Brethren Convention Draws 500 Attendees in Somerset
More than 500 ministers laymen and church officials attended the western district Brethren in Christ fall convention at Somerse t church. Rev M R Zigler from Elgin Ill spoke of world religions and urged youth loyalty. Conference opened with devotions and multiple sessions including talks by Rev Zigler and Miss Mow.
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Pennsylvania
Church of the Brethren
Somerset
M. R. Zigler
Home Mission
Elgin
Ill
Zigler
Russia
Germany
United States
Brothersvalley
Cochran
M. J. Brougher
Greensburg
Miss Mow
India
John C. Middlekauff
Uniontown
William Gauntz
Meyersdale
Maple Springs
Brethren
Potter
DeWitt Miller
Walter Berkebile
Rockwood
Somerset Church
Pastor's Wife Writes For Church Magazine
Mrs A M Wright wife of the St Johns Evangelical and Reformed church in Salisbury has penned an article for Church Management the interdenominational Cleveland magazine She has written for years about her work with the St Pauls church men s Bible class The Wrights are on vacation visiting Harrisburg Philadelphia Pittsburgh and other Pennsylvania cities
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A. M. Wright
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Salisbury
Interdenominational
Cleveland
Hitler forms special Reich Defense Council
Adolf Hitler in Berlin announces a decree creating a cabinet council for the Reich Defense to unify administration and economy during foreign political tension. Key members include Goering as chairman, plus the minister and chief of the Reich chancellery, and the army chief.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Field Marshal Goering
Fuehrer
Reich
der Fuehrer
General Goering
Rech
Lammers
Ribbentrop
Neurath
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Baron Konstantin von Neurath
Secret Council of State
Army
Navy
Col
Walter von Brauchitsch
Erich Raeder
Associated Press
Towarn
Poland
Nevile Henderson
von Ribbentrop
Great Britain
Hitler
Japs Rush Into Manchukuo Spark Anxiety In Tokyo War
News from the front reports Japanese troops moving into Manchukuo amid fears of wider conflict. The aggressive push is described as a domestic worry in Tokyo, fueling concern about a broader war in Europe and Asia.
Japanese Troops Mass Along Front in Far East Tension
Belman Morin reports in Tokyo that fear of a Soviet move after the German Soviet non aggression pact drives a flood of Japanese troops through Korea and Manchukuo toward border districts. Reinforcements to Kwantung are likely very large as Japan maintains about one million in China efforts.
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Belman Morin
Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Russia
Germany
Far East
Korea
Red Army
Russia
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Koera
Manchoukuo
Kwantung Army
Far
Siberia
China
Japan to Persist in Hitler Attitude Says Abe
Tokyo Aug 30 Gen Nobuyuki Abe declared Japan will deal firmly with nations that do not understand Japan’s position in China and cooperate. Observers see warning to Great Britain, while Abe said doors open to nations willing to cooperate. The cabinet aims for isolation in world affairs and acceleration of the China campaign.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nobuyuki Ave
China
Great Britain
Gen. Abe
Americans Interned on German Vessel in Port of Everett
A group of about twenty American passengers aboard the German motorship Portland are effectively interned in Everett Washington after Seattle agents ordered Captain Franz Harder to keep the ship in port rather than sail to Vancouver B C The voyage began in San Francisco with a round trip to Vancouver and Puget Sound The passengers quote mixed feelings about the halt noting food is good and extra days cost nothing but foresee a wait due to the ban on foreign vessels carrying Americans between U S ports without landing them first The incident centers on a law penalizing $300 per passenger for such landings
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Everett
Wash
Portland
Seattle
Franz Harder
Vancouver
B. C
Germany
Virginia Benjes
Burlingame
Calif
Hitler
Port Gamble
Pudget Sound
San Francisco
Tuget Sound
Poland calls up to two million recruits in partial mobilization
Warsaw announced a large scale partial mobilization as Britain rejected direct peace terms with Poland over the Danzig and corridor disputes. Poland said 4 million under arms were possible, with 1.5 million currently listed, and ordered all reserves under 40 to report. The move included wide requisitioning of transport and a Polish blackout in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Poland
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Daladier
Danzig
Pomorze
Britain
Gdynia
Germany
Polish Republic
London
Hitler
Berlin
Miss Walkers Car Kills Fawn on Route 31
Miss Florence R. Walker of Berlin traveling west on Route 31 three and one half miles east of Somerset struck a fawn that jumped into the path of her car. The fawn was killed. radiator damage was $10. Walker, uninjured, told state police she saw the animal jump from a field and could not brake in time.
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Florence R. Walker
Diamond Street
Berlin
Somerset
Walker
Pennsylvania
Hitler Forms Small Inner Cabinet To Direct War Effort
Adolf Hitler consolidates power appointing a six member ministerial council led by General Field Marshal Hermann Goering to control economic and administrative actions for potential war. Key figures include Wilhelm Frick Wilhelm Keitel Walter Funk and Hans-Heinrich Lammers with Goering as chair.
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Great Britain
Fuehrer
Herman Goering
Interior
Wilhelm Frick
Wilhelm Keitel
Walter Funk
Reichsbank
Kanden Hess
Hans-heinrich Lammers
Council
Albert Forster
Danzig
Berlin
Hitler
Poland
Move To Forfeit Weigand's Bond
Customs officials moved tonight to claim the 50000 bond of the German freighter Wiegand for violating U S maritime law by not touching at Norfolk Va after clearance here The ship owned by North German Lloyd may have headed to Central or South America to refuel A man and woman visited the ship early Sunday claimed to be a ship chandler and wife None of the ship chandlers firm contacted after the vessel left Philadelphia dock Also German freighter Aachen due Monday from Progreso Mexico was unreported tonight
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Philadelphia
Wiegand
Delaware River
A. Raymond Raff
U. S
Norfolk
Treasury
Boston
Europe
Lloyd Line
Aachen
Progreso
Mexico
Bremen Sails Tanks Full Food Plenty
The German liner Bremen, detained for two days in New York while U.S. agents checked for armaments, sailed home with abundant food and fuel but no passengers. Other ships including Normandie remain in port without weapons found. The U.S. orders evacuation prep for Americans in Europe, canceling Bermuda cruise for the Washington.
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New York
Bremen
U. S
Bilge
Coatdeck
Normandie
Aquitania
Transylvania
Harry M. Durning
Paris
Europe
United States Lines
Bermuda
S. S. Washington
Washington
Roosevelt
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
John
Charles M. Schwab
State Department
Slovakia Yields to German Army Occupation
Bratislava reports the Slovak government surrendered its powers to a German army of occupation. Observers estimate over 300,000 German troops in Slovakia at four passes along a 250 mile frontier. Premier Josef Tiso hailed the move as protecting independence, while Slovak forces and Hlinka guardsmen vow to fight alongside Germans.
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Bratislava
Slovakia
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Czecho-Silovakia
Hitler
Josef Tiso
Tiso
Hlinka
Partys Mutilacy Organization
Form Committee to Assist Finances in War Time
New York Aug 30 George L Harrison president Federal Reserve Bank of New York announces formation of a general committee to act as liaison between the money market reserve bank and government agencies during the rent war in Europe The panel includes heads of five major New York banks the NYSE president and other top financiers The group aims to keep markets orderly and is to meet soon as part of broader steps to guide American finance in case war develops
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New York
George L. Harrison
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Reserve Bank
Europe
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Fire damages Somerset Country Club pumping house
The Somerset volunteer fire department responded Wednesday at noon to a blaze at the Somerset country club pumping house. Equipment damage is estimated at $1,000 and building damage at $10. Fire officials believe a short circuit caused the fire. the building sits 100 yards behind the clubhouse.
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Somerset Volunteer Fire Department
Somerset Country Club
Club House
Club Proper
Out with Versailles as Mussolini backs settlement
Rome dispatch reports Premier Mussolini pressing for a broad settlement of German and Italian claims against Great Britain France and Poland. Il Popolo d Italia urges elimination of Versailles as the source of Europe s ills. Peace prospects appear brighter with cautious talks continuing between Mussolini and Britain.
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Rome
Mussolini
Great Britain
France
Poland
Versailles
I] Duce
Milan
Il Popolo d'Italia
Europe
Africa
New Europe
la Tribuna
Fuehrer
Canadian premier gets three answers
Prime Minister W. L. MacKenzie King said he received acknowledgments from Germany Poland and Italy to his peace appeals. Hitler reportedly asked that his message be noted. Poland and Italy conveyed acknowledgments and Mussolini pledged efforts toward a just and lasting peace.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. L. MacKenzie King
Erich Windels
Fuehrer
Hitler
MacKenzie King
Jan Pawlica
Poland
Ignace Moscicki
Moscicki
Canada
Mussolini
Italy
Polish Sea Captain Predicts No War
Erie news reports Captain Julian Ranotowski of the Polish Sea Scout yacht after a 13 month world tour says there will be no war. He asserts Hitler is bluffing and unprepared for conflict. Speaking to American Poles in Erie, he calls Hitler a hated man in Germany and claims he would have been removed without the secret police. The Polish Sea Scouts sail to Cleveland tonight.
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Erie
Julian Ranotowski
Adolf Hitler
Ranotowski
Hitler
Germany
Cleveland
Army Takes All French Railroads
Paris reports the government ordered all railroads turned over to the army, suspending or curtailing civilian traffic to move troops, guns, and supplies. General Weygand arrived in the Near East and was named potential commander of allied forces if war comes. Evacuation warnings for Paris continued as diplomacy remained cautious.
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Paris
France
Maxime Weygand
Syria
Near East
Weygand
Albert Lebrun
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
City
Three Car Crash on North Centre Avenue
A three car collision on North Centre Avenue near Uhl Avenue intersection left about 300 in property damage with no injuries. Galen Platt of Berlin swerved left, sideswiped W H Bowman of Somerset, then hit Arthur Hartzell of 131 East Race Street. Platt admitted fault and had insurance to cover damage to Bowman's and Hartzell's cars. Officer Paul Jones investigated.
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North Center Avenue
Uhl Avenue
Galen Platt
Berlin
W. H. Bowman
Somerset
Platt
Arthur Hartzell
E. Race Street
Bowman
Paul Jones
Diplomats struggle as Britain China Hitler notes fail to halt crisis
London reports indicate Germany’s latest note does not concede on Danzig or the Polish Corridor, as Britain, France, and Poland seek a path to settlement. War prep rush continues with officials, ambassadors, and King George monitoring readiness amid nerves in Downing Street.
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Nevile Henderson
Germany
London
Croydon
Berlin
Danzig
Hitler
New York
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Fuehrer
Poand
Poland
Britain
Foreign Office
United States
Netherlands
Dominions
Dominions Office
George King George
War Ministry
Air Ministry
Arthur Greenwood
Labor
Archibald 5Snear
Liberal Party
Ney
Hillers
Joseph F. Kennedy
Lord Halfax
No 10
Downing Street
Champerlain
Lord Halifax
Yorkshire
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather notes from Somerset record a high near 82 degrees and a low around 45 degrees for the 24 hour period ending Wednesday evening. Data provided by David Grove, U S Weather Observer, with last year’s marks noted as a reference.
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David Grove
U. S
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
City
Hig Prep
New York
Boston
Miami
Serene
Chicago
Denver
Elkins
Los Angeles
San Antonio
Weather Outlook for Western PA and Nearby States
Western Pennsylvania forecast fair Thursday and probably Friday with little temperature change. West Virginia sees partly cloudy skies Thursday and Friday with a few light showers in the mountains. Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania expect mostly to partly cloudy conditions with minor temperature shifts and a slightly warmer southeast portion.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Manch
Ukuo
Army Choices Railways
Polly Jane
Republic
Elmer Peterson
Miss Walker
Fawn
Reichfuehrer
Louis P. Lochner
Keitel
Ther
Hess
Nazi Party
Heinrich Himmler
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Secret Service
Himmler
Posse
Weigand
William S White
George Jordan
Taylor Henry
North Centre
Policeman Jones
Max Harrelson
Somerset Weather
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