French Troops Capture Key Warndt Forest in Saar Advance
Paris reports French forces have captured most of the Warndt forest west of Forbach as they advance from the Maginot line. Units drove into the Saar Basin surrounding Saarbruecken and moved toward Germany’s west wall, with several villages taken and lines shifting to the northern Saar bank.
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Great Warndt Forest
Saar Basin
Paris
Warndt Forest
Germany
Maginot Line
High Command
Saarbruecken
Great West Wall
Warndt
Forbach
France
Rosel
Saar
Carlsbrunn
Carlsbrunn-Warndt
Lauterbach
Ludweiler
Gross Rosseln
St. Nikolaus
Saarbruécken
Trier
Warsaw still holds as German threat recedes, Polish embassy says
The Polish Embassy in London stated at 11 AM that German reports of Warsaw's fall were false. Warsaw remains defended as Germans are pushed back north of the city, improving the capital's security versus the prior day.
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London
U.P
Warsaw
Téss-scute
Graf Zeppelin Destroyed Report Emerges in War News
The Evening Star reports Graf Zeppelin destroyed by sabotage at Friedrichshafen with no confirmation. A Zurich dispatch on Monday described a tremendous explosion and glare observed toward Friedrichshafen, fueling rumors.
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London
The
Evening Star
Friedrichshafen
Zurich
Switzerland
Windsors Return to England After Exile
The Duke of Windsor and his American-born duchess, exiled since 1936, were en route from Cap D Antibes on the French Riviera and were reported to have spent the night at Avignon before crossing the channel to Great Britain.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
Cap D’antibes
French Riviera
Paris
Avignon
England
French Liner Ile De France Docks in New York
The French liner Ile De France docked at New York harbor with 1,777 passengers aboard, 400 over capacity, after a voyage from Europe marked by submarine scares. The ship's arrival followed a period of uncertainty about its position and location.
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New York
Ile de France
Europe
Belgium Protests British Violations After Air Incident
Brussels protests Belgium neutrality violation by Britain after Belgian planes forced a British bomber to land and a Belgian plane crash occurred in an exchange of fire near Mons. The incident highlights rising tensions between the two nations over wartime air operations and neutrality safeguards.
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Brussels
Belgium
Great Britain
Mons
Germans Reach Wyskow After Breakthrough News
Berlin reports German forces have driven Poles back across the Narew and reached Wyskow on the Bug River, about 20 miles northeast of Warsaw, according to the high command.
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Berlin
Narew
Wyskow
Bug River
Warsaw
Russia Starts Calling Reservists to Colors
MOSCOW September 9 Russia has begun calling an unknown number of reservists to active duty as part of a military mobilization. The move marks a significant escalation and involves unspecified units and timelines.
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Moscow
Russia
Weather and War Updates From The North American Front
Ohio reports local showers and warmer conditions in the north with a cool southwest. Lake Erie area sees showers Sunday, otherwise fair, with northern regions warmer. Last 24 hours show disturbances near the North Atlantic, Mississippi Valley, and eastern Canada. Temperatures yesterday were unusually high. reports note groups of uniformed and civilian men en training at a White Russian station for the Polish frontier, with calls for reserve drivers and mobilization efforts, including requisitioning plants and horses.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
North Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Manitoba
Ontario
Gulf States
Alberta
Upper Lake Region
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Canada
Ure Lake
Valley
de Kates
Edward Sheet Metal Works Low Bidder on Drainage Structure
Columbus report lists Edward Sheet Metal Works of Fredericktown as the low bidder at $4987.58 for a drainage structure on the Cleveland Overlin road project in (county), as submitted to state highway department.
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Columbus
A.pthe Edward Sheet Metal Works
Fredericktown
Cleveford-Overlin Reed
Fatal three car crash claims Oberlin man
Frank A Parker 61 of 37 Morgan Street Oberlin is dead after a three car collision on Route 58 near Wellington caused by dense smoke from a brush fire. His wife Maude, 58, is critically injured. Alfred Larsen 30 of Wellington and J A Gahagan 55 of Lorain were involved. Parker's son and daughter also survive. Parker died at Falls Clinic Wellington after 7 p m. The crash occurred as the Parkers returned from Ashlam.
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Frank A Parker
Morgan Street
Oberlin
Maude
Wellington
Parker
Falls Clinic
Ashlam
Finkay
Alfred Larsen
R D 3
J A. Gahagan
East
Erie Avenue
Lorain
Mansfield
Larson
Gahagan
C T Reese
Miss Young
Miss Lindsey
Lorain Larson
Colson Corp
Sedgeman Funeral Home
W. E Parker
W Pleasnik
Ocean Liners Tie Up for War Period in New York
The 83,000-ton Normandie is moored in the Hudson River for the war duration with a crew of over 1,000 en route home to join the fighting. Nearby, the Queen Mary remains secured as British crews sail home aboard the Georgic. German submarines have torpedoed nine of 15 ships in six days, with six more added to the casualty list and an estimated death toll over 200.
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New York
Hudson River
Cunard
White Star
Montreal
New Teachers Begin Duties In County School System
Two new art teachers and a part time music teacher joined Lorain County schools this year. Dorothea Carr of Southfield Massachusetts and Dorothy E Womeer of Lakewood assume duties formerly done by Miss Aber and Miss Bingham. Russell Myers becomes Avon Lake music teacher succeeding Charles Butler. Mrs Martha BeVier teaches one day weekly at Rochester succeeding Mrs Gladys West.
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Lorain County
Dorothy E Womeer
Lakewood
Dorothea Carr
Southfield
Massachusetts
Carr
Oberlin College
Jean Aber
Lois Bingham
Wilson College
Columbia
Elyria Attorney A S Ormsby Named Campaign Chairman
Campaign chairman A S Ormsby an Elyria attorney has accepted the post for Elysias coming Community Chest campaign. He is expected to name assistants soon and the campaign organization will be set up.
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A S Ormsby
Elyria
Elysias Coming Community Chest
Ormsby
County's 115 Deputies To Meet
Sheriff Carl R Finegan will convene about 115 appointed special deputies at Wurst Hall 8 PM Monday to organize the group as an intelligence service for the county and to train them for traffic procedures. He hopes to start a highway patrol using silent observers to deter reckless driving by reporting license numbers and sending courteous letters without revealing sources.
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Carl R Finegan
Wurst Hall
Sherff
Finegan
Eye Witness Describes War Conditions in Poland
Edmund Allen UPI reports from the Romanian frontier after two days of travel from Warsaw. He and other journalists describe air raids, fuel shortages, abandoned autos, mass movement through Warsaw, and civilians fleeing toward safety as German bombers strike the outskirts.
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Poland
Edmund Allen
United Press
Warsaw
Two Elyria Women Return From Europe Describe Atlantic Crossing
Two Elyria women, Mrs R W Hancock of 131 Denison Avenue and Miss Eva B Smith of 1754 East Avenue, returned from Europe after Atlantic crossings aboard neutral and belligerent ships. Hancock, who sailed on the Veendam from Rotterdam, called the voyage exciting and nearly delayed by full passenger capacity. Smith, aboard the Polish ship Vatory from Cherbourg, reached Elyria two days late with lights out and a convoy portion noted.
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Elyria
Europe
R W Hancock
Denison Avenue
Eva B Smith
East Avenue
Hancock
Rotterdam
Veendam
English Channel
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Miss Smith
New York
Watory
Gdynia
Danzig
Cherbourg
Refugees From Europe Land At Hoboken
The Netherlands East Indies steamer Johen Van Oldenbarnevelt arrived from Southampton with 6M refugees from Europe. Chartered to return stranded Americans to the States, the ship also brought back 988 United States citizens.
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Hoboken NJ
Netherland
East Indies
Johen van Oldenbarnevelt
Southampton
Europe
Jota van Oldenbarnevelt
United States
Three Branches Of U S Defense To Reach 632000 Men
President Roosevelt ordered an immediate expansion of the Army Navy and Marine Corps to a total of 632000 under arms as a state of limited national emergency is proclaimed. Regular army will rise to 277000, Navy to 145000, Marines to 25000 with National Guard at governors' discretion.
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Washington
U.P
United States Defense
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
United States
Harry Woodring
National Guard
Polen Faces Critical Situation After Rapid German Sweep
London dispatch reports Germany’s eight day drive into Poland has left Polish forces in a critical posture with sea access cut, key industrial regions overrun, and a third of productive areas occupied. Allies fear heavy German advances may trap Polish forces. some expect a frontal stance to emerge near Warsaw as attempts to defend and withdraw continue.
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London
Germany
Poland
Goering Predicts Swift German Victory and War Economy Drive
In Berlin on September 9 Field Marshal Hermann Goering urged rallying the German people for war. He claimed Germany would subdue Poland within a week and shift 70 divisions to the western front. He framed the conflict as economic pressure while downplaying immediate military risk.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
England
Goering
Germany
Poland
Siegfried Line
West Wall
Goerings
Russia
Britain
United States
Rival War Claims Shaping Poland Front
Marshal Goering declared Germany will subdue Poland within a week and move over 1,000,000 troops to the western front. He claimed German forces crossed into Poland advancing toward Lublin and controlling about a third of the country while denying plans to attack France. The Polish Embassy rejected reports of Warsaw’s fall as false, saying German forces were pushed back from the city, and German troops captured the Warradt forest along the Siegfried line.
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Marshal Goering
Fuhrer
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Poland
Goering
France
Warsaw
Lublin
Thretal Ja Bels
Warradt Forest
Siegfried Line
German advance nears center of Poland as Warsaw falls
Berlin reports German troops reach Sandomierz 50 miles from Lublin provisional capital and Warsaw from the southwest. dispatches show German forces controlling western Poland and advancing toward the center. air raid scares and leaflet raids blamed on Britain, while Poland fights retreat on multiple fronts.
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Berlin
Army High Command
Sandomerz
Lublin
Warsaw
Poland
Half Of Town In Ashes And Thirty Die In Raid
Edward W Beattie Jr reports from Tomaszow on a German air raid that left half the market town in ashes and 30 residents dead, including the village doctor. He describes the scorched town and the panic as two motor bombers attacked a place judged of no military value along the Warsaw to Romanian border route.
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Edward W Beattie
Bucharest
Rumania
Warsaw
Tomaszow
Lemberg
Lublin
Poland
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Windsors
Dap
A. S. Ormsby
By Edmund Allen
Cernautzi
Vistula River
Atlantic
Ope
Athenia
Hoboken
U.S. Defense
the Allixs
War Office
Kassel
Hamburg
North Germany
North Sea
Karlsruhe
French
Strasbourg
Pultusk
East Prussia
Slovakia
Wisloki
Dembica
Dumajek
Zabno
Tarnow
Sandomierz
Bendkow
Strykow
Lodz
Posen
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