Hitler Rejects Part of Czech Peace Plans
Berlin dispatch reports Konrad Henlein carried Adolf Hitler’s rejection of Plan No 3 a three month truce in Czech German talks, while submitting counter proposals. The meeting at Berchtesgaden involved Goering Hess and top Nazi officials with plans for a prompt solution to the Sudeten minority issue and hints of further talks with Britain. Henlein to return for additional discussions after presenting Hitler’s counter proposals to Czech officials.
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Berchtes Gaden
Germany
Konrad Hen- Tein
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Czech
Hitler
Milan
Hodza
Hensein
Naxi
Henlein
Sadiéim
Teichnffehrer
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ida
Paul
Joseph
Rudolf Hess
Wage Party
Reb
Tce
Bertin
London
Britain
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Berchtesgaden
Toaoy
Sudeten
Fuehrer
Quartees
Tribunal Replaces Three Republicans in Supreme Court Clerk’s Office
The supreme court clerk’s office replaces three Republican officials with Democrats as of Sept 15. Jobs Y Brennan will be succeeded by Frank C Fisher of Sutton, Samuel C G Butler by Miss Gertrude Brice of Wheeling, and Rev H B Workman by Harry Goldstein of Charleston.
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Supreme Court
Jobs Y. Brennan
Charleston
Frank C. Fisher
Sutton
Jake Fisher
Braxton County
Samuel CG. Butler
Gertrude Brice
Wheeling
Butler
Aunt Jane Critiques Bathing Suit Modesty
Willie Willis recalls Aunt Jane declaring it awful and immodest to wear bathing suits in public, noting she is the aunt with notably funny legs.
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Jane
World Situation Shown at Glance
World Situation Shown at Glance reports a series of terse dispatches from Berlin London Paris Rome Mexico City Tokyo Hendaye and Shanghai detailing regional tensions. It notes Hiller and Sudeten figures weighing autonomy for Sudeten Germans Runciman mediating peace appeals expropriation clashes in Spain and typhoon casualties in Japan among other items.
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Paris
Rome
Italy
Mexico City
Cardenas
Mexico
U. S
Tokyo
Japan
Ebro
Spain
Madrid
Shanghai
Yellow River
Hankow
Heat Forces Move to Basement as Skylight Falls at Church
In Altoona Pennsylvania on September 1 heat drove First Baptist church worshipers to relocate from the main auditorium to the basement for prayer. Fifteen minutes later a stained glass skylight shattered on the auditorium floor. About 150 people resumed services with prayers of gratitude for their safety.
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Altoona
First Baptist Church
Wartime Power Use Is Mapped by War Emergency Committee
President Roosevelt named Acting Secretary Johnson to chair an inter-departmental panel to marshal U S electric power resources for potential general war. Johnson said the aim is to make a ready nation so strong no other country will challenge the United States. A Czech Slovak crisis note briefed Hull and Morgenthau offered no neutrality solution.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U.S
Ser
Johnson
Hull
Morgenthau
Europe
Baby in buggy stolen nickel haul shocks police
Chicago police spotted two men pushing a baby buggy and fled as officers approached. Investigation revealed the so called baby was a nickel haul worth 9 5150 dollars stolen from a plating works.
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Chicago
INS
Post War Jews Put Under Ban By Mussolini
Rome dispatch reports the Italian government ordered all Jews who settled in Italy after World War I to leave within six months. The decree covers Italy Libya Libya’s north African colony and the Aegean isles but excludes Italian East Africa Eritrea Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia. Estimates of affected Jews exceed 10 000 but exact figures await a census.
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Rome
Italy
Laly
Traly
Libya
Aegean Isles
Ethiopia
Fithiopia
Maly
Haly
First Heat Now Cold Slows War Front
Cold winds and rain halted fighting on the Ebro river front in the Spanish civil war marking the end of summer operations in South Catalonia. Dispatches from both sides report limited artillery duels in the Pandos mountains south of Gandesa and in the Gaeta yeake to the north while the Estremadura front saw continued action south of the Zujar river.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Catalonia
Quenches
Pandos Mountains
Gandesa
Gaetayeake
Holt pledges funds if schools shorten nine month term
West Virginia Governor Holt said nine months could be run this year if authorities economize and cut waste. He promised a deficiency appropriation for schools from the next legislature but cautioned it must stay within limits due to weak state revenues. If counties favor permanent improvements, the deficiency funds may not cover both nine months and capital works.
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West Virginia
Hon
Holt
Guards in four death case face train of blame inquest
In Philadelphia the inquest into the oven cell deaths heard Deputy Warden Frank Craven and two guards describe steam heating as punishment. Craven said he knew steam was on for hours but gave no orders. Guard Captain James McGuire and Sergeant James Hart testified about heat used on unruly convicts. The coroner expects arrests as testimony continues.
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Philadelphia
Ftounty
Frank C. Craven
Craven
Kiondike
James McGuire
Waz
Sergi
James Hart
William
Mills
Weaded Winder
Charles H. Hersch
Fie
34 Known Dead In Jap Storm
Tokyo reports a typhoon leaving at least 34 dead and many injured or missing. Damage reaches up to 100,900,000 yen, with shipping losses near 5,000,000 yen. Eastern Japan resumes activity as schools remain closed for inspections after collapsing houses and landslides.
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Japan
Yokohama
Tokyo
Yokoham
French Youths Start Training For Frontiers
Paris dispatch reports tens of thousands of French youths begin frontier training as conscripts join the new class. The mobilization could push France’s army beyond 825,000, combining with two year trainees to exceed normal strength amid crisis with Germany. Families saw off recruits to the Maginot line as Berlin’s reports claim Germany will extend armistice terms by three months.
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Paris
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Maginot Line
Berlin
James J Hines Trial Teaches Hope Dare Testimony
J Richard Davis testified at the trial of James J Hines, a Tammany district leader, describing visits to the Hope Dare apartment and a jailhouse scene. The case centers on the ti prison era and the alleged connections.
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James J. Hines
Tammany
Hope Dare
Hull Shuns Public Backing in FDR Senate Purge
Secretary of State Hull avoided endorsing Maryland Democrat Millard Z. Tydings or challenger David J. Lewis. He urged focus on far eastern and other foreign questions, while Interior Secretary Ickes indicated Tydes defeat was not assured. Hull later signaled support for Lewis as the better candidate for Maryland voters.
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Washington
Hull
Millard Z. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
David J. Lewis
Sen
Bydings
Iekex
Tekes Inlet
Lewis
Judge Confident Nuisance Abated In Newark Rooster Case
Newark court hears Domenick Sena admit he killed and cooked a rooster after violating city noise ordinance. Sena says only the cat got the bones while a judge questions terms and adjourns without date.
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Newark
N. 1
Anthony Bianco
Domenick, Sena
Sena
Bianco
Lena
Mexico Rejects Hull Demand on Farm Land Expropriation
President Lazaro Cardenas announced that Mexico would continue its agrarian program and pay expropriated foreign investments only for actual Mexico-based investments. He rejected Secretary Hulls proposal for immediate compensation guarantees in a new congressional session.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Hull
Congress
Viva
Tony
Orth
Cardenas
Man Leaps to Death With Rescue Near, Two Others Burned
In Chicago a 55 year old man, Frank Dennison, leaped from a third floor of a blazing boarding house just before firefighters could reach him. Two others, John Ga, 43, and Fred Hogan, 70, were seriously burned while evacuees nearby escaped. The blaze trapped residents and smoke filled the upper floors as rescue efforts were underway.
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Chicago
Frank Dennison
John Ga
Fred Hogan
Custi
Quebec Area Hit By Violent Storm
A violent early morning storm in the St. Lawrence river valley caused 11 deaths and extensive damage. Four tenants died, a small boy is missing, and about a dozen injured as a rain loosened avalanche destroyed a crowded four story apartment house near Quebec. Five family members drowned in floodwaters at Portneuf. An engineer and a fireman were killed on the Montreal Quebec night express when a culvert washed out. several passengers were injured.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Portneuf
Povineuf
Ex-Mob Witness Claims Perjury To Protect Others In Hines Case
In New York on September 1, defense attorney Lloyd Paul Stryker accused prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey of exploiting J. Richard Davis to pressure the policy racket witness into turning state evidence against Tamany District Leader James J. Hines. Davis testified about visits to Hope Dare’s apartment at the Tombs with detectives present, claims of chaperones, and alleged improprieties as the trial unfolds.
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New York
Hope Dare
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Tammany District
James J. Hines
Lloyd. Paul Stryker
Dist
Thomas E. Dewey
Davis
Georf Hines
Dutch Schultz
Tombs
Dewz
Tapition
Stryker
Hopé
Dart
Schultz Mob
Miss Dave
Dave
Miss Dare
Speedier Recovery March Seen After Labor Day
Washington economists forecast a quicker recovery after Labor Day with a steady upswing through fall and winter. Federal and private analysts note July and August indices rising against typical seasonal trends, aided by federal spending leading to higher consumer purchasing power and private sector stimulus.
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Washington
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Workman
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Associated Press
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Lop
Konrad Heistein
Sudetenfuehrer
Yviscount
Runciman
Hiller
Mead
Gov. Holt
SEA
Dixie Davis
Ickes
Quwner
Court
Canada
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