West Front Jumps To Life As French Launch Offensive
French troops struck Haardt positions under heavy artillery fire as the Siegfried line faced direct bombardment. The front near Plemen_s, Wissembourg, and towns along the Lauter and Saar present a revived conflict with air activity and German resistance. Dispatches noted French gains and German planes shot down as observers watched for further shifts in this fortress war.
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West Front
Paris
Haardt
Haardts
Plemasens
Wissembourg
Germany
Siegfried Line
Snachrecken
Lauter River
Rhine
Moselle
Warndt Forest
Bienwald
Saar
Blies
Lauter
Swiss
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
United States
Poland
Germiauny
Bridale
Battle Rages Off Coast of Norway
Violent cannonading was heard along the Norwegian coast as German trawlers were seen moving toward the area amid undetermined ships exchanging gunfire. Bergen residents reported ships in action overnight and into the early hours, with observers unable to identify combatants due to weather.
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Coast
Norway
Atlantic
Oslo
Attenpaaten
Bergen
Algros Island
Leaders urge stronger defense at Legion convention
Chicago on September 25 saw government state and civic leaders and high American Legion officers urge the nation to back peace through impregnable defense. Secretary Woodring, represented by Brig. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, warned neutrality may fail and urged preparedness without mobilization.
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Chicago
American Legion
Women
Legion
Marty H. Woodring
Frank M. Andrews
Woodving
Funeral for Harold Odle Draws 200 Students, Community
More than 200 students from Dobyns-Bennett high school attended the funeral for Harold Odle, a 10 year old senior killed in an auto crash Saturday. Services were at Hamlett-Dodson Funeral Home with Rev. Mark M. Moore officiating. Final rites were to be held today in Convoy, Ohio. Dense crowds filled the church and street as friends and faculty paid tribute to his character and scholarship. The funeral cortege left Kingsport soon after services.
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Dobyns-Bennett High School
Harold Odle
Earra
Fayom Ul Harmlett-Dodson
Mark M. Moore
First Methodist Church
Convoy
Ohio
Moore
Cody
Shin
Kingsport
Five Known Dead As Storm Sweeps Far West
A tropical storm battered southern California and parts of Arizona and Nevada, killing five people and injuring at least 25 as heavy rains followed days of extreme heat. Rescue efforts continued for 24 missing aboard the Spray fishing boat near Oxnard, with coast guards working to locate the vessel and crew.
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Far West
Los Angeles
California
Arizona
Nevada
Howard Durley
Ventura County
Oxnard
Indiana
Death ends career of famed war correspondent Gibbons
Stroudsburg Pa Sept 25 AP death ends the last assignment of Fh Gibbons 62 veteran globe trotter war correspondent of a quarter century He planned to go abroad to cover Europe but died at his farm home from a heart seizure He was wounded at Belleau Wood while rescuing Major Ben Berry and earned the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor He was first foreign newspaperman into Soviet Russia and reported famine there in 1921 His career included exclusive interviews and a noted 4000 word account of the torpedoing of the Laconia in 1917.
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Stroudsburg
Gibbons
Globe-Trottar
Bis Farm
Here
Richard Harding Davis
Belleat Wood
Ben Berry
Joseph Suatin
Laconia
Soviet Russia
Ser Wloyd
War and food relief amid wartime distribution shifts
Agriculture Department officials describe expanded food relief to relief families as the war continues. They warn the war may not slow demand for several months, with increased wartime buying suggested to broaden grain and fruit distributions. Changes in imports and domestic production are reshaping rice and luxury food supplies, creating a surplus for some producers and altered consumer patterns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Americus
Orient
United States
Senate Action Delayed on Neutrality Plan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed action on the administration's neutrality legislation until Thursday at the request of Senator Borah. The bill repeals the arms embargo but imposes strong congressional checks on executive discretion. Democratic leaders expect a report to the Senate by week’s end.
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William 8
Ardery
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
R-Ida
Roosevelt
Pittnman
Vwoorty
Mead
Leah
Ontine
Senate
Foreign Realations Committee
Barkley of
Hentucky
Page
Publisher is shot and doctor arrested in Benton incident
Choisser Berater Evening News publisher was shot three times in the stomach on the public square. Deputy Sheriff says Dr George W Gore Sr, Choisser’s uncle by marriage and father of George W Gore Jr, is the alleged assailant. Gore, a Benton physician, was taken into custody as Choisser was rushed to a nearby hospital.
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Young Gore
Dr. Gore
Do Benton
Choisser
Fron Berton
Hoavital
About
Major Japanese Drive Halted in China
Report from Shanghai datelined September describes Japan halting a planned major offensive in China's interior as troops moved within about 50 miles of Changsha in Hunan Province after a Canton Hankow railway advance. Chinese authorities claim air and naval attacks did not develop into a large drive toward Changsha.
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Shanghat
China
Europe
Japan
Changsha
Hunan
Canton-Hankow
Yangtze River
Clyangsha
Tokyo
Russia
Manchioukeuo
Changshi
Ickes to address neutrality speeches in Washington
Secretary Ickes sails to attend meetings of the so called Christian mobilizers at Franklin Park this week to press support for neutrality regardless of sympathy. Premier Daladier calls cabinet meeting in Paris for tomorrow. Weir opposes any change to neutrality act in Pittsburg.
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Ickes
Washington
Cel
Wrankllin Park
Daladier
Paris
LE Nam
Elyseu Palace
Fuviaw
Albert Lebrun
Nine Persons Die In State Wrecks
A statewide roundup reports fatalities from traffic crashes across Tennessee major cities. Nashville recorded no local deaths this period, while Memphis saw a fatal motorcycle crash injuring a rider and a passenger, with Memphis totaling 17 highway deaths so far this year. Shelby County reached 64 and Knox County 10, as Chattanooga climbed to 15, Hamilton County 25, with Knoxville and others contributing to the statewide toll for 1939.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Davidson County
Memphis
James Archer
Shelby County
Knoxville
Knox County
Chattanooga
Hamilton County
Russians Within 85 Miles of Warsaw Advance Reported
Soviet troops shelled deeper into Poland as Hod troopers claimed many Polish prisoners and arms while moving within about 86 miles of Warsaw. The Soviet government barred foreign ships from the Neva river, affecting Finnish vessels under a 1922 war danger pact.
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Moscow
Poland
Neva
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Warsaw
Germans Deny Plant Put Out of Commission
Swiss and German reports describe a night raid on Friedrichshafen and nearby Manzell, with bombs heard over Lake Constance and anti air fire. British reconnaissance flights and propaganda leaflets were reported from London, while Swiss authorities opened an inquiry into possible Swiss territory violations. Local observers noted tracer fire from German batteries and echoed past air raids on the Zeppelin works.
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Romanshorn
Switzerlland
Germany
Friedrichshaufen
High Command
Berlin
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Manzell
Zeppelin Works
Rendwatly
Manazei
Ministry of Information
London
Zeppelin
Stat
Asa
Sinogen
Schafhausen
Switvertland
Barrage Which Killed 1000 Fails To Silence Warsaw Radio
War era Warsaw radio staff remained at their microphones despite German bombardment and civilian deaths estimated above 1000. Announcers urged civilians to resist as Warsaw’s siege continued, with a German Polish broadcast acknowledging the city’s stubborn resistance.
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ST. John Bulapest
Warsaw
Corman
Nihom
Tonger
Ane
Liem
Chin
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Mauri
Ir ‘Sane
Zurich
Sargans
St. Gothard
Locarno
Constantine, Oeete Regeee
Vulnerable Et Sae
Stre
Switzerland
Goebbel
Holland
Belgium
Fittsburgit
Ernest T. Weir
Chaieman
National Steel Corporation
San Antonio
Tex
United States Army Air Jrrps
Randolph Wi
Robert G. O'Conner
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Vass
Cantinga M. Ferrari Saurequi
Federal Monopoly Committee
TAK
OAS
Warrenton
Fauquier County
Igor Cassini
Landon
Nation
Kansas City
API
AL M. Landon
Fred S. Sanderson
Vierce Butler
Asleed
Witte
Purgell
Okla
Cass Stewart
COC Cann
Gladys Glasco
Mre Cary
Vamden
N. J
Walter Dwerecki
Joyers Lane
Vy Aan
AVYI
DNB
Tox
Lake Comtanee
Soph
Karl Salter
Estonia
Italtans Mgs
United States Solaris Ly Belligerens
Sweden
Coun Hage
APJ
Fejon Bhi
Goverinment
Eigar Moeyer
Ives’ Dtion
National Polite Agdemy
PBI
Fedny Iy
Reds
River Neva
Gulf
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