Soviet Troops Close on Hungary in Poland Sweep
Munkacs Hungary Sept 21 AP Soviet Russian troops push toward the Hungarian border in a sweep across Eastern Poland. Thousands of Polish soldiers and civilians flee into Hungary amid ruined roads, wrecked trains, and scenes of hunger. Polish forces retreat after a grueling 1500 mile journey, many soldiers describing futile resistance against tanks and aircraft with only rifles.
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Elmer Peterson
Munkacs
Hungary
Poland
Red Army
Carinthian
Elmer WL Peterson
Frontier
Warsaw
Moran Plot 15 Nipped as Convicts Plot Escapes
Summary of a prison escape plot involving Moran and five others. May 26 freedom attempt ended with a head bump after Moran commandeered a cab and drew a knife at Columbia. warden laments soft steel in new cell block. Names of included Long Termers and crimes, plus a birth announcement for Armand Bueker’s son and an odd note on bell ringing as exercise.
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Moran
Painter
Columbia
Scott
Prime Minister Calinescu Assassinated in Bucharest
Reports say Romania’s Prime Minister Gheorghe Calinescu was killed at 2 15 p m local time as masked gunmen ambushed his car after a car chase. An earlier assault silenced Bucharest radio while authorities quickly arrested eight alleged conspirators and imposed censorship.
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Calinescu
Bucharest
Iron Guard
Miron Cristea
Carol
Cianescu
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Hitler
Romania
Codreanu
Budapest
Rumania
Poland
Berlin
Ignace Mescicki
Rumana
Iron
Octavian Goga
Cristea
Roosevelt warns embargo dangers and declares limited national emergency
President Roosevelt says the executive branch tried to avoid involvement but must act quickly to keep the nation from being drawn into war. He warns darker periods may lie ahead and stresses the Americas' safety and Monroe Doctrine backing while supporting neutrality proposals sent to Congress.
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Roosevelt
Americas
United States
Congress
Hull
Freight car loadings hit 1939 high in week ended Sept 16
Washington AP report shows the Association of American Railroads measured revenue freight car loadings at 605,733 in the week ended September 16 1939. This compares to 60,163 cars reported in the same week last year and remains below the 22,395 cars loaded in the corresponding 1937 week.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Mussolini urges allies to accept Hitler’s expansion limit offer
Rome dispatch says IL Popolo Italia urges Hitler’s adversaries to accept his offer of a limit on Germany’s expansion to end the European war. The five column piece, possibly written by Premier Mussolini, appears in the newspaper. England has more than 356,109 civil service employees.
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Rome
Mussolini
IL Popolo
Italia Today
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Tr Duce
England
Plan to Meet Continuously as War Looms
The article reports Alf M. Landon urging continuous sessions of Congress during the European war while President Roosevelt favors flexible actions. Roosevelt proposes four leaders stay in Washington to advise on the international situation, naming Barkley, McNary, Rayburn, and Martin as the quartet. He signals that Congress may act on neutrality issues, but wants repeal of the arms embargo and prefers using executive powers with elastic legislation to handle wartime matters.
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Alf M. Landon
Barkley
Kentucky
McNary
Oregon
House
Rayburn
Texas
Martin
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Congress
State Department
Treasury
Customs Service
France Prepares for Blow on Western Front War News
Aug 15 report from ario Argentina details flying boats rescuing 43 men from a sinking steamer after it was attacked by an unseen submarine. Two aircraft floated beside the lifeboats, taking aboard survivors before searching for the attacker. The steamer’s lifeboats suffered damage amid the disaster.
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Ario
Argentina
Dakar
French West Africa
Kensington Court
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Diuretic Pill Adclaims
An old promotional piece touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules as a grand diuretic to flush kidneys and relieve distress from excess acid and poisons. It claims safety, purity, and worldwide use, urging readers to buy the genuine Haarlem Oil product for 35 cents.
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Haarlem
Nishteif
America
Holland
British Hopeful of Anti Nazi Revolts in Bohemia Moravia
British government claims a serious revolt is growing in Bohemia and Moravia as Germany occupies the region. Berlin dismisses the reports as nonsense, while London cites an organized uprising with casualties and firearms used on both sides. Chamberlain and Labour leaders praise the resolve to fight Nazi aggression and defend European independence. The Polish ambassador predicts a French-Polish force will return victorious, and budget measures to curb war profiteering and extend price controls are announced for next week.
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Dwight Ll. Pitein
London
Bohemia and
Moravia
Czecho- Slovakia
Germany
Ministry of Information
Britain
Pan
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Chamber
Information Ministry
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Labor
Europe
Empire
Arthur Greenwood
France
Warsaw
Count Raczynski
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
Africa
House
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Kappa Alpha Theta Founder Bettie Hamilton Dies at 89
Bettie Locke Hamilton, founder of Kappa Alpha Theta, dies at age 89 in Greencastle Ind. The report notes her pivotal role in establishing the sorority and her lasting legacy within the organization. Her death closes a notable chapter in university sorority history.
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Kappa Alpha Theta
Greencastle, Ind
Bettie Locke Hamilton
First Theta founder dies leaving historic legacy
Kappa Alpha Theta founder, the first Greek letter sorority, died today. She and three other women established Kappa Alpha Theta on January 20, 1870. She was the first initiate and served as the first president.
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Kappa Alpha Theta
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