Chamberlain to Fly to Germany to Meet Hitler
British Prime Minister Chamberlain announced he would fly to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler in hopes of finding a peaceful solution to the Sudeten crisis. Reports say 13 Sudeten Germans were killed in clashes at Eger per German sources.
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NEA
Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Bad Garty
Great
Congress Hall
Nuremberg
Europe
Reuters
Falkenau
London
Chamberlain
Germany
Hitler
DNB
Eger
Geneva
Ahe
League of Nations
Schwaberbach
Berlin
United States
Aeuaine
Adolph Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Conrad Henlein
Runciman
Sudeten Committee For
Japan Ready To Fight Communists In European Crisis
Tokyo said Japan is ready to fight with arms if necessary against Communism and join Germany and Italy in countering Red operations. The Foreign Office cited the Czechoslovak German crisis and warned the Communist International as the force behind upheaval in Europe.
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Japan
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Prema
Great Britain
France
Hitler
Adolf Hhtler
Nurnberg
Europe
Communist International
Czechoslovakia
Charlotte approves bond for city hospital plan
Charlotte voters approved a 8350,000 bond issue by an unofficial vote of 5,? to 1,107 to fund a 1,000,000 Memorial hospital with PWA funds assisting construction.
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Charlaittr
Charlotte
PWA
Dunkelberger Fights Hard To Narrow Defeat In National Amateur
Oakmont Pa Sept 14 Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point N C carried Gus Mo of Peoria Ill to five extra holes before losing in the first round. Moreland won a 1 up victory after 23 holes in the National Amateur championship tourney at Oakmont.
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Oakmont v Country Club
Oakmont
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
Gus Mo
Peoria
Moreland
Spanish Government Calls Men for Service in Spain
The government ordered men aged 35 to 86 to report for service. Each recruit was instructed to bring a blanket shoes tea and spoon as part of the mobilization.
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Barcelona
Spain
Thomas Wolfe Seriously Ill After Brain Infection Surgery
Baltimore report says author Thomas Wolfe of North Carolina is very seriously ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital after surgery for an acute cerebral infection. He previously contracted pneumonia in Seattle and developed complications.
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Baltimore
Thomas Wolfe
Johns Hopkins Hospital
North Carolina
Seattle
Wash
Upsets Mark First Round of National Amateur Championship
Oakmont Country Club hosts the opening 18 holes as Walker Cup stars Bud Ward of Olympia and Reynolds Smith of Dallas exit early. Smith falls 2 and 1 to Brownell of Duke, marking the second Walker Cup player to lose in today’s round.
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Oakmont Country Club
Oakmont
Bud Ward
Olympia
Wash
Reynolds Smith
Dallas
Tex
Ross Somerville
Canada
Brownell
Duke
Grant Upsets Quist To Reach Quarterfinals In Nationals
In Forest Hills Bryan Bitsy Grant of Atlanta upset second seed Adrian Quist of Australia 6-1 4-6 6-1 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Men's National Singles championships, despite being last among U S seeds.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Bryan (Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
U. S
Adrian Quist
Australia
Selling Storm Strikes Market As Prices Plunge
A stock market storm sent prices tumbling $1 to $5 a share as war clouds darkened Europe. Trading was frantic on the floor with tickets six minutes behind real deals and a rush of activity that could push daily volume toward 3,000,000 shares for the first time since October.
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New York
Europe
City Council Fails To Fix New Tax Rate
The city council did not hold its scheduled morning meeting to fix the tax rate and discuss the 1938 39 budget due to an insufficient quorum. Present were R H Sechrest Edward Gurley J B Pickett J E Ward and C A Lewis. Absent were E L Briggs F Logan Porter and Earl N Phillips. The group adjourned at 11 05 a m and Mayor Grayson arrived at 11 08. An attempt to schedule a possible 8 pm session was noted.
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R. H. Sechrest
Edward Gurley
J. 8. Pickett
J. E. Ward
C. A. Lewis
E. L. Briggs
F. Logan Porter
Earl N. Phillips
Grayson
Bailey Notified of PWA Grant for North Carolina projects
Senator J. W. Bailey received a telegram from the Federal Public Works Administration announcing a 70,560 grant for Fayetteville State Normal College improvements. The plan includes 156,800 dollars in permanent work such as a men's dormitory, classroom and science building, plus repairs. Other grants cover the Sanatorium tubercular facility, vocational school, a 100,000 dollar Negro patients building, and additional projects in Statesville Johnston County and Newton.
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Raleigh
J. W. Bailey
Federal Public Works Administration
Fayetteville State Normal College
Statesville
Johnston County
Newton
Rebels strengthen holds on Ebro river fronts in Spain
Hendaye France Sept 14 insurgent troops occupied hill 441 north of Gandesa strengthening positions on the Ebro river front. Loyalists admitted losing the Caballos mountains hill and reported heavy casualties. Other attacks were repulsed and the sector remained quiet.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Spain
Gandesa
Caballos
Sudeten Negotiations Collapse Amid Martial Law Withdrawal
Prague reports Konrad Henlein dissolved the Sudeten committee for talks with the Czechoslovak government causing a total breakdown in negotiation efforts over self rule. Martial law remains in force as two more Sudeten towns are placed under military control while troops rush to border areas.
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Prague
Konrad Henlein
Runciman
Sudeten
Komotan
Grasslitz
Republic
Czechoslovakia
Major Obstacles Removed by Japs in Hankow Advance
Shanghai dispatch reports intensified artillery and air bombardments and multiple infantry assaults drive back Chinese forces as Japan closes on Hankow. Fukinshan hill near Anhwei Hupeh border falls after 12th assault with Chinese losses of about 4000. Sikuling hill seized controlling the Singte-Teinan road. Sinyang in Henan bombed by warplanes.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Fukinshan
Anhwei- Hupeh
Sikuling
Singtze- Teinan
Lake Poyang
Sinyang
Henan
Hanko
France plans mobilization of two million more troops
Paris reports state that France completed plans to mobilize two million additional soldiers, adding eight reserve classes. The move would raise total armed forces to about four million, including ages 27 to 34, with Daladier weighing its timing against evolving European events. If needed, mobilization would be executed orderly, depending on developments.
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Paris
Daladier
Tobacco brings solid early prices across North Carolina markets
Auctioneers chanted as roughly 1,000,000 pounds sold at Durham with an average near 23 cents per pound. Henderson reported 133,350 pounds of better leaf at 24.15 per hundred, while Oxford Sanford Carthage and Aberdeen posted 23 to 25 per hundred. Growers pleased with opening sales and overall activity across nine markets.
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Durham
North Carolina
Aberdeen
Carthage
Fuquay Springs
Henderson
Louisbury
Oxford
Sanford
Warrenton
L. G. Cheek
Hitler Seen Likely To Make Public Move On Sudeten Crisis
Berlin officials said American travelers were advised informally to adjust European plans but not to evacuate. Hitler and Ribbentrop met in Munich to discuss a possible response to the Sudeten situation as Berlin rumors swirled amid censorship and Nazi press attacks on Prague authorities.
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Berlin
United States
Europe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Germa Ge
Forrest names Lewis P. Sorrell chief inspector
Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford appointed Lewis P. Sorrell as his chief inspector. Sorrell has been senior inspector since 1935 and previously did NRA compliance work in 1934. He is from Raleigh with Greensboro headquarters and will not hold deputy commissioner title.
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Raleigh
N. C
Forrest H. Shuford
Lewis P. Sorrell
Shuford
A. L. Fletcher
Sorrell
NRA
State Labor Department
Greensboro
France and Britain Unite Plans For Quick War Response
The article explains joint Franco British war plans. France would relocate most fleets to the Mediterranean while Britain controls the Atlantic and English Channel. British air and ground forces would reinforce Maginot line defenses and rush troops to France to defend or attack from the North Sea to the Mediterranean.
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English Channel
Britain
Mediterranean
India
France
England
Maginot Line
North Sea
King George to London as European crisis grows
London reports King George VIs return to London from Balmoral to confer with ministers amid a second emergency cabinet session on the European crisis. In Rochester Roosevelt says world conditions are extremely serious and heads to Washington after visiting his son James at the Mayo Clinic following gastric ulcer surgery.
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London
George
Balmoral
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
H.R.H
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Lord Stanley
Dominions
Canada
Downing Street
Navy
War Office
Air Force
Neville Chamberlain
Admiralty
George V
George VI
Elizabeth
Chamberlain
Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt
James
Washington
Washington, D. C
Hull
Mayo Clinic
Europe
Mayo
Texans Endorse Garner for 1940 Presidential Nominee
Texas Democrats at Beaumont pledged Vice President John N Garner for 1940 after a midnight convention session. Delegates roared approval for a Roosevelt endorsement and rejected Governor W Lee O Daniel's abolition of the state poll tax while backing his old age pension plank.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
W. Lee O'Daniel
O'Daniel
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Quist
Bailey
Fayetteville State Normal School
Helein
Fuehrer
F. T. A. Ashton-Gwatkin
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Henlein
Eduard Benes
Milan Hodza
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