Hitler, Chamberlain promise peace, October 1, 1938

Posted on October 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

Poland demands share of Czechoslovakia

More than 1 million Polish troops are poised to invade. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gives the British the Munich agreement and his pledge with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler that Britain and Germany "never will go to war with one another again."
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Reginald Owen replaces Lionel Barrymore in MGM’s "A Christmas Carol."

 

 

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Ronald Colman marries

 Neville Chamberlain and the Munich agreement have become such an enduring symbol of the folly of appeasement that it may be a shock to realize how much it was celebrated at the time.

In fact, a United Press dispatch from London reports crowds rejoicing in the streets at the news that war had been averted. "Scenes in the streets were reminiscent of the November night in 1918 when word came of the armistice. Chamberlain was hailed as a liberator."

In Los Angeles, Mayor Fletcher Bowron orders an investigation of an alleged police protection racket.

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Map of Czech territory

 At left, Nazis occupy the Sudetenland … Rome welcomes Benito Mussolini as a peacemaker … President Roosevelt says the war crisis in Europe is over …

And in Prague, crowds bitterly denounce the surrender of Czechoslovakia to Germany.

In Los Angeles, the German consul, Dr. Georg Gyssling, blames the Czechs for the crisis, saying the country persecuted the German minority.

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Police officers transferred

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Cubs tie with Cards, 7-7
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