Roosevelt defers Hyde Park trip amid Latin American peace appeals
Secretary Hull disclosed ongoing crisis information exchanges with foreign governments as President Roosevelt, facing a tense European scene, stayed in Washington rather than depart for Hyde Park. Ecuador's Aurelio Mosquier Narvaez commended Roosevelt's peace appeals.
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Sec
Hull
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
America
U. S
Aurelio Mosquero Narvaez
Ecuador
Hudson River
White House
Roosevelts War Neutrality Plan Bans Arms Exports
If Europe edges toward war and the neutrality act is used, President Roosevelt would embargo shipments of a defined arms list to belligerents. The act allows him to add items but not subtract from the 1936 proclamation, which pins down weapons still subject to embargo.
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Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Willie Willis Ponders Causes of Dad’s Illness
A fragment notes Willie Willis guessing Dad’s stomach sickness stems from the pork he ate, with a recurring worry that bills around the first of the month trigger the strain. The line hints at financial stress influencing health in the family.
West Virginia Business Rises on 9 Percent Retail Jump
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports July shows continued business gains led by a 9 percent rise in retail store sales from a year earlier. Employment up 4,343 in the six largest industries, with record building permits and construction contracts in July.
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West Virginia
City Council Approves New Parking Meters and Tax Increases
City council unanimously votes to install parking meters and raise gross sales tax to balance the 1939-40 budget. Preview shows total expenditures of 762,593 with 482,112 from levies and 151,085 debt service. revenue sources include uncollected taxes and licenses totaling 406,928.40, signaling an apparent overbalance and agreement to waive rules.
Fated Squalus Again on Bottom
The Squalus rose briefly today in foam above the Atlantic before settling again at the bottom. Repair crews suffered another setback as the bow remained embedded in a mud bank near the Isle of Shoals, delaying a possible drydock return.
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C. W. Cole
Isle of Shoals
Poland braces for possible war as 1 million troops mobilize
Poland reports about one million troops under arms amid Western frontier blockades and sealed borders with Germany. Officials say mediation through a third party is hoped to avert conflict and direct talks with Berlin are unlikely. Trains carry families from Warsaw as air, rail, and highway links are cut.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Poland
Ministry of Communications
Duce Willing To Mediate
Premier Mussolini ready to mediate Berlin and London over Germany's Poland demands. Italian papers cite a government appealing to the Duce while noting doubt of a negotiated solution. Gayda writes the Duce cannot perform the miracle of averting war alone and mediation needs more.
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Mussolini
Berlin
London
Germany
Poland
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Adolf Hitler
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Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D
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Il Duce
Wars Gone Forever Henry Ford Says Wars Gone Forever
SOUTH SUDBURY MASS AUG 28 Henry Ford declares wars are over for all time predicting a bloodless resolution to the European crisis The Detroit magnate questions why nations would fight noting no clear purpose He cites Tennysons Locksley Hall as prophetic of modern inventions and events Ford arrives with friends to demo a new tractor for farm workers at Wayside farm.
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Henry Ford
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Wayside Inn
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Tennyson
Locksley Hall
Wayside
France Faces Prolonged Crisis as Britain Hints at Talks
Paris officials expect lengthy negotiations over the European crisis after Britain's note to Germany. Diplomats say Hitler could drive a legal argument over his stance, while France readies air defenses and population mobilization. The London note reportedly mirrors France on key demands such as Danzig and the Polish corridor.
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Daladier
Chamberlain
Paris
France
Germany
Poland
London
Danzig
Polish
Britain
War scenario: a unified global mobilization and invasion
A speculative forecast describes a swift German move on Danzig and the Polish corridor with a dozen hour demobilization window for Poland, followed by massive mobilizations across Europe. It envisions German sea and air assaults on Gdynia Warsaw and Breslau, a Vistula defense by Poland, and a western clash pitting France and Germany near the Rhine as Britain seeks to halt German advances.
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Liklihood
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Polish
Poland
England
France
Italy
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Gdynia
Warsaw
Frankfort
Breslau
Vistula
Rhine
Holland
North Sea
Britain
Britain Warns Germany To Use Statesmanship
Britain tells Germany that if statesmanship fails to settle the German Polish crisis, the country will side with Poland and go to war. Prime Minister Chamberlain offers to aid a European conference if tension over the Danzig dispute can be eased, while denying any pressure on Poland.
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London
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Hitler
Poland
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Chamberlain
Danzig
Europe
Plan for settlement of German Polish crisis outlined by Britain and Italy
In London and Rome two competing compacts propose how Danzig and surrounding areas should be governed amid the German Polish crisis. Britain and France would guarantee Poland while Berlin would gain 50-50 control of Danzig ports and customs under different governance schemes.
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Italy
Britain
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Danzig
Germany
Poland
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Albert Forster
Reichstatschalter
Hitler to reply today or tomorrow to British note
Berlin reports say Hitler will send a written reply to Prime Minister Chamberlain within a day or two. Sir Nevile Henderson carried the British message to Berlin and met Hitler with Von Ribbentrop and Goering. The crisis fuels air raid warnings and mobilization as German civilians adjust to looming conflict.
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der Fuehrer
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Reich
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