Hitler’s Prague Loot and Roosevelt Aid Spark Debate
A Thursday report details Nazi troopers carting away nearly 81 million in gold from the Czechoslovak National Bank in Prague while Hitler is said to be in the city. The piece links this seizure to broader motives and questions Roosevelt’s moves to aid Britain and France, amid critiques of wartime policy.
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Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Adolf
Prague
Briain
Berlin
France
American Rearmament Foiled Hitler Plan Alleged
Washington based authority claims American rearmament in air land and sea thwarted Hitler's spring plan to strike France in a wide encirclement. The insider links Key West hints to rising tensions and asserts Germany aimed to cripple France while Italy moves in the Mediterranean.
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France
Washington
INS
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Roosevelt
Great Britain
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Czechoslovakia
Key West
Caribbean
Germany
Munich
Sudetenland
Slovakia
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Europe
Belgium
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Italy
Mediterranean
Morocco
Tunisia
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Straits of Gibraltar
Decency and Belief in a World Without God
A 1939 essay discusses whether decency suffices without belief in Providence or afterlife. It compares views across generations, noting how big beliefs shape morality and social norms. The piece argues that self-satisfaction is dangerous and urges a critical, dissatisfied stance toward comfort with decency alone.
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Galsworthy
Dinny
Lord Byron
Beer bill fate linked to tavern operators in Iowa
The Iowa House debates a harsh beer bill with opposition accusing it of shifting beer sales from home to taverns. Lawmakers previously voted to eliminate Class C permits in a move critics call slapstick and potentially counterproductive to temperance aims.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Gillette May Forgive Hopkins Yet Opposes Dunn for U S Attorney
The piece notes Senator Gillette resisting Ed Dunn’s bid for reappointment as Northern Iowa district attorney, despite Dunn’s loyalty and prior support from the President. It mentions anticipated clashes with Attorney General Murphy over politics in appointments and potential reshuffling of Dunn’s assistant Walter Hutchinson.
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Hopkins
Big Ed Dunn
Mason City
Frank Murphy
Gillette
Dunn
Walter Hutchinson
Murphy
Jette
Iowa
GOP Seeks Young Candidate for 1940 Baer States
Arthur Bugs Baer reports the Republican Party aims to back a young, trainable candidate in 1940 despite the 35 year age limit. He mocks the Democratic field and notes GOP leadership plans to arm a fresh political figure with a shovel for Fort Knox style tasks.
Young woman seeks insight into future divorce process
In Memphis, an elevator operator recalls a young woman in court who asked how a divorce would unfold. She claimed she was engaged to marry soon and merely wanted to preview the steps she would face when she actually files. The incident highlights curiosity about divorce despite current engagement.
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Memphis, Tenn
Jim Kelly
Democrats Reject Plan to Extend Social Security to Farm Workers
Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee rejected the Social Security Board's proposal to extend the act to about 6 million agricultural laborers domestics and non profit workers. They cited administrative tax collection hurdles and religious liberty concerns while signaling support for earlier benefit start dates and potential unemployment tax reductions.
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INS
House
Ways End Means Committee
Social Security Board
Congress
Benes Proclaims Eternal Czech Resistance To Nazi Demands
Former Czech leader Eduard Benes telegraphed world leaders and the League of Nations calling for armed penalties against Germany. He urged Roosevelt Litvinoff Daladier and Chamberlain to join sanctions, and invoked Article Ten of the Covenant. Benes spoke from Chicago where he lectures on democracy as Prague falls.
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Czechoslovakia
League of Nations
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Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Edouard Daladier
France
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Sumner
James Roosevelt Named in U.S. Anti-Trust Suit
The Justice Department named James Roosevelt in the anti-trust action against the motion picture industry. Roosevelt, son of the President, was substituted for Douglas Fairbanks as a defendant and joined others including Charles Schwartz Emanuel Silverstone Theodore Caruso in place of Mary Pickford Charles Chaplin and Samuel Goldwyn.
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Young Roosevelt
United Artists Corporation
Justice Department
Charles Schwartz
Emanuel Silverstone
Theodore Caruso
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Charles Chaplin
Samuel Goldwyn
Hitler Seizes 80 Million In Gold From Prague Bank
Nazi troops carted 16 truckloads of gold valued at 80 923 275 dollars from the Czechoslovak national bank as Hitler extends control over the Czech protectorate. The total assets of the Bank of Czechoslovakia reached about 119 962 500 dollars with remaining foreign balances.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Czechoslovak Republic
Bank of Czechoslovakia
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S. S
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Munich
Legislature Saves Iowa Barmaid Jobs In Beer Bill Debates
In Des Moines the Iowa House rejected an amendment that would separate beer sales from venues allowing dancing by a 39 to 40 vote. Lawmakers discussed strengthening liquor controls while voting down a ban on minors in beer places and adopting an amendment to restrict bar employment.
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Iowa
Liquor Control Committee
Britain recalls envoy to report on Germany crisis
Britain orders Ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson to return to London to report on the Hitler Munich agreement breach. London acts in step with Allied policy while Paris debates whether to summons its Berlin envoy as Berlin warns such delays could strain Anglo German ties. The move recalls President Roosevelt’s 1941 action with Wilson and signals a diplomatic reproof rather than severed relations.
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Britain
Foreign Office
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London
Germany
Wilson
Labor Party
Prime Min
Raw-Meat-Eating 'Tarzan' Hunted After Jail Break
Cody Wyoming INS reports a 26 year old game hunter and jail escapee Earl Durand killed undersheriff D M Baker and wounded Town Marshal Charles E Lewis outside Powell Wyoming. He abducted deputy Noah Riley and forced him to drive to Durand's parents home as a blizzard loomed. Durand described as Tarzan like, skilled with rifle and bow, fled into Hart mountain country while a statewide manhunt continued.
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INS
Hart Mountain
Wyoming
Earl Durand
D. M. Baker
Charles E. Lewis
Powell
Durand
Noah Riley
Riley
W. W. Durand
Ray Easton
Park County
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Easton
Baker
Awaied
Czech envoy refuses to recognize German coup in U S
Prague envoy Vladimir S. Hurban stated his government does not recognize President Hacha's Berlin agreement as valid due to constitutional limits. He will not turn over the Czechoslovak legation in the United States and cited the Czech assembly’s required constitutional approval for territorial changes. He cited a Prague radio message claiming an order to surrender the legation.
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Hacha
Hitler
Germany
Hurban
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Prague
Czech Republic
Chvalkovsky
United States
Arrests Rise Amid Czech Anti Nazi and Jewish Repression
Prague reports increases in arrests and personal crises as non Jews take over Jewish owned stores. Expres lists 20 crisis reports among Jews including Eugen Zucker Rudolf Vahle and Paul Donner. Gestapo raids target enemies of the regime and a former military camp near Prague becomes a concentration facility.
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Czech Republic
Expres
Eugen Zucker
Angio Bank
Rudolf Vahle
Paul Donner
Gestapo
Germany
Austria
Sudetenland
Mikovice
Social Democrat Party
A-Zet
Hitler
Ada Smolkova
Munich
Welles Presses FDR Approval on Czechoslovakia Critique
Washington reports that Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles, with President Roosevelt’s approval, condemned Germany’s occupation of Czechoslovakia as a temporary extinguishment of liberties. The statement outlined insistence on treaties and non intervention and signaled a call for order based on law amid war clouds.
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Sumner Welles
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Welles
United States
Republic of
Europe At A Glance Reports From Europe
The report notes Britain hosting Berlin’s ambassador on the Czech absorption and Daladier seeking decree powers in France amid German expansion. It describes Hitler’s tank review in the protectorate and moves in Vienna and Prague involving anti Nazi actions and Jewish store seizures. An American cameraman’s death is reported in Carpatho Ukraine fighting.
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Britain
Berlin
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Daladier
France
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Moravia
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Prague
Bucharest
United States
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Chust
Swiss official vows war if any nation attacks
BASSE, Switzerland (UP) Hermann Obrecht of the federal council said in a Thursday night speech that if any foreign country attacked Switzerland or sought to injure its independence and integrity, it will have war.
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