France Faces War as German Invasion Rolls On
Paris and Warsaw were alert as German forces launched three major drives into Poland. Berlin pressed toward Warsaw from East Prussia and Silesia while Polish defenses repelled early air raids. The United States and French leaders held urgent talks as mass mobilization began and civilians evacuated from the capital.
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Poland
East Prussia
Silesia
Warsaw
Germany
United States
William C. Bullitt
s&#&sion
Europe
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Raffaele Guaraglia
Jose Felix
Paris
Germans Claim Warsaw Air Raid Succeeds
Berlin reports a first successful air raid on Warsaw's Radom airfield. German units attacked from Silesia amid low clouds, claiming bombs hit the Polish airport and a railroad station. Refugee train casualties and Polish counterattacks at Krakow and Gdynia are noted, with reports of German planes shot down and civilian tolls cited.
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Warsaw
Elmer W. Peterson
Associated Press
Bureau
Vistula
Poland
Berlin
Radom
Ial
Poznan
Kutno
Puck
Danzig
Krakow
Gdynia
Chojnice
Pomorze
Hitler
Budapest
Mukulowo
Katowice
Zakopani
Slovakia
Kratszta
Praepice
Lubliniec
Tarnowski
Gori
Russians Claim Massive Battle Near Ralshagar Heights
Domei and Outer Japanese sources describe daily artillery duels and air combat as 23 of 80 Soviet planes were shot down. Soviet forces began a broad assault of 10,000 troops on Ralshagar Heights last Thursday with unclear progress for infantry.
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Domei
Ralshagar Heights
Italy Note Continues On Peace Based On Justice
The note quotes Duce vowing to assure Europe a peace based on justice. The cabinet states Italy will not take any military initiative and praises the Italian people for discipline and calm, as the communique announces to the public.
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Tl Duce
Europe
Italy
Merchants Association to Hold Autumn Picnic
The first fall meeting of the Merchants Association after summer recess will be a picnic supper at the new fairgrounds on West Alameda on Tuesday evening September 12. A record attendance is expected.
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Merchants’ Association
New Fairgrounds
West Alameda
Weather forecast for four states with mixed clouds
Weather outlook covers New Mexico and Arizona with partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday and little temperature change. Colorado warns of partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with scattered mountain showers and cooler east portions Saturday. West Texas air stays fair tonight and likely through Saturday with regional variation.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
West Texas
Four Pardons Filed Restoring Citizenship in New Mexico
Gubernatorial pardons were filed in Santa Fe as of Sept 1 restoring citizenship to two inmates formerly released from the state penitentiary. The men are Fermin Chavez and Antonio Chavez, both sentenced in March 1937 and released in 1938.
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Santa FE
N. M
Jessie Gonzales
Fermin Chavez
Antonio Chavez
London evacuees rehearse farewell under police guard
London children faced evacuation as a large drill turned emotional. Mothers stood behind police lines, crying and waving as long train files moved out. Children shouted farewells and promised letters to anxious parents and dads.
Germany Starts What Hitler Said to Reichstag
The Reichstag session in Berlin featured Hitler in uniform declaring aims to unite Danzig with the Reich, asserting Germany will fight if Poland resists. Goering pledged loyalty as Frick proposed a law annexing Danzig, while warnings of Polish aggression and a Baltic naval blockade were noted. Reports from Budapest cited German tank and air activity in southern Poland.
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Danzig
Gydnia
Baltic
Poland
Germany
East Germany
Reichstag
Hitler
Thefuehrer
Reich
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Goering
Hess
Nazi Party
Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Europe
Wilhelm Frick
Kroll Opera House
Marshal Goering
Jfuehrer
Britain
Warsaw
Fuehrer
Geremany
France
Gererman
Fuendrer
Silent departures haunt commuters at empty town station
Commuters who changed their schedules waited as trains pulled out and the station emptied. Women wept openly, rich and poor beside them, while men kept silent and grim. Only after the last car vanished did they disperse to empty homes.
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Westerplatte
Grodno
Cobean’s
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London
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