Europe’s Sudeten frontier men see us fight or bow
William McGaffin travels through Czechoslovakia's German Czech border towns to gauge everyday life amid rising tensions. Karl Schmidt and Josef Novak, paired neighbors, show calm resilience while fearing future crisis. Citizens claim ready to resist if invaded, praising Czech history of saying no to dictators, with wary eyes on May mobilization and looming threats.
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William McGaffin
Praha
Karl Schmidt
Josef Novak
Europe
Czesposlovakia
Karl
Josef
Chechoslovakia
Roudnice
Dadsany
Terezin
Czech
Karl Schmidts
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hitler
Vadavake Nam
Vienna
Benes
Konrad Henlein
Sudeten Germans demand lasting solution in Czechoslovakia
In Prague, Benes aides and Sudeten German leaders discuss the peak of tensions, insisting on a definite solution while denying any desire to join Nazi Germany. They claim Czechoslovakia is fair to minorities and offer to grant 22 percent of state jobs to Sudeten Germans as concessions amid high unease.
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Benes
Czechoslovakia
Republic
Germany
Europe
School Board Awards Contracts For Bus Hauling And New Projects
The Board of Education met yesterday afternoon and discussed proposed new construction at Boonsboro Clear Spring Mapleville and Downsville, with no definite conclusions. They awarded bus hauling contracts for Broadfording Independence to Huystts and Whitehall Mt Aetna to Beaver Creek, plus colored students from Sharpsburg to Hagerstown. Additional bids will be sought for Locust Grove Rohrersville and Blue Mountain area routes. sanitary equipment for Williamsport High School also to be installed.
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Clearapring
Mapleville
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Williamsport
South Potomac
PWA
Broadfording
Independence
Huystts
Fred Drury
Whitehall
Mt. Aetna
Beaver Creek
Abner R. Paulsgrove
Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
Stanton E. Massie
Potomac Motors Co
Locust Grove
Rohrersville
Blue Mountain
Greensburg
Smithsburg
Williamsport High School
Building contract awarded to Fridinger and Co in Hagerstown
The board yesterday awarded the project to Fridinger and Co of Hagerstown as the low bidder at 618 dollars. The total alterations will total about 16 000 dollars and start before school opens. Financing will be by bond issue approved by the Legislature. The board will meet Tuesday evening August 1 to award coal bid.
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Fridinger and Co
Hagerstown
Sign Disregarded By Safecrackers At Dan Hureon Stone Co
Unscrupulous burglars ignored a warning sign on a safe at the Dan Hureon Stone Company office. They forced the container but found it empty, taking no valuables and leaving the odd message unread.
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Washington
Aug
Dan Hureon Stone Company
Strange Drama On Vessel Is Probed
Federal agents probe a midnight death struggle aboard the Nor mandie as Dr. Robert Moore Duncan, Colgate professor and Princeton alumnus, disappears at sea en route to New York. His wife Abbe, and a seaman report the alleged assault on the upper deck before rescue. The couple has two children. Mrs Duncan is linked to John D. Rockefeller Jr. family.
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New York
Colgate University
Robert Moore Duncan
Princeton University
Henry Villar
Duncan
Abbe
iCleveland Starts Food Distribution
Relief officials resumed grocery order distribution in Cleveland after City Finance Director G. A. Gesell pledged release of 950000 in relief funds within two days. Orders will be issued for all 57000 relief clients as funds from tax notes and county intangible tax allocations replenish the program.
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Cleveland
G. A. Gesell
Another Held As Officer Slapper In Baltimore
Baltimore August 3 reports detail another incident where a traffic policeman, Charles W. Breden, was struck. The assailant, a 44 year old woman described as blue eyed, Marilyn Dere, is held for psychiatric examination after the attack.
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Slapper
Baltimore
Charles W. Bredenwarg
Mre
Marilyn Dere
Unclear incident at St Alphonsus Church ends in slapping
An incident at St Alphonsus Church involved a Novena service disruption by a young woman. A man escorted her to a call box, connected with the station, and was slapped first on the right cheek then the left. Breeding has raised average fleece weight from two to eight pounds and shifted non production areas from North Atlantic to Texas Far West and Ohio.
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Benes
Henlein
Hybernska Street
Praha
Fuehrer
St. Alphonsus
North Atlantic
Texas
Far West
Ohio
Senator Lewis to Leave the Senate in 1940
Senator Lewis of Illinois announced in Washington that he will resign after the next session. He plans to quit in time for the nomination and election of a successor in 1940, saying others should have the chance to receive the Senate honor.
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Senate
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