British Dispatch to Hitler Signals Crisis Note
British notes discuss the Danzig and Polish Corridor with Adolf Hitler. Neville Henderson delivers the note after talks at the Chancellory. Britain backs Poland and warns that force removal is a prerequisite for talks. German demands and potential mediation hopes from Mussolini noted. Troops land in France as a further escalation.
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Neville Henderson
Great Britain
Hitler
Henderson
London
Danzig
Poland
Reich Fender
France
English Channel
Bombing Planes Poised for Nova Scotia Deployment
Winnipeg reports seven bombing planes ready to depart for Nova Scotia where they will be stationed indefinitely. The move signals a persistent wartime air defense posture with aircraft assigned to long term base duty in the Atlantic theatre.
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Winnipeg
Nova Scotia
Ration Cards Signal Germany Moves Toward Wartime Control
Berlin reports reveal early steps toward total war economy as Nazi regime issues food and coal ration cards. Private cars, gas, and horse-drawn transport are seized for military use while bombproof shelters are marked. A food hoard and run on grocers mark the start of rationing with strict weekly limits on meat dairy and sugar.
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Berlin
Germany
Cabinet of Japan resigns after Berlin pact shock
Tokyo August 28 The Japanese Cabinet led by Prime Minister Hiranuma resigned after upheaval over Germany's non aggression pact with the Soviet Union Foreign Minister Arita blamed for policy setback tied to the Berlin Tokyo comintern pact Arita is said to be responsible for Japan's entry into the pact which Hungary Manchukuo and Spain later joined It is believed Konoye may be asked to form a new government to reshape policy as German diplomats press to keep Japan in the pact
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Tokyo
Japan
Hiranuma
Germany
Soviet Union
Arita
Hungary
Manchuokuo
Spain
Konoye
Baseball Scores From Afternoon Games In Both Leagues
National League results include St Louis 5 Boston 10 and Chicago 5 Philadelphia 3 while Cincinnati 1 New York 3 also listed American League show New York 18 Detroit 2 and Boston 6 Cleveland 5 with Washington 2 St Louis 12. Ottawa reports Defense Minister Tan Mackenzie calling out 10 000 militiamen to man coast defenses and guard vulnerable Canadian points.
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St. Louis
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Ottawa
Tan Mackenzie
Scrugham Tours Alaska In Navy Flight Posture
Representative James Scrugham of Nevada arrives in Juneau aboard a Navy bomber from Sitka. He plans an inspection trip along the Alaska Railroad with Col. Otto Ohlson before continuing to Kodiak, weather permitting, amid rising tensions and potential wartime shifts in Washington. Rear Admiral A. B. Cook accompanies the party as Sitka cruiser Memphis joins the forces.
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Alaska
James Scrugham
Nevada
Representative Scrugham
Naval Appropriations Subcommittee
Interior Department
Juneau
Navy
Sitka
Tne Baranol
Scrugham
Seattle
A. B. Cook
U. S. Navy
Memphis
Kodiak
John W Troy
Pacific Alaska Airways
Fairbanks
Otto Ohlson
Alaska Railroad
Ohlson
Washington
Europe
Lights Out in Paris Amid Wartime Restrictions
Paris endures near darkness as a blanket order limits lighting to essential lamps and curbs radio broadcasts. Specially selected operators handle communications while shelters prep for possible air shelter digs. Hospitals evacuate patients to the countryside and animals are moved to shelters. Passenger refunds on canceled Italian liner sailings are promised later.
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Paris
United States
Sailings of three British liners cancelled in London
Three British liners scheduled to sail for American ports were cancelled during the night in London, leaving more than 2,400 Americans stranded without transport home.
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London
Attempt to kill Hitler report discounted in New York
A London telegram dispatch reported a well organized plot to assassinate Hitler in Berlin. Hitler summoned Reichstag deputies to the Chancellery where guards were heavy. The dispatch claimed many army and navy officers were arrested and a mutiny had started in defense forces.
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New York
London
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Reichstag
Green Makes Peace Appeal to World Workers
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged workers worldwide to oppose any move toward another world war in a letter to the International Federation of Trade Unions in Paris. He doubted German workers would back the Nazi war drive.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
International Federation of Trade Unions
Paris
AFL
Germany
Radio Balloon Weather Men Explain Upper Air Sensing
Theodore Klenaisser and Carl Russo joined the U S Weather Bureau to oversee radio sonde observations beginning September 1. A seven foot balloon inflated with helium carries instruments to measure temperature humidity and pressure and transmits data back to the bureau by radio. The setup includes a foil wrapped box with a temperature sensor a barometer and a humidity gauge linked to a transmitter, all released as a free balloon.
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Theodore Klenaisser
Carl Russo
Mount McKinley
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Nippon Monoplane Reaches Nome After World Flight Stop
The Nippon monoplane returning from a goodwill around the world landed at Nome at 11:02 a m Sunday. Weather forced postponement of the next leg to Whitehorse until tomorrow morning. Five journalists and officials boarded at Nome for the onward hop. The flight covered about 2400 miles in 18 hours despite subzero temps and snow.
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Nome
Whitehorse
PAA
Juneau
Alaska
Tokyo
Sapporo
Hokkaido Island
Pacific Coast
Komanadorisie Island
The
Pulrbanks
Kata
Newsman
Sumitosi Nakao
French Peace Plan Rejected by Hitler After Daladier Appeal
Paris reports Hitler refused to negotiate with Poland and insisted on retaining the Free City of Danzig and the Polish Corridor. He accused Britain and France of upholding Versailles wrongs and vowed to fight to secure his positions if war comes again.
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Paris
Hitler
Great Britain
France
Poland
England
Germany
Europe
Danzig
Gunfire reported in many areas as Poland faces crisis
Warsaw on edge as German observation balloons loom over the border and frontier districts come under rifle and grenade attack. Polish calvaryman killed. trains planes and roads halted. President Moscicki seeks U S mediation while Britain backs Poland and warns against talks. Defense works rush to completion.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Moscicki
United
Siste
Colle
Great Britain
Gibraltar Ready For Any Attack In European War Fears
Aug 28 Gibraltar remains fully prepared to repel German warships if war breaks out. British ships guard the Suez route while forces in French Morocco mobilize. Border units near Italy and Liberia stand ready. Spain under Franco vows neutrality but favors Axis powers. Italy and Germany seen as sympathizers.
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Mediterranean
Suez Canal
England
Strait of Gibraltar
French
Morocco
Thaly
Liberia
Europe
Ihaly
Egypt
Eee Relt
Suez
Spain
Franco
Germany
Italy
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