Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1938 — Page 5
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20,
PRAHA MAKES RESERVATIONS ON NEW PLAN
Attack on Czech Police by Polish Guard at Teschen Charged.
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provided they had the aid of Great
Britain, France and Russia. Government authorities who studied the memoranda on the Godesberg meeting of Chancellor
Hitler and Prime Minister Cham- |
berlain last week, believed that the most likely outcome of the Munich conference would be an agreement to send some sort of an international militia—probably of French, Italian and British troops—to bring about the cession of the Sudeten area to Germany. The United Press was reliably informed that such a plan would meet with the strongest opposition of the Czechoslovaks who desired to settle any question of the countrys dismemberment entirely by negotiation and without the intervention of the armed forces of any nation. Czechoslovak leaders felt slighted because they had not been invited to Munich, even as observers, when they had s0 much at stake Some said privately they would have been pleased if the United
States had been represented. It was| felt that the United States, with| no European entanglements to] make her biased, would have made!
an ideal fifth power to serve as a balance between the two totalitarian and two democratic nations represented at Munich. Excitement of the erisis had long since abated here and the public temper was one of sullen calm. The evacuation of children from Praha continued orderly. Many thousands of civilians already had left here for of Praha the RBurope,
served
which last summer were
crowded of any city in were at times almost deTraffic moved leisurely.
Poland May Invade Silesia Saturday Poland, Sept. 29
WARSAW, P) Government spokesmen erated today that regardless of the outcome of the Munich conference Poland’s Army would attack Czechoslovakia Saturday unless the 20mile stretch of Lower Silesia was returned to this country before
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‘he disputed area surrounds the Teschen, which straddies Polish-Czechoslovak border. It was seized by Czechoslovakia in January, 1918 while world diplomats were still fixing the boundary 1 of war-born Czechoslovakia and while Poland was busy fighting Russia | A peaceful! solution of the dispute had been anticipated earlier in the week when President Benes of Czechoslovakia agreed in principle to the cession. But today, negotiations were still incomplete, Poland's military strategists were assembled on their side of Teschen, and sporadic fighting cont ed along the border. | 1
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Hungarian Situation Tense
The situation on Czechoslovakia's border also remained tense. At Budapest, it was announced that the Hungarian minister at Praha had notified the Czechoslovak Government that Hungary would conas nfriendly action” any discrimination against the Hungarian minority. In other words. Hungary was demanding that if Czechoslovakia surrendered its Sudeten area to Germany and Silesian area to Poland, it must also cede to Hungary the area in which Hungarian Magvars were the predominant population At Bucharest, Rumanians prayed last night for the success of the Munich conference. It seemed certain that Rumania would declare its neutrality in event of war, unless Hungary should join a German attack on Czechoslovakia, in which
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* Frontier Guard Throws
Grenade Into Teschen
TESCHEN. Poland, Sept. 29 (U. P) —A Polish volunteer guard again crossed the Czechoslovak frontier today and tossed hand grenades into the police station in Czech Teschen. Al! windows in the police station
farms and villages, and streets)
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as adequate as the Chamber of represented. The Chamber officials said you
in anv drugstore. The first store I
sold out its entire stock of 60 vesterday. only take orders for future delivery. A gloomy clerk in the next store also was sold He let me try on a demonstration model. From | a khaki-colored cylindrical container he brought out | a rubber mask with large glass goggles metal snout to which a chemical filt
out
I slipped my chin in first, then mask over my forehead and around the back of my head. comfortable. “Is that your only model?” I “Yes, there is only one model,”
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ENEVA, Sept. 29 —Children under 10 may be |
adjusted It was hot and |
or 11 attacks—if war
| to it.”
Commerce had
could buy them tried said it had It could
| France. “What about | “I think they It had a | he replied. er was attached. | drew the rubber the straps
mask.
Babies Would Suffer Most From Gas; [TALIAN TROOPS Masks Made Only for 1 ‘hose 10 or Older
1 ing them entirely.
Times-Acme Photo.
| School children in London receive examinations for gas masks,
By PEGGY CARROLL
i United Press Special Correspondent
“YP ABIES, too?” “Well, no. There is nothing for children-—unless you put them in an airproof bag and fasten a filter
Only for persons more than 10
| The proprietor of the next store said he had just | sold his last mask. | “I ean get you one in a few mintues, but if you | want 18. like the man who was just in, you must | wait until tomorrow.” ! He said most persons who bought masks were | French. He said they couldn't get good masks in
babies in France?” have some kind of a sack for them.”
After visiting a few more drugstores I found a It was like the model I had tried. | almost the equivalent of six American dollars. The clerk was rather apologetic.
It cost
“I don’t think vou will need it here,” he said, and
asked the clerk he said. “It is It is adjust- “What about
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added reassuringly: the waves in your hair.”
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mustard gas?” eats off the skin,” he said.
WAR AVERTED
| BY TWO HOURS "ccc Plea
Delay of Nazi March Upon Czechs Laid to Appeal By Mussolini.
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Convright. 1933 By United Press) i ROME, Sept. 29.—<A trustworthy diplomatic source declared today that Europe was just two hours away from war vesterday when Premier Mussolini telephoned Fuehrer Hitler and urged him to postpone | his planned invasion of Czechoslovakia Herr Hitler, it was said, had planned to enter Sudetenland at exactly 7 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) with 60 divisions of troops supported by 3000 airplanes Lord Perth. British paid two hasty visits te Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister—the first at 3:13 a. m, the second at 4:30 a. m What Lord Perth said on his first call was not known, but on his seche was said to have told Ciano that Great Britain t and wouldnt remain neuGermany invaded Czecho-
Ambassador
ona Count couldn tral if slovakia. Count Ciano, it was said, immedijatelvy conveved this information to Sig. Mussolini, who told him to get Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, on the telephone at once and arrange for a telephone conversation with Herr Hitler at 5 &. m. This telephone call halted Germany’s armies marching, even then, toward the frontier. | At 8:30 a. m. Sig. Mussolini telephoned Herr Hitler and during their conversation today's conferance at Munich was arranged. At 8 a. m. American Ambassador William Phillips was ushered into Premier Mussolini's office to deliver President Roosevelt's appeal. Mr. Phillips was believed to have been the first person Sig. Mussolini informed of the Munich conference At 11 a. m Sig. Mussolini and Count Ciano left for Munich. It was felt in Rome today that the Munich conference could not (ail, because, after the hope for peace had been passionately revived in peoples hearts, it would be impossible to get them to go to war without risking an internal revoelution.
SECOND SUSPECT DEAD |
Therrell Poer., 25, of Coatsville, died today at Long Hospital of bullet wounds received when he and a companion allegedly attempted to, hold up a gas station in Belleville | Tuesday night The companion, | Warren Green, 21, of Pasadena, was| shot and killed by the attendant, James Townsend
were smashed. No casualties were reported. The incident was a vepetition of daily raids by “volunteers” on both sides of the frontier Inhabitants of the border region were fleeing to the interior with the approach of the Saturday deadline, ! laid down by the Polish Govern-| ment, for evacuation of the Teschen district by the Czechs. The Polish civil administration organized to take over the Government of the disputed Cezechoslovak portion of Silesia as soon as the Polish Army occupies it. The two former districts of Po{land, now in Czechoslovakia, would {be made a part of the province of | Katovice. Mayors for the towns and villages of the districts. of which | Moravska Ostrava is the largest] city, have been named. Commis- | sions have been given to civilian | functionaries for the railroad, postal |and telegraph offices. Even police and firemen have been named.
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Capital Dodges
a 20-mile stretch of Lower Silesia | extraordinary importance of re- force of British, French and Italian in Czechoslovakia added an explo-|qajning the application of force troops to form a “neutral curtain” |between Czechs and Germans dur-
sive element to the Czech situation being reviewed by the conference Polish Government spokesman re-
iterated that Poland's Army Will (yen expressions of public opinion tives in the negotiations as soon as|
attack the Czechs unless the Teschen-Silesia area is ceded bY Saturday.
Russia Says Parley ‘Mollycoddles Aggressor’
MOSCOW, Sept. 29,
Soviet Russia regarded the four-
power conference at Munich today
as further capitulation by the democracies to the dictator powers.
a dispatch from Isvestia’s correspondent at Geneva which was captioned “routine endeavor to mollycoddle aggressor.” “The British Premier is ready for a third time to pay L.omage to Hitler.” the dispatch said ‘Since, for some reason, Hitler did not want another personal meeting, Chamberlain was ready to accept another variant—a four-power conference.
“The monstrosity of this under- present moment to support the sug- lea
taking is clear.” “It is not difficult
two aggressors will impose their and a third participant will seek all means to damper the first twWo. The Soviet Government announced that it had been urged by President Roosevelt to appeal to Germany and Czechaoslovakia preserve peace and that it was in accord with the suggesteion for an
international conference to discuss Tsung-jen outflanked and defeated woulda be a serious blow to the the crack Japanese 13th Division! Rebels.
the Sudeten crisis. The text of Mr. Roosevelt's mes-
sage to Russia was given as follows:
“The situation in critical and
Europe is so
which may help preserve peace. The President of the United States already has urgently appealed the Chancellor of Germany and the President of Czechoslovakia and the Premiers of Great Britain and France, pointing out the importance of continuing negotiations already
begun in order to seek a just solu-|
tion of the present conflict by peaceful means. “The U. 8. Government considers that if the head of the Soviet Union or the Gevernment of the U.S. S R. considers it necessary to immediately appeal to Germany and Czechoslovakia as the United States did. calling their attention to the
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the consequences of ‘war can be so disastrous, that it is desirable not to neglect any means
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and regulation of the present con-| flict, then the cumulative effect of would influence the development of events and help the preservation of | the peace of Europe.” The Soviet Government's
was: “The Government of the U.S. S.
reply
an international conference
most effective way
urther aggression and a new world ; Hipthe! 0 | jority of them had been stationed
occupation of Austria [at Majorca and Saragossa. He gave Russian reaction was typified bY |i threatened the peace of Eu-|AS authority diplomatic reports re-
{war. In March of this year, after
the violent R.
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(U.P) considers the convocation of such | the /on the Franco-Spanish border,
of preventing Ported that 500 Italian airmen had
order to prevent further and dan-|
| gero the conference w practical measures aggression and saving peace by a collective effort. | “True to its aspi the U. S. S. R. is ready
gestion of the Government of the
pate most actively.”
IMPORTANT VICTORY - CLAIMED BY CHINESE
under Gen,
Chinese forces
under Prince Naruhiko northeast of Hankow, Chinese sources reported today. The 13th Division
Taierhchwang.
umns from the North and South were surounding the Chinese. | — —————
| 42 OUT ON A LIMB GUYMOND, Okla.. Sept. 29. (U. P.).—Some of the scrawniest legs ever seen in a bathing beauty contest were displayed here. The competitors were all men—42 of them. They pirouetted under floodlights while the Guymon Cowboy band played “The Old Gray Mare.”
Nazis Hint Czech Etforts To ‘Sabotage’ Conterence
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to observe any sign of relie{ but on the contrary finds terror increased and far-reaching preparations being made te blow up important factories. Deadline Called Inflexible The press -dispatches were in-
tended to support Herr Hitler's argument that the territory must
be taken over immediately to pre-!
vent destruction of important facilities by the Czechs.
They indicated that Herr Hitler will not yield on his Saturday dead- |
line. As regards other points of his
| ultimatum for surrender of the Sudeten area by Saturday, it was said |
that he might be conciliatory. Nazis already were softening their original interpretation of its clauses —except for the Saturday angle.
The newspapers continued to excite national feeling by reporting
| alleged incidents of Czech terrorism in the Sudeten country. Most of | them gave no date of occurrence. | For instance, the first afternoon | paper today, Zwoelfuhrblatt, reported 31 alleged incidents “of recent | date.” New Proposal Made | In the last few days, and especially during the portentous processions of troops, guns and tanks | through the streets Tuesday night, | | Germans, regardless of age, ‘have shown a dislike for war. It was reported here that the conference would start by considering a new British-French plan which Andre Francois-Poncet, the | French Ambassador, presented yes- | terday. Details were kept secret but well | informed quarters reported that the plan was a compromise between Herr Hitler's ultimatum and the original British-French plan ghich | Hitler rejected,
1s international complications, On good authority here that on immediate calling of such a!Monday, following a secret meeting hich might have taken Of the Spanish Fascist members of counteracting his Cabinet, Gen. Franco, head of
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rations for peace feneral European war, Spain would at the be neutral and that France could
to foresee United States calling for an inter. formant said, Mussolini reached his France's role among the four, where national conference and to partici- decision to withdraw his “volun-
SHANGHAI, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—|ians and 7000 Germans in Franco's Li @rmies, including 5000 pilots and
was expected | British government had had a hand to be the first to reach Hankow.|in these developments. It was said Chinese claimed the victory was the that in return for Mussolini's withmost important since the battle for drawal, it had promised to bring
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A Japanese spokesman admitted control on shipments over her borthat two divisions of Chinese troops der into Loyalist Spain and make “penetrated” the Japanese lines, but the embargo on war materials airclaimed that strong Japanese col- | tight.
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MAY QUIT SPAIN TO EASE EUROPE
‘Report Loyalists Dissolving Internatiorfal Brigades; British Take Hand.
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‘brigades with a view of demobiliz-
| From the border, a news dispatch [unconfirmed from any other | source, said that 500 Italian airmen |already had left rebel Spain.
| Royalist Paper Seized
These developments, if they continue to full realization, would have profound influence on the war that | |has been raging for two years in | Spain. Involving other nations and nationalities than Spain. the war ‘had threatened to set off a general | European war almost from its in- | ception. Particularly, it had caused | hard feelings between Italy and |Great Britain, The withdrawal of | | the Italian “volunteers” would permit Britain and Italy to put into | effect the already negotiated treaty [settling all their outstanding dif- | | ferences. | The government seized today’s is-| sue of the Royalist newspaper | Action Francaise because of an ar-| | ticle attacking the French Foreign | | Office and accusing it of a “pro-war policy.” {
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‘Don’t Give In,” Chamberlain Hears Through Crowd’s Cheers
LONDON, Sept. 29 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Chamberlain was a national hero, making a last effort to save the peace of Europe, when he left for Munich today. As he left he said to a cheering crowd gathered about his airplane at Heston Airport: “When I was a little boy I used to repeat, ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ That is what I am doing. “When I come back I hope I may be able to say, as Hotspur said in Henry IV, ‘Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safely.’” As Mr. Chamberlain left his official residence at 10 Downing Street
this morning, on his way to the air- Yow.” i ; port, a workman piling air raid| The Cunard-White Star Line to-
bers of the crowd, and she burst into tears as she reached him, wrung his hand, and said: “You have everyone's heart with
sand bags against the Foreign Officefday cancelled the sailing of the liner Aquitania for New York Oct. 5 ow-|
ing to unforeseen circumstances | over which the company had no control. Under British war plans, big liners would be taken over to| carry food, munitions or troops.
NLRB ORDERS POLL OF TIMES WORKERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (U. P.). —The National Labor Relations Board today ordered a collective, bargaining election within 15 days; among employees of The Indianap- | olis Times. | Employees on the payroll imme-
dropped a sand bag and shouted. “Don’t give way to him!” Three big limousines drew up before 10 Downing Street this morning. About 20 people watched
little blind alley street, Mr, Chamberlain turned to face the photographers and newspapermen, who outnumbered the crowd herded across the little street. He was wearing a black overcoat, a wing collar with black four-in-hand tie, and a black hat. He smiled, holding his hat in his hand, as the! photographers snapped. He entered. his car and drove off.
A great cheer burst from the little diately preceding June 27 will be | crowd. There were shouts of “Good |eligible to vote, except executives, |
old Chamberlain!” “God speed!” “Keep it up!” Mr. Chamberlain was touched, tract haulers, editorial employees and he smiled through the window covered by the existing agreement of his car. with the American Newspaper Thousands of people were w
“Good luck!” |confidential employees, the country
“Good luck, mate!” sales manager, street sales manager, | |station captains, independent con- |
aiting Guild, and employees covered by
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NEW ELEVATION PLAN PREPARED
City and Belt Officials to Confer in Chicago.
Indianapolis City officials will go to Chicago Tuesday to present to Belt Railroad officials a new plan for the proposed South Side track elevation project, Mayor Boetcher said today. The Mayor declined to give dee tails of the plan pending its pres= entation to the railroad, but said he is “still hopeful” that it will be accepted. The Mayor said he hoped for a decision Tuesday. The project, estimated to cost about one million dollars, would involve the Belt tracks at South and Singleton Sts. and Madison Ave, A PWA grant of $421,000 has been allotted for 45 per=-cent of the cost, and the railroad has been asked to pay half of the remaining 35 per cent. The railroad has not acted on the proposal, and its officials have said there are no funds available. Besides Mayor Boetcher, City En gineer Henry B. Steeg, Floyd Mattice, City corporation counsel, and Louis Brandt, Works Board presi= dent, are expected to make the trip.
AUTOMOBILE MEN ELECT.
DETROIT, Sept. 29 (U.P) —J. W, Roby, of Shreveport. La., today was
Other morning newspapers were [Or him at the airport in the west- separate contracts with the typo- chosen president of the National enthusiastic over the Munich con-|€rn suburbs.
ference. There was a wave of joy- | ous enthusiasm on Paris streets un- | precedented since Nov. 11, 1918, The newspapers took for granted that the “Big Four” meeting in| Munich was going to end not only the German-Czechoslovak crisis, but many other European problems, including foreign intervention in the Spanish War. They believed that France, Great Britain and Italy were already in virtual agreement on the proposition they would make Herr Hitler, and that it called for an international army, comprised of troops from those three nations, to take over the Sudeten areas of Czechoslovakia.
Seek Czech Participation
Official dispatches from Munich today indicated that France and Great Britain, at least, were agreed on a common program involving abandonment of Adolf Hitler's Saturday war deadline. The program was said to involve: 1. Suppression of the Oct. 1 dead-
There was a tremendous shout as! the car entered the field.
graphical, stereotypers’, printing Automobile Dealers Association as pressmen’'s, mailers’ and photo en- the group concluded its annual
|gravers’ unions. A woman in the crowd pushed for-| Other workers will decide if they
shaking hands with clamorous mem-'a C. I. O. affiliate.
ward as Mr. Chamberlain began wish representation by the Guild, |
| meeting. Mr. Roby succeeds E. M,
Reid, of Omaha, Neb. The 1939 convention was awarded to San
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line fixed by Herr Hitler for Czech acceptance of his demands for sur-| render of the Sudetenland. | 2. Substitution of a system of pro-| gressive withdrawal of Czech forces) from the area and occupation by Germany. 3. Formation of an international
4. Inclusion of Czech representapossible, President Benes of Cgzechoslovakia, it was said, had given France and Great Britain virtual blanket authority to deal for him at Munich. The correspondent of the London | Daily Telegraph at St. Jean De Luz | re- |
been withdrawn abruptly, The ma-,
ceived in San Sebastian. The United Press was informed
the Rebel government, had informed France that in event of a
ve her frontier unguarded. Following this decision, this in-
teers” and to liquidate his part in the civil war. He did not know whether Adolf Hitler had delided to follow this lead and withdraw German support of the Rebels. It has been estimated that there are between 23,000 and 25,000 Ital-
airplane mechanics whose departure
Two Reasons Given Spanish circles here said that the
pressure on France to increase her
The United Press reports from Rome were circumstantial and apparently authentic and the source for them insisted that the order for withdrawal and dissolution of the Italian volunteers had been issued, but that Italian newspapers had been ordered not to mention it until after the Czechoslovakian crisis had been settled. Foreign diplomatic quarters in Rome believed that Mussolini had decided to liquidate his Spanish venture for two reasons: 1. Because Franco announced his intention of remaining neutral in a general European war, eliminating any possibility of using the Italian volunteers to threaten the French border; 2. Because withdrawal would automatically improve Italy's relations with Britain and bring the Italo-British friendship treaty into force.
Rains Prevent Spanish Fighting
HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 29 (U. P.).—Heavy rains and poor visibility restricted movement on all fronts of the Spanish civii war today. The Loyalists claimed to have broken two heavy Rebel counter-attacks which began yesterday along the Ebro River,
JIMMY TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 29 (U. P.).—James Roosevelt, eldest son and secretary to President Roosevelt, announced he will leave the hospital here where he has been convalescing from an operation for gastric ulcer, late today. He said he will go directly to the home of a “friend” and remain until next Wednesday.
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