Yanks take World Series opener 2 to 1 over Reds
New York defeats Cincinnati 2 1 in the World Series opener before about 60 000 fans. Pitching and defense dominate as both clubs trade runs through the early innings with the Yankees seizing a late edge on timely hits and solid fielding.
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United Mess
New York
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
REDS
MecCormick
Grosett
Lombard
Rolfe
Gordy
Dahlgren
Grash
Yankees
DiMuggio
Goodman
Dickey
Western Front War Echoes From Saar Front
Western Front dispatch describes 163 millimetre guns cracking behind Saar lines and shells smashing into the German side forest. French and German artillery exchange volleys as observers are warned. Mentioned are large forces on the Western Front and warlike conditions echoing World War I, with villages blown and infantry marching through Champagne and Argonne.
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Ralph Neinzen
United Press
Saar
Tie Saar Font
Fr Lenty Forest
Caneeb
Warndt Forest
Winton
Baar
Garman
Porlanl
Gillifon
Lorrain
Vosges Mountains
Saar Valley
Gule
Champagne
Argonne
Waite
Fragmentary War Report From Verdun Messed Text
A garbled wartime note describes Verdun ruins and damaged equipment with scattered phrases about French and American actions. The fragment mentions passages on a train and an army around Verdun, but details remain unclear and incomplete.
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Cerinweil
LserniTi Trinchey
Wis
Verdun
Jet France
Folkdlay
Rotary Fair opens with a grand four night showcase
The 1939 Rotary Fair at the State Armory promises a large hobby show with international exhibits, farm displays, woodwork, art, and demonstrations by vocational schools. New voter registration adds twenty five to local rolls as registrars operate at the Municipal Building tonight, with final chances before November balloting.
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Linreadhrough
State Armory
Service Club
Rotary Fat
Sparta Vocational School
Kiwanis Glin
National Youth Administration
Hatch Vocational School
Madame Eyeown
Leon McNierney
Marian Beatty
Munici~pal
Evie
Dorothy Hammond
Repulican
Mary Dempsey
Abo
Corry
Evie County
Seek article on Soviet Baltic aid and war moves
United Press reports Soviet and Turkish actions shaping Allied strategy against Germany. Soviet Russian trade and Turkish control of the Dardanelle Straits bolster wartime efforts while Hitler faces a failing peace offensive. Reports detail Russian-Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish talks to secure Arctic routes to bypass Baltic naval control. Berlin cites continued peace efforts despite Chamberlain, Mussolini, and Eden statements as empire coordination expands. Turkey denies Polish partition acknowledgment.
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United Press
Dardanelle
Soufs
Germany
Adal Hlers
Reichstaglain
Hitler
Pitticuiae
Russi
Turkey
Britain
Gerimin
Baltic Sea
Norway
Fr Venial
Nor- Worthij Wnela
Sweden
Denmark
Berlin
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
London
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Uunister
Great Britain
Domnions
Anthony Eden
Babi
Anka
Isi
Poland
Roosevelt Highway Association meeting planned for Wellsboro
Officers and boosters push member subscriptions ahead of the October 11 meeting at Wellsboro. Ed Borstorff and Clyde F. Brown lead the canvass with Corry business affiliates. Delegates from Corry and broader region will gather to elect officers and map the 1940 promotion campaign along the highway route.
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Roosevelt Highway Association
Weilsboro
Ed Borstorff
Clyde F. Brown
Corry
Messrs. Brown
Borstorf
Harry
W. Parker
Dean
Honesdale
Hany Halley
Towanda
Brown
Woill
Wellsboro
Ramsey Describes Foregin Situation in Europe Talk
Ramsey, ex-newspaper correspondent and traveler, gave a vivid talk to Rotary and Kiwanis members at the Alotel Corry dinner meeting. He described conditions in Europe after living among common people for years, and about what he witnessed first hand. The event drew about seventy five service club members who praised his account. France today joined Britain in rejecting any proposed compromise seen as an attempt to appease Nazi conquest.
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Ronald G. van Tine
United Press
Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate
United States
Connally
U. S
William E. Borah
Idaho
County of War
Nave
Ibarga
H. Vandenberg
Miel
Roosevelt
Ramsey
Europe
3. C. Ramsey
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Jointy
Alotel Corry
1939 40 Directory Nearing Completion
The new City Directory, prepared by the Galatin Kelly Directory Company of Binghamton, is nearly finished. Cor nelius, field representative, notes data compiled for the city. Union City work will begin next, to be added to the directory alongside Kirwitz volumes from a decade ago.
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1Ysyeu City
Galitin-Kelly Directory Company
Binghamton
Wes
Glean
Cornelius
Dewey attends PA Education Congress with 2000 educators
Superintendent Halph S. Dewey participated in the opening session of the 20th annual Pennsylvania Education Congress. Carleton Washburne urged social thinking and active citizenship training to improve education, debating indoctrination in schools. Hull issued a new warning for American merchants to avoid European belligerent zones.
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Halph S. Dewey
Penn Vania Education Congress
Commonwealthy
Carleton Washburn
Winnetka, Til
Pennsylvania
Washburne
Washington
Cordell Hull
Ahus
Patrolman 10 Stand Trial Over Killing of Teenager
Carbon county grand jury to consider charges against State Motor Police Corporal Benjamin Franklin 33 after witnesses recount the shooting that killed 14 year old Tosa Stevens. District Attorney Helm Bach called witnesses as Deputy Attorney General Harrington Adams handled another prosecution and Attorney General Reno promised to attend if action is taken. Bail set at 75000.
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Nineu
Maugh Chunk
Carbon County
Benjamin. Franklin
Wilnesses
Butler
Aili
Reno
Franklin
Big Bovina
Merchants Award Promised in Harvest Sale Draw
Gold en Rule Club members continue to offer a fifty dollar prize for the Harvest Sale. The drawing, postponed by weather, will be held next Saturday at 9:30 near the National Bank on North Center Street. Tickets must be deposited for the free award, and the winner must be present to claim the prize.
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Golden Rule Club
National Bank
North Center Street
U Eliim
President urges peace in labor ranks at AFL meet
In Cincinnati on October 4 delegates at the 59th AFL convention welcomed President Roosevelt’s call to continue peace talks with the CIO for national unity. Daniel Tobin called the message conciliatory and constructive, while Green praised AFL CIO progress and urged renewed negotiations as war looms in Europe.
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United Press
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
William Green
Afl-Gro
John L. Lewis
CTO
New York City
AFL
Five Die In Paint Thinner Poisoning In Los Angeles
Five neighbors, two women and three men, reportedly drank paint thinner laced with solvent to a party. They allegedly strained nine quarts of solvent through bread to make it palatable. Names given: Doris Owens, 37, Grant Witherspoon, 49, Abbie Witherspoon, 42, Buck Books, 56, and Andrew Forward, 27. All victims described as Black except Doris Owens.
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United Press
LOS Angeles
Doris Owens
Grant Witherspoon
Abbie
Buck Books
Andrew Forward
Miss Owens
Guffey's Sister 10 Testify At Trial
Emma Guffey Miller sister of Senator Joseph P. Guffey testified in Butler Pennsylvania in the trial of two officials from Slippery Rock State Teachers College. The case concerns financial arrangements for wiring a farmhouse and a nearby school.
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Waled Press
Butler
Emma Guffey Miller
UW. 8
Joseph P. Guffey
Sippery Rock State Teachers College
Ite
James Scores Agency Seeks Future Credit
In Harrisburg Governor Arthur H James accuses the WPA of failing to meet July August September employment quotas, claiming at least 1.8 million in relief funds were spent and urging restitution. He cites letters to Col. Philip Mathews and Col. FP Harrington detailing administrative difficulties and urging added federal credits for future employment.
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United Press Harrisburg
Arthur H James
WPA
Penysylvania
James
Philip Mathews
Col
FP ©. Harrington
Federal Commissioner of Works Projects
Pennnsylvania
Commonwealth
Goveror
Harrington
Mathews
Nine Injured as Bridge Falls on Dream Highway
A bridge collapse on the dream highway in Somerset Pennsylvania sent nine men 40 feet to the road below while pouring concrete. Five workers were hospitalized at Somerset Community Hospital with injuries including abrasions, chest and pelvic injuries. Four others were treated and discharged. The incident followed later reporting that state officials prepared to sell bonds to fund a 860 million institutional improvement program.
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United Press
Somerset
Joa
Het
Somerset Community Hospital
Virsil McClain
Plitsbureh
Wilam Sell
Steel Worter
Berlin
Charles Glessner
Berit
Louis Latimer
Harrison Foy
Meyersdate
Attempt to silence music in taprooms
Fragmentary text reports a debate over regulating music in taverns. It mentions Harrisburg and a draft regulation procedure, with references to deadlines and disciplinary actions, but readable specifics are limited.
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