Poland Retreat Prompted by German Blitz In Europe
Boake Carter notes the rapid German advance across Poland within ten days, claiming a collapse of Polish resistance. He argues Britain and France miscalculated, Poland retreated to safer terrain, and Warsaw could fall soon, signaling a severe morale blow. The column questions the logic of retreat versus defense and the cost in troops, warning that losing ground may be less costly than losing soldiers.
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Hitler
Poland
Germany
France
Britain
United States
Chamberlain
Warsaw
Vistula
Franco
International Brigade
Madrid
Nazi Incendiary Bombs Hit Polish Town
A wartime column analyzes the rapid Polish retreat and the broader strategic implications. It contrasts Franco’s long campaign in Spain with Poland’s swift collapse, notes German strength and possible reallocation to the western front, and questions Allied morale and press access as France bars correspondents from active sectors.
Elvria native enters securities business in 1924
After graduating from Oberlin College, he returned to Elvria and began in the securities business in the Spring of 1924. His current offices are eight floors above the spot where his grandfather started in business in 1862.
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P. R. Smith
P. R. Smith and Company
West Avenue
Oberlin College
Elvria
Huntington Pomona Grange Socials and Visits
Local notes from Huntington area report Mr and Mrs Merton Coe and O H Dirlam attending Pomona Grange at Belden Saturday night. Numerous visits and calls follow, with families from Medina and Wellington stopping by. Funeral attendances include Mrs Elwood Russell and Mrs Bert Hart.
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Huntington
Merton Coe
O. H. Dirlam
Pomona Grange
Belden
Shirley Lowery
Norwalk
Bowen
Jennie Parker
Ed Kaufman
Ethel Kaufman
Cleveland
Naaegele
John Keudins
Conrad Naegele
Grandmother Naegele
Arnold Hines
Sullivan
Clarence Hines
Apopka
Fla
Charles Hines
Len Whitney
Jennie Smith
Myrtle Cole
Phil Up Beal
Wellington
Henry Lorence
Elwood Russell
Leroy
Bert Hart
Oberlin
Huntington Cemetery
Lessie Regal
Erhart and
Spencer
Ray Burk
Emory Pifer
Walter Holland
Will June
Charles Griggs
Austin Griggs
Marysville
Robert Long
Gratton
Henry West
Mary Long
French Report Success In Operations On Western Front
Paris reports indicate French advance guard actions along the western front have been highly successful with potential large scale operations against German defenses foreseen. Artillery cut key lines in Sterck, French gains extend toward Vosges Mountains as front remains intact. Reports claim 1,500 yard advance from Bitche sector near Saabruecken, and naval activity notes about German submarines while air forces remained active. Former Ohio legislator B L Creesy dies in Conneaut after long illness.
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Paris
West Wall
Sterck
Vosges
Bitche
Saacbruecken
Atlantic
Westwall
Saarbruecken
Air Ministry
Strasbourg
Invention proposal for a railway break-of gauge system
Syd ney Australie Argenti and Brazil seek devices for an Australian invention that would allow standard gauge rails with an extra wheel set. The line could drop at points using Rettan gauges. The note mentions Sweden's unified state being 1208 years off.
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Sydney
Australie
Argenti
Brazil
Kingdom of Sweden
Four Yeggs Flee With $1,000
Troy Ohio police searched for four bandits who escaped in an automobile with $1,000 after holding up the Covington Building and Loan Association in Covington yesterday. The men forced two employees and two customers into the bank basement and took all visible cash, though officials said a large sum had just been transferred.
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Troy
Covington Building and Loan Assn
Covington
Oberlin Graduate Publishes on National Defense
Oberlin College graduate of 1924 Professor Harold Sprout authors America's Problem of National Defense, a Princeton Alumni Lecture title. Professor and Mrs Sprout co authored The Rise of American Naval Power, published by Princeton University Press.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Harold Sprout
America
Princeton
Sprout
Princeton University Press
Two Oberlin Faculty Members Traced in Europe
Oberlin September 13 two Conservatory faculty members who planned to study in Europe for the year have not been heard since hostilities began. Professor Raymond Cerf and Mrs Cerf are believed to be with his parents in Ostend Belgium, while Professor Bruce Davis is in southern England. Conservatory officials express no fear for their safety and expect they will return to the United States when passage is available.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Conservatory
Europe
Raymond Cerf
Mrs Sprout Class of 24 and Princeton Professor Sprout
Mrs Sprout belonged to the Class of 1924 and is identified as a member of Princeton University’s Political Science Department as Professor Sprout.
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Boake Carter
Plymouth
Deetz
West Broad
Murbach Coal
Hohensalza
Berlin
Acme
Ethel Snyder
Elvrra High School
Tom
Jack
Jane
Smith
American Economics Association
James Sharkey
the Savings Deposit Bank & Trust Co
Broad Street
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deport Imurence Corp
Conneaut
B. L. Creesy
Ohio
Cherry Valley
RAIA
Yeggs
BAYON
Melton Jackets
Melton
Cefton
Seco Colonial
Aa Getiens
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