Saarbruecken Falls To French Shelling Forces Germans From Strategic City
Allied bombardment drives German defenders from Saarbruecken and threatens Zwei Bruecken as French artillery and reconnaissance operations continue along the western front. French anti aircraft fire engages Nazi planes near Basle and Sierenz while lines of battle shift toward the Siegfried line.
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Saarbruecken
Zweibruecken
Deux Ponts
Luxembourg
Perl
Berg
Basle
Maginot Line
Rhine River
Sierenz
Belford
Siegfried Line
Talent Scout Convicted in Frances Dunn Slaying
In West Palm Beach on September 27, a jury convicted Charles Jefferson, a 29 year old claimed talent scout, of first degree murder in the Frances Dunn case. The defense argued premeditation not proven. the state sought the death penalty as mandatory.
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West Palm Beach
Fia
Charles Jefferson
Fra
Frances Dunn
New Neutrality Bill Held Real Plan For Peace
Sen. Key Pittman told a nationwide radio audience that the administration seeks to repeal the arms embargo to keep the United States out of war. He said the new neutrality bill would add teeth to the law by prohibiting American vessels from carrying passengers or goods to belligerents, going beyond the embargo to deter involvement.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
Sen
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Oil Men Told To Be Alert Speech Warns U S Faces War Decision
Charles Milton Newcomb told more than 700 at Shrine Mosque that the nation must avoid entering Europe’s war. He listed five common fears and urged using knowledge and faith as antidotes while pressuring Congress to keep liberty intact. He hinted that lifting the arms embargo could draw the U S into conflict.
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Charles Milton Newcomb
West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
U. S
Europe
Congress
America
Newcomb
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Russian envoy makes surprise Halifax visit amid peace talk fears
Soviet Ambassador Ivan Masky met British Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax in London amid reports of a Nazi-Russian peace plan. British officials said any proposal would be rejected and warned of potential Balkan intimidation. The Kremlin denial framed Russia as not a vehicle for a German peace plan, while Rome noted German willingness for peace or continued war after Poland’s fall.
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London
INS
Ivan Masky
Viscount Halifax
Moscow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Balkans
von Ribbentrop
Baltic
Balkan
Russia
Rome
Poland
Stafani
Balkan Bloc Feasibility Hangs on Moscow Talks
Diplomats fearing a Balkan spillover chase guarantees from Russia and Italy to preserve status quo. The Moscow talks between Sukru Saracoglu and Vyacheslav Molotov seek a neutral bloc under Russian Italian auspices. Bulgaria demands old boundaries Dobruja and access to the Aegean via Greece.
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Balkan
Russia
Italy
Poland
Britain Denies German North Sea Victory Claim
London reports Churchill rejects German claim that a British fleet carrier was sunk and a battleship damaged in a North Sea clash 150 miles off Norway. He cites no British ships hit or casualties, while Berlin touts a second carrier sunk and battleship damaged with Goering confirming heavy bomb hits.
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London
INS
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
House of Commons
Home Fleet
North Sea
Berlin
Insi
High Command
Grand Fleet
Courageous
Hermann Goering
Air Force
Legion Urges Neutrality In Arms Embargo Debate
The American Legion urged well armed neutrality and pressed Congress to stay in session to preserve peace and U S sovereignty while expanding armed forces. It gave no stance on lifting the embargo and said pronouncements may be inadequate amid rapid world crisis.
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Congress
Chicago
American Legion
Organization
U. S
Roosevelt
Legion
Leonard Olson
If War Comes to You serial in Charleston Gazette
Five prominent newspaper men present a book urging neutrality and readiness for war. The Charleston Gazette announces the serial publication beginning Saturday and promotes order of copies from The State Newspaper.
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Charleston Gazette
Hitler Presses Western Front as Peace Offer Drafted
Paris dispatches report Hitler is massing troops on the western front to pressure France and Britain into peace talks. Germany plans a formal offer based on the Poland partition with Soviet Russia, while France and Britain reiterate no peace while the Nazi regime stands.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Western Front
France
Britain
Germany
Nazifuehrer
Poland
Russia
Hitler
Berlin Police Break Up Lines at Stores
Berlin police dispersed lines of women waiting at stores on September 27. Some who refused to move were said to have been required to peel potatoes for soldiers.
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Berlin
German Peace Offer Hinted By Possible Late Week Move
The text notes signs suggesting a German peace offer could come before week’s end. It mentions Hitler sending his foreign minister Joachim Von at the center of the signaling, with observers watching for a formal proposal.
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Matic
Hitler
Joachim von
Warsaw Surrenders to German Forces After Siege
Berlin reports Warsaw capitulated unconditionally after 20 days of bombardment. German high command says transfer of power will occur by Sept 29 with General Von Blaskowitz to arrange terms. Ribbentrop’s Moscow visit fuels expectations of a broader German Russian accord shaping the war.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Budapest
Soviet Ship Sunk by Sub Near Estonia
The Soviet government reports the metallist a 4000 ton freighter torpedoed off the Estonian coast with five of 24 crew missing. Diplomats note German Russian talks and possible fortifications in Baltic waters while Estonia faces Soviet transit demands. Von Ribbentrop arrives in Moscow for meetings as Turkiye’s Saracoglu also visits.
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Moscow
Estonia
Metallist
Baltic
Estonian
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Karl Selter
Sukru Saracoglu
Russia
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Helsinki
Finland
War News Cautions On Censorship From Europe Dispatches
The Gazette reminds readers that wartime dispatches filed from Europe are routinely censored by the countries reporting them. The notice underscores limits on detail and emphasizes cautious interpretation of foreign reports during the conflict.
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The
Gazette
Europe
Bergdoll Reveals Return With False Passports in Court
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll testified at a general court martial that during seven of his 19 years as a fugitive in Germany he lived in his mother's Philadelphia home. He claimed to have recovered 105000 in buried gold, saying it was hidden in a closet at Mrs. Bergdoll’s house. His wife Berta and his mother supported his account as he described two homecomings under forged passports and evasion of immigration laws.
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Germany
U. S
New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Maryland
Bergdoll
Emma Bergdoll
Harry Weinberger
Berta
Bergdoll “Castle
Wynnefield Avenue
J. Amman
John Sparks
Weinberger
Britain Unveils War Budget Amid Global Conflict
Sir John Simon announces an $8 billion first year budget to finance the war against Hitlerism with taxes rising sharply and massive defense loans planned. Income tax set at 1.40 of every 4 earned, liquor and tobacco taxes higher, aims to raise about £107 million this year. The budget signals Britain’s commitment to a three year war and a mobilized civilian effort.
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John Simon
W. W. Chaplin
London
INS
Great Britain
Germany
House of Commons
Sir John
Pm Fourth Arm of Defense
England
Britain
Fourth Arm of Defense
Europe
Commons
John
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