15 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
1
Soviet and American dispatches describe Chamberlain's policy amid the Sudeten crisis. Izvestia Pravda and Red Star attack appeasement while Hull and Roosevelt monitor talks and movements. Roosevelt travels toward Washington as news outlets relay developments and health updates from Mayo Clinic.
London reports underwriters decided to give 48 hours notice to terminate all war risk insurance contracts. Past contracts included such notice provisions and the termination takes effect at midnight tonight.
Rome reports that Mussolini published an open letter stating Hitler would not seize the Czech population as a gift if Sudeten German demands are met. Diplomats read the letter as a possible German pledge to protect Czech integrity along their new frontier, though authorship is uncertain.
Thomas Wolfe American novelist died at 5 30 a m eastern standard time of an acute cerebral infection at Johns Hopkins after two operations. He fell ill with pneumonia in July while in Seattle and infection spread to kidneys and heart. Wolfe formerly taught English at New York University and gained fame with Look Homeward Angel describing Asheville where he was born in 1900. His work earned Guggenheim support and international writing time after 1930. He was 43 or 43 years old.
Secretary Morgenthau announced that the European crisis has produced the largest flight to the dollar in history. He declined to estimate total foreign funds but noted several hundred million arrived in recent weeks, confirming the U.S. as a global financial center. He coordinates with England France Belgium Switzerland and the Netherlands under the 1986 tripartite monetary agreement to stabilize exchange.
Senator William E. Borah says the United States should maintain a hands off policy in European affairs. He told reporters at Poland Spring that the nation must stay out of all European controversies at all times as he prepared to return to Washington.
Paris reports France trusts Prime Minister Chamberlain to resolve the Czechoslovak crisis through direct talks with Adolf Hitler. Daladier urged the move, plebiscite for Sudeten Germans is ruled out, and observers debate if dialogue can avert force.
Unofficial Georgia primary returns show Senator Walter F. George leading with 1,597 of 1,735 precincts reporting and 123 403 votes to 89 174 for Talmadge and 66 405 for Camp. Governor Rivers leads in 95 counties for renomination in the New Deal program.
London reports Parliament will be recalled from recess to hear Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s personal briefing on his talks with Adolf Hitler. The move follows Chamberlain’s flight to Berchtesgaden and is arranged at No 10 Downing Street with leaders guiding the timing and recall.
Chinese counter-attacks around Kwangsi and Hupeh claim to have halted Japanese reinforcements toward Hankow. They say assaults blocked a pincher on Weishueh while Matow across the Yangtze fell to Japan. Tokyo acknowledged fierce fighting with limited gains north of the Yangtze frontier.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler held talks at Hitler's Bavarian retreat in a bid to avert a broader war. Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein demanded annexation of the Sudeten region, while Czechoslovakia pressed troops and tanks to quell unrest along the frontier.
Prime Minister Chamberlain met Adolf Hitler at Hitler's Berchtesgaden home in a rain soaked, precedent setting bid to avert war. He arrived from London by air and train, welcomed by German officials and crowds, then moved to a conference with Hitler amid intense press attention.
Sudeten leader Konrad Henlein demanded German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudeten area and urged wider martial law as two new districts were put under control. The dispatch notes a Sudeten border village crossing into Germany for a demonstration with Swastika flags.
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