Czechoslovakia dissolves Sudeten groups over plebiscite
Prague reports Minister of Railways Rudolf Bechyne warned against any plebiscite to decide the Sudeten German minority issue, calling it a shortcut to war. The government dissolved the Sudeten German party and the storm troopers, and issued a treason charge against Konrad Henlein, while pledging to defend territorial integrity.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Bechyne
Bechyne
Milan Hodza
Iis
Notive
England
Germany
Hitler
Nurnberg
Chamberlain
Sudeten German Party
Sudeten Storm Troopers
Konrad Henle
Anaconda Man Fatally Injured in Red Lion Logging Accident
Anaconda resident William Forbin was fatally hurt at Red Lion mining camp, 22 miles west of Anaconda, when a dragged log struck a stump, flipped, and threw him from a horse. He suffered a skull fracture and died roughly five hours later at a local hospital.
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Red Lion
Anaconda
William Forbin
Fork
Chamberlain reports trip to meet Fuehrer in Berlin
Neville Chamberlain returned from Berchtesgaden to tell King George VI he and Hitler understand each other's minds and that another talk with Hitler may follow. Runciman arrived from Prague to report on the Czechoslovak minority dispute as crowds hailed the prime minister at Heston and Croydon airdrome.
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Chamberlain WS
Fuehrer
Neville Chamberlain
George VI
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Chamberlain
Herr Hitler
Runciman
Viscount Runciman
Croydon
Prague
London
Neville
Heston
Viscount Halifax
Odd Bear Sighting Mixes Life and War News
UNNY ide of Life UNNY ide of Life NOWOAP Menommee Michigan September 16 Joseph King a milkmary driving 40 york in the wars morning through a residential district saw a man with a fur coat at 4 street intersection he yelled Hey do you think it win ter The object turned It was a large black bear King hurried through Bethlehem Pennsylvania September 16 The Lehigh county court granted Mrs Florence Campi 27 a divorce after she testified her husband Samuel 30 forced her to live five months in a coal bin ventilated only by a coal shaft She said she slept on rags piled on a box TRUE LOVE West Chester Pennsylvania September 16 Fourteen year old Alice Jenkins and Tinghem Henry Johnson marry tonight after three tries The officiant of the peace and minister refused to perform the ceremony because of the age of the bride but they finally found a squire who wed them She gave up her sixth grade studies to keep house for Jehne son a hand on her parents Ber Woe farm The match was approved by Mr and Mrs Jenkin and sanctioned by the county court AIF ity southomers a marry deing the mother declared TEAM ANYWAY Davidsville Pennsylvania September 16 A football team without a high school opens his home season today on a brand new athletic field Classes won't convene until October 8 when construction of Conemaugh township's first high school building will be completed
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Nowoap Menommee
Mich
Joseph King
York
King
Nick Hurry
Bethlehem
Lehigh County
Florence Campi
Samuel
Jenkins
Tinghem
Henry Johnson
Ries
Po Justiers of the
Bette
Mie
Jehneson
Jenkin
AIF Ity -Southomers
Davidavillé
Seaaon
Conemaugh Township
Summer highway conditioning nearly done State engineer says
State Highway Engineer D. R. Melimon reports Montana's spring wet year caused a large spring break up and maintenance crews toil through spring. The department began road sealing in June and expects finish in a few days, with oil crews delayed by moisture and winter prep already underway in multiple districts. Five new road mowing units and plows worth about 20 400 will be allocated to cities including Butte, Missoula, Billings, and Lewis Town for winter readiness.
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Conditondiys
Montaura
Highwin Enetieer
Montana
McKinnon
Whetehall
Ita
Monk Men
I S
McQu‘tey
Eaid Jiy
Cabinet studies European tensions amid wartime brinkmanship
Warrington Sept 14 The cabinet convened to review Europe policy focusing on trade treaties international finance and the neutral law American officials led by President Roosevelt discussed three focal points while Norman Davis offered a cautiously hopeful take after talks between Chamberlain and Hitler.
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Warrington
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Royelt
Man Who Answers Questions Opens City Office
Frederic Haskins, director of Helena Independent feature Today's Answers to Questions, began the project 23 years ago with a small staff and a secretary. The operation grew into a sizable office handling inquiries through a syndicated letter service and broader query work.
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Victor Free- Hronl Dawson
Theago Daily News
Presa
sven # fenuire
Fantasic Theft Plot Unveiled In Stamp Heist Case
New York reporters reveal a complex scheme surrounding a $100,000 rare stamp theft from Captain W. G. Nowell-Witicke. Officers recount Greulich and his wife with accomplice Francs and Anne Grenheh-nareed confessing at police headquarters amid a lineup.
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New York
Jekyll-Hyde
W. G. Nowell-Witicke
Tohoe
Samuel Mooney
Francs
Anne Grenheh
Poles
Greulich
Yowell Lauivk
Stampa
Nowell Ustieh
Hitler demands annexation and protectorate over Czechoslovakia
A source close to the German chancellery reports Reichsfuehrer Hitler now seeks not only the annexation of the Sudetenland but a protectorate over all of Czechoslovakia. He allegedly demands German control of Czechoslovakia's foreign policy, economic alignment, and decisive say over Skoda munitions output after any Sudetenland annexation. The details follow a Berchtesgaden briefing after talks with Neville Chamberlain.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Skoda
Pilsen
Eyston Beats Cobb to End Dizzy World Speed Duel
Bonneville Salt Flats Utah Sept 1 Capt George Eyston regained the world land speed crown by beating John Cobb’s mark with an average of 350.2 mph over a 24 hour competition. Eyston’s two runs in the Thunderbolt reached 356.44 and 358.67 mph with a measured mile time of 10.04 seconds. Cobb after hearing of the runs said the chase is over for now and may end further attempts.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George F. Tyston
John Cobb
Coubb
Eyston
Gourde
Cobb
Towo Bughshoten
Byston
Braton
Ralph Conrad Named President of Montana Bowlers
Ralph Conrad of Helena was named president of the Montana Bowling Association at a special meeting here last night. He succeeds Art Merkie of Butte, who tendered his resignation. The association chose Chicot Falls as the site for the 1939 convention in April. State officers, alley managers, and league representatives attended the meeting.
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Ralph Conrad
Helena
Montana
Art Merkie
Buite
Chrcat Falls
Helena Football Under Lights At Home Tonight
Helena high school lights committee appeals for season tickets to boost attendance for the first football game under stadium lights. The setup cost 3000 dollars and is valued at 96000, with 900 dollars remaining on the equipment balance to be paid from ticket sales for the school year events.
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American Legion
Sudeten Germans Bewildered by Lack of Action
In Eger Czechoslovakia on September 16 Sudeten Germans grow doubtful about their movement after Konrad Henlein’s union demand. Hitler’s Nürnberg speech sparked hopes of relief but now many fear annexation may not occur. Stores were smashed in Eger and police battles left damage as leaders fled. deputy Karl Frank’s auto was found abandoned.
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Konrad Henlein
Union
Czechoslovakia
Neville Chamberlain
Berchtesaden
Sudeten
Hitler
Nurnberg
Eger
Germany
Hen Jein
Karl Frank
Asch
Late Bulletins from Vienna and Europe Fronts
An angry crowd of 200 marched to a Czech school in Vienna and stashed windows before police intervened. A Czech language newspaper editor and 18 others were arrested, with four later released. In India the Maharajah of Bikaner offered all resources to George VI if Britain goes to war. Paris reports a first hand view of efforts to avert war with Daladier Bonnet and Chau Temps, while Virginia Gayds comments on European disorder aiding Czechoslovak resistance.
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Vienna
Metdling
Bikaner
Rajiputana
India
George VI
Great Britain
Egypt
Palestine
France
Rome
Virginia Gayds
New Border Incident Reported Near Manchukuo by Soviets
A Tokyo dispatch says Manchoukuo protests to Soviet consuls over an alleged new border clash near Manchau in northwestern Manchukuo on the Siberian frontier. Four Soviet cavalrymen reportedly invaded Manchoukuo territory and were repulsed by a Manchukuoan border patrol.
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Tokyo
Ma Domel
Hsinking
Sapital
Manchoukuo
Bridge Insurance Suit Postponed to Sept 22
The case against paying a $120,000 premium on a $312 million state highway bridges policy was postponed to September 22 for a merits hearing. Judge Besancon granted the delay after an agreement by counsel, with intervening parties including Minneapolis Fire and Marine Insurance Co. and state highway officials. The suit, filed by John M. Wheeler, questions the purchase approved by the state board of examiners, amid political disagreement and constitutional questions raised by the insurer.
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John M. Wheeler
Billings
Albert Thschcon
Missoula
Yesterdy Moring
Resancen
George Padbury, Jr
Helena
Dao
Wheeler
State Board of Examiners
Roy ¥. Ayers
H. J. Free
Dourn
Sam
W. Mitchell
Besancon
State Highway Commission
Edwin 3. Booth
E. A. Peterson
Highway Commission
John. G. Brown
Minneapolis Fire and Mating Insurance Company
Suverior
B. J. Resk
Butte
Board of Examiners
Brown
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Red Grass
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Foreign Office
Louis P. Lochner
The
Associated Press
Dizzy
Montana Bowlers
Helena High School
Helens
Melvin K. Whiteleather
Czech
Paris
Sumnee Welles
Atate
Edouard Daladier
George Bonnet
Camille Chautemps
Welles
Willian C. Bullitt
Russia
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