British Lose Planes in Fleet Attack
British and German dispatches report a failed Royal Air Force attack on ships at Helgoland Bight. Five of six British planes were shot down by German pursuit aircraft as the mission ended with no damage to German ships. The losses were confirmed by Berlin and London offices.
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London
Royal Air Force
Helgoland
Germany
North Sea
Ministry of Information
Helgoland Bight
Berlin
High Command
Norwegians report torpedoed freighters amid war
Survivors recount three ship losses in the North Sea and off the Norwegian coast as torpedoes and a mine claimed crews. The Takstans, Jern, and Salans went down after torpedo strikes or mine blasts. The Ronda had previously lost seventeen. The German legation labels all wood cargo contraband.
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Oslo
Norway
North Sea
Ronda
Takstans
Marstein
Jern
Kristiansand
Caledonia
Takstaas
Legation
Germany
No War Toys on Christmas Trees This Year
New York September 29 The toy industry expects fewer war toys on trees this Christmas but more toy models of national defense equipment. C L Kingsbury, president of the U S toy manufacturers, opened the association convention and cited industry sales near 230 million dollars, up about five percent from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. L. Kingsbury
Toy Manufacturers of
United States of America
Pocatellans Visit With Governor's Mother
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Wiker of 102 Rosewood avenue returned from a month long trip to the Midwest. They visited Yellowstone Park and Wisconsin, including Superior where they met Governor Bottolfsen's mother and two brothers. Mrs. Bottolfsen is 76.
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Elmer A. Wiker
Rosewood Avenue
Midwest
Yellowstone Park
Wisconsin
Can
Superior
Wis
C. A. Bottolfsen
Bottolfsen
Idaho Relief Administration Under Attack in Boise
Nampa lawyer Frank Kibler charged the Idaho department of public assistance with reprehensible and unfair methods in old age relief administration. He spoke at the State Association of County Officials meeting urging restoration of county commissioners’ rights to participate in relief decisions and criticizing 1939 legislative changes.
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Boise
Frank Kibler
Nampa
Idaho Department of Public Assistance
Kibler
State Association of County Commissioners, Auditors and Clerks
Emory Afton
Bill Child
Calvin Wright
Skidding Car Kills One in Idaho Falls
A Wisconsin tourist woman was killed and three other Wisconin Dells residents were critically injured when their sedan skidded from the Yellowstone highway nine miles north of Idaho Falls. Deputy Guy Simpson identified the dead as Mrs William Stevenson 65 and listed the other victims Pred O Larsen and Mrs Larsen and William Stevenson in hospital with severe injuries. Larsen narrowly survived with oxygen after the crash while attempting to pass a light truck driven by Lorenzo W Walker of Rigby who swerved to avoid a bicycle rider on the highway.
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Idaho Falls
Wisconsin
Yellowstone Highway
Here
Acon
Guy Simpson
William Stevenson
Wisconsin Dells
Wis
Latter-day Saints’ Hospital
Pred
O. Larsen
Hitch Hiker Crash Kills Sam Hansen in Utah
On a transcontinental highway west of Salt Lake City a car rollover injured three hitch hikers. Sam Hansen died en route to hospital. Walter Sprague sustained probable broken neck. Douglas Sample and Henry Kobobell were less severely hurt. Sprague was driving and may have fallen asleep.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Sam Hansen
Stanwood
Wash
Hansen
Walter Sprague
Reno
Nev
Alma White
Tooele County
Sprague
Douglas Sample
Sanger
Calif
Henry Kobobell
San Jose
White
Kobobell
Brooklyn and Cincinnati Baseball Scores Reported
National League first game Brooklyn beats Boston 25 to 0 as Fitzsimmons Doyle Todd and MacFayden Masi perform. Second game Brooklyn loses to Boston 3 to 1 with Casey Todd Lanning and Andrews contributing. Cincinnati routs Pittsburgh 17 to 2 behind Grissom Hershberger Bowman Schultz. New York at Philadelphia called off for weather. American League Cleveland defeats Detroit 4 to 36 in a slugfest with Milnar Hemsley Newhouser Tebbetts. Second game Cleveland defeats Detroit 1 to 0 with Milnar Hemsley. Chicago at St Louis postponed by rain. Only games scheduled.
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R. H. E. Brooklyn
Boston
Fitzsimmons
Doyle
Todd
Early
MacFayden
Masi
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago
Poles Begin Withdrawal From Warsaw After Surrender
German reports say the Polish garrison of about 120000 men started marching out of Warsaw at night. The capital would be cleared of defenders within two to three days, with small Polish detachments still resisting on the Hela peninsula and elsewhere.
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Berlin
Warsaw
Hela Peninsula
Ogden Again Votes On City Power Bond Issue
Ogden plans a third vote on the municipal power and light question after city commissioners approve a 3,500,000 revenue bond. Voters defeated the issue twice in 1938, and the notification signals a new election within two years.
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Ogden
Fire Under Control on Salmon River Fire in Idaho
A blaze that scorched about 500 acres on the Idaho national forest along the Salmon river’s south fork over the past two days was reported under control today by the regional forest service fire control division. Fire danger remained high in the Idaho forest while other Gem State forests improved with cooler weather.
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Ogden
Idaho National Forest
Salmon River
Regional Forest Service Division of Fire Control
Idaho Forest
Gem State
Russian victory and Allied push in East Prussia
On September 29, 1914, Russians defeat German forces and re enter East Prussia. French forces drive on Aarras as the war unfolds across Europe.
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Augustaw
East Prussia
Aarras
Army Swells 350 Times In 150 Years
Washington reports the U S Army has expanded to about 350 times its size since its 1789 establishment. The force now includes 205,000 regulars plus 6,400 Philippine scouts and 200,000 National Guard, with a $300,000,000 fleet of 5,500 warplanes and plans for 17,000 more recruits, aiming to outpace all peacetime growth since World War I.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
West Point
National Guard
World War Expeditionary Force
Limited Utah Stations to Carry World Series Radio Nets
Salt Lake City and Ogden will host play by play of the world series starting Oct. 4 via KUTA and KLO with Mutual holding an exclusive contract. KDYL and KSL in Salt Lake City will not broadcast. The Blue Network allows some stations to cover the games. Boise’s KIDO is the only other Idaho-Utah outlet listed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
KUTA
KLO
Ogden
KDYL
KSL
Mutual Broadcasting System
Blue
National Broadcasting System
Radio Men
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Idaho-Utah Territory
One
Salt Lake
KIDO
Boise
Livingston to address joint chamber Lions Kiwanis dinner
L F Livingston of E I Du Pont will speak at a 6 30 p m Monday dinner at the Bannock hotel. He has 18 years in the American Society of Agricultural Engineers and was its president in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Livingston
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Bannock Hotel
Livingston
American Society of Agricultral Engineers
Poland Vanishes in Accord Between Nazis and Reds
The Moscow accord partitions Poland for a fourth time with Germany and Soviet Russia dividing the territory. Germany takes Warsaw and major provinces while Russia gains Lwow, Wilno, and other fragments. The boundary runs from Lithuania south to the San river, tracing the Vistula and Bug edges before meeting the Slovak border.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Poland
Germany
Soviet
Russia
Warsaw
Vistula River
Lublin
Lwow
Wilno
Lodz
Poznan
Krakow
Lithuania
Augustow
Pisa
Ostroleka
Nur
Krystnopol
Prussia
Austria
Baseball Officials Meet Here To Lay Plans For 40
Pioneer league officials gather in town to review 1939 results and set plans for 1940. President Jack Halliwell is expected to outline expansion talk from six to eight clubs and Lewiston franchise options amid a near half million in attendance led by Salt Lake City. Delegates from Butte Logan Provo Idaho Falls Burley Nampa and others arrive to seek inclusion as two or three new members, with Halliwell likely to win another term for steering the league past early difficulties.
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Pioneer League
Jack Halliwell
Lewiston
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Fiery Cards
Pioneers
Logan
Butte
Montana
Provo
Utah
Idaho Falls
Burley
Nampa
Idaho
Lewiston Club
Charles Hallswirth
Bob
Bannock County
Halliwell
A Morgan Heads Fifth Idaho District Teachers
A W Morgan, Blackfoot superintendent, elected 1939 40 president of the Eastern Idaho Education association from the Fifth District. R A Weston of Aberdeen out. L Edwin Hirschi Preston vice president and Eunice Congerton Pocatello treasurer. Community officials and candidates listed. Leo Baisden Sacramento spoke on Creative Teaching Versus Traditional Textbook Procedure, criticizing the old classroom as routine and detached from student life.
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Idaho
A. W. Morgan
Blackfoot
Eastern Idaho Education Association
Morgan
R. A. Weston
Aberdeen
L. Edwin Hirschi
Preston
Eunice Congerton
Pocatello
D. W. Thomas
McCammon
Bess Brown
Baisden
Jury Convicts Utah Slayer in First Degree Murder
Marius Peterson, 51, found guilty of first degree murder for killing his son in law Donald Preston last July during a custody dispute over Preston and his wife’s 6 year old daughter. Defense claimed temporary insanity but jury sentenced for life rather than death with sentencing set for next Tuesday.
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Salt Lake City
Marius Peterson
Donald Preston
Peterson
Preston
Brigham E. Roberts
Weather Pair Signals Warmer Night and Saturday
The forecast calls for a pair of warmer nights and Saturday with rising temperatures. Patchy calm conditions expected across the region, with the northeast portion warming faster tonight.
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Linh
Cacareny
Northeast
President Roosevelt Maintains Neutral Stance on World Series
President Roosevelt says he will be strictly neutral about the Reds versus Yankees World Series. He admitted he knows who he would bet on but will not reveal his choice, citing his Army-Navy game neutrality.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cincinnati Reds
New York Yankees
Britain and France study Russia peace threat over Poland split
Britain's big nine inner cabinet and France review the Soviet Russian end the war maneuver and veiled threat to enter the European war unless the Polish peace terms are agreed. Informed sources say the effort aims to frighten Britain and France into quick peace while Britain remains determined to end Hitlerism. Prime Minister Chamberlain to deliver official reply Monday in the House of Commons.
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London
Britain
Poland
France
Russia
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Reuters
Dworshak Opposes War Move and Neutrality Stance
Dworshak criticizes the Roosevelt era policy on neutrality and urges clear national stance on war. He argues for avoiding partial participation and emphasizes his duty as a veteran and father of four to protect state and national interests. He asserts that munitions embargo signals noninvolvement in war business.
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Patreatean Atlas
Burley
Aibtike
Presid
Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
Europe
Dworshak
Borgman Talks Industrial Arts at Fifth District Convention
Miss Vivian E. Borgman of Pasadena, an industrial arts consultant, spoke at the Fifth District Teachers' convention. She holds a UCLA education degree and has led Pasadena workshops, UC extension courses, and Los Angeles City Schools programs. She also assisted Natalie White of UCLA in industrial arts during four summer sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian E. Borgman
Pasadena
Department of Education
University of California At
Los Angeles
University of California Extension Division
Natalie White
Univerity of California At
Japanese Retreat Amid Chinese Counteroffensive
Chinese reports say Japanese troops retreat toward Changsha as thousands of fresh Chinese fighters stage a counteroffensive near Hunan province. Japanese forces continued to push toward strategic objectives but fell back under pressure.
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Shanghai
Changsha
Hunan
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American Legion
Raymond J. Kelly
Detroit
William Corwith
Rockville Center
N. Y
the Legion Auxiliary
Idaho Relief Administration
Brooklyn
Casey
Lanning
Andrews
Lopez
Pittsburgh
R. H. Cincinnati
Grissom
Hershberger
Bowman
Schultz
R. H. E. Cleveland
Harder
Feller
Pytlak
McKain
Benton
York
Milnar
Hemsley
Newhouser and Tebbetts
The
United States Army
Jack P. Halliwell
A. Morgan
England
Net
Borgman
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