Child Guides Across Busy Street In Courtesy
A boy leads a girl safely across a busy street as traffic clusters at 5 pm on Seventh Street and Third Avenue. The scene contrasts with a broader critique of Europe’s tensions and policies on Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain, and Hitler. Readers are urged to consider civic duties and public campaigns at hand.
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Britain Can’t Involve Empire in Sudeten Crisis Talk
Hitler sent a cautious reply to Chamberlain offering a guarantee of peaceful cession, signaling a possible path to peace if Oct. 1 wheels are set in motion. He rejected war responsibility while reaffirming self determination, and called a wartime council at the chancellery. Prague radio and Prague note lauded and warned that German demands would erase Czechoslovakia’s economic future. President Benes urged peaceful negotiation, while Roosevelt’s peace appeal drew a similar nonwar reply from Hitler. The public awaits fate as new steps unfold.
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King George Declares Emergency State in Britain
The London Gazette reports King George has declared a state of emergency to empower Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood to call up auxiliary air force personnel. The move grants authorities extraordinary powers over transport, food, prices, and other measures for public safety.
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Benes Brother in U S says Czechs will fight to finish
Vojta Benes elder brother of President Eduard Benes declared in a New York radio address that Czechs will fight to the last breath and last man if Hitler forces war. Also Czech minister Vladimir Hurban, arriving with Benes, cited US moral support for Czechoslovakia and noted arbitration offer to Hitler had been refused.
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Wheeler Sentenced For Larceny Drops Murder Charge
Cedar Rapids News reports County Attorney G K Thompson joined police in recommending dismissal of the assault with intent to commit murder charge against Ray L Wheeler 36 of Cedar Rapids. Judge John T Moffitt sentenced him to 15 years at Fort Madison on two larceny counts. Wheeler had opened fire as police stopped him Aug 21, potentially facing a 30 year term if convicted on the murder charge. He pled guilty to the two larceny counts.
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G. K. Thompson
Ray L. Wheeler
John T. Moffit
Wheeler
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Leonard Stusak
F. D. Collogan
Thompson
Unionists Back Government if Nation Hit by Crisis
In Houston John P Frey head of the metal trades department of the AFL told a convention that union workers would back the government wholeheartedly if the United States faced attack stemming from the European crisis.
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Czech note rejects Hitler terms for Czechoslovakia
London AP January Masaryk, Czechoslovak minister to London, made public his government's note denouncing Hitler's claims as unacceptable. The note, delivered to Viscount Halifax, counters Hitler's Sudetenland ultimatum and signals firm resistance, referencing Hitler's Berlin rally and the October deadline.
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AAA Chief Denies Change In Farm Policies
AAA chief Tolley told The Gazette by telephone that the 1939 farm program remains unchanged and that price fixing under the 1939 plan is not being considered. He cited the wheat program as fixed and noted other crops’ policies are not altered. He also said insurance men in New York indicated they would withhold support for the 1939 plan due to the law's total benefit payment limits.
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Cedar Rapids Urged to Support Community Chest
At a Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce event Van Vechten Shaffer urged unity and civic duty to back the Community Chest. He contrasted European war threat with local resolve, stressing individual responsibility and a lasting legacy for future generations. A Community Players performance highlighted Chest agency work, with continuation noted.
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Corn-Fed Dictators Should First Take Lessons In Singing
ARTHUR Bugs BAER mocks authoritarian leaders with a satirical column. The piece compares dictators to loud soloists, notes they need sponsorships and singing lessons, and prefers two-person acts like Amos and Andy to solitary roars of European rulers.
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Bugs” Baer
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Americans Urged to Avoid Travel to Europe Amid Crisis
The U S embassy in London urged Americans in Britain to return home if possible as Europe’s crisis deepens. Secretary Hull and Under secretary Welles met Roosevelt to present latest advices, with the State Department warning citizens to avoid European travel except when essential.
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May Curtail Older Army Men's Flying
Army officers said General Oscar Westover death strengthened sentiment to limit flying for men past 45. The proposal had been discussed for twenty years, with no changes yet. Westover was 53 when he crashed at Burbank last week.
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Chamberlain warns Britons to resist world dominance by fear
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain cautioned that Britain would fight any power seeking to dominate the world through fear. He urged calm while preparing vast defense measures and reaffirmed support for Czechoslovakia, pledging to evacuate Sudetenland under terms and to meet Hitler again if needed.
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Great Britain
Chamberlain
Germany
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War Inevitable Mussolini Says War Inevitable
Mussolini told a generals council that war is now inevitable and Italy will fight with Germany. An unimpeachable source said peace cannot be saved and events should head to a crisis within two or three days with Rome’s batteries and forces placed on high alert.
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Malcom Given Time To Plead On Assault Charge
Malcolm is an itinerant magazine salesman arrested after a disturbance in the Plaza hotel lobby. He is charged with assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm. He was granted a three day plea period but failed to post $1,000 bond. He told investigators he had been drinking and did not recall the events. The altercation began near the stairs during a broadcast of Hitler's speech.
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Cancel Benes Reply To Hitler Address
The Czechoslovak consulate general in New York said Prague advised that Eduard Benes radio reply to Hitler’s speech was cancelled. He was to speak between 4 and 4 10 p.m. no reason announced.
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Windsor Joins British General Staff If War Breaks Out
The British government plans to recall the Duke of Windsor to London to join the general staff in the event of hostilities. King George and ministers approved the move, with Windsor likely returning with his American born wife who would assume a ceremonial leadership role among England's royal duchesses.
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Warm Sun Shoves Mercury Up Again In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids enjoyed another pleasant fall day as warm sunlight lifted the temperature from 47 at 6:30 a.m. to 57 at 9:15, then to 70 by 2:30 p.m. The prior day reached a high of 82 at 3 p.m., with 67 at 7 p.m. and 63 at midnight.
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