Rail wage row opens before Roosevelt panel
Washington set the emergency board hearing as railroad management and labor clash over a proposed 15 percent pay cut. Carriers claim wages are too high while unions say the crisis stems from broader decline in business and policy failures. The board seeks facts and an informal time-sharing plan.
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Washington
Emergency’ Board
Roosevelt
J. Carter
Fort
Charles M. Hay
Hay
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Roose
Czechs Accept Four Power Peace Plan Amid Munich Pact
Munich reports say Czechoslovakia accepted the four power peace accord surrendering Sudetenland to Germany. Chamberlain and Hitler sealed the pact promising no future war between their nations. Mussolini and Daladier left Munich while Berlin to supervise evacuation and occupation.
Prague Premier Syrovy Accepts Munich Pact Aims to Save Nation
General Jan Syrovy, leader of 70,000 Czechoslovak troops, declares acceptance of the Munich accord to preserve the republic. He urges calm, appeals to national confidence, and notes protest against the unilateral deal. Krejér asserts duty and resilience in the army amid the crisis.
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Prague
Zeche‘lovakia
Jan Syrovy
Tonlignt
Siberia
Syrovy
Munich
Krejer
Europe
Republic
European situation at a glance today
The AP notes Europe avoided war by the Munich agreement. Hitler secures the Sudetenland with a midnight occupation and a plan for peaceful, gradual cession with plebiscites and an international commission. Czechoslovakia accepts. Daladier, Chamberlain, and Mussolini praise the settlement amid mixed reactions. Soviet Russia not invited. Poland and Hungary to gain parts of Czechoslovakia.
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Associated Press
Europe
Munich
Chamberlain
Talmadge Praises Roosevelt For Peace Efforts
Former Georgia governor and long time foe of the New Deal Eugene Talmadge sent a telegraph to the White House praising President Roosevelt for what he called a genius stroke in preventing the European war. He said the president's action would be remembered by generations to come.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Roosevelt
Talmadge
White House
Europe
Department of Agriculture
Russell
Rep. Sparkman
Ala
Weather Forecast South Carolina Georgia and surrounding states
Weather forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday across South Carolina Georgia and surrounding states with warmer temperatures expected Saturday. Georgia also shows scattered showers probable on the extreme south coast and in the extreme northwest Alabama and Florida coastal areas with gentle northerly winds.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Storm moves north from Charleston toward New England coast
A southern storm formed after two deadly tornadoes near Charleston moves up the coast toward New England. Meteorologists expect strong northeast winds in New York City and rain across the region with coastal flooding risks and high seas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charleston
D. C
Longstand
New England
Weather Bureau
James H. Kimball
New York
Coast Guard
Atlanta
Boston
Savannah
Cape Hatteras
Muddo
Virginia Capes
Hastport
Maryland
Philadelphia
Kimball
Charleston Tornado Toll Reaches 26 Dead 200 Hurt
In Charleston South Carolina a devastating tornado killed 26 people and injured about 200, with 14 white and 12 black victims. Four militia companies plus Fort Moultrie and navy yard marines aided in debris patrols as relief crews reported extensive property damage and homelessness.
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Charleston
S. C
Fort Moultrie
Navy Yard
Harry ©. Withington
116Th Infantry
South Carolina National Guard
Red Cross
Senators and Congressmen Press for Bigger Cotton Loans
A group of eight U S senators and two congressmen urged higher government loans for cotton and wheat noting a distressed farm sector. They asked President Roosevelt for a meeting to outline their demand and criticized current loan levels as inadequate.
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Solons
Roosevelt
Washington
Smith
D-S. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Department of Agriculture
Rankin
D.miss
J. S. Wannamaker
St. Matthews
8. C
American Cotton Association
Wannamaker
Thomas
D-Okla
Bilbo
George
D-Ga
Southeast
Russell
Chamberlain Eyes Four-Power Peace Pact After Munich Conference
London dispatch reports Neville Chamberlain believed to have laid groundwork for a four power non aggression pact with Hitler Mussolini and Britain and France to pursue upon solution of the Czechoslovak issue The report links the idea to the Locarno security framework and notes Mussolini’s long standing interest in a four power accord.
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James. B.reston
London
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Sir Austen Chamberlain
Locarno
Germany
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Locarnon
Germany Moves to Take Sudetenland After Munich Pact
Czechoslovakia accepts a four power peace plan allowing Hitler to move troops into Sudeten areas. Plebiscites to follow under an international commission. Britain Italy and France leaders approve. Chamberlain calls it signed and right as Mussolini hailed as savior of peace.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
London
Munich
Great Britain
Italy
France
Hitler
Germany
International Commission
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Paris
Daladier
Mussolini
Rome
Spain
Peace Plan Signed Ends Threat Of War
Prime Minister Chamberlain, pale yet hopeful, announced that the Sudetenland agreement is signed and peace worth the price. A British source explains that France Great Britain Italy and Germany will oversee steps to fulfill the plan and Czechoslovakia must comply or France cannot aid. Britain binds itself to act with France, not alone, if German occupation proceeds.
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Munich
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
International Commission
Berlin
Britain
Chamberlain
Hitler
Daladier
France
Paris
Mussolini
Italy
Fuehrer
Fred Vanderschmidt
Great Britain
Sudeten
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Edouard Daladier
Brentier Pas
Hl Dace
Emergency Board
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Foté
Soviet
Russia
Gczechoslovakia
Oury
Sudetens
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