Roosevelt Calls Congress on Neutrality and War Powers
President Roosevelt calls a special session to consider repealing the arms embargo and other wartime measures. Senators Borah Nye Murray Pepper Hayden Johnson Taft Voorhis seek swift action on neutrality law and relief issues, with talks of a 100 to 200 million defense fund and broader emergency measures.
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Baruch
Congress
Senate
House
Europe
Roosevelt
Clark
Missouri
Senator Borah
Idaho
Borah
Nye
North Dakota
Murray
Frontana
Rogers
Massachusetts
San Francisco
Johnson
California
Long
Portland
Ore
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Representative Voorhis
Pepper
Florida
Hayden
Arizona
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hull
Germany
Great Britain
White House
Hysteria and Heroism Aboard Athenia Told
Halifax witnesses recount the sinking of the British liner Athenia. More than 200 survivors, including Americans, describe torpedo attack details, near misses, and acts of courage as they reached safety aboard the City of Flint and other transport.
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Athenia
Halifax
N. S
City of Flint
New York
Coast Guard
Athens
Mary Katherine Underwood
Texas
Britain
France
Adolph John Leocha
Claremont
N. H
John E. Pringle
Lawrence
Mass
Athenta
McMilan Wallace
Hamilton
Ont
Platinum production total in 1937 world output
Washington reports that overall world platinum production in 1937 reached about 470000 fine ounces. The figure reflects global mining activity and metal output for the year.
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Washington
Radio Officials Map New Code of Ethics to Cover War News
National Association of Broadcasters directors seek a policy governing war news, aiming to eliminate horror and undue excitement in European conflict reporting. The code takes effect Oct 1 with free time for controversial issues except political broadcasts.
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Chicago
National Association of Broadcasters
E. M. Spence
Neville Miller
Miss Maren Elwood Travels Wide for UC Classes
Berkeley Calif Sept 14 UP Miss Maren Elwood an instructor in short story writing at the University of California commuted 28 000 miles last year conducting weekly classes in communities beyond the campus.
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Berkeley
Calif
Maren Elwood
University of California
Polish Cities Struck as Bombers Hammer Open Towns
Polish fronts report heavy fighting near Warsaw and Modlin Zegrze with Polish defense claiming multiple German defeats and 1000+ prisoners. Berlin warns open cities to be bombed while Polish civilians suffer in Warsaw districts under siege.
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Hutno-Lowicz
Warsaw
Waresaw
Modlin-Zegrze
Kaluszyn
Lemberg
Gdynia
Poland
Germany
Polish Resistance Crushed West of Lwow
Reports from the Polish southern front indicate German artillery and air attacks have nearly eliminated resistance west of Lemberg with Nazi troops encircling the city. Motorized forces reportedly near Stanislavov between Lwow and the Romanian border. Rumors in diplomatic circles mention Hitler’s plan to make Lwow a capital for a Ukrainian state.
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Bucharest
Romania
Lemberg
Livow
Stanislavov
Lwow
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Moscow
Forecast of Ukraine republic in Pravda report
The article notes Pravda forecasts a Ukrainian republic. It cites yesterday’s German and Polish communiques claiming a motorized German unit reached Lwow and withdrew after a brief skirmish. Diplomats foresee the battle of Lemberg as a possible turning point in far eastern Europe and question Hitler’s intentions despite the alliance with Russia.
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Pravda
Ukraine
Lwow
Lemberg
Europe
Russia
Hitler
Ambitious Black Sea Corridor Aims to Include Ukraine
The proposal describes a route to the Black Sea with a Mediterranean outlet and would span Russia's fertile Ukraine, an area roughly the size of Poland. The plan envisions a corridor that broadens strategic reach and economic potential across the region.
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
Russia
Ukraine
Poland
Sailfish Donated to Decorate Cannon Free Library
Delhi residents gather as Harry Cannon decorates the Cannon Free Library his father Henry White Cannon funded. He contributes a mounted sailfish seven feet one inch long caught off the Florida coast to the library in a village ceremony.
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Delhi
Harry Cannon
Cannon Free Library
Henry White Cannon
Harry
Florida
Ontario Acts Against Hoarders of Sugar To Save Peach Crop
Ontario seeks federal authority to act against suspected sugar hoarders to prevent rotting peaches. Agriculture Minister P M Dewan telegraphed Wartime Peace Board saying the hoarders are known but no power to prosecute exists. A sugar shortage worsens fruit preservation despite a bumper crop.
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Ontario
Toronto
P.M. Dewan
Dewan
Bell ringing pastor injured in church accident
In Quilple Australia on September 14, the Rev. Father Donovan was injured when part of the church bell broke loose during his ringing duty. The impact caused a severe head wound and the occupation was labeled dangerous.
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Quilple
Australia
Father Donovan
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