Nationwide rail strike vote pits workers against roosevelt
Chicago Sept 26 A nationwide railroad strike was voted by organized workers threatening about 950000 employees with action by Dec 1 unless a 1 percent wage cut is withdrawn. The Railway Labor Executives and 18 brotherhoods authorized a 6 pm Sept 20 strike. Independent Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen set Oct 1. President Roosevelt expected to intervene to avert walkout.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Railway Labor Executives Association
Bom
Independent Brotherhood of Raviroad
George M. Harrison
Association
Nature and Glass Give New Version Old Hot Foot Gag
In Trenton New Jersey Willam Hannon waiting for a bus was caught by a street gag using a concave mirror that reflected sunlight onto his coat causing a flash and scare. Traffic Officer Lanahan confirmed the effect by using a cigar as a test and a renewed demonstration led to a minor scuffle ending when a storefront awning lowered to stop further incidents.
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Nature and
Glass
Trenton
N. F
Dresary
Willam Hannon
Hannon
Lanahan
Peace by Force Is Soviet Plan To Stop Hitler
Soviet Foreign Commissar Maul Litvinoff reportedly proposed a “peace by force” plan to Pavle and Tomfin as the only answer to Chancellor Hitler. The plan allegedly merges France Britain and Russia to deter Hitler’s moves on Czechoslovakia with a show of armed might. Possible actions include mobilizing fleets in the North Sea, massing Russian troops near Romania, and a bomber demonstration from Paris to Prague.
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Hitler
Ororva
Maul Litvinoff
Pavle
Tomfin
France
Britain
Russia
Sudentenland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
North Sea
Rumanus
Paris
Prague
Hiav
Wall Street Doubt After European Developments
New York September 26 trading mood was mixed with many stocks off one to four dollars as investors debated whether Hitler s speech and the Franco British Russian communiqué signal bluff or real concessions for peace. Bond market also fell. San Francisco market stayed quiet as fears of a European war weighed on American finance.
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New York
Wall Street
Wall
San Francisco
Hitler
Hurope
Works Progress Pledges Unlimited Aid for Storm Area
Boston September 26 WPA administrator Harry Hopkins pledged unlimited federal aid to hurricane wrecked New England towns. He announced emergency Work projects with waived rules and unlimited labor hours. total damage estimated at about 200 million dollars across Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont and New Hampshire. Death toll listed at 257 Rhode Island 123 Connecticut 68 New Hampshire 13 Vermont 3. responders and governors urged rapid cooperation and higher personnel quotas. Red Cross director Robert Bondy pledged a 590000 fund to aid 60000 disaster victims as talks with mayors and town officials proceed.
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Boston
Works Progress Administration
Harry J. Hopkins
WPA
Rhode Ialand
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Veremont
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Musgarhusetta
Vermont
Coast Guard
Westerly
Charlestown
Meod Island
Hopking
New England
Robert E. Quinn
Hopsuts
Heaten
Robert B. Bondy
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Roosevelt’s Peace Appeal Draws European Admiration
Washington reports Britain France and Czechoslovakia welcomed President Roosevelt’s plea for peace with enthusiasm and gratitude. Hitler warned of action if demands over the Sudeten region are unmet. Roosevelt urged negotiations, warned of unthinkable horror in a general war, and urged nations to seek peaceful, constructive settlements.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Tidle
Czechoslovakia
Roosevelt
Berlin
Hitler
Wassprech
Sudeten
Germany
Congress
Benes
Poland
Hungary
United States
Sudeten Germans rounded up as mobilization hits the frontier
Czechoslovakia moves hundreds of Sudeten Germans into military camps near the German border after ignoring a general mobilization order. A parade of handcuffed detainees disrupted a Sudeten town as Chancellor Hitler spoke in Berlin. Seventy Sudeten Germans, largely women and children, were exchanged for an equal number of Czechs from Germany. An early frontier train brought the new Czechs and two American travelers, Charles A. Strange of Pottsville and Hilda Baum of New York City, who were stranded nearby.
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Eger
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Berlin
Fuher
Germany
Charles A. Strange
Pottaville
Hilda Baum
New York City
Plane From Roundup 10 Hours Overdue On Hop
Roundup Sept 26 Sheriff Burns said a privately owned single engine red mono plane with silver wings piloted by Nick Popovich 27 of Roundup was several hours overdue on a trip from Lewistown to Roundup. Passenger Mrs Dick Goodenbour 30 was aboard. They left Lewistown at 5 pm and were not reported by 9 45 pm. An extensive search has begun over Snowy mountain range and the Lewis and Clark National forest.
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Pi—Musselshell County
Iss R. Burns
Nick Popovich
Lewistown
Burns
Dick Goodenbour
Popovich
Roundup
Snowy Mountain Range
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Duck Mortality Figures Rise in Eastern Montana Lakes
State game warden James A. Weaver reported a mysterious duck ailment has killed thousands across three eastern Montana lakes. Tex Lake near Sidney accounted for 8,896 dead birds, with Medicine Lake losses in Sheridan County and Bowdoin Lake near Malta reportedly high but not yet quantified. The Biological Survey oversees Medicine Lake operations, while Len Rensch, deputy warden from Miles City, provided the figures. Sidney and Glendive sportsmen assisted efforts.
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James A. Weaver
Montana
Weaver
Len Rensch
St Miles City
Tex Lake
Sidney
Medicine Lake
Sheridan County
Bowdoin Lake
Malta
Bureau of Biological Survey
Rensch
Glendive
Fuehrer Warns Sudeten Demands May Trigger War
London report says Hitler demands Sudetenland by Saturday while Britain France and Soviet Russia pledge support to Czechoslovakia if Germany attacks. Western powers, wary but united, press for peace as Hitler speaks in Berlin and diplomats rush to Berlin to signal a united front.
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London
Great Britain
France
Soviet
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Chamberlain cites Hitler lack of faith on Sudeten pledge
London, Sept 27. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared in reply to Hitler's lack of faith that Britain would press the Anglo French plan for cession of the Sudeten areas in Czechoslovakia. He said the Czech government’s promise should be fulfilled with promptness and no bloodshed, provided Germany agrees to settle terms without force.
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London
I (P
Neyilte
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Reich
Poles Readiness Prompts Polish Free Corps Growth
From Warsaw a German news agency report says the Polish free corps, proclaiming readiness to strike at Czechoslovakia, has grown to about 60,000 with 80,000 Poles in Teschen Silesia. The Warsaw federation of reservists reportedly supplied one battalion.
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Bern
DNB
Warsaw
Henlein Drums Up Sudeten Free Corps In Asch Entry
Ash Czechoslovakia Sept 24 Residents hailed Konrad Henlein leader of the Sudeten German party as he crossed from Germany with five busloads of free corps fighters The move sparked claims a German army detachment might be near yet Henlein ordered his men to avoid combat with Czechoslovak troops leaving Asch a proclaimed free territory Citizens remain puzzled over why borders stay closed and why passport and currency rules persist despite hopes of joining Germany
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Ash
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Asch
Berlin
Austria
Hitler demands Sudetenland by October 1 in ultimatum
Berlin reports Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler warned Czechoslovakia that if the Sudetenland is not ceded by October 1 Germany will act. He stated the Sudetenland is his final territorial demand but provided no definite plan for war and claimed patience is exhausted. President Benes was urged to concede.
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Europe
Hitler
Benes
United States of America
Berlin
Fuehrer
Sudetenland
Mapa
Sudeten Areas
Czechoslovakia
Bils
Jno
He'd Pay $100 For Permanent Wave Case Continued
In Sacramento a woman sues for a permanent wave that lasted nine days. Justice of the Peace Percy G Westroma questions the value, noting he’d pay $100 for a similar wave. He orders the case continued.
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Sacramento
Calif
Justice of the Peace
Percy G. Westroma
Alice Conley
War time conditions clamp France amid capital exodus
Paris faces strict wartime measures as civilians flee the capital. Civilians depart at the ministry of public works’ order while Americans are urged to return home. Daladier and Bonnet meet in London with British leaders as tensions haze toward potential peace or further conflict.
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Paris
France
Ministry of Public Works
Europe
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Works Progress
NEA
Adolf Hiler
Nevile Chembelain
Godesberg
Rhine
Tadioed
Witler
Paul Schmidt
Sudetens
Gzeghari
James Morris
Bismarck
N. 1
North Dakota Supreme Court
American Legion Auxiliary
National Legion
Los Angeles
Horace Wilson
Soviet Russia
Hitjler
Henlein
Halifax
Socialist Party
Roncevvelt
Lendom
Hslovakia
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