Soviet Russia Warns Britain France Over Czech Crisis
Pravda accuses Britain and France of playing with fire by yielding to German demands for Czechoslovakia. It links appeasement to future colonial issues and warns Poland about Ukrainian White Russian minorities while indicating no Soviet action. Mussolini says all minority claims on Prague must be settled integrally and supports Poland and Hungary.
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Moscow
HUP
Russia
Pravda
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenad
Hitler
Treviso
Italy
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Sudetens
Poland
Hungary
Prague
Soviet Union
Czechoslova
Iuie
Asia
Africa
India
Indo-China
Morocco
Hungary Takes Stand Over Czechoslovak Minority Crisis
In Budapest Hungary declares support for Germany in the Czechoslovak minority dispute and seeks custody of the 719 000 Magyars within its borders. Poland warns against broad boundary revisions as Roumania fears diminished sovereignty while Hungarian premier foreign minister and chief of staff return from Berchtesgaden after talks with Adolf Hitler.
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Budapist
Hungary
U.rp
Germany
Poland
Roumania
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Pioneer Tour Back in Ohio
Pioneer caravan of the Northwest Territory Celebration returned to Ohio with a pageant at Ft. Recovery near the Indiana border. The tour began in Ipswich Massachusetts in December and will finish October 11 at Belpre after visiting Van Wert Lima Piqua Greenville Eaton Dayton Oxford Hamilton Cincinnati Norwood Georgetown Manchester Portsmouth Ironton Gallipolis Pomeroy and Belpre.
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Marietta
U.P
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Ft. Recovery
Indiana
Eaton
Dayton
Oxford
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Norwood
Georgetown
Manchester
Portsmouth
Ironton
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Belpre
County Relief Files Closed to Exploitation
Columbus U P Central files listing all relief recipients will be protected from political exploitation by a rule forbidding copies of names County Relief Director William C Dixon announced The new relief law requires county commissioners to establish a clearing house to maintain such files and provides the lists shall be public records
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Columbus
U.P
William C. Dixon
Hurricane signals raised along Carolina coast
Storm warnings extended from Wilmington North Carolina to Atlantic City New Jersey as a hurricane moved rapidly northward along the Atlantic coast after skirting Florida the day before.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Seaboard
Wilmington
N. C
Atlantic City
N. J
North Carolina
Florida
Pedestrian Killed in Dayton-by-Dayton Crash
Sam Zellers, 64, was struck and killed Tuesday by a car driven by Ben Spitler. The incident occurred in Dayton, with police confirming the pedestrian fatality and identifying the two individuals involved. Authorities are investigating the accident to determine fault and circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Sam Zellers
Ben Spitler
Shively Named QOA University Trustee by Governor
Earl C. Shively of Columbus an Ohio University graduate and former assistant attorney general is appointed by Governor Davey to the University Board of Trustees for a term ending May 14 1945. He succeeds Fred G. Leete of Ironton and is a noted Athens visitor and brother of Mrs. C M Gill. Born in Vinton County he attended McArthur schools and came to Athens for college before wartime service as a cadet at Fort Benjamin Harrison. He served as a captain with the 318th Infantry 80th Division overseas in major U S offensives.
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Earl C. Shively
Columbus
Ohio University
Davey
Mr. Shively
McArthur
Vinton County
Ohio
University
Fred G. Leete
Ironton
Shively
Athens
C. M. Gill
Henry H. Shively
Fort Benjamin Harrison
U. S. Army
Virginia Grimm Mother of Triplets at 16 in Steubenville
Virginia Grimm aged 16, mother of triplets, pictured at her Steubenville home. She is granddaughter of S. J. Willis near the fair grounds. His visit is planned to see the three great-grandchildren. The babies’ father is a 19 year old WPA worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virginia Grimm
Steubenville
S. J. Willis
Fair Grounds
WPA
Japanese Halt Chinese Attacks Along Yangtse
Japanese dispatches said the Chinese counterattacks in the Yangtse River valley southeast of Hankow had been broken and that Japanese forces were on the offensive again. The Chinese attacks had delayed the Japanese advance on Hankow for two days.
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Shanghai
U.P
Yangtse River
Hankow
One Armed Bailiff Shoots Hole In One At Yorkville
Jose Schlanz a 31 year old bailiff in common pleas court and a one armed golfer scored a hole in one on the Yorkville course.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Jose Schlanz
Common Pleas Court
Yorkville
O'Connor Loses Democrat Vote But Wins Republican
New York 16th District sees John J. O'Connor defeated by Democrats but nominated by Republicans. Roosevelt calls him a traitor to the New Deal. Fay, a one legged war veteran, wins the Democratic race by about 400 votes. O'Connor vows recount. New Jersey Republicans nominate Barbour for Senate. Ely unopposed for Democrats. Wisconsin renominates La Follette for a fourth term with minor Labor vote. Massachusetts Democrats nominate James M Curley for governor, defeating Hurley and Kelly. Saltonstall wins Republican nomination. All 15 Massachusetts congressmen expected renominated.
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New York
John J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
James H. Fay
O'Connor
Allen W
Charles F. Hurley
Francis A. Kelly
Leverett Saltonstall
House
Massachusetts
Purge Demand Leader O Connor Defeated in Primary
John J. O Connor, targeted by the President for purging over obedience to White House orders, loses the Democratic primary by about 400 votes but secures Republican nomination. He plans a recount battle as the party split surfaces in the state race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. O'Connor
New York
White House
Labor Leader Re-Appointed in Ohio Governance
Governor Davey re-appointed John E. Breidenbach of Dayton as a member of the advisory board of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission for a term ending Sept. 15, 1945. Breidenbach, vice president of the Ohio Federation of Labor, has endorsed John W. Bricker. Cincinnati’s Charles Boyle was named to the state board of building standards for a term ending July 1939, filling the vacancy from H. N. Ragland’s resignation.
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Columbus
Davey
John E. Breidenbach
Dayton
Ohio Federation of Labor
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Breidenbach
John W. Bricker
Charles Boyle
Cincinnati
State Board of Building Standards
H. N. Ragland
Ohio Governor Pardons David Atkins in Emancipation Day
Gov. Martin L. Davey granted an Emancipation Day pardon to David Atkins who was admitted to the Ohio Penitentiary from Stark County on Nov 16 1925 after a murder conviction. Atkins is identified as a Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Martin L. Davey
David Atkins
Ohio Penitentiary
Stark County
Air Raid Precautions Ordered by Czechs Amid War Tensions
Prague reports the government instructs citizens to extinguish 50 year ceremonial graveyard fires and to follow air raid warnings. People may not light matches during danger and blue paper must cover flashlights. A stern warning promises death for non observance. Czech forces count 14 divisions, 600 planes, 1,160 artillery pieces, and 2.9 million reserves ready for mobilization.
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Prague
U.P
Ministry of Public Welfare
Sudeten
Civil Service Tests To Fill 1,800 Jobs Across 15 Cities
State civil service examinations to fill 1800 to 2000 positions under the unemployment compensation commission will be held in 15 cities from Oct 25 to Nov 3. About 25,000 applicants are expected. Tests occur in Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland and 12 other cities with clerical jobs at 70 dollars a month up to executives at 350 dollars. Job appointments will be made to the central Columbus office and to local district branch offices handling unemployment insurance claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Civil Service
Unemployment Compensation Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Akron
Athens
Cambridge
Canton
Dayton
Lima
Mansfield
Portsmouth
Sandusky
Steubenville
Toledo
Youngstown
Ford on Stand As Witness in Conn Slaying
Ford testifies in murder trial of Peter Serino 22 Pittsburgh man accused of fatally shooting Ohio State Highway Patrolman George Conn. Climax as Conn’s clothing is displayed. Serino first of four to face trial with co defendants Masulla Johnson and Ford. Prosecutor says vehicle held four men two women. defense claims Serino was elsewhere with his mother.
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Cadiz
U.P
Charles Ford
Peter Serino
Pittsburgh
Ohio
George Conn
Conn
Serino
Bernard Masulla
Booker Johnson
Fred Orum
Jesse K. George
Faston
Pecora Transfers Hines Case to General Sessions Court
Justice Ferdinand Pecora moved the James J. Hines case from his supreme court seat to the Court of General Sessions. The mistrial declared after four weeks of testimony prompted the shift, following a submission by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U.P
Ferdinand Pecora
Supreme Court
James J. Hines
Tammany
Dutch Schultz Lottery Gang
Court of General Sessions
Pecora
Thomas E. Dewey
Expense Accounts Probed by Grand Jury in Ohio case
Columbus report says 15 witnesses under subpena as the grand jury opens an inquiry into expense accounts of two former state board of control members. William H. Herner of Norwalk and Julian H. Schweller of Fort Jennings had not been subpoenaed.
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Columbus
U.P
Subpena
New County Grand Jury
State Board of Control
William H. Herner
Norwalk
Julian H. Schweller
Fort Jennings
Pleads Guilty Bird’s Wife Sentenced in Milan jail escape
Mrs Barbara Bird, 20, pleaded guilty to aiding her husband Charles and his brother Frank, notorious gunmen, to escape from jail in Cleveland area a year ago. She is an expectant mother and received four years in Milan Michigan Federal Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Barbara Bird
Milan
Mich
Federal Reformatory
Charles
Frank
Railroad Committee Sets Long Range Rail Rehab Plan
President Roosevelt's hand picked committee of railroad experts meets to draft a rehabilitation program for the $26 billion industry. A snag emerges as labor demands a 15 percent wage cut while managers back a $250 million yearly cut. The six men, plus three labor and three management representatives, met for nearly two hours as a strike vote results loom. A 60 day status quo hinges on the Presidential emergency board appointment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Roosvelt
George M. Harrison
Railway Labor Executive Association
Chicago
Robinson Tap Dancer Held After Altercation
Hollywood police released Bill Robinson a short time after detaining him on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon following a street dispute after a near collision with Paul Moffat, USC substitute center. Moffat was treated for a head cut at a hospital.
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Hollywood
U.P
Bill Robinson
Liberty
Robinson
Paul Moffat
University of Southern California
Moffat
British Fleet Plans Exercises Off Alexandria Egypt
London report says the British Mediterranean squadron will sail from Istanbul to conduct maneuvers off Alexandria Egypt. Sources suggest the move relates to the ongoing European crisis.
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Egypt
London
U.P
Admiralty
Istanbul
Alexandria
Present Ideas To Determine Legion Policy
LOS ANGELES U P Commit tee recommendations from which the American Legion will shape its policy for the year were presented today to the general session of the national convention. Committees called the recommendations from more than 650 proposals submitted by posts throughout the country. Proposals urged strict neutrality greater armaments deportation of alien felons and criticized radicalism. Considered certain to be adopted by convention were proposals for a rigid hands off policy by the United States in European troubles. The legion two years ago initiated a strong neutrality stand. Also anticipated for unanimous approval were proposals for adequate national defense. Leaders speaking for the legion have claimed this is essential to back up neutrality and protect this country from attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS Angeles
U.P
American Legion
Legionnaires
United States
Legion
Gannett urges Roosevelt to call world peace parley
Rochester publisher Frank W. Gannett urged President Roosevelt to invite European leaders to a conference in America to avert war. He told the Rochester Chamber of Commerce that despite America's reluctance to engage in European affairs the United States is uniquely positioned to aid humanity.
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Rochester
N. Y
Frank FE
Gannett
Roosevelt
America
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
United States
Rebel Gains Threaten Hendaye Frontier Fight
A Loyalist offensive, cited by government dispatches, threatened key positions the Nationalists had seized months earlier near Valencia on the French Spanish frontier. The report describes renewed attacks aimed at halting rebel advances and defending strategic locations along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
U.P
Valencia
Prague Surrenders to Franco British Plan for Partition
The Czech government capitulated to Britain and France under pressure and agreed to the London dismemberment terms. Britain and France, facing Hitler, promised to cede Sudeten areas while extending pressure on Czechoslovakia to accept the plan. London and Paris aimed to present the concessions at Godesberg, as Churchill and Chamberlain sought to avert a broader war.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Sudeten
Adolf Hitler
Czech
Prague
County
Britain
Republic
London
Hitler
Poland
Hungary
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Chamberlain
Godesberg
Rhine
Fuehrer
Nazi Reich
Paris
Benes
Herr Chamberlain
Experts See Czechoslovakia Stable Without Sudeten Ties
U.S. analysts predict Czechoslovakia would be better balanced economically if Sudetenland were handed to Germany. They argue partition shifts unemployment, preserves Czech resources, keeps major industries in Czechia, and relies on new export routes via Gdynia after Poland cut Czech freight rates.
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Vakia
Europe
Sudeten
Hitler
Little Republic
Czechoslovakia
Ulese
Sudetenland
Czech
Germany
Gdynia
Poland
Newspapers Importance Pointed Out in Athens Meeting
Francis N. McGehee advertising manager of The Cleveland Press told 85 attendees from Rotary Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce and Athens Retail Merchants Association that national ads in newspapers help retailers move stocks and counter declining ad support. He cited a 14 percent early 1938 drop in national advertising for 52 leading cities and noted a 17 percent rise in newsprint costs reducing profits from 85 percent in 1936 to under one percent in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Messenger
Francis N. McGehee
Cleveland Press
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Athens Retail Merchants Association
McGehee
Kennedy Says Ohio Democrats Can Do Without Help
William J. Kennedy, Democratic secretary of state candidate, told a Batavia rally that Ohio Democrats would run the coming election without outside assistance. Observers inferred a link to James A. Farley visit as Roosevelt envoy, though Kennedy named no individuals. He urged that Democrats think, act, and speak for themselves without interference.
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Columbus
William J. Kennedy
Ohio
Kennedy
Batavia
James A. Fazeley
Roosevelt
Nurse Drowned When Dam Is Swept Away
A nurse identified as Miss Linda Woods of North Brookfield died when a dam burst amid floods in New England. She was in an automobile driven by Dr. Thomas J. O'Boyle. he escaped using a rope while attempting a rescue. Damages were estimated at $800,000 as rivers and lakes overflowed their banks.
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Boston
New England
Linda Woods
North Brookfield
Thomas J. O'Boyle
O'Boyle
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Hines
Bird
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Geneva
Maxim Litvinov
League Assembly
Versailles
Czechoslovak
Elizabeth
Balmoral
Scotland
Czechoslo
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