The Archive · 1939

Western Democracies Blamed

SPECIAL TO THE "N.C, Berlin, June 11. The Western Democracies are accused by the official "Diplomatische Korrespondenz" today of trying to poison the relations between Germans and Czechs, Obviously referring to the Klavno incident -in which a German police official is alleged to have been killed by Czechs—the newspaper states: "It hotheads disturb order, the consequences will not burden Greater Germany but the Protectorate itself. Such attempts will only induce the Reich to work in every proper way, even with severity if.necessary, for a peaceful building up of Bohemian lands.

Maritime Board Agrees on New Conditions London, June 11.

The National Maritime Board, representative of shipowners and seamen, has agreed on new rules intended to effect a far-reaching improvement in crews quarters in British merchant ships.

Greater cleanliness and comfort are the objects of the new standard, and the Board looks for the active cooperation of owners, masters and crews to enforce and maintain it—

Wireless through Reuter.

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