Nazis March Into Warsaw as German Army Reaches Nadarzyn
German supreme command announced an armored unit entered Warsaw at 5:15 p.m. and rapidly advanced to Nadarzyn, twelve miles southwest of the city. Early reports said German outposts were within artillery range while civilians fled west toward France.
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France
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Trier
Aachen
Aix-La-Chapelle
Bonn
Karlsruhe
Great “Britain
Associated Press
Poland
Sylt
Denmark
Madrid
Vistula
Three More Ships Sunk in OEA War
The war at sea added three more losses as a British tanker a German freighter and a Dutch minesweeper were sunk. A mine strike sank the minesweeper off the West Frisian islands killing 29 of 51 aboard. The Helfrid Bissmark sank in Roe sound with seven crew deaths and the Regent Tiger was torpedoed, with 44 rescued from the Jeanjadot.
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Associated Press
Germany
West Frisian
North Sea
Amsterdam
Tamara
Spain
Regent Tiger
Lloyd’s
Helfrid Bissmark
Radio Marine Corporation
Jeanjadot
Roe Sound
War Baby Stocks Jump as Grain Prices Fall
Heavy buying sent war issue stocks higher with steels and related companies up $1 to $6+. Grain markets eased after sharp gains. wheat at Chicago down 2½ to 3 cents a bushel after rising over 20 cents in the past week. Last-minute profit-taking trimmed gains, but overall market near year highs with about 3,500,000 shares traded.
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Chicago
U. 5S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Chrysler
Caterpillar Tractor
Douglas, Martin
American Smelting
DuPont
Allied Chemical
Texas Corporation
Tinted
International Nickel
Freighter Bound for Manitowoc Seized by German Ships
Manitowoc Wis PF S W Randolph manager of the Manitowoc transfer dock said Nazi destroyers seized a Norwegian freighter bound for Manitowoc with 1500 tons of wood pulp. The cargo was headed to Fox River Valley paper mills. The ship left Norway the day before Britain declared war. Randolph said wartime would halt all foreign shipments of wood pulp and china from Norway and England.
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S. W. Randolph
Fox
Fiver Vailiey Paper Mills
Norway
England
Germany
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China
Kohler Ripon and Madison Win Home Merit Awards
Kohler Wisconsin was notified it won the highest merit award in the village class of a nationwide contest by Better Homes in America. In the cities division special ten awards were given to Madison and Ripon. Wisconsin was one of the eleven states earning awards.
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RIPON
Madison
Kohler, Wis
Bether Homes
America
Wisconsin
County government change approved by senate action
Madison reports Senate approved a referendum and constitutional amendment to change county government. The plan would repeal uniform county government and let the legislature classify counties and set governing systems. It advances to the next session for potential ratification in 1942.
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Senate
Assembly
Palmer Davgs
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin Mining School
Platteville
Wisconsin Institute of Technology
Two Wisconsin Plants Hit by Padiana Strike
A labor strike at Bendix Products in South Bend Ind touched off about 6,200 Milwaukee and Kenosha auto workers losing work as Nash-Kelvinator suspended operations in two factories. Nash Masters plant at Kenosha idled about 3,300, while 2,800 were laid off at Nash Body Works in Milwaukee.
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Bendix Products Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Kenosha
Nash-Kelvinater Corporation
Nash Mastors
Nash Body
Polish retreat and tax bill delay dominate Madison news
In Madison the assembly stalled action on the senate tax bill delaying the cigaret tax decision after a third attempt to delete the measure. Westphal won a delay by ruling continuous voting possible with reconsideration. The tax issue overshadows relief-cost debates as Warsaw reports Polish defenses and German advances near the capital.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
House
Andrew Spiemiller
Progressive
Milwaukee
Maurice Fitzsimons
Fond du Lac
Charles Westphal
Westphal
Reuben Peterson
Berlin
Welfare Reform Bill Consolidates State Agencies
Vernon Thomson sponsored a bill that clears both houses and goes to Governor Heil. It abolishes the board of control and creates a seven member advisory board to oversee prisons reformatories and hospitals. The plan places welfare work under a unified system with an administrative director and regional heads.
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Thomson
Welfare Department
Heil
Assembly
Department of Public Instruction
Board of Control
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Tonight and Saturday
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with cooler conditions and a light frost in cranberry districts. Warmer Saturday afternoon with no precipitation recorded. Observations from official weather bureaus in Slavens Concordia Kansas Omaha Nebraska and Winnemucca Nevada noting a maximum temperature near 87 and a low around 58 with northeast winds.
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Wisconsin
Slavens
Concordia
Kan
Omaha
Winnemucce
Prem
French Drive to Miles in German Area
Paris reports the northern French army has driven seven to eight miles into German territory, backing claims of fighting on the western front as French infantry, supported by tanks and armored cars, push toward the Siegfried line. The effort aims to ease pressure on Poland while both sides reinforce Saar basin positions and a Vistula stand is anticipated in the east.
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Paris
German Troops In the No-Man's Land
Siegfried Line
War Ministry
Germany
Saar
Poland
Vistula
Duke of Windsor Expected to Join British Regiment
The Duke of Windsor plans to join a British regiment upon returning to England from France, while remaining colonel in chief of the Welsh Guards. The Duchess of Windsor accompanies him as plans for their return are not finalized and no date is set. Reports stated they would travel from the French Riviera to a Channel port today for the move.
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Assembly defeats plan for six month session in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Assembly narrowly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit regular legislative sessions to six months. The 37 to 36 vote prompted claims that the limit could force a special session and undermine democratic procedure, with sponsors Burns Shimek Nicol Toepfer and others arguing for the change.
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Assembly
Wisconsin
Robert Burns
Ladysmith
Congress
Burns
Albert D. Shimek
Democrat
Alfoma
Alex Nicol
Progressive
Sparta
Otto Toepfer
Republcan
Middleton
State Auto, Tax Posts Are Filled
Governor Heil appoints Col. George W. Rickeman to head the new state motor vehicle department and Stephen J. McMahon as director of the reorganized tax department. A three member tax appeals board is named, with William J. Conway Harry Slater and Atty. D. L. Broadfoot as members. Salaries are listed at 5000 to 7000 dollars annually. Conway is a Democrat, others are Republicans.
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Heil
George W. Rickeman
Racine
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stephen J. McMahon
Wauwatosa
Tax Department
Board
Ofi Tax Appeals
Tax Commission
William J. Conway
Wisconsin Rapids
Harry Slater
Milwaukee
Atty
D. L. Broadfoot
Mondovi
Conway
Senate
McMahon
Rickeman
Tax Appeal Board
U. S
Antigo
U. S. Board of Tax Appeals
Hoover
Manitowoc
Nazi Island of Sylt Bombed by Enemies Report
Copenhagen reports thunder of guns and bombs as aircraft attack the German island of Sylt off Denmark’s coast. Danish observer on Romohet saw 10 to 15 attacking planes at 2:45 am, with leaflets dropped earlier on the Danish mainland.
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Sylt
Denmark
Copenhagen
Rocmoc
Tme Sylt
Roemet
U S Defense Strengthened to Guard Neutrality
The White House announced a limited national emergency to safeguard neutrality. President Roosevelt authorized recruiting almost 46,000 for the army navy and marine corps and expanded the national guard by 35,000 while stressing the move stops short of a wartime footing.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Soviet Russia mobilizes reserves and war moves rise
Moscow signals caution yet acts swiftly as Germany pushes eastward toward a border with Russia. Unofficial reports say Soviet authorities began calling up reserves while Moscow maintains outward calm. Dutch minelayer hits a mine with heavy losses, and President Roosevelt signs steps to bolster naval, marine, army, and national guard strength by voluntary enlistment.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Poland
Assembly approves tax extension bill
Madison The assembly approved a measure authorizing local communities to extend real estate tax payment deadlines. The vote stood 63 to 3. Introduced by Republican Senator Shearer of Kenosha, the bill lets local officials set extension dates and aligns with a concurrent measure on state and county tuberculosis sanatoria administration.
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Assembly
Senate
Shearer
Kenosha
House
State Board of Health
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