Allies Assert Hitler Must Go and Nazis Frustrated
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Chamberlain and Earl Stanhope tell Parliament there can be no peace until Hitlerism is removed. The war council in France plans further meetings, while Poland’s indomitable spirit is cited as a factor in resisting aggression. British forces in France await action as submarine raids threaten the fleet.
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Hitler
Congress
White House
London
Great Britain
France
House of Commons
Chamberlain
House of Lords
Earl Stanhope
Council
Supreme War Council
Su War Council
Poland
Paris
British Force In Action On Western Front Reported
Paris dispatches say British troops joined French forces on the western front for the first time in the 1939 war. Polish army formation in France expands with volunteers. French edge forward toward the Siegfried line along a 100-mile front. German high command reports rapid thrust into southeast Poland surrounding Warsaw with large prisoner captures near Random and pockets above Lodz. Vanguards reach Lwow as main forces take Jaworow.
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Paris
France
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Moselle
Tce
Berlin
Poland
Warsaw
High Command
Lodz
Lwow
Polish Ukraine
Jaworow
Senators favor sale of munitions cash and carry plan
President Roosevelt appears assured of Senate Foreign Relations Committee backing for signals to permit arms sales. Senator Van Nuys indicated support for a cash and carry approach with safeguards, signaling likely consideration during the special session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
van Nuys
Senate
Steel Makers Rush Orders Lift Demand Across Pittsburgh Mills
Pittsburgh report shows steel executives swamped by sudden domestic orders with forecasts of 125000 additional workers to be needed before Thanksgiving. Mills operated near 63 percent capacity last week with 455000 workers and a $60000000 monthly payroll, against 572000 workers and an $80000000 payroll two years earlier. Customers increasing orders from 1000 to 5000 tons force production limits aligned with past output.
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Pittsburgh
T Mills
Civilians Targeted in Nazi Bombing Raids, Biddle Cables
A State Department release publishes Ambassador Biddle reports from Poland describing German air raids against civilian areas. He cites attacks on a villa, Warsaw suburbs, a sanatorium, a refugee train, and a bed for twelve girl guides, with bombs falling near the embassy.
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Washington
State Department
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Poland
Ambassador Biddle
Warsaw
Otwock
Biddle
Critics react to film of Gone With The Wind
A New York ad letter notes opposition to the film adaptation of Gone With The Wind. The G A R auxiliary at a Pittsburgh reunion objects to Sherman era depictions and the Negro Baptists condemn the portrayal as defamatory to enslaved people. The writer suggests defenders know the era better than revisionists.
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Margaret Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Sherman
Georgia
Margaret
Route 275 To Be Dedicated Across State Line
Virginians and West Virginians will gather at High View West Virginia on Friday afternoon to dedicate Virginia Route 275 a modern all weather highway connecting Moorefield Wardensville and Winchester. Winchester businesspeople will join a barbeque games and addresses in a grove on A C Oates property. Local band under Prof McIinee will perform there will be attractions and invitations have gone to Virginia and West Virginia officials. The program opens at 12 30 o'clock.
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A. C. Oates
Frederick County
Recston
Virginia
West Virginia
West
Sunken Squalus Raised After Second Lifting Attempt
The submarine Squalus was finally surfaced at 2 05 p m and towed to Portsmouth Navy Yard drydock. The vessel had a 20 degree list and 26 lives were lost in the May sinking 240 feet down. Salvage crews lifted the bow first then faced stern flooding before the tow to port.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Navy
Falcon
Front Again Polish Break Through North of Lodz
German reports claim 50 000 to 60 000 Polish troops have tried for four days to break a German encirclement north of Lodz.
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Lodz
The Star Foreign News Summary Collaboration
The Star highlights its leased AP wire and extensive European staff aiding coverage. It notes AP's large foreign correspondents in Europe and thousands of local editors supporting daily foreign developments.
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THE
STAR
Associated
Associa Press
Europe
Britain Seeks War End While Allies Press Fronts
The report notes British Prime Minister Chamberlain pledging to fight until the menace of Hitlerism is removed as French troops advance and German shipping is cleared from seas. Roosevelt calls Congress to a September 21 special session on neutrality. German forces push near Warsaw and Saarfront, with Saarbrucken outskirts reached. Duke of Windsor returns from exile. Ottawa prepares wartime tax measures.
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Associated Press
London
Chamberlain
Duke of Ow
Sale Household Effects of Mary C Rhyan Deceased
Auction notice for Mary C Rhyan estate at 2 pm Saturday September 16 at 26 Valley Ave. Household effects to be sold. Public sale announced by the executors with sale items not specified.
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Mary C. Rhyan
Valley Ave
New Ministry Early Date Hinted by Chamberlain
Prime Minister Chamberlain told a ministry of shipping at an early date that a new ministry would be established soon.
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Lonon
Chamberlain
A Ministry of Shipping
Fine Brick Residence of R C Green on West Leicester Street
The fine brick residence of R C Green at 437 West Leicester Street with all modern conveniences and a large lot will be sold at noon on Saturday September 23 in front of the courthouse.
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R. C. Green
West
Leicester Street
Wounded man held in Clarke investigated as possible prison escapee
Berryville Virginia Deputy Buckner said Folly Clarke, arrested in Boyce with a leg buckshot wound, might be one of two fugitives from a Great Falls state prison camp. Clarke, Polish-descent, claimed injury from a drunken buddy in Pennsylvania.
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Berryville
Robert W. Buckner
The
Star
Folly Clarke
Boyce
Stillen
Great Falls
Buckner
Clarke
FBI
Washington
Pennsylvania
State Farm
Kackley
Eugene Brookmen
Roscoe Jones
Peteee
Archibald Osborne
Atlanta
Virginia State Farm
Death summons an oil pioneer John Wesley Vandyke
John Wesley Vandyke, 89, chairman of the board of the Atlantic Refining Company and a pioneer in Pennsylvania oil fields, died after not visiting his office since early August in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
John Wesley Vandyke
Atlantic Refining Company
Pennsylvania
Coca Cola Plans New Plant Expansion in Winchester
Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works buys nine lots from Henry Sub-division on Valley Avenue to expand. site fronts Valley Avenue Burton Avenue and Robert Street. New brick plant expected to start after year end and be ready by mid 1940. existing Gerrard Street facilities will be superseded. E. E. Harbaugh confirms new machinery and expansion plans.
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Winchester
Coca Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Gerrard Street
Henry
Valley Avenue
E. E. Harbaugh
Robert Street
Burton Avenue
Valley
Gerrard
Duke of Windsor Rejoins War Effort in England
The Duke of Windsor will take up a war appointment after promising to return if needed. No visit plans to London were announced. He serves as a field marshal on the active list and is colonel in chief of the Welch Guards.
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London
Duke of Windsor
England
Duke
Welch Guards
Lime and Stone Demand Spurts in Shenandoah Valley
The war in Europe boosts lime and stone business in the Shenandoah Valley. F Grove White of M J Grove Lime Plant reports a 50 percent demand rise. Middletown quarry aims for 15 cars weekly. Stephens City may produce 65 to 70 cars weekly. Jobs have expanded and pay rose as orders grow, with much stone sent to steel centers as flux.
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Europe
Shenandoah Valley
F. Grove White
M. J. Grove
Stephens City
Middletown
Star
McCune
Parliament Prorogued After War Measures Passed
Ottawa on September 13 reports the Canadian Parliament prorogued by Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir after Senate approved the final war measures. The House had enacted the last measures last night as it moves with a 1914 pace. The program includes a 20 percent increase in income taxes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Lord Tweedsmuir
Senate
House
Polish finance minister among Polish officials back from Cernauti
A Cernauti dispatch reported that Eugene Kwiatkowski the Polish finance minister and ten other Polish officials reached Cernauti at the Polish frontier. The Romanian ambassador to Warsaw and his staff also entered Romania at Cernauti.
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Budapest
Cernauti
Rumania
Eugene Kwiatkowski
Warsaw
Rough Crossing Brings 1800 Americans Home from Europe
More than 1800 Americans arriving today on the British liner Cameronia after a rough zig zag crossing to avoid submarines.
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New York
Europe
Cameronia
Greek steamer Katinga strikes mine off Falsterbo Sweden
The Greek steamer Katinga Hae jipatera of 3 661 tons reported today that she struck a mine off Falsterbo Sweden and is proceeding to Copenhagen escorted by a Swedish minesweeper.
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Copenhagen
Katinga Haejipatera
Falsterbo
Sweden
Italian Army and Blackshirt Pay Raised to One Lira Daily
Rome reports the government increased pay for regular army soldiers and Blackshirt militiamen from 40 centesmi to one lira per day. No explanation was published.
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Rome
Italy denies Bremen acquisition rumor
Rome reports an authoritative denial that Italy has acquired or intends to acquire the German liner Bremen. A Rotterdam paper had claimed the Bremen, last reported sailing from New York on August 30, had become an Italian ship bound for an Italian port.
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Rome
Italy
Bremen
Rotterdam
New York
Daladier Forms War Cabinet in Paris To Fight Germany
Premier Daladier announces a new war cabinet in Paris to prosecute the war against Germany. The move consolidates leadership as France mobilizes against the German advance.
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Paris
Daladier
Germany
Roosevelt Calls Special Session to Repeal Arms Ban Clause
President Roosevelt asks Congress to convene in extra session on September 21 1939 to seek repeal of the arms embargo clause and limit debate to that action. He also invites leaders to a White House informal conference on September 20 while some senators press for full debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Congress of
Fl United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In States of
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Barkley
Paducah
Salem
Ore
Minton
New Albany
Austin
Burlington
Pittman
Dem
Tonopah
Byrnes
D-Sc
Tanbury
S. C
Rayburn
Bonham
Martin
North
Naa Mass
Borah
R-Irahenberg
R-Mich
Nye
1931 Harley Motorcycle with Tags for Sale
Excellent mechanically Harley motorcycle from 1931 with tags. Asking price is $85. Winchester Credit 9 8 1. Offer details and contact information may follow.
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Harley
Winchester
Trustees Sale of Property on East Loudoun Street
Auction notice for four adjacent business properties Nos. 124 126 128 and 132 East Loudoun Street fronting 57 feet with 229 feet depth including a rear alley to Cork Street. A large two story brick building stands in front of Court House. Sale set for Saturday September 23 1939 at 11 o clock a m.
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Loudoun St
Cork Street
Court House
Urday
Bruises On Apples Today Mean Rats Or Spots On the Fruit To morrow
Extension News cautions apple handlers to inspect fruit for bruises or spots that may signal pests or quality issues. Guidance covers careful picking packing and shipping practices to protect produce and market value.
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