.R
Paul Rowan
Marion
Ind
Xenia Crossing
London Defends Against German Air Armada
German bombers crossed the North Sea toward London and Chatham before a curtain of anti aircraft fire and Spitfire pursuit drove them back. One Reich craft was believed shot down. two British planes were disabled as Londoners sheltered during the dawn raid.
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Germany
England
North Sea
Thames River
Chatham
London
Cracow Falls to German Drive as War Rages in Poland
German mechanized troops push toward Warsaw after taking Cracow and penetrating toward Lodz. Polish capital evacuated as Luftwaffe and artillery bombard the Vistula region. France reports raids and allied bombings in the Rhineland while Italy maintains neutrality.
German Socialists Say Public Opposes War
The Independent Labour Party reports a declaration from German Independent Socialists stating the masses oppose the war. They claim Adolf Hitler goes to war with Poland against the will of many workers and peasants, who see it as not their fight.
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London
U.P
Independent Labor Party
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Eva Michaels Hangs Self During House Party
Mrs Eva Michaels 53 hanged herself from a water pipe in the basement during a party she hosted to honor a minister recently transferred. The incident occurred last night as guests gathered for the event.
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Findlay
U.P
Eva Michaels
Americans Seek Rescue as Athenia Sinks and 125 Missing
London dispatch reports 5000 Americans stranded or seeking to leave war zones after the Athenia attack. Churchill says 125 still missing as U S Ambassador Kennedy presses Washington for action. Embassy operates 24 hours a day to place every available ship on relief, including freighters and tankers. Survivors reach Glasgow, with two women hospitalized.
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Athenia
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Commons _ today
U. S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Washington
Leslie Davis
Glasgow
Katherine Sage
Elizabeth Bruce
Survivors On Cargo Ship From Athenia Brought Aboard
Captain J A Gainard reports 216 Athenia survivors aboard the City of Flint with three doctors among them. He says there are no serious injuries and supplies are adequate for the voyage to the United States. Destination to be announced after disembarkation plans are settled.
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Washington
U.S
J. A. Gainard
City of Flint
U. S. Maritime Commission
Athenia
United States
AAA Announces 1937 Conservation Expenses
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports 1937 soil conservation expenditures totaling 325,856,887 dollars, compared with about 400 million in 1936. In Ohio conservation payments total 6,300,589 dollars.
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AAA
Washington
U.P
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Sugar futures reach daily maximum gain for third straight session
World and domestic sugar futures jumped 25 points the daily limit for the third consecutive trading day. All world options crossed the 2 cent level as prices rose amid higher food costs. In another brief item, W. Harry Kelly, Cleveland grocery superintendent, learned his wife and 14 year old daughter aboard the sunken Athenia were safe in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Cleveland
U.R
Harry Kelly
Glasgow
Scotland
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