Stage Set For Outbreak In Romania
Six youthful assassins killed Premier Armand Calinescu as he rode to the royal palace in Bucharest. The pro Nazi Iron Guard was blamed. speculation centered on a potential regional outbreak impacting King Carol, Romania, and neighboring Poland and Germany amid war in Europe.
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Armand Calinescu
Iron Guard
Royal
Carol
Europe
Calinescu
Washington
Rumania
Red Army
Poland
Germany
Ignacy Moscicki
Edward Smigly- Rydz
France
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
Soviet Russia
Romania
Assassins Die by Own Action After Capture in Bucharest
In Bucharest on September 21 two assassins who killed Premier Armand Calinescu shot themselves to death while surrounded in a mid town store. Guards blocked their escape as the incident ended.
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Bucharest
Armand Calinescu
America Has Right To Change Policies Says Sec Hull
Secretary of State Hull asserted America may change its neutrality policies during ongoing war. He said the neutrality act operates imperfectly and the United States has a perfect right to alter it whenever its welfare requires, including returning to what he called true neutrality.
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America
Sec. Hull
Washington
Q.p
Hull
United States
Weather Update for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
Fair tonight and Friday with cooler conditions in the extreme south and slight warming in the northwest. Slightly warmer Friday. Last U4 hours noted with small disturbances over Ontario Florida and the east slope of the Rockies. Highs centered over Iowa and northern Rockies. Light scattered showers reported from the lower lake region and along the Atlantic coast. Overall weather is fair elsewhere with cooler east of the Rockies and abnormally hot temperatures yesterday in California.
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Ontario
Florida
Rockies
Iowa
Rocky Mountain
Lower
Lake
Atlantic
California
Elyria High School Singers Organize In Three Groups
Elyria High School forms three singing groups for 1939 40 with 164 membersunder director J Martin Beck. Senior a cappella choir 65 junior a cappella choir 50 and girls glee club 40 begin year preparations. Officers elected include presidents, vice presidents, secretaries and librarians for each group.
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Elyria High School Singers
Beck
Charles O’malley
Philip Baird
Helen Simpson
Valerie Tite
Ione’ Geisel
Jean Tattersall
Paul Krebs
Oliver Shubert
John Hofmann
Peggy Cairns
Barbara Aungst
Vivian Hudson
Beth Nichols
Barbara Woodruff
Joyce Meyers
Hilda Erber
Beth Corkill
Arlyne Haven
Richard Hines
Bud Hofmann
Jack Elton
Bud Garland
Helen Bristol
Patricia Kuhe
Janet Notley
Rita Meyer
Norma Rhoads
Elaine Evans
Ione Geisel
Lois Bennett
George Tulk
Miriam “Paeth
Vivian Smith
Elizabeth Robson
Phoebe Nevins
Don Gibbons
George Grunich
John Nevins
Robert Reese
Jerry Hange
Helen Elemes
Lois Phelps
Charles O'Malley
Jessie Baptiste
Edith Kelley
Ruth Ellen MacDonald
Katherine Highgate
Jerrine Payne
Gladys Johnson
Frances Corkill
Helen Richm
Alyce McDonald
Ruth Higgins
Jean Ross
Hattie Morse
Shirley Palmer
Margaret Opper
Dorothy Notley
Ida Jenkins
Florence Nagy
Lila Fell
Faith Starkey
Vivian Horace
Doris Leatherman
Olga Sonkoly
Kensington Court Sunk in Atlantic by German Submarine
Royal air force planes rescued the crew of the British tramp steamer Kensington Court after it was torpedoed in the Atlantic. The 4,663 ton vessel carried 34 crew and all were landed safely by RAF rescue boats. Owned by Court Line Ltd, home port London.
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Royal Air Force
Kensington Court
Atlantic
Ministry of Information
RAF
Ministry
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Court Line, Ltd
France completes general mobilization for 6 million troops
Paris reports general mobilization complete as 6 million French troops are in readiness at concentration points or assigned to duty. The total reaches 6 million veterans from 700,000 regulars plus 5.3 million reserves, signaling Germany’s possible western push with mechanized divisions nearby.
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Paris
France
Europe
Germany
Poland
Grass Fires Threaten Elyria Voting Booths
Elyria firefighters battled three grass fires yesterday and this morning, one endangering Ward 4 Precinct A voting booth on rear 369 Fairlawn Ave. The two acre blaze near the booth scorched paint and sills while trees burned at the base. Sparks from a rubbish fire blamed.
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Elyria
Fairlawn Avenue
Aftnoon
Cambridge Avenue
Roosevelt Avenue
Lima Works Receives Big Order For Two Locomotives
Lima Locomotive Works Inc reports an order from Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad for two coal burning locomotives of the 2 84 type. Combined weight with tender about 775000 pounds and water capacity 72000 gallons. Price not disclosed. Order will require recalls of many workers.
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Lima Locomotive Works, Inc
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Locomotive Works
Warsaw Still Holding Out On 13th Day
London reports Warsaw resists siege on day thirteen as Polish units advance in the Western Warsaw sector retaking Praga and Wola suburbs with several prisoners and captured arms. Germany air raids intensify, seven planes downed by anti aircraft guns amid a devastated city.
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London
Defense Army
Praga
Wola
Europe
Great Britain
France
Paris
Lemberg
Poland
Germany Moves For Trade With Rumania
London reports Germany seeks economic predominance in Rumania after its Polish victory. A Bucharest trade mission offers payment in marks or arms for oil minerals and grain, while Romania weighs limits on German credit and arms. Analysts differ on German-Russian arrangements and potential Black Sea moves.
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London
Germany
Poland
Rumania
Bucharest
Russia
Black Sea
Hungary
Oberlin College President Opposes Lifting Embargo
President Ernest Hatch Wilkins of Oberlin College opposes lifting the arms embargo. He proposes revising the Neutrality Act to bar export of secondary war materials on American or foreign vessels unless on a cash and carry basis. He warns sinking American ships could lead to war and urges Congress to restrict war material transport to any beligerent.
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Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Oberlin College
France
Congress
Wilkins
Petats Owt Resen
Elyria Red Cross Roll Call Names Wilcox Chairman
Elyria attorney Frank M. Wilcox will chair this year’s Red Cross roll call in Elyria. The campaign runs October 23 to October 28. The local quota of 3200 dollars was set aside and the chapter urged to enroll as many members as possible.
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Frank M. Wilcox
Elyria
Red Cross
Bremen Captured by British Report Shocks World
London reports spread that the 53,000 ton German liner Bremen, once the world’s third largest passenger ship, arrived at a British port under a warship escort as a British prize. Rumors had circulated for days of her capture after sailing from New York on August 30, with ambiguous remarks from German and British officials.
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Bremen
Moscow
Friedrich von der Schulenberg
Winston Churchill
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Italy
Groups Meet In Keep Elyria Ahead Drive
Four classified business groups convened in Elyria as the Keep Elyria Ahead campaign gained momentum. Neely Powers, Elyria Chamber of Commerce president, called the sessions to gather business and professional input on civic and industrial progress. Meetings were presided by appointed chairmen, with building and construction at 11 am led by Charles J. Crehore and Charles A. Persons, and automotive and transportation at 2 pm steered by Clifford Betts and Lawrence Deetar. Real estate and insurance talks were planned for No. 3 Continued on Page 10.
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Elyria
Neely Powers
Speakers For E H S Programs Announced
Elyria High School announces a series of assembly speakers for upcoming programs. The schedule includes Lewis Hoskins speaking on television October 17 with a TV set present, Lloyd Bemis on November, Samuel Grathwell November 7 about his travels in Europe Japan and Korea, Bertha Ashby Hess addressing youth on January 10, Dr James Marshall comparing Australia and the United States February 6, and the Metthoff Quartet directed by Ruth Pryor performing March 14 for students and faculty.
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Lewis Hoskins
Lloyd Bemis
Lloyd's Journal
Samuel Grathwell
Europe
Japan
Korea
Bertha Ashby Hess
James Marshall
Australia
United States
Metthoff Quartet
Ruth Pryor
President Calls For Repeal Of Embargo Provisions Of Law
President Roosevelt urged Congress to replace the arms embargo with a cash and carry system to keep America out of war. He proposed steps on war zones, travel restrictions, cash purchases, and banning war credits, and asked for adjournment after passage. He spoke to a joint session as chambers were crowded and guarded with security controls.
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U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
America
Europe
U.S
Refugee Jews fear Romanian expulsion order
Bucharest reported thousands of Polish refugees, many Jews, faced a Romanian government order mandating all undesirable aliens leave within 15 days. The move, not limited to Jews, targeted others but raised fears among Jewish refugees moving south from the frontier amid the German advances.
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Rumania
Poland
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
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Amania Hes Aconsite
Roosevelt seeks freer hands on war powers in wartime policy
In Washington the press conference reported Roosevelt intends to press Congress to repeal the arms embargo and grant the president broader authority during war emergencies. A special committee proposal would keep leaders after adjournment to push for a short session and counter opposition from a 17 Senator bloc including Republicans and Democrats.
FDR Seeks Flexible Neutrality Policy With Congress
Washington Sept 21 An informed White House source said President Roosevelt told his unity conference that using present emergency powers may better preserve neutrality than a fixed act of Congress. He plans to keep Congress informed by a four leader committee after adjournment to receive official information. Roosevelt favors elastic policy over rigid formulas and would accept legislation on travel by Americans, flag vessels, and combat zones if Congress chooses.
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Congress
Washington
White House
State Department
Department Heads Asked to Attend Budget Hearing
County Commissioner Oscar G Dunn stated that department heads must join public hearings on the 1940 county budget. He asserted that criticism should not fall only on the county commissioners and urged attendance by all departments to review the budget and related expenditures.
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Oscar G Dunn
Damm
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