City Regained In Heavy Fire
Warsaw dispatch reports Polish defenders fell back to a 230 mile line along the Vistula and then rallied to recapture Pultusk amid fierce German tank thrusts. A staff officer said Poles were fighting like lions, beating off repeated German attempts to break through near Plonsk and Pultusk, with several tank columns destroyed or captured. Continuous stakes awaited a possible edge-of-war battle as telegraphed.
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Pultusk
Warsaw
Lloyd Lehrbas
Vistula River
Plonsk
Vistula
Ciechanow
Poltusk
Plousk
Marshal Pilsudski
Germany
Siegfried Line
French War Ministry
Basel
Switzerland
Therman
Visula
Pullusk
Beniin
Poland
Berlin
Danzig
Reich
President Extends Credit Privileges for Belligerents
President Roosevelt issued a regulation allowing continuation of ordinary commercial credits and short-term obligations to belligerents. Credits must aid legal transactions and normal peace-time commerce. Treasury Secretary Mor Sen should administer the order and set needed regulations. The move cites Section 3 of the neutrality act, which bans loans but permits these credits if the president desires.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Mor- Senthay
United States
Congress
Letter Carriers Seek Relief From Service Through Picket Lines
Milwaukee 7 The National Association of Letter Carriers by resolution asked the post office department to exempt carriers from passing through strikers picket lines to deliver mail. Carriers protested delivering supplies for strikebreakers through such lines. The convention charged the postoffice department with fostering a speed up system rushing men on their routes.
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Milwaukee
National Association of Letter Carriers
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Mannar sunk off Portugal by submarine torpedo
The 7,242-ton British freighter Mannar was torpedoed at night off Portugal. Forty-one of 88 crew remain unaccounted for. two killed and three wounded. Survivors said lifeboats were hit as the sub fired upon abandoning crew. Rescue ships aboard 29 survivors and 16 crew later landed in Lisbon. three wounded later died.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Calcutta
Liverpool
Amber Ally
Netherlands
Mars
J. Furner
Thomas. Jones
Adbul Nobre
Carvalho Araujo
Mannar
S. T
Shaw
Manaar
Czechs Mobilize in France to Reclaim Fatherland
Paris reports a Czech mobilization to form a national army to oppose Nazi Germany. Stefan Osusky says nationals will enlist, with Sept. 14 service pledges for Czechs in France. Former General Snejdarekarez offered command. Britain notes a Czech legion forming in London.
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Paris
Czechoslovakia
Germany
France
Stefan Osusky
Legation
Joseph Snejdarek
Osusky
London
Ministry of Information
Britain
Eduard Benes
Iraq orders German minister to depart Baghdad
London reported that Iraq demanded the German minister in Baghdad leave within 24 hours and that Berlin was asked to recall the diplomat’s passport. The information ministry announced severed diplomatic relations and that several German citizens of military age or deemed dangerous had been interned in Iraq.
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London
Ministry of Information
Iraq
Baghdad
Berlin
Information Ministry
Ministry of Information Today
Yugoslavia
War Office
Council of Ministers of
Roosevelt Enlarges Cabinet for War Emergency
President Roosevelt expands his cabinet for the duration of the emergency to include the administrators of loans work and security as part of a broad war effort. The move accompanies actions against foreign spies and a strengthened naval and coast guard presence along the Atlantic coast.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Atlantic Seaboard
Hyde Park
Congress
Paul C. McNutt
Jesse H. Jones
John M. Carmody
Stephen Early
White House
Europe
Morgenthau
Jacob Viner
University of Chicago
Republicans to Meet Sept 23 at Fond du Lac
Milwaukee reports invitations issued to Wisconsin Republicans to attend a Fond du Lac meeting on September 23 to select delegates pledged to support Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg for the 1940 Republican presidential nomination. Laurence Hail of Madison chairs the state Vandenberg for President group.
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Fond Dulac
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Wisconsin
Laurence Hail
Madison
M. J. Everlein
Shawano
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Vandenberg
Florence Scherbarth
Dist
Atlv
Thomas Dewey
New York
William H. Stafford
Walter S. Goodland
Rocaine
Pergins
Goodland
Camp
Chamberlain Calms Fears on German Sub Threats and Poland
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the Commons Britain would increasingly bring German submarine raiding under control and that RAF planes scored at least two hits on a German pocket battleship in the Kiel canal raid. He noted shipping losses are expected to continue and praised Polish courage as they contest German advances. He also announced steps toward a convoy system and cited the Athenia sinking as a German crime.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
London
Chamberlain
Commons
Britain
House of the State of Britain
Royal Air Force
Kiel Canal
Athenia
Germany
Poland
South winds bring more heat to the plains states
Steady south winds kept temperatures high as Chicago forecast over 100 degrees before sunset. Forecaster C A Donnel said scattered showers and northerly winds could bring relief to some areas tomorrow. Missouri Illinois and Indiana were expected to feel hotter than yesterday with readings near 87 in Chicago at 9 am and rain possible tonight or tomorrow across Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Plains States
Chicago Weather Bureau
C. A. Donnel
Middle West
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Mercury
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Illinois
Peace moves after win in Poland seen
Italian observers predicted Mussolini would push a peace conference after a rapid German conquest of Poland. They said a German victory would justify a new step toward a general settlement of Europe’s political and economic ills. A fascist official called the plan logical after talks with British envoy Sir Percy Loraine and Foreign Minister Ciano.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Poland
Mussolini
Italy
Europe
Percy Loraine
Cotunbazzo
Ciane
Germany
Great
Britain
France
Athenia Toll 128 and Survivors Return Plan
Glasgow reports 128 dead or missing from the British liner Athenia sunk off the Scottish coast with 1,418 aboard. About 1,220 rescued. 5600 landed in Scotland, 510 in Ireland, 220 on the rescue ship City of Flint. John Kennedy says an American ship will bring survivors home next week and may assist other Americans in Britain.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Donaldson Atlantic Line
Line
Ireland
City of Flint
Athenia
John Kennedy
Ook
Mpainail
Britain
France
Germany
Weather forecast and observed temperatures in Omaha and Winnemucca
Partly cloudy with possible showers tonight and Friday cooler, extreme south tonight. Observations from 7:30 am show Omaha at 104 and Winnemucca at 33. From the Weather Bureau notes, maximum 85 and minimum 0 with no precipitation.
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Omaha
Winnemucca
Fockstaff Otvervatery
French Break Into Germany Near Lauterberg Fortifications
French forces reported to have penetrated the German forest of Bienwald north of Lauterberg as reinforcements rush to the front. British troops were moving up while French and British staffs coordinate. Premier Daladier and General Gamelin discussed strategy as fighting along the northern wing of the Siegfried Line intensifies.
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Paris
Bienwald
Lauterberg
Germany
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Basel
Switzerland
Daladier
France
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
War Ministry
Bremen ghost ship sighted southward near San Salvador
Boston based reports say officers of the freighter Selma City believe a dark, no lights liner spotted at sea last Thursday is the German Bremen. They calculate a course through Windward Passage and possible refuge in a Caribbean port. Mexico City commentary suggests Bremen may head to the Canary Islands, Vigo, or Vera Cruz though harbor depth questions persist.
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Boston
San Salvador
Bremen
Selma City
Isthmian Steamship Company of Delaware
Berlin
Pacific
New York
Haiti
Cuba
South America
Caribbean
Brazil
Mexico City
Canary Islands
Vigo
Spain
Vera Cruz
Mexico
la Prenza
Vera Cruz Harbor
Contest Every Yard of Land War Front Report
Associated Press dispatch from the battlefield describes Polish forces defending against a German advance as British reinforcements move toward the western front. Chamberlain briefed the House of Commons with a general overview, noting Poles contest every yard amid air superiority for Germany and outmatching forces.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Germany
Chamberlain
House of Commons
War news and convoy updates across Europe and Atlantic
Salem dispatch reports Roosevelt urged a Sept eighteens special session to amend neutrality law. Canada may delay formal war declaration while mobilizing. Yugoslavia general mobilization follows, with minister empowered for staged action. Washington notes the Washington sails to aid Olive Grove near the English Channel. Royal Serpent lost after German sub attack. Corinthia attacked but reached port undamaged. Woodring expands Fuerza Rica garrison by 1589. Britain continues anti submarine actions with convoys. French and German fronts show active operations near Siegfried line and Warsaw. Germans push toward Warsaw as Danzig garrison reportedly surrenders. Westerplatte stores feared to explode.
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Gzechoslovakians
Atheniia
Pole
Lord Stanhope
Council
Houses of Commons
Lords
Kroner
RENCH
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Salem
Ore
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Wnaic
Ottawa
Dominion of Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
United Lines
Olivegrove
English Channel
United States Lines
Lloyd's Register
Grove Line
Register
Royal Serptec
Corinthia
Harry J. Woodring
Fuer Ite Rica
U—Navi
Adolf Witler
Berchtesgaden
Hier
Western Front
Beast
J Coben
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