Urged Convening Of Parliament In Unsettling Times
Clement Attlee, leader of the Labour opposition, formally demanded Parliament be summoned to address deepening European anxieties. He presented the call to Prime Minister Chamberlain as the cabinet met in London to study the central European situation. The motion followed a Blackpool vote by Labour and TUC executives.
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Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Chamberlain
London
Attlee
Blackpool
Labor Party
Fabor Party
Trades Union Congress
Labor
Parliament Recess Amid Sudeten Crisis Negotiations
Parliament recessed for three months as talks between Czechoslovakia and Sudeten German autonomy faltered. Prime Minister Chamberlain rushed from Scotland to brief Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax and Sir John Simon as Nazi Party Congress in Nurnberg loomed. Cabinet ministers stayed near London awaiting developments.
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Czechoslovakia
Chamberlain
Scotland
Viscount Halifax
John Simon
London
Nurnberg
Germany
Roosevelt to undergo gastric operation next year
Rochester Mayo Clinic reports disappointing results from gastric ulcer treatments and says James L. Roosevelt, the president’s personal secretary, has begun a hospital diet in preparation for an operation early next year. Roosevelt’s mother canceled return plans to St Mary’s as Dr George Easterman issued the bulletin. The president was notified at Hyde Park.
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Rochester
Minn
James Leseevelt
Mayo Clinic
Roosevelt
Pee Son Ae
St. Mary's
George Easterman
Hyde Park
Woman Charged Attack On Boat
Baltimore police are investigating a Norfolk matron’s report of being assaulted and robbed of 50 by a 22 year old waiter during an overnight Chesapeake Bay steamer trip from Virginia. Capt. John L. Marshall handed the accused to police after the steamer docked. the 35 year old woman remained at Southern police station after questioning by Capt. John Carroll.
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Baltimore
Norfolk, Va
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
John L. Marshall
Southern
John Carroll
Bethlem steel strike leaders exonerated in Johnstown case
Cambria county grand jury refused to indict Mayor Daniel J. Shields and Johnstown Councilman Fulton I. Connor on exp an d malfeasance charges, ending another phase of the long Bethlehem steel strike record in Johnstown.
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Perpigan
France
Bethlehem Steel
Johnstown
Daniel J. Shields
Cambria County
Shields
Fulton I. Connor
Bishop Donahue Named to Succeed Hayes in Archdiocese
In New York on September 8, the Most Rev. Stephen J. Donahue aged 44 began duties as administrator of the archdiocese succeeding the late Patrick Carolan, pending Vatican approval.
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Bishop Donahue
Hayes
New York
Stephen J. Donahue
Patrick Carolinal
Hen
Vatican
17 Killed in Gerona Train Wreck Fire Tragedy
A collision in Gerona Spain between a train and a gasoline truck sparked a fire that killed at least 17 people. Victims perished in the blaze while attempting to escape the flames.
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Perpigan
Gerona
Spain
Labor Day Cruise Aboard S. S. District of Columbia
Passengers totaling 310 revel in a Labor Day cruise from Norfolk to Virginia landmarks including Jamestown Yorktown and Mount Vernon aboard the S. S. District of Columbia. A Chesapeake Bay fishing party produced notable catches including a 36 pound stingaree and a dramatic alligator shark encounter.
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S. 8
District of Columbia
Potomac
National Capital
Labor Day
Virginia
Jamestown
America
Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Williamsburg
Hampton Roads
Monitor
Merrimac
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Calumbia
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