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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
1
Mackay night at the Pocatello-Ogden game draws 100 fans from the upper Big Lost river area in western costume with a band parade to publicize the September 16 Mackay barbecue. Larry Davis leads the event with Knothole youth free entry and girls night set for Saturday. Game time 8 15.
Lloyd Lehrbas, AP correspondent from Pocatello, covers Warsaw as German warplanes raid the city in advance of a three army invasion. He reports from the center of the war zone with a gas mask nearby and the phone in one hand.
When it is noon in Pocatello it is 2 p.m. in New York and 7 p.m. in London Paris and Berlin. Warsaw Moscow times follow as shown, with Europe and United States zones compared for Pocatellans.
Pocatello weather expert William P Weatherman says tonight and tomorrow will be slightly warmer than today’s 79 high. Morning low 42, mean daily about 60, five below normal. With Labor Day frosty mornings and school opening next Tuesday, autumn seems near.
Londoners rush to evacuate as more than a million children depart for the countryside at dawn. At Liverpool Street and London Bridge stations, teachers, mothers, and officers shepherded frightened youngsters with gas masks and canvas bags while crowds witnessed the wartime exodus.
Joseph Gabaldon arrived at Eastern New Mexico College with 200 hens saying he will pay his way through school with the birds. The incident occurred in Portales New Mexico on September 1.
Prime Minister Chamberlain told Parliament that Britain and France issued a final warning to Germany and would fulfill obligations to Poland if aggression continues. Ambassadors in Berlin were instructed to demand passports unless Germany replies favorably. A bill to raise military service ages to 18-41 was announced as news of a German air raid on Warsaw broke during the address.
Distances and flight times show how far bombing planes would travel from nearest bases to European capitals in a hypothetical war involving Britain Germany France Italy and Poland. Distances include France to Berlin 400 miles 2 hours and England to Berlin 550 miles 2 hours among others.
Dispatches from Moscow Berlin Paris and Boston describe skepticism over a Russian German accord amid reports of European war. Polish ambassador Jerzy Potocki declares Poland attacked and ready to fight. Berlin air raid siren a rehearsal and Paris demands Germany stop aggression. Veterans of Foreign Wars urge Roosevelt to convene Congress to shield American interests.
German officials rejected Polish and British charges that Warsaw ignored Chancellor Hitler's 16 point offer to adjust the dispute. The report notes U S neutrality provisions may become operative if Roosevelt acts, restricting arms sales travel, and loans to belligerents. Also Brauchitsch declared Danzig a military zone as East Prussia moved in, with Nazi administration taking control of railways harbors and docks. Polish radio warned Americans in Poland to go to Brest Litovsk for help to reach the front.
Belgrade reports the Yugoslav government will await the European situation before issuing a proclamation of neutrality. The draft indicates careful assessment of regional developments before action.
Pocatello marks Labor Day Monday September 4 as a city holiday with sports at Pioneer League field including two baseball games Pocatello vs Ogden and a trapshooting event at the trap club. Other events include golf mixed Scotch foursome and field trials north of the city. All offices and businesses close. county and federal offices suspend operations. newspapers pause publication.
Charles T. Webber 65 of West Jordan died from injuries after a bicycle accident with an automobile in Salt Lake City. The crash increases the state's road toll for the year to 134 with a 29 percent drop from last year at this time.
A German army ambulance with wounded soldiers arrived at the emergency hospital in Gleiwitz at 9 10 a m. The wagon passengers were on stretchers with one wrapped in a first aid bandage. A half mile long train of pontoon bridge supplies and caterpillar vehicles followed, mud covered after travel. A scouting air force plane patrolled the area as artillery fire was heard nearby near the Polish Silesian frontier.
Nations facing debt deficits and depleted gold reserves still press toward war as governments use unconventional methods to fund exchanges and material flows. Analysts warn such financing can lead to disastrous outcomes, citing Germany's postwar currency collapse and wartime rearmament. continued on page 9.2
The German army launches undeclared invasion of Poland as Britain and France pledge help to Poland. Warsaw endures air raids while Hitler speaks to the Reichstag and Danzig is annexed. Britain mobilizes, France orders general mobilization, and the United States signals neutrality despite escalating conflict.
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