French Claim Nazi Planes and Troops Forced To Retreat
Paris dispatch reports German planes and heavy artillery counterattacked the western front as reinforcements moved toward the Trier sector. French forces pressed a continued advance along the Saar front despite German resistance. The cabinet prepared financial decrees to fund a longer war as fighting spread over the Warndt Forest and areas near Forbach with tanks and infantry penetrating into German territory.
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Taylor Henry Paris
Saar
Europe
Tersaly
Trier
France
Paul Reynaud
Warndt Forest
Forbach
Saar Basin
Saariouis
Merzig
Moselle
Gernan
Britain Plans For Long Siege Against Hitler
The British government bases policy on a war lasting at least three years. The Ministry of Information announced the decision after a war cabinet meeting. The war cabinet expects full support from the British people and allies as urgent plans are prepared across government departments.
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Max Hankkelson
London
Ministry of ‘Information
War Cabinet
Mussolini Urges Italy to Prepare for War Role
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini tells Italians to resume work as Italy readies for its uncertain role in the European war. Fascists voice anti British sentiment in Thalian press amid suspected Franco-British efforts to draw France away from Germany. Meanwhile the Rex liner sails to New York with 2000 aboard, signaling a return to normal transatlantic steamship service.
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Richard G. Massock
Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Tr Duce
France
Germany
Britain
Poland
Adit
Hitler
New York
Kingsport Prefers U S Stay Neutral in War Debate
Kingsport residents show wide range of views on neutrality amid European conflict and undeclared actions in Gibson town. Public sentiment leans toward staying out of war, with calls for Congress to consider changes through a special session. Economic and strategic factors influence opinions on arms sales and neutrality policy.
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Europe
Gibsontown
Oor
U. S
Congress
Roosevelt dissolves brain trust as White House reshapes staff
President Roosevelt issues executive order restructuring the White House to speed work and establish five divisions including the White House office and budget bureau. He says the move aims to handle national emergency tasks and normal operations, while retaining Corcoran and Cohen in their posts.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
Brain Trust
Roosevelt
White House
Budget Bureau
National Resources’ Planning Board
Laison Office
Office of Government Reports
Thomas Corcoran
Benjamin Cohen
Stephen T. Earry
Barry
Corcoran
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Cohen
National Power Policy Committee
Beain Trust
Lee County Man Slays Girl and Self
Pennington Gap Virginia September report states Rufus Miles a 20 year old WEA worker shot his sweetheart Louise Leech in her apartment then killed himself with the same pistol at daybreak after an all night quarrel. Sheriff J Miles led a manhunt before Miles returned to his home porch and defiantly said no law would arrest him.
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Pennington Gap
Rufus Miles
WEA
Louise Leech
J. ‘Avj Miles
Miles
Giles
Sam Miles
Mary Hicks
Canadians Back War Move as Parliament Approves Policy
Canada’s parliament approved the government’s policy for an early declaration of war with Germany. After Senate unanimous approval, the House of Commons endorsed the policy at 20:25 p.m. PDT, with Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King stating immediate steps would follow for a formal proclamation of a state of war.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Senate
House of Commons
W. L. MacKenziie King
Commons
Russian Military Classes Get Call
TASS reported tonight that the government would call to active service parts of several military classes due to the German Polish war. Reservists drawn from Ukraine Byelorussia Leningrad Moscow Kalinin and Orel military areas were mobilized to strengthen the western frontier as trade was pared to a gash and carry basis and materials rushed to the front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Byelorussia
Leningrad
Kalanin
Orel
Stock market holds near high as week ends on war boom
New York AP The stock market closed the first week of European hostilities near the year’s highs with a buoyant mood from steel, shipping, and ship building gains of 1 to 3 a share. The week’s 60-stock average rose to 61.10, up 4.40 for the week, near January’s peak and far above spring lows. Wholesale commodity prices remained firm as grains and cotton weakened heat.
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Claude A. Jagger
New York
Wall Street
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw rallies under bombardment as Polish radio urges resistance
War broadcasts from Warsaw describe the city drowned in aircraft and heavy bombs yet holding off German attacks. The mayor and Lwow Wilno stations appeal to Polish women to fight alongside men, with calls that Warsaw will not yield and will endure to the last man and woman. News notes also report two Covington youths killed in a car crash. a stray historical quip about William the Conqueror ends the item.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Lwow
Poland
Miller
Hitler
Himelf
HST
Germany
Wilno
England
France
Polish defense chances dim as German advance grows
Associated Press reports pessimistic military views on Poland's ability to halt the German invasion. French western assaults are deemed minor, while the next 24 to 48 hours could decide if Poland can hold the Narew Vistula San line and defend two thirds of the country. German strategy aims to erase Polish forces. Warsaw's capture is secondary. Berlin notes German columns have crossed the Vistula south of Warsaw and near Sandomierz, threatening the entire Polish position.
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Associated Press
Poland
Narew-Vistula-San
von Mackensen
Berlin
Visula
Warsaw
Sandomierz
Kingsport Heat Wave Reaches New Record High
Kingsport residents faced a September heat wave with a 94.6 degree official reading at McKellar airport around 3:30 pm. Humidity pushed perceived temperatures to 80 to 100 degrees as physicians reported no prostration amid rising daily highs. The week showed a steady climb in daytime heat, with a fall cool down at night as breezes returned.
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Kingsport
McKellar
Severcury
Food costs and profiteering prime wartime concern
Henry Paynter reports on how housewives, business leaders, and politicians debate profiteering, costs, and shortages during wartime. Roosevelt weighs federal action to curb price rises, with sugar imports and quotas central to stabilizing groceries and living costs.
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John
Germans claim Poland push could end war without U S
Berlin dispatch reports Goering telling munitions workers that Germany can continue without the United States as a source of raw materials. German high command announced troops entered Warsaw and other key Polish zones as they press toward Lublin, while aiming to seize Silesia and the northern envelope of the old eastern frontiers.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Hermann Goering
France
Britain
America
United States
Warsaw
Supreme High Command
Vistula
Vista
Sandomiers
Sandomierz
Poliah
Ledz
Baura
Zwolen
Radom
Lublin
Goering
Poland
Germany
Silesia
Pamorze
Pomerellen
Danzig
Wilhemstrasse
Hitler
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Thomas Aveon
Latonian High School
William the Conqueror
UW. S
Ecopper
Lu FF. Romar
Mercury
Henry Paynter
Abel
War Resources Board
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
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Lode
Sandomiera
Gemini
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