Munich Pact 1938 Recalled in 25th Anniversary Review
The piece recalls the 1938 Munich agreement that appeased Hitler by yielding the Sudetenland, its sweeping consequences, and contemporary reflections. It cites Chamberlain, Mussolini, Churchill, and later betrayals, noting the event shaped Cold War rhetoric and warnings about brinkmanship.
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Czechoslovakia
Munich
Hitler
Chamberlain
Dreesen
Bad Godesberg
Tain
Benito Mussolini
Italy
West Side
Edouardier
Soviet Union
London Observer
Europe
Britain
Paul Schmidt
Schmidt
Associated Press
Judge Clears Negro Policeman In Petersbur g Case
Peters burgs first Negro policeman Batts was cleared of fraudulently obtaining unemployment benefits and reinstated, then suspended again as Police Chief W E Traylor disclosed possible additional charges. An investigator said the case was sent to the full commission and higher authorities would decide on prosecution. Batts joined the force September 2 and was suspended September 16.
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Hitler
Fuehrerbau
Munich
Munich Conservatory of Music
Bad Godesberg
Dreesen
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Berchtesgaden
London
Chamberlain
Batts
Labor Bill Draws Apple Growers' Fire in Senate Hearing
Witnesses from the apple industry condemn a proposed labor bill as unworkable and dangerous. Burrows warns the Labor Department would become judge and jury over contracts wages housing and worker conditions while Robinson concedes policy aims but calls many provisions impractical and dictatorial. Miller argues the bill shifts control of fruit growing to the Labor Department despite limited understanding of the industry.
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Washington
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Labor Department
Fred Burrows
International Apple Association, Inc
Delmer Robinson Jr
Winchester
National Apple Institute
Frederick County
Robinson
Miller
Atmosphere Charged With Civil Rights Issues Warren Says
In San Francisco Chief Justice Earl Warren argues that civil rights concerns in the national mood drive many Supreme Court cases. He notes the worldwide impact of civil rights ferment and defends the court as a reviewing body not an initiator of action. The event drew seven justices, with protests outside urging impeachment.
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Warren
San Francisco
U.S. Supreme Court
Earl Warren
High Tribunal
California State Bar Convention
John Harlan
California
Phil S. Gibson
Edmund G. Brown
Gibson
Brown
Drunk May Find Home Isn't Castle in Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County supervisors approve a new ordinance amendment allowing arrest of a person who is disorderly or drunk in a private home or on private property. Previously suspects had to go to public property before arrest.
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Santa. Barbara, Calif
Santa Barbara
Writer Settles Suit Against George Raft
Los Angeles AP says writer Dean Jennings settled out of court with George Raft for an undisclosed sum. The writer sought 20 percent of film proceeds from Raft’s life story, which was recently sold for movie use under a 1957 agreement.
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Los Angeles
George Raft
Raft
Dean Jennings
No favors please paving row leads to city order
Springfield Missouri. A local apartment owner Bob Withers paved an access alley with excess asphalt from a new parking lot project. The volunteer effort cost $500 but city officials rejected it because the work did not meet street specifications, ordering the removal and restoration to dirt and gravel.
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Springfield
Bob Withers
Wither
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