Negrin says Loyalists could restore order in weeks
Premier Juan Negrin told United Press that if foreign troops are withdrawn from Franco's side, Loyalist Spain could reestablish order within two to three weeks. He rejected foreign mediation and warned that Franco cannot remove German and Italian support, while predicting a future democratic Spain after victory.
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United Press
Geneva
Juan Negrin
Spain
League of Nas
Francisco Franco
Negrin
Franco
Burgos
Salamanca
London Stocks Crash As War Threat Looms
London stocks and bonds plunged in a dramatic session as the threat of a Europe-wide war unsettled traders. The British pound slid to a 12 year low near 4.75 dollars, erasing hundreds of millions in market value amid hedging moves.
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London
U.P
London Exchange
Logan Auto Agency Sold to New Chevrolet Firm
Logan auto agency J A Fickel is purchased by Joe White and Ralph Helber and will operate as W and H Chevrolet Co. Helber oversees service while Leonard Sturgill leads sales. White already runs another agency in Lancaster.
Four Children Die in Farm Home Fire
Grand Rapids news reports four children burned to death when a fire trapped them in their beds at the Hazelton farm home. Their parents Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Hazelton were away at a neighbor’s party when the blaze broke out.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
U.P
Roscoe Hazelton
Grape Crop Lightest Since Memory Harvested in Sandusky
Erie County vineyards report an exceptionally light grape harvest in the Sandusky area this year. U. S. entomologist G. A. Runner said today that the crop yield is the lightest in memory for the region.
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Sandusky
Erie County
G. A. Runner
U. S
Labor Head Calls NLRB Incompetent and Disruptive
John P. Frey head of the metal trades department at the American Federation of Labor denounces the National Labor Relations Board as incompetent and disruptive. He urges Wagner Act amendments and changes in NLRB personnel to curb powers of the wages hours administrator, warns of commissar control over industry, and cites Communist infiltration in CIO leadership.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
John P. Frey
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Department
NLRB
Frey
House Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization
CIO
Federal Bureau
Commission For Board
Legal Representasve
Board
Clo
State To Try Masulla Next
The state, fending off its first attempt to fix responsibility for the murder of State Highway Patrolman George Conn, prepared to try Bernard Masulla, 22, of Pittsburgh, the second of four men indicted. Masulla, named by a witness as the trigger man, faces trial here on Oct. 10. Peter Serino, 22, also of Pittsburgh, was acquitted after a six day trial. The jury of 10 men and two women deliberated 6 hours 15 minutes.
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Cadiz
U.P
George Conn
Bernard Masulla
Pittsburgh
Conn
Masulla
Peter Serino
Plane crash leaves three seriously hurt near Raven Rock
In Portsmouth Ohio a 10-year-old biplane crashed from about 100 feet at Raven Rock Airport injuring three men in critical condition. The pilot and owner William Brand aged 20 from Friendship Ohio had been grounded in Buffalo three weeks earlier after flying into Buffalo Airport at night without lights.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Raven Rock
William Brand
Friendship
Buffalo
N. Y
Butler Claims Hitler Will Postpone Invasion
Smedley D. Butler told about 3500 ex service men in Beckwith Fayetteville that Adolf Hitler will find reasons to postpone invading Czechoslovakia. He said Hitler seeks to divert attention from Germany’s worsening conditions.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Smedley D. Butler
U. S
Beckwith
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Germany
Butler
Truck Driver Strike Renewed Amid Deadlocked Talks
A New York upstate truck drivers strike that nearly halted transport and shipping for a week was renewed today as negotiations between unions and management remained deadlocked.
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New York
Specire
Remaking map of Europe after Hitler Chamberlain talks
Radiophoto shows Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain at Godesberg near the Rhine studying a map of Europe during a tense talk over the Czech crisis. Chamberlain reportedly received a final German ultimatum demanding evacuation of 70 percent of ethnic German Czech areas by an early October deadline.
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Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Godesberg
Rhine
Europe
Chamberlain
Germany
Hitler
Paul Schmidt
Seven Slayings Attributed to Tavern Keeper
Elmendorf Texas dispatch reports Joe Ball, 46, suspected of killing about half a dozen women at his Roadside Tavern. Hazel Brown, a bartender, was found murdered. Ball killed himself. Deputies later detained Clifford Wheeler, 32, who claimed to helped Ball dismember Brown’s body and bury the remains near the San Antonio River.
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Clifford Wheeler
Ball
Miss Brown
Elk Given 'Solitary' After Killing Doe
A bull elk at the Municipal Zoo was placed in solitary confinement after it attacked and killed a doe. Zoo keeper William Smith said the doe died from a heart pierced by the bull's antler, calling the incident a very rare male on female attack.
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Columbus
U.P
Municipal Zoo
William Smith
Kidnaper Is Located Confesses 1930 Crime
Carmine Pigano 36 a steel worker and hospital orderly known as Benny Nacci in Dearborn now faces kidnapping charges after confessing to abducting Mary and Joseph Suboch on May 1 1930. He had lived eight years in Cleveland under an assumed name married and became a father before being returned to Michigan.
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Cleveland
Iu,p
Carmine Pigano
Dearborn
Mich
Pigano
Benny Nacci
Mary and Joseph Suboch
Glouster Mine Resumes After 3 Months Idleness
Glouster Mine 255 of the Ohio Collieries Co near Glouster resumes work after a three months suspension. The operation worked last on June 22, marking a restart in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Ohio Collieries Co
Glouster
Ohio Diverting Road Funds Report Shows
Washington report urges highway revenues be used for roads only and finds Ohio diverted about 17 percent of $72.7 million in highway user imposts last year. About $12.0 million went to educational funds and other non-highway uses.
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Washington
Iup
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads Today
Ohio
Rescuers Save Drowning Man in Ohio River Tragedy
In Gallia County Ohio two women aided a rescue attempt on the Ohio River after two epileptic hospital patients, William Vancy and Sylvester Baudendistle, fell in near Gallipolis Airport. Vancy died. Baudendistle survived after being helped to shore. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Vancy’s widow, Hannah, resides in Mt. Sterling. Baudendistle claimed he could have swum ashore if not for his partner’s hold.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
William Vancy
Mt. Sterling
Ohio
Sylvester Baudendistle
C. E. Holzer
Alma McCormick
Ohio Hospital
Vancy
Baudenhistle
West Virginia
Holzer
Miss McCormick
Hannah Vancy
Baudendistle
WPA Aid Planned for Storm Area Hard Hit by Disaster
WPA administrator Harry L. Hopkins meets New England governors to plan rehab for about 100,000 homeless and to repair almost 500 million dollars in property damage. Death toll nears 650 as reports and cost estimates come in from four states. Rhode Island may seek 25 million and Massachusetts 15 million. Over 200,000 WPA workers plus police, guards, and volunteers are clearing wreckage.
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Boston
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
New England
Hopkins
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Peden Lands Bobcats in Radio Interview Today
Ohio University athletic director and coach Don C. Peden spoke on a Parkersburg radio station with Red Grange. He praised the Bobcats for their 6 0 win over Illinois, noting Montgomery’s strong game and Ohio’s stout defense and line. Grange added reflections on Illinois and Ohio players.
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Peden
Bobcats
Parkersburg
Red Grange
University of Illinois
Don C. Peden
Ohio University
Illinois
Grange
Don
Zuppke
Ohio
Johnny Montgomery
Monk
Montgomery
Bears
Red
Chicago Bears
Adams
Snyder
Tuss Crane
Ohio WA
Czechs Refuse Hitler Terms Then Arrest Sudeten Leader
Czechoslovakia rejects Adolf Hitler s demand for Sudeten surrender by Oct 1 calling for further talks. Ernest Kunat Sudeten deputy is arrested for operating a secret radio to Berlin, as two German journalists are detained. Frontier defenses mobilize over 2,000,000 men on alert with a state defense council formed to act swiftly. Neville Chamberlain s submission of the ultimatum is viewed as Britain backing the Czech position.
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Prague
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Sudeten
Basil Cochrane- Newton
Hitler
Kundt
Ernest Kunat
Berlin
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Mussolini vows Italy to fight if war erupts
Premier Benito Mussolini addressed 100000 fascists in Verona declaring Italy will not hesitate to participate in any European war. He ordered full mobilization readiness with air forces at 24 hour duty and canceled leaves as tensions rose. He tied Italy to Fascism against the hammer and sickle, signaling support for Germany.
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Rome
U.P
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Verona
Mussolini
Venice
Germany
Railroad Vote Shows Workers Favor Strike
Officials of 19 railroad brotherhoods said incomplete tabulation of a national poll among 928 500 operating and clerical employees of all Class 1 railroads shows workers virtually unanimously backing a strike if wage reductions of 15 percent on October 1 are carried out. They said a formal announcement would come late today and that a national strike would be called for next Saturday when the cut takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AUP
Woman Passenger Lost At Sea From Liner Chamberlain
New York dispatch reports Mrs. Georgia Peiker aged 48 from Washington disappeared at sea on the French liner Chamberlain. She was returning from Europe with her 11 year old daughter Nan. The vessel arrived Sunday.
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New York
U.P
Georgia Peiker
Washington
Chamberlain
Europe
Nan
Holt Refuses Speaking at West Virginia Young Democrats convening
Gov. Homer A. Holt sparked a political stir by declining to address the West Virginia Young Democrats convention opening in Clarksburg on Sept. 29. The move drew reactions from party leaders and observers across the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tu.r
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Young Democrats
Clarksburg
European summary tension across Europe before possible war
United Press reports last minute appeal to Hitler from Britain and France deeming the Czech ultimatum unacceptable. Berlin braces for Hitler speech. Mussolini pledges Italian participation if war erupts. Prague reports 38 million mobilized and new government rejects surrender demands. Paris mobilizes refugees and defenses as 1.5 million are under arms. Roosevelt appeals to Hitler and Benes to avoid conflict.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Prague
Great Frontier
Paris
Rhineland
Reich
Washington
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
New Appeal To Fuehrer Is Drafted
London reports Neville Chamberlain sent a personal message to Adolf Hitler with French approval in a bid to avert war over Czechoslovakia. He urged Hitler to accept Britain and France’s plan and not press for immediate surrender of the Sudeten area, while Paris and London prepared gas mask distribution and possible evacuations.
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London
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Edouard Daladier
France
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Sudeten
Britain
Germany
Great Britain
Paris
German Press Raps Roosevelt Message to Prague
German papers in Berlin denounce President Roosevelts cable to Prague and Benes, predicting Hitler will reply in a speech. Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz argues Americans should follow self determination and criticize American press campaigns against Germany and Czechoslovakia. Prague must decide peace or war as Germany asserts its moral right.
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Berlin
U.R
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
Diplomatische Politiehhe Korrespondenz
Foreign Office
United Stattes
Roosevelt Appeals For Peace In Europe Crisis
President Roosevelt urged Germany's Hitler and Czechoslovakia's Benes to continue negotiations to avert a general war. He warned no nation could escape consequences of conflict and stressed pacific means, arbitration treaties, and Kellogg Briand Pact obligations, while cautioning the world to avoid bloodshed.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
United States
Europe
Hitler
Benes
Great Britain
France
Hull
United States of America
New State Pension Chief Calls First Staff Meeting
COLUMBUS A R Wily Bev Ens new chief of the old age pension division called a meeting of district supervisors to get acquainted. Bevens, who succeeded Henry J. Berrodin dismissed last week, will hold a meeting of his central office staff Tuesday.
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Columbus
A.r—Wily Bevens
Old Age Pension Division
Bevens
Henry J. Berrodin
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