Word: adolf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fortnight ago the thought of war in Europe, between whatever powers, for whatever cause, was abhorrent to most U. S. citizens. But after Prime Minister Chamberlain had appealed to Adolf Hitler, and agreed to the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia, after Czechoslovakia made a gesture of yielding and then prepared to fight, popular disapproval of Dictator Hitler (which Mr. Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull had helped to generate), and sympathy for Czechoslovakia as the innocent underdog, underwent a transformation. Nobody wanted the U. S. to go to war, but many were already cheering, "Go to it, Czechoslovakia...
...moment for the President of the U. S. to make a gesture toward Europe. Franklin Roosevelt, alone in his study, pondered sending a personal message (composed for him during the afternoon by Assistant Secretary of State Berle and Chief of European Affairs Moffat), to Adolf Hitler and President Benes, copies to go to London, Paris, Warsaw, Budapest. When he had decided he sent for Secretaries Hull and Welles. They sent for 14 correspondents, who arrived in pajamas and bedslippers under their topcoats, to receive the text of President Roosevelt's world gesture...
LONDON -- Adolf Hitler suddenly opened the door to peace today, at almost the exact hour he had set to send his armies smashing into Czechoslovakia, by calling Europe's "big four" to meet in Munich tomorrow for a slowdown between the dictators and the democracies...
BERLIN, Wednesday, Sept. 28--UP--It was reported without confirmation today that Fuehrer Adolf Hitler has decided to order his armies to march on Czechosolavakia immediately if there is no prospect of a peaceful solution of the Czech crisis by 2 P.M. today--8 A.M., E.S.T. The report indicated that the Nazi Fuehrer, angered by the tone of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's speech in London last night, has decided to strike quickly...
More Bunnies and Elephants and their brethren engaged in House sports last year than ever before according to the annual report released yesterday by Adolf W. Samborski '26, Director of Intramural Athletics; 1170 men, 57% of those eligible, played on 151 teams in 22 sports for an all-time high...