County Proposes Repairs to Five Buildings Costing Near Forty Thousand
County commissioners study an architects report detailing needed repairs and improvements for five county buildings including the Courthouse, County Jail, Pleasant View Sanatorium, Children's Home at Oberlin, and County Home. Total estimated cost is 39 750 with major work at Pleasant View and the Courthouse. A bond issue or levy may be proposed to voters this November.
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R. SS. Silsbee
A. C. Smith
Oberlin
Pleasant View
Pleasant View Sanatorium
Recorder’s Office
Hit-Skip Driver Elicits Unsolicited Ride For Man On Broad Street
Dick Mathis of 513 Lodi Street jumped on a running board to stop a hit-skip driver after a fender incident on Broad Street. The car sped away toward Sugar Ridge Road before slowing. Mathis exited and police planned to obtain the license number to pursue warrants.
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Dick Mathis
Lodi Street
Sugar Ridge Road
Mathis
Broad Street
Weather Update for Ohio and Central Regions
Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions in western and southern portions tonight followed by showers and warmer Tuesday. A disturbance centers over Alberta and southern Montana this morning, extending southeast through the Missouri Valley and along the east slope of the Rockies.
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Ohio
Alberta
Montana
Missouri Valley
Rockies
Greatest Battle Of The War Develops On Front
London report says the German Polish war's greatest battle unfolds along a 250 mile front from the Bug River near Warsaw to Lodz and Cracow. German forces press with about 1.2 million men, while Polish resistance grows amid air superiority and supply challenges.
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London
Poliusk
Bug River
Warsaw
Lodz
Sandomierz
Cracow
Vistula
Warsaw Holds Out Against Terrific Attack
Warsaw radio says the capital repulsed a fierce German assault with 14 air raids from 70 planes Sunday and 15 planes shot down. Five bombs hit the city, many buildings in flames. Polish infantry destroyed two German tanks as civilians bolster trenches and defenses west of Warsaw amid a slowing German advance.
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Budapest
Warsaw
Warsaw Stallion
Two More School Districts Seek Special Levies
Two more districts filed resolutions with the board of elections for special levies to voters in November. Ridgeville Board of Education asks three mills for five years, backed by Grafton village board of education, per election office reports today.
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Board of Elections
Ridgeville
German Warship Blown Up Near Trelleborg
Copenhagen according to Berlinske Aftenavis the German warship was destroyed by a floating mine off Trelleborg. A Swedish steamer reported seeing the vessel and later its explosion in the northwest edge of the mine field. Some German sailors were picked up by a German trawler.
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London
U.P
Telegraph
Copenhagen
Berlinske Aftenavis
Trelleborg
Canada Proposes Immediate War Fund of 100 Million
Ottawa announces a government plan to raise an immediate war fund of 100 million dollars to support the war against Germany. Parliament convenes to review the budget proposals following yesterday's formal declaration of war.
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Ottawa
Ont
Germany
New Zealand to Send Expeditionary Force to Europe
A New Zealand High Commission official announced that New Zealand will be the first British Dominion to deploy an expeditionary force to Europe. The initial unit is planned to number 6,000 men.
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New Zealand
London
Europe
Franco Enforces Neutrality Policy Across Border Zone
Paris dispatch reports General Francisco Franco the Spanish Nationalist leader orders all German civilians including mining engineers from the French border area to observe his neutrality policy. The move widens control near the Franco regime and signals tightening border restrictions.
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Paris
U.P
Francisco Franco
British Ship Gartavon Sunk by Submarine in Atlantic
Survivors report the British freighter Gartavon, a 1777-ton ship built in 1921 once named Geives and owned by Gart Line from Glasgow, was shelled and sunk in the Atlantic by a submarine off the Azores. The Castor brought 24 survivors.
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Horta
Azores
Gartavon
Atlantic
Castor
Lloyd's Register
Geives
Gart Line
Glasgow
United States Freighter Rescues Blairlogie Crew
The American Shipper rescued the Blairlogie crew after the British steamer was torpedoed in mid Atlantic. The action occurred as Gates Lines reported from New York on September 11.
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Gates Lines
New York
United States
Blairlogie
mid-Atlantic
French Hold Gains Widen Operations on Westwall Front
French troops repulsed German counter attacks along the Maginot Westwall frontier and widened their advance toward the main Nazi position. Battles centered on a 12 mile front near Meiszig Moselle and Buschdorf with French forces pushing into German territory while artillery targeted Zweibruecken.
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Paris
Maginot-Westwall
Sierck-Saarburg
Westwall
Meiszig
Moselle
Luxembourg
Saar
Buschdorf
Germany
Zweibruecken
Saarbruecken
Attendance recovers at Lake Ave and Markley Schools
Elyria Township schools Lake Avenue and Markley reported near full attendance after protests over a reorganization plan last week. A. T. Smith, county attendance officer, said every pupil was present at Lake Avenue, and only one absent at Markley due to illness. Three students who missed the morning bus were brought to school by Smith. Earlier in the week over 60 students were absent from the two schools.
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Lake Avenue
Markley
Elyria Township
A. T. Smith
Smith
Markley School
L. H. Keller
Carl L. Smith
Elyria
Voice of the People
Orlo Kruggins
Timms Spring Co Plans New Factory Building
Building Inspector Hart Dickason issued a permit for an additional Timms Spring Co. factory. The new 60 by 100 foot brick and steel building will be built by T. J. Hume Co. at an estimated cost of about $6,000.
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Timms Spring Co
Hart Dickason
T. J. Hume Co
Romania Fears Draw Into War Over Territorial Claims
Romania braces for possible involvement as Hungary and Bulgaria press postwar territorial goals. Berlin talks by Hungarian foreign minister Csaky raise fears of German backing for claims. Italy backs Belgrade talks on Balkan peace bloc. Romania emphasizes territorial integrity and neutral stance amid regional tensions.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Berlin
Stephan Csaky
Belgrade
Italy
Romania
Transylvania
Canada at War With Germany Declares War in Parliament
Ottawa reports Canada is at war with Germany. Parliament votes a war budget likely to raise taxes on corporations, excess profits, and capital gains. King George VI signed the declaration in London, with Tweedsmuir and Mackenzie King signing. King outlines aid to Britain and France, with volunteers 18 to 41. no conscription. Roosevelt issues arms embargo extending to Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Germany
House of Commons
Britain
Adolf Hitler
George VI
London
Dominions
Lord Tweedsmuir
MacKenzie King
Lord Tweedsmuirs
King
France
George
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Dominion
Elyria Township Board votes to continue plan four to one
Elyria Township School Board votes four to one to keep the reorganization plan adopted a week earlier. The measure, debated for 2.5 hours at Markley School, keeps the first four grades in Lake Avenue and the next four in Markley, one grade per room, with no high school in the township.
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Elyria Township
Lake Avenue
Markley
Stand Firm On 250 Mile Front In Defense Of Their Homeland
Polish forces mounted fierce resistance across a 250 mile bow shaped front defending Warsaw Radom and Lwow while the Nazi war machine slowed. In the west the French pressed cautious attacks on the German defenses in the Saar sector and repelled an early counter offensive. Berlin reported major fighting in Poland with promises of a swift decision and said hundreds of thousands of Poles were trapped west of the Vistula.
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Poland
Adolf Hitler
Warsaw
Radom
Lwow
Germany
Vistula
San
Westwall
Limes
Saar
Berlin
Frech
Rival War Claims Shape Eastern Front Advances
United Press reports German forces encircling War saw near the Narew front with Polish units trapped as they yield arms. Germans push toward Lwow and Radymno while San River crossings near Jaroslaw. Allies cite Warsaw defense stronghold and Polish mobilization on the Vistula as French claim a first counteroffensive success east of Saarbrucken. British blockade tightens, sweeping German shipping from key sea routes.
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United Press
Germany
High Command
Warsaw
Narew
Rumania
San River
Radymno
Jaroslaw
Lwow
Gdynia
Vistula
Saarbruecken
German
West Wall
Repeal of Arms Embargo Urged by Rep White
Rep Dudley A White on the House Republican Steering committee urged repealing the arms embargo and replacing it with a cash and carry sales system to all belligerent nations. He would keep the National Munitions Control Board and require American travelers on belligerent ships to assume risk. He opposed granting the President power to embargo one side while selling to another, warning against a sit in judgment policy over Europe.
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Washington
Dudley A. White
R. O
House
Republican Steering Committee
National Munitions Control Board
White
Britain Digs In For A Long War
London reports Britain tightens sea control and digs in for years of conflict. The Royal Navy and French forces lay minefields in the North Sea and English Channel to blockade Germany while convoying Allied shipping. Germany sinks four British ships as authorities expect a long war, possibly three years, with victory tied to German evacuation from Poland.
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London
Great Britain
North Sea
English Channel
Germany
Admiralty
Poland
Britain
Mons
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Franco
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Ray E. Mollis
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Galior
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