Roosevelt and Hull confident on Sudeten settlement at Munich
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull voiced optimism that a four power Munich conference could resolve the Sudetenland dispute. Belgium's ambassador Count Straten-Ponthier said Belgium would stay out of a European war, praising Roosevelt's peace appeals. Officials noted no U.S. duties at the talks and discussed possible international policing or commissions for order during sovereignty shifts.
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Czechoslovakia Suggests Roosevelt Or Conference For Sudeten Issue
London dispatch reports Prague proposes submitting the entire Sudeten German question to President Roosevelt if other efforts fail and hints at possible international conference. Washington notes White House withholding comment as Prague details further concessions to aid Munich conference.
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S. D. Politics At A Glance
In Sioux Falls Republican state chairman J D Coun says stronger Republican representation in Congress is best for peace. In Pierre Louise Kubler denies GOP charges that Tony Berry engineered relief record removal. In Roscoe Tom Berry, Democratic senator hopeful, accuses Republican Chan Gurney of backing 95 percent New Deal and campaigning on the remaining 5 percent.
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Dewey Nominated For Governor by Republican Convention
Saratoga Springs N Y Sept 29 Thomas E Dewey Manhattan rackets prosecutor was nominated by acclamation as the Republican candidate for governor The platform endorses his record and calls for elimination of the underworld influence in politics It also opposes fed relief funds for political use and urges congressmen to work for peace
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Wallace Urges Processing Taxes for Farm Subsidies
Secretary Wallace urged enactment of processing taxes to fund subsidies for farmers. Speaking to farmers in the winter wheat belt, he proposed taxes as an alternative to price fixing, saying they would provide a regular income to pay subsidies under current law. He outlined four options including continued programs and government price controls.
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Jensen Deliberates On Special Session For Relief Laws
Governor Jensen said he was still sitting on a decision to call a special session of the legislature to revise relief laws. Of 146 legislators, 133 replied to his opinion poll. Senators favored the session 26 to 14 and House members 58 to 30, with a majority backing limits to relief deliberations.
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Charleston Tornado Kills 25 In Historic City
A tornado struck Charleston South Carolina at about 8 a.m. causing extensive wreckage across the city. At least 25 people died and about 340 were injured as 30 blocks were damaged and 100 houses leveled. Emergency crews and physicians rushed to Roper Hospital while President Roosevelt ordered aid from the Army Navy and Works Progress Administration to assist the stricken city.
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Smoke from Canadian fires drifts south no new blazes reported
In Minneapolis on September 30 the smoke from recent Canadian forest fires drifted into the Dakotas and surrounding states. Fire agencies said no new fires were reported and the smoke stems from blazes two days earlier now largely quelled. The haze was expected to linger and drift for several days.
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Western European leaders arrive for peace conference
At Munich on September 2 the four leaders Adolf Hitler Mussolini Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain arrived for the anticipated peace talks. Hitler smiled as he stepped from the train with Mussolini while Daladier appeared determined and solemn Chamberlain greeted officials with a smile that soon froze into a grim expression as SS troopers stood in review.
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Last Half Income Taxes Due Friday
Notice that the last half state income taxes are due before midnight Friday has been served on 2,500 South Dakotans in the upper income bracket. Those with 1937 taxes of $10 or more and paid only half March 31 will swell the treasury by about $100,000. Penalty for late payment is a percentage of the tax due with a $1 minimum, plus 1 percent monthly interest.
European Nations Bet On Munich Talks Amid Czechoslovak Tensions
As four power talks opened in Munich on September 29 1938 European nations sought calm to avert war. Germany moved thousands of motorized troops toward the Czechoslovak border while leaders Chamberlain Daladier and Mussolini debated a peaceful solution. Britain France Poland Hungary and others urged defense readiness and Swiss border guards stood watch. German press warned against over optimism about Munich while Goering's paper cautioned that Czech concessions must not come at the cost of security.
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Chamberlain Says He Will Try Again After Sept London
Prime Minister Chamberlain, departing for March today from Heston Airport, repeats the proverb if at first you don't succeed. He cites Henry the Fourth and hopes on return to claim safety from danger, saying he is "trying again."
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Czechs Accept In Principle Sudetenland Plan
The Czechoslovak government says it accepts in principle the British plan for the staged cession of the Sudetenland to Germany with reservations. Prague noted a positive attitude toward the proposals and communicated this before the Munich talks among the four statesmen. The note did not detail the reservations, but officials presumed the plan involves technical steps to speed transfers, tied to Hitler’s rejection at Godesberg.
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Munich Talks Eye Sudetenland Peace Accord
A German government spokesman said at Munich that four powers neared an agreement for a troop occupation of Sudetenland with small German detachments to guard western Czechoslovakia regions. Berlin hopes a full plan is signed soon as Prague offers concessions and Prague plans evacuation by Oct 31 with frontier talks to settle borders by Dec 15.
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