Britain Calls Out Anti-Aircraft and Coast Defence Units
In a precautionary move Britain mobilizes anti aircraft and coast defense units alongside Royal Air Force personnel as tensions rise over the crisis. Parliament summoned, air raid warning system set, and price controls on key foods extended for two weeks.
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London
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Territorial Army
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Observation Corps
Adolf Hitler
France
Chamberlain
Food Defense Committee
Henlein Crosses Czech Frontier on Sudeten Mission
Nazi Sudeten leader Konrad Henlein crossed into Czechoslovakia to inspect front line fighters with 150 Free Corps volunteers then returned to Bayreuth. He ordered avoiding combat with Czechoslovak troops while reinforcing Asch border defenses and forbidding attacks on Franzenbach or Eger.
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Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Free Corps
Bayreuth
Germany
Free Corps Legionnaires
Sudeten Fuehrer
Free
Eudotens
Franzenbach
Eger
Asch Budeten
LaGuardia seeks settlement as Teamsters push strike
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia urges separate talks at City Hall with union chiefs and truck operators to avert a city wide trucking strike. Three AFL Teamsters locals in New York vote 4071 to 365 for immediate walkout ending a four day truce that halted about 75 percent of motor haulage.
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New York
New York City
Fiorello LaGuardia
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Michael L. Cashal
Cashal
Evacuation Of Paris Invited As War Crisis Grows
Paris authorities urged all residents to use guaranteed railway facilities to evacuate the city and move to provinces as European tensions rise. Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet returned from talks with British leaders to seek a united course. France also called up more reservists, increasing the armed forces toward about two million.
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Ministry of Public Works
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Europe
le Bourget
Albert Lebrun
London
France
Arma
Daladier
Czechoslovak Government Orders Auxiliary War Service
The Czechoslovak government decrees immediate auxiliary war service for men and women aged 17 to 60. The dispatch notes calm nationwide except Brno and Moravia where German speaking citizens fired from homes at police and soldiers. No death sentences have been handed down since mobilization began.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Brunthau
Moravia
Peace Appeal Issued by The President
President Roosevelt called a special cabinet meeting to discuss Europe's crisis and appealed to Hitler Benes Chamberlain and Daladier to avoid war. He warned of incalculable consequences and a shattered economy while pressing for a peaceful settlement.
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Roosevelt
Europe
White House
Ing
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Daladier
France
Hull
Americans Urged To Return To U. S.
Paris dispatch notes the American embassy urges citizens in France to return to the United States amid imminent war threats. There is widespread exodus as steamship lines report sold out passages and travel agencies handle high demand for transatlantic sailings.
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Paris
United States
France
Europe
America
Reactions to Roosevelt plea for peaceful settlement
Congressional leaders quickly endorsed President Roosevelt's appeal to Germany and Czechoslovakia to settle differences peacefully. Senators and representatives praised the neutrality stance and the danger of war, with hopes Europe will heed the message and take firmer stands.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Czzechoslovakia
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Dies
House Committee
Hitler
Bennin
Czechoslovakia
Miller
D.-Ark
Johnson
D.okla
Europe
England
France
McAdoo
D.-Calif
Daladier Responds To Peace Appeal From London
Premier Edouard Daladier, after a London meeting with ministers, says the press appeal for peace reaches him as France and Britain work in close cooperation for an amicable settlement to the threatening conflict. He emphasizes France’s supreme effort to safeguard possible peaceful settlement.
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London
Edouard Daladier
France
Wanebomit
Europe
Film star Errol Flynn gravely ill from respiratory infection
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn, severely ill with an upper respiratory infection, had a fever around 102.2 degrees. Dr. T. M. Hearn notes Flynn’s case is complicated by possible malaria recurrence from five years earlier in New Guinea. Flynn was stricken early last week.
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Errol Flynn
T. M. Hearn
Flynn
New Guiana
French Planes to Resume Prague Route Without Stops
Prague hears that French air liners will resume the Paris Prague Budapest route today with no passenger disembarkation in Prague. Officials say the flight will proceed over the route as usual, but no travelers may leave the aircraft in Prague.
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Budapest
Paris
Red Cross Rally Shoots Up Donations for Czechoslovakia
More than 20,000 people contributed 7079 dollars at a Save Czechoslovakia rally in Madison Square Garden raising funds for Czech Red Cross relief efforts.
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Czech Red Cross
New York
Red Cross
Save
Czechoslovakia
Madison Square Garden
Wilson Delivers British Note to Hitler Amid Tense Berlin Meeting
Sir Horace Wilson handed Hitler a note from Prime Minister Chamberlain carried with Daladier approval. The briefing, given before Hitler’s 8 p.m. address, signals possible Anglo French plans over Czechoslovakia as Berlin prepares for hard lines. Henderson accompanied Wilson at the Reich Chancellery.
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Edouard Daladier
France
Hitler
Reich
Berlin
Sanaa
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Wilson
Nevile Henderson
Nevile
Old Bright Belt Weed Market Opens in Nine Locations
RALEIGH Sept 26 Warehouse floors in ten markets of the old bright belt began filling for auction openings tomorrow. Eight markets are in North Carolina and two in Virginia. Markets include Mebane Burlington Reidsville Madison Winston-Salem Mt Airy Stoneville Roxboro Danville and South Hill. Frank Parker state agricultural statistician said Carolina growers had an extra good crop and good prices are expected.
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Raleigh
Old Bright Belt
North Carolina
Virginia
Mebane
Burlington
Reidsville
Madison
Winston-Salem
Mt. Airy
Stoneville
Roxboro
Danville
South Hil
Frank Parker
Exop
Piedmont Arolina
Four Children Die in Grand Rapids Area Fire
Four children aged 4 to 10 were burned to death when a house burned about 12 miles southwest of Grand Rapids. The victims were Doris 10, Anna 8, William 6 and Josephine 4, children of Roscoe Hazelton a millwright.
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Grand Rapids
Midh
Doris
Anna
William
Josephine
Roscoe Hazelton
City Debates Hospital Bond Issue Set for Tuesday
High Point prepares to vote on whether to issue up to 220000 in bonds to finance a 400000 municipal hospital and nurses home. Polls open 7 am to 6 10 pm with 5632 registered. 2817 votes needed for passage. Mayor Gray leads pro bonds as campaign heats up amid PWA grant, radio ads, and street talk.
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High Point
Britain France And Russia Will Aid Czechs If Invaded
The London government said Britain and Soviet Russia would join France to aid Czechoslovakia if Germany invades. The news comes as Hitler addresses the Reich, touting Germanys military strength and calling for unity, while Goebbels hails the German people and denounces reparations.
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France
Russia
London
Soviet
Czechoslovakia
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