Benes Relates Flight From Prague Under Nazi Guard
Vojta Benes elder brother of Eduard Benes discusses a night escape from Prague after German guards moved into their home. He and his wife fled through marshes and forests reaching the Polish border aided by Czech friends, then entered Poland in a sealed freight car. He estimates a fifty fifty chance of war in Europe.
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New York
Mazi
Vojta Benes
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
England
United States
Prague
Benes
Poland
Europe
Germany
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Statement of Condition
Iowa bank in Cedar Rapids presents its June 6 1939 statement of financial condition. Resources include Loess and Discounts 1 700 673 88 United States Bonds and Securities 626 082 27 Overdrafts 24 41 Furniture and Fixtures 15 073 06. total resources 3 275 389 39. Liabilities list deposits and other obligations totaling 3 275 389 39 with officers affirming accuracy and swearing to the document.
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U. S
Cipal
Pkablancannenne
Iowa
Linn County
van Vechten Shatier
Reginald B. Figge
M. G. Biahnik
van Warn Ne Shaffer
B. Figge
van Vechten Shaffer
M. G. Blahnik
Marie C. Mayachery
Linn
Bulgaria Yugoslavia Move Toward Balkan Alliance
Belgrade reports show Bulgaria and Yugoslavia shaping toward a virtual alliance as part of a German backed “little axis” in southeastern Europe. The plan envisions a Balkan bloc stretching from the Alps to the Black Sea with 32 million people, linking Bulgaria’s Kiosselv anoff and Yugoslav Regent Prince Paul with Hitler’s circle.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Europe
Alps
Black Sea
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prince Paul
Yugoslav
George Kiosselvanoff
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Bucharest
Rumania
Turkey
Greece
Balkans
Couple Fatally Burned In Atlantic City Laundry Fire
Arthur Parker 65 and his wife Lola proprietors of a laundry were burned to death when a $30,000 fire destroyed their business and living quarters in Atlantic City New Jersey on Wednesday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ins
Arthur Parker
Lola
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Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Cedar Rapids
Wee Herbert Stamats
Wart Holmes
O. Fletcher
N. P. Craemer
Kenmore
Briggs and Stratton Motor
Phonograph
Axminster Rugs
Wolf
Marvelous Group
Juilliard
California
Second Street
Flatties
Second Avenue East
SEARS
Sears, Roebuck and
S O Sears
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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