Hitler claims efforts to settle Poland dispute fail
Washington reports Hitler says he left nothing untried for a friendly German Polish settlement while German troops push into Poland. Roosevelt urged direct negotiation or mediation as Polish ambassador Potocki calls German aggression flagrant. Over 200 wrecks are said to lie in Diamond Shoals off Cape Hatteras.
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Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
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Poland
Hans Thomsen
Hull
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Moscicki
Jerzy Potocki
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras, N.C
Distances Of Bombing Planes To Europe Capitals
Distances and flight times between nearest bomber bases and capitals in Europe are estimated for a wartime scenario involving Great Britain France Italy and Poland. Distances include France to Berlin 400 miles and England to Berlin 550 miles among others with air time at 200 miles per hour.
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Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Berlin
Germany
Paris
England
London
Rome
Corsica
Warsaw
Tomato Queen To Be Crowned Today
Berkeley Springs West Virginia September 2 tomato royalty the king and queen and 16 princesses led the crowds to the third annual Morgan County tomato festival Exhibits dances concerts races water carnival and baby show highlight the three day event Queen Morgan II Izetta Jewell Jr and King Harry C Luttrell prominent Morgan county grower will be crowned today tonight a pageant on the growth of the tomato industry and a Labor Day parade are planned with religious services public speaking and music by Louise Hinkins a local musician serving as pianist.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Morgan County
Morgan II
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Izetta Jewell
Jewell
Kingwood
Louise Hinkins
Henry's Has Good Western The Man From Sundown Debuts
Charles Starrett stars in The Man From Sundown at Henry's Air Conditioned Theatre riding as a Ranger who becomes a bandit to trap outlaws in a daring ambush. Iris Meredith stars opposite him with support from Sons of the Pioneers and a cast including Al Bridge and Edmund Cobb. Midnight show Sunday Good Girls Go to Paris with Melvyn Douglas and Joan Blondell opens at Henry's.
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Columbia
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Starrett
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Radio Cowboys
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Sons of the Pioneers
al Bridge
Richard Fiske
Jack Rockwell
Edmund Cobb
Art Mix
Is land of Lost Men drains tense Malay East drama
A Paramount drama opening at the Academy Theatre follows Anna May Wong as she seeks her missing father who vanished with 300000 in public funds. She travels with river gunrunner J Carrol Naish, meets the feared King of the River, and faces danger advised by Broderick Crawford in a jungle coastal setting.
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Academy Theatre
Malay Peninsula
Anna May Wong
Straits Settlements Seaport
J. Carrol Naish
34 Children Born At Local Hospital
A laby was born every 20 hours at the Washington County Hospital during August. During the month there were 34 births, 18 girls and 18 boys. It was the second largest number of births for a single month since March. The total so far this year is 2 compared with 250 during the corresponding period in 1938. In 1885 the Harvard University faculty prohibited football for the season.
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Washington County
State History Catalogued in Maryland WPA Inventories
Maryland's history is being catalogued for future historians via WPA county inventory projects. Five counties Washington Allegany Garrett Montgomery and Theaw ard are issued with work continuing. Entries pair old and new records in blue bound volumes with Montgomery slave and automobile assessment dockets.
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Five Have Narrow Escape In Mishap
Five persons narrowly escaped serious injury when a sedan driven by Arthur Swope of Smoketown slid 75 feet on a concrete highway between Cavetown and Beaver Creek. The car overturned into a field, destroyed three posts and a guard rail, caught fire, and was extinguished by the Smithsburg Fire Company with no serious injuries reported.
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Smoketown
Cavetown
Beaver Creek
Smithsburg
Rapidly Is Going Forward Program Evacuations
The State Department reported the U.S. evacuation program from Europe is progressing well with about 9,300 passengers arriving at Atlantic ports for the week ending September 1 and 1,200 more reaching Canadian ports. Shipping firms report scheduling changes to accommodate the flow as floods of global trade are noted.
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Star Maker star maker Crosby screens role in showbiz cavalcade
Bing Crosby stars in The Star Maker at the Maryland Theatre on Monday as a songwriter and dancer who builds kid acts to reach the top. The plot mirrors Gus Edwards career as Crosby pursues Louise Campbell, then faces rejection before finding his path. The film is directed by Roy Del Ruth with producer Charles R. Rogers, offering a double feature with another program item.
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Maryland Theatre
Bing
Gus Edwards
Louise Campbell
New York
Miss Campbell
Roy del Ruth
Charles R. Rogers
Germans Here Are Enlisting Far From European War Front
German men in New York queued to join Reich forces or risk losing citizenship, while Polish, British, Italian, and French consulates showed little recruiting activity. One man said enlistment was his only path to retain citizenship. another noted the treaty framework for wartime enlistment is outdated.
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New York
Europe
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Death Penalty Decree For Spreading False Radio Reports
Berlin Sept 2 a decree fixes the death penalty for spreading false reports to Germany by foreign radio stations. Listening to foreign stations is banned though the death penalty applies only to aggravated cases of disseminating such broadcasts. The decree followed a Warsaw station report claiming Warsaw was bombed and burning.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Seven Maryland counties to take over road maintenance
Seven Maryland counties will assume administration of their county roads after October 1, with two others declining the option. Cecil and Prince Georges asked to continue state maintenance, while Washington, Frederick, Howard, Harford, Baltimore, Montgomery and Anne Arundel will run their own roads. The note also mentions Jupiter potentially containing 1300 Earth-sized bodies.
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State Roads Commission
Cecil
Prince Georges County
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Frederick
Howard
Harford
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Anne Arundel
Auto Crash Injures Two at Summit and Howard
At about 11 last night a two car collision at Summit avenue and Howard street left Ray C. Byers of Fort Loudon Pennsylvania and his passenger Miss Cleo Bowman of Pittsburgh seriously enough to require hospital care. Both drivers fled before patrolmen. Byers and Bowman treated for cuts and bruises and later discharged.
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Howard Street
Ray C. Byers
Fort Loudon
Horace M. Grayson
Guilford Avenue
Byers
Cleo Bowman
Pittsburgh
Fred Holden
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