Artillery Duel Near Luxembourg in Western Front
British and French forces reported to have opened heavy action against German positions along a 100 mile front between the Rhine and Moselle with advances east of Saarbrucken. French forces seized Saarbrucken outskirts as air and land combat intensified and Polish army formation began in France.
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Paris
France
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Moselle
Saarbrucken
Saarbruecken
Saar Basin
Warndt
Skv
Saar
Luxembourg
Over 100000 Tons of Shipping Lost in First Eleven Days of War
The Associated Press reports 27 ships sunk in 11 days of sea combat by torpedo mine and shell from six nations. Britain bears over half the losses with 181 known deaths. Casualties include 16 British ships, 1 French, 6 German, 2 neutral losses, and 1 Greek and 1 Finnish vessel.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
Germany
Netherlands
Greece
Finland
Inverliffey
Havre
Olivebank
German Command vows retaliation against Polish snipers
Berlin reports the German supreme army command will retaliate against Polish civilians deemed to snip at German forces. It states measures will break Polish resistance in towns and villages using artillery and air power, with responsibility placed on the Polish government and its leaders.
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Berlin
Fuehrer
Polis
Skywriting Ace Goebel Flies Over Lawrence
Col Art C Goebel famed skywriter arrived in town to perform over Lawrence at 9000 feet for rush week. He will repeat the sky writing Saturday morning and later fly to Topeka for writing over the state fair. He recently returned from a 26000 mile ocean voyage via Africa and rose to fame after 1927 Dole prize flight.
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Art C. Goebel
Kappa Alpha Theta
Goebel
Phillips Petroleum Company
Lawrence
Eldridge
Topeka
Africa
Dole
California
Hawaii
Japan
Coolidge
Lockheed
New York
Los Angeles
British Liner Cameronia Here After Rough Trip
New York report says the British liner Cameronia arrived with 1800 plus Americans from troubled Europe after a zig zag voyage to dodge submarines. Sixty percent were seasick in the first three days. Three destroyers escorted for hours before the Cameronia continued alone toward home.
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New York
Europe
Cameronia
England
Laborite Demands More Information About War
Acting Labour Leader Arthur Greenwood told the House of Commons that the public and world deserve fuller war progress details. He condemned news censorship as creating muddle and undermining government confidence. He urged coordinated fighting services and information ministry, and spoke against profiteering and large scale plunder in the war effort.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
Greenwood
Ministry of Information
British say Germans may put bases in Americas
London reported the Ministry of Information said Britain has reason to believe Germany may attempt to establish submarine and air bases on the coasts of South and Central American countries. The government instructed representatives to urge these nations to prevent any breach of neutrality. No further details were provided.
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London
Ministry of Information
Millionaire A Heller subsidized Communist publisher
Pi-Alexander Trachtenberg testified before the Dies committee that a millionaire Communist named A. A. Heller subsidized a Communist operated publishing company by 35000 dollars over 15 years. He said Heller earned wealth in Russia and led International Publishers of New York, which prints Shakespeare alongside works by Lenin and Stalin. Trachtenberg also described a new Intercontinental News Service supplying labor news to 40 papers in the U S and Latin America, of which he is secretary.
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Washington
Alexander Trachtenberg
American Communist Party
Dies Committee
A. A. Heller
Heller
Russia
International Publishers of
New York
Shakespeare
Enin
Stalin
Trachtenberg
Intercontinental News Service
United States
Latin America
World Tourists
Wheat and corn prices rise at Kansas City market
Strong buying support fueled by President Roosevelt remarks sent wheat futures up sharply. December wheat closed at 81 cents, while corn futures rose 15.8 to 25.4 cents with the December option around 53.5 cents.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Board of Trade
Abe government pledges independent stance and China policy
Tokyo reports Premier Nobuyuki Abe's cabinet formed August 29 reaffirmed an independent foreign policy. It aims for a rapid settlement of the Chinese war and will provide positive help toward establishing a new Chinese central government.
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Tokyo
Nobuyuki Abe
China
Poles Flee to Rumania Amid Frontier Movements
A dispatch from Cernauti reports Polish Finance Minister Eugene Kwiatkowski and ten officials reached Romania at Cernauti. The Romanian ambassador to Warsaw and staff also entered Romania. Earlier, 14 Polish planes carried 48 passengers, mostly family members of commercial airline pilots, to Bernauti.
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Budanest
Cernauti
Rumania
Eugene Kwiatkowski
Warsaw
Romania
Poland
Heat Bakes Crops Across Topeka Area
Ab normal hot dry weather last week damaged late corn and certain grain crops while chilling overall crop condition, reports from federal and state agriculture departments indicate.
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Topeka
Sent
Federal
Textile wage set at 32 1/4 cents in textile industry
Washington announced by wage hour administrator Merel F. Andrews the approval of a 32 1/4 cent per hour minimum wage for textile workers.
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Appraves
Washington
Pi—Elmer F. Andrews
Roosevelt calls Congress to meet September 21 special session
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation calling Congress to convene in extra session at noon on September 21 1939 to consider liberalizing the neutrality act and repealing the arms embargo. He invited Democratic and Republican leaders to informal talks at the White House September 20 to discuss the agenda.
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Congress
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House
White House
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United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tex
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Jasper
Ala
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Paducah
McNary
Salem
Ore
Minton
New Albany
Ind
Austin
Burlington
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Tonopa
Daladier Forms New Cabinet To Prosecute War
Premier Daladier announced a new French cabinet to carry on the war against Germany. After consulting statesmen, he presented the ministry to President Lebrun at the Elysee Palace, a government reshuffle pursued on his initiative.
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Paris
Daladier
Germany
France
War Ministry
Good Will Tour to Stop at Lawrence Airport
The All Kansas Good Will Air Tour will stop at the Lawrence municipal airport on September 22 to 24 after starting in Wichita and ending in El Dorado. Planes will land at 2 45 and depart at 4 p.m. The route includes Wichita Hutchinson Great Bend Salina Beloit Clay Center Manhattan Topeka Lawrence Chanute Coffeyville and El Dorado.
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Wichita
el Dorado
Hutchinson
Great Bend
Salina
Beloit
Clay Center
Manhattan
Topeka
Lawrence
Chanute Coffeyville
Germans Blow Up Bridge on Metz Trier Railway
Reports from the Luxembourg frontier say Germans blew up the railway bridge over the Moselle near Schengen between Metz and Trier. Border observers attributed the action to fear of a French offensive in the region.
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Luxembourg
Metz
France
Trier
Germany
Moselle
Schengen
Hitler Makes Second Front Visit Near Lodz
Adolf Hitler visited the Polish front north of Lodz today as German accounts say 50 000 to 60 000 Poles have been attempting a four day break through the encirclement.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Lodz
iGerman
Italy defines stance on European war as gradually set
Virginio Gayda, editor aligned with Mussolini, says Rome will shape its position gradually. In Il Giornale d Italia he attacks Versailles postwar terms but omits firm commitments. He asserts Italy will act according to its interests and a balanced European view, noting the war does not directly affect Italian interests.
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Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
Italy
Gayda
Il Giornale d
Italia
Versailles
Submarine Squalus Surfaces After Salvage Effort
Portsmouth N H September 18 The submarine Squalus surfaces after a successful lift at 2 05 p m E S T and is towed to Portsmouth navy yard for dry dock The craft listed 20 degrees and its crew and 26 dead are accounted for The bow rose before 9 am and water streamed from the conning tower as salvage crews work to ready the ship for tow prior to nightfall
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Portsmouth
N. H
E.S.T
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Falcon
Ottawa prorogues war session as tax plan set
The Canadian parliament prorogued after approving war measures. The senate backed the final war bill and the house passed it at a brisk pace. The plan raises income taxes by 20 percent while existing exemptions stay. Corporate taxes will range from 10 to 60 percent over thresholds or 50 percent on profits above four year average.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Lord Tweedsmuir
Senate
House
Chinese Entertainers in Auto Crash Near Ottawa
Seven of the 12 member Jim Wong troupe of Chinese entertainers were injured when their car overturned after a tire blew out six miles north of Ottawa. The troupe was en route from the New York World's Fair to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson.
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Ottawa
Jim Wong
Here
Hutchinson
Corn Marketing Quota Referendum Called Off
Secretary Wallace announced the Agriculture Department will not hold a referendum this year on corn marketing quotas. He cited current European conditions and ample supplies, saying a quota election is not required.
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Washington
Wallace
Agriculture Department
Planning Board to Meet on Subdivision Rules and Rezoning
The planning board will meet at city hall at 5 PM to discuss subdivision regulations and act on a rezoning petition for Thirteenth and New Hampshire streets. The board can regulate land within a three mile fringe outside the city. City Engineer Ben Babb will attend. George M. Beal chairs the meeting.
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Thirteenth
New Hampshire
Ben Babb
George M. Beal
Indians to Exhibit on Midway at National Cornhusking
Haskell Indians will stage a large midway exhibit for the National Cornhusking contest featuring an Indian village with tepees housing students in tribal costumes. Plans include tepees for native foods arts and crafts and home life with a pole shortage noted for replacement. officials discussed welcome signs and a city minstrel show as part of publicity.
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Haskell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Glenn Charlton
George Hedrick
Lawrence
John Andrews
Charles Radcliffe
Heat Forces Early Dismissal for City Schools and Haskell
City schools and Haskell Institute closed early due to heat. Grade schools dismissed at 2:30 p.m. junior and senior highs ten minutes later. Liberty Memorial High held an assembly with Principal Neal M. Wherry and Supt. Clifford D. Dean addressing students. student council officers Lindenberger and Sutherland spoke.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell Sidelite
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal M. Wherry
Clifford D. Dean
Kenneth Lindenberger
Howard Sutherland, Jr
Bergdoll Trial Monday Holds Family Sentiments
Mrs Berta Bergdoll sends three of her five children to school as her draft dodging husband faces an army court martial Monday. She comments on black boards in America while Europe endures blackouts and downplays the NY Bergdoll war service evasion trial to be held on the 21st. She notes she expects a sixth child next month.
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Philadelphia
Berta Bergdoll
America
Europe
New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Stock Market Index Report Shows Slight Dip
The average of 60 stocks fell to 52.5 from 52.9 yesterday, indicating a modest decline across the market. Investors watched trading with brief volatility as sectors moved unevenly.
Citizens and Army in Warsaw Repel Attacks
Warsaw reports the army and civilians repelling concentric assaults from overwhelming German forces. Anti aircraft fire dispersed bombers during 14 wave attacks. A German tank penetrated a suburb but was captured and disarmed by civilian defenders, mainly women and children. The Warsaw radio station operates as normal and German radio claimed strategic retreat.
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Warsaw
Telegraphic Agency
Stockholm
Jakan
Steel Work Boom Seeks 125,000 More Jobs by Thanksgiving
In Pittsburgh executives report a rush of domestic orders could bring as many as 125,000 workers back to mills before Thanksgiving. Mills ran at 63 percent capacity last week with 455,000 workers and $60 million monthly payroll, vs 572,000 workers and $80 million payroll two years ago at 80 to 90 percent output.
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Pittsburgh
Italian denial of revort Bremen new Italian ship
The Italian government denied reports that the German liner Bremen had become an Italian vessel or was bound for an Italian port. A Rotterdam newspaper had claimed the Bremen, which sailed from New York on August 30 and had not been officially reported since, was now Italian. The British information ministry also permitted publication of the Rotterdam claim, though the Associated Press had no confirmation.
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Italy
Bremen
Rotterdam
New York
London
British Information Ministry
Associated Press
Britain
Berlin
Murmansk
Survivors recount horror of Athenia sinking and sub attack
Halifax reports reach City of Flint survivors over 200 aboard describe sudden liner loss and submarine near-misses across the Atlantic. tales include periscope sighting ship jolts torpedoes and heroic rescue efforts as 216 passengers found shelter on tarpaulin bunks and coast guard medics assist victims.
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Halifax
N. S
Athenia
City of Flint
Mianne Palfrey
Scotland
Dexters
Joseph Gainard
Gainard
Margaret Tay
Brockville
Ont
American Coast Guard
Fall term opens at Kansas with welcome convocation schedule
University of Kansas plans a full fall term kickoff starting Friday with freshmen meetings and an evening convocation by Chancellor Malott. Enrollment aims for about 4,500 students with registration beginning Saturday and classes starting Thursday.
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University of Kansas
Altho
D. W. Malott
Trinsthru University
Malott
Union Building
Heat Holds Across Kansas With Temperatures Near The Nineties
A strong high pressure system keeps Kansas sweltering with forecasts of upper 90s daily. Federal meteorologist S. D. Flora notes a stalled low from South Dakota to Utah blocks cooling, with little rain since August 18 and widespread 90s across neighboring states. Overnight lows range from 70 to 80 in the east and west regions.
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Topeka
South Dakota
Utah
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Toneka
Chanute
Tribune
Wichita
Manhattan
Elk
Kansas Weather Forecast Brief
Kansas forecast shows generally fair and warm conditions tonight and Thursday with increasing cloudiness and cooler temps in the northwest. Gas Office records note high near 79 yesterday and low around 73 today with a 90 at 7 am. Also a brief ad for a 1940 Chevrolet appears at bottom.
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Voscolday
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