Sheffield Independent – Friday 30 September 1938

Munich Agreement Gives Peace

Peace! The whole world hailed this message from Munich in the early hours of today.

Four men, led by Britain’s peace-loving Premier, Mr Neville Chamberlain, were able to announce that the threat of war was over.

For part of a full-day and far into the night, Mr Chamberlain, Hitler, Mussolini and M. Daladier/to find agreement. Then came the news that they had succeeded. German troops would march into Sudeten territory tomorrow, but it would be a peace march.

How civic leaders received the news:

Volunteers Thanked

Mr J.A. White, chairman of Mexborough Urban District Council:

“This is the best news of a generation.”

Mr White, who along with other members of the authority, has been in continuous session since Tuesday and has supervised great deal of preparatory work, said that behalf of the town, he wanted to thank all the voluntary workers who had come forward so splendidly to place Mexborough in an advanced state of preparation.

“I know that all of them, along with me, will be glad that all the work they have put in will be in vain.”

When the news was conveyed the workers engaged on the night shift for assembling respirators at the Mexborough Parish Hall there was great jubilation and the men and women workers cheered, hugged each other, and cheered again.