Baruch Urges Massive Defense to Keep United States Out of War
Bernard Baruch advocates an immediate buildup of army navy and air force to deter any combination of powers from attacking the U S on one or both oceans He warns current defense is inadequate and cites past shortages as warning signs while urging preparation for a possible future threat to U S security
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New York
U. S
Europe
Asia
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Washington
Roosevelt
War Industries Board
America
Pershing
Drum
Gazette earns national recognition for wartime coverage
The Gazette receives national recognition from Editor and Publisher for exclusive Charleston coverage on Europe’s new war. The paper previously earned praise for Munich pact reporting and reprinted its front page with the headline War and Hitler image, the largest extra since the 21 year old armistice edition.
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Charleston
Europe
Gazette
Adolf Hitler
Allies' Big Push Seen Imminent
W. W. Chaplin reports a likely Allied offensive across Germany’s western front imminent. Insiders say success hinges on surprise, with camouflage masking moves while French demobilize reserves and Britain withholds frontline details.
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Germany
West Wall
Britain
September Heat Sets West Virginia Record Across State
Heat broke September highs in Charleston reaching 97 and Huntington at 98 as mid afternoon sun persisted. State forester Dan Griffins reported 11 woods fires since Friday across Kanawha Logan Mingo and Boone counties, with drought conditions raising concern for a severe fire season without substantial fall rain.
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Charleston
Huntington
West Virginia
U. S
Dan Griffins
Kanawha
Logan
Mingo
Boone County
New Cannonade Opened Against Neutral Change
Senate isolationists condemn repeal of the arms embargo as the Roosevelt administration weighs threats from the Russian Japanese truce to U S neutrality in Europe. Law by decree is assailed. Sen Clark urges session stay. Sen Vandenburg calls embargo UN neutral. Sen Murray notes complications and may back broader neutrality repeal. Senator Van Nuys vote tipped relations panel last session.
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Washington
INS
Senate
U. S
Sen. Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt
Sen. Vandenburg
Michigan
Murray
Montana
Sen
van Nuys
Indiana
Foreign Relations
Charleston Eyes Big Week of Conventions
City set for a record convention stretch with four groups meeting next week. Charles E. Hodges predicts about 15 000 visitors statewide with the Sept 30 safety meet at Laidley Field drawing the most interest. The new municipal auditorium helps attract national groups as the chamber markets Charleston. West Virginia Kiwanis plan a three day Sept 24 gathering at the Daniel Boone hotel with 500 to 600 attendees and wives. Presbyterian synods plan a Sept 25 three day meeting bringing 150 to 200 delegates.
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Charleston
Charles E. Hodges
Chamber of Commerce
Laidley Field
Hodges
Chamber
West Virginia
Daniel Boone Hotel
Presbyterian Church In
Wallace M. Alston
North
McKell Will Names Cousins Heirs to Vast Coal Estate
Appraisers value the William McKell estate at 6 to 8 million dollars, with 15 000 to 20 000 acres of coal land in Fayette and Raleigh counties and rail lines. The estate will be shared equally among first cousins Mary Albertson Kilbert Charles Alexander Kilbert R L William Scott McKell David McCandless McKell and Phoebe Smith Pierpont. William Scott McKell's five children will receive one fifth of their father's portion. Appraisers Snyder Gray and Gaines prepared the 1937 Fayetteville will.
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William McKell
West Virginia
Fayette County
J. Earl Beatty
Charleston
Fayette
Raleigh
Kanawha, Glen Jeach and Eastern Railroad
McKell
Mary Albertson Kilbert
Chillicothe
Charles Alexander Kilbert
Providence
R. L
William Scott McKell
David McCandless McKell
San
Acclaim Means More Than Power to Hitler
The piece argues that German scientists philosophers and poets resisted the regime while party appointees secured top academic posts. It notes pervasive insecurity under a nonwritten constitution with police loyal to the ruling party and widespread censorship and surveillance in daily life.
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Hitler
Germany
War Map of Europe Offered by The Gazette
Readers can order a seven color 19 by 22.5 inch war map of Europe as of Sept. 1 plus maps of Poland Maginot and Limes lines and the western front with complete statistics. Send a dime and coupon to F M Kerby The Gazette Service Bureau 1013 Thirteenth Street Washington DC with recipient name address and state.
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Gazette
Europe
Poland
Western Front
F. M. Kerby
Dept. Swm
the Gazette
the Gazette’s Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Battle of Saar Develops on the Western Front
Army dispatches describe a growing clash along a 40 mile front from the Moselle valley to Saarbrucken as French and German forces exchange heavy artillery. Reports say German divisions number 150,000 to 225,000 opposing a similar French force with reinforcements arriving.
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Associated Press
Western Front
Saar
Moselle
Saarbruecken
Warsaw
Defense Forces Prepare For Gigantic Last-Ditch Stand
Warsaw defenses under Polish command rejected a German ultimatum demanding surrender by 3 10 this morning as German siege guns pound the capital. Berlin claimed the ultimatum warned Warsaw would be treated as a battle zone and could be destroyed by bombing if surrender failed. Reports from Warsaw note heavy fighting on all fronts with defenders attempting to hold positions.
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London
INS
Warsaw
Exchange Telegraph
Germany
Exchange
Berlin
Russia Presses Invasion Of Poland On Minority Claim
Berlin reports say Soviet troops crossed the Polish border early today and entered eastern Poland along a 1000 kilometer front. The invasion is described as a move to protect White Russian and Ukrainian minorities amid claims that a Polish government no longer exists.
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Berlin
INS
Red Army
Poland
Local WWII fronts report mixed gains and stubborn resistance
The report notes several local successes while detailing continued combat. In the north the Hela peninsular garrison at Oksywia held out. In the center the defense army repulsed attacks. In Posen area fighting persists around Kutno Lowicz and Sierniewice as enemy reinforcements arrive. In the south the armored column north of Annopol Rawa Ruska reached the River Bug opposite Wlodzimierz. In the southeast near Lwow attacks were repelled and fighting continues.
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Hela Peninsular
Oksywia
Posen
Kutno
Lowicz
Sierniewice
Annopol-Rawa-Ruska
Bug
Wlodzimie
German drives press Kutno defense as Warsaw ring tightens
Berlin reports German divisions attack Kutno Poland in a seven day defense by Polish forces seeking to crush the so called lost army. The communiqué claims to enclose Warsaw and push toward Lwow Przemysl and Bialystok are in German hands. Prisoner and cannon totals are given for Praga suburb fighting.
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Berlin
Germany
Kutno
Poland
Warsaw
Cmy
Lwow
Ukraine
Przemysl
Bialystok
Praga
Germans Run From French
Paris dispatch reports heavily reinforced German troops retreating toward the Siegfried line as the French high command claims constant advances along the front between the Moselle and Rhine. The communique notes fierce artillery fire and German reinforcements being rushed to the western front as Allied forces push to compel Hitler to transfer reserves.
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Paris
Reich
Moselle
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Saar
Palatinate
Hitler
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