Britain Lays Out Peace Efforts as Sudeten Crisis Deepens
London reports Sir Horace Wilson carried a potential Hitler invitation for a British legion to police Sudetenland amid a plebiscite plan. Chamberlain and Maurice pursued possible peaceful arrangements while Czechoslovakia refused Hitler's ultimatum. France and Russia pledged aid to Czechoslovakia if attacked, with Britain signaling support.
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U S Postpones Decision on Ohio Pension Funds
Washington reports the Social Security Board postponed until Wednesday its decision on withdrawing old age pension distributions to Ohio. The move followed alleged mismanagement of the state system and Governor Martin L. Davey’s refusal to meet adminstrative reform demands.
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Double funeral for Dayton brothers in traffic collision
Harley J. Dunnington age 26 and Lloyd Dunnington age 32 brothers will have double funeral services in Dayton on Wednesday following their fatal crash Saturday night. The brothers were fatally injured in the traffic collision.
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Believe FDR Will Act in Nation-Wide Rail Strike
The National Mediation Board informed President Roosevelt of a railroad wage dispute emergency and will urge immediate intervention to avert a nationwide strike set for Friday night. Seventeen unions representing about 928,500 members vote overwhelmingly to strike unless 142 Class 1 railroads drop a 15 percent wage cut. A 60 day status quo required after a fact finding board is appointed.
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16 Hunters Fined in Circleville Court
Mayor William B. Cady presided over a squirrel court in Circleville on Monday night. Sixteen hunters were fined from 25 to 200 dollars for possessing more than the legal limit of four. Squirrel guns and licenses were confiscated. The fines totaled 1125 dollars and costs 211.50.
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U.P
William B. Cady
Ohio Supreme Court Opens Docket Ahead of Voter Review
The Ohio Supreme Court reconvened after recess facing a heavy docket before the election. Key items include a challenge to regional claims boards for workmen's compensation, the long-pending Ohio Bell Telephone rate case, and a case on the Education Department striking schools from funding lists for districts lacking a full 10 mill levy.
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Car crash kills Carl P. Warner near Hebron
Carl P. Warner, 29, was killed when his car left Route 79 two miles east of Hebron, plunged into an old canal bed and struck a pole Monday night.
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Carl P. Warner
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Special Cabinet Session Called by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt convenes a special cabinet session to discuss national defense and neutrality as Europe faces growing crisis. He may invoke the neutrality act to protect 130 million Americans, with power to determine if a state of war exists and to restrict belligerent travel and materials.
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Cordell Hull
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GOP Nominees Call for Broad Reforms in Ohio and Nation
In Columbus, Republican candidates John W. Bricker for governor and Robert A. Taft for U S Senator urged sweeping reforms of Democratic administration. Bricker promised a thorough housecleaning of state government and said Sawyer ties link him to the same old profiteers. Taft attacked New Deal missteps in unemployment relief and claimed political use of relief programs, noting current unemployment remains high versus the worst mood before.
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Marion
Latin Nations Back Roosevelt for Peace Efforts
Presidents of Argentina Brazil Chile and Peru sent congratulatory messages to Roosevelt and cables to Hitler and Benes urging a peaceful solution to the Sudeten crisis. They issued the first formal expression of South America’s stance on the European emergency.
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Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Roberto M. Ortiz
Getulio Cornelles Vargas
Brazil
Arturo Alessandri
Chile
Oscar Raimundo Benavides
Peru
South America
License in Pocket Costs Gallipolis Man $14.70
Raymond Lane 29 Addison Township paid 14.70 after county justice charged him with failing to display the celluloid marker required for all hunters licenses. The warden found Lane carried the marker in his pocket but did not display it as law requires. In Sandusky the city commission renewed a contract with Ohio Fuel Gas Co at current rates after canceling a five percent rate cut the company refused.
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Addison Township
Fred Milliser
Floyd G. Mertz
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Sudetenland crisis prompts war talk and appeals
United Press reports from London that Chamberlain appeals to Hitler to accept a British promise for peaceful Czech surrender of Sudetenland. Berlin says delay is impossible and that war or peace rests on Czech decision. Prague leaders vow to fight after rejecting Nazi demand by October. Warsaw notes Polish soldiers ready to march.
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Poles Protest Czech Action Over Territorial Tensions
Warsaw reports tense relations with Czechoslovakia as Poland accuses Czech planes of flying over Polish territory on Sunday and Monday. Hungary voices dissatisfaction with Prague’s minority settlement proposals. Across the Balkans, Hitler’s vow to not seek further territorial gains after Sudetenland dominates discussion.
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Former Meigs Countian, 97 Killed at Crossing
MARION U P A Civil War veteran Jacobd C Spires aged 97 was walking to a doctor's office when he stumbled into a moving freight train at a mid town crossing and was killed. Spires formerly farmed in Gallia and Meigs counties and came to Marion four years ago to live with a daughter He once commanded the GAR post at Ewington Ohio His health was so good a physician had predicted he would live to 105.
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Germans misread world moves as peace bid
Berlin reports say Hitler's Czechoslovakia speech was seen as a peace effort by Germans. Rumors in Rome claim mobilization could begin within hours, with up to 220000 men in six or eight classes. Germans believe Sudeten issue to be resolved by Saturday and doubt Russia would aid Czechoslovakia. They also allege Chamberlain helped draft the ultimatum.
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Italians Move Out of Range
The Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli sailed quickly and unexpectedly, leaving half her crew ashore. The gunboat Lepanto followed similar orders. Their destination was unknown, and officials in Rome were presumed to have directed the move. The action occurs as European waters shift amid looming tensions with Britain.
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Union Scale Secured for Film Actors
Hollywood reports that studios and the Screen Actors Guild reached a seven year contract setting a 12 hour maximum workday for actors earning under 1000 weekly and a 48 hour week with time and a half overtime for freelancers under 500 weekly. The deal benefits 1200 senior members and 10000 junior members, replacing a ten year pact.
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English Children Evacuated From London Zone
London authorities began evacuating schoolchildren from the capital with the physically defective pupils first to depart to stations to avoid strain of marching to railheads in the danger area.
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London Prepares for Aerial Attack with Guns and Trenches
Air force units place anti aircraft guns in Westminster area as Britain enacts 24 hour war readiness. Guns mounted near Parliament and on Westminster Bridge while balloon barrier plans are readied. Volunteers called to build trenches in Hyde Park and other parks as air raid wardens distribute gas masks in an acute emergency.
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Betrayal of Germany Is Pointed Out
Gazette reports a bulletin indicating perceived betrayal of Germany. The brief item notes the accusation and frames it as a pointed claim in the current discourse.
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World headlines on emergency, Sudeten crisis and peace drift
London declares a state of emergency as Privy Council orders air force auxiliaries. Berlin reports Hitler says peace options are in Czech hands, while Rome criticizes Roosevelt for urging peace. Hitler cites self determination and Sudeten German plight as key factors in the dispute, with 214000 Sudeten refugees noted amid ongoing tensions.
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Shirt Like Squirrel Man Shot in Back
Dover dispatch reports Roy Morris, 25, of New Philadelphia, hospitalized as Tuscarawas County's first hunting accident victim of the year. His companion Charles Fagley said Morris mistook his wool shirt for a squirrel, leading to the gunfire.
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