Mussolini Returns to Rome After Munich Talks
Premier Mussolini lands in Rome to a large welcome following the four power conference in Munich. The reception marks a triumphant return as political circles note the latest diplomatic round.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1938
Page
1
Premier Mussolini lands in Rome to a large welcome following the four power conference in Munich. The reception marks a triumphant return as political circles note the latest diplomatic round.
Paris reports Premier Daladier presented the Munich plan prompting parliament to convene next Tuesday. The government awaits the four-power accord as the Munich issue dominates the agenda.
Eight senators and two others urged President Roosevelt to increase meat loan programs linked to cotton. They sought an immediate White House meeting to outline what they called a desperate farm nation situation.
The Coast Guard Modoc relayed a message from Atlanta saying the 5,500 ton vessel is in good shape and continuing its voyage from Boston to Savannah with a crew of 64. Earlier reports had the ship battling engine trouble and rough seas off Cape Hatteras.
Fort Worth Texas Henry A Wallace of agriculture defended the federal price control program against southern criticism in a speech to a farm group here September ime involving local officials and farmers in attendance.
London reports vast crowds cheering as Prime Minister Chamberlain lands at Heston after his third flight from Germany. He meets King George VI and prepares to brief on the Munich four power talks and a hoped European settlement.
In Rome diplomats weigh the withdrawal of Italian Legionnaires from Spain after the Munich peace talks. British Italy ties and the four power pact stir hopes of faster settlement while denials slow troop withdrawals. Roosevelt lauds diplomatic effort and urges renewed resolve to uphold order under law and a sound economy.
Washington Sept 30—Counsel for the nation’s railroads charge labor organizations alone are responsible for the emergency threatening a nationwide rail strike as the emergency board appointed by President Roosevelt opens hearings to avert a 15 percent wage cut. Chief Justice Walter P Stacy urges fact findings and a full picture as carriers and unions seek a settlement with hundreds present.
George Ford a 20 year old Hamlet Negro was executed by gas at the state prison for the murder of Eunice Bill Munn a white taxi driver and World War veteran Ford convicted in Scotland county in August did not appeal to the Supreme Court Governor Hoey declined to intervene Captain Thames Scot land prison camp said Ford had prior terms for larceny breaking and entering and auto theft Chaplain Cooper said Ford admitted guilt and readiness to die this morning the Negro was baptized.
Paris reports France will keep most of its reserve forces at full readiness until the Sudeten crisis is fully settled and Czechoslovakia’s fate is decided. Premier Daladier plans a cabinet meeting as Munich accord details emerge and foreign policy circles assess the agreement with Britain and Italy.
Konrad Henlein, head of the Sudeten German party, sent a telegram to Hitler calling him deliverer of 3.5 million Sudeten Germans. He thanked the Fuehrer for freedom won by fighting. Henlein had urged annexation of the Sudetenland and fled to Germany after Prague ordered his arrest for treason.
The Big Four leaders Cham berlain Hitler Mussolini Daladier avert war by allowing the occupation of the Sudetenland and arranging a gradual cession with plebiscites under an international commission. Czechoslovakia was excluded. Poland and Hungary gain claims while Soviet Russia remains uninvolved.
An international commission formed in Munich to supervise details of ceding Czechoslovakia's Sudeten German territory to Germany. Members include Sir Nevile Henderson, Andre Francois Poncet, Count Ernst von Weizsäcker, Bernardo Attolice, and Dr Vojtech Mastny.
The Sept 30 AP report says Hitler gains tempo toward a Germanic confederation after the four power accord. It outlines potential consequences including weakened Czechoslovakia, loss of industrial strength, and expanded German economic influence in the Balkans with Hungary and Yugoslavia already courted and Romania eyed for oil.
Munich reports say Prime Minister Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler issued a joint Anglo German declaration of peace alongside the four power Munich pact over Czechoslovakia. Germany to begin occupation of the Sudetenland within days while Britain and France vow to guarantee the new borders and seek peace in Europe.
Crowds in Prague march with Czechoslovak flags in protest against the cession of the Sudetenland to Germany as reported by Reuters.
Premier Daladier and his ministers met President Lebrun to ratify the Munich four power accord ending the German Czech crisis. He arrived in Paris with a triumphal entry as crowds cheered along miles of flower strewn streets. The cabinet eyed de mobilization of army reservists, to proceed after Sudeten territory transfer.
A southern storm formed over eastern North Carolina after two Charleston tornadoes yesterday and moved toward Long Island and New England. Dr. James H. Kimball of the New York Weather Bureau said the system would bring northeast winds to New York City and the coast, with Nantucket and Long Island on the outer edge. Wilmington reported heavy rain and urban flooding, while Maryland and Philadelphia felt rain and winds, as forecasts warned more rain today.
German ambassador Dr. Hans Dieckhoff told the State Department there was no understanding between the German Bund and German envoys in the United States. The House Un-American Activities Committee heard testimony alleging such links from Fritz Kuhn’s followers via John C. Metcalfe.
Fighting ended today in the Sudetenland frontier region as Sudeten Free Corps units prepared to move back to homes behind the German army.
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