Tornado Strikes Charleston Wrecking Historic City
A tornado hit Charleston South Carolina at about 8 am causing at least 25 deaths and 340 injuries. Buildings and landmarks suffered extensive damage including the city hall roof, St. Michael's church, Timrod Inn, and the market area. Emergency services mobilized as debris and downed power lines filled streets.
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Charleston
8. C
City Hall
Timrod Inn
Battery
Manning J. Rubin
Charleston Evening Post
Meeting Street
Timrod
Cabinets in all night sessions in southeast Europe
Southeast European cabinets met through dawn after Munich talks. Hungary discussed until dawn while Romania and Yugoslavia observed. Belgrade hosted Prince Paul with military experts. Press praised Roosevelt and hoped for peace, but diplomats cited 1.6 million soldiers under arms across the region.
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Munich
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Belgrade
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Greece
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Turkey
Hitler agrees to parade occupation of Czechoslovakia
German sources say Hitler accepts a symbolic occupation of western Czechoslovakia on October 1 and 2 as part of a broader peace conference. Britain France Italy and Germany pursue a preliminary agreement while other Sudetenland regions would be occupied gradually.
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Britain
Italy
France
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt Appeals For World Peace
New York moved a full supply of provisions as truck drivers ended a four day strike after capitulating to Mayor La Guardia's terms. The dispatch notes Roosevelt had issued appeals to many nations to keep peace.
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Roosevelt
New York
New York City
Roosevelt Urges Nations to Aid Peace in Central Europe
Dispatches from Tokyo Rome Moscow and Oslo report President Roosevelt appealing to governments to use good offices for peace in Central Europe. Officials declined to reveal how many nations were contacted or the messages’ contents. The Rome appeal asked Mussolini to avert war and many Latin American leaders sent congratulations to Roosevelt and Benes. Belgium said it would stay out of the European conflict.
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Hitler
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Count Straten-Ponthez
Sumner Welles
Belgium
Hull
Munich
Lehman Seen Likely Renominated for Fourth Term
At the New York Democratic state convention in Rochester on September 20, leaders pushed for Herbert H. Lehman to be renominated by acclamation for a fourth term as governor. Sources noted Lehman’s possible refusal if he pursued the short term for the U S Senate and he gave no comment while considering the offer.
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Rochester
Herbert H. Lehman
United States Senate
Sudeten German issue may go to FDR under plan
The Czechoslovak legation disclosed that Czechoslovakia suggested submitting the entire Sudeten German dispute to President Roosevelt if other efforts to resolve it fail.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Roosen
Senator Smith Pushes Higher Federal Cotton Loans
Senator Smith of North Carolina urged boosting government loan rates on cotton and a subsidiary on both exports and domestic sales from this year’s crop. The Agriculture Committee chairman said he would seek support from cotton producing states at a special conference to be held here Friday.
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Washington
Smith
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Pope Urges Prayer to Avert Imminent War
Pope Pius XI appealed to the world to turn to the unarmed but invincible power of prayer to prevent the imminent danger of war. He spoke from Castel Gandolfo on September 20. The pontiff emphasized prayer as a defense against global conflict.
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Pius XI
Frontier tensions flare as clashes erupt near border
In Rohrbach Germany on September 9, shooting frays continued along the Austro Czecho slovak frontier. Skirmishes between Czechoslovaks and the Sudeten German Free Corps left several wounded near Siedberg as Munich conference news had little effect on frontier factions.
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Sudetenland
Germany
Vojtech Mastny
Berlin
Munich
Rohrbach
Schoslovaks
Sudeten Rman Free Corps
Siedberg
Republican Nominates Thomas E. Dewey For Governor
Saratoga Springs N Y September 29 Thomas E Dewey Manhattan s 36 year old racket busting prosecutor was nominated by acclamation by the Republican state convention as the party s candidate for governor The platform proclaims elimination of the underworld and political alliance a menace and protests federal relief funds for political purposes urging congressmen to keep the country at peace
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Manhattan
Republican State Convention
Dewey
Partial list of dead in storm in Charleston
The storm toll identified in Charleston includes Ruth Mehrtens 26 and Irvin Mehrtens 3 of 25 Market street. Others named are Miriam Zeigler 14 Floyd Singletary 9% Audie Redmond 35 S L Westcoat 65 plus Josey family members and Gardenia Driggers with addresses across Market Pitt Kenilworth State streets and James Island.
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Irvin H. Mehrtens
Miriam Zeigler
Floyd Singletary
Market Street
Roper Hospital
Charleston
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Tiet Ehureh
Ruth Mehrtens
Audie T. Redmond
Pitt Street
S. L. Westcoat
Kenillworth Street
Co. F. Heathington
Meggett
Marion H. Josey
Grace Belle Josey
Mary Belle Josey
Walter Franklin Josey
Gardenia Driggers
State Street
Barbara Graham
Fludd Street
Christiana Oliver
Eva Reeves
James Island
Resignation of Japan Foreign Minister Ugaki Reported
Tokyo reports the resignation of Foreign Minister General Kazushige Ugaki after years of clashes with the army over China policy. Ugaki, retired from the army, had served since May in a cabinet reshuffle seen as cautious toward China and foreign relations. He quit amid disputes over the China affairs board and its liaison role with occupied Chinese territories.
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Tokyo
Kazushige Ugaki
China
Ugaki
Japan
China Affairs Board
Buick division UAW to vote on strike over bargaining
Flint Michigan September 29 41 Jack Little president of United Automobile Workers Local No 156 CIO announced that Buick division General Motors employees would cast a strike vote on Saturday. The vote protests managements refusal to bargain collectively with a UAW committee over seniority issues.
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Flint
Mich
Jack Little
United Automobile Workers Local No. 156
CIO
General Motors Corp
Buick
UAW
Federal aid rushes to Charleston after devastating tornado
President Roosevelt ordered the Army, Navy and the Works Progress Administration to aid Charleston, South Carolina, after a morning tornado caused heavy loss of life and damage. Navy marines and Army troops were dispatched from Fort Moultrie and the Charleston Navy yard, with the Red Cross also providing immediate assistance.
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Works Progress Administration
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D. C
J. E. Harley
South Carolina
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Oklahoma
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Early
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Fort Moultrie
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Red Cross
Guardsmen Deployed to Prevent Looting in Charleston
Maj. William N. Cork announced two Charleston national guard companies, Washington light infantry and Sumter guards, from the 118th infantry, were sent to Charleston to deter looting after the storm. Fort Moultrie troops were also rushed in for patrol and stability duties.
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S. Ges
William N. Cork
Charleston National Guard
Charleston
Washington Light Infantry
Sumter Guards
118Th Infantry
A. E. Cher
Fort Moultrie
University Receives Major PWA Grant Assistance
Washington reports the Public Works Administration approved grants totaling 13.85 million dollars and loans of 3.56 million for 120 non federal PWA projects across multiple North Carolina sites. Notable items include Chapel Hill university buildings, Morganton hospital, Raleigh waterworks, and Wrightsville Beach jetties with a mix of grants and loans.
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Public Works Administration
PWA
Allensville
N. C
Canton
Chapel Hill
Morganton
Mount Dora
Fla
Newton
Raleigh
Reidsville
Shelby
Wadesboro
Wrighteville Beach
Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn Accused of Secret Hitler Ties
A House committee investigating un American activities charged Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund admitted a secret relationship with Dr Hans Dieckhoff then German ambassador in Washington and with German consuls in the United States Kuhn said he could control the ambassador and consular staff and had a special arrangement with Adolf Hitler The testimony came as investigators disclosed Kuhn had claimed responsibility for the removal of Dr Ludwig Luther from the German embassy.
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Washington
House Committee
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Hans Dieckhoff
United States
John C. Metcalfe
Rain Delays Insurgent Offensive on Ebro Front
Heavy rainstorms halted the Insurgent advance against government positions on the Ebro front in northeastern Spain. Dispatches report renewed fighting along the steep river line as rains persist near Hendaye at the Franco-Spanish frontier.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Italy Suspends Shipments to France Amid Crisis
Rome reports Italy halted shipments of men and supplies to Spain due to the Czechoslovak crisis and possible redirection of manpower home. Fascist authorities deny Italian Legionnaires are being withdrawn from Franco's insurgent armies.
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Rome
Italy
Spain
Francisco Franco
German Liners Europa and Berlin to Resume Runs
German steamship officials announced two liners recalled amid the Munich talks would likely resume trans Atlantic voyages. Europa and Berlin, which sailed from Bremen September 27 and were recalled, may sail to New York soon. Cunard White Star canceled the Aquitania’s October 5 sailing from Southampton, citing unforeseen circumstances and possible government use in wartime.
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Munich
John Schroeder
North German
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Berlin
Bremen
Germany
Cunard White Star Company
London
Southampton
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