Congress races mold Roosevelts legislative fate
Washington reports that next Congress chances hinge on House committee assignments. Defections retirements and vacancies shift power to Republicans and conservative Democrats on Ways and Means and Appropriations. Senate posts show less change with Copeland and McAdoo vacancies. Nomination slate grows this week across Connecticut New York Rhode Island New Mexico and Louisiana.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Capitol
Senate
Copeland
D-Ny
Bailey
Commerce Committee
McAdoo
Calif
Patents Committee
Wagner
DNY
New York
Banking and Currency Committee
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Louisiana
Boston City Manager Attends Annual Meeting
City Manager Arthur M. Field travels to Boston Massachusetts this week to attend the annual convention of the City Managers Association. Council granted permission for his attendance, with the meeting expected to conclude Thursday.
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Arthur M. Field
Boston
Mass
City Managers’ Association
War scare mood grips readers as Europe eyed with dread
MA Winchester notes Americans are used to European war scares yet this time fear rivals 1918. A Swiss friend writes that even in Zurich citizens live in dread and pray no war. She and her physician husband fear for their two children amid mounting tensions.
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Europe
Switzerland
America
Zurich
Dedication of Admiral Byrd Airport Draws 6000 in Winchester
The dedication program for the municipal airport in Winchester drew about 6,000 people. W Nelson Page announced the airport’s formal name Admiral Byrd Airport. Principal speakers G M Hester and R E Steele highlighted air commerce growth and future development for the city.
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C. M. Hester
W. Nelson Page
Citizens Advisory Committee
Admiral Byrd Airport
George deGrange
Dick Hockman
Charles Douglas
Winchester
C. R. Anderson
Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce
G. M. Hester
U. S. Civil Aeronautical Authority
Washington
R. E. Steele
State of
Virginia
Mayor Seeks To End Track Strike
Mayor La Guardia seeks a speedy settlement of a city wide truck strike after 3 500 Bronx schoolchildren and others lose bus transport. Union leaders and operators meet at city hall as New Jersey reports 15 000 drivers out and IL A president says support will come. The strike disrupts daily school transport with exempt cargo lists including newsprint hospital supplies and food.
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New York
la Guardia
Bronx
Manhattan
City Hall
New Jersey
Joseph P. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Association
Ryan
Michael J. Cashal
Teamsters Union
Ane Oo
Space Cell
Bell Pig
Ose
Armory Grant Hoped For Winchester To Mail Today
Dr. Allen Hawthorne reports a $27 000 PWA grant application for a Winchester municipal armory will be mailed to federal authorities tonight before the September 30 deadline. If approved, the grant alerts the War Department and Governor Gardner Waller warns that removal or disbanding of local National Guard units could follow if facilities remain inadequate. The plan envisions $60 000 total with 45 percent from the federal grant and 55 percent from a local bond issue.
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PWA
Canton
Winchester
Allen Hawthorne
Tod
War Department
National Guard
116Th Infantry
Virginia
C. R. Anderson
Gardner Waller
Waller
Howard T. Cole
Atlanta
Motorcyclist Dies In Route 11 Crash Near Kernstown
Sylvester Sargent 48 of Kernstown died when his motorcycle lost control near Vaucluse on U S Route 11 and struck a bridge. Two companions Edmore Neff and Satan Perry of Frederick County suffered minor injuries and were treated. Sargent, a deaf mute, was believed blinded by an oncoming car. Funeral services set for Kernstown home with Rev. W D Mitchell officiating. He leaves two brothers and two sisters.
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Sylvester Sargent
Kernstown
Vaucluse
Sargent
Edmore Neff
Satan Perry
Frederick County
Robert DeHaven
Margaret Sargent
Stephens City
W. D. Mitchell
Reliance U. B
The
Baptist Church
Here
Newnanly Carper
Sargen Mason
Arthur W. Sargent
John H. Sargent
White Post
E. D. Carper
Lost Male Black and White Letter Pup in Harrison
A lost male black and white Letter dog pup identified by license No 234202 in Harrison. Last seen near the B P area with possible marker 9 26 1p tf. Contact owner if found.
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Harrison
B. P
For Rent: Two Houses With Six Rooms Each
Two houses offered for rent, each with six rooms. Newly papered and painted, featuring a sane garden.
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Sane
Roosevelt to convene cabinet on European crisis
President Roosevelt ordered a special cabinet meeting for tomorrow to assess the European crisis and its possible effects on the United States, while not planning any U.S. intervention. He stressed ongoing updates from Europe and appealed to Hitler and Benes to avoid war, with copies sent to France and Britain.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
America
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Scout Drive Underway As Campaign Sees Strong Prospects
The annual Boy Scout fund drive started with a breakfast at city hall overseen by Rev Ronald S Wilson and Peter Baldridge. Tom Baldridge led teams while Charles P McVicar coordinated special gifts as about 30 workers gathered and pledges were expected to come in by 5 pm with captains reporting progress from each team.
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John S. Scully
Ronald S. Wilson
Tom Baldridge
Charles P. McVicar
Aisit
International at a Glance
Berlin reports a British envoy presents a last-stand message to Hitler as Germany moves toward the Czechoslovak frontier. Roosevelt appeals for peace, France replies gratefully. Paris warns Americans to leave France amid large troop mobilization. Prague rejects the Sudetenland ultimatum by October 1 and prepares defenses. Mussolini advises leaving Czechoslovakia to its fate. Gibraltar strengthens boom defenses.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Chamberlain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
France
London
Paris
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Americans Turn Back To Prague Restrictions Halt German Exit
The State Department said the German frontier along Czechoslovakia is closed and American citizens attempting to leave through Germany must return to Prague. Wilbur Carr in Prague telephoned Berlin to secure permission for Americans to enter Germany and reach seaports. Eighty Americans with German visas and Paris tickets could not cross the frontier at Eger. Czech trains stop at the border and no German officials or trains were present on the German side.
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Washington
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Prague
Wilbur Carr
Berlin
Paris
Carr
Eger
Mussolini warns of war as Europe seeks new order
Premier Mussolini addressed 7,000 fascists in Verona warning France and Britain to avert war by yielding to German demands. He said a peaceful solution may still be possible but if not, conflict is nearly unavoidable. He spoke of a "new Europe" rising this week replacing the Versailles system.
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Verona
Italy
Mussolini
France
Britain
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Trauce
Hitler
London
Godesberg
Prague
Versailles
Fuehrer
Sudeten
Fuhrer
Tabulation Nears Completion in Rail Strike Vote
Chicago September 26 nearly a million railroad workers vote on a 15 percent wage cut with a strike unlikely before December 1. Ballots tabulated by 19 Brotherhoods. Santa Fe clerks back strike. Fact-finding or arbitration possible but uncertain, with nationwide impact depending on Roosevelt action.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
National Railway Labor Act
Britain calls up anti aircraft defense units in precaution
War Secretary Hore Belisha orders reserve force officers and men from anti air craft and coast defense units. RAF personnel on leave and Observation Corps called. Measures described as precautionary and not mobilization. Parliament summoned after Chamberlain message. Air raid warning system also instituted. Prices for bacon cheese lard and fats frozen for two weeks. King cancelled Glasgow visit to chair Queen Elizabeth liner cabinet meeting. Queen Elizabeth to sail alone tomorrow.
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force Observation Corps
Hitler
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Food Defense Plans Committee Corps
Pro- Senate
Oun
Siocese VI
Glasgow
Queen Elizabeth
Tomorow
Paris Evacuation Urged As War Tensions Rise
Paris urged all willing to leave to evacuate by rail as France mobilizes. The Ministry of Public Works announced railways will guarantee evacuation facilities and measures are in place to move civilians to the provinces. Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Bonnet returned from talks in London seeking a common course. France calls reservists to swell an army near 2,000,000 as cabinet plans await Lebrun’s ruling.
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Paris
Ministry of Public Works
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Europe
Albert Lebrun
London
France
Dala
Neville Chamberlain
Belgium recalls men on leave after hurried cabinet session
Brussels September 26. The Belgian cabinet, in a hurried session, recalled soldiers on leave. A communique announced the government decreed the recall for men on indefinite leave in the Ardennes corps of mechanized cavalry and certain fortress classes.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ee. Rhimorsd Gail Targ
Oe — Ardennescae Corps
Germany Builds Armed Force, Warns World At Rally
A frenzied Berlin audience hears claims that Germany now possesses an armed force unlike any seen before. The speaker says repeated peace efforts were rejected and implies mobilization for defense follows the denials. The message underscores a shift toward militarization amid international dismissal.
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Germany
Berlin
Britain, Germany, Soviet pledge to aid Czechoslovakia
London and Berlin reports say Britain and Soviet Russia would join France in backing Czechoslovakia against a German invasion. Hitler announced plans to seize the Sudetenland and warned Benes that peace must be kept or actions will be taken.
British Mediterranean Fleet Ready For Action
Alexandria report says forty ships of the British Mediterranean fleet lie in harbor awaiting orders. Coastal fortifications are being completed and fresh troops are expected from England, likely bound for Mersa Matruh as barbed wire defenses extend toward the western desert beyond Italian Libya. In Cairo, Egypts cabinet alters a finance ministry decision, keeping stock markets open unless a heavy slump occurs at tomorrow's opening.
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Alexandria
England
Mersamatruth
Italian
Libya
Cairo
Finance Ministry
Fatal Train Crash Shakes Naples Crowd
In Naples on September 26 a freight train collided with the Rome Naples Express, killing at least seven people and injuring about fifty, many critically, authorities said.
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Naples
Italy
Rome
Hitler Delivers Awaited Address From Sports Palast
The Reichsfuehrer spoke to the entire Reich from the Sports Palast at 8 21 p m praising armed might. He claimed nations refused general disarmament and that he created the most modern army and an air force to protect against any attack. Hitler’s entrance at 8 05 p m was met with cheers as hymns played and a throng roared.
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Aisnouignohl Gay
Hitler
Ent Reich
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