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Dates: during 1930-1939
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At 10 a.m. Adolf Hitler told the Reichstag : ". . . I and my Government sat there for two full days and waited until it should suit the Polish Government at last to send us a man with full powers. By last night they had not sent a plenipotentiary but they let us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Last Words | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

At 7:30 p. m. in London Chamberlain reported to the House of Commons on his ultimatum: "No reply has been received. If the German Government should agree . . . His Majesty's Government would be willing to regard the position as being the same as it was before the German forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Last Words | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Shortly thereafter the Fent the ultimatum requests or to fulfill them. . . . A condition exists at our eastern borders which in effect amounts to war. . . . The German Government and the German people have assured the British people time and again that they are desirous of bringing about an understanding with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Last Words | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Last week, with Norman Brookes (now Sir Norman because of "distinguished service to the Empire") looking on,* a new generation of Davis Cuppers from Down Under challenged a new generation of U. S. Davis Cuppers in a war-clouded spectacle that promised to be as dramatic as the one 25...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Sep. 11, 1939 | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

To protect its staff, London's Bank of England last winter built an underground air raid shelter. Last fortnight, bank members in charge of Air Raid Precautions sent an elaborate health questionnaire to all employes to find out if they could withstand prolonged imprisonment in the narrow, crowded shelter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Claustrophobia | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

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