Reichsfuehrer Hint on Sudeten Autonomy Policy
Berlin dispatch reports Heinz Hitler advised Konrad Henlein to interpret Sudeten Germany autonomy demands more elastically toward the Czechoslovak government. Henlein’s 3,500,000 German minority remains central, with Hitler’s Nürnberg Congress looming. Kundt says German Weltanschauung does not require a Nazi state in Czechoslovakia. equality is sought.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Reichsfuehrer
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Germany
Koslovak
Henlein
Hitler
Praha
Berghof
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Nurnberg
Karlovy Vary
Ernst Kundt
Czechoslovakia
Kundt
Japs Claim More Progress In War On Two Fronts
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces pushing toward Hankow in two fronts with advances into Honan from Yehkiatsi and along the Yangtze driving into Hupeh and Kiangsi. Kiukiang fell earlier. Chinese shore batteries threaten Japanese ships as Teian defenses near collapse.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Honan
Yehkiatsi
Anhwei-Honan
Yangtze River
Hupeh
Kiangsi
Kiukiang
Yangtze
Teian
Telan
Juichang
Ang
International At Allance Peace and War In Early May Reports
Berlin sources say officials in touch with Hitler show government demands and possible peace or war decisions are still shadowed by secrecy. In Prague Sudeten German leaders push for direct talks with Germany over autonomy in dispute with Czechoslovakia. Metz reports 50 000 to 60 000 German troops at a new frontier fortification as France calls it a normal border garrison. Bordeaux notes William Bullitt says Franco-American unity in peace as in war. Nürnberg prepares for Nazi party congress with Hitler expected to make dramatic pronouncements. Gibraltar naval maneuvering counters Spanish insurgent vessels while a damaged submarine lies nearby. Hendaye briefs show insurgents pressing a new offensive on the Ebro front. Shanghai reports rapid Japanese advances toward Hankow amid stiff Chinese resistance.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Praha
Germany
Metz
France
Bordeaux
United States
William ©. Bullitt
Nurnberg
Reich
Hitler
Gibraltar
Paris
Hendaye
Ebro
Spain
Shanghai
Hankow
Strikers Ineligible for Unemployment Benefits
The Unemployment Compensation commission ruled that workers at the Highland Park mill in Charlotte cannot receive unemployment pay for the two weeks of strike. Chairman Charles G. Powell said the strikers refused suitable work, making them ineligible.
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Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Highland Park
Charlotte
Charles G. Powell
Commission
Floods Kill At Least Six in Colorado Rocky Mountains
Devastating floods along a 200 mile front from Pueblo to Fort Collins killed at least six people in Colorado. Morrison and Eldorado Springs suffered heavy damage including destroyed homes and a wrecked dance hall. Officials fear more deaths as searches continue.
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Morrison
Hear Creek Canyon
Mount Vernon Canyon
Eldorado Springs
South Boulder Creek
Pueblo
Fort Collins
Colorado Springs
Colorado State College
Bear Creek
Mount Vernon Canons
Bear Creek Canon Highway
Prices On Weed Market Nosedive
RALEIGH Sept 3 Prices dropped this week at to bacco markets on both the new bright belt and the North Carolina and South Carolina border belt, the federal state department of agriculture reported today.
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Raleigh
New Bright Belt
North Carolina and
South Carolina
Depart— of Agriculture
Border Control Tightened as Germans Move to Fortifications
METZ FRANCE Sept 3 Strict border control was clamped on the German side as troops moved into Germany's new line facing France. French observers estimate between 50 000 and 60 000 German troops occupied forts and barracks facing the Maginot line along the border from Luxembourg to Kehl across the Rhine from Strasbourg.
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Metz
France
Germany
Forte
Luxembourg
Kehl
Rhine
Strasbourg
Japanese Deny Withdrawal Of Residents In Tientsin
North China headquarters denied reports that Japanese residents in Tientsin were ordered to withdraw from British and French concessions by September 15. The denial follows rumors from the vicinity of Peiping.
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Peiping
China
North China
Tientsin
Meeks appeals to kidnappers in wife kidnapping case
William R. Meeks issued an appeal to kidnappers to contact him for a new meeting method and warned against publicity. He sought $15,000 by midnight. District Attorney Loyd Hewitt said no midnight ransom deadline had been set and officials earlier withdrew to allow contact.
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Yuba City
Calif
William R. Meeks
W. R. Meeks
Meeks
Loyd Hewitt
Hewitt
Lmelight
Retin
Justice Department
National
Ramseur Child Dies In Automobile Crash
Three year old Eddie Monroe Hodges of Ramseur route 1 was killed when a car driven by his father Gage Hodges collided with William Dickens of Asheboro near Ramseur at 3 PM. The Hodges car rolled three times. Hodges had minor injuries, Dickens was unhurt and detained by the sheriff. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 PM at the Hollymere Friends Church with Pastor G. T. Hinshaw.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Eddie Monroe Hodges
Ramseur
Williams Dickens
Ashero
Gage Hodges
Hodges
Dickens
Carling
Hollyaereeee Friends Church
G. T. Hinshaw
Administration Plans Processing Tax Bill For Next Legislature
Agriculture Department officials said the administration may place processing taxes near the top of its legislative program to boost farm income. The move hinges on farmer and congressional support, with price fixing proposals gaining traction as farm prices fall and 1938 income is seen well below 1937. The plan would set prices for major farm products to cover cost of production and include a profit margin, substantially raising prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Plane Crash Harms Child In North Carolina Home
An Army pursuit plane crash near Reidsville North Carolina damaged a three room house injuring three inside, with nine year old Donald Gann seriously hurt. The two crew members bailed out and the other occupants escaped unharmed.
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Reidsville
N. C
Greensboro-High Point
Langley Field
San Antonio
Texas
Donald Gann
Six Said Dead In Automobile And Bus Crash
Belmont North Carolina report says a Gastonia Charlotte highway collision between a passenger bus and a car caused the bus to fall into a fill and overturn. Marshall Walker near the scene said six occupants of the automobile were killed and that bus passengers appeared not to be among the fatalities. Some bus passengers were injured.
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Belmont
N. C
Asheville-Charlotte
Gastonia-Charlotte
Marshall Walker
Gome
Pasangue
15000 Strikers Harass Daladier as Labor Pressures
Paris reports show about 15000 unionists on strike amid Daladier government efforts to move industry toward wartime footing. Amiens Abbeville workers total 14000 and 1000 Lille traction company employees also strike. Labor leaders criticize the National Defense policy while premiers’ ministers consider extending 40 hour week limits only for defense and allied sectors.
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Paris
Daladier
Jate
Amiens
Abbeville
Lille
National Defense
Edouard Daladier
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Cochran Sets Pace in Bendix Trophy Flight to Cleveland
Red haired Jacqueline Cochran won the Bendix Trophy race from Burbank to Cleveland and on to Bendix New York totaling 2 446 miles, averaging 246.914 mph for the two hops. She beat Frank Fuller by 23 minutes to win 11 500 and become the second woman to win the cross country event.
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Cleveland
Jacqueline Cochran
Burbank
Cal
Bendix
N. J
Bendiz
Frank Fuller
Mise Cochran
Lloyd Odlum
Fuller
San Francisco
Spoksman
Miss Cochran
Odlum
Floyd Bennett Airport
New York
California
Rebels Launch New Ebro Offensive Across Front
Rebels concentrated troops planes and guns on the Ebro front in Catalonia launching a dawn offensive to pierce Government lines. Bombers dropped ton s of explosives on fortifications near Candesa as artillery opened heavy fire along a 25 mile front. By mid morning infantry attacked and by noon government forces reportedly withdrew in several sectors with casualties. Burgos dispatches called the action general along all Ebro sectors.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Catalonia
Candesa
Burgos
Ebro Front
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Johnson
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