French Pressures German Lines as Paris Braces for Early Alarms
Paris reports minor French gains along the northeast front near the Saar as Premier French forces press toward the Siegfried line to draw German troops from Poland. The day includes two air-raid alarms in Paris and accounts of frontline activity amid cautious communiques from the war ministry. In Los Angeles, Swiss yodeler Reynard Fraunkier sues Walt Disney studios for damages over a yodel number used in Snow White.
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Iis
Siegfried Line
War Ministry
Saar
Rhine
Moselle
Mosalle
Germany
Poland
O-Lee-O-Lay-Hee
Los Angeles
Reynard Fraunkier
Walt Disney Studio
Frank Jones
FDR Expands Defense Measures Off American Coasts
President Roosevelt orders a patrol network of naval and coast guard vessels and aircraft to spot belligerent ships near the United States. Two destroyers and two cutters have departed for northeastern waters with plans to extend patrols to Puerto Rico and nearby zones. Officials declined to detail operations and warned of immediate action if contact with armed ships occurs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Naval
East Guard
Stephen Early
Coast Guard
United States
Puerto Rico
Antilles
Canal
Barry
Strasbourg Empty For Artillery Assault
Strasbourg, capital of Alsace, reported emptied of civilians before heavy artillery duel begins between German and French forces. Reports from Berlin and Basel describe German shipping reestablished, British armed forces unified, Bremen sightings in neutral port, Zeppelin factory blaze, and Polish trenching around Warsaw amid wartime tensions.
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Strasbourg
Paris
Alsace
Germany
Yeppelin
Basel
Switzerland
James
Briedriehshafen
Lake Constance
London
Sept
Reuters
Today
Luxemburg
Eagle
Moselle
Uiny
Costs Of War Stymie Experts But Estimates Hit 13 Figures
The article surveys World War cost estimates by economists, noting figures ranging from 750 billion to 2.246 trillion dollars. It discusses who pays, cites historic debt increases for England and the United States, and mentions market speculation seeking profit from a war boom. The piece frames war costs as both tangible outlays and intangible losses.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Press
New York
Europe
Wall Street
la Sallie Street
Oai
United States
England
Britain reports air sea success wartime note
A British ministry communique from Lundom reports air and sea successes against German forces. It states three German ships were destroyed by Evilish forces near Athkinotiv, with notes that those ships might have been convert. Further details appear on page 4 under British Offense.
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Britain
London Air Attack Warns UK Coast Planes Bombardment
The ministry announced a British anti aircraft barrage repelled an early raid aimed at southeastern England. Fighters pursued the attackers as smoke and gunfire filled the sky but no bombs dropped. All clear sounded by 9 05 a m EST.
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London
Ministry of Information
England
Britain
Thames
German Uprising Sought by Allies
In a New York dispatch, the Anglo French Allies are portrayed as pursuing a plan to incite a German revolt against Hitler through propaganda. The piece says the effort has been quietly developed over months, with a dramatic pamphlet drop noted as an early act of hostility aimed at steering war outcomes without battlefield gunfire.
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Dewite Mackenzi Amworihied
Jorelah Athales
New York
Hitler
England
France
Brathathood
Britain
City assessment up $403826 in Kingsport
City officials report Kingsport total property assessments at 15 862 269, up from 15 458 543 last year, with an estimated tax revenue increase of about 5500 at a rate of 2.16. The tax equalization board plans to meet Monday to hear owner complaints and decide adjustments. An adjourned council meeting will open bids for water line pipe in Dobyns and Belvue additions at an estimated 5000. A 90 day soft drink stand permit at City Hall is approved as a test, with closure on detection days due to crowding.
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Kingsport
J. R. Pewittal
J. R. Pecittal
Tax Equalization Board
le Equalization Board
City Recorder
Dobyns
Belvue
Highland Park
Center Street
Flg
Thousands Flee As German Guns Bomb Warsaw
Diplomatic dispatches from Poland describe Warsaw under German artillery fire and persistent air raids as German infantry advance. Officials evacuate to Taiblin and Luck. U S ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Biddle leaves after his home was bombed. archives and staff relocate while others guard property.
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Budapest
Poland
Warnow
Taiblin
United States
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Dte
Hone
whUe
Luck
Angry fans rock umpire car after Kingsport Elizabethan game
Local police report extensive damage to Umpire Shep Shepherds car after the Kingsport Elizabethan baseball game. Fans hurled objects shattering a door glass and denting the rear while a knife was found on a tire. Officers halted a potential mob and escorted the umpire off the field. no injuries or arrests were made.
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Lihat
Shep" Shepherd
Kingsport
Claude Trivett
Sccwagerath
Shepherd
Trivett
Angist
Mude
Stocks Dip After Hitting New High
New York stock markets opened with offerings sufficient to free war locked wheels of commodity futures trading. Shares in principal war industries fell from Tuesday’s gains as investors turned paper profits into cash. By day’s end, wheat corn sugar rubber and other items opened up the limit but the market regained some normalcy and orderly blocks traded more evenly. See STOCKS, page 8.
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New York
Wall
Athenia Sinks with 125 Dead on Unarmed Voyage
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill telling Parliament the British liner Athenia, torpedoed without warning by a submarine near 250 miles northwest of Ireland on September 3, may have a higher death toll than first thought. He noted 1418 aboard and 808 passengers with about 300 Americans, and that crews were removed safely. Survivors’ names sought with wireless help as Parliament extends sympathy.
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Winstow Churchill
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Admiralty
House of Cameruns
Athenia
Churenil I
Ireland
Churchill
Athe
Ithe Clinda
Car Frigen
Archibald Southby
Poles Falter Before Drive As German Forces Advance
Berlin dispatch reports German armies achieved rapid eastern victories against Poland with Kielce and Bydgoszcz fall, tens of thousands captured, and forces pressing toward Warsaw and Krakow. German commanders visited Wawel to honor late Marshal Pilsudski as war moves unfold along multiple fronts.
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Berlin
Krakow
Poland
Wawel
Josef Pilsudski
Warsaw
Kielce
Sandomierz
Pomorac
Bydgoszcz
Bromberg
Waresaw
Nesze River
Strategists See England and France Enter Waiting Game
Washington dispatch reports that British and French leaders reportedly settled into a siege pattern against Germany in an unorthodox war. Experts note Allied air and land pressure, attempts to sway neutral opinion, and Poland awaiting the impact of autumn rains as German advances press on.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Europe
Britain
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Bace
Baghond
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