Hitler's Triumph in Bohemia Sparks Panicked Peace Debate
Nazi forces move into Bohemia and Eger as Hitler proclaims lasting Reich control. European leaders reassess post Munich settlements while Britain France and Italy debate future power dynamics and possible colonial ambitions.
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Adolf Hitler
Bohemia
America
Udetenland
Eger
Hitler
Reich
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Syrovy
Britain
Sudetens
Benes
H. G. Wells
Alfred Duff Cooper
Munich
Chamberlain
Commons
France
Germany
Italy
Daladier
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Military retiree Major General Mosley attacks leadership crisis
Major General George Van Horn Moseley retires after 43 years in the army and charges lack of outstanding leadership in the nation. War Secretary Woodring responds by noting Moseley’s ambition to be chief of staff and contrasting it with President Roosevelt’s choice of Malin Craig in 1935.
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George van Horn Moseley
Fourth Corps
Atlanta
Woodring
In Short Elected and Died List of 20th Century Figures
Compendium of brief items noting Bowater becoming lord mayor, Tang Shao Yi as first premier of the Chinese republic, Dr. Allen Dafoe sued, Gina Roberti engaged to Bruno Mussolini, Benita Hume married to Ronald Colman, the Duke of Windsor’s cattle sale, a deadly Charleston tornado, UAW officers reinstated, Black Legion trials, Arnold named Army Air Corps chief, Horinouchi appointed ambassador, and multiple deaths including Krauss Averescu and others.
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Frank H. Bowater
London
Tang Shao-Yi
Dionne Quints
Allen Dafoe
Gina Roberti
Bruno Mussolini
Il Duce
Benita Hume
Ronald Colman
Duke of Windsor
High River
Alto
Canada
Charleston
S. C
Holy Land
United Auto Workers
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CIO
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Kensuke Horinouchi
U. S
Hiroshi Saito
William Ennis
Alfred Krauss
Prince Johann Nepomuk of
Schwartzenberg
Isadore Dandwick Morrison
Zionist Organization of America
Alexand
Burglary Case and Jail Escape Spark Controversy
In Davidson County North Carolina Belle James Godwin 19 is jailed for first degree burglary after promising jail keeper’s daughter Lula Belle Kimel 22 that he would go straight. Lula Belle pleaded guilty to aiding the escape and received 60 days. Godwin and another prisoner fled triggering robberies and a fatal shooting.
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James Godwin
Davidson County
N. C
Lula Belle Kimel
Godwin
Lula Belle
Federal probe focuses on fascist activity in America
An investigator told the congressional committee on un American activities he heard claims Nazi ties to the Bund and high industrialists backing it The Nazi government denial followed and the panel sought named evidence A counter charge accused fascist spread among 200 Italian American groups in the United States Bund members allegedly used secret ranges in several cities Union City anti nazis burned Hitler effigies to thwart a Bund rally Fritz Kuhn faced jeers The debate also touched on cotton policy with farm leaders resisting higher loans and considering subsidizing cloth production for relief recipients
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Congressional Committee On un-American Activities
Bund
Germany
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Fritz Kuhn
Dies
America
United States
Bundsmen
U. S
Union City
N. J
Hitler
Fire Prevention Week and Varied Oct Events Listed
The calendar notes events from Oct 9 to Oct 13 including Fire Prevention Week starts in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Leif Erikson celebration, China’s 10-10 day marking the republic’s 28th anniversary, the National Safety Council silver jubilee congress in Chicago, Columbus Day observances, Cooperative League congress in Kansas City, a Veiled Prophet ball in St. Louis, and the Carnegie International art show in Pittsburgh.
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Minneapolis & St. Paul
China
The
Republic
National Safety Council
Chicago
Cooperative League Congress
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Governors on the 1940 ballot dominate GOP and Democratic battles
The piece notes campaigns toward November 8 with 47 states voting for 35 senators 432 congressmen and 33 governors. It highlights governorship contests in Rhode Island New York and the fight to re nominate or oppose candidates including Lehman Dewey Wagner O Brien Mead Corsi and others shaping presidential prospects.
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Maine
U. S
Senate
House
New Deal
Democratic Party
Rhode Island
William H. Vanderbilt
Robert E. Quinn
New York
Munich Partition Talks Spark Polish Move on Teschen
The Munich agreements prompt Poland to mass troops and seize 300 square miles around Teschen after Czechoslovakia yields. Hungary and Czechoslovakia prepare talks on 800,000 Hungarians on the disputed border as Britain eye general peace settlements and new Franco Soviet tensions loom.
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Egerland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Hitler
Munich
Danube Valley
Austria
Prague
Poland
Hungary
Olsa
Teschen
Scientific surveys tackle normal youths liquor and cancer
Harvard plans to use students as guinea pigs to study forces shaping normal young men. The AAAS assigns 100 experts to pursue unbiased research on alcoholic beverage control and education. The NCAAC asks US Public Health Service to study x rays radium and surgery in cancer care. Dr. Hubble now leans toward a stationary universe after telescope observations. Institutional reforms call for home like cottages for juveniles not exceeding 25 to resemble normal community life.
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Harvard
American Association For the Advancement of Science
National Cancer Advisory Council
U. S. Public Health Service
E. H. Roselle
American Prison Congress
St. Paul
Nation faces first U S railroad strike standoff
Washington reports three man fact finding board under President Roosevelt to resolve a 15 percent wage cut dispute between railroads and unions. Board members Stacy Landis and Millis hear arguments as AFL convenes in Houston amid calls for wage peace.
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Court of Public Opinion
Washington
Roosevelt
Walter Parker Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
James McCauley Landis
Harvard Law School
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