Versatile Calls for Neutrality in War Clouds
The author argues that World War II follows from Versailles and cites Roosevelt and Chamberlain to blame Britain and France. He warns against rushing to war and urges Americans to evaluate past choices, weighing costs of involvement and the value of staying neutral. He notes public pressure and media actions stirring sentiment.
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Europe
Versailles
United States
America
Britain
France
German leader distrusted as war rages in Poland
Berlin reports Prime Minister Chamberlain Kaps Hitler again tells Germans the leader is distrusted while Nazis push on into Poland. German forces admit losses of 21 aircraft though Poles blamed for heavy casualties as trains carry wounded to Bratislava. Warsaw reports fierce Polish resistance aided by Britain and France as Paris notes Maginot line operations.
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United States
Europe
Poland
Germany
Berlin
Bratislava
Slovakia
Warsaw
Paris
Maginot Line
East Prussia
War News Capsule: European Fronts Expand Across Nations
The report notes Britain sinks Athenia with 1,400 aboard including 313 Americans, though German authorities dispute. France enters hostilities on the Rhineland. Britain enforces a blockade. Japan stays neutral as Germany eyes Poland. Adolf Hitler leads offensives toward Warsaw amid deadly civilian violence and claims of Polish guerillas.
Chamberlain accuses Hitler as word not kept by German leader
Neville Chamberlain declares in broadcasts that Britain cannot trust Hitler's word as his regime pursues expansion. British press label Hitler a murderer and dangerous criminal. Air raid alarms trigger mass awakenings and a city blackout as London braces for possible raids.
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Austria
Reich
Munich
Europe
Hitler
London
Midlands
German forces push into Poland amid new war measures
German troops deepen the invasion of Poland without a formal declaration of war and accuse Polish civilians of guerilla fighting. Berlin imposes death penalties for avoiding military service and other military offenses as Hitler directs the eastern campaign. Czestochowo and Radomsko are reported captured, signaling a broader drive toward Warsaw and Lodz.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Great Britain
France
Siegfried Line
Bratislava
Slovakia
Czestochowo
Radomsko
Warsaw
Lodz
Adolf Hitler
First Shot Fired On Fort Held By Death by Own Action Corps
German war began with Schleswig-Holstein firing on Westerplatte fortress at 5 45 am. Polish garrison 77 men held fort amid heavy bombardment and mined defenses while Poles reportedly dug in with vast munitions and feared self sacrifice. Neufahrwasser evacuated as fighting continued Friday night.
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George Kip
Danzig
Schleswig - Holstein
Westerplatte
Warsaw
Westerplattte
Schleswig-Holstein
Neufahrwasser
Gazette Skews News Delivery Quietly After 7 A.M.
The Gazette continues to run minimal reporting and avoids waking the community, implying most readers still want newspapers but the paper shifts to quiet coverage after 7 a.m. Circulation trends show demand for news beyond weather reports.
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The
Gazette
Canada May Send Troops
Canada faces a decision by Parliament on overseas troop deployment after Britain declared war with Germany. Prime Minister Mackenzie King said emergency defenses were in place and Parliament will sanction them, with parliament meeting Thursday to determine Canada’s participation level.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Great Britain
Empire
W. L. Mackenzie King
Nab Pair Bringing In Illinois Liquor
Cedar Rapids police halted a Rock Island pair Sunday morning on a flatcar entering the city. Dello Jones, 59, Rock Island, with a three year floater sentence, and Tom Franks, 51, Hull Avenue SE, were charged with illegal possession of Illinois liquor after officers Hines and Stearns found four sealed whisky bottles.
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Cedar Rapids
Dello Jones
Rock Island
Tom Franks
Hull Avenue SE
Illinois
Hines and Stearns
Wick Safe In Glasgow After Athenia Fears
Cedar Rapids attorney B. L. Wick cabled Monday that he is safe in Glasgow and has not been aboard the ill fated S S Athenia. He had planned to sail Monday from Glasgow on the Caledonia before the British government took over the vessel.
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Cedar Rapids
B. L. Wick
Glasgow
H. R. Churchill
Heavy gunfire near German border echoes 1914 in Luxembourg
Early reports from Brussels describe heavy gunfire toward the German border. In London the stock exchange stayed shut. Cairo says Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Germany. Warsaw reports via Un confirmed tips that Czestochowa may be recaptured, impacting a major German offensive.
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Brussels
Luxembourg
U S Neutrality Declared After Roosevelt Unity Appeal
President Roosevelt pledges national neutrality while appealing for unity. The White House says neutrality proclamations and an arms embargo will be issued within 24 hours as the cabinet schedules a special session. The Athenia torpedoing underscores urgent global risk and hemispheric security.
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Bulletin Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Monay
Washington
Congress
National Unity
Athenia
Ireland
Western Hemisphere
United States
America
Canada
State Department
Labor Day Timing And Tax Jokes From Bugs Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer jokes about holiday dates and tax payments in a humorous column. He notes potential shifts by the administration, mentions December 25, September 15, and December 15 as conflicting dates, and likens easy payments to firing a cannon little by little.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Dutch Protest War Planes Leaflets Target Holland
Dutch government protested to London and Berlin after unidentified war planes over Holland dropped leaflets in German. Planes, flying toward Germany, apparently mistook Dutch soil for German. Berlin reported British propaganda planes were driven away from a German city. Leaflets urged Germans that their government misleads them and stated they are at war with the present government, not the German people. Air raid alarms were raised.
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Japan
Tokio
Holland
England
Amsterdam
Germany
Italy
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
London
Berlin
Prayer and bread toward a shared world view
A reader recalls a depression era dispute with God over food and faith. The note reflects on prayer as a universal law guiding daily bread and calls for generosity toward the less fortunate while acknowledging reconciliation with God as vital to personal peace.
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Jesus
God
313 Americans On Ship Torpedoed In Atlantic
London reports say the Donaldson liner Athenia was torpedoed by a German submarine in the open North Atlantic. Of 1,347 aboard, 313 are listed as U.S. citizens. A rescue fleet, guarded by British destroyers, saved most survivors. fatalities uncertain. Germany denies responsibility and cites policy. Captain James Cook relayed that passengers and crew except those killed took to boats and were rescued.
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London
Athenia
North Atlantic
United States
Berlin
James Cook
Knute Nelson
Southern
Partial List Of Americans On The Torpedoed Athenia
The state department publishes a partial list of Americans aboard the Athenia with their addresses. Names include Katheryn and Margaret McGuire Minneapolis Hazel Casserly Minneapolis Gordon Granberg Minneapolis Harold Etherington Milwaukee Geoffry Etherington Milwaukee John Youngquist Minneapolis Charles Grant and Charles Grant Jr New York City Mrs Edith Bridge Constance and Harry Bridge Wellington Kas George Cottle Laura Cottle Cleveland Mr and Mrs Thomas Kerr Sixteen Mont Mrs Kate Hinds and William Hinds Houston Florence Malik New York Margaret Buchan San Francisco Rhoda Thomas Rochester N Y Charles Prince and Charles Prince Jr Kittery Me George Kelcher Los Angeles Harry and Alla Trehearne Nipton Calif Peter Birchall Los Angeles Duncan Wood New York City Francis Cooley Los Angeles Ernest and Ellin Ratcliffe and daughter Daith Oregon Ill Continued on page 2 col 8.
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Washington
State Department
Athenia
Glasgow
Department
Katheryn
Margaret McGuire
Minneapolis
Minn
Hazel Casserly
Gordon Granberg
Harold Etherington
Milwaukee
Geoffry Etherington
John Youngquist
Charles Grant
Charles Grant, Jr
New York City
Edith Bridge
Constance
Harry Bridge
Wellington
Kas
George Cottle
Laura Cottle
Cleveland
Thomas Kerr
Mont
Kate Hinds
William Hinds
Houston
Tex
Florence Malik
Margaret Buchan
San Francis
Rhoda Thomas
Rochester
N. Y
Charles Prince
Charles Prince, Jr
Kittery
George Kelcher
Los Angeles
Harry
Alla Trehearne
Nipton
Calif
Peter Birchall
Duncan Wood
Francis Cooley
Ernest and
Ellin Ratcliffe
Daith
Oregon
Ill
Blistering Wind Pushes Mercury To 97 Here Sunday
Oppressive heat and blistering wind pushed Cedar Rapids to 97 at 1 30 p m Sunday. Clouds and light rain preceded a cooler evening and milder Monday as temperatures fell from 77 at 7 a m to 63 by early morning.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Bremen Liner Vanishes. Queen Mary Reaches New York
The German luxury liner Bremen's status remained unknown on Monday with belief it sought a South American port for safety. Reports of seizure by a British warship were denied. wireless messages went unacknowledged. Meanwhile the Queen Mary arrived in New York with 2,331 passengers. The Normandie stayed in port.
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New York
Bremen
Atlantic
Athenia Sails Fallout and Churchill Remarks in Commons
Survivors were picked up by Cross and Knute Nelson ships, while Wener-Gren owned yacht linked to the Athenia tragedy. Churchill in the commons described the sinking of the Athenia with 1400 passengers including 300 Americans, noting open boats 200 miles from land were not lawful targets and that convoy measures are being pushed.
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Athenia
Iowa
Churchill
House of Commons
British
Ministry of Information
Germany
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Baltic Sea
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
George Kidd
United Press
INS
London Stock Exchange
Cairo
Egypt
Czestochowa
U.S
Labor Day
F.R
DR Newton
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