Aquitania Arrives in New York with 1625 Passengers
The British liner Aquitania docked in New York on Sept 16 carrying 1625 passengers including 669 Americans. Passengers, shaken by a warning message from Ambassador Kennedy about belligerent convoy risks, recalled fear and described the mood as panicked and unsettled. The message, read by American Consul G. F. Ronald, warned Americans that convoys may be sunk without warning, though not implying greater danger than unconvoyed ships.
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New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
Gilbert Miller
Gizzard Out of Us.” Miller Said G. Fmeonald
Southampton
Hounse
Kennedy
Miller
Robert J. Landry
Variety
Theatrical Weekly
Bremen
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Friedrich von der Schulenburg
Britain
Winston Churchill
Murmansk
Soviet Arctic
United States
Berlin
Germany
Atlantic
Poland
Warsaw Defense Claims and Baltic Sea Losses Reported
War updates from Budapest note Polish forces allegedly pushed back siege lines around Warsaw and nearby areas with significant losses for the attackers. British and Belgian ships are sunk while Britain touts success against undersea craft. Eastern front reports index German air support and rapid advances into southeastern Poland amid Romanian mediation.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Lawow
Vola
Fanad Head
Rawler Davara
Alex van Opstal
Britain
Students Get Assignments in Area Colleges
In JOHNSTOWN on Sept 16 five Indiana State Teachers College student teachers were assigned to Westmont Upper Yoder and Southmont Mid Schools after meeting Dr. Wildalea Montgomery Hold. The group includes William Kier Helvetia PA major local studies and geography with critic William Snowden James Evan Williams Nanty Glo majoring mathematics and physical science. Westmont Upper Yoder critics include Dean Byron Marshall Templeton PA majoring social studies and geography with critic Catherine Reiser. Paul Noel Derry PA majoring mathematics and social studies with critic Clarence Shappell. Earl Stockdale Daston PA majoring mathematics with critic Minter M. Or.
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William Snowden
James Evan Williams
Nanty Glo
British Troops Land in France Expected to Join French Drive
Report notes continued limited official news from the Minister of Information while observers claim thousands of British troops have already landed on the western front and are poised to join the French advance against Germany's Siegfried line.
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France
Germany
Siegtrier
German Drive Seeks Southeast Break in Poland War
Dispatches report German forces pushing toward southeast Poland as Brest-Litovsk defenses crumble. Berlin quiet on Western war. Mussolini peace talk gains traction after Italian envoy’s return amid cautious international sentiment.
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Germany
Kutno
Berlin
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Low
Polish Ukraine
Stanislawow
Lwow
Hitler
Poland
North Sea
Siegfried Line
Mussolini
Talian
Bernardo Atelphico
Rome
Ora
Nagi
Barot Ernest Vor Welzsaecker
Ews
Deenst Aus Deutschland
Bey
Bejpot
Death notices for Mrs Chambers Wardur and William Wyant Bell
Two obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Chambers Wardur of North Mahoning Wardhehip and William Wyant Bell born August 2 1880. Wardur died September 7 at her son Arelbert's home with sisters and a brother named among survivors. funeral at 2:30 p m Sunday. Bell, a 25 year resident, boxmaker, unmarried, Presbyterian Church member, surviving siblings listed. funeral at 2:00 p m Sunday with Green-Wood Cemetery interment.
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Miko Rew
Kidge
Heela
Chambers Wardur
North Mahoning
Frank
John Bell
Oil City
Blaine
Ira Bell
Lon Grube
Hatty ‘Thompson
Punxsutawney
Sidney Smith
Albion
Green- Wood Cemetery
Humble
Helen Bieda
George Bieda
Heilwood
Hastings
St. John Catholic Church
George
Irene
Carolyn
St John Church
Nicktown Catholic Cemetery
Father Martzhauser
Armour Head Sees Limited U S War Impact
George A. Eastwood new Armour and Company president says Europe’s war will barely affect US food industries unless fighting lasts beyond two years. He notes meat demand may rise later as in World War I, while steel and other sectors bear more disruption.
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Chicago
George A. Eastwood
Armour and Company
United States
Robin H. Cabell
Eastwood
Obituary notices from Kiterton area mark several deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Squire William C Fulton in Elderton, S Williams in Coatesville, Helen Bieda of Heilwood, William Mitchell of New Florence, with details on birthplaces, church affiliations, funeral arrangements, and interment locations in South Bend Cemetery, Nicktown Catholic Cemetery, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park, plus service times and officiants.
French Troops Advance in Moselle Border Area
French forces report five day battle from Sept 10 in German territory near Perl and the Moselle valley. Dispatches say French gainsheld front after temporary withdrawal, despite German counterattacks along the Nied and Saar rivers and near Saargecken.
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Northuyck
Perl
Moselle
Luxembourg
Simine
Gery
Metz
Trier
Neuteal Liseiourg
Peri
Germany
Slaying of Doctor Revenge in Pittsburgh
Detective Captain Franklin T. McQuaide said an embittered patient killed physician Dr F G Leslie and wounded Dr Joseph Cerra after Cerra discharged him as cured of venereal disease. The 46 year old Mike Koski surrendered and was charged with murder. Dr Leslie, a University of Pittsburgh graduate, was from Tarentum and identified by his wife Mrs Cora Leslie of Beaver.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin T. McQuaide
Mike Koski
McQuaide
Koski
Joseph Cerra
F. G. Leslie
Cerra
MacQuaide
Leslie
Tarentum
University of Pittsburgh
Cora Leslie
Beaver
Safety record highlights Indiana pedestrians in 1998
Indiana shows a remarkable safety record with pedestrians, noted by Chief of Police Arthur Beale. He cites 1938 as two fatal pedestrian accidents and eight injuries, while the first half of 1939 reports three injuries. The record reflects cooperation from Superintendent E. C. Perry and school staff, plus rising pedestrian safety awareness.
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Indiana
Arthur Beale
E. C. Perry
German counter attacks on 60 mile Western Front drive
Basel reports say German troops heavily counter attacked newly formed French positions along a 60 mile front from the Moselle to the Vosges. The assault is the widest yet and results are unclear though the French reportedly lost ground near Bitche. German air forces used underground hangars for the first time, suffering heavy casualties amid French anti air fire. British RAF planes joined six battles in the Palatinate east of the Saar.
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Paris
U. S
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Zaleszczyki
Masewski
Romania
Palestine
Moselle - Vosges Basel
Switzerland
Moselle River
Vosges
Bitche
Siegfried Line
Saar
Royal Air Force
Palatinate
Midwest Heat Wave Claims 27 Lives Across Region
The Midwest endures a deadly heat wave as temperatures exceed 100 across Ohio Illinois Indiana Iowa and Arkansas. Relief arrives from northwest winds but conditions prompt school dismissals football postponements and fruit losses with widespread drought in upstate New York and forecast for late crop shortfalls.
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Middlewest
Mercury
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Arkansas
Midwest
Northfield
Boston
Missouri
St. Joseph
New York
State Department of Agriculture
Pedestrians To Be Watched In Pennsylvania Safety Push
Harrisburg authorities led by Commissioner Lynn G Adams ordered stricter pedestrian enforcement to cut fatalities. He cited 949 pedestrian deaths in 1938 and 369 pedestrian fatalities in the first six months of the year, urging walkers to face traffic and wear lights or bright clothing at night.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
Ring principal admits death in insurance case
Philadelphia Sept 16 The state dropped No 4 from its list of insurance murder ring principals after Cesare Valenti pleaded guilty to pouring poison in Charles Favato's breakfast coffee. Valenti a former convict changed his plea from innocent to guilty ending a five day trial. Three judges will set his degree of guilt and punishment next week.
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Philadelphia
Cesare Valenti
Charles Favato
Valenti
Electric locomotive afire en route to World's Fair
A $200000 Pennsylvania electric locomotive was damaged by fire near Sharpsville Hill while pulling a 14 coach train of 700 excursionists to the World's Fair in New York. The engine was uncoupled and extinguished on a siding. damage runs into thousands of dollars. The train, from Marcus Hook, Delaware County, was delayed about an hour after the blaze.
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Philadelphia
Sharon Hill
New York
Marcus Hook
Philadelphia Infantile Paralysis Cases Reach 123 This Year
Philadelphia health officials report 123 new infantile paralysis cases for the year as of today. Dr Charles F Nassau states the situation is not epidemic. 50 cases in 1938 and 85 in 1937. Seven deaths this year, versus five in each of the prior two years.
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Philadelphia
Charles F. Nassau
WIFE BEATER GETS THREE TO SIX YEARS IN JAIL
In Greensburg on September 16, William Beeson 38 of Westmoreland Homestead was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally beating his wife Josephine with an iron pipe during a July quarrel over the family car. He received a sentence of three to six years in prison.
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Greensburg
William Beeson
Westmoreland Homestead
Josephine
General Gort Viceroy of Britain Known as The Tiger
General Gort of Great Britain, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 53, led British forces in World War I winning the Victoria Cross at Canal du Nord. A noted war hero, he directed a Grenadier Guards assault from a stretcher, clashed with Leslie Hore-Belisha, and later served as an officer trainer and defense figure in Shanghai, India, and Switzerland earning the nickname "the tiger."
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John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker
England
Cotine Vereker
London
Grenadier Guards
Canal du Nord
Mel Man
Ehlet
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Swit Gerland
Shanghai
Defense Corps
India
Russo Japanese truce draws varied U S reaction
Washington reacts to the Russo Japanese armistice amid speculation on its meaning for the United States. Senator Thomas warns of possible implications for America, while Lindbergh urges stay out of war focusing on Atlantic and Pacific frontiers. Duffers and others weigh nonaggression shifts and neutrality act debates.
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U.S
Washington
Thomas
Utah
Foreign Relations Committee
Manchoukuo-Owler
Mongolia
United States
Japan
Hull
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fameus
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Moscow
Starnes
D-Ala
Stock Market Roster of Companies in New York Trading
New York stock listings show a broad array of corporations including Allied Chemical Am Can Am Car and Fey Am Tel and Tel Anaconda Armstong Cork Borg-Warner Briggs Mfg Caterpillar Curtiss-Wright Deere and Co Douglas Aircraft Eastman Kodak DuPont Edison Consol Oil Container Corp Colum G and El Tie Com Consolidated Oil and Gas Goodyear General Electric General Motors General Foods Erie Bundled prices and fractions indicate mixed activity with notable gains for Am Can Am Tel and Tel and Gen Motors while others edge lower or stay flat through midday trading.
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New York
Arin T Oss Armstrong Cork
Atl Refining
Auburn Auto
Carp de Bald Losco Ct
Balt and
Ohia
Barnsdall Oil
Bendix
Beth Steel
Blaw-Knox
Borden Co
Borg-Warner
Briggs Mfg
Calumet
Hee Bay
Canad Pav Dis Case JI
Crane Co
Curtis Publishing
Curtiss-Wright
Northern Ry
Hark-Walker
Hecker
Noted Jurist Dickinson Dies in Chester
Judge Oliver B. Dickinson of the United States District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania, 25 years on the bench, died after an eight day illness at Crozer Hospital. Born in Dayton then Marcus Hook, he studied at Bucknell. He led major Pennsylvanian cases and voiced opinions on labor picketing before his death.
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Chester
Oliver B. Dickingon
United States District Court For
Eastern Pennsylvania
Crozer Hospital
Dickinson
Dayton
Marcus Hook
Lewisburg College
Bucknell University
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and
Reading Cost and Iron Company
Tri-Plex Shoe Company
CIO
Soviet Japan talks and frontier hostilities near Manchoukuo
The article notes discussions between Vyacheslav Molotov and Shigenori Togo on Soviet Japanese relations and an upcoming border commission for the Manchoukuo frontier. It mentions renewed hostilities starting May 11 with intense aerial and mechanized actions and links to broader East Asia tensions amid discussions of a possible Soviet Japanese nonaggression pact. It also covers rumors of the Bremen’s fate and German hopes to question Churchill about the ship’s whereabouts.
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Japan
Vyacheslavt Molotoff
Shigenori Togo
Manchoukuo
Far East
Tass
Moscow
East Asia
United States
China
Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tokyo
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Treasury balance report shows large net cash position
Washington on September 14 reports receipts of 28.12 million and expenditures of 18.55 million. Net balance stands at 2.2019 billion dollars with a working balance of 1.5706 billion and customs receipts for the month of 18.15 million.
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Washington
Treasury
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New Provenne United Brethren Church
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