Berlin London Talks Cloud European Crisis
Reports cite a three hour conference between Chamberlain and the British ambassador to Berlin while Halifax and Henderson consult with the French ambassador. An informant claims a German Polish compromise is under way as Berlin tight lipped, with real decisions viewed as being made in London Paris and Rome.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
Nevile Henderson
Charles Corbin
Foreign Office
Germany
Danzig
Upper Silesia
Moscicki
Roosevelt
Sir Mevile Henderson
Paris
Rome
Hitler
Tannenberg
Walter von Brauchitsch
Rhineland
Josef Lipski
Poland Accepts Roosevelt Plan Amid Border Incidents
Poland accepted President Roosevelt's conciliatory proposal promising to refrain from hostile acts if Germany follows suit. President Moscicki suggested Roosevelt as mediator and supported third party conciliation as fair. At Mlawa and Baskidy Czarne border areas German fire and border clashes were reported. Polish guards repelled a locomotive seizure near Cadca. In Warsaw, citizens attended masses and workers built air raid shelters in anticipation of possible war and bombing.
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Lloyd Lehrbas
Warsaw
Poland
Roosevelt
Germany
Ignace Moscicki
Mr. Roosevelt
Baskidy Czarne
Slaskie
Cadca
Slovakia
Canadians Plead for Peace With World Leaders
Prime Minister Mackenzie King sent messages to Hitler Mussolini and Polish leader Moscicki urging restraint and a peaceful settlement to avoid catastrophe. Canada conveyed through German Italian and Polish consuls that it is prepared to join other British commonwealth nations to seek just solutions and reject force as a means of resolving disputes.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Fuehrer
Hitler
Mussolini
Moscicki
Poland
Germany
Italy
Canada
King
Burns From Highline Fatal to Lowan Worker
Boone Oscar E. Larson Jr., 24, died from burns received Friday after contacting a 2,200 volt highline while working on a pole near Pilot Mound Iowa. He was dropped 20 feet to the ground along the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railroad right of way. His parents a brother and two sisters survive.
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Boone
Oscar E. Larson, Jr
Pilot Mound
Fort Dodge, Des Moines
Blaze Discovered as Radiator Steams
Mrs. Miriam Boone woke to crackling noises from a basement radiator and found a fire near the heater. The blaze heated pipes and sent hot water through radiators, causing several hundred dollars in damage.
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Philadelphia
Miriam Boone
Roosevelt’s Second Settlement Plea Reaches Hitler
President Roosevelt sent a second peace appeal to Adolf Hitler urging direct negotiation or conciliation to settle the Poland dispute. The message followed Poland’s acceptance of a Moscow proposal and noted Moscow’s approval of talks, with a seventh peace outreach to German leadership.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Germany
Poland
Moscicki
Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Republic of Poland
German Reich
French Call Ambassador Back Home Over Soviet Pact
Paris recalls Ambassador Paul Emile Naggiar to Paris on a long leave after France questions Soviet Premier Molotov's pact with Germany. Waladier bans L Humanite and Ce Soir as France marks its stance. Naggiar sought an explanation from Molotov, who sent a curt reply.
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Paris
Moscow
Paul Emile Naggiar
France
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Germany
Russia
Waladier
L’humanite Amd
Naggiar
Molotoff
William Leeds
Weather forecast for Iowa Illinois and river stages
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer conditions in most areas. Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri outlook shows generally fair weather with above normal temperatures and isolated showers. River stage readings include La Crosse 4.8 rising 0.1 and St. Louis 6.3 falling 1.1.
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Illinois
Upper Mississippi
Lower Missouri
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Dubuque
Muscatine
Keokuk
Fall
St. Louis
Americans in Berlin urged to return home
About 1,000 Americans in Berlin received letters from the U S consulate urging departure from Germany to the United States. Acting Consul General Raymond H Geist signed the notice. Many business men and correspondents chose to stay, while some families were sent away.
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Berlin
United States
Raymond H. Geist
Germany
Arthur E. Dunning
American Chamber of Commerce
French Mobilization Nears Completion
Paris state that three more military groups have been called to the colors as France nears full mobilization. The defense ministry said officers and troops with mobilization orders numbered 1 5 and 6 are summoned and must follow mobilization instructions.
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Paris
France
National Defense Ministry
War Crisis Flashes Across Europe as Talks Loom
London signals a Sunday reply to Hitler's peace offer as Cabinet meets in emergency session. Henderson returns the German message to Berlin by plane. Berlin hints at a constructive Poland solution while Mussolini consults the high command. France mobilizes nearly complete with 2.2 million under arms and France warns Berlin of absolute parity in talks.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Foreign Office
Hitler
Poland
Reichstag
Talk of a hunted man and political movers in print
The column recounts the most hunted man in America surrendering to government agents as Walter Winchell notes. It cites New York Republican leaders predicting Joseph Pew Jr. will influence next year’s GOP convention. A widow describes a Minneapolis murder and a judge criticizes a 14 year old killer in Los Angeles.
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America
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Walter Winchell
S Buchalter
G-men
New York
Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Pennsylvania
James McMullin
Ben B. Lindsey
Richard Jenson
Los Angeles
Iowa Temperature Returns to Normal Range
Iowa temperatures rose toward normal under clear skies. State readings averaged about two degrees below normal, with Sioux City registering one degree above late August figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Two Eastern Iowa WPA Projects Approved for Federal Grants
President approves two eastern Iowa WPA projects with $137,115 in federal funds. Major project allocates $106,220 for flood control along Black Hawk creek in Davenport and quarry operations for materials. The second project provides $30,895 for a storm drain on West Fourth Street in Clinton.
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Washington
Iowa
Work Projects Administration
Black Hawk Creek
Davenport
Clinton
West Fourth
Japs Protest Nazi-Soviet Agreement and Policy Shift
Tokyo reports the Japanese army approved moving away from the Rome Berlin axis and protests to Berlin over the German Soviet non aggression pact. The army calls for rapid China campaign gains and notes the anti intern pact is effectively dead, signaling a broad foreign policy shift. Limited reports hint at cabinet reshuffles and Itagaki urging Konoye to return as premier. A Hsinking communique notes a Japanese counterattack on Soviet Mongolia as tensions with the USSR rise.
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Tokyo
Japan
Berlin
China
Germany
Italy
Rome
Russia
Seishiro Itagaki
Fumimaro Konoye
Hsinking
Manchoukuo
Carl Hess Dies at Bloomington Township Home
Carl Hess 69 longtime resident of Bloomington township died at his home at 8 a m He was born November 27 1869 in Wegmar Germany and married Emma Blass on November 18 1891 in Leipzig Germany Surviving are his wife three sons Rudolph and Robert Hess of San Diego and Arthur Hess Bloomington township five grandchildren Funeral services scheduled for 2 30 p m Monday at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home Rev F C Schmidt will officiate Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery Body at Wittich funeral home
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Carl Hess
Bloomington Township
Mr. Hess
Wegmar
Germany
Emma Blass
Leipzig
Evangelical Protestant Church
Muscatine Maennerchor
Rudolph
Navy Aims to Raise Squalus on Sunday
The Navy plans to raise the submarine Squalus and the 26 victims from the Piscataqua River surface, weather permitting, and tow the 4 million dollar vessel to a Navy yard drydock.
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Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Squalus
Piscataqua River
Navy Yard
North Atlantic Steamer Service Disrupted Amid War Orders
North Atlantic steamship service is severely disrupted as Nazi vessels hurry to Germany under Berlin orders. Polish ships are told to shelter at neutral ports to avoid the North Sea while Italian liners stay close to home harbors. Wet-risk insurance rates rise again for cargoes bound for Italy and Germany.
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New York
North Atlantic
Germany
Berlin
North Sea
Italy
Stein Family To Return From Europe Arrive New York Monday
J R Reuling secretary to S G Stein reports Mr and Mrs S G Stein their daughters Miss Mary Elda and Ann Stein and son S G Stein IV with Richard Kautz will land in New York City Monday after a three month tour of Germany Switzerland and other European nations aboard the Bremen. Arrival date to Muscatine is not set.
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Muscatine
J. R. Reuling
S.G. Stein
Shipping Rates Rise for Axis Port Cargoes in War Era
The minimum rate for cargoes bound for axis-power ports on axis-controlled ships rose to 10 dollars per 100 valua tion from 5 dollars, while rates may be withdrawn without notice. Amid a rush of 69,000 Americans abroad seeking home, ship capacity was strained and weeks could pass before all could be ferried back to the United States. The German liner Hansa neared home via the English channel after refraining from New York. Europa was mid Atlantic to Germany. Bremen, an all but en route ship, would sail to New York as scheduled despite orders for German ships to stay harbor or return home.
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United States
Hansa
English Channel
New York
Europa
Germany
Berlin
Bremen
British Ships Patrol Caribbean Sea Near Panama Canal
Reports said vessels of the British America and West Indies squadron patrolled the Caribbean within 50 miles of the Panama Canal to intercept German shipping if Europe hostilities break out. The four-cruiser force was said to base at Bermuda. officials had no confirmation but not surprised. German ships continued to move through the canal.
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Cristobal
Canal Zone
America and West Indies
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal
Europe
Bermuda
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