Chamberlain Raps Hitler Again Prime Minister Tells German People
Berlin reports claim German troops push into Poland with towns seized and air losses admitted while Polish forces rally with Allied declarations. Paris notes Maginot line operations as censorship shapes reporting and Western readers are warned about wartime constraints.
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Berlin
Poland
Bratislava
Slovakia
Warsaw
Paris
Maginot Line
Europe
Reflections on Neutrality as Europe Heads to War
The piece argues that Versailles paved the way for Hitlerism and warns that America must avoid entangling alliances. It recalls Roosevelts stance and questions the cost of involvement, urging neutrality while recognizing wartime pressures and public sentiment in Cedar Rapids.
Chamberlain Says Hitler Won't Keep Promises
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain issued radio broadcasts to the German public denouncing Hitler as untrustworthy. He cited a string of alleged broken promises from Munich to occupy Czechs and Polish areas, and aligned with Bolshevism after labeling Hitler a danger. British press called Hitler a murderer as air raid alarms sounded and a countrywide blackout began Sunday night.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Reich
Hitler
Locarno
Austria
Munich
Europe
Midlands
Germany Pushes Deeper Into Poland Under Siege
German troops drive into Poland amid war declarations by Britain and France. Death penalties for spying or desertion are decreed as Adolf Hitler heads to the front. Czestochowa and Radomsko captured. battles expand beyond prewar borders.
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Berlin
Poland
Germany
Great Britain
France
Siegfried Line
Bratislava
Slovakia
Czestochowa
Radomsko
Warsaw
Lodz
Adolf Hitler
Czestochowo
First Shot Fired On Fort Held By Death by Own Action Corps
Danzig dispatch reports the German battleship Schleswig Holstein opening fire at 5 45 am on Westerplatte fortress in Danzig harbor. Polish defenders estimated at 77 to 500 1000 men refuse surrender while mining and prepared to blow the fort. German air and sea bombardment continued as Danzig authorities evacuated Neufahrwasser.
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Danzig
Schleswig - Holstein
Westerplatte
Warsaw
Westerplattte
Schleswig-Holstein
Neufahrwasser
Gazette ignores early waking readers with extraordinary news
The Gazette shows little urgency for morning readers, preferring only extraordinary items and not whispering after 7 a.m. Circulation has risen in recent years, indicating demand for newspapers beyond weather reports.
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The
Gazette
Major World War Developments Sweep Europe and Seas
The Athenia steamship was reportedly sunk by a German sub with about 1,400 aboard including 313 Americans, while Germany and Poland clash on the Rhineland front. Britain enforces a blockade as Italy signals neutrality. Japan remains neutral as aerial bombardment and accusations escalate. Poles resist at Warsaw with counterattacks into East Prussia amid gas and shelling claims.
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United States
Executive
Europe
Poland
Germany
ASCN
Morris
United Press Foreign News
Athenia
London
France
Rhineland
Baltic Sea
Japan
Warsaw
East Prussia
Canada May Send Troops
Canada prepared to decide if its forces will go overseas to fight Germany with Britain. Parliament convenes Thursday to authorize participation as Prime Minister Mackenzie King says emergency defense measures are ready and will be sanctioned or rejected.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Great Britain
W. L. Mackenzie King
Nab Pair Bringing In Illinois Liquor
Cedar Rapids police arrested Dello Jones a 59 year old Rock Island resident with a three year floater sentence and Tom Franks 51 of 931 Hull avenue SE for illegal possession of Illinois liquor. Four sealed whisky bottles were found in their possession after spotted on a Rock Island flatcar as a freight train entered the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Dello Jones
Rock Island
Tom Franks
Hull Avenue SE
Illinois
Hines and Stearns
Wick Wires He Is Safe In Glasgow
Cedar Rapids attorney B L Wick cabled Monday that he is safe in Glasgow and not aboard the ill fated S S Athenia. He had booked passage to sail Monday from Glasgow on the Caledonia but the ship was requisitioned by the British government.
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Cedar Rapids
B. L. Wick
Glasgow
H. R. Churchill
Luxembourg rattled by heavy gunfire near German border
Re ports from Luxem bourg describe heavy gunfire toward the German border reminiscent of 1914 as the war widens. London markets stayed closed per a Monday decision by the London Stock Exchange. Egypt cut diplomatic ties with Germany on Monday. Polish reports claim Czestochowa may have been recaptured amid heavy fighting and disruption to a major German offensive.
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Brussels
Luxembourg
Warsaw
Czestochowa
U S Neutrality Follows F R S Plea For Unity
President Roosevelt announces imminent proclamations declaring American neutrality and an arms embargo as part of a national unity push. He warns against war involvement while stressing hemispheric safety and calls Congress to a special session amid the Athenia sinking news.
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Bulletin
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Monay
Congress
National Unity
Athenia
Ireland
United States
America
Canada
State Department
Labor Day Timing and Holiday Quirk in Baer's Satire
Arthur Bugs Baer mocks holiday scheduling noting Labor Day dates and calendar mixups. He jokes about December 25 stockings, September 15, and the strain of income tax payments, comparing easy credit to firing a cannon with a single title.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Dutch Protest War Planes Leaflets Over Holland
The Dutch government protested to London and Berlin as unidentified war planes flew over Holland dropping German printed leaflets. The planes, northwest toward Germany, apparently mistook Holland for German soil. Berlin reported British propaganda planes were driven away from a German city. The leaflets told Germans the general war situation and claimed the government was failing to inform the people. Air raid alarms were sounded.
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Japan
Tokio
Holland
England
Amsterdam
Germany
Italy
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
London
Berlin
Pase 2
Prayer and need in the Depression era life
A reader reflects on a falling out with TRS during the Depression seeking bread and faith. The piece argues prayer extends beyond material wants toward sharing abundantly with others and calls for humility, patience, and reconciliation with God as daily bread is pursued.
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Leo
Jesus
God
313 Americans Among Athenia Survivors After Torpedo Sinking
Britain reports the Donaldson liner Athenia torpedoed in the open North Atlantic by a German submarine. Of 1 347 aboard including 313 US citizens, most survived after lifeboats were launched and rescued by multiple ships, with German replies disputing responsibility.
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Atlantic
Britain
London
Athenia
North Atlantic
United States
Berlin
Partial List Of Americans On The Torpedoed Athenia
The state department released a partial list of Americans aboard the torpedoed Athenia with addresses. Names include Katheryn McGuire and Margaret McGuire of Minneapolis plus Hazel Casserly of Minneapolis and Gordon Granberg of Minneapolis. Others hail from Milwaukee, New York City, Cleveland, Sixteen, Wellington, Rochester, and more, with note that address accuracy may vary due to name similarities.
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Washington
State Department
Athenia
Glasgow
Katheryn
Margaret McGuire
Minneapolis
Minn
Hazel Casserly
Minn 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
Blistering Wind Pushes Cedar Rapids to 97 Degrees
An oppressive heat wave hit Cedar Rapids on Sunday with a 97 degree peak at 1 30 p m as a blistering wind swept through. Clouds and light rain preceded a cooler evening and fresher weather by Monday morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Taan
Chambers Inskeep Company
Bre men uncertain after Atlantic voyage amid war alerts
The Bremen’s fate remained unknown on Monday as shipping men suspected it sought a South American port. Reports of seizure by a British warship were denied. The Queen Mary reached New York with 2,331 passengers, while the Normandie aided Athenia survivors. Churchill spoke on the Titanic tragedy, convoy plans emerged, and German submarine warfare was condemned by London.
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Bremen
Atlantic
Athenia
Churchill
Commons
Geramany
Germany
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