Virtual Annexation Demanded by Hitler and Sudeten German Risings
The map highlights the Sudeten region as a German blood majority zone within Czechoslovakia where plebiscite aims to detach these areas and join Germany. clashes have sparked Czech police attacks and rioting as Nazi justification for invasion grows amid rising border violence and displacement fears.
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Czechoslovakia
Sudetle Mountains
Europe
Aussig
Usti
Pilsen
Pizen
Prague
Praha
Karlsbad
Karlovy Vary
Marienbad
Marianske Lerne
Bronn
Brno
Pressburg
Bratislava
Hitler
Eyston Reclaims World Speed Title at 357.50 mph
Captain George E T Eyston set a new world speed record at 357.50 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats. He drove the Thunderbolt to 356.44 mph on the north run and 358.57 mph on the return, surpassing John R Cobb who held 350.2 mph. About 6,000 spectators watched as Cobb hinted at another attempt.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George E. T. Eyston
John R. Cobb
Eyston
Cobb
Utah-Nevada
American
Polish Minority Seeks Parity With Sudeten Germans
WARSAW Poland Sept 16 The Kurier Poranny says the Polish minority in Czechoslovakia demands the same gains as Sudeten Germans in their conflict with Czechoslovakia. Express Poranny notes officials hope for a localized dispute and do not foresee war.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kurier Poranny
Czechoslovakia
Express Poranny
Submit Dispute To Arbitrators In UAW Split
The UAW executive board sent the factional dispute to two CIO vice chairs for final arbitration. The plan stops short of reinstating the four expelled officers, though John L. Lewis proposed reinstatement in a peace plan. Homer Martin had charged the four with plotting with Communists to seize control.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
International
Committee For Industrial Organization For
UAW
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
Sidney Hillman
George F. Addes
Homer Martin
Contro
British Planes Defeat Arabs Near Jerusalem in Night Battle
In a nighttime clash near Ramallah north of Jerusalem, 13 Royal Air Force planes engaged a large Arab force. The British claimed victory with over 100 tribesmen killed. One scouting plane spotted the force and called in two supporting aircraft. Several RAF planes were damaged but all returned to base.
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Jerusalem
Royal Air Force
Ramallah
Dixie Employment Climbs In August
The Southern States Council reports a substantial rise in employment across the South in August. Manufacturing firms added 3.6 percent more workers since June with iron and steel up 15 percent, cotton textiles up 2.6 percent, wool textiles 14.9 percent, cotton garments 15.9 percent, and cotton hosiery 12.8 percent. Some sectors, including food products, canning and preserving, paper and pulp, stoves and ranges, and machinery and equipment, employed fewer workers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern States Council Today
South
Council
Iron and Steel
Southern Hosiery Makers Open Convention Today
The Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association opens its annual convention in Asheville North Carolina with leaders discussing industry problems. President P M Eshelman of North Wilkesboro presides as the meeting runs through tomorrow.
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Southern Hosiery Makers
Asheville
N. C
Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association
P. M. Eshelman
North Wilkesboro
International Talks and Tensions Across Europe and Asia
Germany presses toward a settlement with Czechoslovakia while Sudeten German groups face dissolution and Henlein treason arrests loom. Paris and Rome discuss four power talks as Britain pounds neutrality limits. Barcelona endures a fatal air raid as Shanghai reports a Japanese advance toward Hankow and Arabs clash with British forces in Jerusalem.
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Germany
Czzechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Hitler
Rome
Britain
France
Italy
Geneva
Hfiritain
Barcelona
Shanghai
Shangcheng
Hankow
China
Jerusalem
Royal Air Force
Shanacheng Taken By Tokyo Forces
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces claim capture of Shanacheng 110 miles northeast of Hankow as part of a drive toward the Peiping Hankow railroad. Chinese reports say Linchang fell with over 2000 prisoners. guerrilla attacks along the Whangpoo killed 40 Japanese. Fighting continues along a 100 mile semicircle downriver from Hankow.
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Shanghai
Honan
Shanecheng
Hankow
Peiping Hankow
Wusueh
Yangtze River
Henan
Linchang
Whangpoo
Kwangtsi
Endorsement for East-West Airline Route Through NC
The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce aeronautics bureau endorsed the proposed east-west airline from Norfolk to Knoxville. The route will pass through North Carolina, including the Greensboro High Point airport.
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Greensboro
Aeronautics Bureau of the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
Norfolk
Knoxville
Roosevelt Discusses Possible Effects Of Foreign Situation
President Roosevelt conferred with Secretary Hull Secretary Morgenthau and Norman Davis to assess potential impacts of European developments on US neutrality policy trade pacts and international finance. The White House spokesman said discussions are serious but not a war scare and the president canceled a Poughkeepsie talk with a Chattanooga appearance planned for September 20.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Morgenthau
Norman Davis
America
Stephen Early
Army
Navy
Early
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga
State Department
Davis
Amer
Revolt Nipped In Spanish Morocco
Police arrested 26 armed occupants of six cars fleeing Tangier into Spanish Morocco where 35 people were reported killed in Tetuan riots sparked by Spaniards opposing the Insurgent regime. Tangier Spaniards with government sympathies led the expedition. authorities believed conspirators aimed to seize a Moroccan town and spark revolt. An arms cache was found near Tangier and ties to high officials were suspected. Border restrictions were tightened.
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Tangier
Morocco
Spanish Morocco
Tetuan
Treasury Reports Fiscal Year Expenditure Surpasses Receipts
The treasury disclosed that revenue since July 1 reached 81.01 billion while expenditures exceeded by 8.75 billion. Government cites recession and spending plan as causes with September receipts at about 81.01 billion versus 1.11 billion last year and expenditures over last year by roughly 225 million weekly.
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Washington
Treasury
U S Diplomats Lunch With French Officials Amid Crisis
Paris reports a two hour luncheon at the American embassy with Sumner Welles hosting Premier Daladier Foreign Minister Bonnet and ex Premier Chautemps. Bonnet met the British ambassador before the lunch as Daladier planned a weekend London trip to discuss the crisis.
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Paris
Sumner Welles
United States
William C. Bullitt
Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Camille Chautemps
Welles
Bonnet
Eric Phipps
London
Neville Chamberlain
Reichsfuehrertler
Marion county grand jury indicts 24 in primary election frauds
Indianaplis dispatch reports the Marion county grand jury indicted 24 persons in connection with alleged primary election frauds. Names of those indicted were not released pending arrest.
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Indianapolis
Marion County Grand Jury
Czechs Move to Arrest Henlein for Treason and Dissolve Party
Reported from Berlin that Adolf Hitler pressed for cession of the Sudeten area and binding assurances of Czechoslovak foreign policy alignment with Germany. The talks at Berchtesgaden followed Chamberlain's London return amid questions on a German protectorate and the fate of Skoda works in Pilsen.
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Henlein
Sudeten Area
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
France
Soviet Russia
Czechoslovak Sudeten
Skoda
Pilsen
Chamberlain
Britain
London
Sudetenland
Bolshevists
Spain
Prague
Czechslovakia
Demands From Nazi Chieftain Spark Sudeten Turmoil
Berlin reports outline demands for economic alignment with Germany and control of Czech Skoda outputs as Czech officials move to dissolve Henlein’s Freiwilliger Schutzdienst. Bohemian authorities order 24 hour arms surrender amid strikes and clashes. martial law extends to 16 Sudeten communities. Police and troops patrol Sudeten cities as evacuations continue.
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Prague
Konrad Henlein
Bohemia
Sudeten
Milan Hodza
Henlein
Freiwilliger Schutzdienst
Voluntary Protection Service
Bohemian
Sudetenland
Benes
Viscount Runcciman
London
F. T.A. Ashton-Gwatkin
Lord Runciman
Runciman
Beregrun
Falkenau
Eger
Czechoslovakia
Germany
World Series to Open October 5 in New York and Yankee Stadium
The 1938 World Series would start October 5 if the NL race ends tied. Games one and two in the NL champions home, games three to five at Yankee Stadium, and games six and seven, if needed, back to NL city. Tickets range 1.10 to 6.50 with blocks of three for reserved seats. Judge Landis notes no break unless Cubs win NL, with travel days added if necessary.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
Landis
Cubs
Chamberlain returns from Hitler talks amid cautious optimism
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrived in London after a meeting with Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden and Munich. He said the talks were frank and friendly and that both leaders understand each other’s positions. He warned crowds not to rely on unauthorized accounts and said ministers would discuss results with colleagues.
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J. C. Stark
Londo
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Neville
Heston Airdrome
Fuehrer
Munich
Berchtesgaden
London
Cologne
Herr Hitler
Heston
Lord Runciman
Spaniards Mark Time as European Situation Simmers
At the Spanish frontier near Hendaye on September 16 observers report the civil war paused as both Insurgent and Government leaders draft winter campaign plans. They consider possible effects if crisis over Czechoslovakia leads to withdrawal of volunteers. no front actions yet.
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Hendaye
France
Czechoslovakia
Rebel Bombers Kill 29 In Barcelona
Barcelona port section bombed by three squadrons of Spanish Insurgent planes killing twenty nine and wounding one hundred eleven. The American freighter Wisconsin of Portland escaped attack while the British collier Lake Hall suffered fragments with no injuries. The market area where food was distributed bore the heaviest toll.
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Barcelona
Portland
Palamos
Lake Hallwill
London
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Salt Flats
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Hull and Morgenthau
Spanish
U. S
Premier Daladier
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