Goose Goslin Drives Tigers to 1935 World Title in Game Six
Leon Allen Goslin nicknamed The Goose delivered the decisive hit off Larry French in the ninth as Detroit beat Chicago 4 to 3 to win the World Series in six games. Bridges earned the win after a tense finish, with a record crowd of 48,420 at Navin Field. Detroit secures its first championship after five attempts, ending a long drought for the Tigers and prompting wild city celebrations.
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Navin
Detroit
Leon Allen Goslin
New Jersey
Tigers
Mickey Cochrane
Billy Herman
Chicago Cubs
Cochrane
Goslin
Larry French
Cub
Bengals
Tommy Bridges
Bridges
Cubs
Stan Hack
Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Giants
Frank Demaree
Cardinals
Tiger
Pirates
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WPA Sets Federal Quotas for Projects Over One Billion
The Works Progress Administration fixed project quotas at 1.14 billion dollars. Roosevelt allocated 909,077,211 and Comptroller General McCarl approved 586,889,956. A nationwide distribution shows sharp cuts from the earlier 2 billion estimate, with 68.62 million reserved for nationwide projects including 27.56 million for the national youth movement and 27.32 million for white collar programs.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
J. R. McCarl
WPA
National Youth Movement
Eight-Year-Old Nichols Expelled Over Flag Salute
Lynn Massachusetts eight year old Carleton B Nichols Jr refused to salute the Stars and Stripes due to religious scruples and was expelled from school by a unanimous Lynn school committee vote.
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Lynn
Mass
Carleton B. Nichols, Jr
Large attendance at Billings Lutheran circuit convention
The Billings district convention of the Lutheran church drew nine of eleven pastors and many delegates. Rev. A. M. Skindlev of Spokane spoke, with elections naming Rev. B. M. J. Alstad as president and other officers. The Women’s Missionary Federation met with 35 members. life membership awarded to Rev. T. J. Reinertson for organizing the Melville congregation 50 years ago.
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Billings
Lutheran Church
A. M. Skindlev
Spokane
Rocky Mountain District
B. M. J. Alstad
Lavina
A. A. Holbeck
Big Timber
O. T Haugen
Absarokee
Cornelson
Red Lodge
Women’s Missionary Federation
C. E. Johnson
O. T. Haugen
Virgil Foss
Harlowton
H. B. Tetlie
T. J. Reinertson
Onawa
Iowa
Melville
War Correspondent Dies on Ethiopian Front
Wilfred C. Barber 31 the first American reporter to die on the Italo Ethiopian war front was buried in a grove of eucalyptus trees at Addis Ababa. He represented the Chicago Daily Tribune and the New York Daily News and died Sunday of malaria and related complications. Attending officials included Haile Selassie’s government representatives and American legation staff.
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Addis Ababa
Wilfred C. Barber
Barber
Chicago Daily Tribune
New York Daily News
Haile Selassie
American Legation
Babson Predicts U S Upward Trend Within Half Year
Roger W. Babson economist forecast a brighter future for the United States in six months. He warned of a declining standard of living as the boom arrives and criticized current policy as providing security without work. He also anticipated a more conservative next Congress in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roger W. Babson
United States
Babson
Embargo on arms shipments to Italy and Ethiopia declared
President Roosevelt, citing a state of war between Italy and Ethiopia, announces an immediate embargo on American shipments of arms munitions and implements of war to both nations. Violators face fines up to 10000 dollars and up to five years in prison.
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Washington
Italy
Ethiopia
Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Houston
Hull
Serada
National Munitions Control Board
League of Nations poised to apply maximum pressure on Italy
Geneva reports the League assembly and council ready to impose maximum pressure on Mussolini's regime as soon as possible. Officials hint at possible Article XVI military action, noting Austria and Hungary may not hinder sanctions and that Germany could back Italy via transit routes.
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League of Nations
Italy
Geneva
Assembly
Council of the
League
Austria
Hungary
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Mussolini
Court of Appeals Rules Hauptmann Death Sentence Upheld
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals unanimously sustains Bruno Richard Hauptmann's death penalty for the Lindbergh baby kidnap murder. He has three avenues left: US Supreme Court review, NJ Court of Pardons commutation, or a new trial citing new evidence.
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Court of Appeals of
New Jersey
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Trenton
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Hauptmann
Flemington
Bronx
C. Lloyd Fisher
Fisher
Anna
Mannfried
United States Supreme Court
Court of Pardons of
Trenchard
Last Man of Last Man's Club Mustered Out
Veterans of Civil War Spanish American War and World War honor Capt. Charles M. Lockwood 93 last survivor of the Last Man's club at Minnesota Soldiers Home. He died Friday night and will be buried in Chamberlain South Dakota beside his wife. club formed July 21 1885.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charles M. Lockwood
Captain Lockwood
Minnesota Soldiers Home
First
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Lockwood
Chamberlain, S. D
Delayed Funds Threaten Old Age Pensions
County Clerk E R Patterson reports no money for old age pensions will be available soon. State funding is unlikely, and federal aid may not arrive until Congress acts in January. Some counties have covered their share, but that support may end without an extra legislative session.
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E. R. Patterson
Congress
Will Rogers unlikely to be buried in Chelsea again
Chelsea Oklahoma October 5 Mrs Tom McSpadden sister of Will Rogers said the body now in a California mausoleum may never be returned for burial in Chelsea Rogers birthplace area. The family previously announced plans to bring the body back but Mrs McSpadden said Mrs Rogers and the Rogers family will probably stay in California and visit Chelsea rarely.
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Chelsea
Okla
Will Rogers
California
Tom McSpadden
Humorist
Rogers
CCC Enrollments Near Target Figure For October
Washington October 6 Robert E Fechner director of the civilian conservation corps said Sunday October enrollments would keep the CCC at about 500000 for the six months starting November 1. The War Department had selected 115927 unmarried youths and World War I veterans to replace those leaving for private jobs or because 18 month terms ended. State quotas for October included Montana 864 Nebraska 225 and Wyoming 671.
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Washington
Robert E. Fechner
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
War Department
Fechner
Montana
Nebraska
Wyoming
Floor collapses with mourners at funeral in New Orleans
At Dauphine Street residence two second story floors gave way just before a funeral for Mrs. Lawrence Ingargiola. At least 24 injured two seriously and more than 40 shaken as mourners tumbled ten feet to a concrete floor. The casket piano and furniture were pulled into the collapse with bodies scattered amid the chaos.
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New Orleans
Dauphine Street
Lawrence Ingargiola
Black Widow Spiders Eliminate Prairie Dogs Near Lewistown
In Flat Willow country near Lewistown Montana a prairie dog town was decimated by invading black widow spiders with webs across every entrance. Barney Dieziger reported the scene to the sheriff noting there is now not a single prairie dog left.
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Lewistown
Mont
Flatwillow
Barney Dieziger
STATE COLLEGE STEER TOPS SHOW AT PORTLAND
Crestmore Lad, a 15 month old Shorthorn steer exhibited by Montana State College, was named grand champion steer of all breeds at the Pacific International Livestock Exhibition in Portland. The 960 pound animal, bred by Pat Harris of Bozeman, Mont., is owned by the college and will be auctioned to the highest bidder later this week.
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Portland
Ore
Crestmore Lad
Montana State College
Pat Harris
Bozeman
Mont
Carbon ranchers sign up for irrigation
Helena oct 5 although Cooney dam near Red Lodge has only begun the first construction stage ranchers and farmers in the valley have subscribed to 12 000 acre feet of water to be impounded R R Purcell vice chairman of the state water conservation board said Saturday He and other board members returned to Helena from Red Lodge after a meeting with more than 200 water users and residents When completed Cooney dam MTs first water conservation project will impound 31 500 acre feet.
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Helena
Cooney Dam
Red Lodge
R. R. Purcell
State Water Conservation Board
Purcell
Montana
Luxury plane crash near Cheyenne kills twelve
A Boeing United Air Lines transport crashed on a hillside near Cheyenne Wyoming killing all twelve aboard including three women. Investigators pursued blood tests and flight data while Coroner Worland and officials studied the wreckage and sought causes.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United Air Lines
H. A
Collison
Salt Lake City
Oakland
Cal
New York
W. P. Hoare
Hoare
Harold Crary
United
Department of Commerce
Here
Chicago
Paul Worland
George Smith
Wyoming Highway Patrol
Joe Cahill
Tropical Diseases Hit Italian Soldiers Hard
Paris report says Italy’s East African campaign has 12,000 dead sick and repatriated. French agents report 10,000 Italian soldiers with tropical diseases passed through the Suez Canal. More than 2,000 others were stricken in home camps.
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Paris
Italy
Suez Canal
Ethiopian Warfront Talks Hint at Guerrilla Strikes
Reports from Addis Ababa describe Haile Selassie’s forces using guile on the Aduwa Aksum frontier as Italian troops await confirmed battles. Citizens in the capital debate the exploits of daring guerrilla bands amid the frontier tension and lack of direct fighting reports.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Seassie
Ageold Guile
Italy
Aduwa-Aksum
Ethiopians Drive Italians From Adigrat in Night Attack
An Addis Ababa report in the Daily Mail says Ethiopian forces led by Ras Seyyoum ousted Italians from Adigrat after a night raid. The Ethiopians reportedly moved in under cover of darkness making sentries unable to spot them before reclaiming the town.
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London
Adigrat
Ras Seyyoum
Addis Ababa
Daily Mail
Son Born to Duke and Duchess of Kent in London
The Duchess of Kent gave birth to a son early today in London at 3 Belgrave Square. He ranks seventh in the line of succession to the British throne. The child is the offspring of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina former Princess of Greece. the couple wed on November 29 last year.
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London
Duchess of Kent
Great Britain
Marina
Greece
Belgrave Square
Duke of Kent
George
Increased enrollment at state university
Missoula October 8 nearly two hundred more students are enrolled at Montana State University than the same period last year. Attendance as of Saturday stood at 1,856 compared with 1,658 a year ago, including 1,162 men and 694 women. New students numbered 753.
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Missoula
Montana State University
Gunmen and pursuers die in RCMP siege near Calgary
In Alberta a confrontation ends with two of three gunmen dead and four of their pursuers killed as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police quell an escape attempt. The incident marks another violent chapter in RCMP history.
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Calgary
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted
Hopkins Aims at Work for Over Two Million
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration aims to employ about 2.5 million people in the nine months starting November 1 as the program’s core relief effort. Officials say about 500 dollars of federal funds per job will be spent, with 1.25 billion the total WPA budget to be used by July 1. After that date most aid will hinge on a new appropriation as relief caseloads remain high.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Relief Administration
Supreme Court Rules Delinquent Tax Installment Law Invalid
The Montana Supreme Court declared Chapter 149, a 1935 act intended to extend emergency relief by allowing delinquent taxes to be paid in up to ten years, unconstitutional. Justice Morris stated the law postpones an obligation due to the state, violating the constitution's ban on postponement.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Montana
Morris
Supreme Court
State of
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