Roosevelt reiterates permanent neutrality in peace declarations
President Roosevelt told a packed Washington press conference that the United States is not at war and will stay out of the European conflict. He insists authorities will avoid war and hopes to keep the nation out of hostilities, while urging reporters not to press for involvement. (Continued on page two.)
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International News Service
Washington
Roosevelt
America
United States
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New Castle
Rain Revives Wheat Fields After Dry Spell
Farmers report recent rains benefit wheat fields that had germination slow due to bone dry soil and little prior rain. Rain now gives wheat a good start before winter, reducing risk of freeze damage as roots are established. A column notes a device that automatically closes windows in rain, and recalls Edward Crimes of Beaver Falls who was robbed of $40 after stopping to aid a stranded motorist in East Pittsburgh.
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Steen Miles
Thare
Edward Crimes
Beaver Falls
Crimes
Pittsburgh
Daily Weather Report Sees 4 Rp. m. Thursday Readings
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 4 p.m. Thursday show a maximum temperature of 8 and a minimum of 45 with precipitation noted and a river stage at 3 feet. For the same date last year, the maximum reached 77 and the minimum was 48 with no precipitation recorded.
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United States
Poles Refuse To Surrender Washington Embassy
Report claims Polish embassy staff in Washington refuse to surrender the building and papers to the German embassy. Polish Ambassador Jerzy Forocki says the embassy would operate on Polish government funds in U S deposits and then on contributions if funds run dry. The American government continues to recognize Poland as sovereign.
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New Castle Hospital Nurses Graduated in Commencement
The New Castle Hospital School of Nursing held a commencement in the Ben Franklin Auditorium on Thursday evening. Rev Fr M P Hinnebusch presided, praising the graduates as faithful agents of Christ aiding the sick and needy. Twelve senior nurses in white uniforms marched to an Emery Orchestra program as families looked on.
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Soviet Premier May Visit Berlin Hinted in Geneva
Geneva circles predict a state visit by Premier Molotov to Berlin next month tied to a Balkan conference to forge a Nazi Soviet entente in southeastern Europe. The move would imply a rupture of the Rome Berlin axis, with Mussolini opposed to Soviet participation in the Balkans.
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V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Europe
Mussolini
Russia
French Liners Reach Le Havre in Convoy Escort
French liners Champlain De Grasse and Colombie arrived at Le Havre today escorted by convoys, completing a voyage from New York. The arrivals underscore continued transatlantic service between the United States and France.
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Colombie
New York
Silk-Stocking Slayer Is Given Life Sentence
Earl E. Steely, a 24 year old Lititz quarry worker, was given life in prison for the silk stocking murder of Mrs. Lucie Smith in Lancaster County. The first murder trial without a jury found him guilty after he claimed he lost control when Mrs. Smith resisted him in his car. He denied knowledge of the torn stocking scene and said he had been drinking prior to the date. He testified he drank eight beers and said he rode with Mrs. Smith to a lonely road. Parisians faced a daylight air raid warning in the first such alert of the war with alarms at 11:22 p m and the all clear 33 minutes later.
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Fpa
Earl E. Steely
Lititz
Lucie Smith
Steely
Lancaster Actnty
Lebanon
International News Service
Paris
New Castle
Death notices from September 29 1859 record several ages
Death records list Daniel Ke Rouse aged 71 in Union Township Joseph Finato aged 5 of Hillsville Samuel Sims aged 91 of Ellwood City and Mrs Tony Sankovich aged 52 of Bex peimner. records reflect local obituaries with multiple deceased names and ages from that date.
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Union Township
Joseph Finato
Hillsville
Samuel Sims
Ellwood City
Tony Sankovich
Bexpeimner
Saturday Grid Score Service Delayed For College Football
The News outlines the annual Saturday afternoon score service for college football games. It states the service will not begin until next week, with no service scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
Germany Increases Western Front Troop Deployment
Paris dispatch reports Germany expanding western force to 50 divisions about 750000 men, preparing for a vast double thrust if the Russo-German peace drive fails. Observers estimate 61 divisions or 900000 men could envelope Maginot Line within ten days, timing tied to the fate of negotiations.
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Kenneth T. Downs
Paris
Germany
Ines
Saar
Poland
Reich
Maginot Line
Exodus of Warsaw Defenders to Begin Tonight
Berlin reports tonight the exodus of disarmed Warsaw defenders will start with relief measures for civilians already under way. The German high command says over 30,000 Modlin fortress defenders and 4,000 wounded have surrendered unconditionally on the Western front amid minor skirmishes. A French plane was shot down near Wissembourg and a British craft near Osnabruck.
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Warsaw
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Osnabruck
Soviet Ambassador Reiterates Neutral Policy in War
London dispatch reports Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky told British Foreign Secretary Halifax that Soviet Russia will maintain neutrality in the conflict between Germany and the Allies. He added Moscow would consider British trade-negotiation proposals outlined by Overseas Trade Secretary Robert Spender Hudson during his visit months earlier.
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London
Ivan Maisky
Viscount Halifax
Russia
Germany
Malsky
Robert Spent Hudson
Moscow
Three Are Killed In Auto Crash On Butler Road
Three men died and two women were injured when their car sideswiped a large trailer truck two miles west of Prospect on the New Castle Butler road. Victims were Willis Koegler 21 Willard Fisher 26 and Deen Fisher 21 all of Butler. The deceased died at Butler Memorial hospital. Injured were Catherine Fisher 24 and Martha Fisher.
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International News Service
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Prospect
New Castle-Butler Road
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Willard Fisher
Deen
Butler’ Memoria Hospital Tive
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Martha’ Fisher
Courinard
Buy
New Castile
Roosevelt Silent About Third Term
President Roosevelt avoided answering the third term question at a press conference, declining to discuss former Gov. Landon's suggestion. He rejected proposals to renounce a third term as a national unity gesture amid world tensions, replying that Hamilton's speech mirrors his own call to adjourn partisanship.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ajc M. Landon
John Hamilton
Hamilton
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Republican Party
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Increase Bail for Kuhn to Fifty Thousand Dollars
New York reports that Fritz Kuhn, head of the German American Bund, had bail raised from 5,000 to 50,000 by General Session Judge Cornelius F. Collins after the District Attorney's office asserted authentic information Kuhn intended to flee. The bail boost followed assertions that Kuhn planned an early night departure despite a larceny charge.
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New
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Thomas E. Dewey
Fritz Kuh
Dewey
Cornelus F. Collins
Milton Shilback
France Hears Russia May Form Alliance With Hitler
Paris reports France believes Russia and Germany could pursue military ties or a broader alliance if German terms are rejected. France vows continued offensives in the Saar and notes French lines holding as battles unfold west of Saarbrucken.
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Russia
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Britain Sees Hitler Pact With Stalin Threat to War Aims
British and French leaders reject any Nazi peace maneuver despite the Russo German pact. Cabinet plans to outline war aims, including eradicating Nazism and restoring Polish and Czecho-Slovakian independence. Berlin claims Stalin dominates eastern Europe while peace talks continue.
Portersville Celebrates Opening of Highway
Portersville celebrated the new highway running from Dixie Inn through the borough with a formal dedication on Thursday. Motorists from Pittsburgh New Castle Butler and Ellwood City joined the jubilation as improvised benches lined Prior parking yard. At 4 o clock Orlow Prior led a parade with the Zelienople high school band to the 422 and Perry highway intersection where Doris Jean Bauder and Max Laverne Newton cut a ribbon marking the opening.
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Ellwood City
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Perry Highway
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Max Laverne Newton
Fortersville
Moscow Pact Accelerates War Drift Across Europe
International summaries report Russia and Germany agreeing to consult on necessary measures if allies reject peace,划 divide Poland, and boost trade while Russia gains bases in Estonia. Britain France reject peace maneuvers as Nazi aims persist. Paris notes a total war threat and new French offensives west of Saarbrucken. Dutch observers call Moscow pact a fatal blow to Allied hopes. Warsaw set for occupation by German troops upon surrender of defenders.
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Kenneth T. Downs
International News Services
Paris
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
Charles A. Smith
Sunetz
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Britain
Moscow
Europe
London
United States
Palane
Warsaw
Estonia
Amsterdam
India
Afghanistan
Budapest
Congressman Wil Make Address At Buckwheat Rodeo
Congressman Hamilton Fish Jr of New York will speak at the New Wilmington Rotary club’s buckwheat rodeo in the New Wilmington United Presbyterian church on Tuesday November 14. The Republican representative for New York’s 26th district will address Rotary members Westminster College students and dinner guests.
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Russian Aid To Germany In War Now Threatened
Moscow dispatch reports three sweeping accords that shock Europe. The Soviet Union and Germany agree to increased Russo-German trade and consult on necessary measures unless the Allies seek peace. Poland is formally divided without a buffer state, and Britain France Russia Germany may join a peace conference with a neutral third nation possible.
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Germany
I Internatonal News Service
Moscow
Europe
Poland
Berlin
New German Turkish Commercial Agreement Soon
London dispatch reports that a new German Turkish commercial agreement will be concluded shortly. Preliminary discussions have been held and exchanges of views have been exchanged in Istanbul.
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International News Service
London
Exchange Wlegraph
Istanbul
New Russo German Frontier Delineated In Poland
Moscow September 29 Following is the delineation of the new Russo German frontier after the partition of Poland The line runs from the southern tip of Lithuania southeast via Augistowa to the East Prussian frontier then follows to the Pista river. It trends south to Ostrolenka then swings along the Suy river to Burystmopol then toward Rawa Ruska Lubaczow to the San river. The San is traced south to the Carpathians forming the Hungarian border.
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Poland
Lithuania
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Pista
Ostrolenka
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Nur
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Rawa Ruska
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Spectator Warns About Rough Football Game
The speaker reflects on a brutal football clash and urges fans to restrain their yells as the sport remains deadly for young players. Weather noted as warm at eighty one degrees.
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