16 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1939
Page
1
Moscow reports the outer Mongolian Manchukuoan border armistice leads to heightened talks of a Soviet Japanese non aggression pact. Appointment of M A Smetanin as ambassador to Tokyo signals stronger ties and possible early agreements. Berlin watches for potential shifts impacting the European war.
A Pa Newc reader notes St Swithin's Day weather lore has faded this year with 40 days of heat rain and phine since observation. The column ties marriage woes to economic strain and lack of financial preparedness at home. It observes local option votes and dissatisfaction with licensed places ahead of the November election as primary tensions ease. (Continued On Page Two)
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 5 PM show a maximum temperature of 95 and a minimum of 60 with trace precipitation. River stage listed as 4.6 feet. For the same day last year, minimums were 74 and 62 with 21 inches of precipitation.
Charles A Lindbergh, leading isolationists, told radio audiences that it would be madness for the United States to enter the European war. He warned that even if the U.S. fought, loss of millions of American lives and a generation of burden would follow.
The liner Aquitania arrived in New York with two 16 pound guns and several hundred Americans aboard amid a feud with Ambassador Kennedy. A warning read to passengers by Consul General Donald caused consternation, and a protest letter was prepared by about 10 financiers before being sent. Kennedy replied arguing travelers’ confusion at the time.
Paris dispatch reports heavy fighting on the western front with no clear gains for either side while a German counter attack is repelled. Official communique notes French advances east of the Moselle and efforts to widen the battle front continue. The French advance on the eastern Moselle bank is described as relentless against German attempts to split their flanks along the Nied valley.
In London today confident circles say French forces are near completing encirclement of Saarbrucken to seize the industrial Saarland. French and British units advance into Siegfried line areas as German holds stiffen northward with strong entrenchments near Luxembourg. Allied navies intensify submarine campaign while authorit ies caution success yet unseen in the field.
J E Vandling was named yesterday to succeed Norman M Lawrence as superintendent of the Erie and Ash Tabula division of the Pennsylvania railroad and began duties this morning at divisional headquarters. Lawrence moves to the St Louis division at Terre Haute ind. Vandling began as a clerk at Renova Pa in 1916 and rose through promotions to division engineer on the Hast ern division at Pittsburgh before taking the new post.
WASHINGTON Sept 16 administration officials are weighing senatorial views on scrapping the neutrality act except for the munitions central board and returning to international law to face war problems. They seek the strongest case for a repeat embargo on arms and munitions to warring European nations while noting opposition from isolationists. State Dept hints Congress may not revert to law but push prohibitions on travel of Americans and goods to danger zones described by the president. Continued discussion noted.
Mrs Luke Reno about 60 of Shenango township was fatally injured at 2 PM when the car driven by her husband collided with another vehicle at the old Rose farm on the Ellwood City road four miles east of the city. Details of the accident were not learned.
Berlin reports the capture of Bialystok, a city of over 1,000 population, as German high command claims progress around Warsaw. Fighting continues near Premysl and Lemberg, with German forces advancing to sever Poland from Romania while denying French and British attacks on German territory. Soviet embassy military attaches have daily talks with German leaders amid rumors of Soviet occupation arrangements.
International news briefing summarizes armistice talks on Russo Japanese border and a potential non aggression pact, French and German fronts with Poland and Lemberg, a German aerial raid on Vilna, and Tony Drexel Biddle Jr. establishing liaison near the Polish Romanian border.
Governor Arthur H. James left Harrisburg at 6 p.m. for a 300 mile flight then a National Guard plane to Columbia Missouri where his 19 year old son Arthur Jr. had surgery for acute appendicitis. The trip marked his second air journey since taking office.
A repeat of the season's heat mark occurred as the temperature hit 96 degrees, tying a prior peak of 95 degrees set on September 7. The Middle West endures a sweeping September heat wave with no relief in sight, according to government weather forecasters.
Paris dispatch reports Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has returned to Berlin while Field Marshal Hermann Goering stays in Poland to reorganize captured corn mines in Upper Silesia. The report, dated September 14, frames the strategic redeployment amid ongoing wartime concerns.
The Greater New Castle Air Progress Committee announced a week long program from September 16 to 24 centered at New Castle Airport on Youngstown Road Route 22 Barkstown Corners. The event, aided by National Aeronautic Association sanction, aims to boost aviation interest with a nine day schedule featuring a Sunday morning 9 o clock good will flight by 100 local airplanes. Continued on page two.
U S envoy Anthony J Drexel Biddle and his family establish a temporary embassy in a small Polish farmhouse near the Romanian border at Zalesneyki. Reporter James E Brown notes the scene as German army advances, with Biddle describing experiences across Poland from Warsaw to the front.
French forces, praised as 100 percent successful in driving back German positions before the Siegfried Line, prepare for a broad opening of joint Anglo-French action along the western front. Official communique notes repulse of a German counterattack near the Nied River and details heavy artillery barrages and use of mobile units in early operations.
A Moscow dispatch said Soviet troops machine gunned and forced a German bombing plane to land at Levsk in the Ukraine. Five crew members survived and were sent to New Castle. Other notes report the British oil tanker Cheyenne sunk by a German submarine and rescued by a Norwegian freighter Treighter Tdsbakke amid Anglo-American Oil Co. operations.
Fragmentary report notes Arthur Mometer in poor condition and inconsistent play. Describes team moments where effort was solid and others where players froze, with eleven men widely unused. Ends with cheer and band reference, mentioning Us eighty-seven lodzy.
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