Hitler Calls Poland Demand a German Dispute Not War
Chancellor Hitler issues a memo to Prime Minister Chamberlain declaring German demands on Poland as a dispute, not a war question. The exchange follows Henderson’s Berchtesgaden trip and reflects mounting tension as troops move and warnings persist.
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Pierre J. Huss
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Nevile Chamberlain
Britain
Poland
Chamberlain
Nevile Henderson
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
New Castle
Weather delays and odd local notes from Ada area
In between rain showers residents dried clothes by hand while one Moor day resident faced a joke about hanging twice. Frank Young from Moody avenue showed a golf ball sized egg laid by a white Plymouth Rock hen on James Irvin’s Ada farm. Local photo galleries of political candidates sprouted along roadsides, likely to outlast primaries and remind voters of unrealized hopes. A Washington street merchant’s descendant found a dated code of rules contrasting with modern practices.
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Pa Newe
Moody Avenue
Pa Nene
Frank Young
News
James Irvin
Ada
Irwin
Young
Ake
Washington Street
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for 34-Hour Period Ends Tuesday
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 32 and a minimum of 57 during the 34 hours ending at 5 p.m. Tuesday with 0.02 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 4.5 feet. For the same date last year, the maximum reached 85 and the minimum was 6 with no precipitation reported.
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United States
Pact may be less dangerous than first feared in Europe
Paris reports Britain and France will keep military missions in Moscow to test if Russia will honor a double cross with Germany. Observers in diplomatic circles now deem the Russo German pact potentially more hopeful than disastrous. The alliance is seen as shifting balance toward democracies, with potential indirect benefits to the United States.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Europe
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Strick
Republicans report gains in eligible voters totals
Registration figures released by Edith Cowden show changes in city and county voter eligibility. City New Castle totals reveal declines since October, while county districts show shifts from 1938 figures. Party breakdowns list Republicans and Democrats across city rural districts and overall totals with gender splits and minor party counts.
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Edith Cowden
City of
New Castle
Prohibition
Koval Oak
No Party
Franco Opposes Moscow Pact Threat to Spain
London Aug 23 International News Service reports that Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain, is ready to break from the Rome Berlin axis if a German Russian non aggression pact emerges. The Daily Sketch says Franco, who fought the Left in the Civil War, telephoned Berlin and Rome to speak with Mussolini after learning of the Moscow pact prospect.
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International News Service
London
Generatissimo
Francisco Franco
Spain
Berlin
Daily Sketch
Franco
Rome
Premiser Mussolini
Moscow
Sketch
New Castle
British Troops Destroy Bridges Near Hong Kong
British forces demolished bridges near Hong Kong as Japan’s actions intensified. Residents were urged to retreat into the city, with authorities seeking registrations for women and children who may be evacuated if the situation worsens. In New Castle, city offices will close at noon Thursday for the fair, a longtime custom.
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International News Service
Hong Kong
China
Oly
New CasTin
Charles EB. McGraith
New Castle
Danzig Tension Rises Amid Mobilization Prep
August 23 Danzig reports growing tension as military moves appear in the Free City and along Polish and East Prussian borders. Danzig and Reich German leaders accuse Polish aggression and pledge early return to Germany while unknowns delay a concrete date. Trucks and buses circulated for rapid mobilization and new defenses near Zoppot slow construction. East Prussia sees heavy German activity. A German meeting at Zoppot claims legal basis to seize Danzig and leaders reiterate full German support for Danzig nights.
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International News Service
Danzig
Free City
Germany
Zoppot
East Prussia
German Jurisdicial Association
Hans Frank
Free State
Frank
Albert Foerster
New Russo-German Pact May Be Signed Today
Paris August 23 First information from Moscow indicated the Russo German non aggression accord will be signed immediately and that German foreign minister will return to Berlin by tomorrow night. Reports say Warsaw Budapest have been in close communication as a lightning ultimatum may strike Hungary rather than Poland upon his arrival.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Paris
Moscow
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Poland
Hungary
Warsaw
Budapest
Huy
New Castle
First girl in Lawrence County earns motorcycle license
Miss Jean Brown, 18, of 409 Hutchison Street, became the first girl in Lawrence County to pass the Pennsylvania motorcycle examination. She completed the test on Tuesday on Sampson Street, riding the machine through a figure eight and answering questions on the vehicle code.
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Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Jean Brown
Hutchison Street
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Sampson Street
Racing Program Starts At Fair This Afternoon
The Greater New Castle Fair opened with favorable weather and runs through Friday at the fair grounds off the Harlansburg road. Exhibits include a top cattle display, other farm animals, a rodeo, flowers and a weed exhibit by local PTAs, 4-H clothing awards, farm and household machinery displays, and a racing program beginning today.
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New Castle
Harlansburg Rand
East Brook
Matheny
Clenmore
Neshannock
PF. T. A
James’ Robinson
Catholics Gather for First Lawrence County Catholic Reunion Picnic
Cascade Park hosts the first annual Lawrence County Catholic reunion picnic sponsored by St. Marys Council Knights of Columbus as parishes from across the county assemble for the day. Festivities include a baby show at 12:30 PM and a program designed to entertain continuously amid favorable weather.
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Cascade Park
Lawrence County
St. Mary's Council
Knights of Columbus
Four Men Die In Rocky Mount Plane Crash
Four business men were killed when a privately owned monoplane crashed six miles from Rocky Mount North Carolina as they were enroute to Raleigh to transact business. The victims were Walter Tharsington of Dortchess Dr W O Hause of Tarboro P S Koonce of Leggetts and Harry H Hicks of Tarboro. Witnesses said the plane dived suddenly burying three feet deep in a field and all occupants apparently died instantly.
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Koonce
Leggetts
N. C
Harry H. Hicks
Tarboro
Witresses
Developments Of Day In European Situation
Nations rushed men and equipment amid fears of war as Ribbentrop met in Moscow on a no aggression pact. Berlin saw troops massing and a warning to Poland while Britain warned Hitler and Poland, Warsaw prepared for ultimatums, and global powers planned emergency measures.
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International
Europe
Moscow
Hitler
Bercicesgaden
von Ribbentrop
Germany
Berlin
Poland
London
Britain
Anair
Berchtesgaden
Warsaw
Danzig
Rome
Pius
Brussels
Tokyo
Japan
Washington
America
President Roosevelt to Halt Vacation Amid European Crisis
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary Cordell Hull rush back to Washington from vacations as European tensions escalate. The White House confirms the president will cut short his Atlantic cruise and assume immediate command in Washington. British Ambassador Sir Roland Lindsay meets with Sumner Wells as officials discuss troubled abroad conditions.
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Eric Friedhemm
International
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hin
Tady
Hull
White House
Roland Lindsay
United States
State Department
Sumner Welles
Mr. Roosevelt
Mexico President Renews Noncandidate Pledge
Mexico City August 4 President Lazaro Cardenas declared he will not seek re election, affirming a revolutionary principle and stating he will support a candidate in the forthcoming elections in response to a letter from the Union of Democratic Institutions. Japan Clings to Hope in Moscow Pact
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Arternational News Service
Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Union of Democratic Institutionalists
Ruy
Japan
Anti-Polish Feeling Rises in Slovakia Amid Refugee Influx
In Bratislava on August 23, anti Polish sentiment rose as German and Czech refugees arrive from Poland through secret mine shafts. A mines meeting drew about one hundred thousand residents demanding the return of territories ceded to Poland after the autumn partition of Czechoslovakia.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Poland
Czacheslov
Aida
SIUY
Australia to Recruit 14000 Troops for Immediate Service
Prime Minister Menzies announced a special force of 14,000 Australian troops to be recruited as a voluntary reserve for immediate service. In case of emergencies to defend vulnerable points, plans for broader mobilization to aid England in case of a continental conflict were being prepared.
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Newa’ Service
Canberra
Australia
R. G. Menzies
Dominion
England
Death Record Notice for Jane Warriz and others
Death notices list Jane Elizabeth Warriz aged 14 of 1016 Williams Street and Ella Stewart aged 74 of 36 North Beaver Street Mira W, along with Luke aged 72 of Beaver County. The brief notices appear dated Wednesday August 23, 1929.
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Jane Elizabeth Warriz
Williams Street
Ella, Stewart
Beaver Street
Mira
Luke
Beaver County
Italo German Plan on Polish Dispute to be Communicated
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome says Count Galeazzo Ciann will soon relay the Italo German plan for settling the Polish German dispute over Danzig and the corridor to British, French and Polish ambassadors in Rome. The plan will be discussed and a single agreed result sent to Chancellor Hitler.
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London
Danzig
Galeanzo Ciann
Rome
Exchange
Clana
Canadian Cabinet To Meet Thursday
Ottawa Aug 23 The Canadian cabinet was summoned to meet tomorrow with convocation of the mother parliament in London to study measures for Dominion defense if the European emergency deepens Prime Minister Mackenzie King canceled a planned Toronto trip and remained at his desk through the day authoritative reports said the London cabinet meeting indicated Britain and France would aid Poland and not retreat on the Danzig question
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International News Service
Ottawa
London
Dominion
Toronto
Mackenzie King
Oaverstas
France
Poland
Danzig
Britain
Hitler
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Ylane
Berechtescaden
Ecopip
Reuter
le Avile
Fuehrer
Neville Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Herlin
Grivish
Parc Bayer Bay
New Castle
Four Drowned By Undertow At Lake Michigan Beach
A strong undertow swept four members of a Chicago family to their deaths at a Lake Michigan beach near Gary. Victims were John Moran 65 his wife Mary O Malley 50 daughter Mary Moran 26 and great nephew John Hogan ell. One member Ace Hogan 8 was rescued. The group stood in four feet of water when the undertow dragged them from shore to death.
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C International News Service
Gary, Inc
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Gar
John Moran
Mary O'Malley
Mary Moran
John Hogan
Ace Hogan
Wee
Sone
New Speed Record For Auto Is Made At Salt Flats
International news reports John R. Cobb the London fur broker set a new world land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats driving a Railton Red Lion racer. The tally reached 366.65 miles per hour amid the glare of the event on August 23.
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Internationalews
Bonneville Saltyflats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Will Carry Out Pledges Of Aid Made To Poland
Britain and France prepared for war as diplomatic efforts failed to avert a Polish crisis. Hitler rejected Allied guarantees and pressed for a quick showdown with Britain, while Henderson met Hitler in Berlin to convey assurances of military aid to Poland.
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Poland
Berlin
Hitler
England
Nevile Henderson
Reich
Charles A. Suth
State to send funds to city and school districts
Auditor General W R Roberts announced in Harrisburg that the state will disburse a total of 5 878 113 39 to second and third class school districts in September. Included are 59 725 50 for New Castle and 905 68 for Ellwood City, with 59 723 to the city itself.
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New Castle
Ellwood City
W.R. Roberts
HarrisBuRg
Reading Lines in a Distant Town Tale
A narrator muses on travel away from home, noting a bag and grip for a short journey. The piece contrasts distant maps with local scenery, praising the comfort and value of returning home for its familiar pleasures.
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Rome
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Arthur Mometer
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