Keep U S Out Of War Plea By Lindbergh
Washington dispatch reports Charles A Lindbergh urging strict isolation for the United States from Europe's conflict. He opposes foreign war involvement and omits comment on the neutrality law. Stimson and Butler favor repealing the arms embargo while Borah supports isolation. Lindbergh cites WWI lessons and notes long-term debts as Europe remains unable to pay.
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Washington
United States
Charles A Lindbergh
Henry L Stimson
Hoovers
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Lindbergh
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
Stimson
Butler
New York Times
America
Nazi Germany
Lindberghs
Minnesota
Lindberg
Europe
British Arrest Two Alleged German Spies
British naval authorities seized two alleged German spies aboard the Holland America liner Nieuw Amsterdam while it lay in British contraband control off The Downs. A man named Stern, posing as a Jewish refugee, was detained. investigators say he acted as an agent through whom 1500 tons of copper bought in the United States was shipped to Dutch firms for eventual delivery to Germany. Thirty four German stewards and crew members on the Nieuw Amsterdam were interned.
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Amsterdam
Nieuw
Downs
Stern
Nieuw Amsterdam
United States
Germany
Anglo-American Oil Tanker Sunk in Atlantic Rescue Report
Sept 16 the Anglo American tanker Cheyenne has been sunk and her crew rescued by the Norwegian steamer Ida Bakke, according to the Ministry of Information. The notice confirms the loss and safety of all hands aboard.
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Cheyenne
Ida Bakke
Ministry of Information
Weather report from Ohio and surrounding regions
Mostly cloudy and cooler in northern Ohio tonight with Sunday forecast for fair and cooler conditions. Disturbances centered over Ontario and British Columbia influence weather across the east and central United States with scattered showers in the eastern Dakotas and South Atlantic states. High pressure covers the Rocky Mountain region and Missouri valley with another high over the Middle Atlantic states.
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Ohio
Ontario
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain
Massouri Valley
Atlantic
Dakotas
Towa
South Atlantic
Quif
Colorado
Miseuri Valley
Leake
Misstetpp
Cooling Breezes Bring Relief as Heat Breaks Across Midwest
Northwest winds push heat down, predicted to drift east toward Illinois and the Great Lakes, with lower temperatures and upcoming showers. Forecaster C A Donnell notes heat peak yesterday with many areas at or near 100 degrees and Indiana reporting four heat deaths as schools closed in twelve Indiana cities and Chicago suburbs recessed early.
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United Press
Middlewest
U S
C A Donnell
Chicago
Ulinois
Great Lakes
Kansas
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Donnell
Indiana
Elyria Chamber of Commerce backs Keep Elyria Ahead plan
Sixty leaders from labor education professions retail and manufacturing in Elyria approved the Keep Elyria Ahead objectives. Chamber president Neely Powers outlined payroll strength above eleven million dollars from over forty factories and urged strong support for industrial expansion. Earl Smith of Detroit noted city competition and the need to expand the program with board endorsed principles and expansion plans.
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Elyria
Chamber
Earl Smith
Detroit
Smith
Chambers Board of Directors
L B Fauver
C B Smythe
Labor Education
Professions Womens Clubs
Liner Brings 126 Refugees From The War Zone
The American-Scantic liner Mormabawk arrived in Portland Maine bearing 126 refugees from the European war zone. All but 10 are Americans. Among the passengers is U S Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia.
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Portland
Norway
U S
Rush D Holt
Y Membership Drive To Begin Oct 13th
Elyria YMCA announces the Black Cat Campaign for October 13 to 20 1939. The kickoff includes a 6 PM dinner at the YMCA and a move to Elyria Stadium for the Elyria Akron West game. Five division heads were named for industrial municipal business Big Brother and Dboys groups.
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Elyria
H Bea Selby
Leonard Fowls
Henry Ingersoll
Ralph Murdech
Richard Elliott
Dboys
British Liner Aquitania Brings 1625 Passengers Through Submarine Blockade
The British liner Aquitania arrived in New York with 1625 passengers after avoiding German submarine patrols on the Atlantic. The ship repurposed its deck with two 12-pound guns and darkened portholes. American passengers, while many enjoyed the voyage, erupted in indignation over the American consul’s warning read aboard. A protest letter to Ambassador Kennedy followed, eliciting an apology and clarification of legal status for Americans traveling on armed vessels. Eugene Goossens and Mrs Goossens were among those aboard.
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New York
Atlantic
Southampton
Robert J Landry
Variety
Donald
Kennedy
van Vechten Shaffer
Iowa
Eugene Goosens
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Goossens
Stang Garage Suffers Minor Blaze in Downtown Fire District
Firefighters from Central Station respond with three companies to Stang Motors garage at 121 Broad Street after a rubbish fire in the rear causes charred doors and a window break. Origin undetermined but damage limited to rear of building. No injuries reported.
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Stang Motors
Broad Street
Central Fire Station
Wellington School hires Miss Martha Downs as art and PE teacher
Employment of Miss Martha Downs of Columbus as teacher of art and girls' physical education at the Wellington School was announced today. Miss Downs, a June graduate of Ohio State University, will oversee art across the school and PE for the girls in the high department.
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Martha Downs
Columbus
Wellington School
Germans Suffer Heavy Losses in Poland and West Front
Paris reports say German casualties in Poland reach 100000 killed or wounded. Allied fleets allegedly sank two and captured eight U boats. French forces repulse a major German counterattack in the Nied Valley and Saarbruecken area. German infantry protected by metal armor faced heavy losses in six hour western front fighting. Polish agency accuses German pilots of bombing Red Cross trains. Minsk Siedice road cut.
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Paris
Poland
Paris Soir
Nied Valley
Mosells
Minsk
Siedice
Red Cross
Saarbruecken
Mocelle
Lorain County to be well represented at meetings
Fourteen Lorain Countians will participate in the twenty fifth annual Ohio Four H Club Congress in Columbus next week. The group includes ten delegates, an advisor, a senior delegate and two former members acting as group leaders, with many years of club work among them.
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Lorain
Columbia Karefree
Helen Kneisel
Brownhelm Perfection Sewing Club
Martha Jane Schriver
Belden
Joey Jos
Cals
Wayne Leimbach
Brownhelm
Floyd Olsen
Wellington
Four-H Hustlers
Howard Angersbach
Harry Butler
LaGrange Juvenile Farmers
Edwin Moulder
John Curtiss
LaGrange
LaGrange Hearts of Gold
LaGrange Sunshine Workers
Bernadine Parker
Carol Cook
Elizabeth Churchward
Fire damages buildings on 119 Geent Street
A blaze caused considerable damage at mid day at 119 Geent Street, tearing through doors and windows. Firemen from Quad C Wei and Engine Comreny 5 rushed to the scene to contain the flames and prevent further spread.
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Williemn Cech
Y Willan
Geent Street
Oberm
Germans Take Important City Bomb Airports
Berlin reports say German forces occupy Przemysl sixty miles west of Lemberg, capturing 8000 Polish prisoners and 126 guns near Warsaw. Earlier, Bialystok fell. fighting near Lemberg continues, with Polish resistance around Kutno. Additionally, 24 Polish planes were destroyed or captured east of the Vistula, and airports at Luck and Brod near Lemberg were bombed. A new press push in Britain contrasts with mobilization and trade talks, as German-Russian discussions aim to double credit to 80 million dollars.
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Berlin
Army High Command
Prezemysla
Lemberg
Poland
Warsaw
Bialystok
Prezemys
Rumania
Kutno
Vistula River
Luck
Brod
Moscow
Juvenile Court Probation Dept Seeks Extra Staff Funding
Probate and Juvenile Judge H H Nye requests 1940 county budget increase to 5390 for assistants in the Juvenile Court Probation Dept. He says department work has doubled in two years and an additional employee is needed for clerical and possible field tasks. Commissioners have not yet acted on department budgets.
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Thad
Juvenile Court
H H Nye
Nye
Mrs. Fink Testifies In Own Defense In Creek Death Case
In Freventioni on September 16 a 22-year-old Clyde divorcee, Mrs. Fink, testified before a jury of eight women and four men that she could not recall throwing her infant son into a creek last June 13. She acknowledged telling Sheriff Myers four days later that she had placed Halton in the creek.
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Frevioni O
Velma Bahe
Fink
Clyde
Creek
H I Myers
Halton
Oberlin Man Sentenced to Five to Thirty Years in Prison
Maceo Young, 39, of Oberlin, was sentenced by Judge D A Cook to an indefinite term of five to 30 years at Wansfield Reformatory for burglary of an inhabited dwelling at night. He broke into Prof C W Savage’s home on July 18 and threatened domestic Winnie Carter with a knife. Prosecutor Howard R Butler urged mercy. without it Young faced life imprisonment for the crime.
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Maceo Young
Oberlin
Wansfield Reformatory
D A Cook
C W Savage
Winnie Carter
Savage
Howard R. Butler
Mercy
Young
Don Boddy Joins Elyria YMCA Staff
Don Boddy was named to the Elyria YMCA boys division staff as assistant to the men’s work director. A Elyria High School graduate of last June he attended Mam University and was prominent in football and other activities. He also served as a camp leader at Camp Jee-fee-Kee after graduation.
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Don Boddy
Elria Y M CA
Ateff
Car Gleson
Merman Geyer
Giheason 15
Mam: University
Elyria School
Britain Seizes Large Shipments of Materials for Germany
London reports that in the first week of the war Britain seized 28 500 tons petroleum 26 350 tons iron ore 3 400 tons haematite ore 4 600 tons manganese ore 7 800 tons wood pulp 6 000 tons pebble phosphate and mixed cargoes destined for Germany. The American steamship Warner carried part of the phosphate and its cargo was ordered sold at public auction while a prize court would determine its status.
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London
Great Britain
American Steamship Warner
Foreign Diplomats Leaving Poland After Warning
Diplomats accredited to Poland fled toward Romania as German tanks and trucks surged into southeast Poland. President Ignacy Mościcki remained at Zaleszczyki but warned that escape routes could be cut off. German air forces threatened to raid the frontier town, complicating safe passage for the Polish government and its officials.
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Poland
Rumania
Zaleszcyki
Romania
Zaleszczyki
Dnister
Tarnopol
Ain
Polish Ukraine
Minor Traffic Accidents Reported By Police Last Eve
Police logged several minor crashes including a fender bender on Walnut Street involving Louis Schmattch and Ralph Carrick, a back end collision on Broad Street involving Dr J W Boss and W L Vaughn, and a Broad Street parking space collision between Frances Clinker and Anne Smith. Additional damage occurred to vehicles of Margaret Richmond and Frank Schuster on West Avenue and to Ardelle Hastings backing up.
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Louis Schmattch
Huron Street
Ralph Carrick
Water Street
Carrick
Walnut Street
J. W. Boss
Birmingham
W L Vaughn
Caroline Avenue
Broad Street
Charles Fees
Seventh Street
East Avenue
Fourth Street
August Mack
Middle Avenue
Margaret Richmond
Lorain Boulevard
Frank Schuster
Gates Avenue
West Avenue
Richmond
Frances Clinker
Earlcourt
Anne Smith
RD 1
Grafton
Ardelle Hastings
LaGrange
Retail Group To Hear Talk On Sales Psychology
Hugh McAllister, a noted speaker and writer, will address Elgin merchants and their salespeople at 8 pm Tuesday in the Elks Hall. The talk covers sales psychology and effective selling methods, drawing on McAllister's three years of training experience with major national retailers. A crowd of eight or more is expected.
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Hugh McAllister
Elgin
Elks Hall
Merchants Division
Elyian Chamber of Commerce
McAllister
Japan and Russia Declare Truce on Frontier
Tokyo reports both nations agreed to a ceasefire at 2 AM Moscow time and to keep troops in positions held at 1 PM yesterday. A border oversight commission will be formed with two Russian and two Japanese delegates plus Manchukuoan and Outer Mongolian delegates to fix the boundary. Prisoners taken since mid May will be exchanged and supervision of the border will be established to prevent further fighting.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Manchukuo-Outer Mongolia
Manchurius
Foreign Office
Moscow
Manchukuo
Outer Mongolia
U S Army To Be Reorganized
Washington announces a swift reorg of the regular army divisions into compact units to boost mobility and efficiency. About 10 000 men per division will be maintained at full strength, though current totals are lower, with details drafted by the general staff following recent Fort Houston experiments.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Houston
Tex
Department
Secretary of State Authorized to Pass On Petitions
In Columbus on September 16 Attorney General Thomas J Herbert transmitted an opinion affirming Secretary of State Earl Griffith has authority to judge the sufficiency of petitions for a referendum on the Ohio civil service reorganization act. The measure was enacted in 1939 as opponents from the Democratic state organization collected signatures for a November referendum.
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Columbus O
Earl Griffith
Thomas J Herbert
Democratic
Educational Group To Hear Dr Reeder At Lorain County Meeting
Dr Ward G Reeder of Ohio State University will be principal speaker for the Fall meeting of the Lorain County Education Association set for October 4 at Elyria First Methodist Church He will discuss establishing a State Board of Education in Ohio The proposal will be submitted to the November election The committee hopes a State Department of Education representative will attend per county superintendent C A Gittens Other program features will be named by the county subcommitteeed panel.
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Ward G Reeder
Ohio State University
Lorain County Education Association
Elyria First Methodist Church
Infantry And Tanks Fail To Move On French Front
Paris reports a major Western Front battle ended in a German defeat after three waves of infantry and massed tanks failed to breach French defenses on German Hills. German assaults along a Nied river loop near the Maginot line met strong machine gun and bayonet counterattacks, with German losses blamed on French field fortifications and shelling.
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Paris
U P
Nied
Moselle
Saarbruecke
Siegfried Line
Report Killed In Blast French Mine Layer Pluton
Unconfirmed Casblanca dispatch says about 1 000 wounded or killed aboard the French mine laying cruiser Pluton during mine loading. Casblanca reports claim 100 crew killed and others injured near the docks as the ship exploded and possibly sank.
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Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Casablanca
Marocco
Pluton
Rome
Morocco
Messagero
Saint Louis
Senegal
Death summons Federal Judge Oliver Dickinson in Chester
Federal Judge Oliver B Dickinson, 81, longtime U S District Court judge for Eastern Pennsylvania, died in Crozer Hospital after kidney surgery. A Wilson appointee serving since 1914, he was a Dayton native who lived in Marcus Hook and studied at Cedar Grove School Chester Academy Peddie Institute and Bucknell before reading law with a brother and entering the bar in 1878.
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Chester Pa
Oliver B Dickinson
Pennsylvania
U. S. District Court Bench
Crozer Hospital
Woodrow Wilson
Dayton
Ohio
Marcus Hook
Cedar Grove School
Chester Academy
Peddie Institute
Baptist Lewisburg College
Bucknell Universty
Belgian Passenger Liner Is Sunk by Unknown Attack
Londokx dispatch reports the Belgian passenger liner sunk off an unspecified coast after a motor engineer named Opatal from An is reported missing. The incident follows a maritime disaster line with limited details on casualties or exact location.
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Londokx
Eer
Alex Opatal
Wutch
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