The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-01-05

ner naval building plans.
Jan. 29--United States rejected pro.
PoSai to cooperate with Britain. France
and Russia in supplying China with war
Jan, 31-British steamer torpedoed and
sunk by pirate submarine of Spanish
Feb. 4-Hitler reorganized German
control and made Won Ribbentrop for.
eign minister.
Feb. Britain warned Franco to stop
pirate attacks or face reprisals; -.
Feb. 14-Britain'S great naval base at
singapore dedicated.
Feb. 15-Hitler forced Austria to put
pro.NaziS in her cabinet.
Feb. 20-Hitler demanded colonies for
Germany and said Reich didn't fear war.
Anthony Eden resigned as British for.
eign minister.
King Carol proclaimed fascist regime
for Rumania.
March 2-Chinese armies in Shensi
province north of Yellow river routed
by Japanese.
March 3-Twenty-one former Soviet
Russian leaders pleaded guilty of trea-
son and other crimes in Moscow trial.
March 7--United States and Czechoslo-
March 9-ChAncellor Schuschnigg or
dered plebiscite on Austrian independ-
ence.
Chautemps' French cabinet resigned
March 10-Leon Blum became French
premier.
March 11-Premier schuschnigg of
Austria resigned when German troops
invaded the country; Seyss-Inquart took
post and formed Nazi cabinet.
March 12-Hitler. proclaimed the union
OF Germany and Austria. scrapping the
treaty of st. German.
March 27-Spanish insurgent armies
drove forward into Catalonia.
April 8-Blum's French cabinet re.
April 10-Edouard Daladier formed
new French government.
April 16-President Benes of Czecho.
slovakia announced amnesty for 1000
political offenders.
Great Britain and Italy signed agree.
ment for peaceful settlement of all their
April 19-Plot against King Carol Of
Rumania by Fascists foiled.
April 22-Japan paid United States
April Is = Anglo.Ireland, agreement
signed, settling trade disputes.
April 28-Great Britain and France
agreed to pool their armed forces in
time of war.
May eHitler arrived in Rome for
conference with Mussolini:.
May 4-Dr. Douglas Hyde made pres.
ident Of Ireland by reclamation.
May 11-Japanese captured Annoy.
South China port.
formally recognized Italy's conquest OF
May i3-New anti-Nazi government
for Hungary formed by Bella lmredi.
May 21-German and Czech troops
massed along the frontier.
May 22-Gcrmany promised Czecho.
slovakia would not be attacked.
May 30-Japanese bombed Canton for
three days, killing 800 persons and in
I,,ne Ion,pasa continued horohino
of Canton. killing hundreds.
June Hunted States government
took steps to discourage sale OF planes
July Japanese bombed Swallow,
south China port, killing many;
July 4-Chinese air base at Nanchang
raided and wrecked by Japanese bomb
erS.
July 14-Manchukuo protested inva-
sion by Russian troops.
July liking George Of Great Britain
made state visit to Paris.
July 25-Japanese occupied Kiukiang.
China, key to HankoW defense.
Aug. Russian planes invade Korea
and shell Japanese.
Aug. Russia rejects Japanese terms,
offers counter plan.
Aug 11-Russia, Japan, reach truce
in Manchukuan border conflict.
Aug. 24-Reichsfuehrer Hitler pledges
the lnvolability of Hungary in meeting
Aug 26-Hitler demands powers force
Czechs to submit to him.
Aug 27-Britain warns Hitler against
attack on CZechoSlovakia.
Sept 1-Mussolini orders out all Jews
who entered Italy since the World war
Sept. 4-France masses troops at Mag.
mot line.
Sept 6-Polish police wreck 173 ortho-
dox churches: kill many.
Sept 9-Brtain again warns Hitler
against attacking CZechs.
Sept 11-Czechs and Nazis riot in
Sudeten territory.
Sept 12-Hitier defes Britain and
France in speech.
Sept 14-Czech troops smash civil war
In Sudeten territory.
Prime Minister Chamberlain flies to
Germany to see Hitler.
Sept. 15~Four:power peace parley
planned as result. of Prime Minister
Sept l6-British and French cabinets
confer on Czech situation.
Sept 18-Britain and France yield to
Hitler's demands.
Sept. 20-Czechs accept partition.
Sept 2l-Poland and Hungary demand
slices of CZechoslovakia.
Sept. 22-Chamberlain and Hitler dis
cuss peace plan.
Czech premier and cabinet resign.
Sept. 25-PreSident Roosevelt sends
peace appeal 10 f1lllcI.
Sept. Chamberlain pledges Britain
to enforce yielding of Sudeten area II
Hitler will not make war.
Hitler warns Czechs he is ready to
fight for Sudetenland.
Sept. 27-Roosevelt sends second plea
to Hitler proposes European parley.
Sept 28-Hitler calls four-power peace
conference, including Great Britain,
France and Italy as last effort to avert
war
Sept. Conference agrees to. all Hit.
ler's demands; Germans take immedi.
ate possession Of Sudetenland. CzechS
Sept. 3o-German troops begin march
into CZechoslovakia.
Czechs get new demand from Poland.
Oct. FPremier Daladier given die.
tatorial powers by French chamber OF
deputies.
signs.
in new Palestine clash.
House of commons endorses Chamber
lain'S deal with Hitler.
Oct. 7-PoWers bar plebiscite in SUI
detenland: give Hitler area without vote
of people.
Oct. 8-Nazis stone palace of Cardinal
Innitzer at Vienna. injuring the cardl-
Oct. 10-Chinese report 10000 Japa.
nese slain in three-day battle near ZEN;
Oct. 12-Germany demands SAB. DOC, 900
from Czech gold reserve to strengthen
financial position. III.
Oct. 14-Hitler demands Britain limit
air force to fraction of Germanys.
Oct. 16-Germany arrests labor lead
ers as anti.Nazi agitators in new wave
of unrest.
Oct. 18-British troops besiege Arab
rebels within old city of Jerusalem.
Oct. 2O-British troops disarm Arab
rebels in Jerusalem.
Oct. 25-Duke of Kent made governor
of Australia.
Oct. 26-Japs take complete control of