Britain Issues Last Warning to Germany Over Poland
British Prime Minister Chamberlain declared a final warning to Germany as Poland faced invasion. He blamed the Nazi regime for threatening peace and said Britain would honor its treaty obligations to aid Poland, with Canada pledging support if Britain goes to war.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Great Britain
Germany
Canada
Chamberlain
Hitler
Poland
Britain
Europe
France
Berlin
Commons
Nazifuehrer
Des Moines Twins Win Fair Honors
Harold Wayne and Harold Lee Bierman, one-year-old Des Moines twins, won the 1939 baby doubles event at the Iowa state fair with a score of 98.495. The boys, born in Muscatine, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bierman, and weighed 19 pounds 4 ounces and 21 pounds 10 ounces cribside. Their diet included milk cod liver oil orange and tomato juice cooked cereals vegetables eggs fruit and meat.
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Des Moines
Harold Wayne
Harold Lee Bierman
Harold
H. L. Bierman
Marilyn
Marianne Reinhart
Huxley
Muscatine
Tire
W. H. Azeltine
la Porte City
H. A. Sherman
Iowa Falls
H. P. Olson
Altona
Ill
Maytag Dairy Farms
Newton
U. S. Prepared To Choke Spy Efforts
Washington reports an accelerated anti espionage program ready to curb foreign agents within the United States and its outposts. Attorney General Frank Murphy asserts the government will prevent a repeat of 1917 and that the justice department now has a better grip on the problem.
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Washington
INS
United States
Frank Murphy
Amazon River Sediment Colors Sea Waters 300 Miles Out
Scientists report the Amazon river carries so much sediment that its plume can be seen 300 miles from shore. The discoloration marks the river’s ongoing impact on coastal waters and marine ecosystems.
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Amazon
Dies group raps peewee Hitlers
Washington AP Dies committee denounces small Nazi fascist cells in the United States calling them a form of racketeering and subversion. The prelim report cites aims to change government and collect dues, warns against mimicry of foreign dictators, and notes cooperation among about 50 groups.
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Washington
Dies Committee
United States
Hitler
Radio Schedule Snapshot From Iowa Stations
A fragmented listing shows hourly radio programs across WMT WGN WSUI KFJB WOI WHO WOC KFJB and other stations. The guide notes music orchestras news weather and various talk segments along with sports and market updates.
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WMT
WGN
Delaibemmeiames
Waa
Johnny Davis
WSUI
KFJB
Ento Fiorito
WOC
Maple
Bill Carlsen
Orch
Joe Reichman
Uy Lamberto
Good Will
Peter McGregor
Horace Heidt
Evansville
Cedar Rapids
Bill Risen
America Unlimited
Dick Jurgens
Emery Deutsch
Enric Madriguera
Ews
Eee Eeerogram
Harry James
Joannis Davis
Johnnie Davis
Seger Ellis
Freddy Martin
Waetr
Everett Hoaeglund
Everett Hoaglund
Phi Levant
Wwoc
Carlos Molina
Embassy Boys
Jack Teagarden
Mel Hallett
Orrin Tucker
Henry King
Onee Reichman
WOI
Lowe PT
Courtney
Gleain Cnesca
Homemaker’s Forum
WHO
Manhattan Melodies
Women In World Tomorrow
Accordiana
Palm Markets
Parade
Xavier Cugat
Lady Wood
WRUT
Jean Blington
KFIB
Enoch Light
Alan Courtney
Weeres
Hoaglund
Magic Kitchen
Organ
Melody Mart
Don Roth
Ginsburgh
Who—Corn Belt Farm
Street Forum
Wraemneeee Price America
Voice of Iowa
Taratw
Bob
Joeepee Orch
Ornins
O—Booney
KFJ
Ranch Boys
Wmtopha
EYIB
Pete
Wiener Po
Wwiety
Woocc
N.Y
June Baker
Cedar Valley Hillbil
Brush Creek Follies
White Sox
Detroit
Roy Eldridge
WoOc
Charles Paul
Orgar
Leon Krafft
Wooi
Dancepators
Tryton
Maurice Reese
Naragansett Spe
Everett
Acont
Wwusit
St. Louis
Ace Brigade
KPJB
Havens Sisters
Sterling Young
Paul Decker
Paulker
Chicago Cubs
KFPJB
WPA
Gene Erwin
Voice of the Playground
Albert Warner
Ellensburg
Wash
Maxine Owman
Ralph Ginsburgh
Jan Savitt
Ten—Sports Review
Wholus
Army Air Corps
Herne
Crimson
Ray Collins
Oil Firms Restore Crude Prices After Production Pause
Oklahoma City dispatch says Sinclair Prairie Marketing Co. dropped a 20 cent per barrel crude price cut to 90 cents, ending a 15 day production slowdown that hit six states and cut U.S. oil output by about one third. Standard Oil of Louisiana and others followed, signaling a return to prior pricing.
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Oklahoma City
INS
Sinclair Prairie Marketing Co
Standard Oil
Louisiana
Gambling devices destroyed after charity picnic seizure
Municipal Judge C Edwin Moore ordered destruction of gambling equipment seized at an Ellis charity picnic on August 11. No claimant appeared at condemnation. The seizure involved combined state and sheriff's office forces in a mystery raid kept under wraps for days.
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Des Moines
C. Edwin Moore
State
Sheriff's Office
Gary Bandit Death Ended Self Destruction After Capture
Doyle Morgan, 29, of Portland Oregon, identified after he killed himself by a head shot moments after officers pinned him following a daytime gas station robbery. The bandit had fled a Gary Indiana robbery, prompting a state and local police roadblock and pursuit aided by filling station attendant Al Tylisz.
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Gary
Ind
Ins
Doyle Morgan
Portland
Ore
al Tylisz
Michigan City
Tylisz
Indiana
George Hockensmith
William
Bandit Arrested After Fatal Temple Hold Up
A bandit was arrested after he raised a .32 caliber automatic to his temple and pulled the trigger, ending a violent incident. Police secured the suspect at the scene and began an investigation into the botched armed robbery.
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Nevile Henderson
Aetenimesiidl
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Arthur Greenwood
Labor Party
Re Labor
DES Moines Twins
Chicago
Clifford Bell
Davis County
Elmer Fritzel
Grundy County
Dean Newman
Jones County
Angus
Dixon Harper
Story County
Robert Howerter
Wright County
Market
Allen Bentley
Dorothy Dengler
Scott County
Poultry Club
National Club Congress
East Pottawattamie County
Phyllis Nissen
Marian Fredrichsen
Hamilton County
Lavonne Snell
Bethane Kurtz
O’brien County
Marie Ten Kley
Arline Scholten
Warren County
Joyce Marne
Carrol Simmons
Chickasaw County
Black Hawk
Polk
Poweshiek
Monroe
Kossuth
Iowa
Palo Alto
Montgomery
Page
A. R. Corey
Paul Whiteman
Mitchell County
Black Hawk County
Fayette
Winneshiek
Cerro Gordo
Booth
Keokuk
Crawford
Poultry
Adair
Scott
Wayne
West Pottawattamie
Jasper
U. S
Dafcy About
BulletNui
PECIA
Ormee
Enriched Wits
Remeree Enrichewil Milk
Fiir
Quaker - Oats Company
Peewee Hitlers
Ames Rapids
Es Moines
Marshalltown
Rock Island
Davenport
Court of
Hartman
Alice Blue
WwoUsLite
Hes
Cial
S Orch
Sports
WoUioNews
Sare
Morgan Bros
Third Avenue
Schamberger's Bakery
Windsor
Third Ave. SW
Maytag
Zenith
Frigidaire
Easy Payments
Cedar Rapids Maytag CO
2Nd Ave. SE
Dial
McGinn
Milwaukee
Hladky’s Grocery & Market
4Th Ave
Toman’s
Joseph Toman
Friendly Appliance Center
2Nd Ave
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Prae Sid
Halle Ste
First Avenue E
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Cale
Zephyr
New York
Second Street
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