Czechoslovakia Rejects Hitler Plan as Slavery Threat
Masaryk signs note denouncing Hitler memorandum as a de facto ultimatum. Czechoslovakia accuses Germany of stripping independence, demanding large territorial concessions and German army presence. It appeals to France and Great Britain for support amid looming crisis.
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Proval
Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
France
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Hitler
Europe
St. Wenceslas
John Hus
Thomas Masaryk
Malcom Given Time To Plead On Assault Charge
Malcom was allowed time to plead on an assault charge after a hotel brawl in which he attacked Mrs. Miller in a room with a phone and then fought Gillis and another guest on the lobby floor. Gillis and others restrained him as he fled, injuring himself and later striking John Merritt. He was apprehended by officers and placed in a padded cell, where he apologized on Tuesday morning.
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EF J Gillis
Second Avenue SW
Gillis
Malcom
Lynch Transfer
Second Street
John Merritt
Merritt
Baker Paper Company
First Street
West Side
Wilson
Paris
Europe
Wheeler Sentenced For Larceny and Gun Charge
Wheeler received a five year term for bicycle theft and a ten year term for pistol theft with sentences to run consecutively. He faced a murder assault count after a gun battle on Thirty-fourth Street NE, but the count was dropped on recommendation of the police. Wheeler had fired at Stusak while fleeing, with Collogan joining the exchange. the gun was identified as stolen from Federal Agent Ed Miller.
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Thompson
R. J. Vinch
Stusak
Wheeler
Thirty-fourth Street
First Avenue
Collogan
Marion
Walter Cahn
Sixth Avenue
Ed Miller
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Iowa
Sioux City Council To Hear Truckers Union Protest
Sioux City faces a protest by union truckers after a Saturday march by 200 businessmen. A special evening session was set to hear the second marchers with the council promising security and police protection after a joint committee meeting.
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Sioux City
Truckers’ Union
Chamberlain Still Hopeful of Peace Amid Europe Crisis
As Czechoslovakia stands firm against Hitler, Chamberlain plans a full parliament address Wednesday. Britain readies air raid shelters and anti aircraft defenses while Europe moves toward possible general war with Czechoslovakia. Britain France and Russia pledge support to Czechoslovakia if Germany advances, and Hitler presses for the Sudetenland. Chamberlain calls for settlement by free negotiation and moral responsibility to carry promises to prevent conflict.
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Chamberlain
Hitler
Europe
London Parks
Royal Air Force
London
Westminster Bridge
Hyde Park
Charing Cross Bridge
Croydon
Great Britain
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Horace Wilson
Germany
Sudeten
Russia
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Inner Cabinet Meets as Britain Prepares for Mobilization
The big four leaders Prime Minister Chamberlain Foreign Secretary Halifax Sir John Simon and Sir Samuel Hoare meet awaiting Hitler move. Air raid shelters dug in London as precautions tighten with gas masks issued and patrols guarding key sites. The privy council signs a mobilization proclamation while Parliament eyes a wartime conscription bill. American tourists crowd London awaiting sailings to New York. Sir Frederick Maurice flies to Berlin with proposals for a British Legion neutral role if needed.
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Chamberlain
Halifax
John Simon
Samuel Hoare
Hitler
London
Cable and Wireless Companies
Privy Council
Buckingham Palace
George
Army Reserve
Territorial Army
American National Guard
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Tondon
New York
Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
British Legion
Sir Frederick Maurice
Berlin
Maurice
American Legion
AAA Chief Denies Farm Policy Shift
Tolley, head of the AAA, denied plans to shift farm policy to subsidize exports as a core component. He noted the Agriculture Department already subsidizes wheat exports, and asserted the 1939 program remains unchanged. He dismissed talks of a two-price domestic system as conjecture, citing existing butter price support and relief distributions.
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AAA
Tolley
Department of Agriculture
United States
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Hitler Answers Cession Offer
Adolf Hitler rejects responsibility for a widening European war and defends his Sudeten German policy. He argues the 1919 peace treaties betrayed Wilsonian promises, details Czech oppression of Sudeten Germans, notes mass refugee flows, and claims last peace proposals offer a just settlement if Prague agrees.
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Adolf Hitler
Townsend to sail to study Hawaii tax plan
The Townsend old age revolving pension group says founder Dr. Francis E. Townsend will sail from Los Angeles midweek for Honolulu to study the Hawaiian gross income tax similar to his transaction tax schemes for funding old age benefits.
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Chicago
Townsend Old Age Revolving Pension Organization
Francis E. Townsend
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Blowout dinner for Chamber of Commerce members
The annual Blowout of the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will start at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday night in the second cattle barn at Hawkeye Downs. The streamline theme will run through the program with committee members listed including William Breed and Vernon Stevens.
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Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Hawkeye Downs
William Breed
Vernon Stevens
Clarence Vian Dellen
W_ .E. Mineck
Estate of Mrs Trene Hazelline Douglas Taxable Value Set
A taxable value of 629476 and no gross value of 969092 were listed for the Cedar Rapids estate of Mrs Trene Hazelline Douglas widow of George B Douglas. An inheritance tax of 28847 was paid to the state treasurer. Mrs Douglas died January 7 1987. The note also states about one thousand of the twenty million United States bridge players are rated as experts.
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Trene Hazelline Douglas
Cedar Rapids
George B. Douglas
Des Moines
Douglas
United States
Benes Brother in U.S. Calls Czechs to Fight to Finish
Vojta Benes arrived in the United States to rally support for Czechoslovakia. He rushed to a network radio studio to respond to Hitler, urging Czechs to stand firm and continue their struggle.
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Benes
U.S
Vojta Benes
Hitler
Benes to Speak in Cedar Rapids on Czech Alliance Sponsorship
Vojta Benes is slated to visit Cedar Rapids within a week to speak, per T. B. Hlubucek chair of the Czech Alliance. Four messages were handed to Benes by the National Sokol, Prague National Council, DTJ, and the Orel Gymnastic organization. He plans to stay in the United States through December visiting Czech and Slovak communities. event in Cedar Rapids is open to the public and sponsored by the Czech Alliance.
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Vojia Benes
Cedar Rapids
T. B. Hlubucek
Czech Alliance of
Czechoslovakia
Mr. Benes
National Sokol Organization
National Guard of
National Council of Prague
DTJ
Workers Gymnastic Association
Orel” Gymnastic Organization
Hlubucek
Benes
United States
Czech Alliance
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