Polish snipers rounded up as Germans advance in Poland
The German drive into Poland reports sniping from Polish civilians in Silesia, with a roundup of armed-age men and women in Czestochowa. A German officer notes women fight like tigers as rounds kill a German captain and several lieutenants.
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Poland
Polish Silesia
Czestochowa
City Hall
Leutenant
Berlin
Templehof Airfield
Breslau
Stunebdorf
Near
German Silesia
War Office
Theodore Roosevelt and the Nobel Peace Prize question
The fragment references Theodore Roosevelt and the Nobel Peace Prize but lacks a complete claim or outcome. Roosevelt did win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War, though this snippet does not confirm that fact directly.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Browder Says Communist Party Must Accept International Decisions
Earl Browder testifies to the Dies Committee that American Communist members must accept decisions from the Communist Internationale or face expulsion. He says Moscow delegates set policy through voluntary agreements that become obligatory by moral persuasion. J B Matthews notes U S leaders urge members to study the history of the Russian Communist Party.
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Washington
Earl Browder
American Communist Party
Dies Committee
Communist Internationale
Russia
Browder
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
House
Moscow
J. B. Matthews
United States
Death of C K Sowers of Clarke County at 74
C K Sowers 74 died this morning at 3 30 at his Clarke county home east of Berryville from a heart attack. He was born April 24 1865 in Paris Virginia and lived most of his life in Clarke county. He is survived by his widow Laura Bushong Sowers and eight children including Mrs A D Jones of Charles Town and Mrs R T Osborne. Funeral at 4 oclock Friday from his residence with Rev L A Parker officiating. burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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Clayton Kile Sowers
Clarke County
Berryville
Mr. Sowers
Daniel H. Sowers
Paris
Laura Bushong Sowers
A. D. Jones
Charles Town
W. Va
R. T. Osborne
Jackson
Bernard Getz
C. V. Leue
Washington
Edmond Stelmach
Walter Scofield
Quantico
Linden Minnick
Arthur Lee
Townsend Moreland
Crate Hall Townsley Hooker
Howard Morrison
Refrigerator car use since 1875 noted
Swift built the first refrigerator car in 1875, marking the start of refrigerated rail shipping. This milestone established cold storage transport for perishable goods across rail networks.
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G. F. Swift
Paris Reporting Advance Is Made
Paris reports local advances by French armies along the Maginot frontier and toward the Saar basin in the early days of the conflict. Air raid alarms rang in Paris as German scouting planes approached, while French planes engaged and claimed gains along the northeast frontier near the Saar basin.
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Paris
Saarland
Maginot Line
Germany
Saar
War Ministry
Saar Basin
Rhine
Moselle
Rhine and
Germans Salute Reds In Moscow
Moscow observers report a massive Communist youth rally in Red Square marking the 25th International Youth Day. The scene contrasts the Soviet stance with Europe’s quarrels and features the playing of the Internationale by German correspondents.
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Moscow
Red Square
Soviet Union
Europe
German Cities Being Bombed in Aachen District
A German radio report said air bombing targeted the Eschweiler and Stolberg mining towns near Aachen. The Aachen district lies adjacent to France and is defended by the Siegfried line.
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Copenhagen
Eschweiler
Stolberg
Aachen
Aix-La-Chapelle
France
Treasury Daily Status September 2 Receipts and Debts
Treasury figures show receipts of 34.29 million dollars and expenditures of 46.35 million, yielding a gross debt of 40.94 billion. The daily increase amounts to 43.22 million.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
Baltimore market notes show dull produce demand with various price ranges for apples potatoes and sweet potatoes. Hogs and cattle advanced with top hogs at 9.40 and steers up to 12.00, while wholesale dressed meat saw modest gains and receipts remained light. Philadelphia and Chicago markets follow with butter eggs and poultry pricing and activity driven by war-influenced buying.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
U. S
Grimes
Truck
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
Chicago
Stock Market Report Sees Profit Taking Pause Rally Gains Trimmed
New York September 6 profit taking moderated war buying as rails led a late rally while early losses narrowed. Large blocks traded and the market closed with mixed signs as quotations for many blue chips such as American Can Anaconda U S Steel and General Motors showed modest gains or declines.
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New York
Rails
Stark
Quotations Va. Livestock Market Prices September 5 1939
Prices from N Kent Street sale extended weekly Tuesday listings for steers heifers and cows. Veal calves lambs hogs and sows shown with ranges and top per cwt or head and fresh cows and springers in a compact market snapshot from Va. livestock auction.
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N. Kent St
Grain futures hit daily limits as war rages
Chicago reports grain futures at maximum daily limits with trading nearly deadlocked. Cash grain and flour business stalls as hedges remain unsettled. a No 3 mixed wheat car sold at 91 cents per bushel. Closing quotes list Sept prices for wheat corn oats soybeans rye and fats.
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Chicago
Lard
Bellies
Mrs Nossett 88 Dies In Home of Daughter
Mrs Leah E Nossett aged 88 died at 6 15 p m at the home of her daughter E W Tevalt. She is survived by daughters Mrs M Geos Lee E W Tevalt Mrs and Mrs W E Woestore and by sons Phillip R Crabill Paul Crabill and Austin B Crabill 23 grandchildren 20 a a children and one woes grandchild and by 1 daughters Mrs Richard tee ge Mrs Carrie Wagner and Mrs Robert Grimm. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon from Methodist Church at Relief 2 30 o clock with pallbearers named Glaize Julius Richard Lupton Conley Glaize Snapp and Philip Prye.
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Leah E. Nossett
E. W. Tevalt
Nossett
M.geos Lee
W. E. Woestore
Phillip R. Crabill
Paul Crabill
Austin B. Crabill
Richard Tee Ge
Carrie Wagner
Robert Grimm
Methodist Church
Glaize
Julius Richard
Lupton
Conley Glaize
Snapp
Philip Prye
Fur trade value from U S trappers tops sixty five million
The article notes that approximately 65 million dollars worth of raw furs are shipped to markets from trappers in the United States and Alaska each year. It also contains Chicago and Baltimore grain price listings and a brief line about fur skins.
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United States
Alaska
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