Britain rules out peace with Hitler as Poland fights on
London reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain telling the House of Commons that Britain and France are united in war to the end. He cited smooth France Britain cooperation, a strengthened convoy system, and RAF reconnaissance over Germany after the sinking of the liner Athenia and other ships. The Polish ambassador relayed a firm policy to crush Hitlerism.
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London
Poland
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Great Britain
Chamberlain
House
France
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Edward Raczinski
Count Raczinski
Viscount Halifax
Winston Churchill
The
Athenia
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Kiel Canal
Germany
President Roosevelt Calls Cabinet For Neutrality Policy
President Roosevelt summons an emergency cabinet meeting to pursue neutrality with no decision yet on a special Congress session. The White House signals a “when or whether” basis, while FBI and federal officers tighten anti espionage efforts and coordinate with local law enforcement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
United States
Philippines
Pacific
Federal Bureau of Investigation
G- Men
FBI
Insular
Frank Murphy
G-men
Germans Claim Bremen Safe in Neutral Port
An American freighter crew believed they saw the German Bremen ghost ship racing south of San Salvador at 30 knots a week earlier. The Bremen, a $20 million liner, was reported safe in a neutral port as Berlin confirmed.
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Boston
U.P
San Salvador
Bremen
Isthmian Steamship Company of Delaware
Berlin
Pacific
Cleveland Botanist Missing Eleven Days on Mount Olympus
Miss Marion F. Steffens of Cleveland Ohio, a botanist, vanished on Mount Olympus near Port Angeles Washington. Her sleeping bag and personal belongings were found near Blue Glacier, suggesting she intended to collect botanical specimens during the ascent.
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Port Angeles
Wash
U.P
Marion F. Steffens
Cleveland
Mount Olympus
Blue Glacier
Officials Seek Proposals for 1940 41 Road Plan
Assistant Highway Director Hal Sours announced directives to division heads to submit timely recommendations for the 1940 and 1941 road building programs. The federal government will provide 3 583 000 dollars for primary roads and 520 000 dollars for secondary roads in 1940, to be matched by state funds.
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Columbus
U.P
Hal Sours
World Sugar Futures Hit Daily Limit On Rise
World sugar futures climbed the 25 point daily limit in New York as options pushed 9 to 25 points higher. Heavy profit taking and Wall Street selling trimmed the gain in domestic deliveries.
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New York
A.P
Wall Street
Flood Wall Work Begins in Portsmouth Area
Construction to build a new flood wall to shield Portsmouth and New Boston from a 77 foot stage of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers started today. Local officials expect improved flood protection and reduced risk for nearby communities.
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Portsmouth
New Boston
Ohio
Scioto
Stock Market Rise Is Rapid
A burst of buying in the early afternoon lifted prices by fractions to over three points. Wheat at Chicago recovered to gains up to 2 cents a bushel as U S governments firmed and cotton rose from a steady start. Heavy buying in low priced issues signals big scale reentry by small traders who helped fuel the 1920s boom, with strong demand for high grade industrials.
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New York
Chicago
U. S
Sawyer invites D S E C to Sept 17 discussion in Madison Co
Cincinnati Democrat Charles Sawyer invites members of the Democratic State Executive Committee to a political discussion at his Orleton term in Madison County on September 17.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Democratic State Executive Committee
Orleton
Madison County
Poilus Advance Toward Saar Basin in Industrial Front Drive
Paris reports Franco British forces massing on the western front as French troops reach edges of towns in the Saar Basin with heavy use of tanks. Luxembourg and Swiss sources note advances near Saarbrucken and Aachen district raids target the Ruhr steel and munitions zones.
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Paris
France
Saar
Germany
Edmund Ironside
Cyril Newall
Lille
Saar Basin
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Maginot Line
Saarbruecken
Moselle
Rhine
Metz
Nancy
Aix la Chapelle
Aachen
Ruhr
Wheat Prices Fluctuate in Hectic Trading
Wheat prices moved erratically across North American markets with Winnipeg up as much as five cents and Chicago down over three cents. Chicago values shifted between losses and gains while corn oats and rye also varied as exchanges briefly widened daily price limits.
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Chicago
U.P
Winnipeg
Pay Hike Sought for Methodist Pastors in Ohio Conference
Dr. R. B. Foster of Portsmouth urged higher salaries for ministers and stronger church devotion at the Ohio Annual Conference. He cited rising educational and spiritual demands on clergy and urged laity to increase support. The report also condemned gambling tied to church activities, including bingo for charity and hospital raffles.
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Delaware
U.P
R. B. Foster
Portsmouth
Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Schine Theaters Plan Dismissal Move In Sherman Case
Schine Theaters Inc will ask federal court on Sept 18 to dismiss a DOJ Sherman Antitrust Act complaint filed Aug 7. The suit charges Schine affiliates with illegal monopoly through a concerted pattern with several movie companies to control film distribution. Schine operates in New York Ohio Kentucky Maryland and Delaware.
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Buffalo
N. Y
A.P
Schine Theaters, Inc
Department of Justice
Schine
Schine Theaters
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Maryland
Delaware
Manhattan Brings 1573 Passengers to America
The United States liner Manhattan arrived from Europe with a record passenger list. The ship carried 2,747 people, including 1,573 passengers, 500 more than its previous record, with notable arrivals such as Postmaster General James J. Farley and his two daughters along with several film notables.
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NEW York
U.P
United States
Manhattan
Europe
James J. Farley
Logan's Doctor Dobbs to Join British Army
Dr. Elizabeth Dobbs an Logan osteopath will sail for England to enlist in ambulance service for the duration of the present European war One of her brothers is a major in the British army Mr and Mrs Frank Dobbs of London parents of Dr Dobbs visited Logan last summer
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Logan
Elizabeth Dobbs
Logan Osteopath
England
Frank Dobbs
London
Dobbs
Liner Roosevelt Delayed as Crew Walks Off Over War Risk Pay
The United States liner President Roosevelt was delayed as about half of its 250 crew members left the ship amid alleged refusals by operators to grant war risk compensation. The incident halted sailing on Wednesday in New York.
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NEW York
U.P
United States
President Roosevelt
128 Still Missing of Athenia Passengers
London U P a tabulation of known survivors in the sinking of the British liner Athenia indicated today that 128 persons still are missing.
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Athenia
London
U.P
Survivor tale from Athenia rescue includes Ernst Lubitsch’s infant
One rescued passenger list from the sinking British liner Athenia includes 10 month old Nikola Lubitsch, daughter of film producer Ernst Lubitsch, who was traveling with her nurse to visit her mother in England.
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Athenia
Nikola Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
England
Lake Storm Shipwrecks Bricker Party on Lake Huron
Governor Bricker and a party of state officials endured a yacht drama on Lake Huron when the Wanderlust took on water during a Monday night storm. The group, including Ed Schorr and Robert Beichtler, bailed water through Tuesday before returning to Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Bricker
Ed D. Schorr
Robert S. Beightler
Schorr
Lake Huron
Donald C. Power
Robert S. Beichtler
Louis Brush
Kennedy son sent to Glasgow to aid Athenia survivors
American Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy sent his son John Kennedy to Glasgow to obtain first hand information on the sinking of the liner Athenia and to assist survivors. He also relayed that the United States would send a ship to the Clyde to embark them. Survivors praised Scots and Irish hospitality and noted free clothing provided to all.
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London
Joseph P. Kennedy
John
Glasgow
Athenia
Kennedy
United States
Clyde River
Three Highwaymen Steal New Cars Near Wellington
Henry Hornbeck of London Ohio reports three men in a car stopped him about a mile west of Wellington on Route 18. They robbed him and towed away one of two new automobiles he was driving, leaving him stranded as the other car was driven off.
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Cleveland
U.P
Henry Hornbeck
London
Wellington
Government Moves to Curb Food Profiteering Amid War Pressures
Federal and state authorities acted to curb food profiteering as war effects strain American households. Secretary Wallace downplayed shortages while a United Press survey noted rising prices for sugar flour coffee eggs and meat nationwide. Grocers reported supply constraints and wholesalers warned of delayed shipments.
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United Press
Henry A. Wallace
Washington
Warsaw Evacuates as Government Relocates to Lublin
As German artillery grows closer, Warsaw residents flee by any means while the government relocates to Lublin. Refugees report advances on Lodz and disruption of the regional railway hub, with air raids and street barricades adding to the crisis.
German Drive on Warsaw Features Bridges Destroyed and Rail Hub Bombed
A war communiqué reports the west Warsaw railway station bombed and ablaze while bridges over the Vistula south of the city are destroyed. German forces push toward Lodz with Pultusk and Plonsk captured and the northeastern front near Warsaw within 30 miles. Germany claims dominance in coal, lead, zinc, nitrates, and oil regions, signaling a shrinking Polish resistance as Western front fighting is denied.
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Lodz
Berlin
Warsaw
Vistula
Pultusk
Shins Shi Seer Nee Sermmn
Mimi
Plonsk
Ciechanow
Poland
East Prussia
Germany
Upper Silesia
Jaslo
Cracow
Upper Silesian
France
Benes declares Czechs at war with Germany
In a Chicago dispatch Dr Eduard Benes exiled former president of Czechoslovakia tells England France and Poland that Czechoslovak citizens see themselves as at war with German military forces.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
England
France
Poland
Church Group Debates Neutrality in Northeast Ohio
At the Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church Bishop Ivan Lee Holt told 1,000 delegates that U S neutrality may aid nations whose ideology we cannot support. He warned that if France and England are defeated Americans may lose freedom and that Nazis despise religious ideals.
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Lakeside
U.P
Northeast Ohio
The
Methodist Church
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
United States
France
England
Holt
Two Drown When Pleasure Boat Capsizes
Joseph Debernarde 47 and Betty 23 told from hospital beds how a Lake Erie cruise ended in the drowning of two men. Frank W Willwock 47 and William Novken 38 were drowned when the 26 foot speedboat Helen V capsized near the Lakeside Yacht Club dock.
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Cleveland
U.P
Joseph Debernarde
Betty
Lake Erie
Frank W. Willwock
Helen V
Lakeside Yacht Club
William Novken
Employees End Strike Accept Company Plan
Striking workers at Barr Rubber Products Co. return to work after an 11 week dispute end. Union officials say they kept seniority but did not gain the requested wage raise.
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Sandusky
Barr Rubber Products Co
State distributes 535200 gasoline tax funds to townships
Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced the allocation of 535200 dollars in gasoline tax funds with 400 dollars allotted to each township across the state.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
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