Hitler Sends Peace Hope Note to Roosevelt in Crisis
President Roosevelt studied Hitler's letter urging Czechoslovak patience as Britain Warns war must be avoided but will not bow to aggression. Hull and cabinet weigh Sudetenland stakes while Hopkins reports Atlantic storm relief and European diplomacy runs hour by hour.
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Hospital bond election vote tally and turnout shows light morning
An Enterprise survey at noon and 1 pm reports about 955 votes cast across 14 precincts on the hospital bond issue. To carry, 817 yes votes are needed. Heaviest early turnout is in precincts Nos 1, 3, and 21. turnout expected after 4 pm as workers finish shifts. The $220,000 bond, if approved, would leverage a federal grant of $150,000 toward a $400,000 municipal hospital project. List of precincts and registrations provided.
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Mayor La Guardia Mediation Averts NYC Truck Strike
New York officials report a compromise plan to end the 15,000 truck drivers strike. The proposal would extend a two year contract with a 44 hour week and base pay of $44.50 weekly, replacing the four week arrangement. About 4,000 strikers attended. sanitation trucks mobilized and more were readied to move food and supplies to storm areas.
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Market Dips After Brief Chamberlain Broadcast
New York stock market fell today after a brief broadcast of Prime Minister Chamberlain failed to sound an optimistic note amid the German Czech war crisis.
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Huge Weed Offerings On Old Belt Top $24
Opening day on the old belt tobacco markets reported unusually heavy offerings with prices averaging 24 to 25 dollars. Winston Salem logged 139,694 pounds sold in the first hour at an average of 25.64 dollars, while officials predicted over a million pounds would be sold today. Other markets like Reidsville Roxboro and Burlington also showed strong starts with high grade leaves fetching above 25 dollars per hundredweight and thousands of pounds slated for sale. Farmers appeared satisfied with the strong opening prices across markets.
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War news from China and Spain scarce
Hendaye France Sept 27. Bad weather forced continued lack of action in the Spanish civil war. Shanghai Sept 27. The China front was comparatively quiet today. Japanese admitted their advance toward Linyang had slowed.
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Forrest Shuford Nominated for State Labor Post
Raleigh Sept 27 The state Democratic executive committee nominated Forrest H. Shuford for state labor commissioner in the November general election. Shuford currently holds the post by gubernatorial appointment after A L Fletcher resigned Sept 12 to become compliance officer for the federal wage hour law.
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Italian Paper Attacks Roosevelt Peace Appeal
Vir ginio Gayda, editor of the Fascist Giornale d Italia, denounced President Roosevelt s appeal for peace as unreal and devoid of concrete proposals. He contrasted it with Premier Mussolini s Verona speech and warned that the days of peace are numbered. He urged Roosevelt to acknowledge responsibility for anti Fascist rhetoric and encouraged hard lines toward the Czech crisis and German led aggression.
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Roosevelt names three member wage dispute commission
President Roosevelt appoints a three member fact finding commission to probe the wage dispute between railroads and their workers. Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy and Dean James M Landis will report within 70 days as rail unions threaten a 15 percent cut and a national strike.
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Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacy
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Dean James M Landis
Harvard Law School
North Carolina Judge Stacy Named War Wage Arbitration Chief
Chief Justice Walter Parker Stacy of the North Carolina Supreme Court, named by President Roosevelt as chairman of the fact finding commission to explore the railroad wage dispute, is a renowned arbitrator trusted by Presidents Roosevelt Coolidge and Hoover. Stacy, head of the state Supreme Court since 1926 after joining the bench in 1920, has a lengthy record in labor arbitration dating to 1927 with the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers.
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Czechoslovakia and Poland Begin Amicable Talks
Prague reports friendly negotiations with Poland aimed at improving Czechoslovak Polish relations. Ceteka agency says both governments seek an amicable settlement after Poland demanded equal rights for its Teschen minority in Czechoslovakia.
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European Crisis Deepens As Hitler Demands Harden
The Imperial staff chief Viscount Gort and air chief Marshal Newall met Prime Minister Chamberlain, signaling Hitler's unyielding demands on Czechoslovakia. Sir Horace Wilson's Berlin talks sparked fears of war as Prague rejects cession of the Sudetenland, while Britain, France, and Russia weigh steps to avert a wider conflict.
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France
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Maxim Litvinoff
Britain And France Prepare To Fight
London designated its two deepest subway stations at Charing Cross for urgent air raid shelter transformation. Both stations were ordered closed at 8 p m for emergency structural works and will stay shut until further notice while authorities forge vast underground defenses amid wartime preparations.
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Fate Municipal Building Vote In Thomasville Bond Election
Thomasville voters decide today on a 100000 building and a federal grant covering 15 percent of the cost. The bond issue could authorize up to 870000, with 1270 registered voters. Polls opened at sunrise and close at sunset at city hall and the Baywood hotel.
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Extra To Present Election Results War Crisis Tonight
The Enterprise will publish an extra tonight with High Point election results on bonds for a municipal hospital and latest European war zone developments. The extra will hit streets after ballot tabulation and AP updates are secured for full coverage.
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