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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1938
Page
1
A roster of leaders and figures from Europe during looming conflict is profiled. Adolf Hitler asserting German claims in Czechoslovakia, Daladier and Henlein described in turn, Mussolini viewed with concern, Chamberlain and Benes noted for roles, with Neville Henderson as Britain’s ambassador to Berlin.
In London the cabinet hears Chamberlain outline Hitler's peace terms as the likely path to determine Czechoslovakia's future. Berlin reports Jewish physicians warned of mobilization duties if war comes, amid a sustained anti Czech campaign. Prague notes Sudeten leaders urging German minority patience while the government prepares for possible disorders and rejects plebiscite ideas. Paris says Daladier and Bonnet will visit London. Rome expects Mussolini to demand a broad Czechoslovak settlement in a Trieste address. Geneva cites pressure on league powers to act against Japan as Spain reports bombardments. Aye insurgents offer cooperation to spare civilians in the civil war stalemate. Shanghai notes a continued Japanese drive toward the coast.
Jewish physicians in Germany were informed exactly which military unit to report to in case of war. About 6,000 to 7,000 doctors were barred from practice from September 1934, following a decree of August 2. The purge began in 1937 with 3,000 more removed from private hospital staffs.
Los Angeles elects Fletcher Bowron as mayor by a margin over incumbent Frank L. Shaw in yesterday's retail election. Bowron gains over 100000 votes as reform groups targeted Shaw.
Acting Mayor Newbold Morris warned of emergency steps to keep food flowing into New York as insurgent truck drivers from New Jersey halt hundreds of trucks entering via the Holland tunnel. Officials say up to 15,000 workers may join the strike aiming for a 40 hour week with higher pay.
Los Angeles reports a surge of arrivals for the National American Legion convention with Drew Bernard noting the event as the greatest crowd yet. Housing chief Robert Stevens said accommodations were strained as fans arrived by air, bus, car and train from Wisconsin Illinois Rhode Island Pennsylvania and beyond. The founders are set to hold their annual stag banquet Sunday.
In Palestine near Ramallah north of Jerusalem Irish Guards and RAF planes killed the Arab ringleader and six others after a battle that left 136 Arabs dead. A scout plane summoned twelve craft to machine gun a crowd of Arabs. Marines and police then engaged an Arab band at Haifa after an attack on Jewish workers.
President Roosevelt, speaking from the White House, attacks fearmongers and urges devotion to the Constitution. He praises past leaders who kept the charter workable amid new problems, noting only a brief remark on world affairs and focusing on the New York ratifying convention at Poughkeepsie.
Carl Page mistook a copperhead for his pet king snake Oscar in Morganton at night. He picked up the venomous snake, was bitten on the hand and leg, and is now hospitalized. Oscar remains at large.
Willie Turnesa of New York built a 5 up lead over Pat Abbott in the National Amateur championship at Oakmont as he battled through treacherous traps and posted a 74 medal while Abbott shot 79. Abbott won only the second and 14th holes as Turnesa never relinquished the advantage with a 3 up lead through nine holes. The final 18 holes start at 1 p.m. EST.
Greensboro police announce a $500 reward from Harry Schiffman for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the August 22 death of A Schiffman an 82 year old real estate dealer. He was slugged and robbed in his office.
News wires report European tensions sparked a selloff on Wall Street with many shares dropping 1 to 3 dollars as Czechs reportedly resist territorial yields. Traders hoped behind the scenes talks between German and British leaders might avert conflict, leaving markets to recover late in the session. Wheat rose while cotton briefly fell about 50 cents a bale.
Chicago Sept. 17 The American Medical Association said thousands of its members are already in socialized or tax paid medicine with over 3000 medical aid programs nationwide. Delegates discussed a proposed 850 million federal state health program while some oppose but may back local society led plans. Dr. Roscoe G. Leland cited government salary or fee arrangements for care of the medically needy.
Reports from the Czechoslovak border say both sides feel war is unlikely over the Sudeten dispute. Tension eased after Hitler hesitated to move, Henlein fled, and Sudetens began exiting toward Prague and Germany. Frontier patrols found no troops on the German side while Czechoslovak soldiers searched for weapons.
Charlotte reports architect Charles C. Hook fell from a twelfth-floor office window and died. Detectives and the coroner deem the fall accidental. Hook, 68, had designed major southeastern buildings and was said to have suffered dizziness in recent years.
Asheville, Sept 17. The Southern Hosiery Manufacturers Association adopted a resolution at its convention deploring Farm Security Administration plans to finance seven full fashioned hosiery mills at Homestead projects. The resolution says such competition would injure an industry already over capacity and worsen conditions.
Konrad Henlein proclaimed Sudeten Germans would arm and organize a Sudeten free corps along the Czechoslovak border amid the Prague Berlin crisis. His decree urged action to safeguard Germandom rights as Prague government faces mounting pressure from Britain and France.
The International Typographical Union ended its 82nd annual convention in Birmingham after a week of sessions adopting neutrality in labor disputes. President Claude M. Baker adjourned at 2 a.m. The union rejected AFL war-chest funding, settled administration at the Union Printer's Home, revised its 5 day work week, and approved a 40 hour maximum for individuals despite a 48 hour contract week.
Shanghai dispatch reports two Japanese columns advancing toward Hankow. One overland toward the Peiping Hankow railway north of Hankow and the other seized the Wusueh Matowchen boom on the Yangtze after a joint land sea and air assault. The land column nears the railway within about 60 miles, while Matowchen and Wusuen are now under Japanese control, opening paths toward Tienkinchen and K chun.
Just Right Lumberton reports on September 17 that Joey Branch was allotted a 4,064 pound tobacco quota by the AAA marketing bureau. He sold all his leaf on local markets but his records show he grew only 3,064 pounds, leaving a shortfall of 1,000 pounds.
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