Czechs Seek Soviet Aid Over Sudetenfoe Germany Move
Czechoslovakia reportedly seeks Soviet support against surrendering the Sudeten German region to Germany. Edouard Beneš aide and Russian ambassador discussed France and Britain’s stance, with hints of possible Soviet military aid if Prague fights and Britain and France refuse.
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Geneva
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Germany
Edouard Heidrich
Jacob Surits
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
France
Great Britain
Prague
Poland
Roosevelt Holds Talks on European Situation and Neutrality
President Roosevelt met with state department officials to discuss the neutrality law and trade treaties amid the European crisis. He also reviewed the neutrality issue with House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mc Reynolds, who said no amendments were slated for the next session.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
McReynolds
D.-Tenn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
McReynolde
Polish Attitude Now Added To Woes Of Czechs
Katowice reports say a Poles rights committee operates across the Czechoslovak border with Polish government approval. The federation of Poles within Czechoslovakia and Katowice radio urge 100000 Poles west of the Gira to stand fast as the hour of liberation nears, echoing Konrad Henlein's message from Germany to Czech followers.
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Katowice
Poland
Wie Fish
Federation of
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Henlein
Sudeten
Here
The
Reich
Republic
Johann Pfortner
Asch
British Empire Threatened By Czech Sell Out
Cambridge Massachusetts September 19 Professor J Anton de Haas Harvard International Relations expert says Great Britain is not only selling out Czechoslovakia for temporary peace but also strikes at the British Empire. He calls the France England agreement to hand over the Sudeten area to Hitler fatal policy.
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Cambridge
Mass
J. Anton de Haas
Harvard University
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Germany
de Haas
France
England
Sudeten
Hitler
Morgan Heads Actors Guild
Hollywood dispatch reports Ralph Morgan was elected president of the screen actors' guild by a three to one margin over Melvyn Douglas after last week’s ballots were counted.
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Hollywood
Ralph Morgan
Screen Actors’ Guild
Melvyn Douglas
Sudeten Putsch Fails As Henlein Reasserts Leadership
Sudeten Germans disclosed a planned putsch against Czechoslovakia to begin after Hitler's Nürnberg speech but failed as the government imposed martial law. Henlein fled to Germany but remains active with a 10,000 strong free corps and contacts via German radio.
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Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Henlein
Sudetens
Sudeten
Sudeten Party
Sudeten German “Free Corps
Neuhausen
Czechoslovak Minister to London Cracks Under Strain
Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak minister to London, reportedly grew ill under the strain of a losing fight to preserve Czechoslovakia. The legation said he was indisposed and confined to his residence. Masaryk was the son of the late President Thomas G Masaryk hailed as Father of the Republic.
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London
Jan Masaryk
Legation
Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
Republic
Fifth Insurgent Drive On Ebro Front Stopped
Spanish Government dispatches from Hendaye report a fifth insurgent attempt to break the Ebro front repulsed. Bulletins conceded that rebels captured government trenches but said those trenches were retaken.
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Hendaye
France
Barcelona
Truckers' Strike Prolonged in New York City
About 2,000 truckers voted to continue the outlaw strike begun last Thursday despite AFL leaders opposition. Abe Klein accuses William L. Devery of betrayal while a City Hall conference with acting Mayor Morris is awaited. Strikers, numbering roughly 12,000, pull out of Holland Tunnel operations as they press to keep $56.50 weekly pay and cut hours from 47 to 40.
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New York
International Teamsters Union
AFL
Abe Klein
William L. Devery
Newbold Morris
Klein
Morris
Holland Tunnel
South Questions and Problems for the Southern Region
A southern writer Jonathan Daniels presents the first of three articles on the South and its economic troubles. He discusses conditions in the cotton region and examines possible solutions for improving the southern economy.
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Southland
South
Jonathan Daniels
Britain and France Approve Sudetenland Pact to Avert War
London and Paris approved a plan to meet Adolf Hitler’s demands by conceding Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland and offering guarantees to maintain peace in Central Europe. Prague faces Czech leaders weighing defense without Western aid and hoping for Soviet support.
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London
Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Paris
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Prague
Chamberlain
Germany
Sudeten Districts
France ratifies plan to dismember Czechoslovakia amid calls for peace
Paris reports a unanimous cabinet approval of Daladier and Chamberlain's London accord. France orders halt of military prep, ending arms build up of about 2 million. Strikes erupt as 160,000 building workers walk out in Paris region and 5,000 miners strike near Valenciennes over wage disputes and extra hours.
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France
Paris
Valenciennes
Prague cabinet debates Anglo French plan on Sudetenland
Prague grows tense as the Czechoslovak cabinet studies proposals to hand over Sudetenland to Germany amid widespread resentment. President Benes and ministers weigh the Anglo French settlement idea while Slovak leaders signal opposition. Crowds watch news with rising fears of war.
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Britain
France
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Prague
Srepenl
Germany
Aes
Sudetenland
Paris
Rome
Manolin
Selb
Czechoslovak
Chrastava
Geneva
Sudeten
Eduard Benes
Slovak People’s Party
Bratislava
Neutrality urged by Walsh at American Legion meeting
Senator David I. Walsh urged unwavering neutrality for the United States at the 20th national American Legion convention in Los Angeles. He warned against European war entanglements, called for a strong navy and robust national defense, and urged vigilance against internal enemies and foreign ideologies.
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Ren
David I. Walsh
D-Mass
American Legion
America
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