29 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
1
The article traces Adolf Hitler from a World War I corporal to a dominant leader whose decisions govern war and peace across Europe. It notes his early militant years, the failed beer hall putsch, and his emergence as a central figure listened to by 75 million Germans and millions more worldwide. The piece highlights the perilous authority he wields.
Four powers including Hitler Chamberlain Mussolini and Daladier prepared to meet in Munich to avert war over Czechoslovakia. London Paris Rome and Washington coordinated urgent talks as deadlines loomed and mass mobilizations began across Europe.
Berlin reports a Munich peace conference with Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain and Daladier to seek a method to avoid war. Talks could hinge on Sudetenland surrender while deadlines and mobilization rumors ease as hope grows for a bloodless settlement and a possible postponement of action.
The navy said three light cruisers on the West Coast are being sent to the Atlantic for duty evacuating American nationals from Europe if needed. Reports from Haugesund Norway said heavy firing offshore suggested fleet target practice with British or German forces. Pope Pius plans a peace broadcast from the Vatican at 12:30 PM Amarillo time, to be translated for NBC CBS and MBS networks.
Britain France Germany and Italy summon a Munich talks to seek a peaceful path as Hitler delays mobilization for 24 hours. Chamberlain appeals to Mussolini and Roosevelt urges restraint while nations brace for possible war and boost defenses.
Weather data shows fair conditions across Amarillo and West Texas and New Mexico for Thursday. Temperature changes by hours and yesterday's high and low are noted with maximums around 90s and minimums in the 50s, reflecting a dry clear pattern.
Prime Minister Chamberlain and President Roosevelt press Mussolini to urge Hitler away from war as Europe faces the German Czech dispute. Mussolini travels to Munich with Edouard Daladier and Count Galeazzo Ciano to mediate four power talks amid rising tensions.
Heavy exchanges of shots raged today three miles west of Eger as Sudeten Germans and Czechoslovak troops fought along the frontier. The front line disrupted traffic and mobilization spread across border areas while Sudeten forces set up provisional civil government and frontier services. Both sides waited for Hitler's ultimatum expiring Saturday.
Former President Hoover denounced the Roosevelt administration as politically immoral and warned that world war threats stem from a moral crisis. He framed a six week election as a clash of moral issues and accused Roosevelt of courting liberalism to form a new party.
Premier Daladier signed a decree mobilizing new troops as France readies for the four power Munich talks with Hitler Chamberlain and Mussolini. He pledged to seek peace at the round table while expanding efforts to ease Franco Italian tensions and possibly discuss a symbolic Sudetenland settlement under international supervision. An exodus from Paris due to war fears intensified as diplomatic circles debated attendance by an American observer.
More than 6,000 Americans aided after being rescued from Europe in August 1914 forgot their debt to the government. The treasury lent $717,301 to those aid recipients, and of 13,597 aided, 6,006 owed $296,837.08 at last reports.
A columnist imagines Amarillo as a sovereign Panhandle state ringed by a 700000 man army and 2000000 reserves with sympathy in surrounding counties for annexation to a distant capital. He sketches a council of world powers deciding Amarillo's fate and notes the implausible scenario as a thought experiment.
The Texas composite index for August rose to 94, up nearly 11 points from July. Boosts came from higher department store sales and crude oil runs to stills, while miscellaneous freight carloadings and electric power consumption lagged.
Clovis Bi-State Fair grounds bustle with entries in livestock home economics grain and manual training as exhibits rush to meet an 8 o'clock deadline. Three new buildings ready to handle a record number of entries while a parade of floats launches the fair. A ball at Hotel Clovis honors Miss Lada Dell Jennings queen of the pageant. The pageant Progress of the Plains opens during the fair.
Wellington residents vote 297 to 140 to approve bonds for a municipal light plant. Mayor F C Lederer reports the result from Saturday's election. An application for a PWA loan and grant to finance the plant and distribution system has been made.
London reports cautious Britons queue for gas masks as home office warns against taking extra masks. Officials say some people have waited in line twice to obtain two masks, labeling it illegal.
Washington hailed Europe’s nations choosing negotiation over war. President Roosevelt praised the Munich conference plan with Chamberlain Daladier and Hitler, Mussolini mediating, and urged Tokyo to sway Japan from war. Hull said peaceful dispute settlement remains U.S. policy. Schwellenbach warned solving the Czech German issue alone won’t end the wider European crisis.
Reuters dispatch from the Hague reports the Netherlands government proclaiming a state of emergency to facilitate adoption of measures in the public interest. The move comes amid unfolding wartime pressures and government actions.
The Belgian assault pushed to within 20 miles of Bruges after capturing Dixmude with 5,500 prisoners and 100 guns. Allied forces, including the British Navy, supported a heavy coastal attack while American units advanced at Bellicourt and Nauroy on the St. Quentin Canal. Haig’s troops neared Cambrai as the Argonne-Meuse front remained steadily progressing.
Dies committee investigator John C. Metcalfe testified that the German American Bund laid groundwork for a sabotage machine and spy network to operate if the U S enters war with Germany. He linked storm trooper activity in New York Los Angeles and Milwaukee to the group and said they have slipped into navy yards obtaining secret ship plans.
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