Poles retire before Nazi onslaught in early Poland campaign
Warsaw reports from Sept 4 describe Polish forces retreating from Czestochowa as German units push toward the border with tanks and heavy artillery. Official summaries claim Polish air forces damaged enemy columns, recaptured towns like Leseno and Rawicz, and advanced into Pomerania, while German bombardments cause civilian casualties and air raids across major Polish cities.
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Czestochowa
Nouthwest
Poland
Fwo
Britain
France
Leseno
Rawicz
Poshania
Naz
German Pomerania
Breslau
Britain Uses Propaganda Raids On Germany In War Effort
Paris reports British forces conducted propaganda raids on Germany about 12 hours before combat. French dispatches say British planes dropped 1,005,000 German language tracts accusing Berlin of starting the war and offering peace with honor under Roosevelt’s terms. Amsterdam notes hundreds of Allied aircraft over western Germany, dropping leaflets near Cologne and Rhine villages while German police seized propaganda.
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Paris
Germany
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Amsterdam
Cologne
Rhine
Cieslapo
Navi Secret Police
British Germans clash at Shanghai and nearby towns
British and German nationals clashed in Shanghai as the European war spreads. Reports say British defense forces stormed the German Tennis Club in the International Settlement and destroyed property. A German citizen suspected of firing on a British patrol was arrested in the British concession. Unconfirmed reports say the German community in Tientsin planned to return to Germany.
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Shanghai Shanghat
Ching
Shanghai
Ya ‘Tontsin
Tientsin
Germany
Alberta
Connally Urges U S Neutrality In European War
Senator Tom Connally of Texas told Midland Frontier celebration crowds that the United States must remain neutral in the European war of dictators. He warned war crazed rulers seek imperial ambitions and insisted America has no interest in foreign boundary disputes nor will surrender any inch of American soil.
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Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Europa
United States
Texas Woman Is War Casualty
Port Worth police said today that an unmramed woman was the city's first casualty of the current European War. She argued with her husband over whether to listen to war news or music. The husband struck her with a rash and she was hospitalized. She said she would not press charges.
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Yort Worth
Port Worth
Aliens Held in Britain Hints of Detention Orders
London announces that the home secretary Sir John Anderson disclosed an order requiring enemy aliens over 16 who do not intend to leave the country to report to police. They must obtain police permits to travel or drive in the United Kingdom as a security measure amid suspicions of activities.
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Great Britain
London
Britain
Hew
Sir John Anderson
Jender
United Kingdom
Romanian Army Mobilizes Over Three Million Men
Bucharest September 4 The Romanian army called up 260000 reservists pushing total strength beyond three million. King Carol consulted with the Crown Council amid concerns over Soviet Russia's intentions. The Rumanians mined a new railroad bridge along the frontier with the River Mohor.
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Bucharest
Talsum
Carol
Russia
Mojestet Riow
Envoy Advises Sub Victims Saved In London Cable
An American ambassador sent a cable to Washington about survivors from an incident at Parimehs. The message notes the count of casualties, says most were picked up by other ships, and mentions precautions to hinder use of a canal by the enemy.
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London
Joseph Pentudy
Vonagh
Buea
Famine Threat in Slovakia Reported by Government Source
Bratislava Slovakia Sept 4 a Slovak government source said the food supply for the nation could last only a few months longer due to German army provisioning and occupation. It warned famine conditions if war continues through the winter under German military protection and rail base activity for drives into Poland.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Tas Bert
Poland
Slight Decrease in Cotton Prices Seen Amid War Tension
ATLANTA reports a modest drop in cotton prices is anticipated by southern cotton merchants under Wardy Euranr. President Oscar Johnston of the national cotton council expects no major upheaval from wartime trends. He predicts fluctuations of about three to four cents per pound in the coming months and possible declines at the government level, with a potential rise in cottonseed prices due to war effects.
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Atlanta
Oscar Johnston
National Cotton Council
van Loremerly
Sila Bo
Johnston
French Unready for Foreign Volunteers in War Effort
Paris dispatch reports French army plans focus on 6,000,000 national troops with officials stating foreigners express intent to join but cannot be admitted at present. Foreign volunteers are not being welcomed due to military constraints and policy measures.
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Paris
Denmark to Mine Bays and Inlets for Control
Copenhagen reports the government will mine the entrances to the Øresund and inlets including Kongedznet, Hal laenderybet, and Drogden. The decision aims to trea micate control of those areas.
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Copenhagen
KoverNiment Loday Deeota
la Aned Pays AG
BS Kongedznet
Hallaenderybet
Drogden
France suspends holidays during national defense drive
The French labor ministry announces a suspension of holidays as France mobilizes for defense. The government lists goods and property owned by the enemy, including arms and precious metals, with wartime restrictions and passes for required persons.
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Paris
Gepl
CNS
Fresth Ministry of Labor
Ofstelet
France
Ien
Polish and German Invasion Battle Plans Amid Mud and Mountains
Dispatch details Polish defense lines facing Nazi Germany with mud filled terrain and the Carpathians blocking flank routes into Hungary. It notes Poland’s heavy mobilization, equal to about six million manpower including reserves, and Poland’s rail and highway network seen as both defense and potential obstacle to invaders. Warsaw is described as highly vulnerable to air assaults, with the Vistula river offering limited crossing points near the capital.
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Carpathian
Hungary
Germany
Slovakia
Poland
Peareline
Warsaw
East Prussia
Prussia
Reich
Vistula
Tozna
Grudzsads
Queen Mary Safe In Swift Voyage
New York report details the Queen Mary reaching New York safely with 2385 passengers after a perilous North Atlantic crossing. The voyage occurred as war tensions rose after the sinking of the Athenia, with U.S. and Allied ships racing to repatriate Americans and maintain escape routes.
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North Atlantic
Weraw
P. Morgan
Scotland
Hamncland
Farley
Jamry A. Parley
Norma Shearer
Manhattan
Germany
Vestele
Three Youths Held as Gas Theft Suspects
Three youths from Kenedy and Beeville appeared in Bexar County court Monday accused of trying to steal gasoline from Guy McDonald's car parked at 602 Harding Boulevard. McDonald woke Sunday night to noises, alerted a neighbor, and they caught two in the garage until police arrived. a third youth waited at the wheel.
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Kenedy and
Beeville
Bexar
Deliberate bombing blamed on German plane near Warsaw
United States ambassador to Poland Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr said a bomb attack on his villa and nearby buildings in a Warsaw suburb yesterday was deliberate. He noted a German plane dumped six bombs from a low altitude before a power dive, with one bomb wrecking the villa and windows shattered but residents unharmed. Biddle had moved his family to Konstancin west of Warsaw for safety as war loomed. Separately, county tax rate for 1968 was set at twenty eight cents per one hundred valuation by the commissioners court.
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uPi
Washington
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Wills
Biddie
Shevis
Konstencin
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