Congress to stay in session to check Roosevelt policy
Washington reports senatorial foes of the arms embargo repeal vow to keep Congress in continuous session after the special session begins. Debates on war profiteering, neutrality revision, and potential large defense spending are shaping the plan. Republican and Democratic lawmakers weigh successor steps as votes loom. Sens. Borah Nye Murray Pepper Voorhis discuss limits and scope.
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S. F. To Dedicate Airport Friday
Sioux Falls set to dedicate a new $500000 municipal airport with 60 airline industry executives and government officials in attendance. W W Howes of Huron will give the address as Major A B McMullen of the Civil Aeronautics Authority represents the agency.
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A. B. McMullen
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Authority
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Iticizls
TWA
United Airlines
Sioux Falls
U S Serves Notice On Warring Nations
The American government declared it reserves all rights under international law and will act if violated as it noted incidents of stopping American ships by belligerents. In Berlin British charges that Germany seeks submarine bases in Central and South America were denounced as a clumsy attempt to sow pan American discord.
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South America
Prayers for Rain Reach Warsaw Amid Destruction
Heavy autumn rains begin over the Warsaw region aiding Polish defenses as the city endures bombardment, shortages, and communication cuts. Refugees flee toward Romania while officials, including Eugen Kwiatkowski, escape the siege. Major Starzynski notes extreme food limits and dire conditions in the capital.
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Poland
Warsaw
Pesti Hirlap
Eugen Kwiatkowski
Rumania
Praga
Wladyslaw Polenski
Starzynski
South Dakota Endures Fifth Day of Extreme Heat
South Dakota shivered under a heat wave as Huron posted a 97 degree reading by mid afternoon, part of a five day stretch of record heat. Forecasters warned of unsettled conditions into Friday as a pressure system to the east influenced the wave. The city logged one of its hottest nights, with the 82 degree overnight low tying historical records and surpassing several prior sweltering nights.
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Polish Armies Described Desperate By DeWitt Mackenzie
DeWitt Mackenzie describes Poland's badly hammered armies as desperate as the main defensive line along the Vistula collapses in spots. Warsaw’s epic defense continues amid German pressure, while Lwow fate looms as a vital gateway to Romania and scarce Polish supplies. Western front actions show French maneuvering toward the Siegfried line and large British troop landings in France.
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Vistula
Warsaw
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Krasnik
Lwow
Lemberg
Associated Press
Romania
Siegfried Line
France
Estens
England
Hitler
No New Leads In Abduction Hunt
State and federal agencies join local Beadle County authorities in a search for Frank Mitchell alias Raymond Parker 27 of Sioux City. They uncovered no new clues about the abduction of Wilma Melven 15 at the State Fair. A gypsy band near New Ulm Minnesota was followed up with no results. Parker, linked to the Gypsy sister Rosie, was reportedly identified near the fair with a green 1939 Ford V-8.
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Frank Mitchell
Raymond Parker
Lioux City
New Ulm
Minn
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Wilma Melven
C. P. Melven
Leon Temmey
Mitchell
Rosie
Huron
State Department
Phoenix
Two More British Ships Torpedoed
New York dispatch reports two British vessels torpedoed off Ireland and the Caribbean. The British Influence, an 8,431-ton tanker owned by British Tanker Co Ltd, rescued survivors from Ida Bakke near 340 miles off the Irish coast as Manhattan headed to assist. Earlier, President Roosevelt relayed that crew of Vancouver City, a 4,955-ton freighter of Reardon Smith Line, was rescued by a Dutch tanker and airplane after torpedoing.
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Manhattan
Ida Bakke
British Tanker Company, Ltd
London
U.S
Roosevelt
Vancouver City
Colon
Canal Zone
England
Reardon Smith Line, Ltd
Coney Island Fire Loss Reaches Six Figures
A raging blaze at Steeplechase Park in historic Coney Island was brought under control late today. Officials estimate damage at about $306,000 as firefighters contained the flames that threatened the famed amusement venue in New York.
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Steeplechass Park
Coney Island
French And British Forces Close In On Saarbruecken From 3 Sides
French and British forces were reported closing in on Saarbruecken from three sides as German artillery pounded the area. Dispatches said the industrial city near the Saar basin could become a jumping point in an attack on the Siegfried Line, with German reinforcements massing behind the town to resist.
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Siegfried
Siegfried Line
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Reich
Saar
Paris
German Advance Encircles Warsaw and Gdynia Falls
Berlin reports surrender of the Polish port of Gdynia after a two week siege. German eastern forces press toward Warsaw with 66,000 prisoners taken and aim to encircle the Polish capital while cutting Lublin from Lwow. Western front actions include French advances halted by minefields.
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