Women Fight Like Tigers as Germans Press Polish Front
The dispatch notes Polish civilians including women and youths as snipers hinder German advances on Poland. A roundup of armed-age males is ordered in Silesia while Czestochowa reports sniper attacks killing a German captain and several officers. Further, mass transports move captured Poles to interment camps as fronts shift near Czestochowa.
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Louis P. Lochner
Czestochowa
Berlin
Poland
Loyce
U.S. Moves To Bolster Neutrality And Defense
President Roosevelt plans further steps to strengthen neutrality and American defenses after an arms embargo. He aims to bolster the navy and army, recommission destroyers, and guard against propaganda while considering a cash-and-carriage arms approach for warring nations. In Idaho, sugar and flour prices soar amid Stockpile fears as grocers report rising shortages and farmers hold grain and livestock.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Canal Zone
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Puerto Rico
War Comes to Pocatello Hits Family Pocketbook
War disruptions reach Idaho as staple prices surge in Pocatello. Flour rose to 1.22 per barrel, sugar jumped to 6.55 per hundred pounds, candy makers halted orders awaiting sugar stabilization. Grocers survey shows widespread concern and anticipated price climbs for syrupy foods.
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Pocatello
Eyewitnesses Begin Murder Hearing in Alameda Killing
Preliminary hearing for J B Hargraves Jr charged with first degree murder of Alameda marshal F F Hunter opens in county court. Witnesses identify Hunter’s body, confirm bullet caliber and link evidence to the defendant with testimony from village clerk Carrie Bunce, county physician Hughart, and Chief Pugmire.
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J. B. Hargraves, Jr
Justice of the Peace
William Hinckley
Hargraves
F. F
Bob) Hunter
Alameda
Stanley C. Watkins
Hunter
Carrie Bunce
Har
H. H. Hughart
Robert M. Pugmire
Hughart
Roy L. Black
Pugmire
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
British forces strike German ships along Saar Basin
Great Britain reported rapid successes in a sharp offensive against German war and merchant vessels. A morning communique said British forces in the Atlantic destroyed three ships that could have been armed raiders, with further details from Belem, Brazil, about North German Lloyd ships.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Information
Atlantic
Belem
Brazil
Lloyd
Charity Plan Results in 7 Indictments
Mrs Grace Harriman wife of Oliver Harriman a New York banker was indicted with six others by a federal grand jury in Albuquerque on conspiring to operate a lottery. Indicted with her were Frederick Benduhin Harrison J Tharp Mary Derieux Irma Hopper Joseph F Delaney and Frank B White. The plan was declared unconstitutional by the New Mexico supreme court.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Grace Harriman
Oliver Harriman
New York
Harriman
New York City
Frederick Benduhin
Harrison J. Tharp
Mary Derieux
Irma Hopper
Joseph F. Delaney
Frank B. White
New Mexico Supreme Court
Sugar and Flour Price Surge Strains Ogden Stores
Ogden grocers report shelves emptied as shoppers rush to buy sugar and flour amid a sudden price surge caused by wartime conditions. Prices jumped to about 6.80 per hundredweight for sugar and flour rose 25 to 40 cents per 40 pound bag, with timely quotes shifting by the hour.
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Ogden
Ogden Grocery
Tax Cut Possible for Pocatello City Levy
City council weighing a tax cut from the 29.7 mill levy as of Wednesday night. City clerk J Ward Green indicates a final decision hinges on the State utility commission valuation report, which if late will use the same $8,850,000 figure as 1938. Deadline to set the levy is September 18.
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Pocatello City
J. Ward Green
State Utility Commission
Green
Hen Lays Only at Night Says South Carolina Farmer
Woodruff South Carolina reports farmer John Carnell says his hen refuses to lay eggs by day and only works at night. The unusual habit drew local curiosity as no daytime laying is observed.
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Woodruff
S. C
John Carnell
Carnell
Fronts glow as German Polish advances and Atlantic losses rise
Reports from Paris and Berlin detail German capture of Krakow and an 18 mile push into Poland while France gains ground in the Saarland. Britain reports air raids off its east coast and warning sirens in London as Roosevelt orders coastal patrols to spot belligerent ships.
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Associated Press
France
Germany
Saarland
Krakow
Poland
Bremen
New York
Berlin
Cologne
Paris
Britain
Roosevelt
United States
Josef Pilsudski
Spain
Warsaw
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Athenia
Brazil
Hamburg
Atlantic
England
London
Staffs Leave Enemy Areas As Embassies Absorb Departures
The German embassy staff to Paris and the French embassy staff to Berlin crossed into their homelands via Oldenzaal Netherlands after exchanging trains. About 120 Germans, including women and children, were bound for Paris. French Ambassador Colomdre and his party reached Oldenzaal from Berlin, while Sir Nevile Henderson awaited movement for London in Rheine as the German embassy headed for Rotterdam.
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Amsterdam
Paris
Berlin
Oldenzaal
Colondre
France
Sir Nevile Henderson
Rheine
Germany
London
Rotterdam
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues Across Cities
American League games feature Boston beating New York 16 to 2 with Grove and Desautels and others contributing. Washington defeats Philadelphia 6 to 3 as Leonard and Ferrell lead. Detroit and Cleveland split with McKain the key pitcher and Milnar on Hemsley. St Louis edges Chicago 1 to 0 with Rigney and Tresh delivering. National League games in Boston see New York win 10 to 9 in a high scoring affair. Boston also posted a 4 to 9 loss. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh split their two games with different pitchers. Chicago and St Louis play to a low scoring 3 to 4 game. Philadelphia visits Brooklyn for a night game.
War Bulletin Sketches Frontline Moves Across Europe
Multiple dispatches report Allied and German activity on Sept 6. French forces push into Germany beyond the frontier while Strasbourg is evacuated amid artillery duels. Roosevelt signs orders transferring the Panama Canal to the military. Warsaw reports German parachutists captured and court martialed. German liner Bremen reaches an unidentified neutral port.
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War Department
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Department
Paris
Strasbourg
Alsace
France
Germany
London
British Broadcasting Company
Warsaw
Basel
Switzerland
Friedrichshafen
Lake Cone
Berlin
Bremen
New York
British Lift Ban on Ship Movements in China Waters
British navy lifts ban on British ship movements along China coast after determining no German raiders in waters. Passenger and cargo vessels may travel northward from Shanghai to Hongkong as Empress of Japan and Empress of Asia head toward Hongkong. Shipping halted for three days.
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Shanghai
China
China Coast
Hongkong
Whangpoo River
Librarian Reports August Borrowing Leap at City Library
Annette Cragster the Pocatello chief librarian reports 9 870 books loaned from the main building and 1 774 from the Bonneville branch in August totaling 11 644 a gain of 1 537 over August 1938 indicating rising usage across the city library system.
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Annette Cragster
Pocatello
Idaho Supreme Court Opens Fall Term in Pocatello
The Idaho Supreme Court launches the fall term in Pocatello with five days of sessions starting Thursday. Chief Justice James F. Airshie will preside as judges hear three cases on opening day, three more Friday and two Saturday sessions.
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Idaho Supreme Court
Pocatello
James F. Airshie
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