Hitler Henlein eye to eye at Berchtesgaden crisis warning
The Friday Berchtesgaden conference between Hitler and Henlein alarms as war fears mount. The piece notes Sudeten tensions, Wilsonian self determination, and potential German territorial assertiveness. It questions American and English restraint and probes U S policy on a possible European conflict.
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Itler
Henlein
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Gazette
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Germany
All-Iowa Fair Opens with Star Features at Hawkeye Downs
All-Iowa Fair begins a six day program at Hawkeye Downs with auto races at 2 pm and a broad slate of exhibits and entertainment. Officials describe a carnival atmosphere where stock farmers, business leaders, and families mingle as racing and revue acts unfold. Extra sections tease women’s stories and photo features across sections.
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Art Snider
Hawkeye Downs
Third Annual Show at Parish Fair Draws Local Crowd
The fair opens with livestock displays from Iowa parish shows and a full sport slate including auto and harness racing. Ernie Young and His Cavalcade entertain, with sideshow rides and industrial exhibits. Officials expect 10,000 in the grandstand and forecast fine weather for Farm Bureau day Thursday.
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Iowa
Ernie Young
Farm Bureau
Labor Reform View On Wagner Act Rhetoric
A speaker argues the Wagner Act is misused by CIO supporters at the expense of the AF of L and contends employers face prejudice from a biased labor board. He calls for recognizing mutual interest between job creators and workers and for eliminating professional labor racketeers to make labor laws effective.
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CIO
Miss Cochran Wins Bendix Trophy Race
Red haired Jacqueline Cochran won the Bendix trophy race by nonstop flight from Burbank to Cleveland and Bendix N J to collect 12500 in prizes. She averaged 246.914 mph on the 2446 mile leg and beat ten rivals including Frank Fuller who finished in Cleveland. Cochran set a feminine cross country record with 10 hours 8 minutes 3 seconds elapsed to Cleveland and 1 000 for fastest Bendix time. She then flew to Floyd Bennett New York landing after a 10 07 10 completion time including 19 minutes grounded in Cleveland.
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Jacqueline Cochran
Burbank
Calif
Bendix
N. J
Frank Fuller
Miss Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Fuller
San Francisco
Odlum
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
Cali
Man Found Dead In Hotel Room With Slashed Arms
Cedar Rapides news reports Alex Ploc of 423 Avenue NW found dead in a Victoria hotel room at 6 p.m. Saturday. Police recovered a letter addressed to a local woman. coroner Dr. B L Knight awaited decision on whether death was self-inflicted.
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Cedar Rapides News
Alex Ploc
Avenue NW
Victoria Hotel
Third Avenue SE
C. R. Chiverton
B. L. Knight
Chiverton
Ploc
Knight
Sudeten Germans Debate Their Place in Europe
Background on the Sudeten crisis explains why the German speaking population of Czechoslovakia claims long-standing ties to Germany. It traces origins from Bohemia’s medieval borders to postwar frontier decisions and the role of Konrad Henlein in shaping the dispute.
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Harry T. Montgomery
New York
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Bullitt Says U S and France United In War As In Peace
U S Ambassador William C. Bullitt told a Bordeaux city hall banquet that France and the United States are united in war as in peace. He cited devotion to liberty democracy and peace and noted mutual aid in times of distress. He praised France for its calm future and said Americans share sympathy for France.
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Bordeaux
France
United States
William C. Bullitt
Bullitt
Pope pledges support for Clark and ticket in Idaho race
Senator James Pope of Idaho pledged support for the entire Democratic ticket in the Idaho general election campaign. He backed Rep. D Worth Clark, who defeated him for renomination in the August primary, as Clark campaigned in Sun Valley.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
James Pope
Worth Clark
Weather Outlook for Sept 5 10 Central Plains
Weekly forecast from Chicago region notes periods of showers in the extreme south and generally fair conditions across the central areas. The outlook covers the upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and the northern central great plains with variable precipitation chances.
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Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Local Czechs See Conflict As Imminent
Local Czechs in Iowa believe war with Sudeten Germany is imminent, with Prague under constant aerial activity and a mobilized populace ready to fight. They cite European reports, a rising Nazi Sudeten German presence, and warnings of a looming global conflict by early October.
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Horseshoe
Sudeten
Bohemia
United States
Europe
Austria
Hungary
St. Germain
Versailles
Trianon
Moravia
Austrian Silesia
Scotty Meleod
Czechoslovakian Republic
Czechoslovakia
Iowa
Praha
Prague
Brokken
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain deploys eight ships to the Strait of Gibraltar
Britain orders eight warships including the Hood to the Strait of Gibraltar to deter nationalist vessels near British waters. The Hood, Repulse, Isis and eight destroyers move as the Navy enforces neutrality patrols while the Jose Luis Diez remains crippled from a prior battle.
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Great Britain
Eigit
Hood
Strait of Gibraltar
Jose Luis Diez
Isis
Repulse
Intrepid
Icarus
Impulsive
Thames
Sea Lion
Admiralty Office
London
Malta
Mediterranean
Gop on civil service turns as 1940s fate nears
Column by Arthur Bugs Baer argues the G O P opposes civil service to block Democrats but accepts it when Republicans gain offices in 1940. He satirically notes government jobs as free for the people and mocks partisan control.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Civil Service
German Troops Mass Along French Border as EU Tensions Rise
German forces estimated at 40 000 to 60 000 move into the Siegfried line facing the Maginot defenses while border towns report tightened vehicle registrations. Berlin postpones planned naval maneuvers as Sudeten German autonomy talks with Prague continue. Nuremberg hosts Hitler’s Nazi Congress opening.
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Metz
France
Reich
Luxemburg
Kehl
Strasbourg
Germany
Berlin
Saar Basin
Thionville
Montmedy
Oldenburg
Saar
High Command
Adolf Hitler
Reichsfuhrer
Konrad Henlein
Henlein
Hitler
Prague
Berghof
Berchtesgaden
Nuremberg
Youth 17 Rescues, Lands Falling Plane
A 17 year old student forced from the controls of a glass cockpit airliner after pilot Alfred Nison collapsed from gas fumes at 12 000 feet. Milburn Gergely, passenger in the rear cockpit, saw the plane wobble, the youth broke the canopy with a wrench, took control to the rear pit, and landed the craft near Nison’s farm.
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Greensburg
Alfred Nison
Milburn Gergely
W Nison
Nison
Gergely
Lindbergh Visits Prague on Return from Soviet Russia
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, visiting Prague on his way back to Paris from Soviet Russia, called on the President during a brief stop. The surprise encounter underscored ongoing Cold War tensions as he travels between East and West.
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Prague
INS
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Russia
Obscure Peary lieutenant George Clark dies penniless in Boston
George Harlow Clark once guided expeditions with Admiral Robert E Peary in the late 19th century. He led Arctic crossings, faced temperatures 70 degrees below zero, and died unidentified in a Boston lodging house. his body was later identified after an Insurance watch inscription.
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INS
Southern
Timothy Leary
George Clark
Robert E. Peary
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Admiral Peary
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Arctic Circle
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Peary
Alaska
Labrador
Pole
Taunton
San Francisco
Bus and Auto Crash Kills Motorists Near Belmont N C
An Asheville-Charlotte passenger bus collided with a car on the Gastonia Charlotte highway late Saturday night. The bus went down an embankment and overturned. Officials reported the auto occupants killed, bus passengers injured but not seriously. Ten bus occupants were taken to a Charlotte hospital.
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Belmont
N. C
Asheville-Charlotte
Gastonia-Charlotte
Marshall Walker
Charlotte
Robbins And Grahl Guests At All Iowa Fair Camp Monday
Cedar Rapids news says Col. Charles Burton Robbins former assistant secretary of war and Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl adjutant general will be honored guests at Camp Robbins Monday at the All-Iowa fair Hawkeye Downs grounds. The camp, completed Saturday, will house over fifty national guardsmen and feature water, electric, telephone, flyproof tents and officers mess. Regular army and guard leaders including Col. George F. Everest Col. Gordon C. Hollar Brig. Gen. Lloyd D. Ross and Lieut. Col. J. E. Thomas will inspect the camp during the week.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Burton Robbins
Charles H. Grahl
Town
Camp
Robbins
Hawkeye Downs
Regular Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve
George F. Everest
Council Bluffs
168Th Infantry
Gordon C. Hollar
Sioux City
133Rd Infantry
Lloyd D. Ross
Des Moines
67Th Infantry
J. E. Thomas
Quartermaster Corps
United States
Towa
Pogrom Reported In White Russia
Helsingsfors Finland dispatch says Svenska Pressen reports violent anti Jewish pogroms in White Russia and Ukraine killed and wounded hundreds of people in Moscow released on Saturday.
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Helsingfors
Finland
INS
Ukraine
White Russia
Svenska Pressen
Moscow
Meeks appeals for wife's return in California kidnapping case
William R. Meeks, a 62 year old peach rancher from Marysville, appeals via radio and press for contact with the kidnapers holding his wife Norma, claiming he has raised 15000 dollars. Authorities deny a midnight ransom deadline and note a missing black coupe linked to the abduction.
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Marysville
Calif
William R. Meeks
Norma
Loyd Newitt
Meeks
Loyd Hewitt
Hewitt
Yuba County
Willows Glen
Here
Weather Update Sees Cedar Rapids Calm After Warm Day
A fair and moderate pattern persisted in Cedar Rapids Saturday night as temperatures eased from a daytime high of 85 degrees between 3 and 6 pm. The day began at 55 degrees and fell to 67 by midnight after a late evening drop.
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8. M. Salisbury
Ohio State University
Rex Beresford
Jews State College
Allen Nash
Jehn Yarra
Wilson Company
Cedar Rapids
Scheel Band
Eldera
Ergid
King George May Write Hitler As Means Of Peace
London reports suggest King George VI, aiming to imitate Edward the peacemaker, may write to Adolf Hitler to ease the European crisis if diplomatic efforts fail. After four days with Prime Minister Chamberlain, Britain weighs its international course and actions.
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George
Hitler
London
George VI
Edward
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Britain
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