Hitler concentrates on English warships in attacks
Germany presses its naval campaign as Hitler seemingly resolves to sink one British warship after another to force Britain to capitulate. The Repulse is said torpedoed after Royal Oak’s sinking, while anti aircraft batteries downed a British bomber and a French scouting ship. Imposed delays and corrections followed the official communique.
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Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Royal Oak
Admiralty
Germany
Mainz
Frankfort
High Command
Britain
Tallinn
Billy Direct Sets New World Pacing Records at Altamont
Billy Direct owned by Dan McConville and Pat Downey set two world pacing records at the Altamont fairgrounds. He clocked two minutes flat for one mile on a half mile track and, with the Widower, topped the mile team record in 2.04 percent. Vic Fleming’s sons Charles and William drove the record runs.
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Altamont
N. Y
Billy Direct
Dan McConville
Ogdensburg
Pat Downey
Worcester
Mass
Altamont Fairgrounds
W. F. Hetherington
Rhinebeck
Colleen
Des Moines
Vic Fleming
Charles Fleming
William Fleming
Billy
Rutland
Labor Day
Democrats Invited to Pasadena Rose Bowl Convention
The Democratic National Committee was invited to hold the 1940 party convention at Pasadena California's Rose Bowl site of the annual New Year's football game. Los Angeles buyer Sy B Stewart has optioned the bowl and outlined a financial plan to yield up to 1 million dollars for the party with staged receipts splitting between the committee and Stewart as lessee. The proposal would see the party taking major shares of proceeds while Pasadena's venue remains a Republican stronghold.
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Pasadena
Calif
Democratic National Committee
Sy. B. Stewart
Los Angeles
Stewart
Hn Resaenk
Strongold
Submarines Barred from U.S. Waters in Roosevelt Proclamation
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation under the neutrality act banning belligerent submarines from entering American ports or territorial waters except under force majeure or storms. Armed merchant vessels may still use ports. refuges for up to 24 hours are allowed if chased by an enemy. Territorial waters extend three miles from shore.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Avon Man Dies in Avon Truck Crash
Herman Winger a 45 year old Avon resident died in a hospital from injuries after a Tuesday crash in Avon. Coroner R W Ross said driver Alfred Rainville was not held. The death raises the state traffic death toll to 113 for the year.
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Deer Lodge
Herman Winger
Avon
R. W. Ross
Alfred Rainville
Winger
Second Buffalo Project Approved Near Miles City
Washington reporting indicates President Roosevelt approved a 1,450,000 allotment for Buffalo Rapids No. 2 irrigation near Miles City Montana to be built with WPA labor. The funds come from a 5,000,000 small dam and reservoir appropriation. Wheeler noted no estimate yet for the Saco Divide project.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Buffalo Rapids No. 2
Miles City
Mont
WPA
Congress
Grouth
Saco Divide, Mont
Olson Freezes Billings Sentence At Time Served
Gov. Culbert L. Olson commuted Warren K. Billings sentence to time served after the California Supreme Court signaled approval. Billings, convicted Sept. 21, 1916, of first degree murder in the Market Street Preparedness Day bombing, faces release as the official seal clears through Sacramento to Folsom prison.
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San Francisco
Culbert L. Olson
Warren K. Billings
California
Jutice
William H. Waste
Billings
Market Street
Olson
Tom Mooney
State Supreme Court
Sacramento
State Capitol
Folsom
Waiste
Montana Cattle In Excellent Shape Thanks to Weather and Feed
Helena Oct 17 Montana cattle will enter winter in the best condition in years says Dr. W J Butler state veterinarian and executive secretary of the Montana VRE sanitary board He cites disease absence excellent weather and abundant pasture as key factors with cattle arriving daily from Arizona Texas New Mexico and other regions and some from Spokane Prospects for a good winter across the state are favorable with widespread grass and early curing making feed plentiful.
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Butler
Montana
Helena
W. J. Butler
Montana Vre Sanitary Board
Tuesay
Southwest
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Mexico
Spokane
Pioneer Publishes Two Months Subscriptions Figures
The Pioneer reports 132 new subscribers and renewals from August 19 to October 19, totaling 345 dollars in cash. Names from Big Timber to Reed Point and beyond are listed as subscribers and renewals, with no solicitors used.
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Pioneer
Montana
Daisy Scyphers
Albert Rostad
Sweet Grass Hospital
Big Timber
C. L. Kepler
Grey Cliff
Linnie Webb
Columbus
Iver Thompson
Carl and
Derson
Billings
Riley Doore
Dean
Agnes Oldsback
Seattle
Willis Clark
P. H. Becken
Cleveland
Martin Opland
Alpha Hannah
H. B. Yerkes
Margaret Bryan
William Sandsness
Maude Hickman
Frank Clouse
L. Orange
E. L. Kepler
William Glass
George
Bankhead backs emergency farm relief push in Congress
Speaker Bankhead of Alabama said he would support a drive for 50 000 dollars in emergency farm relief funds and call a meeting of interested House members this week. He warned actual legislation beyond neutrality would be difficult this session but said the effort was not hopeless.
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Washington
Bankhead
Ala
House
American liner President Harding arrives after storm
The American liner President Harding returns safely to New York on Oct 18 after a severe storm injured 45 passengers and 28 crew members. A cabin waiter is missing presumed washed overboard. The ship, carrying 579 passengers, faced heavy seas with a washed away starboard rail, a lifeboat, and a davit, while public rooms served as makeshift hospitals.
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New York
Harding
Europe
Damages Sought Over Fatal Glasgow Car Crash
Mrs Florence Powell as administratrix files a 75000 dollar damages suit in Glasgow for the death of her son William George Powell 20 in an August 11 automobile collision near here. Defendants include John Horace Block of New York and Garold Kjelstrup of Glasgow with E J Kjelstrup alleged owner. The petition accuses Block and the younger Kjelstrup of concurrent negligence.
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Glasgow
Florence Powell
William George Powell
John Horace Block
New York
Marian
Garold Kjelstrup
Powell
E. J. Kjelstrup
Garold
Block
Young Kjelstrup
Coroner’s Jury Finds Nagel Responsible in Fatal Crash
A coroner’s jury in Circle charges Charles Nagel with responsibility for the October 7 automobile collision near Circle that injured Harry Kniepkamp, 38, fatally. A manslaughter arrest warrant was issued after the verdict. Kniepkamp died October 9 in a local hospital. Fred McCartney remains severely injured and is recovering.
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Circle
Charles Nagel
Here
Harry Kniepkamp
Nagel
Arnold Schallberg
Kniepkamp
Fred McCartney
Canada May Become Industrial Empire
New York dispatch reports Wall Street sources say Britain plans to spend up to 3 billion dollars to build a vast Canadian industrial complex to supply Britain during the war. The program could dominate Canadian industry and later aid Western Hemisphere trade, with at least half a billion dollars available early. The final size hinges on German air attacks and U S material imports.
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New York
Wall Street
Canada
Britain
Wall
Great Britain
United States
New Search Began for Amelia Earhart in Honolulu
Oct 14 A new search for Amelia Earhart was announced by Eric Hanner who will sail the 55 foot Valkyrie from Honolulu Monday spending a year in the South Seas seeking Miss Earhart and Edward Noonan lost July 2 1937 during a flight around the world. Navy searches covered the area but found no trace. The Valkyrie will be crewed by two to four aboard plus Mr and Mrs Hanner. Hanner believes Earhart may still be alive marooned on a South Sea island.
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Honolulu
Amelia Earhart
Eric Hanner
Hanner
South Seas
Miss Earhart
Edward Noonan
South Pacific
Navy
South Sea Isle
Ninety Day Credit Feature Stripped From Neutrality Bill
Washington, Oct. 16. Administration leaders agreed to remove the 90 day credit provision for belligerent governments from the neutrality bill as part of efforts to repeal the arms embargo. They indicated a forthcoming amendment to relax wartime ship operation limits, aiming to win votes on the embargo issue amid ongoing formal debate. Senators Clark Shipstead Gillette Capper voiced fears on aiding Allies and entering war, urging clear, restrictive amendments and nonalignment.
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Washington
Clark
Idaho
Great Britain
France
Germany
Hitler
Shipstead
F. L
Minn
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
United States
Capper
Kan
Five State Dinners Dropped From Roosevelt Schedule
The White House announced that President and Mrs. Roosevelt will omit all five traditional state dinners from their winter social program despite a planned December diplomatic corps reception. The dinners for the diplomats cabinet vice president chief justice supreme court and speaker of the house were dropped due to the president's heavy workload. Vice President Garner, known for detesting formal attire, is likely pleased. he has long sought to cancel these dinners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
Garner
Respected Rancher Returns as Prison Inmate
Grover Bevins, 47, formerly Jack Dinsmore of Marysville Montana, reported at the Wyoming State Penitentiary to serve four years and eight months remaining on a forgery sentence from 1927 after his escape. Montana officers identified him during a fingerprint search in the Marysville area linked to the Bark Lovely case in Austin Montana. Warden A S Roach escorted Bevins from Marysville to the prison.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Jack Dinsmore
Marysville
Mont
Wyoming Penitentiary
Grover Bevins
Bevins
Montana
Bark Lovely
Austin
A. S. Roach
Friday the Thirteenth Lewis’ Unlucky Day
Thomas Lewis, paroled last Friday from Deer Lodge state penitentiary, was arrested in Butte on Friday the 13th and booked for investigation after confessing to stealing $11 in stamps from the institution. He had served half of a two year sentence for grand larceny, with conviction in Miles City on October 14, 1938.
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Butte
Thomas Lewis
Jack Duggan
State Penitentiary
Deer Lodge
Lewis
Duggan
Miles City
Simpson Execution Sentence Upheld
Helena Oct 16 Lee Simpson Ryegate rancher who confessed slaying three men faced death when Montana supreme court upheld the Ryegate district court that sentenced him to hang. He was convicted of first degree murder of Deputy Sheriff Arthur Burford in a 1938 gun fight and confessed to killing two employees and a list of 16 others. The court orders the date set for execution at Ryegate by the sheriff unless clemency is granted.
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Helena
Lee Simpson
Ryegate
Montana Supreme Court
Simpson
Arthur Burford
Simpson Ranch
Lewistown
Gerald
Robert McDonald
Supreme Court
W. L. Ford
Three Thousand More Men Will Get Work
Butte, Oct. 13. Anaconda Copper Mining company plans to reopen two more mines Emma and Badger adding about 625 production jobs. Last week Leonard and Steward mines were announced to resume. Continued activity expected at Butte Domestic Manganese plant and related mills, smelters, and rail labor across western Montana.
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Butte
Anaconda
Emma
Badger Propertes
Steward
Great Falls
Montana
Lumberane
Spaealone
Judge Nelstead voids Cascade County sheriff election
In Great Falls Oct 13 Judge Rudolph Nelstead ruled Cascade County Sheriff Guy Palagi’s election last November was null and void and ordered his removal. The decision found Palagi liable for deputies’ campaign spending and set limits under the corrupt practices act.
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Great Falls
Rudolph Nelstead
Forsyth
Guy Palagi
Cascade County
Louis Kommers
L. E. Timerman
Cascade
Palagi
Montana Supreme Court
Nelstead
Sheriff Club
Bealf
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O. L. White
Bert N. Wood
H. R. Kinne
Carrie M. Ammerman
Ray Yardley
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O. N. Francis
Ted Swainson
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Harry L. Price
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Wash
John Lord
Ridgefield
W. W. Weaver
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