Chinese Prep for Fight in Indo China Evacuations Ordered
Central dispatches report Chinese leaders ordered immediate evacuation of all Chinese from Indo-China as tensions rise with Japan. Frontline notes claim Chinese troops attacked the Canton army near Lungchow while Langson fighting reportedly paused under a French Japanese accord. Japanese forces landed peacefully near Haiphong, Hanoi, under the agreement.
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Lungchow
China
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Langson
South China Front
Haiphong
Hanoi
Washington Decorates For Festicorn With Corn Map
Washington prepares for Festicorn October 1 to 3 with a corn mosaic map of Iowa and 84 electroliers decked in corn stalks. The project involves 450 volunteers and over 1,000,000 grains of corn, to be unveiled September 30 by Miss Washington, with Lt. Gen. B Hickenlooper and Mrs. Tom Martin assisting.
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Washington
Fard
Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Tom Martin
Iowa City
Divorces Rise Sharply in Iowa in 1939
Iowa divorce filings climbed to 4 645 in 1939 from 4 471 in 1938 while annulments and separate maintenance actions fell, according to provisional statistics released by the Iowa state department of health.
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Des Moines
INS
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Iowa State Department of Health
The Poet of the People Edga Guest Delivers A Practical Rule
Edgar A. Guest counsels young readers on personal responsibility and independence. The poem urges paying the price for favors and keeping freedom by refusing unearned gifts. It emphasizes fairness, self reliance, and preserving true friendships without debt or coercion.
Self Jailed To Escape Death Yet Takes Life in Cell
INDIANAPOLIS AP A man William Mueller 35 appeared at police headquarters Thursday saying he had tried to kill himself and asked to be jailed overnight to prevent a repetition Capt Roy Pope said Mueller did not know a warrant for assault and battery by his wife Mrs Gladys Mueller lay on Pope s desk A few minutes later a turnkey found Mueller dead in his cell hanging by his belt.
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William Mueller
Pope
Gladys Mueller
Mueller
Red Sunset Explained by Atmospheric Haze
The sun looks red at sunset because red light travels best through murky air, penetrating particles more effectively than blue or green light. This optical effect causes the sky to take on a reddish hue at day's end.
Canadians Take Nazi Vessel Off Mexico
The Canadian armed merchant cruiser Prince Robert captured the German express cargo ship Weser off Manzanillo Mexico Navy Minister Angus MacDonald announced. The 9 179 ton Weser formerly served as a Bremen Pacific liner and had taken refuge in Punta Arenas Costa Rica before moving to Manzanillo where the seizure occurred.
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Prince Robert
Manzanillo
Mexico
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Weser
Punta Arenas
Costa Rica
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Italians Say British Active In Mid East
Rome AP reports Britain’s Mediterranean fleet struck at Sidi Barani as Graziani’s drive to cross Egypt nears the Suez Canal. A British submarine sank an Italian torpedo boat in the Ionian Sea. British planes raided Tobruk for a second day.
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Britain
Sidi Barrani
Rodolfo Graziani
Egypt
Suez Canal
Ionian Sea
Tobruk
Libya
Defense Contracts Awarded Nationwide for $34.98 Million
The War Department on Wednesday announced national defense contracts totaling 34.98 million dollars. Seven contracts were awarded in the Midwest region.
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Washington
LLP
War Department
Midwest
Third Term Backers Invited To Testify
Invitations went to Harold L. Ickes Robert H Jackson Fiorello LaGuardia and George W Norris to testify before a senate judiciary subcommittee on a proposed constitutional amendment to limit Presidents to one six year term They would discuss backing for the measure while noting a provisional alliance with Germany and Japan pending closer U S and British cooperation in areas of Japanese interest.
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Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Robert H Jackson
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
George W. Norris
Neb
Senate Judiciary
Germany
Japan
United States
Italians Expected To Join Jap Nazi Pact
Shanghai dispatch says authoritative Tokio advice on Thursday indicated Italy was expected to join the Axis bloc by aligning with Japan and Germany. The report frames this as imminent participation in the tripartite pact amid restructured alliances in wartime diplomacy.
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Shanghai
Tokio
Italy
Liverpool Cotton Exchange Stays Closed
Liverpool directors announced the market will remain closed through Monday September 30 due to ongoing circumstances.
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Liverpool
Liverpool (Up
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Eight dead in Watertown South Dakota crash
In Watertown South Dakota authorities reported the death toll rising to eight from a severe traffic accident on Thursday. Investigators continued to piece together details of the crash and its victims amid a statewide emergency response.
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South Dakota
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